Chapter 104 – 104. Owen Baltani
Owen Baltany had no idea about the large amount of debt he had.
Every day, I held the funeral for my grandfather who passed away and expressed my sorrow through music.
It was rough loan sharks who dragged the boy, who was living through a time of music and tragedy, art and wailing, back to reality.
Being an artist is a hungry profession.
Claren, where many such artists gathered, was a place that could be called a bonanza for loan sharks.
In addition, it was easy to expand the business as people poured drugs, gambling, alcohol, and smoked tobacco in the name of inspiration.
It’s the perfect environment for underworld scoundrels to become gangsters. This was the dark part of Claren, the city of artists.
anyway.
Owen, who was in the midst of loneliness, first learned that his grandfather was in debt when he saw documents brought by loan sharks.
Owen was shocked as if he had been hit on the head with a hammer when he saw his grandfather’s autograph written on top of the huge debt.
In the end, all Owen could do while struggling in debt was play the piano.
Somehow, they were making money through street performances provided by the city hall.
Wow!
The loan sharks didn’t wait for that.
“You don’t have to pay interest!”
Owen, who had been caught by loan sharks on his way to the rooftop of Purceni, where he was to perform today, was dragged into an alley and beaten.
“Gagging!”
My face is red and swollen. The boy, who had nothing to do with violence, rolled on the floor with red eyes after a single punch from his bully.
The world of the pianist, who had just been determined to play hard, was suddenly filled with resentment and tragedy.
“Hey, look at this! Your grandfather owes us something? “Do you have any intention of repaying the debt or not?”
A loan shark who continues kicking and kicking while waving debt documents.
While the foul-mouthed man, who seemed to be the leader of the action, was hitting him for a while, a man with glasses standing behind him, smoking a cigarette, stopped him.
Owen’s crouching body, so beaten that he can hardly breathe, is shaking.
The brief break felt like a handful of mercy.
“Kid, do you think you can pay off your debt by working like this all day?”
“… … .”
“You’re only doing concerts given by City Hall, right? Musicians are widespread in Claren. “I work for only pennies and can’t even repay the interest.”
Phew.
Tobacco smoke is exhaled deeply. Owen’s mind becomes hazy as the smoke pleasantly envelops his nose.
“I’ll tell you one good thing. If you do that, your debt will be resolved quickly. “You too will be able to make the money you will be living off of.”
“ah… … .”
What are you talking about?
Does this person want something different from me?
Owen was embarrassed, but he smiled and held out his hand, unusually benevolent for a loan shark.
“Catch it. Then a new world will unfold to you. “After you make money, you can go back to playing the music you want.”
Actually, that didn’t matter to Owen. Because I just wanted to get out of this situation.
“iced coffee.”
I held out my trembling, blood-covered hand.
Wow!
The foul-mouthed man standing behind him flies past Owen.
bang!
The man, who was rolling on the floor in an awkward posture, looked like he had already fainted.
“What, one room?”
Her white hair is tied up in a ponytail, but it sticks out as if she’s not used to it.
An easy-to-move shirt and black pants.
In addition, blood-red eyes that seem to be staring at prey.
The man who was smoking a cigarette could immediately tell that the woman who suddenly appeared was not an ordinary person.
“Findenai, go and get the documents.”
And then a black-haired man appeared behind him. Slightly long black hair that goes down to the corners of the eyes.
His neat clothes, along with his aesthetic appearance suitable for a city of artists, suggest that he is an aristocrat.
Findeneye approaches the foul-mouthed loan shark who is lying around and snatches the debt document he was holding from earlier.
The loan shark, who was holding a tobacco stick in his mouth, chews the end of it lightly and spits it out.
“What are you doing?”
First of all, since he was a nobleman, he appeared in a low-key manner, but the loan shark was ready to turn over and attack him at any moment if he made a mistake.
However, Deius ignores the man who was smoking a cigarette and frowns as he checks the documents Findenai brought.
“It’s manipulation?”
“… … !”
The loan shark’s eyes start to tremble. The eyes, like a wild dog that was about to pounce at any moment, suddenly droop down.
“I just took the signature from another document and manipulated the document with magic.”
There were often scammers like this. Therefore, it was necessary to double and triple check the documents and have them confirmed by experts.
They even lend magic tools to check the authenticity of documents free of charge upon request from the city hall.
There was no way Owen, who was only 16 and had only ever played the piano, would know that.
“If anything, you can go check with an expert right now.”
The loan shark felt his heart sink as he looked at his cold eyes. Even though summer was now in full swing, I was so cold that my body was shaking.
“Oh, no. that is… … .”
Going from A to E was a moment. He tried to make excuses somehow.
“Findenai.”
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As soon as I called his name, Findeneye lunged forward like a wolf let off its leash.
Wow!
Her knee smashes into the loan shark’s face.
Nosebleeds and broken teeth everywhere.
It didn’t end there. Findeneye grabbed her hair with one hand and immediately threw it into the alley with such force.
They fell on top of another loan shark who had fainted, and they both let out painful screams.
A hand is extended to Owen again.
Unlike the loan shark’s tempting offer just now, he was extremely stiff and blunt.
“egg plant.”
A belief of unknown meaning arose in his heart, so Owen grabbed Deius’ hand.
* * *
After bringing Owen to the dorm, giving him a room to wash up, and ordering food from the restaurant on the first floor.
I sat at the table for a moment, lost in thought.
[It seemed like he wanted something from Owen.]
“Yes, that’s right.”
The loan sharks suggested to the little boy that he follow them.
They even created fake debt documents that were unreasonable.
If you look at it this way, you might be tempted to go that far, but you need to think the opposite.
I wanted to have Owen at all costs.
“They also realized that Owen had special abilities.”
[I guess so. But I’m curious as to why you’re asking for it.]
It looks like it has the ability to comfort monsters, but it hasn’t been decided for sure yet.
Because even he doesn’t know much about his own abilities yet.
Just then, Owen approaches, wiping his hair with a towel, as if he’s already washed up. Iluania, who had been preparing in advance, sat him down on a chair and began to apply medicine to her wound.
The hostess’s food is abundantly presented on the table, giving off a fragrant aroma.
“Eat first.”
Owen made a tearful expression at Iluania’s friendly smile and began to stuff food into his mouth.
The skinny boy, probably unable to eat proper food for a while due to debt, munches food into his mouth.
After watching the scene from afar for a while, the dark spirit and I returned to the conversation.
“The loan shark’s attitude was also annoying. “Before it became known that it was a false document, they planned to attack me if they thought it was intrusive.”
[Is there something to believe in that?]
“Probably so.”
It was said that there was a back boat.
This means that he is not just a loan shark, but someone behind the scenes wants Owen’s abilities.
“I’m curious.”
There are questions about the dark side, but Owen’s abilities have become even more interesting.
“Can not help it.”
I take out a jewel wrapped in cloth from my arms. An object that gives off an ominous feeling that already makes souls scream just by its appearance.
[Are you planning to wake me up?]
The boy’s grandfather had already closed his eyes and entered into rest.
Strange events are unfolding surrounding the boy.
“You can find out if you ask directly.”
I was planning to ask Owen directly about the secret that his grandfather had been harboring.
* * *
“So you failed?”
The office of loan shark Volfras.
All the hoodlums stood up and bowed their heads in fear.
The woman in the center was wearing a robe that was completely out of place in the office.
“yes yes! sorry!”
The voice of Wolfras, the original owner of the office, trembles sweetly. I felt like my dry tongue was becoming more and more twisted.
If it’s even the slightest bit intrusive, she’ll eat it right away.
Since Volfras had already seen that scene several times, he couldn’t help but be even more nervous.
“So, did you bring those who were harmed?”
“yes! “He was in detention on fraud charges, so we paid bail and a bribe to bring him back!”
“That was good.”
The woman puts the bread she was holding in her hand into her mouth and chews it.
The gangsters felt horrified by the sight and hurriedly brought in the two main culprits of the day.
The faces of the two people kneeling in the office were very serious.
One guy’s face was completely smashed and swollen, and the other guy had both arms broken.
It was the work of Findenai, an artistic fan conscious of being a city of artists.
The two people immediately hit their foreheads on the office floor while shaking. The two cried out as their tears and blood soaked the floor.
“I’m so sorry!”
“It was because strange people suddenly appeared! If you give me one more chance, I will definitely bring you back!”
“Damn.”
The woman jumps up from the soft chair and immediately stretches out her hand.
The hand soon turned into a huge mouth resembling the shape of a demonic beast, and the hideous teeth were instantly cruelly piercing and devouring the two people.
“Ugh, ugh!”
“Save me! Save me… … !”
Crack, clap, clap.
It didn’t take long for the wailing screams to turn into crunching sounds that pierced flesh and bone.
The gangsters swallowed their saliva but could not raise their heads, so they just looked at the blood dripping down and soaking the floor.
“It’s not that old man, why is it so difficult to ask him to bring his grandson…?” … .”
The eyes of the woman who was complaining in frustration flashed. She then makes a dumbfounded expression.
“Ha, so that’s why it was like that?”
The woman who ate them all suddenly bursts into laughter, clutching her stomach. She laughed for a while, wiping her eyes with her hands as tears came out, and muttered.
“Mr. A, they were the ones who taught me this interesting thing, but they killed me for no reason.”
The thugs didn’t understand what she was talking about.
The woman sits down on the sofa again and crosses her legs.
“The memorial service was here.”
Are there any coincidences like this?
After Dante’s monster surgeon was killed by a girl named Arias, he came to Claren, which is full of monsters, to replenish his strength.
I finally met Deius Verdi, whose whereabouts were unknown.
“Tsk, tsk tsk.”
The woman licks her lips with her tongue and smiles with satisfaction.
It feels like a luxurious dinner is unfolding right in front of your eyes.
The woman felt like she was drooling and ate her mouth.
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