Chapter 606 – Request
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I feel like I slept well for the first time in a long time.
My physical condition has always been good, but I felt refreshed after beating my ugly face last night.
I think it’s true that ‘the person who hit sleeps well’.
〈Isn’t it the opposite? 〉
Cosmos said, ‘The guy who hit me sleeps with his legs outstretched, but the guy who got hit sleeps with his legs outstretched.’ It seems to be referring to the proverb.
“No, it’s a kind of mental victory.”
If the guy who hit me had the conscience to sleep without being able to stretch out his legs, he wouldn’t have hit me in the first place.
〈Are you confessing that you are a person without conscience? 〉
“Uh huh… There’s also a good saying about implementing cosmos justice, right?”
That’s right.
I feel good because I served justice to the vicious guy who sent me to solitary confinement.
Feeling good is good, and today I have to go to the magic stone mine.
It was to do what Nora asked me to do yesterday.
Of course, it wasn’t just because of her request.
It was also necessary for a comfortable life in Karaz.
There is a lot of money in my inventory.
But it is money that cannot be spent.
There is no place for the money to come out, so if you just spend it, you are bound to be suspicious. So, it was good to have a formal pastime.
I picked up the pickaxe that was lying on one side and left the room.
And then I met Cowra and Claire and their group in the first floor lobby of the inmate dormitory.
It seemed like they were also about to head to the magic stone mine. It seemed like the four Rebellion leaders were still going to the mine together.
Claire and Cowra found me and approached me.
“I haven’t seen you in a while. What happened?”
Claire asked.
“… I was a bit busy… Gathering some information.”
“What is the information gathering? There are rumors that a military officer was assaulted and taken away…”
Kaura said with her snort.
“Did you know…”
“You didn’t know? It was such a big deal.”
“Then… Let’s say we are gathering information about the solitary confinement system here.”
Kaura said with a look of bewilderment at my shameless answer.
“… Why don’t you stop being stubborn and come with us?”
“That’s right. The loan to repay won’t be that big…”
Claire and Cowra’s faces show implicit concern about me.
While I was in solitary confinement, their clothes and equipment became quite luxurious.
I feel like my life has improved a lot.
I could feel the booty escaping from the green soup that was provided to prisoners in Karaj to prevent them from starving to death.
On the other hand, it’s been almost 15 days since I was imprisoned here, and I’m still holding only a pickaxe.
It’s easy to feel sympathy.
But I didn’t feel bad.
Because I know that this recommendation was made because Cowra and Claire were worried about me.
But they are mistaken.
It may seem like I’m in trouble… But I’m not in trouble.
I have already decided.
Karaz I decided not to pay back the loan!
In this way, the debt disappeared.
Even though I don’t have money right now, I don’t have a negative account.
〈Isn’t it just an escape from reality? 〉
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This is not my fault, Karaz’s policy is wrong.
We need to give people trials they can handle.
If you give them an ordeal they can’t handle, someone like me may emerge.
〈They say that when people are pushed into a corner, they end up blaming the world…〉
“…”
Anyway, I decided to decline their invitation.
“If that’s you, there’s nothing we can do.”
In the end, Cowra and Claire turned their backs on my euphemistic rejection.
“Wait a minute.”
“Hmm… Cowra. Can I just lend you 1,000 Zena?”
“…”
〈This is so…〉
For some reason Cosmos didn’t say anything more.
And is it just my sense of entitlement that makes me feel like the cloud watching us from a distance looks at me pitifully?
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I rejected Cowra and Claire’s offer like a man and headed toward the mine.
〈What kind of man can you be to borrow money in such an ugly manner.〉
I was able to proudly spread my shoulders because I had the intention of paying back Cowra’s money.
The reason I borrowed money was to buy a bag. This is because the prison uniform alone felt like there was not enough storage space.
I once stole a bag from robbers in a mine…
‘There was quite a bit of money in it.’
It was confiscated by the military… Or Nora gulped…
If the military took it, of course there is no way to find it.
If Nora took it… I even brought her a pickaxe, but she had no intention of asking me to hand over the bundle.
I decided to think of it as a reward for taking care of my pickaxe.
Before going to the magic stone mine, I stopped at a general store and bought a small cross bag.
It was expensive, as expected from Karaz, which has a murderous price, but fortunately, it was not as expensive as luxury goods, so I was able to live comfortably with the money I borrowed from Cowra.
As I was heading to the Maseok mine carrying my new bag, I sensed someone trying to tamper with my new bag.
I held his hand.
When I grabbed it, it turned out to be a scruffy little child.
“Ugh!! Please help me!! Well, I was wrong!!”
The little boy who got caught trying to pickpocket asked for my forgiveness with tears streaming down his pale face.
Rather than feeling sympathy… I felt embarrassed just having a fight with a kid like this.
“Hehe… Don’t do this next time.”
With a generous heart, I disciplined the little boy appropriately and let go of his hand.
He quickly widened the distance to about 20 meters away…
“Hehe! You brat! You were fooled, right?”
It’s as if the little boy has never cried before! She pulled down her pants, slapped her butt, teased me, and then ran away.
“…”
I wanted to chase him right away and give him a sweet chestnut, but I couldn’t move.
Because it was so ugly for a big man to chase a small little boy.
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“What happened?”
Nora, whom I met at the mine management office, looked at my face, which had been under low pressure since the morning, and asked carefully.
“No…”
I couldn’t talk about it because it was too trivial an incident to even complain about.
In front of the mine cliff, there was a somewhat different scene than when I came with Nora before.
I saw dozens of people gathered here and there.
When I first came to the mine, it looked quite different from just groups of twos and threes moving around.
Nora led me to a group of people.
It was a place where about twenty prisoners were gathered.
They were wearing their own combat equipment for mining magic stones, but they felt awkward and gloomy, as they had not yet worn off the days of enjoying all the benefits of cutting-edge technology.
“Did you capture them all?”
“Yes, Evatt and Peters had a hard time.”
During the time I was in solitary confinement, it seemed like Nora was recruiting people.
“Bark, you can escort these people.”
Nora split half of those gathered and asked them to escort us.
One of the men in my group approached Nora and asked.
“Nora. Are you saying this person is guarding us?”
Nora said, nodding her head.
“Mr. Bolton. Even though Bark looks like that, he is the one who single-handedly killed over 20 mine monsters with that pickaxe.”
It looks like that…
In fact, it looked shabby.
While the others were wearing decent protective gear, I was wearing a prison uniform and holding a pickaxe, so I had nothing to say.
I bought a bag and put it on when I came, but it was a minor change.
In fact… I was the only one wearing the shabbiest outfit here.
“Alone, twenty marinas…”
“And you caught the robbers without difficulty.”
Nora praised me as a trustworthy person, and upon hearing this, a man named Bolton looked at me in surprise.
To be so surprised that I caught those bastard monsters and robbers was more embarrassing than satisfying.
“This is Bolton. I am the leader of this party.”
Bolton bowed his head to me politely.
Did I gain faith after hearing Nora’s words?
As for what happened during the short time I was in solitary confinement, Bolton seemed to believe Nora’s words without much doubt.
Should I call her a priestess?
There were 11 people I would escort.
And there was only one thing they wanted.
Protecting themselves from magic stone robbers.
We climbed the cliff road with Bolton in the lead.
And we stopped in front of the tunnel at a third of the way up the cliff, which was lower than the cliff we had climbed before.
“Then I will enter.”
Bolton said with a nervous face.
Not only Bolton’s but also the remaining 10 people’s faces were frozen.
Even though this wasn’t the first time, they looked like new soldiers being sent to war.
Bolton looks at me and says.
“Bark. Then, please turn around.”
It was a request to prepare for an unexpected situation at the very back of the party.
I gave him a light nod.
Bolton took the lead and entered the tunnel, and the rest followed him with solemn faces and entered the mine shaft.
There were six people carrying large shields on their backs… And the remaining five were holding long spears.
It could be said to be a traditional tanker and dealer combination.
It was quite an efficient composition.
However, in my opinion, it seemed like a bit of excessive power.
Although the monster looked like an
After all the prisoners entered the tunnel, I followed their footsteps.