A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 15



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Episode 15. Oh my, this is great.

* * *

The reason I was able to win was simple.

This guy, who was born with such natural talent, probably never thought he would resort to such dirty and petty methods.

No, it would be more accurate to say that there was no need to think about it.

There was no reason to go that far for just a grade test.

But I was weak and had to survive somehow.

He was always used to finding an unexpected weak point and stabbing it.

That was the difference.

He didn’t have the urgency, I did.

He didn’t have the will to win, and I did.

That was it.

* * *

“Are you okay?”

Ashvan grinned and held out his hand.

Colin nodded, wrapping one hand around the back of his head.

In the meantime, he reached out and protected the back of his head.

“Ugh.”

Colin stood up, holding Ashvan’s hand.

I stared at Ashvan while shaking off the dirt from my clothes.

I didn’t give it my all.

Since it was just a grade test anyway, I took it with a light heart.

So I jumped up to avoid the flying dirt.

The reason he was wary of his vision turning dark was because he thought about what would happen if his opponent blocked or avoided his attack.

If this were a real fight, I would have just closed my eyes and used my sword wrapped in aura to cut down my opponent through the flying dirt and sand.

With the determination to finish them off with a single blow, without allowing any defense.

But it didn’t seem like the opponent was going to give it their all.

“… … .”

He was a strange man.

His swordsmanship is as rough as a wolf, yet as precise as a first-class tailor, and his subsequent movements are as fluid as water.

I never thought that someone would catch my foot when I jumped.

I was caught off guard.

Putting aside the eyes and reflexes that captured that moment, who would think of grabbing an opponent’s ankle and slamming them to the ground in the middle of a fight? That boldness and belligerence.

He was a beast.

‘I wish I had done it with real sword and full force.’

Still, it wasn’t easy to feel like we would win.

Colin felt his hands tighten and his blood boil for the first time in a long time.

After a long time, I met an opponent whom I wanted to fight with all my might.

‘Ashvan.’

Colin remembered the name.

I had a feeling that sooner or later his name would be heard here and there in some way.

Damn it.

Ashvan approached and extended his hand to Colin.

Colin smiled faintly and took his hand.

But Ashvan frowned and slapped the hand away.

“What are you doing? Give me the mercenary badge.”

“ah.”

Colin smacked his lips awkwardly.

“I can’t give it to you right now. I need to give you time to engrave your name on the mercenary badge.”

“How long does it take?”

Ashvan asked urgently.

“I need to do some paperwork and stuff… … Tomorrow morning at the earliest?”

“what?”

Ashvan’s face was distorted.

“Why? Are you busy?”

“You’re busy, then. How can it not be done quickly?”

“I’ll try, but… I don’t think it’d be good to have high expectations.”

Ashvan’s face was stained with despair.

In Maya, I only had to wait a few hours and it came out right away, so I naturally assumed it would be the same here.

I received the mercenary badge and was planning to leave today.

The plan went awry.

“You’re the branch manager, hyung. Use your strength.”

“The guy who talks to the branch manager.”

“I have a favor to ask, Dear Branch Manager Colin.”

“I’ll try to nag you so that you can pick it up tomorrow morning. Come then.”

Ashvan let out a deep sigh.

“… … I can’t help it.”

I can’t go without receiving the ID I worked so hard to get.

It’s not possible to always go through the dog hole.

Colin held out his hand.

“… … ?”

Ashvan looked at the hand, shaking it as if shaking hands.

Colin chuckled and slapped Ashvan’s hand away.

“What are you doing? I have to pay the registration fee.”

“ah.”

Ashvan asked, rubbing his neck awkwardly.

“How much is it?”

“Including the price of the mercenary badge… … 7 silver.”

Ashvan’s eyes widened.

“7 silver? What the hell are you talking about?”

Colin answered calmly.

“It costs that much to make a silver plate.”

Ashvan frowned.

“What kind of silver medal is that? I said just give me the bronze medal.”

Colin shook his head.

“I knocked down the branch manager, so how can I get a medal?”

“ah…….”

Ashvan wiped my face, drooling.

I tried to knock him down to earn some money for my overdue debt, but ended up getting hit several times over.

Colin looked at Ashvan blankly and asked.

“You. Can you use Auror?”

“no.”

Ashvan was sparing with words.

Because it seemed like if I could use Aura, they would give me a gold medal.

If it’s a gold medal, you have to pay at least several times the price of a silver medal.

“Well, even so, the only thing I can give you during the first ranking test is a silver medal.”

Colin turned and walked back to the guild.

“Come with me. I need to fill out some paperwork.”

“shit…….”

Ashvan followed behind, muttering a few curses.

“Come out.”

The mercenaries, who were stunned by the shocking results that no one had expected, flinched and made way, and the two entered the guild again.

Colin glanced at Ashvan, who was following him, and asked.

“By the way, did you say Ashvan?”

“okay.”

“Where are you really from?”

“I said I came down from the foggy cliff.”

Colin chuckled.

“That crazy guy.”

* * *

I sighed deeply and sat down at the reception desk to fill out the paperwork.

Did you write this much when you first registered in Maya?

I couldn’t remember.

It must have been a long time ago.

I stopped writing papers and spoke to Fabio, who was sitting next to me counting coins.

“Kid. Did you earn a lot?”

“yes.”

Fabio answered me, neatly separating the silver and copper and stacking them.

“I walked 8 coppers and earned 5 silver and 4 coppers.”

When I looked back, I saw the reckless mercenaries who had been ripped off by the brat, sipping their drinks gloomily.

I snickered and said to Fabio.

“I guess I’ll have to pay you back today too. Add that to the balance and today’s bill. Will there still be a lot left?”

Fabio quickly finished his calculations and nodded.

“yes.”

“The rest is yours.”

“Really?”

“Okay. What am I going to do with the remaining money I have from you? The registration fee is 7 shillings.”

Fabio smiled broadly, his mouth almost splitting.

“Is it good?”

“yes.”

“Oh my. This is good.”

I laughed, poking Fabio’s cheek with my fingertips.

“Okay… … Then, these are the documents. When are you going to pay the tuition?”

Colin took the papers I had written and asked,

“Can you please take care of that?”

Colin laughed as if it was funny.

“The mercenary guild has a trauma?”

I sighed and replied.

“I was just saying.”

I sighed again and took out the sword I had on my waist.

“There’s a sword, but no bell. Where can I get the money right now?”

As I was sighing as if the ground was about to collapse, Colin clicked his tongue and spoke to me.

“Then, in the meantime, why don’t you make a request?”

“Huh? Is that possible?”

“I can give you that much convenience. You can’t be a mercenary, but I’ll register you now.”

“Okay.”

I jumped up and walked briskly to the bulletin board where the request form was posted.

I quickly scanned the bulletin board.

What I’m hoping for is a request that I can complete today and make a lot of money on.

I need to earn at least 10 silver.

It will be that difficult, but I am invincible now.

I defeated a gold rank mercenary.

Nothing is impossible for me, you little shits.

As I was scanning the bulletin board with such confidence in my heart, one old request form in a corner caught my eye.

“Huh? What? 50 silver?”

The request was to catch a thief.

“50 silver… … .”

It was a pretty good sum of money to catch one thief.

I picked it up without a second thought.

Then the mercenaries who had been watching me started giggling as if they had finally caught something.

“I guess another newbie who doesn’t know anything is going to get fooled.”

“It’s a waste of time, it’s a waste of time.”

“How many days will it take this time?”

I looked around at those mercenaries with a question mark above my head.

“… … ? Why are you being so annoying again?”

As I was tilting my head at the mercenaries’ unexpected reaction, Colin approached me with a smile.

“That’s a request that has nothing to do with how strong you are.”

“Even so, he’s a thief, so how difficult can it be?”

“You have to experience it to know. The reward is 50 silver, but the difficulty is the highest here. It’s the longest unsolved request. Everyone has tried it and stopped looking, so the price is frozen.”

I blinked and asked Colin.

“Have you tried that too?”

Colin nodded.

“I tried.”

“failure?”

“failure.”

Even the branch manager of a mercenary guild and a gold-rank mercenary failed.

I looked at the request form again with renewed eyes.

“Who is this?”

“You could call him a legendary thief. No one knows his true identity.”

“That much?”

“Shadowless Thief. He got his nickname because he couldn’t even catch a shadow.”

“hmm…….”

I stared at the request form.

I understood that it was difficult, but I couldn’t give up easily because if I caught this guy, everything would be solved.

After looking through the bulletin board, I can’t find any other suitable requests.

The mercenaries weren’t just sitting here killing time for no reason.

If you don’t make this request, you may have to stay an extra day to get the tuition.

I need to get out of here as soon as possible before the waves of rumors wash over me… … .

“What’s the big deal? I’ll catch him.”

Colin smiled and patted my shoulder.

“Good luck.”

I didn’t like the way he spoke because it sounded like he was teasing me.

“Hahaha! Here goes another one.”

“How long will I have to endure before I give up this time?”

“5 Cooper if you give up today.”

“Seven Coopers in two days!”

“It should take three days. Five coppers in three days.”

I gave a warning to the gambling addicts.

“Shut up!

“… … .”

The guys quietly returned to their seats with their mouths shut.

At this moment, the big guy who was still lying on the floor after my high five got up staggering with a bewildered look on his face.

One cheek was swollen.

The bastard saw me and suddenly got angry and ran at me.

“This kid!”

Hmph!

I simply dodged the bastard’s fist and then… … .

Crack!

He slapped the other cheek.

“Ugh… … .”

thud!

The bulky body was stretched out on the floor again.

I scolded the other mercenaries who were watching.

“Take care of your colleagues. Don’t beat them up like this again.”

“… … .”

They stared at me with their mouths shut.

I muttered and left the guild.

“How can there be no affection between any of you? Tsk.”

* * *

“Hmm… … . Where is this place?”

I left the castle wall and entered the forest where the Muyeong something was said to appear.

Of course, I also used the hole when I went out.

Tsk… I need to get that mercenary badge quickly.

The forest I came to like that was… … a forest that had an eerie feeling even though it was morning.

The trees were unusually tall, so sunlight did not penetrate well.

“Is this the right place?”

As I was walking along, looking at the request form.

Suddenly, an unidentifiable voice boomed from the air.

“It’s been a while since I’ve had a toy!”

It was difficult to determine where the voices were coming from because they were coming from all over the place.

I shouted into the air.

“Hey, you thief! Come down when I’m talking nicely. If you turn yourself in now, I’ll finish you off with a slap on the cheek.”

“Hahahaha! You’re such an impudent bastard. Catch me sometime!”

Ssassassak!

A rustling sound like leaves were rustling in the trees.

“The game of tag has begun!”

I didn’t chase after it right away, but just closed my eyes and relaxed in place.

He muttered softly with a bitter smile.

“I said it clearly.”