2nd Round Villain

48 – – 400, Paladin contracted with the devil – 2

I am human.

I am a traveler who likes to believe rumors.

I’m a luxury who likes to speak with lacquer.

I am such a person. from this very moment.

“Kyung. I am a baby boy. save me.”

Haa, Aru, that damn b*tch’s acting skills really aren’t as good as this one. Should I do acting training sometime in the near future?

I don’t know if a guy who is going through puberty will calmly accept the training.

“It’s like looking at a fairy shaped by moonlight! If I could, I would like to become a knight who would kneel before you and kiss you on the back of your hand! Of course I’m just a traveler! ha ha ha!”

I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like compliments. Especially if the other person is a woman and the compliment is related to her appearance. That’s why I decorate my words lavishly. It looks frivolous and has the effect of lowering the vigilance.

For reference, it’s good to compliment a guy on his muscles or sword.

“… .”

There was no reaction from Beatrice. Why? I thought he would at least put on a shy smile, but his expression seemed to be slightly rotten.

“Only tonight.”

Stepping aside from the position blocking the door, Beatrice said firmly.

“Are you letting me in? Thank you! I will engrave this grace on the bones of my family so that distant descendants will also remember it! May blessings dwell in your future!”

“… .”

The more I exaggerate, the more Beatrice’s face seems to rot. Should I continue this?

“Then, excuse me! Please forgive me and my best friend if we are a little noisy!”

“Kong? Our friend? Since when?”

“Ahahahahaha! My precious best friend, Aru, is in a strange state today! I ate too much heat and my head is spinning! I need to lay down!”

You motherf*cker Aru, see if I ever do a joint performance again. A bastard named Josu is so sick of smoke. Even if you leave it to a passing dog, it will do better than that. If I told Aru, he’d growl, asking if I dare compare myself to a dog.

but… .

“… .”

Why is that woman staring at me?

If you lead the conversation to this extent, shouldn’t there be a response? Are you enjoying an awkward relationship?

I can’t help it. keep talking don’t forget I’m a chatter now. A sloppy and ridiculous luxuryist who can buy hostility but doesn’t buy vigilance.

“Smells good! It’s like the smell that reminds me of the apple pie my grandmother used to make when I was young in Corinth! Who is the chef behind this dazzling, delicious-looking dish!”

“Come out.”

“ha ha ha! She is a lady who is as good at cooking as she is beautiful! After all, the saying that beautiful women are good at cooking is true!”

“What? I can’t cook?”

“Aru, you are not a beauty! If this beauty hears you, what are you going to say!”

“Kyung… I’m pretty… .”

“sorry! Lady! My best friend eats too much heat and is talking nonsense! I guess I’ll have to find a place to rest! Lady! Are there any seats left?”

“By-self.”

Wow, that’s really terribly reticent.

‘Who are you?’, ‘Naoman’, ‘You know’… A guest came to a rough place like Masurim, and there is only that to say. At this point, I wonder if I am reasonably dumb.

The next moment, I would have believed it if she hadn’t responded to the intended ‘ruffle’ from my stomach.

“I was about to have dinner.”

Beatrice opened her mouth bluntly.

“Can you hear me?”

Without a second thought, I answered immediately.

“great! oh! To be treated to a meal by a beautiful lady like you! There will be no other blessed traveler like me!”

wiggle-.

Beatrice’s complexion darkened again.

the third already.

In this brief conversation, he hardened his expression three times. It wasn’t just a blank expression, but a face that seemed uncomfortable somewhere.

Are there any complexes I don’t know about about compliments? I need to find out. A complex is a mask that hides a weakness. In order to make Beatrice my second assistant, it is essential to find out and use her weaknesses.

Touching Aru’s thirst for his family a hundred years ago, just as I became the position of the family. Right now, I am suffering because of Aru’s puberty, but after this period passes and Aru grows older, I will go through the hardships and walk the flower path.

… have to walk Why am I putting up with it now? When the words are wasted, I will turn around.

“Then, come in here… no.”

“hmm? Why?”

“… There is a pond that is like a bath behind the house, so wash yourself there. Both of you are too hesitant.”

“A bath! I was embarrassed, but this boeun! Are you sure Lady is an angel who came down from the sky? There seems to be a bright halo shining from behind the Lady!”

It’s just been soiled, so I’m not particularly uncomfortable with it, but I’ll have to accept that offer if I want to look like a castaway here.

I was about to throw off my clothes right away, but as if remembering something, I paused for a moment before talking.

It is an intentional pause.

“however… Bar, there were terrifying monsters out there? Oh, is it okay if I go out in the middle of the night?”

It was created in haste, and it made me break out in a cold sweat. It’s an easy idea for an ordinary, powerless castaway treasure hunter. Each of these actions creates a detail.

“No one can approach this area. So, wash in peace.”

“Ohhhhh! Are you sure Lady is an angel who came down from heaven to save us! It’s unusual to live in the middle of the forest, but no one can match it! I really want to hear the lady’s story over dinner!”

As if passing by, the conversations to be shared afterwards are also decided and passed on to me.

I went outside with Aru and put my body in the bath.

Meanwhile, the sound of cooking came from inside the house.

*****

Dalgrak-.

Using a fork and knife, I eat soft bread after a long time.

gulp-.

Tears of emotion well up. This is because it is the first bread eaten in a hundred years. Ah, it’s been a long time since I want to eat my grandmother’s cooking. Should I ask Adela to send some?

“Um… This is a dish that people can make! That’s really great! Lady!”

“… Eat in moderation. Don’t overeat.”

“How can you do that with such delicious food! hahahaha! My mouth is already not listening!”

“Kong? How are you talking when your mouth doesn’t move?”

To say it’s delicious is not an understatement. The most delicious food I’ve ever eaten was the dishes from my aunt’s table, but now that I’m eating Beatrice’s food, I’m about to break that thought. Okay, even if you think about force, it’s enough to have him as an assistant, but he’s passed, but he’s good at cooking.

Beatrice didn’t show anything but a smiley response, and treated us with kindness. It’s not friendly, but it doesn’t seem like there’s any particular malice.

Enemy-.

A warm meal and hot food, almost like eating for the first time after entering Masurim. I shoveled the remaining bread into my mouth and asked a question.

“Gulp, by the way, what is the reason Lady is in this forest? It’s not a place where normal women would be, isn’t it!”

“There is no reason why a woman cannot set foot in the forest. Haven’t you heard of the story of the eldest daughter of the northern duchy of the Demon Realm who flourished in Masurim a hundred years ago?”

Brings up the story of Adela in front of me. Hey, that demon is my sister, sister.

You shouldn’t say these words at the moment when you need to let go of your guard. I skillfully took out a bottle of wine I had prepared from my bosom and said.

“Ahh! I forgot something important! If you want to hear the lady’s story, you’ll have to pay wine!”

“that… Long time no see. it’s wine But how did you get wine in a place like this?”

“There are ways! It’s not important, please accept my gift! It is a precious wine that has been aged for a hundred years!”

As soon as I put the wine bottle in my hand into my field of vision, Beatrice’s eyes changed. A different color and aspiration begin to circulate in the dry eyes.

For this moment, I brought Arachne’s sack the wine that my aunt made in the family a hundred years ago. I put the wine on the table with a smile, pure and clear, without the slightest speck.

“I will bring you a cup.”

Beatrice rose from her seat with a rumble. Her gaze couldn’t leave the wine.

I thought so. Beatrice Constantino was under a lot of stress due to certain things when she was a paladin, and because of that, she often drank wine.

Masurim is not an environment for brewing alcohol. That’s why Beatrice probably hadn’t had a chance to drink alcohol since four years ago, when she disappeared into the magic forest. There will be no crazy person in this world who takes care of wine while being chased by the church.

Beatrice, who had brought three glasses, sat down again. I poured wine enough to fill my glass and opened my mouth loudly.

“Come to think of it, it seems rude to ask a lady I’m seeing for the first time to talk about it first! First of all, let me tell you my story first! To make the seat a bit ripe!”

Actually, it’s just to pass the time. until you’re drunk enough.

“as you please.”

After carefully observing the wine in the glass for a moment, Beatrice drank it in one breath. The dark red wine went down Beatrice’s throat coolly. Beatrice’s brown ponytail hair also flutters.

“As I said before, my name is Oscar! He is a person who searches for treasures in legends like small floating clouds with his friends! I grew up with my grandmother in a small mountain range in Corinth!”

“Corinth… I heard it’s a mountain valley area.”

“you’re right! There is a beautiful village with colorful flowers in it! It was my childhood routine to play with the snoring dogs in the neighborhood every day, then return home in the evening and eat the apple pie my grandmother made! Looking back, that was the happiest time.”

“For everyone, childhood is a pleasant memory… .”

As if agreeing with my words, Beatrice murmured bitterly. There is a type of person who reacts like that when you say something like this. And I know what they have in common.

I was happy when I was young, but as I grew up, I became more and more distant from the feeling of happiness. Some may argue that it is not so, but that is the reaction when you are almost disconnected from the emotion of ‘happiness’.

So now I have to form a consensus on that point. No matter who you talk to, it is essential to build a consensus.

“He was just an ordinary country boy in the valley! A simple, innocent, and naive little boy from the village! But do you have a common repertoire? A repertoire of a naive country boy who yearns for the civilization of the city and goes out ignorantly and loses it greatly!”

“Are you saying that?”

“Was I fifteen? At that time, a shopkeeper from the city stopped by our village! The peddler laid out in front of the townsfolk many interesting city objects, and introduced many city-specific objects that would never be seen in the countryside! Knowing nothing at the time, I was intrigued by that highly advanced civilization!”

“Um, not worth it. Because that’s how old I am.”

Beatrice is drinking more wine than bread. Under the light of the lanterns lighting up the curtain of the night, Beatrice’s blushing face glowed softly.

“I had a dream with a pure heart! I wanted to go to the city and become a free trader, cruising here and there like the merchant who first gave me my dream! For that dream, I received a little money from my grandmother and followed the merchant! But what is it? As soon as I got out of the Corinthian mountains and arrived in the city, the merchant scammed me and took all my big money! The small but precious money that contained the dreams of a young boy!”

Kwak-!

I clenched my fists as I spat out the words with all my strength as if I was angry. My strong fists trembled.

When I think of those days, my heart fills with anger. Ha ha, that merchant. If I meet you, I must kill you. Of course, I’ve never met such a merchant.

“Oops.”

“I had to go back to the village, but there was no guard! Because the merchant robbed them all! In the end, the dreamy boy set foot in the city after tasting the bitterness of the city! I couldn’t help it, but I had to eat and live!”

drunkenness rises I continued to speak with real emotion.

Beatrice is getting more and more immersed in my method acting.

“That’s how I became a miner working in a mine! Compared to other factory jobs, the pay was good! But I was never comfortable! Go into the mines and pickaxe in the dark all day, and do, and do… Then, sometimes, when I came across something like a goblin’s lair, there was no such thing as a lightning bolt! It was a series of painful days to be alive!”

“Being alive is painful… Everyone has times like that. Looking at you now, you seem to have weathered those days wonderfully.”

“ha ha ha! Thanks for the compliment! In fact, it would be more accurate to say that he escaped rather than overcame it! After earning enough money to return to the mine, I left the mine as if I were running away and returned to my hometown of Corinth! Five years have passed since I first left the village!”

Beatrice nodded at my words. Aru is warm and full, so he is nodding off as if he is falling asleep.

Actually, it’s because of the sleeping pills I mixed only in Aru’s glass while pouring the wine.

“There is such a story… I hope that merchant will be punished by God.”

“hahahaha! Of course that would be nice, but I’ve already forgotten about it! Thank you for turning a naive country boy into a decent young man! Anyway, since then, I’ve been more interested in the mysteries of nature than the prosperity of cities! Like this Aru here, I gathered like-minded friends from the village and went on a trip!”

“You haven’t lost your romance. I envy you.”

“It was until then! Now that I lost all of my friends except for Aru because I accidentally came into the forest… well, hahahaha To be honest, these days, I have no idea. I’m going through the forest with Aru with the determination to live, but I can’t see the end. The friends who kept getting split in half by the monsters shimmer… What can I do if I go back like this?”

“… It’s a pretty sad story.”

Beatrice’s eyes turned to me. The bright red drunkenness makes the table hot.

What is in those eyes, is it intoxication? Or is it pitiful?

… no, sympathy Right now, Beatrice feels a sense of sympathy and sadness for me. Seeing Beatrice’s reaction as if she had lost her happiness, the story she made up quickly must have worked.

“hahahaha… Really, it seems that the atmosphere of the drinking party has fallen.”

“No, I heard you. It was a short but impressive story.”

Hurrup-.

I glanced at Beatrice’s face and swallowed the wine.

Now, if you’ve done this enough, you should step out and look. I want you to unravel your story.

“Kuuu… I’m sleepy… .”

dump-.

At the power of wine and sleeping pills, which he had never drunk before, Aru fell over on the desk. The obstruction is gone. The crappy actor exited.

Now, put your story on stage. I’ll be the only spectator, Beatrice.

“In return… I should tell you my story. Since you want it so much, let me hear it once… .”

Beatrice, whose face shimmered with sympathy, opened her bright red cherry lips. In a drunken, languid voice. This is the moment we have been waiting for so long.

don’t let go of your mind The human in front of me now is the strongest paladin of this era. An ignorant strongman who drove out a country single-handedly.

From now on, I will look for a strategy point in Beatrice’s story.