A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 134
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Episode 134. Looks good
“… … .”
Hokhan stared blankly at Shushuruta, who was gritting his teeth, then obediently got up from his seat and stepped back.
It was as if the beast was slowly retreating so as not to get excited and attack.
Shushuruta turned his gaze to me only after confirming that the bitter cold had quietly receded.
“You. Are you okay?”
“no.”
I replied curtly.
“Are you okay?”
Shushuruta was convinced on his own.
“From what I can tell from what you’re saying, you seem okay. Can you move?”
“No. I can’t even move a finger.”
Shushuruta looked at me with pitch-black eyes that seemed to be filled with the night sky.
“… … This time, I really thought I was going to die.”
Shushuruta’s eyes became moist.
She cried as she looked at my mangled body.
“Becoming a rag… … . What is this? It’s so frustrating… … .”
“… … A rag to a person.”
At that moment, the sound of running footsteps was heard, which was soon followed by a loud thud.
Looking towards where the sound came from, I saw a green head of hair poking out from above the stadium.
After a moment, I realized it was a head of grass-colored hair, braided into two pigtails.
Linda came up onto the field, whining.
“You devil!”
… … Why is that guy climbing up the stairs like that when there are no stairs left?
No, this is not the time. She was once again the crazy Linda. Her name was still proudly on the list of the kingdom’s public servants. The bounty was only about 30 gold.
Of course, he was far lower than me… but anyway, he was one of the most vicious wanted criminals.
I scolded Linda, who was running towards me.
“Hey! Where are you coming from? I told you not to come out of the waiting room. Everyone is watching, what are you doing now… .”
My words were cut off as soon as I saw her tear-stained face.
“Eww! Don’t die, demon!”
“Cough!”
She slammed her body into my chest.
The intense pain made me dizzy.
He’s not dead yet, but if he does, it’ll be this guy’s fault.
“Ugh! I thought I was going to die!”
Linda buried her face in my chest and cried like a child who had had her candy taken away.
I just blinked with a bewildered face.
‘Why is he like this?’
It was the first time someone had shed tears for me, so I was speechless.
I stayed frozen for a moment. I came to my senses and quickly scanned the audience, but fortunately, no one seemed to have recognized her identity.
Judging by the way they were cheering and talking boisterously among themselves, it seemed like they didn’t really care who she was.
I let out a sigh of relief inside.
“Boohoo.”
“… … .”
But that didn’t make my confusion go away.
I was still confused. I didn’t know what to do.
Was I a man so weak to tears?
You know how to beat up bad guys, but you don’t know how to comfort a crying child.
Of course, Linda may not be that young, but her mental age is similar to his, so it was still embarrassing.
“Hey, hey. Move away from me.”
I begged you earnestly, but… … .
“Eww!”
Linda just cried louder.
Tears poured from her eyes like a waterfall and soaked my clothes.
Why are you crying so sadly?
The louder she cried, the more her ribs cracked.
… … It looks like my ribs are broken.
But for now, the embarrassment of not being able to deal with Linda being a crybaby was greater than the pain of her broken ribs.
I asked Shushuruta for help.
“Hey. Put this away.”
But Shushuruta also had tears welling up in her eyes.
… … Are tears contagious?
The embarrassment doubled.
It was an unexpected person who saved me from that swamp of embarrassment.
Someone took Linda away from the sobbing woman and lifted me up with firm hands.
“Ugh… …! Gently!”
Someone looked and it turned out to be the Black Prince.
The Black Prince, who had climbed up onto the stage, put his right arm around my shoulder and smiled.
“Why is your expression like that? You look like a country bumpkin who has dropped his bundle in the river and doesn’t know what to do with it. That’s not the expression of a winner.”
I grumbled.
“The expression on the winner’s face is freezing.”
The guy smiled faintly.
“Surprisingly, you seem to be weak to this kind of thing. A guy called the devil.”
“……shut up.”
It was my first time seeing him smile like this, so I was amazed.
“Here, take it.”
The Black Prince, who had been tearing me apart, released my arm and pushed me towards someone.
“Uh huh.”
The moment I stumbled, someone picked me up.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Bok-sil was looking at me and smiling.
“Vlad also congratulates me.”
A chuckle escaped from his lame joke.
“This is fucking crazy.”
“What happened in the end? It really seemed like you were holding a demon sword.”
I answered nonchalantly.
“Kyung had a devil in his sword, but in my case, it seems I was nurturing the devil in my heart.”
“… … Is that so?”
“That’s it.”
“I see.”
Bok-sil was easily convinced. But she couldn’t tell if she was truly convinced.
This time, the Count appeared with a bandage wrapped around one shoulder and patted my shoulder with a kind smile.
The eerie atmosphere I had seen during the fight was nowhere to be found.
“You’ve worked hard. Really.”
“……no.”
Linda tugged at the hem of my dress.
“Devil! I, I will support you. Here, lean on my shoulder.”
Shushuruta scolded Linda like that.
“Just stay still.”
“Why! I want to help the devil too.”
“You are helping by staying still.”
“Oh, no?”
I looked ahead and saw the two guys bickering in front of me.
I saw the back of the Black Prince, who was walking briskly to the center of the stadium, leaving me behind to Bok-sil.
It was a back that felt strangely majestic.
Although he was walking alone across the vast stadium, there was no hesitation in his steps.
Now that I think about it, it wasn’t that strange, since he was now going to be king.
“… … .”
I looked at the majestic back of the Black Prince… and raised my head.
A cloudless blue sky was looking down at me.
At the same time as the feeling that it was finally over, a deep aftertaste colored my heart sky blue.
‘… Tina.’
* * *
The Black Prince approached Aaron, who was talking excitedly to a magical tool that amplified the user’s voice, and spoke to him.
“Sir Aaron.”
“… … Sir Aaron.”
Aaron turned to the Black Prince in surprise only after the Black Prince tapped him on the shoulder.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
Aaron cleared his throat and declared in a seemingly serious tone.
Aaron looked up at the podium where the king was, and the royal knights who caught his eye spoke to the king.
“Please come down, Your Majesty.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
The king smiled and rose from his seat.
As the king descended, the Black Prince took a deep breath and exhaled, looking around the arena.
It was a sight I had always dreamed of.
Finally… the grand plan that had been prepared for over ten years has reached its final destination.
Of course, not everything went as planned.
How much trial and error was there to get to this point?
Many things became crooked and broken, collapsed and overturned.
Just the day before, hadn’t there been a catastrophe where half of the ten knights, five, disappeared?
That’s not all.
As if adding insult to injury, three royal knights appeared, wearing helmets, on the eldest brother’s side.
But… so what? The result is what matters.
In the end… I am the one standing here like this.
Neither the second eldest brother nor the first eldest brother. The third prince who was called the Black Prince with a semi-derogatory title. That’s me.
“Hehehe.”
A dark smile flowed from his lips.
The ridicule, laughter, and threats I had happily endured flashed through my mind.
Most of it was received from the first prince who was standing there blankly.
The Black Prince looked at him and muttered softly.
“Brother. Do you remember what happened to Gwen?”
Have you heard that?
1The prince raised his head. The two brothers’ eyes met.
The Black Prince looked at him with an unfamiliar expression and whispered in a calm tone.
“I remember it clearly. I haven’t forgotten it for a single moment.”
The Black Prince did not avoid the eyes of the First Prince, who was looking at him with a blank expression.
A look of loss. It wouldn’t be wrong.
It’s true that he lost the world he wanted.
The Black Prince laughed at him with all his might.
“Brother. You look good.”
1 The prince’s face was distorted like a ghost.
“I am the one chosen by my father! There is no way I can lose!”
He screamed as if he was having a seizure.
It was a loser’s miserable denial of reality and a petty cry.
Looking at the evil prince, the Black Prince muttered quietly.
“I wish she could see this… … .”
Then he immediately turned his head away as if his work was over.
Because there was no need to listen to the words of a petty loser.
“… … .”
His actions were so simple that he simply ignored me as if I wasn’t worth listening to.
1The prince finally collapsed.
dump.
The Black Prince turned his head to the other side and looked at the red-eyed demon looking up at the sky while being supported by Bok-sil.
His bloodshot eyes were the polar opposite of the pure blue sky.
What is in the sky? The Black Prince followed him and looked up at the sky. He tilted his head and looked down again.
Phew!
The king appeared in the arena with a magnificent trumpet sound.
People all stood up from their seats. The noisy stadium became quiet in an instant.
However, the red-eyed demon was staring up at the sky without moving, as if it had no regard for the king’s appearance.
Premiere.
The Black Prince looked at him as if he was entranced by his appearance, which seemed to transcend everything that others considered important.
“… … .”
A red-eyed swordsman suddenly appears from somewhere.
If it weren’t for him, the battle would have definitely ended in his defeat.
Sir Ashley gave it a good shout, but it wasn’t enough.
It was none other than the Red-Eyed Demon who defeated the two powerful royal knights, and he alone.
Of course, it is true that the result is more important than the process. So, it can be said that it is his own merit that he brought the enemy’s devil to his side.
That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Even the Black Prince, who values results, had to look at the process this time.
The tenacity to fight desperately without giving up even when falling and collapsing miserably.
A poison that goes far beyond common sense, allowing one to continue fighting even while unconscious.
His will lies in a realm that can never be understood by the minds of ordinary people.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the victory in this decisive battle was entirely his own.
If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have been able to defeat those monstrous royal knights.
‘I want it.’
The Black Prince’s thirst for talent was rekindled once again.
‘I want to make that person my knight.’
When I grow up… just like my father kept the Knight of the Cold by his side.
He too will be able to have him by his side as the strongest knight.
When I think about it, there was no one who treated me as comfortably as I did.
It was also true that she felt a strange sense of comfort in his attitude of treating her like a friend.
What kind of crazy guy would punch a prince in the face?
Pick I burst out laughing.
“Where are you looking?”
When he turned his head, the king, who had come right up to him, was looking at him.
The Black Prince nodded.
“……majesty.”
The king laughed heartily.
“You haven’t even received the crown yet, and you’re already getting cocky?”
The Black Prince raised the corners of his mouth.
“Then what? Should I bow to you?”
The king followed suit and smiled, raising the corners of his lips.
Anyone who saw their smiling faces could tell that they were father and son.
“You cheeky brat. Take the crown.”
The Black Prince bowed obediently, and the King approached and placed the crown on his head.
The audience cheered in unison.
-Wow!