Chapter 176 – Chapter 5: Another Revenge – 5
“… “What?”
Marvin’s brow furrowed. She twists her jet-black mustache and thick beard, and her matted hair shakes with rising anger.
I have never actually seen an animal called ‘lion’. However, I saw how scary the animal looked through the pattern engraved on a knight’s shield.
… His face was like a lion.
There was no sound. It seemed as if it was baring its teeth and growling viciously at me.
It’s a strange feeling.
I’ve tried not to face this face my whole life. Now, I am deliberately provoking him to incur his anger.
What on earth have I been afraid of all this time?
“Ha, haha!”
Marvin started laughing.
He looks down at me with startled eyes, then sweeps my face with his bulky hand.
“… I committed a sin? “It’s really absurd to hear.”
After repeating this question to herself, she clenched her fist loudly.
“You are the one who is guilty, Ritz. Did you think I didn’t know? Brisden began to fall because you made a contract with Lord Kinthorpe on your own without consulting us, and then you suddenly fell off a cliff and fell into ruin! But what? “I’m a sinner?!”
Boom-!
Marvin swung his fist and hit her on the table.
Kwaang!
At the same time as the sound of the tree falling, the table collapsed on one side.
As the atmosphere became hostile, Ruyev walked out and stood in front of me.
Marvin’s huge voice rings in my ears.
“I cared about you, Ritz. Because he is the son of a great and respected village chief! Even when I told you that you had died, I was sad and buried you. Is that all there is? As soon as he saw that devilish bitch in Gordburg who killed you and burned the village to the ground, he went after her to get revenge for you!”
He pointed at me with his thick index finger. He spits out droplets.
“But what if he suddenly appeared out of nowhere…?” ? Are you calling me a ‘sinner’ without even saying thank you? Are you fucking telling me I did something wrong? How can a young bastard who doesn’t know anything be so shameless?! Jump out now! “Don’t hide behind Ruyev, answer me if you have the mouth!”
Even if tremendous anger pours out all over me.
Strangely, my heart only grew colder.
Maybe it’s because I don’t even have a heart left to warm up.
“You are the ones who destroyed the village.”
“What?”
“Even though it wasn’t Tia who killed me. “You were the first to suspect Tia.”
When the village chief died, and I became unconscious.
Confused by her sudden catastrophe, everyone looked at Marvin. Because he was young, energetic, and the best at his work.
Marvin declared himself the temporary chief and pointed out Tia as the cause of all this chaos.
Tia pleaded her innocence from beginning to end, but he did not listen. He punished Tia as an example, using only rumors from people around her and her frame of jealousy.
Tia was just a ‘girl’ with a small voice anyway, she had no family to protect her, and more than anything, there were bad stories going around about her and her involvement with Luev.
It would be better if we could calm the chaos in the village by expelling such a controversial child… With that in mind, Marvin began to slowly kill Tia.
If they did not come out on their own, the harassment continued to the extent that it could not be endured, and eventually a large fire broke out in the village.
The disaster… It wasn’t caused by Tia.
It was a collaboration between the villagers who made Tia exhausted.
“My father said everyone in Brisden was one family. But you… Did she treat her Tia like her family? Instead of embracing and understanding the child who had nowhere to turn, didn’t she instead push her Tia away?”
Posao threw me off the cliff.
The people of Brisden threw Tia off a cliff.
So, in my opinion, those two… Ultimately it was the same.
It means there is no difference whatsoever.
“Marvin. “If a crisis were to come to you, would you also push your wife and son off the cliff to survive?”
“This… Fuck you!”
The moment when family stories come out of my mouth. Marvin, whose head was turned, rushed at me.
But his clumsy fingers couldn’t reach the nape of my neck.
Wow!
This was because, like a strong shield, Ruyev snatched his arm and blocked it with his body.
Marvin’s eyes turned to the side.
“Luev. “Let go of this.”
“…”
Marvin’s arm being held and Ruev’s grip with bulging tendons seemed to have stopped.
Crackle-.
Inside, there was a sound of tremendous force colliding with each other.
Marvin said in a gloomy voice.
“I warned you, you cowardly run away. If you don’t want to be left behind, get out of the way.”
“I’m sorry.”
Ruyev briefly apologized.
“I don’t want to hurt my uncle either.”
“These bastards… !”
Marvin gritted his teeth. She clenched her fist with her left hand at the same time.
Boom-!
It was invisible because it was a split second.
All I could perceive was the fact that the huge force flew towards my friend right in front of me, making a sound as it split the air.
But it was Ruyev who was faster.
She had already lowered her head to avoid Marvin’s fist, and hit his chest with her head, pushing him hard.
The two fall to the ground together.
Cradangtang!
It was a huge physical fight.
As the strongest man in Brisden and the next strongest man began to fight, all the surrounding furniture began to shatter.
Ruev’s blonde hair and Marvin’s brown hair.
It seemed as if two male lions were fiercely biting and fighting.
“Ugh…”
However, the winner was decided sooner than expected.
Marvin was pinned down under Luev, and she was panting with an expression of disbelief.
Until just now, he called us ‘kids’ in a condescending manner.
Neither I nor Ruev were children anymore.
Just as there is no lion in this world who dies as the leader, and there is no king who reigns forever.
Marvin’s strength also could not remain the same.
Even his forearms and fists that seemed like they would never break.
In the end, I had no choice but to give in to a younger, stronger, new power.
Ruyev said.
“Please stop. It’s ugly.”
“…”
Marvin, who didn’t answer for a long time, eventually closed her eyes.
Although it was humiliating, it meant that I would not resist.
As soon as Marvin was released, he coughed at her and wiped her bleeding lips.
“… Get out. I’ll write you a pass, so you both disappear in front of me. Right now!”
“In addition, please return the money to Ruyev.”
“What? What kind of bullshit is that? I am… “I don’t have the money to return it?”
“Isn’t there one?”
“What… “These aren’t raw blade robbers!”
“You’re calling us robbers. It’s so shameless.”
She quietly looked down at Marvin, who was breathing with her tired face.
“Did you think I didn’t know that you ate the reward money that Lord Kinthorpe was supposed to give to the villagers?”
“… !”
“That money belongs to a Brisden man. “It’s not money that a ‘single soldier’ in Taildon would have.”
His complexion became pale and hardened.
The mouth is wide open in shock, as if seeing a monster. At the same time, all the private parts are revealed, and the beard is shaking. And the look in his eyes that made him realize that he couldn’t defeat us with force or words.
It was truly an old, ugly, toothless lion.
I walked slowly to Marvin, who was sitting on the floor.
And then, past his mesmerized eyes, I spoke into his ear.
“Aunt Olivia will be back soon, so wouldn’t it be better to do it quickly before ‘what’s going on between you and Merid’ comes out of my mouth?”
What I said was like magic.
Marvin started to wake up with a chuckle, as if he was forcing some life into her dry, pale bones. And with a frantic expression on her face, she started writing down her pass.
Once I finished writing, I opened the trunk and swept the pile of gold coins into my pocket.
Chin.
I never asked for exactly how much gold. It seemed like there was more than 200 gold in the pocket.
He said.
“… It’s here.”
Contrary to his silent voice, Marvin was pleading with me.
With earnest eyes asking me to please take this and quietly disappear.
I picked up the pass and handed the money bag to Ruyev.
The work is over.
She left the house, leaving behind Marvin, whose hands were hanging limply.
Around that time, I took Marie, who was waiting outside, for a short walk.
We heard Aunt Olivia’s voice behind us.
“Honey? Why are you doing this?”
I looked back.
Aunt Olivia, who knew nothing, was holding her newborn baby in her arms. She sits there devastated and worried about her husband, and she keeps asking what happened.
But Marvin did not answer.
It was the first time I had seen a man I once feared and respected look so miserable.
… But Marvin was lucky.
Even though I ruined Tia’s life and mine, I should be forever grateful that it ended with such a ‘small price’.
Because the lives of two innocent people are at stake.
I decided to end my other revenge.
The place where the tip of the sword should truly be pointed was not a place like this.
* * *
We decided to stay in Taildon for a day.
The people of Brisden became free people, and for some reason, Tia’s wanted list also went down. Since I no longer had to avoid people’s eyes, I was able to act much more freely than before.
Still, you must not let down your guard. I stayed at the inn as much as possible and made my next plan, leaving all outside activities to Ruev and Marie.
At night, Ruyev returned.
“Lily paid back the money she borrowed from her aunt.”
When I was just leaving Taildon, I was desperate for a coin. There were three mouths, so I was thinking about how to share them with one loaf of bread.
But now, after paying back the money she had borrowed from her aunt, she still had a lot of gold coins left.
The more spare money you have, the better. It could be useful for things you might not know, but the most important thing is that if you have the money, you can save a lot of time.
With that in mind, I grabbed as many gold coins as possible. When I heard that Tia was headed to the Charrak Mountains, all the money I had worked so hard to save became useless.
That mountain range is as rough and complex as the Dragonez.
For me, who had to overcome many hills and obstacles in the future, this heavy bag of gold coins was nothing more than a piece of luggage. Rather, dried foods that can be carried lightly will be more helpful.
The sorrow deepens.
“Ritz.”
“Huh?”
“It may sound a little sorry to you, but there is still something I want to say.”
If you think about it, we haven’t been traveling that long.
Still, in a short period of time, Sae Ruev and I seemed to have some idea of what each other was thinking.
What did he want to say?
And what was he thinking about me?
As soon as we made eye contact, I realized it.
“Do you want to stay?”
“… Yes.”
The guy nodded silently.
“I heard it from Aunt Merid. She says she can’t bring herself to return to Bridesdon. Maybe… It’s probably because there’s no one like you or the village chief to lead everyone. So, if it’s not now, I don’t think I’ll get another chance.”
I knew it.
The Ruyev I know is… I am not the type of person to leave behind the people of this village who are like my family.
Even if he becomes the village chief himself, he wants to save them all.
Ruyev spoke in a firm voice.
“Ritz, I will rebuild Brisden.”
