A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 198
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Episode 198. The Absolute Demon Under the Sky
It’s a contract with the spirit.
‘Are you saying I’m going to become a spirit master?’
But I am a swordsman who wields a sword.
Spirit Master. Inspector.
‘Then, Spirit Inspector… …?’
The texture is pretty good.
‘Spirit Inspector Ashvan Sherwood.’
The name is cool.
Just hearing it makes my heart swell.
‘A spirit inspector. It might be pretty good?’
But the thought didn’t last long.
Because the moment Hurd mentioned the contract, these spirits started making a lot of noise.
They all got really excited and started talking about something.
-Human, come with me!
-No, do it with me! I’ll do it well!
-Make a contract with me! Let’s start a family together!
Buzz buzz buzz.
It’s so noisy I could die.
First of all, it’s certain that I won’t be doing anything with the guys here.
I spoke in as cold a voice as I could, trying to drown out the commotion.
“I don’t care.”
Buzz buzz buzz.
“Can’t you hear me? You’re not interested!”
I started screaming, and only then did things quiet down a bit.
-ah…….
Gloomy.
They were the kind of guys who would die quickly.
‘Are spirits originally like this?’
When I hear the word spirit, I feel something mysterious.
It feels like everything is falling apart.
It’s like a bunch of bright and innocent kids gathered together.
It’s so crazy and noisy I could die.
Are all spirits like this?
I tapped my forehead and spoke firmly.
“The master in my head is enough for me.”
“Uh… okay.”
Hurd nodded with a trembling face.
Judging by his expression, he looks like he’s thinking about falling off a cliff on his head.
“Hey, get out of here.”
I pushed away the rabbit spirit that was burrowing into my arms, then quietly grabbed the squirrel that had climbed onto my shoulder again and threw it to Linda.
-Squeak!
The squirrel bounced off Linda’s forehead and then disappeared somewhere as if it was evaporating.
It seems like the spirit is a spirit.
“ouch.”
Linda reacted a beat late.
I rubbed the spot where I had been hit by the flying squirrel stupidly.
“… … It looks like something flew in.”
Meanwhile, the horned, dark blue tiger spirit that had carried us on its back was crouching solemnly behind the hut.
I think it would be okay to make a contract with such a taciturn spirit. However, it seems like he is rare.
As I watched the tiger lying face down with its eyes closed, my gaze naturally turned to its owner.
The mysterious purple-haired spirit was looking at me with blank eyes.
“What are you looking at?”
“Huh, huh?”
Hurd flinched as if he had just woken up from a dream.
“What are you looking at? Is this the first time you’ve seen a man come back from the dead?”
“Ah… … I still can’t believe it. It feels like only yesterday that I was looking at your gravestone… … .”
“If you are stuck in the past, you cannot move forward into the future. I am a man who lives in the present.”
I changed the subject casually.
Otherwise, I feel like the topic of conversation will get buried here.
“The past is over, let’s talk about the present.”
I got to the point.
“I believe the first and second questions have been sufficiently answered.”
Three questions that Hurd had been threatening to answer one after another.
The first was about my identity, and the second was a question about how I knew my name.
And the third and final question was about why you came all the way here.
“I asked why you came. I came to take you away.”
Hurd’s eyes widened.
“Take me? Where?”
“Where are you? It’s the Sherwood Mercenaries.”
Hurd tilted his head.
“It’s dismantled? Didn’t you hear? The captain and your sister—”
I waved my hand and distracted her from her words.
“I know. When I came back to the Kingdom of Maia, the first people I met were the captain and my older sister.”
“Oh, really?”
Hurd lowered his head sullenly.
“But why didn’t you tell me… … .”
“It’s not me. Anyway, those two aren’t coming back. They’re just going to retire.”
Hurd blinked.
“What, really? Even though you came back? Did you hear it yourself?”
He nodded.
“I heard it myself.”
I want to drag you out by force, but… … .
They are not the kind of people who can be dragged out if you drag them out, and they are authors that I cannot drag out with my own strength, so I had no choice but to leave them alone.
“Sherwood, I built it again.”
I pointed at myself with my thumb and said solemnly.
“I am the new leader of Sherwood. Now, the era of Guston is over, and it is the era of Ashvan. I even changed my name to Sherwood. Ashvan Sherwood. Sherwood itself.”
He concluded his speech with great solemnity.
“Come back, Hudmilla Everett. To Sherwood.”
“… … Phew!”
“reel?”
Hurd suddenly burst into laughter.
My words seemed to have been a trigger, and he burst out laughing.
“Poohahahahaha!”
I watched the scene blankly.
They say that if you laugh while crying, horns will grow on your butt. But there’s no way to confirm this.
I raised my eyebrows slightly.
“… … Are you laughing?”
Hurd, who had barely stopped laughing, apologized while wiping the tears from his eyes.
“Haa… ha… … . Ah, sorry. You’re the captain? I can’t imagine.”
“What can’t you imagine?”
“It doesn’t suit you at all. What’s the point of the weakest guy being the leader?”
“Didn’t you hear me? I said that I defeated the villains in the Blake Kingdom under the cliff, defeated the royal knights, and placed the Black Prince on the throne.”
“Yeah, yeah. I understand.”
“… … .”
It seems like you didn’t listen seriously.
… … I’m so pissed.
“Anyway, I have re-established the Sherwood Mercenary Corps. This is the revival of Sherwood, that’s what I’m saying. Sound the alarm for the revival!”
“… … .”
Since no one answered, I stood up alone and danced a dance of joy.
“Aww, that’s good!”
“… … .”
Only Linda followed me, jumping up from her seat and shaking her butt excitedly.
“Hehehe!”
Shushuruta let out a deep sigh, and Hud and the spirits watched our dance absentmindedly.
Cheonma just smiled faintly.
After a moment, I sat down as if nothing had happened and spoke in a serious tone.
“We’re regrouping the members. Miho and Schmidt have already joined.”
“Miho is here?”
Hurd said in a slightly surprised tone.
“I heard you retired, Sister. So you’re still living in that mountain village?”
“yes.”
“But did Miho come because she told you to?”
“I brought you here because you said you were bored. You must be fast asleep right now in the warm, sunny window of your hideout.”
By then Linda was doing the butt dance, wiggling her butt without any sense, so I made her sit back down.
“Linda, dance time is over. Sit down.”
“Oh, yeah.”
Linda sat down awkwardly.
Hurd thought carefully and then asked.
“… … That’s what Miho is like. How did you find Schmidt?”
“I came on my own feet.”
“what?”
“Unlike some idiots living somewhere else, our famous detective Mr. Schmidt found out that I was back through clues and went straight to where I was. Reflect on your mistakes, you idiot Hudmilla.”
“… … Mr. Woo. That little thing.”
Miss Hudmilla blows her nose in anger and punches the grass.
Her purple hair flutters with every wave of her tiny hands.
I watched her for a while and then asked her something I had been wondering about.
“Hud.”
“what.”
“Anyway, didn’t you kick the family out because you didn’t want to be here? Why did you crawl back in? I searched for you for a long time, you idiot.”
Hurd gave me a sip.
“I’m not stupid.”
I proudly pointed to our stray cat and said,
“If it weren’t for our information genius here, the cat who doesn’t distinguish between day and night, the thief favored by Ketel, and the princess of the underworld, Shushuruta, I wouldn’t even know you were here.”
“Huh.”
The smug Shushuruta crossed his arms and prickled his nose.
“… … .”
Hud, who had been staring at Shushuruta like that, turned his gaze to the sky.
There was a clear blue sky and feather-like clouds floating around.
Hurd said, hugging his knees.
“You fall off the cliff… and Sherwood is scattered… … .”
Her tone lowered.
“When I was wandering around, not knowing what to do, I happened to get in touch with my family. My father asked me to come back. I thought it would be better if I buried myself in work. That’s why I came back.”
“I see.”
Hurd slowly lowered his gaze and looked at me.
A weak smile played on her lips.
“I ended up here after working like that.”
“You look a bit tired.”
I clicked my tongue.
“You don’t have to do that anymore. Come back.”
Hurd’s purple eyes stared at me.
It was as if the eyes contained the mysteries of a world I did not know about.
“This is not your place in a noble place like this. Sherwood is the place for you, fallen noblewoman Hudmilla Everett.”
“… … When did you say I was a lying noble?”
“I forgive you.”
The guy laughed playfully.
“really?”
“Come back.”
Her playful smile turned into a bitter smile.
“… … It’s too late.”
“what?”
“My father only looks at me. He was the only one who protected me when everyone teased me for seeing ghosts. Do you know? Today is the succession ceremony.”
“know.”
Hurd laughed weakly.
“I’m sorry, Ashvan. I can’t go back to Sherwood.”
“… … .”
“I’m sorry I lied to you. I was afraid you’d hate me. I’m not Hudmilla Everett, I’m Hudmilla Richiello.”
I stared blankly at Hurd, who was smiling bitterly.
“Are you really not coming back?”
“I’ll inherit the family fortune and come visit you when I have some free time. It’s not like I’ll never see you again.”
“When will you have free time?”
“I don’t know.”
“… … .”
Hurd stood up from his seat and rubbed his eyes.
“Oh my… … The succession ceremony is just around the corner, but your face is a mess.”
Hurd forced a smile and showed his face to me.
“How am I? Am I okay?”
“No, it’s a mess.”
“hey.”
“Don’t go while you’re at it. Let’s go back just like this.”
Hurd laughed.
It was a smile that seemed somehow sad.
“That can’t be.”
… … What should I say?
It was like seeing the smile of a mature adult.
We are no longer reckless children.
A sad adult smile.
The days when we used to hang out together in Sherwood seemed like a long time ago.
“I said I wouldn’t be late, but I ended up being a little late.”
Hurd sighed heavily as if vomiting something and looked at me.
“I’ll go first. If you’re not busy, come see the succession ceremony.”
He quickly climbed onto the back of the dark blue tiger and returned to Baekjakryeong City in an instant.
“… … .”
I could only stare blankly at her back.
Couldn’t catch her.
Because there was no good reason.
* * *
After a while, we mixed in with the crowd and watched the succession ceremony from afar.
The succession ceremony took place in the city’s large square, and the atmosphere was very heated.
It is truly the center of the festival.
… … My feelings are complicated as I watch it.
I came all the way here shouting that I would bring you, but I ended up going back empty-handed.
Above all, I felt very uneasy because the guy’s expression was not bright.
“Hehehe.”
Next to me, Linda is smiling innocently, not knowing what I’m doing, wearing three wreaths on her head.
At first glance, it looks like a tower of flowers on top of the head.
It’s thanks to you giving in to mine and Shushuruta’s.
“Is it good?”
“Yeah! … … Aah!”
As I nodded my head vigorously, an unfortunate incident occurred where one floor of the flower tower collapsed.
[Please pick it up.]
I sighed, picked up the fallen wreath, and put the tower back on its feet.
Linda heh- heh laughed.
“Thank you, devil.”
“Be quiet.”
“Ugh… … .”
At that moment, a magnificent trumpet sound was heard, and the noisy square gradually became quiet.
When it became completely quiet, the main character appeared.
She was wearing a purple dress that matched her hair well.
The bottom was torn quite dramatically, but it looked like it had been torn on purpose.
It looks surprisingly elegant.
‘Looking at it this way, he seems like a born nobleman.’
The people cheered.
I could hear the voices of women gossiping about the new dress style.
After that, they performed miscellaneous ceremonies that were supposed to be done like nobles, but in reality were nothing, and then the final order arrived.
An elderly man who appeared to be Hurd’s father approached her, his eyes swollen shut.
They seem similar.
He was holding a short staff with a jewel that seemed to be the symbol of his family, and Hurd’s expression as he looked at it seemed complicated.
Cheonma spoke softly.
[Are you just going to watch?]
“Then what should I do? He says he doesn’t like it.”
[Is it really something you hate?]
“… … But there is a good reason.”
[Lee Yu-ra.]
Cheonma laughed quietly.
[Since when has there been a reason for your actions?]
“… … !”
A flash of light crossed my mind.
When Bong-i was transferred from Cho-ro’s man to Hurd’s hand.
I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I climbed up onto the roof of the carriage that was parked behind me and shouted.
“This succession is invalid!!!”
A voice mixed with internal energy resonated through the square.
The bonfire stopped just before it could reach Hurd’s hand.
and.
All eyes were focused on each other.
Of course, the two people, but also the gazes of the people filling the square.
‘A good reason?’
There’s no need for that.
It is as Cheonma said.
Since when did I ask for reasons?
I am the captain and dictator of New-Sherwood.
The absolute devil under the heavens.
Second generation Heavenly Demon.
No dissenting opinions.
What I want, I will get.
“Hudmilla Everett! Take off that fucking dress and get here right now! That’s an order!”
Cheonma smiled with satisfaction.
[That’s right.]
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