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[Bad guy]
The village chief repeatedly bows his head. did.
“Thank you so much for saving the village.”
The village chief was a man of good physique and strong character for an old man. Even after being assaulted and threatened by thieves, he was not discouraged, but was so skilled that he knocked out three thieves when he was over 70 years old.
Although he was a village chief with such a personality, he bowed sincerely to the benefactor of the village.
“If it weren’t for our benefactors… we would all have died.”
The great man said it was no big deal.
“It was all done for money.”
The village chief knew what a humble excuse that was. A kind smile appeared on the old man’s wrinkled face.
“If it was really about money, you wouldn’t have used that expensive potion on us.”
After dealing with all the thieves, Daein had Jang Yeong-shin take the potion from the carriage.
Dozens of bottles of potion, which can be purchased for at least one gold coin per bottle, were used to treat the injuries of injured villagers.
Just by looking at it, we could see that Daein was not a person who simply moved for money.
It wasn’t just the village chief.
“I will never forget this grace for the rest of my life!”
“thank you! thank you!”
“Thanks to you, my child survived…”
Daein was considered a lifesaver and a saint by all the villagers.
And it was a very desirable picture that the great man wanted.
‘It’s enough for a lifetime, just remember it for one year.’
Using the potion was a kind of investment.
An investment to quickly establish friendly relations and exchanges between Roun Village and Seoul after the inter-dimensional gate is connected.
When that time comes, the grace you gave today will be worth hundreds of times more.
Daein smiled happily, imagining a future where the value of the potion he used today would return hundreds of times.
That evening.
The village chief invited the Daein group to his house.
“Please stay comfortably at my house today.”
“thank you.”
While the village chief was preparing dinner with his wife, the great man looked around the living room with the children.
“Hmm.”
A house in a rural village that looks ordinary except that it is bigger than other houses.
However, here and there, unique decorations and books and objects rarely seen in the countryside were seen inside the house.
‘He doesn’t look like an ordinary rural village chief, either in his actions or speech…’
At that time, the chief called them.
“Dinner is ready. “Please come this way.”
After a while, Daein’s group and the village chief and his wife sat facing each other at a fairly large table.
“It’s embarrassing because we don’t have anything prepared, but…”
Contrary to what the village chief said, the food on the table was quite plentiful.
Even though there was no expensive food, the stew, meat and vegetable bread smelled good.
“It sounds delicious…”
Lily, who was sitting next to Daein, was already swallowing her saliva.
Both fists were already on the table, firmly holding the fork.
However, I didn’t eat it recklessly like I used to.
Instead, he looked at Daein and asked.
“…When are you going to eat?”
Confident that this was all the result of excellent home education, Daein pointed to the empty seats.
“I think someone else will come. Chief. Are there any more guests?”
The village chief nodded with an awkward smile.
“yes. “He will be here soon, so please wait a moment.”
A little while later, a face that even Daein knew came into the village chief’s house.
A young man with brown hair and green eyes, wearing a loose robe.
Hawkin said, bowing his head to Daein.
“Thank you so much earlier!”
Then, a young woman with a face full of freckles and a tall old man came in behind Hawkin.
“If it’s okay with you, can we have a meal together?”
When Hawkin asked, Daein responded as if asking why he was asking me.
“The owner of this house is not me, but the village chief?”
At that moment, Hawkin, his group, and the village chief simultaneously sighed in relief.
The great man looked at the figure with an expression of interest.
“Then, if you’ll excuse me, I will join you.”
Hawkin introduced the woman and the old man sitting to his left.
“This woman is my… wife. And this person… This person is my escort.”
‘I can’t tell a lie.’
The great man nodded, suppressing a laugh that was about to escape.
“okay. Nice to meet you.”
My wife said yes, but what employer would look at an escort driver like that? They said he was a guard knight, but he wasn’t even visible when he was surrounded by thieves earlier.
As everyone sat around the table, the village chief spoke.
“Then have a meal.”
The meal began in a quiet and awkward atmosphere.
“…….”
Hawkin kept looking at his wife and the guard, Daein observed them with interest, and the village chief and his wife couldn’t even eat because they were looking at everyone’s thoughts.
Of course, in the meantime, there was a girl who was chomping at the bit and eating well.
“Masit!”
The girl swung the fork in both hands like a rice cake, and started eating the food on the table one by one.
Mumbling. Tsk tsk tsk tsk.
“Make this too! “These too!”
Lily, who was stuffing her cheeks with food, looked the happiest in the world.
Jang Young-shin nibbled on the food next to her and pushed the delicious-looking food to the girl.
“…eat this too.”
“yes! Oppa, you too!”
It was a very familiar sight to Daein. But other people didn’t seem to think so.
Hawkin looked embarrassed, the woman called his wife looked surprised, and the old man called the escort driver looked very displeased.
The escort driver said.
“Hmm! There are rules even while eating. How can you be so shallow…”
Neither Lily nor Jang Young-shin were interested in the grumbles of the grandfather they were seeing for the first time.
In the end, the old man raised his voice to the great man.
“Look! “Some kids…”
coo.
At that moment, the woman sitting next to him poked the guard in the side, and the old man kept his mouth shut.
“Hmm…”
The great man looked at the scene, smiling as if it was amusing.
He asked questions without spinning around.
“What are those thieves from earlier? “It seemed like he was looking for something.”
Startle.
At the same time, the four people trembled.
Hawkin is an old man who is escorted by a woman named his wife.
Here, even the village chief.
“…….”
As Daein’s gaze rested on the village chief, the chief cautiously opened his mouth.
“Or… you have no idea what the situation is in this country right now?”
The great man nodded honestly.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been out in the world, so I’m in the dark about the surrounding situation.”
The village chief began to talk, exhaling whether it was relief or a sigh.
“Then let me tell you one by one.”
The place Daein and his party arrived at was Roun Village.
On the map, it is a small country called the Principality of Hicks, located in the southeastern part of the continent. Even there, it was rural.
The Duchy of Hicks had recently experienced a rebellion and was in a very chaotic situation both inside and outside.
Daein recalled the image of the Higgs Kingdom he knew.
‘It was definitely a pretty chaotic country in the beginning.’
It was about a year later that the dimensional gates of Earth and the Gaia continent were normally connected.
However, it was about six months later that the two sides began interacting in earnest.
What Daein experienced after setting foot was the continent of Gaia.
Of course, I knew to some extent about the major events before that.
The village chief’s expression was dark.
“So the security situation is not good recently. It is common for bandits to attack villages. “They… are one of those guys.”
It felt like the explanation was missing something, but the great man nodded.
“okay.”
This time the village chief asked Daein.
“Are you traveling? Where are you going?…”
The other three people focused their attention on those words.
Everyone was pretending to be natural, but they couldn’t fool Daein’s sensitive senses.
The great man said.
“For now, we are looking for people. “The destination is a small village in Teru Kingdom.”
The village where Lily lived with her mother until a few years ago.
That was Daein’s group’s destination on this vacation.
“The Kingdom of Teru is quite far away. You’ll have to cross the border too…”
Hawkin joined the conversation with a flushed face. And then I looked at my wife and the escort driver on the left.
It seemed like he wanted to say something but wanted permission from two people.
“Hmm.”
The escort driver coughed and the woman nodded slightly.
And the village chief quickly left the place, taking his wife with him.
“I’m going to take a moment…”
It was a dinner party, but the only people eating properly were the kids.
Hawkin lowered his voice and spoke to Daein.
“I… I have something to ask you.”
As Daein nodded, wiping his mouth with a napkin, Hawkin spoke as if telling a great secret.
“Would you mind escorting us to the border?”
“Did you commit some crime?”
The three people were shocked at the same time.
“What, what…”
Hawkin stuttered, speechless. Then the old guard spoke instead.
“I heard that they were a group of very talented people. Don’t ask for details, but escort us until we cross the border. The case will be very large.”
“Hmm….”
An authoritative tone and action that cannot be hidden.
That appearance reminded Daein of a type of human he had experienced on the Gaia continent in the past.
nobility.
The great man shook his head.
“I refuse.”
The expressions of the three people showed great agitation, as if they had never thought that they would refuse.
At that time, for the first time, a woman with a face full of freckles spoke.
“…Why?”
The great man looked intently at the woman’s face. The two people’s eyes met the empty space.
“…That’s rude.”
In the end, the woman avoided her gaze first, and the great man narrowed his eyes and spoke.
“I have no hobby of serving high-ranking people.”
Then, he took out the wanted leaflet from his pocket and placed it on the table.
-Hawkin Allen-
Court Mage
Charge: Treason
Bounty: 100,000 gold
*Be sure to bring him back alive.
On the wanted poster, a face similar to Hawkin’s was drawn in quite detail.
“There was something like this in the bandit leader’s pocket.”
“This…”
Hawkin’s face turned an earthy color. He looked at the wanted poster and at the person in turn.
At that moment, the guard gripped the sword handle tightly and the woman lowered her head.
At that time, Hawkin sighed in resignation.
“Was this the only wanted leaflet?”
When the great man nodded, Hawkin breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s a good thing.”
Hawkin got up from his seat and knelt down in front of the great man.
dump.
“You can sell me for the bounty! Instead, please let just my wife and escort driver cross the border! please!”
“you…!”
“…….”
An old guard knight looking at Hawkin with a sorrowful expression and a freckled woman lowering her head.
It was a sight that could have made him feel pity, but instead the great man just snorted.
“Where are you trying to scam me?”
“…yes?”
“She is much more dangerous than you.”
“yes? “What…”
Daein realized the identity of the woman Hawkin claimed to be his wife.
At first it was just a guess, but now that guess has become a certainty.
“Even if you are a criminal, there are cases where you cannot create a wanted leaflet. “It should never fall into the hands of others.”
That woman becomes quite famous even a few years later.
Although it’s not a good one.
“Princess Alina. The last lineage of this country’s royal family that was exterminated in a rebellion. And…”
“This guy-!”
At that moment, the old guard, Leonard, stood up from his seat and swung his sword.
Cough!
The long sword held against the great man’s neck glowed a shimmering blue color.
However, the long sword was blocked by a thin dining knife.
“Can we consider this reaction as approval?”
The great man stood up from his seat. The dining knife easily pushed aside the long sword.
“Ugh…!”
Leonard was sweating profusely and tried to hold on, but ended up falling to his black floor.
And the sword’s owner suffered a similar fate.
Craddangtangtang!
Leonard, who was pinned against the wall, groaned, cold sweat dripping down his entire body.
“Ugh! “If it weren’t for my injury…”
“What a lame excuse.”
The great man laughed and turned his head to look at Princess Elina.
“Would you like to talk to me for a moment?”
At that moment, Hawkin blocked the princess’s path.
“Do not come near!”
Grumble!
A fireball the size of a soccer ball appeared in front of his hands.
The great man clicked his tongue lightly. The thing he was least afraid of in the world was fire magic.
“kid. “I ate, so pay for the meal.”
Even in that situation, Lily, who was calmly eating dessert, said in unison, “Whoo!” And the wind blew.
Fish style…
The fireball created by Hawkin went out like a candle in the wind.
“This doesn’t make any sense… Yiaaaa!”
When the magic didn’t work, Hawkin screamed and attacked Daein with his bare body.
And in just one second, he was lying on the floor looking ugly.
Craddangtangtang!
Now there was nothing standing between Daein and Princess Elina.
The great man walked to the princess and said.
“What am I eating? Let’s talk…”
That was then.
“This noooom!”
“Ugh.”
The great man turned to the side and dodged away. The sword wielded by the village chief split the air, and the great man tripped and knocked him down.
Craddangtangtang!
The great man said without being surprised.
“It seemed like they were part of the same group.”
“Ugh….”
The chief of Roun Village was a knight who retired 30 years ago.
After retirement, he returned to his hometown and lived quietly until he was contacted by Leonard and took a risk to hide the princess in the village.
But I had no idea that things would turn out like this.
The person you thought was your benefactor is targeting the princess!
The old village chief cried out bitterly, resenting the past years.
“princess! “Run away!”
The old knight Leonard shouted, struggling to get up using his sword as a cane.
“You ugly bastard! “You can’t lay a hand on the princess until you kill me!”
Hawkin also raised his entire body’s magical power with the readiness to die.
“If you want to take the princess, you’ll have to kill us all!”
Even the village chief’s old wife was shedding tears and holding the kitchen knife with trembling hands.
“This bad guy…”
And in front of them, Princess Alina said, shedding tears like chicken shit.
“I am OK. “I knew this day would come someday… I was prepared.”
The last of the princess’s subjects burst into tears at the same time.
““Princess Mama-!””
The great man looked at them with an expression of bewilderment.
This isn’t some kind of new drama.
“Those who attacked me attacked me first… Why are you making me out to be the bad guy?”
With a few people agreeing, it was easy to turn one person into a bad person.
It was so effective that even people on the same side began to doubt Daein.
Lily whispered into Jang Young-shin’s ear.
“brother. “Are you a bad guy?”
“!!”
The boy’s fur stood up and his face turned bright red at the girl’s whisper.
So I just nodded without understanding a word of what Gaia was saying.
“…huh. I think so.”
At that moment, the great man looked back at the children with a hurt face.
“Hey, you guys shouldn’t do that.”
[Bad Guy] End
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