Episode 123
Belle, who works at the Inn of the Warriors, has just turned 16 and has had her coming-of-age ceremony.
People think that the innkeeper, Reno, is her father, but the truth is different.
Bell was involved in a criminal organization, and the innkeeper, Reno, was a senior member of the organization.
You could say he’s a boss at work.
-Kill the man and capture the woman. She’s pretty, so you can sell her for a good price.
It was Renouf’s order.
Belle followed without any hesitation.
It wasn’t difficult since I’ve done similar things several times already.
The opponent is clearly a fool.
They are fools who carelessly show off a large sum of money, such as 20 gold coins, and walk around defenselessly.
Even though I heard that he was a nobleman from a distant foreign country, it is not certain.
‘You’re going into the limbs with your own feet! How could you be so stupid!’
Everything went smoothly.
The guy who looks like a knight is just a big idiot who doesn’t know anything.
A knight carrying a puppy in his arms.
To begin with, it doesn’t make sense that a knight doesn’t know how to ride a horse.
There was a high probability that he was a pillar of society pretending to be a knight.
A nobleman walking with a proud face next to him
It’s no different for you, young lady.
It seemed clear to me that sooner or later he would take off that haughty mask and start crying and making a fuss, begging for his life.
“I’ve arrived.”
Finally, I managed to lure them to a deserted place.
Now, if the waiting organization members take care of those guys, it’ll be over.
“Die!”
One of the gang members brandished a knife.
The man in armor stood there blankly, not even thinking of fighting back.
‘bye.’
At that moment, Belle smiled in victory.
“…!?”
Everyone’s eyes widened.
The man grabbed the knife.
To be exact, he was holding the blade with his index and middle fingers.
“This, this… why is this…!?”
The members of the organization trembled helplessly.
It was driving me crazy because I couldn’t get the sword out of my fingers.
That moment.
Kwajik!
The head of the organization member went through the wall.
Bell and the crew blinked.
Even though I clearly had both eyes open, I couldn’t figure out what was happening.
The moment I thought something flashed, the organization members’ heads were banged against the wall.
“This isn’t it…?”
Belle couldn’t help but realize that something was wrong.
Could a human head go through a wall?
No, is it even possible to break down a wall with brute force in the first place?
A knight known as a human weapon.
Among them, it was a realm that only a real person, not a mediocre person, could reach.
Kwajik! Kwajik! Kwajik!
The heads of the organization members are slammed into the wall one after another.
A man in crimson armor.
The man I thought was just a fool was actually a knight.
And he’s not just some idiot who’s all show, he’s a real talent.
You can tell just by looking at the movement.
At that level, you could probably join a formal knighthood even in a fairly large territory.
“It’s more trivial than I thought.”
It took less than a minute for all 20 members of the organization to be slammed into the wall.
No, maybe it took 30 seconds.
Even while doing all this, the knight was still holding the sleeping puppy.
“…”
Belle looked at the wall with trembling eyes.
The sight of all the members of the organization banging their heads against the wall felt like a kind of performance art.
Blood flowed from their broken heads, soaking the floor.
Belle’s lower body also began to get wet.
Choi Hyun-seok walked briskly toward Bell.
“Thank you. I’m a bit of a moral person, so hitting other people made me a little uncomfortable.”
“yes…?”
“Anyway, thanks to you, I was able to blow it cleanly.” “What, what is your identity…”
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Bell asked in a trembling voice.
“What is my identity?”
Choi Hyun-seok pointed at himself with his hand and smiled.
“The Demon King’s Army.”
A giant fist is coming.
Belle’s consciousness was cut off.
***
Five years have passed since Renouf started running an inn called the Warrior’s Shelter.
He was a popular man who always treated his neighbors kindly and had a good impression.
For the past five years, his acting has been so perfect that no one has noticed that he is a top criminal organization executive.
“This time I’m going to get a big piece of the action.”
Even Renouf was able to express himself freely when he had time alone.
The smile never left his face.
It was because of two fools who suddenly appeared yesterday.
At first, the traveling knights and nobles
Although he thought it was Young-ae, Renouf, who continued to watch the two, could sense something strange.
‘That man is not a knight.’
Although his attire was clearly that of a knight, his actions and speech were not like that at all.
The forced acting of pretending to be serious was incredibly awkward, and the sight of her carrying a sleeping puppy around the whole time was nothing short of comical.
A knight who lacks even basic manners and etiquette, and can’t even speak.
There is no such article in the world.
So then what are the identities of those two?
Renouf’s conclusion was this:
‘The reckless Yeong-ae fell in love with a commoner and ran away.’
You could tell by the way he was carelessly displaying his precious gold coins.
He probably ran away with the family fortune.
In other words, those two are idiots who don’t know anything.
In Kiton, where public security was poor, displaying gold coins like that was tantamount to asking for someone to steal them.
‘It’s only natural that you’d help me if I asked you to!’
First, Renouf had his young gangsters steal the gold coins.
Although they were still young, they had been making a living as pickpockets on the streets for many years, so their skills were as good as those of adults.
Moreover, considering that children are easier to induce into letting their guard down, it was actually better than adults.
So I took twenty gold coins.
Next it was the horse and carriage’s turn.
‘I can’t leave since I don’t have money… I’ll have to secretly induce them to sell the horse and carriage.’
Renouf had a simple but sound plan.
All that’s left is to lure them into a trap.
But things went more easily than I thought.
Before Reno could even get out, the stupid knight showed up.
When the man said he wanted to sell his horse and carriage, Renouf rang the bell, holding back laughter.
-You can handle it, right?
-Don’t worry.
Exchange opinions with eye contact.
Belle took the two out of the inn.
“I guess the work is almost done.”
Renouf checked his watch and chuckled.
By now, the guy pretending to be a knight would have gone on a tour of the afterlife, and the nobleman who was acting arrogant
Yeong-ae will be covered in tears.
For a moment, a dark desire flashed in Reno’s eyes.
“Your face was quite halved, what a pity! What a pity!”
It was truly regrettable that I had to be careful about my behavior at times like this, as I had to act like a good innkeeper.
“But I guess I have to put up with it since the pay is good.”
As an innkeeper, Reno’s earnings have increased several times.
Especially when there is a large number of cases like this, the profits that come in are comparable to those of other companies.
“Twenty gold coins from the Dracaen Empire, two sturdy horses, and a luxurious carriage. All together, it will come to thirty gold coins.”
Thirty gold coins.
It is a huge sum of money that ordinary people will never be able to see in their entire lives.
Enough money to buy a decent home in the capital of any country or territory.
After giving tribute to those above and dividing it among those below, he would only have a few gold coins in his hands, but it was still a lot of money.
While waiting for Bell to finish his work and come back, Renouf kept rubbing his hands.
That moment.
thud!
The inn door opened and a bell appeared.
“Oh! You came! Did you finish work well…?”
Renouf trailed off.
Because Bell’s condition was strange.
“bell…?”
Bell was leaning against the door with his head bowed.
Renouf slowly approached Belle.
“What’s going on? Are you okay?” “Yes. I’m okay.”
Bell answered with his head still bowed.
Renouf, who was approaching, suddenly stopped.
“Who…are you…?”
Bell’s voice was strange.
It felt strange, as if a man with a deep voice was forcing himself to imitate a woman.
“I’m Belle, right~?” “Stop kidding! What are you doing!”
A vein appeared on Renouf’s forehead.
Perhaps Bell, who has succeeded at work, is playing a prank on his organization members.
I know you’re excited, but how can you play such a prank on yourself, an executive?
Renouf, who thought he would be scolded severely, walked briskly.
He roughly grabbed Belle by the hair and lifted her up.
“Where did you get the joke…”
Reno’s eyes shook wildly.
Bell’s face, which had been raised, was covered in blood.
My eyes were completely open, and it felt like I had lost consciousness.
“bell…?”
“Yes, sir!”
The voice is heard, but Belle’s mouth does not move.
Only then did Reno realize.
The voice was coming from behind it, not from the bell.
Renouf’s gaze slowly turned to the back of Bell.
Soon, I ran into Choi Hyun-seok, who was smiling brightly.
“hi?”
“…”
Reno turned around and ran without a second thought.
I was thinking of escaping through the secret passage that was built when the inn was built.
‘Something is wrong! If it’s wrong, it’s seriously wrong!’
It’s clear that Bell and the gang were affected.
The man I thought was acting like a knight really was a knight.
“Oh my!”
Renouf, who was running, slipped and fell on his butt.
I looked down at the cold air and saw that the ground was frozen solid.
“T, why is this!?”
Renouf got up again, flustered.
I tried hard to wiggle my legs to escape, but it was so slippery that I couldn’t keep my balance.
The mind is impatient and the floor is slippery.
Eventually, Renouf fell to the floor again before he could take even two steps.
“oh my…!”
At that time, I was groaning in shock.
A strange laughter was heard.
“Kihihi! Khihihi!”
Renouf quickly scanned the surroundings.
A woman with pure white wings and a height of about 30 cm came into his eyes.
“fairy…?”
It was definitely the fairy I had only heard of through rumors.
It is said that the fairy who occasionally appears near the warrior has a kind heart and elegant character.
“Kihihi! Idiot!”
However, no matter how I looked at it, the small creature in front of me was far from a fairy.
What if it was a little devil?
Clank, clank.
The sound of armor rubbing against each other was heard from behind.
Reno didn’t want to look back, but he forced himself to turn his head.
“…”
A man appeared approaching, holding a bell with one hand that had become a super sword.
“I’m sorry my daughter has become like this.”
Actually, I wanted to say that she wasn’t my daughter, but I didn’t think it was necessary.
Anyway, I couldn’t feel even a hint of regret on the man’s face.
“Do we still have some calculations to make?”
Renouf nodded repeatedly in response to Choi Hyun-seok’s question.
“I, I’ll give it to you! I’ll give it all to you! Just let me live!”
Renouf was a man of quick judgment.
***
Knock, knock, knock.
Choi Hyun-seok took out gold coins from his pocket and threw them one by one.
Knock, knock.
All the gold coins will come out within that time.
Choi Hyun-seok’s expression distorted as he looked at his empty pockets.
“Why are there only ten?”
The original gold coins that Abelson had were twenty.
Half of it is gone.
Renouf waved his hands urgently and shouted.
“Hey, I already paid the deposit!”
“Bribe?”
“Yes! To do business here, you have to go to many places and poke around… so half of the profits are always taken from above.” “So. You’re saying I don’t have any money?”
Choi Hyun-seok said with his eyes wide open.
“My happy retirement fund. My wedding fund fell into the hands of some criminal bastards?” “T-T-T… Wait a minute!”
Renouf quickly opened the inn safe.
“Here! Here are more gold coins! This is my personal money, but I will give you all of it!”
There were quite a few gold and silver coins piled up there.
When I counted them, there were five gold coins and forty silver coins.
“Alien, what is the value of a silver coin?” “It varies from country to country, but usually twenty silver coins are exchanged for one gold coin.” “Then what we have here is seven gold coins.”
Abelson nodded.
Choi Hyun-seok looked at the innkeeper, Renouf, again.
“You don’t have enough money?”
“Well, I’ll somehow manage to get three gold coins! Just give me a day!” “Hmm? Three gold coins? What do you mean?”
Choi Hyun-seok tilted his head.
“You owe me forty gold coins. I have seventeen here now, so you must bring me twenty-three more.”
“yes!?”
Renouf asked back in surprise.
“You definitely had twenty gold coins, didn’t you!?”
“That’s the principal.”
Choi Hyun-seok continued speaking with a sly smile.
“Five gold coins for the mental damage I suffered. Five gold coins for the time loss. And when I hit your gang member earlier, I think I sprained my fist a little bit. Five gold coins for the medical expenses. Lastly, five gold coins for the interest on the twenty I lent you for one day.”
“…”
“If you add up the principal, it’s forty gold coins in total, right?”
Choi Hyun-seok continued speaking while putting money in his pocket.
“Again, there are seventeen here now, so you only need to bring twenty-three more. Do you understand? It’s simple math, right?”
Renouf felt dizzy.
What kind of ridiculous, forced logic is this?
I couldn’t get forty gold coins even if I died.
“Where are you going to get that kind of money!?” “You paid it back earlier, right? Just bring it back. You can get the few things that are missing yourself.” “If my superiors find out, I’ll die!” “You’ll die even if you don’t bring it.” “I’m not joking. I’m really going to die!”
I would rather just die.
If you were unlucky, you could be subjected to all kinds of torture or even sold into slavery.
“Then tell me the information. Tell me everything you know about your organization.” “Then I’ll die! No, kill me now! I mean kill me!”
At that moment, Renouf was screaming in frustration.
Boom-!
A mace flew in from somewhere and landed next to his face.
