Chapter 366
Raon packed his things at the inn and went out to the entrance of Weathers Village. The iron gates and walls that had collapsed were neatly repaired under Henderson’s direction.
‘I can go back now.’
There were no enemies and monsters approaching the village, and the people found some stability, and because Henderson remained, he was able to leave without any burden.
Monsters could come out after Drake disappeared, but that was a long time ago, so I thought of going back and asking Sepia to dispatch unmanned soldiers.
– I did.
When I was waiting for Dorian in front of the iron gate, I heard Lars’ voice as if it was going down in the basement.
-I should have decided that it was a specialty product, not raspberry pie and braised chestnuts. I should have done that….
‘How long are you going to stay like that?’
Lars had been repeating that word like a parrot ever since he received raspberry macaroons and chestnut soup from Lucy, the granddaughter of the village headman.
I felt like I was out of my mind because I was upset.
-I should have decided that it was a specialty product rather than raspberry pie and braised chestnuts…
‘
Hey…’
Tears welled up in his eyes, saying that he had lost a bet he expected to win because of the world’s coercion.
‘It’s kind of pitiful.’
I felt sorry for the guy who sang the food song as if he was breathing.
‘It’s kind of hard to give macarons…’
I’ll have to buy some mint chocolate as soon as I get back.
I couldn’t eat the macarons because I promised Denning Rose that I would bring back the local specialties.
I decided to go back to Sepia store and buy Lars what he wanted to eat.
“Unstoppable Lord!”
As I was tapping Lars’ head, who was whimpering, Dorian burst out of the quarters.
“All preparations are complete.”
Dorian laughed as he rubbed his stomach pouch.
I still couldn’t believe that there were two wagons and a 35m long drake in that little pocket.
“Then let’s go.”
Raon smiled and nodded toward the door.
“Are you going without saying goodbye?”
Dorian tilted his head as he looked around the village.
“What else are you trying to show condescension?”
“No, I’m not trying to be condescending, just a greeting…”
“You’ve received enough thanks. It’s better to go quietly without having to burden sick people.”
“Yeah…”
Dorian’s answer got longer as if he didn’t like it.
When Raon patted Dorian on the shoulder and tried to jump over the wall, many signs moved from behind.
“Benefactor!”
“I knew it!”
“As expected, you are leaving.”
Villagers with bandages on their bodies rushed out and ran to Raon and Dorian.
“You really come and go like the wind. Thank you. Other than that, I have nothing else to say.”
The village chief closed his mouth and bent his back.
“Thank you!”
The villagers also bowed their heads following the village chief’s greeting. He could tell what they thought of him just by hearing his thick, trembling voice.
Raon greeted the villagers and smiled.
“I hope you take good care of yourself.”
“Umm…”
“Benefactor…”
He just said something he didn’t want to be humble about, but the villagers bit their lips as if they were more moved by his words.
“At times like this, it’s so neat and normal, but why do you sometimes go out of your mind…ugh!”
I heard Dorian’s muttering voice behind me. As I glared at him, he shrugged and took a step back.
“Benefactor!”
I raised my gaze to the child’s voice. Lucy, the granddaughter of the village headman who gave me the raspberry macarons earlier, was running with two baskets.
“Take this.”
A sweet yet refreshing scent wafted from the basket.
“It’s raspberry pie.”
“pie? Why this?”
“When I gave you macarons earlier, you seemed to like it, so I prepared them.”
Lucy bowed her head in shame.
‘I liked it…’
He covered his mouth and laughed at Lars, but he seemed to think he liked it when he saw that.
– Aaaaaaaaaagh!
Lars shrieked as he put his face into the basket.
-Why are you giving me this right now? Did you give it to me? That must be the messenger of God! You’re making fun of the king!
The guy twisted his chubby cotton candy body, saying that he had to destroy the apostle of God.
“thank you.”
Raon kicked the struggling Lars away and took the basket of raspberry pies.
“no. You can enjoy it.”
Lucy smiled and shook her head.
“I’ll hear you back later.”
Raon looked at the eyes of the villagers filled with gratitude in turn and turned his back.
“Goodbye! I will definitely come back!”
Dorian greeted them lively and followed them.
“Are you really coming back?”
“okay.”
Raon smiled and nodded to Dorian.
-Huh! I should have decided that it was a specialty product, not raspberry pie and braised chestnuts…
‘It’s a start again.’
Even after leaving town, Lars’ babble continued. Looking at the condition, it looked like it would last for a few days.
“The sub-lord.”
As he was about to mount his horse out of town, Dorian approached him.
“Because there are two pies. How about eating one while it’s still hot?”
– Not four raspberry pie and braised chestnuts, but specialties.
As soon as Dorian said to eat the pie, Lars’ screams stopped. His gaze, which had been blankly gazing at the sky, also turned slightly this way.
‘No way…’
It’s this raspberry pie that made the paper look like that. Is it an appetite?
She smiled and opened one of the baskets. He gave Dorian a raspberry pie cut into five pieces and held up the second slice.
-gulp!
The sound of saliva going down Lars’ throat rang in his ears like thunder.
‘This demon king is really…’
Raon shook his head and put the raspberry pie in his mouth.
The warm yet crispy crust delights the palate, and the sweetness of raspberries full of juice entwines the entire tongue and does not let go. Finally, the savory taste of toasted almonds neatly decorated the end.
A smile comes out of nowhere It was so delicious that I could understand why it was rumored to be a local specialty.
-Hehe….
I turned to Lars at the sound of laughter filled with joy.
The focus returned to the dazed eyes, and the corners of the mouth rose, not knowing that they were high in the sky.
-It’s delicious.
I was dumbfounded to see him grinning while holding his chubby cheeks.
‘What is he really?’
Are you the devil of wrath?
* * *
Rimer stood in front of the annex building with a wobbly gait, as if he had grown up.
smart.
I knocked lightly on the door, and Helen, the maid of honor, opened the door and came out.
“Lord Gwangpungdan?”
“hello.”
Rimer smiled broadly and waved his hand.
“long time no see. What did you come to the annex for?”
“Is Silvia-sama there?”
“Oh, please wait a moment.”
Helen bowed her head and walked down the hallway.
“It’s easy to come in.”
Rimer looked around the annex and smiled.
‘It’s strange that such a cold guy came out of such a happy place.’
Even just entering the annex, you can feel that the atmosphere here is the warmest in Sieghart.
I couldn’t believe that a monster kid like Raon was born in such a cozy place.
“uh? Prosecutor Rimer!”
“It’s an elf man!”
Julius and Yua, who were passing through the corridor, saw Rimer and stopped.
The two of them were quite close because they met every time he skipped training and went to play with Loen.
“Why are you here?”
The two children looked up at Rimmer and tilted their heads.
“That’s…”
“Rimer-nim.”
As Rimmer tried to answer, Sylvia walked out from the end of the hallway.
“Did you come here because of Raon’s business?”
“no. That’s not it.”
Rimer lightly shook his head.
“okay.”
Sylvia lowered her head with an ambiguous look, whether fortunate or disappointed.
“You are surprisingly calm.”
Rimer looked at Sylvia’s sunken eyes and smiled lightly.
“I thought you would worry while shaking.”
“I am concerned. A child who was kidnapped a while ago, how can I not be worried?”
Sylvia let out a low sigh.
“It’s just that I can’t wear it in my arms forever and nothing will change just because I worry about it. All I can do is trust Raon so that he can feel at ease.”
She closed her eyes slightly and opened them. Her red eyes, as if shaped like rubies, radiated a lofty light.
Rimer met those eyes and smiled.
‘It’s different.’
When Raon was a trainee, I cried and begged him to take care of me, but now, even though he is worried, he firmly believes in Ai.
Just as Raon grew taller, it seemed that Sylvia’s heart also grew.
‘Looking at it this way, it’s the same.’
He looked weak, but those eyes resembled Glenn and Raon. It was a family that could not be helped no matter what anyone said.
“Do not worry too much.”
Rimer smiled at Sylvia.
“Because I’m not the kind of guy who will go around getting beaten up. You also heard that Garona and Cadiz were beaten up. We are prepared for kidnapping, so you can rest your mind.”
“I feel a little relieved when you say that.”
Sylvia smiled softly and nodded.
“If it wasn’t Raon’s business, why did you come to the annex?”
“Oh, because of them.”
Rimer lowered his finger and pointed at the young child and Julius, who were standing in a daze.
“I’m trying to scout these guys with the Gwangpungdan.”
“scout?”
“Gwangpungdan?”
Yua tilted her head, and Julius opened his eyes at the sound of a mad wind.
“okay. Are you entering the Gwangpungdan where Raon saved you? how is it? It’s good?”
“and! I want to go!”
“Please let me in!”
The infant raised a hand, and Julius grabbed Rimmer by the sleeve and shook it.
“Heh heh! okay. okay. Let’s start with our seal.”
Rimer held onto Yua and Julius’ hands tightly with an expression that would make anyone call him an impostor.
“Wait a minute!”
Sylvia hurriedly intervened, separating Rimmer and the children.
‘His eyes were so strange.’
With a face that could have been made by someone crazy about gambling, he blocked the children without even realizing it.
“Oh, what are you going to do with the children?”
“I just want to get some help.”
Rimmer looked at Yua and Julius and shrugged.
“Soon the rag inspiration will bring the children.”
“Are you a saint?”
“yes. The children who come with me are badly hurt, so I want Yua and Julius to help.”
He looked at Julius and Yua with a somewhat bitter look.
“I see, but why are you telling Yua and Julius the story of Gwangpungdan…”
“Ah, that’s true too.”
Rimmer patted Yua and Julius’ heads and smiled.
“As soon as Raon returns, Gwangpungdan will be promoted to Gwangpungdae.”
* * *
Koodduddeuk!
A terrifying roar that sounded like continents splitting came from the underground cavity of the Robert family that nurtured the shadows.
Derus Robert. It was the sound of him stamping his feet as his face turned red. I just pressed the ground with my feet, but there was a huge hole in the floor with no end in sight.
“Whoa…”
Even then, Derus clenched his fists as if his anger hadn’t subsided. Red blood dripped from the back of his hand and from his grip down the dark hole.
“My lord.”
When Derus was about to stomp again, Rezel came out of the darkness and knelt down.
“Did you know?”
“yes.”
Rezel nodded and raised her gaze. A stream of red air full of murderous intent rippled from Derus’ eyes.
‘I’m going to die just by looking at you.’
It was not strange that Derus was angry because not only Roctan and the poison man, but also the informant sent to collect information had all disappeared in the recent situation where the damage was severe.
No, I’m holding back because it’s Derus. If it was someone else, it would have already exploded.
“It is said that there were monsters from the Black Tower, not Raon.”
“Black Tower?”
“yes. Looks like they were targeting Drake. It is said that the body and traces of the black water field have been confirmed.”
“Huh…”
Derus laughed and dropped his gaze.
“So you’re saying you didn’t catch Raon Sieghart and waged a war against the Black Tower?”
“It seems so.”
Rezel trembled and nodded. He kept serving Derus, but it had been a long time since he had caused this level of murder.
“What about Raon Sieghart?”
“It is said that they arrived late and cleaned up the tired Black Water Field and Rocktan. They saved people and even took Drake’s corpse…”
“Huuuuuuuuuu…”
Derus sighed deeply as he looked up at the blackened ceiling.
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
He wiped his forehead with his blood-drenched hand and burst into madness.
“I don’t know if I’m lucky or if I’m playing the world. I still can’t make a proper judgment about him.”
Derus Robert lowered his head. The eyes, which were filled with anger and murderous intent, cooled as cold as ice.
“My lord?”
“Don’t run into Raon Sieghart for a while. Gather information instead. Use the northern line to gather all the information from when he was born until now.”
“All right.”
Rezel swallowed dry saliva and nodded.
“Don’t be careless any longer.”
Derus smiled lightly and brushed the blood from the wound on the back of his hand down the dark hole.
“Let me figure out everything about you and tell you the end.”
* * *
Before returning to the Sepia store, Raon headed to the black market in Lokhan. When I followed the road as I was first guided, Denning Rose was waiting for me in a small room.
“You worked hard. And…”
Denning Rose got up and bowed. It was a polite yet self-respecting attitude.
“Thank you for avenging Ferencz’s enemies.”
It’s a name I’ve never heard of, but I think I know who it’s talking about. It was clear that the agent who had endured to the end and delivered information about the Black Tower even in the state of being hit by the mana of darkness.
“He should be able to go in peace now.”
I feel deep sadness in the words that I spit out calmly. The agent called Ferencz seemed to be someone Denning Rose cared for.
“I only met him once and briefly, but he was a respectable person.”
Raon closed his eyes and opened his mouth. It’s not a pretentious sound. It was doubtful whether even he could survive with the carbon technique while being hit by the mana of darkness.
“It happened because of us, so I’m sorry.”
“I’m sorry.”
Raon and Dorian bowed their heads.
“no. Since he was commissioned, he just did his job. In the end, I saved people too, so I would be satisfied.”
Denning Rose laughed lightly, telling me not to say such a thing. The equilibrium that comes in an instant. He looked like an heir to the black market.
“Please sit down.”
I sat down on the chair across from her.
“We intend to protect Weathers Village for a while. Now that the Drake, who reigned like a king over the mountain range, is gone, there is a possibility that monsters will dig into that gap.”
“okay.”
Denning Rose seems to have had similar thoughts.
‘Then it’s more secure.’
The black market seemed to think of people first, befitting a group formed by the lower classes who were oppressed at the bottom of society.
In return, of course, he might get the right to distribute wild berries and chestnuts in Weathers Village, but it would benefit both sides.
“Dorian.”
Raon nodded, calling out to Dorian.
“yes.”
He understood Dorian’s words, reached into his belly pocket, took out a basket and a box, and set them on the table.
“This is…”
“This is the promised item. And…”
Raon smiled lightly and opened the lid of the basket and box. The raspberry macaron and raspberry pie from Weathers Village appeared.
“They were kept thanks to the help of the branch manager and agents.”
“is that so.”
Denning Rose smiled and popped a piece of pie into his mouth. Her eyes widened like moonballs. It was a look that I didn’t know it would be so delicious.
“It is delicious. The crust is still crispy and overflowing with sweet flesh!”
“Try the macarons too. They said it was a new product that hadn’t been released yet.”
“New arrivals…”
Denning Rose’s eyes twinkled as he looked at the macaron, as if he was satisfied with the pie. She quickly reached out and bit into the macarons as well.
“This is also delicious. No, honestly, I prefer this one. These days, macarons are too sweet, but these macarons are not stimulating sweetness, but the harmony of fresh juice and soft macarons like bread makes it so fresh. Much better than those made by patissiers in big cities like Cameloon or Locan… Ugh!”
Denning Rose blushed when she saw Raon and Dorian gaping blankly.
“You seem to like dessert.”
Raon smiled as he saw the macaron shaking in Denning Rose’s hand.
‘There are no gaps.’
I thought he was a iron-blooded person because he was so smart, but seeing how he blushed and expressed the taste of the dessert, he finally seemed to be my age.
-The king likes it too. Eat just one…
‘You’re a bit out of it.’
I lightly pushed Lars, who was clinging to the macaron.
“I like a little bit of Joe.”
Denning Rose answered with her head bowed. Her earlobes were burning red.
“The other heirs of the Se Sepia Firm are also returning with their own items!”
It seemed clear that he was trying to change the topic, but Raon smiled and moved on.
“Do you know what it is?”
“yes. Sure.”
Denning Rose nodded and set the half of the macarons aside. Seeing her eyes tremble, it seemed that she was barely holding back what she wanted to eat.
-Aren’t I left? The main king too….
Lars whining by the side and Denning Rose, who can’t take her eyes off the dessert, seemed like a good match.
“The third, Palen Sepia, has obtained the finest claws and tooth horns, and the second, Dialun Sepia, is bringing a whole stuffed drake. And the first, Jesser Sepia…”
Denning Rose’s gaze turned to Dorian. She swallowed dry saliva and continued.
“Drake. He also said that he was in the process of catching and bringing a special drake.”
“A special Drake? Like we caught?”
“yes. They say it’s a wind attribute drake. I haven’t heard exactly about the size of the Zamari Mountains drake, but it’s so big that you can beat it…” ”
How much?”
“I heard that it is over 25m. That level is really not common.”
Raon and Dorian, who heard her words, looked at each other and raised their mouths.
“Is it 25m?”
“25m…”
Barely?
