Chapter 351 Raon
and Dorian took a day off in Motrun City and set off for Locan, a large city in the southwest where Sepia Co. is located.
Since the city of Motrun was located in a remote place, he had been sleeping from the first day and settled down on a hill that was curved like a wave.
Raon dug the ground to make a makeshift brazier and cooked garlic chicken stew.
The sweet yet soft scent that bloomed from the clear soup made my mouth water.
-liver! Look at the liver!
Lars waved his hand at the pot of stew. It felt like seeing a furry puppy urging me to eat.
‘It’s not ripe yet. Wait a minute.’
-Then why not increase the firepower! The heat in your danteon exists only for this moment!
Lars’s eyes went round, probably because he had eaten hard bread for lunch today.
‘…’
Raon shook his head as he saw saliva dripping from Lars’ mouth.
‘I’m completely out of my mind.’
No matter how good he thought that the cartoonist left behind by Sieghart’s first family member existed for cooking, all he could think of was that he was crazy.
– Quickly give me a taste. I can’t stand the savory smell!
‘Noisy.’
– Oops!
Raon kicked off Lars, who was urging him to roll on the floor, and slightly increased the firepower of the makeshift furnace.
‘This should be enough.’
Thanks to a cartoonist who has risen to a higher level, he can grasp not only himself but also the external heat as if it were his own.
In other words, it was possible to naturally set the most suitable temperature for cooking.
“Ha…”
I laughed out loud because it was absurd that the first thing a cartoonist felt like he had reached 5 stars was cooking.
Raon stirred the slowly boiling stew and seasoned it.
The soup with the large chunks of chicken and the bittersweet garlic gently wrapped around the tongue.
– Huh!
Lars groaned and stood up.
-This is a dish made for homeless people! You are crazy!
Surprisingly, the boy’s eyes were wide open.
‘It’s fine.’
“Keep it off…”
Dorian moaned as he raised the firepower slightly to learn more.
When I turned my head, Dorian was examining the pork, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. The expression on his face was extremely serious.
“What’re you doing?”
“I don’t know if the meat is cooked well…”
“Haa…”
It’s still the same.
Dorian was overcooked, not sure if the meat was cooked properly.
The fat from the pork had drained all the way, and it was like dried bacon.
“It’s enough. It will be sweets.”
“I see.”
Dorian nodded stiffly and brought the cooked meat on a plate.
“It’s sweets. snack.”
Raon smiled as he looked at the pork that seemed to make a crunchy sound when chewed.
– That stupid fellow!
Lars ran to Dorian and hit the chestnut.
– You’re trash for ruining this good meat! Don’t even think about entering the kitchen for 100 years!
This is not the kitchen of the Demon Realm, nor is this the head chef. It was an outrageous and meaningless threat.
“Eat first.”
Raon gave the finished chicken stew to Dorian, leaving Lars, who was heartbroken because the meat was ruined.
“thank you for this food. Wow!”
Dorian nodded and accepted the stew bowl. I took one bite and opened my eyes.
“What is it? Why is it so delicious?”
-This is called cooking! Look ahead and learn!
Lars put his hand on his waist and snorted as if he had made it himself.
“I did a good job controlling the fire.”
Raon took a bite of the stew. The cool umami flavor of the rich chicken broth and fresh vegetables filled your mouth.
– Big! delicious! As I always say, you are more talented at cooking than with swords. Are you holding the knife wrong?
Lars licked his lips and patted his shoulder.
-If you want, I’ll make you the king’s chef! Don’t wield a knife on a weak subject, grab a kitchen knife or something.
‘You…’
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Lars.
‘For someone who likes food, expressing the taste is very simple.’
-What are you talking about!
‘People who like to eat are good at expressing taste, but everywhere you go, < It's delicious! I will eat more! It's awesome! > They just say things like this.’
– Oh no! Even the original king can do well!
Lars said absolutely not and told me to try the stew again.
Raon nodded and ate the stew and pork in turn.
-Umm…
Lars’ eyes, which had been squatting down as if savoring the taste, suddenly opened.
-The pork is crispy and the stew is moderately greasy and delicious!
‘…’
Raon looked down at Lars, who had his back straight.
‘Is that all?’
-Then what else is there!
‘To take a simple example, this grilled meat is grilled over direct fire, and the spicy smell like barbecue stimulates the sense of smell, and thanks to the fat removal, the rich saltiness and cookie-like crispiness delight the mouth. Well, you can say it like this.’
-Uh….
Lars looked at Raon with more sparkling eyes than ever before.
– Teach me! I want to learn that!
‘It’s not that this teaches you, it’s just how you feel…’
– Okay, teach me! The king wants to do that too!
Like a guy who is serious about food, he seemed to want to learn how to properly express taste.
However, he just listed the words that seemed to be there.
‘I don’t know either.’
Raon hit the rushing Lars like a ball and looked away. Dorian was staring this way as he ate his stew.
“why?”
“Dude lord. Are you going with that hair color?”
He put down the stew he was eating and pointed to his hair.
“To do so.”
Raon nodded while stroking his moon-red hair.
“I thought I wouldn’t be able to properly see how you would be treated if I went back to being myself.”
The name of Raon Sieghart has spread too much.
In particular, it wasn’t long after the duel of the six emperors, who got a new nickname of White Sword Dragon, was over, so if it went on like this, no one would argue.
In order to know how Dorian lived and how he was treated, it was right to go as one of the Gwangpungdan members, not as the White Sword Dragon.
“Well, by the way, not all disguises work. A tall person like Bu Dan-ju is very obvious.”
“So before I came here, I put on a robe and slightly bent my knees.”
When he left Robert’s estate, he wore a robe and bent his knees to reduce his height by more than 10 cm. Even if Derus searched like this, his whereabouts would never be found.
“I didn’t know that you lied to Kiki.”
Dorian gasped in surprise.
“It’s nothing… well?”
As Raon shook his hand and tried to continue talking, a small sign moved behind him. It wasn’t like a blade, but a small creature. When I turned around, a flying squirrel was flying this way.
lesser evil
When I raised my hand, the flying squirrel hugged my finger and landed right on top of it.
“Oops! That guy!”
Dorian gaped at the flying squirrel.
“why?”
“It’s the guy who bit off my hand yesterday when Vice-Danju-sama rose in the air while practicing!”
“Huh…”
Raon sighed as he looked at the flying squirrel. As soon as I heard that, this guy’s true identity. No, to be honest, I knew it from the moment it flew.
‘Did I get help this time too?’
It seems that Dorian, who was taken aback, helped him not to interfere with the seniority.
-It’s crazy! The madwoman is here!
Lars, too, must have realized that it was Merlin, and his shoulders trembled in fright.
“Kikkik.”
The flying squirrel lifted its foot. A small knot was tied with white paper.
‘Didn’t he come directly?’
If Merlin had come in person, he would have come and talked to Dorian when he was away, but it seemed to be a different kind of magic than usual.
After removing the note from the flying squirrel’s foot, he gave Dorian peanuts and almonds. He put the almonds in his mouth and waddled away into the woods with peanuts in his hands.
“What is he? Are you really going to set up a zoo?”
“My informant.”
Raon smiled lightly and opened the note. There was only one line written in it.
“Will I be able to see the children again soon?”
“children? Could it be that the children from that nursery school?”
Dorian jumped up, swallowing dry saliva.
“Are you okay now?”
-Are the children okay?
Dorian and Lars, who had a soft heart, asked a question at the same time.
“okay.”
Raon smiled as he burned the note the flying squirrel gave him.
“He is gone.”
* * *
Owen’s exclusive villa located near Cameloon.
Number 45, who used the name Pine from the outside, stared blankly at the sky in the dance hall of the villa.
“Haa…”
It’s frustrating.
Unlike the clear and high sky, my head is too tight. It felt as if I was being put inside a small box that I couldn’t even move my fingers.
‘I can’t do anything.’
The devil who tortured the children died and the training disappeared, but emotions and bodies do not move freely. Though he thought he had found his freedom, his soul was still trapped in the basement of the orphanage.
‘When will he… ugh!’
When I tried to think of the swordsman who came to the orphanage and saved everyone by slashing the demons, a strong headache came to me.
“Ah…”
I’m here again.
The little demons in my head beckon me. He ordered the knights watching over there to be stabbed to death. It was a seizure that came back countless times a day after I got out of the nursery school basement.
‘I have to be patient.’
Those knights are the people who came from far away to save the children, and they are still grateful to treat them with respect. never attack
‘go! Go!’
However, even if I endured and endured, the echo in my head did not disappear and grew and grew.
[Kill. kill Stab and kill.]
The demon in his head repeated the order to kill and even made a plan to kill the knights.
[Pretending to be hugged, cut the left knight’s Achilles tendon with a piece of stone and stab his neck when he kneels. If you draw the knight’s sword, you should be able to kill the knight on the right as well. You can do it. Kill it!]
The murder plan, which I didn’t even want to think about, began to encroach on my brain by itself.
Number 45 bit his lip and closed his eyes. I thought that if I didn’t see it, this instruction would be a little less.
[If it’s you, I can kill you.]
But as I closed my eyes and my vision became dark, the demon in my head became more rampant.
[Kill. If they follow my instructions, not just the two of them, but the other knights too…]
‘Please go!’
He grabbed his head and shook it wildly. But the voice in my head never went away.
“Aaaaaaa!”
As I was forcibly holding on, I heard someone’s scream. When I opened my eyes, my friend No. 86, who shared the same room, was running towards the knight holding a sharpened tree branch.
“no!”
#45 ran over and grabbed #86’s arm. However, her strength was strong and she was unable to properly stop herself from overcoming the directives in her head.
“Yaaaaa!”
“Ahhh!”
“die!”
As if No. 86 had become a catalyst, other children also ran to the knights and brandished hidden weapons.
“Ugh…”
“Huh!”
“Ah…”
The knights cut the children’s weapons at once.
However, the children did not stop, howling and waving their hands and fists.
“…”
“Emm…”
There was a strong impact because it was a trained fist and blade, but the knights did not defend the attack for fear of hurting the children.
“Please stop!”
No. 45 shed tears as he pulled No. 86 who was punching him.
‘Please…’
The demons at the nursery school turned everyone’s minds into monsters, just as they predicted the situation in which the children would be rescued. In that state, it was difficult to faint, and seizures occurred every day, so it was a hellish time for them and the knights.
“Aaaaaaa!”
86 slammed its shoulders and threw 45 to the floor.
“Ah…”
Number 45’s chin trembled. It was difficult to handle his own spirit, so he did not have the strength to catch No. 86.
What comes to mind now is that person. It reminded me of the tall swordsman who suddenly disappeared after saving them from the orphanage.
#45 took a piece of paper out of his pocket.
[We will meet again. Follow the knights.]
Looking at the swordsman’s handwriting in smooth handwriting, my head cleared up a bit. I ran again and caught the 86th.
“No. 86. I can stand it! stop!”
I grabbed No. 86’s shoulder, but I couldn’t help but be dragged around by her power that had already let go of reason.
Borini Kitten, who had been watching her, bit her lip and came over and hugged #86.
“Aaaagh!”
86 bit his shoulder with his teeth, but Borini Keaton rubbed his back with his eyes closed.
“are you okay.”
Borini Keaton smiled bitterly and shook his head. It seemed to mean to let go and not to suffer.
“Ugh…”
I wanted to shed tears, but the tears didn’t come out. I wanted to scream, but no sound came out.
There was nothing I could do on my own.
‘until when. How long will I have to live like this?’
A shadow fell over my head as I felt the pain in my soul as if my flesh was being torn. I looked up and saw an old man with clear eyes approaching me. Like a beggar, he was wearing rags, but it did not smell bad, but gave off a warm scent.
“I’m fine now.”
The old man raised his finger and tapped #86’s forehead.
“Ah…”
Unit 86 collapsed on the spot with her eyes closed. It was a soft expression, as if he had fallen asleep.
“Get some rest too.”
The moment the old man’s hand tapped his forehead, the voice in his head disappeared. It’s been a long time. No, it felt like my head was clear for the first time.
However, before I could feel that feeling, an unbearable sleep poured out. No. 45 left his body to the water horse with his eyes down.
* * *
An old man in rags. Saint Frederick grabbed the two children and laid them on the floor.
“I see you, Holy Son!”
Borini Keaton bowed politely to Federick.
“How is this…”
“Wait a minute. I will calm down the other children and come back.”
Federick winked and moved lightly. Every time he moved, the riotous children collapsed quietly as if they had fallen asleep.
Borini Keaton gaped at the sight.
‘Recently, it’s been difficult to put them to sleep…’
The brainwashing of children has gotten worse as time goes by, and recently they’ve become more violent, and they couldn’t put them to sleep by pressing the Mana Circuit. I couldn’t believe that it could be put to sleep so easily.
“It’s over.”
Federick put all the children to bed and came over wiping his hands.
“I don’t think it’s the person who will treat the children…”
“Yes. It’s me.”
He nodded, saying he recognized it.
“Who is he? How did you know about this and give instructions?”
Borini Keaton swallowed dryly and pressed his face.
“I don’t know. I just came to ask for help.”
Federick shook his head as if he had no idea.
“Then can the children be saved?”
Borini Keaton did not disappoint at the fact that he did not know his identity and immediately asked about the children.
“I’ll have to look into it a bit more, but luckily the brainwashing stopped right before it was complete. The reason why the children became violent is because they are begging in their heads to complete their brainwashing.”
“Oh then…”
“Yes. I think I can get it.”
Federick stroked No. 45’s hair and smiled.
“Haaa…”
Borini Keaton let out a sigh of relief as he clasped his hands.
‘thank god.’
I’ve been through a lot while living as a knight, but this was the first time I felt so sad and helpless. I wanted to save the children no matter what, and I was very fortunate that the opportunity came.
“As expected, he is a saint! thank you.”
“No, I’m not that great.”
Federick shook his head slowly.
‘The really amazing thing is that guy from Raon.’
It is thanks to Raon that these children can be saved. If he hadn’t studied the brainwashing of the maid in the Yonan family, he might not have been able to save these poor children or made them suffer much longer.
“First of all, we have to take these children to the north.”
Federick nodded as he looked at the sleeping children.
“Why in the north…”
“Because the cool wind of nature is effective in erasing the brainwashing in the head.”
“Um, that’s right. However, there might be someone who wants to attack these children…”
“Don’t worry. Because my friend has a small family in the north.”
“A small family? Please don’t…”
“Yes.”
He looked at Borini Keaton, his eyes wide open, and nodded.
“I’m thinking of taking him to Sieghart. He won’t throw these kids away either.”
Federick smiled, remembering Raon’s gaze, always looking farther away as if he knew everything.
‘I’ll treat the children as you wish and take them to Sieghart.’
* * *
After a short but long journey with Dorian, Raon arrived in the large city of Lokhan, where the Sepia store is located.
‘It’s a little different from Cameloon.’
If Cameloon was dominated by colorful and sophisticated buildings, Locan had many buildings with a hard and dry feeling instead of being a little taller.
Unlike the Cameloonian guards who let them pass by, Lokhan’s guards were more numerous and carefully inspected each one.
Not only the guards, but also the people’s clothes were understated, and the atmosphere unique to this city seemed to be stiff.
However, there were similarities.
Like a big city, many people were coming and going, and the market inside the city was full of vibrancy. The harmony of customers and merchants bargaining resonated here and there.
“Whoa…”
Dorian let out a sigh as he looked around the city. Arriving near the house seemed to be tense.
“Eat at ease.”
Raon patted Dorian on the shoulder and smiled.
“There are no more children who secretly ran away. You are Sieghart’s swordsman.”
Dorian’s eyes, which had been shaking slightly at those words, stopped abruptly.
“I see.”
Dorian smiled and nodded. When I heard Raon’s words, my beating heart calmed down. It seemed that if this person was by my side, whatever happened would be resolved.
“Let’s go. I will guide you.”
Dorian took a confident step forward.
“okay.”
Raon laughed and followed Dorian. He stopped shortly thereafter.
“And why? My heart is still…”
“No.”
Dorian shook his head and pointed forward.
“Arrived.”
“hmm? This is just a mall.”
Raon tilted his head as he looked at the buildings that were difficult to count with one eye.
“From here to there.”
Dorian licked his lips, pointing at all the buildings.
“All of them are from Sepia.”
“Uh…”
Raon opened his mouth.
‘Is this all?’
Numerous people came and went in various buildings, and various things came in and out. The fact that more than a quarter of the city belonged to the Sepia Company was not short of the title of Manmul Merchant.
“Dorian.”
Raon held Dorian’s shoulder and smiled wide.
“thanks.”
“yes. What suddenly…?”
Dorian’s mouth widened as if he couldn’t understand.
‘This is better than sepia.’
It’s larger than expected.
Sparks similar to those in battle flew out of Raon’s eyes.
‘This means that it will be mine in the future. No, it will be Dorian’s?’
– He’s crazy.
Lars let out a fuss as if it were absurd.
-If Grid sees it, he’ll be on his knees!
