Chapter 618 – Request
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I was lying down on a big bed.
“…”
I stared blankly at the ceiling in the quiet silence.
Name: Park Un-ho.
The pseudonym is Bark.
How old are you?
It’s been 7 years… 8 years since I came to Planet Zephyria in the Demon World?
I think I passed 40 a long time ago… I’m not sure.
I can’t imagine how long I will live in the future. But I wondered if there was any meaning in considering age.
Anyway, I’ve been having a comfortable time these days since finding a new house in Karaz.
And…
He was unemployed.
“… Dazzling.”
The sun must have already risen in the sky, and the room is too bright even with the curtains closed.
Blackout curtains are needed.
‘Cosmos, if I happen to pass near the market, please tell me to buy blackout curtains.’
〈Why me? I don’t like it?〉
Is this what it would feel like to have an obnoxious younger sister?
Even if he bounced like that, he was a tsundere who would tsundere and let you know when the time was right.
Still, for some reason, I want to say something.
‘The topic of unemployed people playing around while scratching their butts in my head.’
〈What?! Unemployed? I have a lot of work to do too, right? We need to manage the Great Devil Castle, and we need to manage the system…〉
I dozed off from the bed while listening to Cosmos’ lame excuses.
My foot stepped on something that looked like cloth.
I looked into it for something.
It was panties.
Women’s panties.
These were Nehru’s panties that I took off last night.
I can feel a little moisture on the soles of her feet, so it seems like her love juices haven’t dried up yet.
It seems that Nehru overslept and left in a hurry without being able to clean up.
However, she couldn’t have gone out with no panties due to her personality… She couldn’t wear wet things, so she would have gone out wearing new panties.
I am living with Nehru.
I couldn’t bear to look at my friend who was in huge debt and paying high monthly rent, so I invited him to my house.
What is a good friend?
Friends must help each other.
This is not a lover, but a cohabitation between friends.
Even if Nehru finds her lover, she is no count.
‘After all, cohabitation is common among friends. Now that I think about it… Nehru guy, what’s going on with Bolton?’
It didn’t seem like she was dating yet.
Lately she hasn’t heard anything about Bolton from Nehru.
I picked up Nehru’s panties, threw her laundry into her basket, and sat down on the living room sofa.
If it’s a living room, there should be a TV… But since there’s nothing there, it feels empty.
Nehru went to the magic stone mine…
Suni is secretly wandering around Karaz in search of Helena’s whereabouts.
Of course, the existence of Sunni in Karaj is a secret.
I didn’t even tell Nehru or Nora.
And I…
I became unemployed and was just forgetting about the money I had earned.
“… I have to get the balance from Willas.”
At that time, I was taken on a medical ship and there has been no news since.
The healing time on Zephyria does not take as long as on Earth. Even fractures can be completely healed in one week.
This means that any serious injury can be completely cured in just one month.
But what you can’t see yet is…
‘Isn’t this guy still lying in the hospital because he doesn’t want to pay me back?’
〈I have no conscience after beating him to death.〉
Conscience?
It’s not my fault.
It would have been better if Willas hadn’t done anything wrong to me in the first place.
It is retribution.
In any case, it was time for her to pretend to make money. If you spend money without earning it, she will be suspicious.
“Don’t worry. I just need to earn my living expenses. I almost paid off the loan!”
I am reminded of Nehru’s warm words when he saw me lounging around in the house.
She knew that I had left my job as a guard for the Helena Liberation Front and was now unemployed. And that she can’t make money by mining magic stones.
“…”
Even after hearing such warm words, a man cannot remain confined to the house.
I decided to find a new job.
I already had something in mind.
I roughly got dressed and left the house.
As I left the house, I felt secret gaze.
The view felt from the house in front and the house next door.
In the inmate dormitory, there was no private space other than my room, so I tried to do it even though I felt eyes on me.
It’s natural to feel uncomfortable when you feel the gaze on this perfect private property.
It might just be curiosity once in a while.
But if this happens every time, I too become suspicious.
Unfortunately, just because there was doubt, it was not a problem that could be solved. This is because bigger problems may arise by dealing with that gaze.
I have no choice but to ignore it for now.
I headed to a place that could be called the slums of Karaz.
Public security in Karaz cannot be considered good.
This is different from Korea, where even swear words can be sued as an insult. When it comes to thieves, pickpockets, and assaults, you must be aware of them and protect yourself.
So, there was no need to mention the danger of the back alleys of the slums.
The slums were famous among the inmates as places that were only to be entered in the dark and should never be entered even during the day.
But for me, an unemployed person, it was also a land of opportunity.
It seems that Karaz, where crime is rampant, needs a hero.
〈Hero…〉
“Yes, hero. A harsh world creates heroes.”
〈…〉
I chose a gloomy place among the slums and moved there.
‘… What is it?’
It’s my first time here, but considering the cliches, I should have already appeared…
There is no response.
I was taken aback by the unexpected situation.
But I couldn’t give up after coming this far.
I took a step deeper into the slums.
And I could see two gangs of about 20 or 30 people fighting in a desolate vacant lot in the slums.
“Fuck! You bastard! Search!”
“You’re the one left behind!”
“Ahh! You coward!”
“If you win, it’s a big deal. Where’s the cowardice?”
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Is this why it wasn’t visible?
These people, who appeared to be back alley thugs, paid no attention to my appearance and were busy fighting.
It seemed like a power struggle.
“The time has finally come for the hero to take action.”
I jumped into the gap between the gangsters who were fighting.
“Back, behind!!”
“W-what?! You bastard!”
“What the fuck? Aren’t you a mercenary?!”
“Are these mixed breed bastards bringing in other forces?”
“We don’t know!”
“Damn it!”
In the midst of their confusion, I ran wild like a tiger among a flock of sheep, and after a while, the noisy vacant lot became quiet.
Occasionally, only the groaning sounds of humans writhing on the floor could be heard.
The two powers were destroyed peacefully.
And in my hand was a thick wad of bills.
Doing good work and making money is the realization of justice that kills two birds with one stone.
Since these guys are stinky, there is no need to worry about getting beat up like this.
〈What is a hero! Anyone can tell it’s robbery, right?! 〉
Cosmos said incredulously.
“A robber… I wish you would call me a dark hero.”
I said as I put the bundle of bills into my bag.
It can be said that Karaz’s security level has increased by about +2 due to the Dark Hero’s activities.
After purging her back alleys of Karaj’s slums and earning a good sum of money in a short period of time, I headed to the Helena Liberation Front treatment center where Nora was located.
‘Isn’t it time for good information about Helena to come in?’
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“Isn’t my personality too impatient? It hasn’t even been three months yet.”
She asked Nora if she hadn’t found Helena yet, and she heard that.
“What the priestess said is correct. If you proceed too hastily, it will not work out.”
Evat looked at me and said something pitiful.
I wanted to punch that unlucky face, but I held back since Nora was watching.
The more I talked to Nora about her story, the more troubled I felt. This is because the investigation into Helena was sluggish.
Above all, it was very relaxed.
No joke, she thought it would be quick to make a discovery within 10 years.
10 years…
I am from the Earth… Korea, a country famous for ‘Palari, Ppalli’. So, the Zephyrians’ sense of time, which sometimes comes in without a hitch, is not adaptable.
“…”
10 years is too long.
It was a difficult story for me as I had decided not to repay the loan.
I couldn’t wait that long.
If you do not repay the loan within one year, you become a slave.
If you don’t want to become a slave, you must at least show the will to repay. If you decide like me that you don’t have the will to repay, it’s pointless.
‘Couldn’t it be… Helena isn’t here?’
As long as she is sure that Helena is here, she can push through… The problem is that she can’t be 100 percent sure.
So it was something I was careful about.
“Anyway, I received a request from Mayor Karaz to escort the transportation of the magic stone. Would you like to participate? The organization asked me to apply if there was a competent person.”
“Magic stone transport escort?”
“Did you see it too, Bark? The artificial structure beyond the Karaz Wall.”
I think I’m referring to the castle wall that stretched across the horizon beyond the Karaz Wall that I saw when I climbed the mine cliff.
“No way… Going out of the city?”
“Yes, they said the job was to transport magic stones there. The pay is good. It’s also a good opportunity to investigate outside the city.”
“And you?”
“I’m thinking of going too. I can’t miss out on such a great opportunity. If Bark doesn’t want to go, I’m thinking of taking Evat or Pettus with me.”
