Chapter 336
Behind the thick gray walls, you can see buildings rising like spires.
Strong walls and tall yet sophisticated buildings. It was the appearance of Cameloon, one of the leading commercial cities on the continent with more than 10,000 people coming and going every day.
Raon and Dorian were looking at the walls of Cameloon on horseback, just like when they first stopped by Cameloon five years ago.
“This is already the fourth time. Many have come.”
Dorian, who had dyed his hair brown, licked his lips.
“Yes.”
Raon, who changed the color of his hair and eyes to black hair and black eyes, nodded.
Since the two are known to return to Sieghart, they changed their hair and eye color to deceive others, and wore windbreakers like ordinary travelers.
“let’s go.”
Raon gave Dorian a chin and rode off to Cameloon.
“It’s nice to be able to replenish my stuff, but why are you going to Cameloon?”
“To go sightseeing.”
“And, sightseeing?”
“okay. Let’s go relax a bit.”
“Uh… .”
He tapped the embarrassed Dorian on the shoulder and handed out the fake ID to the gate guard.
-What is tourism?
Lars sat down on his shoulder and wrinkled his nose.
-There’s no way that you, a dark-hearted bastard, just came here. There must be an ulterior motive. This weak guy has so many dirty secrets.
‘Hmm, I was going to eat a lot of delicious things today… .’
– Oh, really!
‘okay.’
Raon laughed at Lars, who jumped up like a knee reflex.
‘I’m going to enjoy it.’
I nodded and entered Cameloon.
“Welcome! The fruits are great today!”
“you idiot! Bring it this way!”
“Give me something cheaper. What are the players doing?”
“There’s nothing left over at that price!”
Cameloon was lively as always. The heat of the people touched his skin, so he wanted to practice swinging his sword right away.
“Aren’t you going?”
Dorian, who passed through the checkpoint and entered, tilted his head.
“for a moment.”
Raon didn’t move right away like when he came before. He looked around with a bewildered expression as if he had been to Cameloon for the first time.
As I was rolling my gaze for about 30 seconds, the sound of small steps approached.
“hello.”
“hmm?”
I looked to the side at the bright voice and saw a girl with blue hair tied like horsehair, nodding her head.
“Is this your first time in Cameloon?”
“okay.”
Raon looked at the child and nodded bluntly.
“Then shall I show you around the city? We, <Blue Cloud>, provide professional guides to travelers.”
The child pointed to the cloud-painted vest he was wearing.
“I can guide you to everything you want, including restaurants, sights, and symbols of Cameloon, for one silver coin!”
“What is your name?”
Raon met the child’s clear eyes and opened his mouth.
“It’s fine.”
The child smiled and shook his head slightly.
“Try to trust me.”
“thank you!”
Pine smiled and raised her hand.
“Then where are you going? There’s a festival going on right now, so you’d better go there!”
“It’s a festival… .”
– Food for festivals! Isn’t it a festival when it comes to food!
Lars pulled up his sleeves, saying let’s start with the festival.
“good. Then from the festival.”
“yes! Come over here!”
When Raon nodded, Pine responded refreshingly and immediately moved.
‘It’s like an infant.’
The clear voice and light gait seemed to see a young child working at a bar.
“I-over there… .”
As I was following Pine, Dorian approached me.
“It is not our first time here. This is the fourth time, why… .”
“What are you thinking?” he whispered quietly.
“That child has to eat too.”
Raon pointed to the shape of the blue cloud on Pine’s back.
“That pattern is a sign that children without parents earn money by working on their own.”
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“ah! I-I didn’t know that.”
Dorian scratched his cheek with an embarrassed expression.
“It would be nice to have a guide for sightseeing anyway, right?”
“That’s right!”
Dorian smiled and nodded, probably because he was doing a good job.
-That kind of thing… .
Lars frowned at Pine.
-Give that kid double the money later! Isn’t it great to be working already at that age!
‘after… .’
Raon let out a sigh. I don’t know what kind of demon king is so soft.
As I walked while talking with Dorian and Lars, the place where the festival was held soon appeared.
“Here it is!”
Pine raised her hand and pointed to the festival site. Almost the entire four blocks were being used as a festival space.
“It’s bigger than I thought!”
Dorian’s mouth fell open.
“It’s a city founding day festival! Lots of people, lots of events, lots of food!”
Pine laughed, waving her hands up and down. It was a youthful smile that only people of that age could show.
“I see.”
Dorian smiled and stroked Pine’s hair.
-The left side smells like chicken skewers. Salt and soy sauce are all there! On the right, the aroma of roast pork is spreading! center! Ice cream in the middle!
Lars noticed where and what kind of food was in an instant, just as if he was locating an enemy, and flicked his tongue. He was better than Gaeko in grasping the type and location of food at the same time.
‘Ugh… .’
anger is bullshit. No matter how you look at it, he was just a demon of appetite.
“Where would you like to see it?”
“after… .”
Looking at Lars, Raon let out a short sigh and raised his head.
“First, the food.”
“yes!”
Pine smiled and gestured.
“This way!”
* * *
Evening came to Cameloon.
The sky slowly darkened, but thanks to the heat of the festivities, darkness never came to Cameloon.
“sorry.”
Pine bowed her head to the two travelers who guided her today.
“Our facility can only work until 6:00. I think I should go.”
“6 o’clock?”
The round, brown-haired man who spoke to me kindly tilted his head.
“yes. It is our director’s theory that children should rest well and sleep well. I can’t work from evening.”
“He is a good man.”
“sure! You have no idea how good you are!”
Pine nodded and smiled.
“i get it. You did a good job today.”
A tall, dark-haired, black-eyed man handed over the information fee. Not one silver coin, but two in his hand.
“There are too many of these. You bought me some rice today… .”
“It’s okay, take it.”
He said he was taking care of me a little more because I did a good job.
“bye.”
The brown-haired man smiled and waved.
“thank you!”
Pine smiled and bowed her head. She waved at them and headed for the exit.
‘These are good people.’
The two guests, who seemed to be travelers, were friendly and courteous even to their young self.
Every time I buy food from a street vendor, I bought one, so I was able to fill my stomach for the first time in a long time.
They even packed snacks for friends, so I felt reassured.
‘It would be nice to have a guest like that…’ .’
Pine went out for a long walk in Cameloon, thinking about the fun things he had done today.
After moving for about an hour, the place where her steps stopped was a nursery school named Cloud House.
“You are coming now.”
In front of the nursery school entrance, an old man holding a lantern was sitting on a chair. This old man with a soft smile on his benevolent face was the director of Cloud House.
“How was your day?”
“It was fun.”
Pine answered brightly, and the moment she entered Cloud’s house, her eyes widened. Her eyes froze as if she was not a person, but a doll.
“okay. okay. Good work.”
The orphanage director tapped him on the back, and Pine trembled and walked towards the orphanage building.
The brisk steps he had shown in Cameloon had disappeared, and he was moving stiffly like a doll with a string.
‘ah… .’
Pine’s lips trembled.
‘Here again.’
A sensation that I feel every day but never get used to. I got goosebumps from the feeling that someone else was controlling my body. No, not just the body. Even the mind was being squeezed by someone.
Against his will, Pine entered the office of the nursery school director. He pressed the button on the right wall, and a hole opened under his desk, and he hurriedly descended into it.
At the bottom of the deep stairs was a huge hollow, and children of Pine’s age in cloud vests stood in line. Their faces were saddened, as if they were about to shed tears at any moment.
In front of and behind the children stood a black man wearing a black mask. The man behind them snapped a finger at Pine.
“No. 45. Come this way.”
“yes.”
Faine approached him, answering in a low voice. No. 45. No. 45 was her real name, not Pine.
jiggle.
45 put down the money he earned today as a guide in front of the man.
“Are there any more?”
He took out the snacks he received from the travelers from his chest.
Poududeuk!
The black man crushed the cookies with his shoe and looked at number 45.
“Tell me.”
“Black hair, black eyes. Height 187, weight 88, right handed, swordsman, many gaps. Brown hair, blue eyes, height 178, weight 79, right-handed, prosecutor, thorough.”
No. 45 recited the information of the two travelers they met today. I didn’t do it because I wanted to talk, I didn’t want to investigate. I was just watching and talking as I was taught.
“Can you kill me?”
No. 45’s head naturally turns to the man’s question.
“I think we can get rid of it by ambushing the brown-haired man from behind while guiding him to Gaviel’s tavern, which has high stairs, and then cutting the black-haired man’s Achilles tendon before reacting.”
After running the simulation in his head, #45 answered.
“Good work.”
The masked man nodded, and No. 45 went and stood in the center like the other children. Even though she came back from work happily, she frowned and cried.
His expression was so natural that anyone who saw it could tell that he had been through something sad.
“No.2.”
When the masked man in front of me shouted number 2, all the children who had been crying a moment ago raised their mouths and smiled brightly.
It was the happy smile that No. 45 showed all the time while guiding today.
Room 45 swallowed dry saliva while letting out an undisturbed laugh.
‘How long do I have to live like this?’
The only freedom is daytime, but even then you can’t escape.
No, the thought of running away never occurred to me. There was no such option.
‘I want to die… .’
Number 45 smiled brightly like the sun and wished to end its own life.
* * *
No. 45 entered the room only at dawn after completing all of the expression training and assassination training. The room was very small with only two old beds.
As I was perched on the creaking bed, the door opened and a red-haired girl came inside.
“No. 86.”
Room 45 called and beckoned the caught girl.
“why?”
Room 86 staggered to the side.
No. 45 put his hand on his waist with an expressionless expression and took out a snack. It was a snack that the masked person had stolen before breaking it.
“eat this.”
She cut the cookie in half and handed it to 86.
“Hey, can I eat it?”
“then.”
Number 45 nodded. 86 received the cookie with trembling hands and put it in her mouth.
“hmm… .”
No. 86’s expression did not change even though sweet snacks were filling his mouth. It was because of the emotional control that made it impossible to laugh properly alone.
“Eat this too.”
“but… .”
“I ate a lot today and it’s okay.”
#45 gave the other half to #86.
“Really. receive.”
From the time Room 86 first came here, they shared the same room and comforted each other. If she wasn’t for her, she would never have been able to make it through this life.
“thank you.”
A single tear fell from Room 86’s frozen pupil.
The two children fell asleep hugging each other.
* * *
Raon ate his lips on the high hill overlooking the orphanage.
‘It’s still the same.’
I checked all the underground facilities using the evil eye of rage and anger. Robert’s guys were teaching the children with more severe training than 20 years ago.
‘Whoa… .’
Damn Derus Robert.
Even just looking at it reminded me of my previous life and my heart tightened.
– They’re like dogs!
Lars screamed as he looked at the orphanage. A strong aura of anger flared up from him.
-Even in the Demon Realm, young demons go beyond! Do you mean to deal with those young and weak things like that!
‘So you said. There are real villains.’
Raon patted Lars and chewed his molars gently.
“Well, so that’s not an orphanage… .”
Dorian bit his lip as he looked at the orphanage.
“okay. It is a breeding ground for young assassins.”
I couldn’t say it was a Derus facility, so I only said it was an assassin training facility.
“Huh.”
he exhaled heavily. It seemed hard to believe that the cute child who guided the festival with a bright face was being trained as an assassin.
“It’s not the child’s will.”
“Well, then… .”
“It’s brainwashing. It’s a nasty, dirty way to train people’s eyesight by day and teach them assassination skills by night.”
Raon gave an eerie, cold smile.
“Um, how did the Vice Lord know about that?”
– This guy with a lot of secrets will never tell you.
Lars pursed his lips and frowned.
“Have you ever taken NCia with the Cheongeomdae to find the Holy Son?”
Raon sat down on the floor and looked at the nursery school.
“Of course I remember! That’s where Budan-nim got the nickname of Seolhwa Swordsman.”
Dorian nodded quickly.
“You caught Temus then.”
Themus was a senator who secretly followed Derus Robert. He pretended to cure NCia, but after he failed his plan to eat the Yonan family, he went after him and even ambush him.
“ah!”
-Is it then!
“It was the information I got from him.”
This is not a lie. I tortured him at the time and heard that there was a new assassin’s cradle here.
‘Now the opportunity has come.’
Ever since I heard that story, I wanted to save the children, but I couldn’t find out Derus’s location, so I’ve been putting up with it until now.
‘but… .’
I can do it now.
Currently, Derus is on his way to Balkar with the Robert family. It’s quite a distance away and you can’t move carelessly, so now was the time to break this place.
“There is a space under the room to the left of the nursery school entrance that connects to the basement.”
Raon pointed to the nursery school director’s office with the stairs going down to the basement.
“You go down there and protect the children.”
“What about the vice lord?”
“I have to take out the trash outside.”
There is an education officer on the inside and a protection officer on the outside. Since there is a master class in charge of protection, he had to deal with it himself.
“On swordsmanship, use only what everyone should know. Don’t reveal your true identity.”
“why? That’s a good thing.”
Dorian tilted his head.
“Now we are hiding our identities. If you move openly, you may be attacked again by another Ohma.”
“ah. That’s it.”
Dorian nodded, touching his brown hair.
Raon used the magic eye of anger again and inspected the nursery school.
‘There are more children than I thought.’
Compared to his excellent emotional control and assassination skills, the number of children was high. Looking at the situation, it seemed that I was going to do ‘that training’ sooner or later.
‘I don’t know if I’ll do it tomorrow.’
When ‘the training’ is completed, Derus Robert’s brainwashing completely swallows the children’s brains. He had to smash this place before that happened.
“When are you going to brush?”
“In two days.”
Raon narrowed his eyes.
‘I need to gather information.’
I had to figure out how many people there were in total, what the level of strength was, and how to safely protect the children before moving.
‘We also need to confirm the location of Derus.’
Therus is moving towards Balkar. In two days we’ll be sure to reach Balkar, so we can hit it there safely.
“ha… .”
Dorian let out a deep breath as if nervous.
“I’m very nervous about saving children from assassins.”
“Then go to your inn and rest.”
“yes? Then the sub-lord… .”
“I’ll go see a little more.”
“I-I’ll stay too.”
“no.”
Raon smiled lightly and shook his head.
“One person left is enough. You can help by going to rest.”
I went to sleep and waved my hands.
“Uh, don’t push yourself too hard and come back.”
“okay.”
Dorian nodded helplessly and went back to the inn.
Even after Dorian passed away, Raon observed the nursery school with a demonic eye of anger and a feeling of excitement.
‘The shift seems to be every 12 hours. It’s the same as before.’
It’s a new place, but the way it works hasn’t changed. Boundary times, shift times, and movements were all as expected.
‘Everything else is as expected. but… .’
what to do with children
It’s fortunate that many of the children survived because ‘the training’ wasn’t over, but after dealing with this place, I don’t know where to send them.
‘What should I do… .’
i can’t take it
Those children are not yet completely brainwashed. They had a bright future, so I had to leave it to someone I could trust.
‘He’s a trustworthy person… .’
There are only two of them here.
Raon made up his mind and turned around.
“Is there?”
I narrowed my eyes and looked at the bush behind the hill.
“Merlin.”
“huh!”
With a refreshing voice, a yellow rabbit the same color as the floor jumped out.
“after… .”
Raon closed his eyes and sighed. He’s just in case he really is. He called out directly, but got goosebumps.
-Ugh… .
Lars licked his lips.
-Yes, are you really going to entrust your children to that madwoman?
‘That’s not right.’
Raon shook his head and approached Merlin, who wrinkled his nose.
“I have a request.”
