A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 158



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Episode 158. Don’t beat up a strict person for no reason.

As the sun rose and people began to stretch and roam the streets.

I told the guys.

“Let’s split up.”

Shushuruta and Linda looked at me.

“I’ll go to the guild and get the mercenary card. Shushuruta, you take care of the transportation. Okay.”

I said to Shushuruta, throwing him one of the jewels I had taken from the Tomb of Ophius.

“Let’s get a suitable carriage with that.”

Shushuruta asked, holding up the jewel to the sunlight.

“Are you going by carriage?”

I nodded.

“It’s a long way, so it’s better to just find a car from the beginning and take it. Let’s go comfortably.”

The road from here to Maia is long, but the distance traveled within the Kingdom of Maia is also not easy.

Because the area is so large.

It is said that it naturally became that way because it was a barren land that no one coveted and there were many demons.

In short, it means that the land mass is unnecessarily large.

Anyway, it will be a long journey. In the long run, it will be better to take a carriage than a horse.

Shushuruta put the jewels in his pocket.

“i get it.”

I turned my gaze to Linda.

“And Linda, you… … .”

Linda, who had been doing something else, looked at me with wide eyes.

“… … .”

I don’t really trust Linda to do things.

I looked at her with such pitiful eyes for a moment… … .

Linda raised her hand in protest.

“I can do it! Leave anything to me, devil.”

I thought about it for a moment and then nodded.

Because you can’t treat them like luggage and carry them around forever.

Now that we’re in a party, in addition to killing enemies, we have to do our part in this division of roles.

“Okay, then trust me and leave it to me. You’re in charge of food. It’s the most important role.”

“Okay, what should I buy?”

“biltong.”

“biltong?”

“I don’t need anything else. Just buy a bunch of beef jerky. Got it?”

“how much?”

I handed Linda the bag and money I had brought and said:

“Enough to fill this bag.”

“okay.”

“It’s not that I’m stealing or taking it. I’m buying it with this money. Do you understand?”

“huh!”

Shushuruta intervened.

“Buy some dried fruit too.”

“Jerky and dried fruit. A bag full?”

“yes.”

I looked at Linda as she opened the bag and put her face inside.

On the surface, she seemed like a very innocent and thoughtless girl.

This guy was Mad Linda, a master of poison whose potential was recognized by even the Heavenly Horse. A big shot in the underworld that all of Blake’s knights were chasing.

Because I was worried, I decided to send him after giving him some mental education.

“Eww! Devil, the bag won’t come off my head!”

“… … .”

I looked at Linda, who was struggling, with pity, and then I pulled away the scary bag that was eating Linda’s head.

“Oops, it’s missing.”

“Why did you put your head in the bag?”

“Yeah, I was just trying to figure out how much I should buy.”

I took a deep breath, grabbed Linda’s shoulder, and looked her in the eye.

“Linda, listen carefully.”

“huh!”

“Never, never use poison. Don’t kill or hurt anyone. If you get into a fight, don’t kill anyone. Just subdue them lightly. No need to make a fuss. We’re leaving right away. Do you understand what I mean?”

“Okay, I understand, devil! I’ll keep that in mind!”

Linda nods her head vigorously with bright eyes.

It seemed extremely unreliable, but I decided to give it a try.

“Then, everyone finish your work and gather here in the square before noon. Do you understand?”

“huh!”

“Then disperse.”

“Scatter!”

Linda repeated her vow and ran down the street.

“… … I’m really anxious.”

“That’s right.”

We muttered as we watched Linda’s back like that.

“I hope nothing happens.”

“We can’t just take it with us forever. It has to be able to do this kind of work on its own. It’s not like it’s a child.”

“That’s right.”

Nana Shushuruta can’t be by your side forever.

He also needs to learn how to live on his own without recklessly poisoning or stealing from other guys.

“… … ?”

Suddenly, I looked at Shushuruta, who was clicking his tongue while looking in the direction where Linda had disappeared.

This guy who talks so smart was a fool who would eat burnt beef jerky and cry, and look at maps upside down.

This guy is also a bit of a jerk, but a miracle happened when he was next to Linda and looked as sturdy as jerky.

Or did he grow up while taking care of Linda?

If so, it cannot but be a great development.

Shushuruta looked back at me with a puzzled expression, perhaps sensing my gaze.

“What? What are you looking at?”

“……no.”

Shushuruta, who had been quietly observing my expression, unexpectedly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

“Huh. Okay, I see.”

“… … ?”

“I wasn’t trying to say thank you for following me.”

“what?”

“Put it in. I’ll just accept your heart.”

“… … .”

I stared blankly at her, who was smirking with a smug expression, and then pushed her face away with my palm.

“Eww! What are you doing!”

I said, giving her a few blows to the shoulder.

“Then let’s disperse too.”

Shushuruta tapped my shoulder three or four more times and then said.

“I’ll make Linda and I identification while I’m at it.”

“how?”

“There are many ways. Do you need yours too?”

“No, I just need to get the mercenary badge.”

In preparation for this situation, I went to the mercenary guild and prepared the documents.

A man who learns from his past mistakes, that’s me.

If I had received the mercenary badge in advance and fallen off the cliff, I wouldn’t have been chased out of the gate and entered through the hole.

No more crawling through dog holes.

A man rushing through a hole. That’s not me.

“Okay, see you later. I’ll get a map while I’m at it.”

“i get it.”

I parted ways with Shushuruta and walked the streets in search of a mercenary guild.

It was a new and comfortable experience to walk down the street with people without covering my eyes and feeling natural.

The nickname ‘Red-Eyed Devil’ was only known to Blake, so it was possible.

As I was walking down the street, I often made eye contact with people… … .

People would make eye contact with me without thinking and then avoid me in surprise, but no one would look at me strangely.

There was no one running in a hurry to report to the police.

Suddenly Cheonma asked.

[You don’t plan on staying here long, do you?]

“Of course. Even after arriving in Maya, there’s still a long way to go, so we can’t waste time in a place like this.”

Cheonma, who had been thinking deeply, spoke in a serious tone after a while.

[Then it would be better not to kill the nobles here.]

I snorted.

“Master. You call that a lie? Of course I won’t kill you. What do you think of me as?”

[Are you going to leave right away?]

“Once you receive the mercenary badge, Shushuruta and Linda will prepare their supplies and gather as soon as they arrive.”

[Okay. Let’s see the faces of those devils. Let’s just sit quietly and go without beating up those tough guys for no reason.]

“Yes, Master.”

I was walking down the street, enjoying my freedom… … .

I asked around and found the Mercenary Guild, opened the door and went inside.

I went in and was walking straight towards the reception desk when a large man blocked my view.

“It’s a face I’ve never seen before.”

I looked at the guy’s face as he laughed heartily… and then I calmly kicked his leg.

* * *

“Ah~ I’m bored, I’m bored. I don’t have any specific requests.”

A large man muttered while slumped in his chair.

Neiman, sitting across from me, held out his glass and said.

“Let’s have a drink.”

The two veteran mercenaries, who looked as if they had been through a lot, clinked glasses together since morning.

The situation wasn’t much different at other tables.

As usual, idle mercenaries were killing time, wondering if anything interesting would happen.

While I was drinking beer for free.

Squeak-

Everyone’s eyes turned to the sound of the door opening.

A man with black hair was just walking into the building.

“Hoo… … .”

Most of the people who came to the guild were there. Everyone had a familiar face.

But this time it was an unfamiliar face. It seemed like an outsider.

“That’s right.”

I caught the dog.

Daryl, a large man sipping a beer across from Neiman, grinned.

Neiman, who was observing the man who had just entered the guild, frowned and spoke softly.

“I don’t have a good feeling about this. Don’t make a fuss.”

Daryl put down his glass without a care and stood up.

“Are you scared?”

“Look at those eyes. They’re not normal eyes.”

“Just go and have some fun.”

Neiman shook his head as he watched Daryl stride towards the outsider.

Daryl immediately stopped the man and started a fight.

“It’s a face I’ve never seen before.”

As is usually the case with people who live off of rice, everyone’s attention turned to the prospect of something interesting to see.

Neiman took a swig of his beer, determined to stop the situation before anyone was seriously injured.

While Neiman was taking a sip of his beer, his vision was obscured by a dull thud.

After putting down the glass, I noticed that Daryl was crumpled up like a wad of paper and was stuck in the corner.

“What?”

Neiman was so startled that he half sat up without realizing it.

How could Daryl be treated like that in such a short moment?

Daryl, you’re not the type of guy who gets ignored no matter where you go, are you?

The faces of the other onlookers were already filled with shock.

The next moment, when the strange man glanced around, they quickly averted their gaze and pretended to be busy.

The man’s eyes stopped on Neiman.

The man strode straight towards me.

“Are you trying to jump in too?”

Neiman sat back down quietly.

“Oh, no. I was just getting up to stop it.”

He muttered, glancing at Daryl, who was huddled in the corner.

“… … It seems like it’s already too late.”

“It’s late. But not that late.”

Neiman watched the man.

“… … What does that mean?”

“Aren’t we in the same group? Are you not planning on taking revenge on your comrades?”

Neiman looked into the man’s blood red eyes.

… … Gulp.

When I looked closely, I could tell at a glance that he was not in his right mind.

Neiman quickly shook his head.

“Revenge isn’t the only thing a comrade can do.”

“then?”

“You can also apologize on behalf of your coworker for his or her rudeness.”

“Oh?”

“Want a drink? I’ll buy it.”

The man opened his eyes slightly as if surprised, nodded, and said.

“Yeah. What a strange guy.”

‘Are you the only one doing it?’

Neiman barely managed to swallow the words that were about to spill out of his mouth.

* * *

I submitted my rank certificate to the reception desk and had a beer with a man who introduced himself as Neiman while my mercenary badge was being made.

Fortunately, it seems there was a spare, so I was told that it wouldn’t take long since I only had to engrave the name.

The certificate is expensive.

“I apologize for Daryl’s work.”

A man who introduced himself as Neiman said.

“Because his head is full of muscles.”

Being the generous man that I am, I nodded and graciously accepted his apology.

“There are guys like that everywhere. I understand.”

The man named Neiman was quite agile and seemed to be wielding a light sword.

He took a sip of his beer and asked cautiously.

“Are you a mercenary?”

“He’s a mercenary.”

“hmm.”

“He’s also a knight.”

“… …? A knight? No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t look like a knight.”

“That’s true. Just call him a mercenary. Knights are strange. Let’s pretend we didn’t hear that.”

“hmm…….”

I tried introducing myself as a knight, but it felt really awkward, like I was wearing clothes that didn’t fit.

After all, people should live the way they were born.

I’ll just be a mercenary. What’s a knight to me?

Neiman asked.

“Can I ask what grade it is?”

“Silver grade.”

“… … Silver rank? I’m also a silver rank.”

I pointed to a man named Daryl who was huddled in the corner.

“Who is that guy?”

“That guy is also silver level.”

“aha.”

The guy I just fancied was a silver-rank mercenary.

If it were the old days, it would have taken some time.

I suddenly felt that I had become stronger.

I didn’t really get a sense of how strong Blake had become from being around monsters, but now that I’ve been beaten like this, I can see it.

Neiman looked at me intently and said,

“No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like he has the skills to be at the silver level. Isn’t he at the gold level?”

He nodded, sipping his beer.

“That could be the case. I didn’t take the promotion test.”

“I see.”

I drank my beer and observed a man named Neiman across the street.

If you work as a mercenary for a long time, you develop a certain level of insight into people.

This guy named Neiman seemed like he had quite a bit of skill. He also seemed quite cautious.

Suddenly a good idea occurred to me and I asked.

“hey.”

“hmm?”

“Are you familiar with the geography of this area?”

“I know very well.”

“Do you know how to drive a carriage?”

Neiman pointed to Daryl, who was backed up in the corner.

“That guy is good at that.”

“Okay.”

“……what?”

“It looks like you don’t have much to do since you’ve been drinking and doing perms since morning.”

I emptied my beer in one go and put it down, saying:

“Would you like to make a request?”

Neiman blinked.

“… …What request?”

* * *

I took Neiman and Daryl back to the square.

Shushuruta, who was waiting on one side of the town square with the carriage, looked blankly at Neiman and Daryl who followed me.

“… …Who is it?”

I answered confidently.

“Human leaders and coachmen.”

“… … .”

“What about Linda?”

“He hasn’t come yet.”

While waiting for Linda, I greeted Shushuruta and the two mercenaries.

“These are veteran mercenaries who will comfortably escort us to Maia. Say hello to them.”

Shushuruta glanced at me and greeted me first.

“It’s called Shushuruta.”

The two mercenaries simply nodded in greeting.

“Neither. This is Daryl.”

“Please take care of me.”

“This way.”

Even after I finished my introduction and explained how I ended up hiring her, Linda didn’t come back.

A sigh escaped me.

“Huh… … Did I leave it to you for nothing? Are you saying you can’t even do something like buying food properly?”

Neiman asked.

“Are there three people in your group?”

“Yes. The food manager isn’t coming yet.”

“We need to buy some food too, so let’s look for it on the way. What do you think?”

I waved my hand.

“It’ll be faster if we go. We’ve bought a lot of food, so you don’t have to worry. Just guard the carriage.”

I ordered the two mercenaries to guard the carriage, and then went out with Shushuruta to look for Linda.

While I was wandering around, Shushuruta suddenly pointed to an alley.

“I hear someone fighting in that alley.”

“Let’s go.”

I immediately entered the alley.

Linda was happily getting beaten up by some guys, clutching her fat bag tightly.

My head suddenly started to heat up.

“… … These kids.”