Return， Control， and Eat 182

Chapter 182 – Magical Girl

“What are you trying to do?”‘

As she was about to step up to her podium, Liliana blocked her way with her arms outstretched.
The eyes of the enemy try to block me from approaching the villagers.

I made it clear that I had no intention of harming them, but they seemed to not believe me.

“Are you disappointed?”
“Don’t answer the alumnus. I asked what you were going to do.”

Even though he was talking to the invisible Liliana, the residents did not feel any doubt.
I also felt ignored while I was talking to her because Liliana’s presence had been erased.

“I’m disappointed. People’s nature to become ugly in front of money.”
“You’re plotting something behind your back. I won’t fall for such a cowardly trick.”
“I? You know that I’m not. I only found out about you a few hours ago.”
“…”

I can’t answer either.

She knows too.
That what is happening now is not some evil plot of a villain, but a common occurrence that can happen anywhere people live.
Human beings, no matter how benevolent and kind they usually seem, can change suddenly at any moment when there is a profit or loss or a threat to their personal safety.

I’m not saying that the people of this village are mean.
Humans are animals after all.
Not wanting to risk property and physical damage stems from the very natural instinct for survival as a creature.
It’s extremely difficult to overcome instinct, and that’s why those with the occasional heroism shine through.

‘But you won’t be able to get over it that way.’

Liliana is from an ancient civilization on the verge of being destroyed by a beast disease.
There was no way that he had only experienced good things in a world that was perishing in an unprecedented cataclysm.

Inherent magic is closely related to the wizard’s inner world.
The fact that she calls herself a magical girl of love and justice means that she admires a pure and pure hero of absolute goodness.
The only world that needs a hero who transcends humanity is a thoroughly twisted and broken world.

“Didn’t people here wish they were different?”
“What are you talking about?”
“We are a new race to you, and this place is a paradise. The hope that led to the future after overcoming the beast disease. How moved you must have been when you first met the people of this place? So it’s natural to have fantasies.”

In extreme situations, more than ever, human nature is exposed.
It’s obvious what fantasies Liliana may have had of us.

May she be different from the terrifying, ugly faces I saw before falling asleep.
May those who have overcome the beast disease be better off.

“Sorry. Could that be? We haven’t changed a single thing. Probably never will.”
“…”

Liliana’s breathing quickened as she denied the affair she was harboring.
Albeit a little.
The mask of a magical girl of love and justice began to crack.

“That makes the world more interesting.”
“…For a scumbag scoundrel like you.”

Quietly.
Liliana chanted with quiet but clear resentment.
It was an antagonism that was thrillingly vivid.

“It’s okay, so get out of the way. If you can stop it, try blocking it.”
“I told you to stop… Oops!”

Slowly, the villagers thought it was strange, so he pushed Liliana away and stepped in front of her.
Liliana tried to stop me but she flinched right before she reached out her hand to me and she was immobilized.
She stares blankly at her own hands as if she has forgotten her way of using her strength.

“Did you forget? Sex is the only way to defeat me. If you really want to stop it, unlock the pussy to stop it.”

A whisper whispered in her ear as she passed, Liliana involuntarily cramped her thigh.

“Oh, how could you do that in a place like this?”

No matter how invisible you are, to be eaten in front of so many people.
Just thinking about it would send chills down her spine.

I took advantage of that gap and climbed onto the podium.

“Who is that?”
“Who’s that, you old man? Get your senses! They say you’re a virgin acquaintance who left not too long ago.”
“Ah, it was.”
“So what kind of nonsense are you talking about? Bring it down right now! You’re in the middle of an important meeting right now.”

Thanks to the hypnotic voice that was put on a while ago, no one had doubts, but there were people who objected.
In particular, the village chief who had been pushed out by me wrinkled his face and tried to push me away.

“Hey! What the hell are you… What is that?”

Until I pulled out my checkbook and showed it to you.

“Does the village chief not even know checks?”

Let’s smile and say, the old man speaks.

“Oh, no. I know that much. I mean, what amount is written there…”
“How about 10 billion?”

He smiles smirkingly and raises his voice so that the residents can hear him.
Their expressions, as if they had been hit in the back of the head, were worth watching.

“Bae, a check for 10 billion won? It must be a lie. Not all checks have their validity.”
“No. Take a good look. Those are cashier’s checks issued by the Imperial Bank. Unless the bank goes bankrupt, payment is guaranteed.”
“Isn’t it fake?”
“Some madman counterfeited Imperial Bank checks.

The way people look at me has changed.
The first thing I felt in his gaze was fear.
My appearance and my courage that I show others by proudly carrying large checks.
That would be enough grounds to judge me as a noble.

“…”

When they reached Liliana, they were suspicious of the source of this money.

‘It’s too much. It’s clean money anyway.’

To be precise, the amount paid by this check was going out of my mother’s account, so it wasn’t my money, but it was mine anyway, since it was from her.
Before leaving the imperial city, he received a checkbook as if he were stabbing him for pocket money.
I wonder if this was meant to be a bit of aristocratic formality.
Since she was not a mother who would receive it back, she decided to spend her pocket money comfortably.

“I didn’t know you were a noble person and committed rudeness. If it’s not rude, may I ask which family you are from…?”

When the village chief bowed his head and greeted me, I waved my hand in annoyance.
Seeing that his attitude changed right away, it seemed that he had met a noble before, in case it wasn’t the village chief.

“It’s rude.”
“I’m sorry. Please forgive me… “
“Just joke. You’re a noble, and I didn’t come here to show off. Of course, these checks didn’t just come out.”
“Then… ?”

At my words, the residents stiffened their bodies.

“I came to this town because of a woman named Liliana.”
“What do you mean? You didn’t know me until yesterday.”

It was Liliana who answered immediately.
However, her words were not heard by anyone but me, and were soon drowned out by the voice of the village chief.

“Ah, you mean that girl. She was a good and sincere child. She was in this town just a few days ago…”
“Liliana is a vicious criminal with an astronomical bounty. She has dozens of confirmed cases of robbery, murder, and rape. She also has a personal grudge against me. She is now in solitary confinement awaiting execution.”
“…”

The village chief opened his mouth. So did the residents.
Maybe it’s because they laughed at serious things, and they made creepy faces.
It was a blatant lie, of course.

“Ah, ah, a vicious criminal…?!”

Liliana listened to what she couldn’t bear to hear and shook her body.
She must have said too harshly for a magical girl of love and justice.
A few times of indifference made her realize that she was invisible, though she didn’t say anything more.
She must have realized that no matter what she said to me, she was of no avail.

I looked around.
The faces of the villagers were contorted with fear.
Liliana, whom they shared their approval with, was afraid that she would be angry with them because she was a vicious criminal.

“Don’t worry. In the Empire, there is no case where guilt by association is applied except for treason against the imperial family. There is no harm done to you, so don’t worry.”
“Ah, yes, yes…”

The village chief nodded bewilderedly.
I gave them a nice smile.

“Rather, I came to express my gratitude. The woman who had been thoroughly hiding her tracks for several years was stepped on for the first time in this village. It seems that her mind was relieved after spending a leisurely day in the countryside. Thanks to all of you.”
“Well, thank you for saying that.”
“It’s been her lifelong dream to get that damn girl in. She thinks that thanks to you, she’ll be able to stretch out and sleep comfortably starting today, so she’s trying to make amends, even if it’s small.”

Every time Liliana’s name is put on her lips, she blatantly frowns and shows anger.
So that you can easily guess, if you’re not an idiot, that I harbor tremendous ill feelings for her, Liliana.
Thanks to showing her checkbook, the chief’s expression brightened as if she had smelled the money.

“If you say compensation…?”
“As you know, I’ve been eavesdropping on the meeting unintentionally for a while now. From what I heard, it seems like there’s a big problem in the town. It looks like you’ve been scammed under the guise of investment, is that right?”
“I’ll have to find out more to know for sure, but maybe… It’s embarrassing. We’re all country folk…”
“It’s the person who deceived you who is to blame.”

I said that and got to the point.
In this case, it would be difficult to catch and punish the cheaters.

It was true.
It’s a scam, in fact, all they did was sell the land at a high price by inflating the land as if it were something.
Even those who have already sold the land have received a much higher price than the original land price objectively, so there is nothing to say to those self-proclaimed investment experts.
Even if we catch them and punish them, we cannot undo the damage.

“I’ll make up for them all.”
“…!”

The faces of the village chief and the villagers suddenly brightened.
They weren’t stupid enough to ask rude questions like true or not, even at the obvious glance at the checkbook I was holding.

I peeked at the back of the checkbook earlier and saw a blank check.
Buying dozens of whole villages of this size is no problem at all.

“Compensation for those who neglected farming by only looking at the price of the land. Or it would be nice to sell the land to me at all. You seem to want 50 per pyeong, but I will do that.”
“Ah… Oops. Thank you. How can we say thank you?”
“There must be a lot of people who have split into two groups, so let’s have a big party and rekindle our friendship. I’ll pay for it.”
“Heh heh. You don’t have to go this far…”

The village chief laughed as if he were detached, but he couldn’t hide the flashing desire in his eyes.
Well, even I would if a pumpkin rolled in front of me.
I pretended not to know and said

“Well, it’s not that difficult. Can I ask you something instead?”
“Yes, yes. Say anything.”
“Tell me what happened. What kind of person Liliana was in this town, what kind of life she lived. Anything is fine with her.”
“Are you okay with just that?”
“It’s important.”
“…?”

Liliana questioned silently.

She was looking at me in surprise.
Surprised that I really did the villagers a favor, she didn’t seem to guess what the point was in hearing what kind of person she was in the village.

You really don’t know what a human being is.
Looking at the village headman’s expression as he rubbed his palms together and smiled flatteringly, it seemed that he had no idea what sound would come out of his mouth.

The village chief opened his mouth.

“That woman was always a troublemaker. She felt sorry for her inability to come and go, and she acted recklessly and even had a careless attitude without knowing the grace she received in the village. All the villagers thought that the woman was hiding her ugly nature. Was doing.”