Episode 45. Cleanup operations (3)
“Eight! away! “Get off!”
The sound of violent beatings echoed throughout the basement.
Zickerman mercilessly trampled on the woman clinging to the ship.
“You dirty bitch who can’t even be used as a slave! Where is my path ahead… … !”
“Ah… … “Ahh!”
Despite the pain of her bones breaking and her internal organs rupturing, she remained steadfast.
I tried hitting it with my feet and hitting it with a chain, but it didn’t show any signs of falling from the box.
“Huh, huh… … ”
Zikerman, who was breathing hard as if he had no strength, eventually took out a small dagger from his pocket.
“This is why people like you can’t do it! Just live within your means! “Because you’re doing something unbecoming like this, you’re calling for punishment!”
-Sreung
Zikerman must have realized that he could not remove her by beating, so he aimed the dagger he had drawn at the woman’s nape.
“Isn’t that fortunate? They’re going to grow up ugly in the hands of bitches like you, so you’re helping me raise them in a good place, right? “You’ll have to thank me even when you go to the afterlife!”
Zikerman laughed maniacally and slashed his sword mercilessly.
-Suddenly
-Clink
However, what the dagger’s point struck was not a woman, but a dull iron floor.
Zickerman, who felt something strange, slowly looked at his right hand with trembling eyes.
“Hehehe… … !”
A large amount of blood gushing from the cut wrist.
Before he could even scream, something blunt hit his vocal cords.
“Crack!”
As a result, the body lost balance and fell forward.
“Zickerman Albas. One of the continent’s three richest men and the subject of the Usif Empire… … .”
The voice of a young boy heard from somewhere.
It was a voice he had heard for the first time that clearly did not exist in his memories.
“Monopolizing the empire’s commercial power through murder and intimidation, engaging in illegal solicitation with imperial officials to silence this, and even operating a slave market that is prohibited by law in the empire… … .”
These were Zikerman’s evil deeds that he had committed so far.
I wanted to say something, but all that came out was a muffled moan.
“Is there enough reason to die?”
Zikerman mustered up all the strength he had from breastfeeding and desperately shook his head.
However, he spoke regardless of the mysterious voice.
“I’ll give you one minute… … .”
“… … ?”
“No more, no less, just one minute. During that time, take the time to repent for the evil deeds and mistakes you have committed. In one minute, the pain you feel now will completely disappear… … .”
Zickerman did not know what those words meant.
Doesn’t that mean that after that one minute passes, you will kill yourself mercilessly?
“Instead, no matter what happens during that one minute, you never die. Of course, there may be more pain than the pain I feel now… … .”
No matter how much I think about it, I cannot understand it.
Zikerman managed to raise his head with all the strength he had from breastfeeding.
“… … ?”
A mysterious boy looking down at himself with an infinitely calm expression.
However, Zikerman could tell right away that he was no ordinary boy.
‘Mi, mist…’ … ?’
A moment of despair when all hope is extinguished.
Now all he had left was the worst minute that would feel like the longest of his life.
* * *
Should I say I was lucky?
I didn’t know he would come back on his own.
With the target right in front of you, there is no need to waste time.
After giving him a final moment of repentance, he cut open his heart and killed him.
I got up from my seat and looked in the direction where the woman was.
“Hmm… … .”
Looking at its condition, it appears that it is not dead yet.
He continued to caress Ham with sorrowful eyes. Was the child who had been calling so desperately even in that box?
First, I approached her.
“Sorry… … I’m really sorry… … ”
Her sorrowful emotions could be seen through her delicate voice and bitter tears.
He realized that he had very little time left to live.
Do you feel sorry for me?
well?
To be honest, it’s been a long time since I became calm.
When I first started this job, I was so angry that everything in the world seemed ugly.
The cruel laws of the world that I was unaware of within the confines of a dukedom.
The moment I got used to it and became numb to it, my eyes and lips were only drawing straight lines.
There are so many people in this world who have met miserable deaths like that woman.
That woman just happened to catch my eye, and she was no different from the countless other people who passed through my hands.
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“kid… … My child… … .”
“… … ?”
I was a little surprised.
She pushed the box towards me that seemed like it would never let go even when struck by lightning.
The moment I looked into the woman’s eyes, not knowing what it meant,
-tuk
Her face fell helplessly to the ground.
He passed away.
If we leave it like this anyway, no one will care about her body.
I gently placed my hand on the woman’s head.
-sssss
The mist spread from her hand and enveloped the woman’s body.
The fog wrapped the woman’s body warmly, and soon it turned into smoke and disappeared.
[Why do you even pray for me to attain Buddhahood?]
“I don’t think it goes that far… … .”
I can’t guarantee that the world there will be better than this one.
The purification work has been completed. Now all that remains is to report to the head of the family and return.
[Are you going to leave this behind?]
It’s a bit ambiguous to call it a trophy.
[The energy I felt from outside earlier, I can feel it very clearly here. I guess this is the special thing that idiot was talking about?]
It was in the hands of the target, Zikerman, and he desperately tried to take it from the woman.
Moreover, it is said that K-Ram can even feel a vivid energy.
I think the item in this box is the special item that is being auctioned today… … .
The moment you try your hand to check.
-Wiggle
“… … ?!”
Suddenly there was movement in the ship.
“W-what is this?”
It was a clear movement that made the ship shake.
what? Did you really hear it?
I had a strange feeling that I shouldn’t mess with something.
[This can’t be right… … ?]
Kayram was also surprised.
It seemed as if he sensed a more certain energy due to the movement just now.
[What are you doing? Why don’t you open it quickly?]
Regardless of how I felt, Kayram urged me to open it quickly.
Okay, I’ll try to open it first, but I don’t think there’s a real child in this holeless box, so what on earth is there?
-clutter
When I opened the golden lid, I found something covered in five-colored cloth.
The size is slightly larger than a human head.
The moment I carefully lifted the cloth, wondering if it might have been the head of a Death Knight… … .
“… … ?”
[…] … ?]
I was literally lost.
Because the contents of the box were not anything I had imagined.
“egg?”
It was an egg.
The problem is that this isn’t just any egg.
A white egg that emits a vivid brilliance.
If it’s an egg that gives off this much magic, it’s bound to be… … .
[It’s a dragon’s egg?]
* * *
I had only seen a dragon’s egg once in my previous life.
I didn’t have any special feelings or anything like that.
It just seems like a large, mysterious egg.
I only had the general impression that even that bulky and gigantic dragon eventually started out at a size similar to that of a human fetus.
So how do you feel after seeing it for the second time?
Putting everything else aside, all I can think about is this.
Why is this here?
“I think we underestimated the man Zickerman too much. “I never thought they would put the dragon’s eggs up for auction.”
The head of the family said, stroking his chin as if he had not expected this at all.
“Was there anything else besides this egg?”
“First of all, nothing felt special.”
If you put this aside in the first place, there’s no way you’d see anything else.
“hmm… … .”
Her eyes, which were staring at the egg, suddenly turned towards me.
“You look calmer than I thought.”
“You mean about eggs?”
“No, about killing Zikerman. At the very least, this is the first person you have killed with your own hands since joining this mist, and it seems so natural, as if it has always happened.”
She was smiling strangely, not sure if it was out of curiosity or satisfaction.
I didn’t really question it.
“Well, first of all, the target, Zickerman, is dead, and we freed all the slaves elsewhere. In addition, I happened to seize the special item that Aer mentioned, so it seems like the task was successfully completed. “Good job Sian.”
Mist’s mission ends there.
The moment the target is assassinated, the purification process is over, and the lives of the freed slaves are not taken responsibility for.
We are assassins, not saviors.
“Then what should I do with this egg?”
“Why are you asking me that?”
“yes?”
“It’s the loot you got, so of course you’re responsible for it. “We have no authority!”
“… … .”
I feel like something happened to me.
I only told them to check, but I never told them to deodorize it, right?
[Why, why not try growing something like this?]
This perverted demon sword is now throwing out harsh words.
Is it possible to hatch it in the first place?
Dragons have been given a long lifespan since the beginning, and even the time it takes to hatch from an egg far exceeds the lifespan of a human.
Between 50 and 100 years at best.
Besides, I have no idea when this egg appeared in the world.
If you are unlucky, you will probably die without even seeing a crack in the egg, let alone hatching.
Even if it was a sacred and noble dragon’s egg, in the end it was nothing more than a meaningless rock.
“You don’t know what’s going on in the world? “Wouldn’t it be possible for a child to be born suddenly one day just by chance at the right hatching time?”
[Okay, maybe I’ll be able to see it when I’m about 100 years old? Cough!]
“… … .”
At this point, I think I can just eat it.
Anyway, this egg will eventually contain the dragon’s magic and blood, so wouldn’t eating it be the same as eating dragon blood?
I immediately shook my head because I thought it didn’t make any sense.
-sparkle
Are you trying to get my attention?
The pure white egg was sparkling with a brilliant light that could not be seen anywhere else in the world.
* * *
“Yes, master. What is this?”
“Dragon’s egg.”
“yes?”
Brian scratched his head, probably thinking he had heard wrong.
“Just leave it anywhere. “It probably won’t break.”
I handed the egg I was holding to Brian.
“Wook!”
He stumbled, perhaps surprised by the unexpected weight.
“Where on earth did I get this… … ?”
“I picked it up when I went out to drink.”
I won’t be able to see that egg hatch in this life anyway.
It would be better to just turn off your attention and focus on other things.
First, I headed to the shower room to wash off the sweat.
The moment I came out after taking a refreshing shower with cool water and shaking my head with a towel.
“Do-do-ryeon-ni-i-i-im!”
I heard Brian’s voice calling me in a very urgent voice.
He ran straight to me, without me having to go looking for him.
“why?!”
“Boo, it’s hatching!”
For a moment I couldn’t believe my ears.
“what?!”
“The eggs are hatching! I thought there was a crack all of a sudden, but then it split apart… … !”
“The egg is hatching?!”
what? Isn’t there still a long time left until hatching?
To check it out with my own eyes, I hurried out to the living room with Brian.
– Jejeok, Jeok, Jeok, Jeok
It’s real!
It wasn’t just a crack, it was moving around and struggling.
[What is this? Is it really hatching?]
In the end, even Kayram quickly materialized and appeared.
She also had no idea that hatching would happen so quickly. “… … !”
A situation where everyone holds their breath and watches the egg.
Everyone was dripping with cold sweat, as if they couldn’t bear to even think about touching them.
-Jeojeok… … pop!
[It’s broken!]
A divine creature that finally broke through its shell and appeared.
As soon as the egg broke, a bright light erupted and slowly faded away over time.
I’m really going back and going through all sorts of things.
As I live, I live and see the hatching of a dragon… … .
“… … ?”
At that moment, everyone tilted their heads as if they were laughing.
“Well, master… … . “Is this a dragon?”
Two horns protruding from the forehead.
A pair of wings stretched between the back.
Even the long tail that grew below the buttocks.
Up to this point, it’s definitely the body of a dragon… … .
[What kind of dragon is this? I would believe it even if it were a human!]
Kayram said exactly what I wanted to say.
White skin without any scales.
Cutely folded hands and feet.
Even a face that doesn’t look foreign at all, even if it’s a human.
No matter how you look at it, this isn’t a dragon… …
“Yongin (龍人)?”
(Continued in the next part)
fantasy,
