Surviving in the 121st Century - Chapter 29



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Episode 29

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Jincheol opened his closed eyes and looked out the window.

The streets of Shiol, which had been sparkling under the dark sky last night, fell into silence.

The sky, which was as black as ink, slowly turned into the color of a dry dawn, and the shining

With the city’s streetlights turned off, Shiol became darker than the late night.

The calm and cool grayness just before sunrise even stains the boarding house windows hazy.

It was the same.

“···The night was so long that dawn came.”

Jincheol turned his head with a smirk. He saw Udim lying on the bed. His chest

It was shaking regularly according to the breathing. In Jincheol’s view, the external bleeding was all

He seemed to have stopped, but he still had not regained consciousness.

Jincheol, who had been looking at Udim for a while, moved with the intention of bringing water. That’s how he got the doorknob.

The moment he caught it, Udim’s lips whispered softly.

“···Jincheol.”

Jincheol approached Udim right away. I could see his sunken eyes slowly opening.

“Are you in your right mind?”

Udim’s fierce eyes looked at Jincheol.

“···Mr. Parum. It’s dangerous.”

“Don’t you care that you almost got killed? Why don’t you explain how the situation is going?

“Tell me.”

At Jincheol’s words, Udim blinked his eyes. Now that he had regained consciousness, his head was not spinning.

It seemed like he was going back. But Jincheol waited patiently, and soon Udim’s mouth opened.

“···I went back to my room and got a call. The appointment to meet tomorrow morning was canceled now.

“Let’s pull it.”

“Who? That historian named Verdo?”

“That’s right. His servant came and asked me to reschedule the appointment and meet him tonight.”

Tonight. So it’s last night now. Jincheol is bickering in the back alleys and on the street.

It seems that Mr. Parm and Udim were also busy during this time.

“So you went?”

“Go. Mr. Parm said that if you refuse the invitation, he will not meet you again.

“Most scholars who are rich and famous are eccentric···”

Udim’s gloomy face slightly frowned. It seemed as if he was recalling last night.

“I followed the servant and went to meet the scholar… but something was strange. The mansion was too

It was quiet and there was no sign of people. So I took the lead from the middle and met a scholar.

As I entered the room, I smelled blood. And there was a dead body of a biker.”

“Is that corpse Verdo?”

Udim blinked, looking up at the ceiling.

“I don’t know. I don’t know the scholar’s ​​face. But Mr. Parm knows his face well.

It seems right, seeing how embarrassed and flustered I was… Anyway, the teacher and I were both at the scene.

I was trying to get out of the way… but at some point, a servant who had been out of sight blocked my way.

And behind him were the Esai. They came with some accusation…

“He was kind to me as well as the teacher, but his attitude changed when he discovered the body.”

“Was it Esai from a famous family?”

“It seemed like that. No, no. It was different from the Antera Esai I saw from the ship.

All of them. Their clothes and attitudes were different… They were a strange bunch of Esai…

Jincheol scratched his eyebrow with his thumb. The first thing he could think of was whether there were any traces of humans.

The unidentified organization that was said to be crying realized that Mr. Parum was being tracked and took action first.

All. Then what about that scholar named Berdo? Why did you kill him? Aren’t they on the same side?

Udim continued speaking.

“The Esai who found the body asked us to go with them… Where did Mr. Parm go?

When the Esai answered that it was the Temple of the Sun, Master Parm whispered to me.

It was. Run away, the only time a non-Esai can enter the Sun Temple is when he is a prisoner.

“I said···”

“No, isn’t that servant the most suspicious? But I tried to catch you and the teacher first.

“What?”

“That servant was caught first···”

“···?”

What? We’re caught together? In situations like this, don’t you usually just escape like a loach?

“Are you on the same side as the Esai and that guy? It wasn’t just a formality, was it?”

“The servant tried to run away from the place and his leg was cut off. Those strange Esais

He was kind at first, but after he took out a whip from his waist, he became cold-hearted as if he wasn’t human.

I almost died there if Mr. Parm hadn’t set off the smoke bomb.”

“···Then, have you confirmed that Mr. Parum was captured alive?”

He nodded.

“Those Esai rode on flying planks. They carried servants and teachers with amputated legs.

He caught it on the plank and flew towards the Temple of the Sun. Until then

I checked and came to find you···”

“Oh, you should go to the doctor if you feel like you’re going to die. Why are you coming to me like that?

“If it weren’t for the item that Mr. Reum gave me, I would have just watched myself die without being able to do anything.”

Udim’s eyes turned to Jincheol again.

“Of all the people I know in Sioux, you were the only one who would try to save the teacher,

Jincheol. Even if I die, I have to tell the teacher. I am outside, but he is a sinner.

“Because I was taken prisoner, I needed someone to help me. That’s what I learned as a friend.”

Those sunken eyes were looking at Jincheol. When his friend was starving, he would cut off the thigh meat.

The bushy-haired gorilla who promised to give it to me. At least it seemed like it wasn’t an empty promise.

Jincheol stared into those deep eyes quietly, then a small smile appeared on his lips.

“···Okay. Good job. Then let’s try to save the teacher’s life.”

Jincheol spread out his palm. Udim, who saw his hand, grabbed his chin and lifted his upper body.

Jincheol was surprised because he hadn’t even thought of waking him up.

“What? Are you okay?”

“I’m a little dizzy, but I’m okay. I can’t just lie down because I don’t know the teacher’s situation.”

Jincheol shook his head slightly, laughing in vain. The other ologs who pretended to be strong

Shut your mouths and lie down here. Who is the real one? This guy is the real one.

Log. Jincheol watched him get up from the bed and then went to the closet and opened it.

He took off his hood and threw it away.

And he said to Udim, who accepted it and made a blank expression.

“At least pretend to hide it. You don’t know what the situation is right now. If you go outside, Esai

“There might be a swarm of warriors looking for you.”

“Ah, I understand what you mean.”

Jincheol left the boarding house again with the same weapons he had prepared the night before. His head was behind him.

The landlady was still sleeping, as if she was wrapped in a blanket.

*

Jincheol led Udim through the back alleys of Siol. He avoided the main streets, but at the boarding house

As I said, it was because I didn’t know the identity of the Esai I had met. I caught the teacher.

Judging from the fact that it was headed towards the Temple of the Sun, it was likely a noble house. Then, it was on the street of Shiol.

It was dangerous to walk around confidently.

The roads of Shiol were like a tangled, tangled spider web. I had been traversing every nook and cranny for the past two months.

Even though I went there, I couldn’t memorize all the roads. Fortunately, the road I’m taking now is like that.

It wasn’t an unfamiliar road.

“Where are you going?”

Udim, who had been quietly following behind, suddenly spoke. At the end of the alley, in front of it

It was because there was a spacious square. Jincheol went to the square.

He answered briefly.

“Follow me.”

Jincheol, who had left the alley, crossed the square and headed toward the building on one side.

It has a lower floor count than other buildings in the square, but the interior is quite spacious.

Place. That was the restaurant where Jincheol first came to in this city.

A place where you go up to the large pillar in the center of the restaurant and pay to get your food. Meal

The wall of .

Jincheol entered the place and stood at the entrance, looking around at the people inside.

Jincheol, who had found the person he was looking for, went straight to him. Udim barely made it outside.

I followed him, blinking my eyes.

The person who was sitting at the table eating alone also found Jincheol. He greeted him and shook his hand.

He said while listening.

“Oh, Jincheol! Are you here to eat?”

Jincheol also raised his hand. He was a warrior of Antera, or rather, Morel, who was now an apprentice warrior.

was. Instead of his shiny silver breastplate, he was wearing a simple uniform.

Jincheol sat down across from him naturally and said.

“Mr. Parm. Do you remember?”

Morel looked puzzled at Jincheol’s sudden start to talk.

Do nodded.

“Huh? Hey, hey. I remember. He’s the one who saved my sister’s life. Why? Could it be that he’s in Shiol?

“Are you back?”

“That’s right. I came yesterday.”

Morel was delighted.

“Oh my! Your benefactor came, and you were just killing time here! Where are you? Right now.

“I should go see you. I should tell my sister. I’m sure she’d like to see you too.”

“I came because I thought you knew where it was.”

“···?”

Morel blinked. He saw Udim sitting down next to Jincheol and looked dumbfounded.

I looked back and forth between Jincheol and him with the same expression. Looking at that face, Jincheol spoke quietly.

“The teacher is now inside the Temple of the Sun.”

Morel’s face hardened. His once fierce eyes became sharp as blades.

“···What does that mean?”

“Last night, the teacher was taken away by some Esai. They accused him of murder.”

“what?”

Morel’s eyes rolled at Jincheol’s words. His expression was one of incomprehension.

“···You turned the tables on me. Explain a little more.”

Jincheol looked at Udim, and Udim slightly lowered the piece of cloth that was only revealing his eyes.

He said, revealing his face.

“I don’t know if I can trust this guy. It was Esai who took the teacher away.”

Before Jincheol could say anything, Morel spoke quietly first.

“Sister Ferran saved me. And Mr. Parm saved her life.

Well, that means that my sister’s life, his life, and my life are equal.

It is because I have a heart to save myself, even if he really says I am guilty.

Even if it means I will do everything I can to save his life.

Do you know what I mean, Udim?”

After hearing Morel’s story, Udim slowly nodded his head, and Jincheol looked surprised.

I looked at Morel. I didn’t know he remembered Udim. You’re also a first impression.

This guy is different…

As Udim’s story continued, Morel listened with a serious expression. Then

After a long silence, he spoke briefly.

“Wait here. This is where Antera’s power reaches, so the warriors of other families

“It will be safe if he doesn’t come. I will go in and find out what the situation is.”

Then he left without waiting for an answer. When he came back, Udim

I finished about seven plates of grilled meat from the wall of this restaurant and ordered an eighth plate.

It was when I received it.

“Jincheol.”

He was not alone. He was with the woman who greeted Jincheol and Udim, Ferran.

It was.

“It’s been a long time, and I don’t have time to say hello. It’s just like you said. The teacher is a historian.

He was imprisoned in the temple prison on suspicion of murdering Berdo Bell. It happened at dawn,

“The people who captured him were so closed-minded that I had to look into it myself.”

Jincheol also expressed his happiness with a nod and accepted the conversation.

“Can I meet you?”

“It’s impossible. I haven’t met the teacher in person either.”

“Who took the teacher away? Another Esai noble family?”

Ferran shook his head.

“They are people without a surname. To be precise, they are people who follow only the doctrine of the sun and the meaning of the temple.

Those who left their clan to devote themselves to the Sun. They are usually called temple warriors.

“They are practitioners of the doctrine.”

Jincheol remembered what Morel had said before. If you make a blasphemous statement,

I thought it would be annoying to be caught by them. But I was wandering around the back alleys of Shiol.

Inside were people I had never met or heard of before.

“I found out that they had dispatched the soldiers because of the complaint that came in the day before.

It was an accusation that a gathering and ritual that blasphemed the sun deity was being held, but it was absurd.

“They said that they found Berdo’s body and the teacher there and arrested them.”

“There must be a servant of the historian who was caught with him. He is suspicious, and he is

“Are you doing well?”

“I haven’t checked. I’m sorry, Jincheol, but the problem right now is simply the temple warriors.

“It’s not like I arrested a living person.”

When Jincheol looked at her as if asking what she meant, Ferran said with a very stiff expression,

He said with a frightened face.

“The problem is that the person responsible for this incident is Cassian.”

“···Who is that?”

If you say that, how would I know, you woman? Jincheol asked back, but Ferran answered right away.

I couldn’t answer and chose my words because of my fear of that person named Cassian.

It is difficult to describe him arbitrarily, whether because of his cognition or some position he holds.

It was the same.

Only after a while did she slowly open her mouth to speak.

“···Cassian was a fierce advocate of the solar doctrine and a zealot of corrupt infidels and pagans.

He is a radical exclusivist who insists that all of them should be kicked out of the country. He is usually a cynic.

The fall of the church is due to decadent citizens who do not follow the solar doctrine.

He went around talking and dragging the mayor of the city, Siol Lesandroff, out to the square.

He even went around saying that he should be hung up. He was a high-ranking warrior among the temple warriors.

So he wasn’t arrested for that remark, but… anyway, he and Mayor Lesandroff

“Their war of nerves is no secret.”

What is it? Are you a religious person this time? While Jincheol was frowning, Ferran said, rubbing his eyes.

It continued.

“As I just said, Cassian is a man of other races, especially Mayor Lesandorff.

He is a temple warrior who hates the Baikans. How can someone like that treat a teacher?

“Huh? And that’s a biker accused of murder?”

“···Can’t Antera get the teacher out?”

“Casian will never give up his teacher. He is a great man who would be afraid of Anthera’s name.

This is not it. On the contrary, they will attack our entire family by asking why we are defending non-believers.

I’m a human. So···”

Ferran met Jincheol’s eyes.

“···We have to sneak the teacher out on our own. Before he hangs him.”