My Villains, Chapter 151
, 38. Golden Sludge (8)
“Quit.”
A woman was wrestling with armor in a spacious room.
The woman’s name is ‘Dionea no he’. She was the wife of Baron Mallory and the hostess of Longville.
What she was wrestling with was a pair of scale armor topped with gray fur.
“ha.”
‘It’s too heavy.’
The densely woven pieces of iron and the lye and oil-fed fur were excessively heavy. It was not a weight that Dionea, who was small and slender even for a woman, could handle.
“Can I help you, ma’am?”
Dionea turned around at the sudden voice. Then, when he saw the tall knight standing in front of the room door, he sighed.
“Sir Phoenix.”
“Like last time, you’re really surprised.”
“…Iknow, right.”
Dionea’s complexion darkened.
“You shouldn’t be surprised by something like this.”
Shii Phoenix, she muttered, came over and accepted the armor.
“Why are you struggling alone? What about the servants?”
“I was sent to the gateway. It’s an easy situation for one soldier.”
“You mean the maids too?”
“I sent the rest except for a few small children. Even if you can’t fight, you’ll be able to do chores.”
“…okay.”
He looked over the armor and shook it a couple of times. It was a light movement, like opening a blanket.
“It’s too big and heavy…is it your wife’s?”
“…no. It’s the armor the baron likes to wear.”
A watery voice continued.
“Even though you haven’t worn it since you married me
.”
“Why?”
“Because he suffered a lot during the war… his health deteriorated.”
” ah.”
Phoenix, who had been scratching his eyebrows for a while, opened his mouth.
“…Well, leave the mercenaries to Chester. He’s an experienced soldier, so he’ll handle it.”
“I can’t do that. I have the duty to handle this as the lord’s deputy.”
“Still, there is no reason for your wife to be armed.”
“…why?”
Phoenix shrugged.
“Because it won’t help anything.”
“Because I am a woman?”
The knight smiled and shook his head at the question that was somewhat vague.
“Gender doesn’t matter. The problem is that you are not a warrior.”
Dionea kept her mouth shut. Then, making up his mind, he looked up at Phoenix.
“If only warriors could arm themselves, I would be a warrior today.”
“…Being a warrior is not something that can be achieved through such a declaration.”
“If you’re just going to say that, then please leave. I will prepare it myself.”
After saying that, she snatched the armor from Phoenix’s hand.
“Oops,”
he said, and immediately fell to the side. It is because of not being able to overcome the weight of the armor.
“Oh my—”
Fortunately, Dionea was not hurt thanks to Phoenix quickly extending her arm. However, the hem of her skirt was torn by the iron pieces of her armor.
“Are you okay, madam?”
“……Ah um.”
The baroness, who was in the arms of the knight, stuttered for a moment before straightening her posture.
“Yes, excuse me.”
“no. Excuse me.”
There was silence for a while.
Dionea trembled with shame.
While making a fuss about arming myself, I felt ridiculous for myself wearing a white kirtle and a velvet vest.
And even though it had only been two weeks since her husband disappeared, she hated herself blushing in the arms of another man.
Phoenix, who had been silently watching her, suddenly opened her mouth.
“You feel responsible.”
“…as it should be. It is my duty as a lady.”
“I’m worried that that’s not all,
ma’am.”
Black eyes stared down at dark green ones.
Dionea, intoxicated by the dark, deep and enchanting color, opened her mouth without even realizing it.
“…why did you help me?”
“yes?”
“The reason you helped me with Longville. 3 Is it because of the prince’s order to help the weak?” Phoenix nodded with a confused expression.
“Well, there is that too.”
“…Are there other reasons?”
He pondered for a moment, then scratched his eyebrows and replied.
“Because of my friend.”
“A friend?”
“…I have a friend who wants to live in Longville. I couldn’t let Anupad or the mercenaries mess with it.”
” ah.”
Dionea nodded quietly. Then he touched his forehead and burst out laughing.
“I see. for a friend.”
“ma’am’?”
She looked up at the man.
“I guess I was the only one guilty after all.”
“…what are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“I was punished.”
The woman continued with a sad smile.
“The Lord has punished you. The baron died because of me.” As Dionea’s eyes quickly became moist, Phoenix made a pitiful expression.
“It’s a punishment. The Baron was defeated by Anupad. It has nothing to do with your wife
.” “No. It’s because of having an immature wife.”
“…the Lord won’t kill a man for a kiss, ma’am.”
“It’s not just one kiss! I am,”
Dionea, who raised her voice abruptly, shook her head.
“…Sorry Sir.”
“I know how you feel. But there is no need to feel guilty.”
The woman was silent for a moment at the gentle whisper of the man.
For a while, she looked up at Phoenix with a blank expression and opened her mouth.
“You are the devil.”
“……ma’am.”
“Do not speak.”
She still had a blank expression.
“Every time I hear your voice, an evil spirit enters my heart.”
“It was because of my dirty expectations that I sent Veldin to call you.”
Phoenix looked down at her quietly.
“Don’t look at me with those eyes.”
The woman tightly closed her eyes.
“When I close my eyes, the sensations of that time come to mind clearly. The memories that I can’t forget and I don’t want to forget continue every night.”
The white face was distorted.
“When a dream demon visits me, I welcome it and commit a terrible injustice. In the morning, I pray and shed tears.”
As Dionea wept, a large hand came up and patted her on the shoulder.
“Do not. I can’t breathe.”
“Dionea.”
“Please…
“Dionea.”
The woman collapsed at the compassionate gaze and warm voice.
“…Hug me please.”
“Look out of the way.”
“Oh Phoenix?”
As I made my way through Amias’ gang and stepped forward, Utequai, who was standing on a dolma, glanced at me.
“late.”
“I was talking a little bit.”
Looking around, there were about a hundred soldiers under the command of three or four sergeants lined up in front of the lord’s office.
“What are you out for? I’m not feeling well either.”
“The stink of wolves is terrible. It’s hard to rest.”
On the other side of the road were teeming with mercenaries. At first glance, the number of mercenaries gathered around the five heads seemed to exceed one hundred.
“What about that armor?”
“this? Um, I borrowed it for a while.”
The training leader Chester, who was nearby, looked at me and tilted his head, then exclaimed.
“…lupus!”
“yes?”
When I put on a puzzled expression, Chester grinned happily.
“That armor, Sir. Isn’t that Lupus, the treasure of the Agni family?”
“…Ah, is that so?”
I looked down at the armor I was wearing.
It was a piece of armor with barbs tightly embedded in a tough leather plate, and the shoulders and neck were wrapped in gray wolf fur.
Dionea was willing to lend it to me, so I thought it was nothing, but was it an heirloom? I’ve never seen it in game.
“yes. The baron often wore it when he was young. Did the baroness give it to you? I never expected to see you like this.”
After saying that, the middle-aged man looked around and asked with a puzzled expression.
“But where is your wife? I heard that you would come out personally.”
“…well, he’s sleeping.”
“Are you sleeping? You mean now?”
When Chester asked, looking puzzled, I replied with wet lips.
“He…he said he hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in a while. He seems to be in a bad condition, so he is on his way to recover by borrowing the power of blood manipulation.”
It wasn’t Chester who responded to my words, it was Randall, the mercenary across the street.
“Sleeping in this situation? under!”
He looked back at the mercenaries around him and then got angry with a loud voice.
“You are too irresponsible to be the acting lord! Taking a nap without paying proper compensation to the hired mercenaries!”
As Randall, one of the five leaders, shouted, the mercenaries began to mumble with angry voices.
“This…
when Chester, the training leader, tried to curse, I quickly stopped him and stepped forward.
The mercenaries seemed busy chatting among themselves. I yelled at them all at once. As he shouted
“Hey!”
and stepped forward, the eyes of the mercenaries gathered.
“It’s a bloody swordsman.”
A murmur followed by someone’s sigh.
“That savage must be a real red bear.”
“How do you know?”
“The beheader and the batterer. They say you two are a pair.”
“I can’t see the fire witch. Is it all luck…
A few familiar nicknames pass by my ears. Hmmm, am I going to pay for the face sold today?
“Hey Randall!”
“…Did you call me just now?”
“okay. you are a bastard.”
At my words, Randall’s face contorted sternly.
“That’s rude.”
“You are rude. How dare a mercenary bastard talk to a knight without knowing the subject?”
Randall kept his mouth shut, perhaps astonished at my impudence or stumped by the unexpected situation.
“And what do you care if the baroness sleeps or not?”
“…I can’t see the mercenaries gathered right now!”
“So what? Should the baroness come out and deal with you when you guys get together? What are you guys?”
“Lee—”
Randall, his face flushed red, was about to say something, but I took a step ahead and yelled
.
“Shut up and listen carefully!”
The high-pitched shouts bounced off the three mountains surrounding the territory and echoed in a small way.
“The baroness gave me the answer!”
The buzzing mercenaries sent curious glances.
The other bosses also tried to dissuade Randall, who was about to run amok.
“The hunting festival ends today!”
As soon as I finished my words, the mercenaries murmured again, and some shouted.
“Then the bounty!”
“Quickly distribute the bounty!”
Oh, these mercenaries. Why are you so impatient?
“The distribution of the bounty will be done soon! However, if you guys are playing around in the territory like now, the distribution of the bounty will inevitably be delayed!”
“Jimmy, when did we mess up!”
“okay! We never messed around!”
I swallowed a laugh and shouted.
“What you guys are doing is crazy, you assholes! Can’t you see people are anxious!”
Of course, the confrontation between hundreds of armed personnel in front of the permanent residence, and nowhere else, caused serious anxiety.
Even though it was still broad daylight, there were no civilians around. Everyone is hiding in their houses and watching them.
“So the Baroness made a condition! Mercenaries, except for those who will receive the bounty, leave the territory right now!”
At my words, the five leaders of the mercenaries simultaneously contorted their faces as if they were trying to weave them. Well, if I told them to let go of all my men and only the last five remain, of course they would be scared.
Among the five bosses, a mercenary with a long beard came forward and expressed dissatisfaction.
“The points obtained from the hunting festival are not mine alone, but all of our mercenaries! Receiving the bounty alone!”
“That’s your case! The only thing on the Hunt Festival bulletin board is your name. What have your men to do with it?”
“dog sound!”
Other bosses also expressed their displeasure blatantly, such as spitting on the floor or swearing. Other mercenaries followed them and started growling ferociously.
The reason the mercenaries came out so easily was probably because they were confident in fighting.
All of the mercenaries gathered in front of the Yeongju Hall were experienced veterans. All of them were wearing scale armor or chain mail, and their weapons and shields were of very good quality.
They couldn’t see whether they had left their longbows or crossbows at the gate, but they were menacing enough just armed with shields and one-handed weapons.
Besides, they are rich in experience like mercenaries. They are probably incomparably stronger than the ordinary soldiers of the Territory.
There were even a couple of guys who looked like wizards mixed in. They were mercenary wizards who were rarely seen. This side was similar in number, but there was no way that the conscripts, who wore iron helmets and long spears in quilted armor, could not compete with such veterans.
Of course, I had to avoid combat as much as possible, but I rather drew my sword as if I was going to run into it right away.
visor!
When Hrunting’s milky blade appeared, the cluttered atmosphere turned cold.
The tension draws a smile on my face without even realizing it.
“Did you come here with the intention of wiping it all out?”
The growl that followed was half sincere.
“Do it, you bastards.”
He narrowly walked through the gap between the mercenaries and the soldiers.
“I promise you, half of you will die by me.”
The voice was not very loud, but it seemed that no one could hear it because the son-in-law was quiet.
“The other half will be killed by a red bear.”
Mercenaries glanced behind me.
Utequai stood still with his dolma on his back, but that was enough. If your eyes are properly set, you will feel intimidated enough.
“Those who are lucky enough to survive will be burned to death.”
The mercenaries seemed to remember the pillars of fire that turned the night sky red two days ago. An ominous stream of air began to flow through his mouth and mouth.
Then someone shouted to reverse the ominous air current.
“One of the X-arm mouths is cracking well!” I turned around and saw one of the five bosses spitting and walking forward.
He was a tall man, up to my nose. Armed with a thick scale armor, an iron helmet, an ignorant-looking Pulsion, and a large one-blade, it looks very menacing.
“…What are you doing, bastard?”
As if answering my self-talk, someone shouted among the mercenaries.
“Sorgil is out!”
“It’s the Iron Jaw Sorrel!”
“Oh oh!”
Sorgil glared at me as if excited by the mercenaries’ response, and shrugged.
“What is your nickname? A bloody beacon? An enemy knight of the Silver Prince?”
And smiles, showing yellow teeth.
“Catch the X! I don’t believe in rumors!”
“Wow-!”
The response exploded again. The spirit of the mercenaries was rising.
“Uh” M3
Actually, I understood the position of the mercenaries to some extent, so I tried to avoid making victims as much as possible, but it seems a bit difficult.
really? You’ve been starving for a long time.’
“……uh. What the fuck.”
It seems that something unpleasant has crossed my mind.
Anyway, I realized that this moment is pretty important. So I immediately raised my blood.
“Haha”
I let out a hot breath, and my vision turned red. The downy hairs all over the body soar, and the umami flavor lingers in your mouth.
As I smiled, Sorgill struck the shield with a pulse.
“Stop acting like a fucking bravado and attack me, you bitch-”
There was no reason to listen to the barking, so I kicked the ground straight away.
“Huh.”
In a world that slowed down, I alone moved at my own pace.
Seeing me approaching right in front of me in an instant, Sorgil raised his shield.
He violently pulled down the shield with his left hand. Almost at the same time, Hrunting threw out.
A milky blade and a rough pulse collided in the middle.
Knock-!
The sound of friction made by steel is prolonged. I twisted my wrist and laid the blade down.
Kang!
With a light sound, the pulse that was entangled in Hrunting soars into the sky.
Sorgil’s eyes widened. The tip of the knife pierced the man’s neck.
hooked!
“Kreuk”
Blood gushed out of his throat and spurted out through his mouth. The hand that missed the pulse scratched my shoulder meaninglessly.
cut off the head Thanks to a sharp knife and experience, the work was completed in an instant.
“Huh.”
I glanced at the mercenaries.
Unfortunately, no one made eye contact.
So what about this product?
“Heuuu”
I raised the thing I was holding in my hand diagonally. And
bang
red firecrackers went off.
“OO 01-1” – —I .
“What a fuck!”
“That crazy bastard-”
The mercenaries screamed as the blood that soared into the sky poured down like rain.
“Hehe.”
An unpleasant sound came from somewhere, as if whispering in my ear.
‘…just a little more please. Let’s jump between them. They’re wormy newbies anyway.’
I suddenly got goosebumps and threw away the mop-like head.
The head, thrown without meaning, rolled somewhere. Then, it stopped at the feet of the other bosses, including Randall.
I was frowning at the filthy feeling in my stomach when I met their eyes.
“what.”
The mercenaries’ faces turned white.
“I-”
The mercenaries withdrew, led by Randall, whose chin rattled.
