Episode 108: If you lose, you have to do something you don’t want to do.
After letting the horses eat grass, we sat on the hill and rested.
The hair blew in the gentle breeze. However, it seemed that the evil Soma was still feeling the wind of blood.
“How did you kill the Subhonmazon?”
I ended up chuckling.
“You said I was persistent in pretending to be nice? Soma-nim, you’re just as persistent as I am.”
“Don’t you want to brag? When you’re this age, you want to brag to the whole world. I killed the Demon Lord Seophon! So, put down your arrogant eyes in front of me! Don’t you want to be the only one?”
“I may be boastful, but not to the extent of pretending that I did something that never happened. Yes, I am strong. To the extent that people would suspect me of this. But I didn’t kill anyone.”
I held on until the end. Saying something that could be a weakness to someone like the evil Soma is like being caught in a weakness. If you say something in the heat of the moment, you will regret it for a long time.
“Okay. Then let’s have a go at it.”
I knew this was coming, after all.
Because they must have been overcome with a desire to fight me after seeing my skills in dealing with the assassins.
As he killed the assassins, he became a beast that smelled blood. The desire he had been holding back had raised its head.
“I don’t like it.”
“Why don’t you like it?”
“It would be foolish to fight among ourselves when facing a formidable enemy.”
“Why don’t you just fight hard enough so that you don’t get hurt?”
“It’s natural to get excited when you fight.”
“I won’t be excited.”
“I’ll get excited. If I’m as skilled as you saw me as being able to kill the Demon Lord, can you handle me getting excited?”
“This makes me want to fight even more.”
The lava was bubbling and spewing out. To prevent a major accident, we need to let some of that lava flow out today.
“Let’s do it!”
“I don’t like it.”
“A lot of the soldiers died today. But will they attack again in less than a day? It’s not realistic.”
“There are other reasons why I don’t want to do it.”
“What is it?”
“Whether I win, I lose, and whether I lose, I lose.”
“What does that mean?”
“If I win, you’ll want to kill me. If I lose, you’ll lose interest in me.”
“What good is it that I am interested in science and engineering?”
“My goal is one. If you, Soma-sama, will be on my side, it will be a decisive force in becoming the successor. I don’t mind treating the rest of the Mazones as enemies.”
The evil Soma snorted.
“You said that, but next time you’re going to try to bring in another demon?”
“Is it obvious? How did you know?”
“It’s obvious.”
He has a deep distrust of humanity.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t get on the same boat as you.”
“Why is that so?”
“You know, right? The magic that the Duke dreams of is not my magic. So you don’t have to show off to me. The Duke’s flattery is just a waste of energy.”
“Still, I will try harder.”
“Why?”
“So there is nothing to lose.”
The evil Soma laughed. It seemed to be the answer that suited his heart perfectly.
“That’s a very good reason. If I had said something like I like it, or I respect it, or something like that, it would have backfired.”
How great would it be if the evil Soma were someone who was just like this, just to this extent?
But up to this point, it’s just his clothes. It’s the shoes he wears, and the mask he wears. His true nature begins here.
“So let’s stick together. We’ll never become close anyway.”
The places he showed me as the world are not really his world.
I know the world of truly evil Soma.
That moment when his eyes roll back and he can’t see anything, when his madness explodes and no one can stop him, that is his real world. Only in that moment does he feel alive.
Right now, he’s just being patient because of his curiosity about me and because of my uniqueness in pushing things he hadn’t thought of.
He is not the type of person who would insist on a fight. He is the type of person who would rush in and fight to kill someone. You must not let him realize that you are holding back too much.
“Okay, let’s stick together.”
“!”
The evil soma was surprised by my words. It seemed like he didn’t know that I would really ask him to join me.
“Okay! Let’s get started right now!”
The evil Soma laughed loudly. He was genuinely happy.
“Your Majesty.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Do you see that tree over there at the end?”
“I can see it.”
“Let’s start with light air first.”
He quickly added before disappointment crossed Soma’s eyes.
“If you beat me in light combat, I’ll fight you in martial arts.”
“great.”
A hint of humor crossed the eyes of the evil soma. Since he was confident in his lightness, he was naturally confident that he would win.
“If I win, please do me a favor.”
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“Just say whatever you want.”
“Let’s have a drink together tonight. You don’t have to take your mask off. Just lift it up like this and drink.”
I lifted my mask and pretended to drink.
“Scholar of engineering.”
“yes.”
“You want me to drink it quietly? This guy is a little crazy. He can’t be this persistent.”
I laughed like a madman at that. It’s the way I choose to deal with madmen. He says it’s persistence, but it’s honesty.
Knock, knock, knock again in the same spot. Where I knock, there is his mask.
“Okay. If I lose, I’ll drink.”
“Then shall we try?”
We stood shoulder to shoulder. It had been a long time since we had a light air competition.
The evil Soma asked me.
“Have you ever competed in a light air competition?”
“Yes. It happened just once.”
“Who have you done it with?”
with you.
“Yes, an old friend.”
“You’re young, but do you have any old friends?”
“There is one bad guy.”
“I would have liked it if I had seen it.”
“Maybe so. Maybe he hated it because it was too similar.”
The evil soma looked at me with a strange look at my incomprehensible laughter.
“Can I run first?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“going!”
As I ran out first, the evil Soma leisurely followed me.
The evil soma caught up with me in an instant. He ran in front of me as if teasing me. As he was running in front of me, he looked back and spoke to me.
“Are you saying that you want to have a light-hearted competition with just that level of skill?”
“It’s not over yet.”
I couldn’t close the distance until I turned around the tree I had set as the turning point.
Of course, the evil Soma was wary of me. He knew full well that I was not the type of person to ask for a fight.
But no matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like he’ll lose to me.
With only a little time left until the destination, the evil Soma took advantage of his last moment.
“Even a scientist has weaknesses. Now he seems a bit more human.”
“What did it look like before?”
“He’s a monster. He looks so young and innocent that it makes you let your guard down, but if you get to know him, he’s actually a monster.”
“Like this?”
At that very moment, he turned his head to see what was going on.
Eww.
I suddenly sped up and ran forward. I caught up with the evil Soma in an instant. I had unleashed the speed of the Wind God Sabo that I had been hiding.
My speed, which was demonstrated through extreme internal energy, was literally speedy.
The evil Soma belatedly raised his internal energy and chased after me, but the distance between us grew wider.
“at there!”
Phew!
The evil Soma shot the blood dragon from behind. It was a warning shot, so it passed by me.
As I was almost at the destination, the evil Soma unleashed his magic attack. In his determination to win, he swung his sword past my head, but he still couldn’t bring himself to hit me.
The tree in front of me crashed down, its leaves falling down on my head as if to celebrate my victory.
A murderous aura rose from the body of the evil soma who arrived late. He strode toward me with a determination to leave at any moment.
“Are you going to lose twice a day?”
Rather, it was effective because I spoke calmly.
Even though the evil Soma was a villain, he was not a villain.
Instead, he took out his anger on the heavens. He fired a series of lightning bolts filled with frustration into the air. Thunder could be heard repeatedly in the clear sky.
I waited for him to calm down.
After Chimi had let out her anger, the evil Soma asked me.
“What the hell is that light air?”
“It’s a hidden lightness technique that was used as a last resort.”
“So what is it?”
“I can’t tell you. It’s a desperate measure.”
He was undeterred by the outcome.
“Let’s get back together. From the beginning to the end with that lightness.”
It was true that he lost, but it seemed he was even more upset that he lost because he let his guard down.
“Next time.”
I quickly climbed onto my horse and set off first.
There was another uproar behind me, but then it died down.
Again, again, again.
The evil Soma followed me from a little distance.
I feel the heat from behind. It is the heat I desire. Because the lava of the evil soma is overflowing towards me.
Yes, your madness. At least take it out a little.
That night.
The evil soma and I went camping. Since we moved so slowly, there was still a long way to go until the next village.
Beyond the campfire, the evil soma was watching me grooming the beast I had hunted. He hadn’t said a word since noon.
The good thing about a campfire is that it makes any silence feel comfortable.
I grilled the trimmed meat and gave it to him.
“Please come into the carriage and eat.”
Then the evil Soma finally opened his mouth.
“Why don’t you suggest that we have a drink? Even if you did, I’m just a piece of trash who doesn’t keep promises.”
I responded calmly to his barbed words.
“I will do it.”
For a moment, the evil Soma was unable to respond to the unexpected answer.
“Of course I should. I ran so hard and won.”
“Then why don’t you do it?”
“I’m going to start with a meal and then drink. I don’t think you like alcohol that much. You don’t like side dishes, do you?”
“Why did you ask me to drink when you knew I didn’t like it?”
“Because it’s a penalty. If you lose a match, you have to do something you don’t want to do.”
The evil Soma, who had been quietly staring at me, looked down at the meat I handed him.
Then suddenly he lifted his mask slightly and started eating.
I was surprised.
I didn’t know he would take off his mask and eat food in front of me so easily. I expected him to eat only after his pride was slightly touched. His unpredictable whims are something I can’t do anything about.
“It’s bland.”
“Here is the salt.”
As I stretched out my hand, the salt on the spread leather floated into the air. The evil Soma’s eyes widened at the sight. This was because he knew that it was much more difficult to raise numerous grains like salt into the air than to raise a single object.
Slurp, slurp.
Salt flew through the air and sprinkled on his meat.
The eyes of the evil soma looking at me were trembling. The desire to fight me was blooming again.
“It’s still bland.”
“Without even trying it?”
I smiled and said to him that he wanted to see more of my season.
“They say that eating bland food will help you live longer. It’s what the magician said, so you can believe it.”
“You, Mr. Lee, are really… … .”
The evil Soma tried to say something, but stopped. What was he going to say? Was he crazy? Was he annoying people? Or… … .
The evil Soma started eating meat again. I watched him for a moment and then started eating too.
When I felt a little hungry, I brought some alcohol. Since we often went camping, we never ran out of alcohol in our pack.
This time, the evil Soma lifted his mask slightly and drank alcohol. He said he didn’t like it, but he drank it well.
“You’re not even taking off your mask so coolly. Doesn’t it look like nothing?”
“It doesn’t look like it.”
“You’re finally being honest.”
“That’s good. I feel uncomfortable with people who try to look good. You can tell by looking at my brother.”
The evil Soma suddenly drew a line on the floor with the meat bone he was holding. Then he drew a vertical line where I had drawn before.
“Where am I now? You said you would spare me if I came here, but have I come this far?”
