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Everyone knows that the desert is hot. And Melkaran, a barren land of sand and rocks, is a desert with scorching sun and dry sand winds. In the desert, people usually wear shallow cloth to block sunlight and provide good ventilation. In the desert, if you encounter someone wearing a thick vest filled with cotton or long socks that go up to their thighs, it is best to avoid them. Because it’s obvious he’s crazy.
“It’s not hot to hang out.”
In that respect, Gulshi could be seen as crazy.
She stayed at Quartz Castle, which was cool even in the summer. In the desert she wouldn’t have anything to wear. No matter what, she came wearing the maid’s uniform she wore at the palace.
“Raise your arms.”
Gulshi hesitated, pressed her armpits to her side, and held out her hand.
“Both arms flash.”
“eww.”
How hot was it?
Sadly, Gulsey’s armpits were very wet with sweat.
“You said you were a wise man’s disciple, but didn’t you know that Melkaran was a desert?”
“It was the thinnest clothing you could find.”
I watched Melissa’s red handkerchief become stained with Gulsey’s armpit sweat, then shrugged. I had to stop by a nearby village anyway. She wished she could go all the way to the cursed city of Melkaran in one go, but older sister Melissa only opened the passage to the corner of the road leading to Melkaran. There’s a village nearby, so I’ll stop by and buy a leather water canister, some food, and two camels. As a bonus, Gulshi and my clothes.
“Ugh, it’s hot. Where are you going, master? “Melkaran is over there.”
Gulshi followed me, struggling in the heat.
“I can’t live because of the smell of your sweat. “I’m going to stop by the village.”
“Uh, if it’s a village near here… “There is only a mercenary village, right?”
This is the road to Melkaran, the land of the evil men. There can be no normal village. The mercenary village that Gulsey talked about is commonly called a scavenger den. It is a place visited by bounty hunters who flock to catch wanted criminals who have run away to Melcaran, and mercenaries who do not shy away from hard work. They also do business against military bases where soldiers from the Free Cities who are on guard against Melcaran reside, so it is crowded with soldiers, mercenaries, and hunters. The streets are a lawless zone. It means that it is a very clean town where fists are ahead of the law.
“It’s gonna be fun.”
I turned my head and looked at Gulshi. Gulshi smiled with an innocent expression. As we head to the lawless area, a teenage girl giggles that it will be fun.
“It’s a good attitude.”
“yes?”
“So you are my servant.”
“swimming!”
Gulshi’s forehead was shiny with sweat.
* * *
“Isn’t it fascinating? “How can it be so disgusting just to smell it?”
“It smells like the butler’s armpits.”
“You took charge of that?”
As we got closer to the mercenary village, there was a foul odor that was a mixture of cancer and stinging meat. Despite the rumors I had heard, it was a town that was unpleasant and disgusting just by smelling it.
“You know what? More than five outsiders who visit the village go missing or die every week. And most of them are artists… … .”
Gulsey showed off her strange common sense. It is said that there are many reckless artists who come to the mercenary village for ‘inspiration’. As expected, the village built on the desert was a strange village where the gloom and antiquity of a slum coexisted at the same time, with junk abandoned by mercenaries and adventurers and rare trash brought from the ‘cursed city’ piled up.
“Aren’t you scared, Master?”
Gulsey asked.
Aren’t you afraid of a den of thieves?
“you?”
It would be natural for a noble family to be scared or nervous.
But for me, even this slum was an ordinary daily life compared to the destroyed Earth of my previous life.
What is unexpected is that Gulsi, who grew up as a servant, is calm and funny.
“fun! Look at that giant statue over there! Rusty but pretty. Maybe it’s a legacy of an ancient empire! “Can I take a look?”
I looked at Gulsey and said.
“Let’s buy clothes first. “You need to cover your face.”
Gulsi was in tears.
“Because you’re ugly?”
“It’s the opposite. “You are needlessly pretty.”
It doesn’t suit Melkaran.
* * *
There is no way there are guards in a trash town.
Although I deliberately chose a remote location, I couldn’t help but be attracted to attention.
Everyone we encountered glared at us with a grim expression, and their eyes continued to follow us. Just by looking at their expressions, I could tell that they were already caught up in troublesome matters.
It wasn’t until I entered the town center that I found a miscellaneous vendor selling clothes, leather water bottles, beef jerky, and compasses. The merchant was a large man with white powder on his face. He painted his lips bright red with red dye, smeared with sweat in the desert heat, giving him a hideous, rat-eating face. He treated us bluntly at first.
“Sister, how much is this?”
However, when Gulshi asked the price of the leather water bottle, the store owner suddenly became very friendly.
“Pretty child, are you talking about me?”
“Yes, pretty sister?”
He is a miscellaneous merchant who sells useful items in a trash town. The fact that no items were stolen is proof that the store owner is skilled. Although he wore ridiculous makeup, his muscular body looked well-toned.
“Hey, it’s made from hyena skin and it stinks. I recommend this buffalo leather water bottle!”
I shrugged my shoulders as I watched the conversation between Gulshi and the merchant. I knew you were good at getting along, but you don’t care about the other person. Everyone passing by is openly glaring at Gulshi. First, I picked up a robe to cover my body.
“How much is this, ‘Sister?’”
“In kingdom money, 2,000 is enough, handsome brother.”
Of course, favor and price were separate things. These low-quality old cloth clothes were three times more expensive than the luxurious furs of Quartz Castle. I can’t help it. I expected this and saved a lot of extra money, but if I buy everything I need, I’ll be broke.
“Give me two clothes, little brother.”
“Oh hohong, you’re so hot.”
When I handed the old robe to Gulsi, her eyes widened.
“young master!”
“uh? why?”
Gulshi’s urgent voice made me nervous.
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“This is my first gift!”
I was embarrassed to see Gulshi holding her robe, which was covered in sand and dust, with great care.
“What are the things you need when crossing the desert?”
“Water bottle, compass, Kojuac cream… … .”
“That’s enough, just pick out some clothes to change into.”
“and!”
While Gulsi was choosing clothes, I decided to borrow paper and pen from the owner.
“200.”
“… “Give me one.”
As expected, a random merchant from a garbage dump sold one piece of paper for the price of two books.
I wrote roughly on a piece of paper and burned it in the lamp. The general merchant frowned at me immediately burning the paper he had given me at a high price, but he did not ask me why.
“Be careful, pretty children. “It’s dangerous here, be careful, be careful again!”
I only bought things I needed, but I spent most of the money I had. The merchant still pretended to be worried because he was a customer. Instead of just talking about it, he should have reduced the price.
I used all the money I had to buy a camel. He only had money to buy one, so he tried to ride Gulsi on foot, but due to Gulsi’s extreme opposition, two people were riding in a single-person saddle.
“We are going to Melkaran.”
“yes!”
“It’s normal to be scared.”
“I’m not scared!”
I shrugged and drove the camel.
Tsk, Melissa.
Naturally, I have no intention of taking Gulshi to a den of devils, thieves, and murderers.
I sent a message to Melissa, so I can send Gulshi back once her whimsy is over.
However, seeing as he didn’t come right away even after sending the message, it seemed like it would take a few days for his whimsy to end.
* * *
I was expecting it.
“You crazy bitches, where are you wandering around?”
“Ha, this is absurd. Has Melkaran become a playground for children?”
“Let’s see, the one with the pale skin and straight teeth must be a tourist from the Free City or a stupid brush holder.”
“Giggles, I live a full life thanks to those idiots. “Did you sell the brush chick last time for 900?”
Less than ten minutes after leaving the village, I met some scary-looking men. What Gulsey said was right. In a village where dozens of people go missing every week, we are easy prey for hyenas.
“oh! “If I sell that bitch to the Ben Jolly brothel, I’ll get 2,000, right?”
“Let’s sell that guy to Ben Jolly rather than a slave dealer. “It looks smooth so I’ll get 3,000.”
Those seven tough-looking guys seemed to have a specialty in human trafficking.
Skillfully creating an atmosphere of fear, they trudged along without any warning. It cannot be seen as being careless. It is a common sense phenomenon. They are seven armed thugs, and we are immature children dressed in old cloths who came to see Melcaran. They had been keeping an eye on us since we left the village and had been following us, but since we had no companions or escorts, they must have attacked us without any worries.
“Hmm.”
I looked at their faces. As I slowly glared at them, counting the number of wrinkles on their faces one by one, they screamed as if they were displeased.
“What are you talking about, you bastard?”
“Aren’t you going to close your eyes, you bastard?”
A dirty beard, matted hair that you can’t tell when it was last washed, dirty skin that looks like it’s been covered in charcoal ash, and a wrinkled face like an old man aged by the sun. The yellow eyes and the rusty knife opened wide to scare me, and I couldn’t stand it and laughed out loud.
ha ha ha!
It’s a blatant ridicule.
“You corny bastards! ha ha ha!”
Since they are servants who have been despised their entire lives, they reacted immediately to my actions.
He just said he was going to sell me to a slave trader, and then he holds out a knife that I can’t tell if it’s melted or blood has dried.
“f*ck you!”
“Let’s see if you smile even when you get stabbed in the stomach.”
I laughed because it was amazing. I had never seen such a classic villain even in my past life. I fought a monster from another world that was destroying the Earth and a ‘monster’ with the power of a god. So is life here. While fighting against demons who had nothing but murderous intent and malice towards humans, it felt funny to encounter such a lump of desire.
Of course, if I were weak.
Those guys must have been scarier than the devil.
It was a time when the guys’ behavior became rough and I tried to take action myself.
“It’s a dog!”
“uh?”
Gulsi, who had been quietly listening to the human trafficker’s swearing, suddenly started swearing and yelling so hard that her eardrums hurt.
“You dare! These bastards don’t even know the topic! Did your mom and dad teach you that? Bastards! Since you’re acting like a dog, your mom and dad… … .”
“Wow, Padrip.”
Gulshi cursed at them one after another. It was a terrible curse. Since they were evil people living in Scavenger Village, they would have heard most of the curses they received as a morning greeting. However, Gulshi’s swearing was so vicious that it provoked human dignity and filial piety, so much so that even I, listening to it next to her, got goosebumps. Even the seven big guys just stare at Gulshi’s snout with dumbfounded faces.
I looked at Gulshi and opened the ‘eyes’ that had been opened after obtaining the holy relic of ‘suffering’.
When the eyes turn red, I can see other people’s emotions.
Gulshi’s feelings were strange. No matter how much she was the wise man’s disciple, she was still just a young girl and a maid living at Quartz Castle, but she was not at all afraid of the evildoers who were sure to have killed several people. On the contrary, Gulshi’s emotions were very violent. Anger and violence, a red aura that burns like a flame. On the contrary, their emotions were more intense than those of the villains.
In the end, unable to win the argument, the guys tried to stab him with their hands.
I believed in what I saw.
“Girl, ask!”
“Kang!”
I knew that Gulshi’s movements were unusual.
Girlsy may be stupid, but she’s not without sense.
There was confidence.
puck-!
I heard the sound of a tree breaking.
A guy twice as big was knocked out by Gulshi’s back kick.
She was smart, at least when it came to grappling and fighting. She struck down her next opponent with quick movements before the mercenaries could readjust their stance.
Fight well.
It feels different from martial arts. It is a technique that hits only the enemy’s vital points with maximum efficiency with a small and delicate body. It was similar to the special martial arts of the otherworldly enemy soldiers I had seen in my previous life. I watched with interest as Gulsey subdued the mercenary, but I wasn’t surprised. Compared to the secrets that I and the twins hide, Gulsey’s skills are nothing more than trivial.
Before we knew it, seven strong men were all stuck on the sand.
“hmm.”
What really surprised me was Gulsey’s next action. For a moment, I wondered if I should stop him, but I decided there was no need to. Melcaran is a harsh place, so I tried to understand as much as possible, but I did not come to Melcaran to act as a judge of justice. And Gulshi’s behavior is probably the result of long training.
Sigh!
He skillfully maims mercenaries with a small, curved dagger. Even if you don’t kill it, if you cut the tendons of its limbs, it’s no different from being dead. He had no hesitation in maiming the person he was walking on.
“It is a flower that has not been broken… … .”
Gulsey has grown up with me at Quartz Castle since she was young. Reinberg’s maids learn how to easily wash dishes or clean bed sheets, but not how to maim people efficiently. Gulshi’s actions and the judgments leading up to those actions are all the work of a ‘wise man’.
Everyone has a dark side, big or small, and they know it’s ugly and don’t reveal it carelessly. But her mother’s dark side seemed to run much deeper than I thought.
Wow!
Gulshi walked towards me, leaving behind the mercenaries’ desperate screams.
I shrugged and wiped the blood from my cheek.
“He fights well.”
“Gulshi can’t hide it anymore.”
fantasy,
