A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 151



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Episode 151. The Most Secret Place

A night when the full moon rose round like a pretty silver plate on the table of nobles.

I followed Shushuruta and ran over the sleeping city.

It felt great to jump around on rooftops where people were sleeping without anyone knowing, like a thief in the moonlight.

When will I ever become a thief in the middle of the night again?

A cool night breeze blew through my hair.

I was feeling good so I muttered to myself for no reason.

“The greatest thief ever. That’s me.”

Shushuruta, who was walking ahead, glanced back at me.

His expression was like, “What nonsense are you talking about again?”

I said to Shushuruta.

“Ask me why.”

“why.”

“Because he is a romantic thief who steals the hearts of many women and never gives them back.”

Has it ever been said that the greatest thief is the one who steals people’s hearts?

It was just nonsense that I spouted based on Shushuruta’s words.

Shushuruta chuckled.

Is that a laugh? I think it’s a laugh.

“Hey, cat burglar. Why are you laughing? Do you find me funny?”

“Women will start to shy away just by looking at your eyes.”

“That’s funny.”

“It would take someone like Ashley or Lutie to not run away.”

I immediately retorted.

“What are you talking about? Linda won’t run away either.”

That guy is quite the opposite.

The problem is that he keeps hitting me with his torso.

Shushuruta snorted.

“Doesn’t that guy look like you?”

“What do they look like?”

“The look in your eyes.”

“twinkle?”

“Have you forgotten? She was called Mad Linda until recently. Before she got beat up by you, she was also a famous big shot in Blake’s underworld. There was a reason the bounty was so high. Even the residents of the underworld avoided her, so that says it all.”

“hmm.”

Is that so?

Well, there was definitely a difference between the Linda I met the first time and the Linda I have now.

I can’t say for sure, but I would say he’s become a lot more gentle.

“… … ?”

Now that I think about it, it feels strange.

You’ve become gentle. You’re not some kind of beast.

“While we’re on the subject, I’ll ask. How did that guy get out?”

“What should I do?”

“I think I’ll run out to find you as soon as I realize you’re gone.”

“Don’t worry.”

I said confidently.

“I left a letter here so you can understand it.”

Shushuruta laughed.

“It’s a letter. How romantic.”

“See? I told you I’m a romantic thief.”

The content of the letter is… romantic?

I don’t know. It depends on your perspective.

He left a threatening letter that said something along the lines of, ‘Stay quiet until I return, or I’ll leave you behind.’ It was a romantic threat.

Anyway, the inauguration ceremony is the next day, so I have to come back right away. It’ll only take a day or so.

By the way, I suddenly remembered something and told Shushuruta.

“Shushuruta.”

“Something.”

“Linda was looking for you because you weren’t there.”

“You found me?”

“I think you missed me.”

It was a little closer to being bored, to be exact, but isn’t that it?

No, not that.

Shushuruta snorted.

“Huh. There’s no way that guy would do that.”

“I’m serious. I was so exhausted that I spent the whole day looking for you.”

“… … .”

Shushuruta was running forward without looking, so I couldn’t see his expression.

After a while, Shushuruta glanced back and asked.

“You?”

“Me? Me what?”

“Did you miss me?”

“Well, I’m busy cultivating.”

“joy!”

Shushuruta suddenly turned his head away.

We ran for a while in silence over the quiet city.

I lightly leaped across the alley between the buildings and landed on the opposite roof where the moonlight was filling up, then opened my mouth.

“But why are you asking me to go with you?”

Come to think of it, I haven’t heard the reason yet.

I just set out because he asked me to go with him.

The shadowy thief under the moonlight ran and answered.

“Do you remember? The reason I left the guild.”

“Of course I remember. You beat up your heavenly teacher in a fit of anger and ran away from home?”

“… … The inspiration teased me first.”

Is that a reason to hit the master?

It was ridiculous.

How could a heavenly teacher beat a child and run away from home just because he was teasing her?

I couldn’t even imagine it. It’s something that I wouldn’t even have time to respect.

Does my master know my feelings?

[I don’t know.]

I don’t know.

[I don’t even want to know.]

No, that’s a bit… … .

“Anyway, that’s not the important thing.”

Shushuruta explained why he brought me along.

“I met my inspiration after a long time and said, I can steal everything! Then my inspiration asked me with a surprised face, “Have you stolen people’s hearts?” I nodded confidently. Yes! Then my inspiration was very surprised and asked me to explain.”

Her tone was slightly excited.

It’s like a child bragging to his parents.

“After hearing the explanation, the old man said, ‘I can’t believe it. If that’s true, bring me what you stole. I’ll have to see it with my own eyes to believe it.’ I said confidently, ‘I’ll bring it, so wait!’”

Shushuruta, who had finished explaining, looked back at me with a shameless face.

“That’s what happened.”

“… … .”

So I was becoming Shushuruta’s stolen loot.

What is this?

“Is that all?”

“That’s all.”

“But why did it take so long?”

“… … something happened.”

“You must have had a lot of work to do.”

“That’s what it is.”

We soon reached the high walls surrounding Blake’s capital, Valeria.

“Follow me.”

We avoided the soldiers’ eyes and became a gust of wind, so we could easily climb over the castle walls as if we were climbing over a wall.

This was something unimaginable when the achievements of light engineering were humble.

It was truly thrilling to throw myself off the edge of the high wall with the wind blowing through me.

“ha ha ha…….”

“Be quiet. You’ll get caught.”

If it were a normal person, they would have been seriously injured or fallen to their death, but since we were light-weight masters, it was easy.

fault!

He lightly stepped on the ground and then jumped up, moving the stage into the forest.

When I was practicing lightness in the forest… … .

I vividly remembered the time when I was running through the forest with Shushuruta, being chased by demons aiming for daggers.

When I think about it, it doesn’t seem like that long ago, but it felt like several years had passed, so it was strange.

Shushuruta looked at me with a smile, as if she was thinking about that too.

“Do you remember? The first night I came with you. While you were sleeping, I drew on your face with ashes.”

“Actually, I was awake at that time. I had a hard time pretending to be asleep.”

“What? A lie.”

“Haha. My secret is, I was fooled when you pretended to be asleep. With my personality, how could I sleep with someone I’ve never met before?”

“… … Now that I hear it, I see.”

After that, we ran and shared several memories.

The story of pretending to be close siblings. The story of walking down the street while carrying a horse. The story of shooting starlight into the night sky with the dagger of Ophiosis. The story of being startled by a crow that was acting as a carrier and falling backward. The story of running away from the bitter cold. The story of Bok-sil beating a sword while running away and stealing the sword again. The story of solving the Sphinx’s riddle, and so on…

As we talked, I realized that I’ve done quite a bit of work with this guy.

Whenever something happened, Shushuruta was there nine times out of ten. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was there almost every moment.

Suddenly Shushuruta looked at me and said.

“You’re running pretty well now. You’ve grown a lot.”

I snorted.

“What are you talking about? You caught me right away the first time.”

“I told you, I did it because I was careless. How could I not twist my foot when you were running up the tree screaming like a madman? Even the old man would be flustered and stumble.”

“Excuses.”

Shushuruta looked at me with a very angry expression.

“Would you like to try?”

“float.”

“Okay. Just keep going straight, so you can run as much as you want. When do you start-”

“start!”

I shouted and attacked Shushuruta before he could even finish his sentence.

My lightness level has also improved.

I have no confidence. I have no confidence.

“Profit! This is fatal!”

I used all my might to perform lightness attacks while hearing the sound of Shushuruta, who was highly intoxicated, chasing me from behind.

“Hahahaha… … .”

My laughter lingered like a stick of candy in the wind.

* * *

“Ugh… gasp… … .”

One fact was overlooked.

As my lightness level increases, Shushuruta will also become faster.

She was a genius at light work, so it wasn’t strange. Rather, it was more natural. Geniuses grow up in a flash in the blink of an eye.

… … They’re like fucking geniuses.

Shushuruta looked down at me with a majestic look, with both arms on his waist.

“Do you admit defeat?”

“… … .”

“I asked if you admitted it.”

“……shut up.”

What’s so fast?

Even though I was running with all my might, she would laugh out loud as if she was teasing me and pace back and forth in front of me, teasing me.

Even though it had been a long time since we last ran together, her growth was amazing.

Did you secretly take some elixir?

Or is it because of the unmanned aerial vehicle?

I couldn’t tell, but one thing was clear: she was one step ahead in light combat.

“No, why is it so slow? It was like a turtle running. Why am I walking alone while I’m racing? I got sleepy in the middle and got confused.”

His skills in making medicine have also improved by leaps and bounds.

Who taught you this?

I placed my hands on my knees, took a deep breath, and replied in a growl.

“… … I’ll leave again when I get back later.”

Shushuruta smiled leisurely.

“As you wish.”

Before we knew it, the morning sun was rising in the eastern sky.

How far did it run?

“Ah, I’m thirsty.”

“Take it.”

I gulped down the water from the canteen that Shushuruta had thrown, then asked.

“So. Are they all here?”

Shushuruta nodded.

“Look over there.”

Where we were now was a small hill, with a village at the bottom.

“Over there?”

“Over there.”

“hmm.”

I was running without thinking and before I knew it, I had arrived.

“Welcome to the home of the Thieves Guild.”

* * *

I walked down the street and looked around.

“… … This is the headquarters of the Thieves Guild?”

It was a town that seemed far from secretive.

It was very different from what I imagined.

I thought it was hidden deep in the mountains, in a valley, but it was just out there in the open.

… … Is this correct?

“right.”

Shushuruta, who was walking beside me, nodded.

It’s not small, but it’s not developed like a city either.

It was a town of moderate size.

Just an ordinary, ordinary town that you can see anywhere.

In an ordinary town, ordinary townspeople were walking down the street, each doing their own thing.

A man carrying things on a cart, a woman carrying laundry on her head, and even sloppy children running around laughing.

“… … .”

As I looked around in disbelief, Shushuruta smiled faintly and said.

“Why? Is it too ordinary?”

“The headquarters of the thieves’ guild that moves so secretly is in such an ordinary village? Would you believe it?”

Suddenly Shushuruta stopped walking and looked at me.

“Ashvan.”

“What the heck?”

“Do you know where the most secret place is?”

“Where.”

Shushuruta slowly raised his hand… … .

“Fool the crowd.”

I snapped my fingers.

Exactly!

At that moment, pedestrians passing through the village all stopped and looked at this place.

“… … !”

Creepy.

It gave me goosebumps.