#255. It’s called a quack.
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The Amazon rain forest was an impregnable fortress and the best enemy for most armies.
that the forest is thick.
Not only was I unable to use most of the means of transportation for that one reason alone, but I had to be always on guard against predatory beasts and poisonous insects.
However, the green dragon clan was an exception.
It’s only been two days since I went out.
It was difficult for an ordinary army to advance even 10 kilometers, because they dug into the jungle hundreds of kilometers in such a short time.
Even without a single dropout.
It was a crazy march that was only possible because the green dragon clan was skilled in activities in the forest.
Jo downfall.
“Report Barbara.”
“…yes princess.”
A temporary camp built by the Green Dragon clan, who finally stopped their march after entering the depths of the jungle.
Among them, in the splendid barracks made of several layers of special tents in the very center, Barbara opened her mouth with a shy face.
“We found their base at the place you said.”
“Are you sure this is the headquarters of the Forest Guild?”
“yes. We confirmed that there were many high-level players from the Forest Guild among those standing guard there.”
Maia, who was sitting on a luxurious chair carved with dragons, listened to Barbara’s report and spoke coldly.
“I’m not interested in the idiots. All I want to know is if there really is a monster lord there.”
“That’s… Because I refrained from approaching too much for fear of being discovered, I haven’t been able to confirm the appearance of the monster lord yet.”
“Even then, you asserted that this was the headquarters?”
“sorry.”
Looking at Barbara, who lowered her head, her brows frowned for a moment.
Maia straightened her brow again at the sensation of her stiff muscles melting away, and gave a light snort.
Jumulluck.
“Stop the apology that doesn’t change even if you’ve heard of it, and finish looking at it.”
“…yes princess.”
Normally, I should have listened to one or two more bitter words.
Barbara faithfully continued to report, even though she had a strange expression on Maia’s strangely willing behavior.
“It seems they haven’t noticed our approach yet, seeing as there’s not much movement.”
“Of course you wouldn’t. That’s why I put all this effort into it.”
Maia was cynical.
It was also a matter of rushing out as quickly as possible.
Even with only armed forces.
It also moved while thoroughly handling the nearby guard posts.
The ultimate goal was to ambush the Forest Guild before their movements were discovered.
This was usually an impossible strategy.
Even though they are regarded as the most ragtag among the teenage guilds, the Forest Guild is also one of the powers that represent the Iron Age.
It was natural to notice how many guard posts were hit over two days.
But at least here at Amazon, the obvious becomes a very difficult challenge.
Knowing that fact, Maia planned this blitzkrieg.
There was, of course, another major reason.
It was for that reason that Maia asked the question as a final confirmation.
“How are the preparations for Daehyeolcheon Poison Razin going?”
“It looks like we will be ready before dawn.”
“It is too late. Get off herpes at least by midnight.”
“Until midnight… you mean?”
Barbara groaned involuntarily.
One of the best efforts of the green dragon clan, Dae-hyeolcheon Poison Rajin, which is performed by mobilizing hundreds of high-level pharmacists.
It’s difficult to prepare it by dawn, but to finish it by midnight.
Because this wasn’t something I could have done with a little more effort.
However, Maia’s attitude was cold.
“Do not underestimate the monster lord. He is not an easy opponent to the extent that he will not be aware of our approach forever.”
The Forest Guild are also well versed in activities in the jungle.
Unlike the janitors at the post, there is a limit to avoiding the eyes of high-level players guarding the base.
So, Barbara couldn’t hide her embarrassment even when Maia said that, in order to catch the monster lord, she had to complete the camp before then.
“But we don’t have enough manpower to finish preparing Jin by midnight.”
“You can just throw in all the remaining reserves.”
“… Up to the Poison Dragon Corps?”
“exactly.”
“That’s…”
“Are you worried that this place might be attacked?”
Barbara couldn’t bear to answer.
The reserve corps, including the Dokryong Corps, are the ones guarding this temporary camp.
Barbara’s concern was natural, as taking them out meant leaving the place empty.
Even so, there is one reason why she can’t honestly tell her inner feelings.
“No, I guess he’s worried about me staying here.”
“That’s right.”
“Hey, useless worries.”
Either as a clan or as an aide.
It’s only natural to worry about the princess.
As if that answer itself was an unfair insult, Maia glared at Barbara with cold eyes.
“I am not weak enough to have to worry about you, who still lack the skills to protect myself.”
“Princess Haona…”
“You dare to vomit at my words?”
“…not like that.”
Contrary to her answer, Barbara couldn’t erase her anxious expression.
It wasn’t that I doubted Maia’s strength.
But for Barbara, who knew about her illness, it was hard to stop worrying about Maia.
It was when Maia raised her eyebrows again, seeing Barbara like that.
“If you can afford to worry about yourself, he tells you to worry about yourself first.”
“…what nonsense.”
“uh? Wasn’t that what you meant?”
Maia turned her head.
Then, he stared fiercely at the black-haired young man who was rubbing his shoulder from behind.
Eyes that seem to catch on.
But Limon was not intimidated in the slightest.
He just smiled and made excuses.
“Oh, I’m sorry about this. This lowly slave misinterpreted the master’s will and ended up talking nonsense with his mouth.”
“…”
“I think I should be punished because I did something wrong, should I even get a whip?”
‘That crazy…!’
Barbara involuntarily swallowed her breath.
I wondered if I was sane when I saw her calmly committing the act of risking her life by daring to rub Maia’s shoulder.
But now it seemed that he was just in a frenzy of wanting to die.
It wasn’t enough that Maia intervened in his words, so there was no way he would let the person who was making fun of him live.
so the next moment.
Barbara couldn’t help but doubt her ears.
“It’s not enough to interpret the master’s words in a mess, so I guess I’ve been wasting my age to open my mouth on my own.”
“As you get older, it’s easier for your thoughts to come and go, isn’t it?”
“If you want to fix that wandering spirit, just say it anytime. I will cut off your head and mend your broken brain.”
“I politely decline. I have no desire to die yet.”
“…???”
Maia, who is coldly sarcastic but does not use her hands.
On top of that, even Limon, who is shameless and proudly accepts Maia’s sarcasm.
Looking at the two people who were beyond imagination in many ways, Barbara put on a bewildered expression.
Of course, Maia, who was always nervous and cynical, heard such words from a slave, no matter how temporarily.
Even joking(?).
It was an unbelievable sight to see with my own two eyes.
Sensing Barbara’s gaze, Maia glared at her with fierce eyes.
“Do you have something to say?”
“…no.”
“Then don’t be fooled and go and start preparing the gin.”
“All right.”
Barbara, who finally came to her senses after hearing her barbed words as usual, hurriedly bowed her head and left the barracks.
Until the end, he couldn’t hide his expression as if he was possessed by a ghost.
Take a moment to look at it with disapproving eyes.
Maia coldly fired at Limon, who was still rubbing her shoulder.
“Don’t presume to interfere again.”
“Don’t be so sharp. Still, you didn’t point out Master’s true intentions, did you?”
“Hey, do you understand my true intentions?”
“I can’t help but know.”
Limon laughed.
The fact that he ran all the way to here without rest and immediately set up a temporary camp and rested instead of raiding the forest guild’s stronghold.
The fact that they are preparing for the blood-thirsty poisonous Rajin, which requires quite a few masters.
There was no way Limon, who knew more about them than the green dragon clan, couldn’t see through to the reason.
“You are wonderful. Perhaps, even in the Seven Dragons, only the Golden Dragon Princess and her master can make such a reckless plan a strategy.”
“On the subject of slavery…”
Startled.
Maia flinched as she tried to point out the arrogance that was hardly slavish.
Have you finished the shoulder massage?
A hand reached the nape of his neck, which was clearly visible.
In the process, her body reacted sensitively to the unfamiliar touch of her bare skin.
I couldn’t help it.
It was the first time
in almost ten years that I had touched someone else’s bare skin, not through clothes or gloves, but directly and for so long .
That was why Maia opened her mouth without realizing it.
“…Enough for today.”
“Yes, then I’ll finish the massage and go.”
Limon continues the massage by answering casually, saying, “Shouldn’t we finish what we started?”
Even though it’s a sensitive skin.
Maia moved her hand without realizing it, as her hand became more and more proficient as if that goddamn talent was being used to this extent.
widely!
“Didn’t you say I became you!”
It took a while to stop at the sudden action of slashing his hand and ferocious shouting.
Seeing Maia’s swaying eyes and the blood that subtly rose from her originally pale skin, Limon let out a laugh.
“Didn’t you tell me that if you have sensitive skin, you are sensitive? Then I would have been a little more gentle.”
“By the power of the scales…”
“But it seems like today’s massage has been completed, so I’m going to leave this lowly slave.”
Maia raised her hand as if she were going to order self-harm with the power of her tattoo at any moment, and Limon quickly left the barracks.
No, it seemed so.
If only he hadn’t poked his head back right after that.
“And Master. I have no intention of opposing the plan, but you’d better think about your health.”
“Do you think I can’t even look at my own body?”
“Originally, the most difficult patient for a doctor to cure is himself. But do you know what a doctor who insists on doing on his own to the end is called?”
“…”
“It’s called a quack.”
hooked!
“Oops!”
It seems that the words are over.
Limon giggled and quickly pulled his head back and ran away.
Because of that, Maia frowned when she saw that the gold acupuncture needle she threw was stuck in the harsh barracks, and opened one hand to retrieve the gold acupuncture needle.
And coldly snorted.
“Hey, absurd bullshit.”
Do you want to quack yourself?
If it had been someone else, it would have been a reckless remark that would have been severely punished.
Even so, the reason I left it alone was because the opponent was Limon.
Just as adding a match to the bonfire would mean nothing, there was no reason to get angry at Limon, the enemy of the Green Dragon clan, for hearing such a thing.
That, of course, and that arrogant attitude getting on a nerve were two different things.
‘It’s like a person who can’t be vigilant to cross the line as a slave so skillfully.’
In order to cross that line, I had them do all sorts of things, from massages to chores and bath attendants, and humiliated me.
Rather, it seems to be a honey job.
Limon, who naturally adhered to his attitude as a slave, had no smirk.
Besides, how well are you doing?
Even if I tried to find fault, it was difficult to find any faults except for his cheeky attitude because he was quick to solve everything.
‘No, this much is natural.’
Maia calmed down.
I didn’t even expect that Limon Aspelder would be easily defeated in the first place.
‘But that wasn’t too long.’
Maia took off one glove and looked at the eight scales piled up on her white scale tattoo, and Maia had a cold sneer.
Now there are 2 balance weights left.
If you collect all of them, you can kill Limon.
Of course, I didn’t expect him to die quietly just by ordering self-harm.
But at least he would get a golden opportunity to kill Limon, and the plan for that was already thoroughly prepared.
The moment Limon dies.
The clan’s resentment is resolved.
This trivial play is over.
The annoying thing of having someone help you get dressed every time you wake up in the morning is gone.
There will be no more nagging someone who has prepared a meal for each meal telling them not to eat unbalanced.
There will be no need to be startled by realizing what body temperature is because of someone who touches you without hesitation.
That fact is so nice and refreshing….
I even feel regret.
‘…Are you sorry?’
Maia flinched.
The thought of getting revenge on Limon should, of course, make you feel happy.
why do you feel sad
And why does one side of the heart become empty?
The incomprehensible fact made her inadvertently frown.
‘It’s not even funny.’
this is not regret
Just like when you eat a fruit that is too sweet, it’s hard to taste the taste of whatever you eat afterwards.
Revenge was so enjoyable and expected that when the greater pleasure disappeared, he mistook it for regret.
Maia closed her eyes, laughing at her own immaturity in mistaking these trivial emotions.
Limon’s treatment will come later.
Right now, the priority was to organize the forest guild, and for that reason, it was necessary to maintain the best condition.
But Maia didn’t realize it.
That he deliberately avoids thinking about what happened after taking revenge on Limon.
The emptiness that has arisen in the heart is growing bigger and bigger rather than disappearing.
The reason why he is still wearing the flower ornament given to him by Limon.
…leaving it all buried.
The loneliest princess in the Seven Dragons was immersed in her own solitude, as always.
