My Demons - Chapter 191



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My Villains Episode 191

44. Dream (1)

There are twelve maroon doors lined up in the hallway. There are no windows.

There is no way to know whether you should go down or up the stairs.

It’s the fifth, no, sixth.

Neat-shaped garden trees, a pond with a transparent bottom, and soft grass.

Even if you crane your neck as far as you can, all you can see is a gray wall.

I knock on the triple-barred iron door.

«__________I»

The sound I screamed at the top of my voice is scattered in vain. Now it’s time to go back.

It’s time to go back.

The heavy iron door opens wide.

uh?” “When are you going to end this damn dream?”

A boy swims in the air.

A sparkling true silver crown, a devil’s robe with stars reflecting in the pitch black, blue eyes and wavy blonde hair.

The beautiful sighing face is full of annoyance.

“Why did a mentally ill person like this get caught? “How can you have a nightmare without missing a day?”

Suddenly, the huge mansion on the outskirts of the city disappeared, leaving a strange space filled with black light. In the meantime, I tried to calm my mind.

“Mr. Trickster?”

“I told you not to call me uncle.”

“Is this new life worth living?”

“… … Dejavu, is this? “I think I’ve heard this question before.”

“Because this is the second question, you idiot.”

The grumbling boy opens his mouth again.

“Anyway, I’m glad. “I never imagined you would do this.”

“… … “What did I do for you?”

“You’re living. “Fiercely.”

I am slowly getting angry at words that are difficult to read out of context. I took a quick breath.

“What on earth have you done to me?”

“I just invited you. “Just as you wanted.”

“Holy shit- hoo. So where am I now? “Well, can it be called virtual reality?”

“virtual reality?”

The boy’s face distorts.

“What nonsense is that?”

“gibberish? Ha, I fell into the world that I had been exposed to through monitors for 20 years, so what would I think, then?”

“That world is not virtual or fantasy. “You’ve already lived for half a year and you’re confused about that?”

The boy burst out laughing as if he was dumbfounded and clicked his tongue.

The judgment is distorted by that sight.

“Are you crazy?”

” what?”

“You used a chat as an excuse to send me to a shitty place and sit there laughing at me?”

The boy tilts his head.

“Isn’t Earth the ‘crazy place’ to you?”

“… … Don’t talk nonsense. And, what? You did what I wanted? “Do you want to get your teeth torn apart?”

As I approached him, pouring out abusive language, the boy burst into laughter and threw up his hands.

« o u w —=T,

Something invisible tightened my body. I gritted my teeth and struggled, but I couldn’t even move.

“Your angry personality is still the same.”

“This, dog, same bastard-”

“… … “Has it gotten worse?”

The boy crossed his arms and looked around. The dark glow that covered all directions was gradually dissipating.

“Well, now that I think about it again, I understand why I made that mistake. “You had no choice but to think backwards.”

“… … Seon-hu, backwards?”

“okay. The world does not resemble the game, but the game resembles the world. Strictly speaking, it resembles the world I experienced.”

At that time, a loud noise sounded from all directions and the space began to distort. The boy sighed deeply.

“I only said nonsense today.”

“wait for a sec! “What do you mean, the world you went through?”

A boy floating in the air is held in the arms of darkness.

“It won’t mean much anymore. “Because even though it was distorted, it was distorted too much.”

“Trickster, you son of a bitch! crawl-”

Clink, the world fell into pieces.

I barely suppressed my screams and closed my eyes.

It was still dark in the middle of the night, and the campground was quiet.

Ah, it’s that dream again.

A dream I had about a couple of months ago in which a trickster appeared.

Last time, he said bullshit like Kim Seung-soo was dead or something, and this time, he left behind some sad stories.

A game resembling the world of tricksters, and twists… … .

While pondering the strange dream, I suddenly looked down at my hands.

“Ahhh”

“omg,”

Hey, I’m surprised.

My forearm was being held in my right hand. It looks like he grabbed it unconsciously when he woke up.

The owner of the forearm was lying curled up next to me, crying.

A small, youthful face, short eyebrows, black hair flowing from her shoulders, big eyes without double eyelids looking up at me… … .

“A bunch?”

“Well, it hurts… …

I quickly let go of my forearm and whispered to the bundle.

“I was surprised. “Why are you here?” “uh-”

The guy massaged his forearm and avoided eye contact. Then he raised his upper body in an awkward motion.

“Well, it was a little cold.”

“Your seat was next to the bonfire.”

“… … Ah yes. But, it’s warm there too, but, uh,”

Moongchi rolled his eyes and spoke gibberish. Then, as my lost fingers played with the ends of my hair, a cow cooed from somewhere.

Lee came in.

Then the guy opened his eyes round and pointed in the direction where the sound came from.

“Hey, Steedman, he snored. “It’s noisy, really.”

” ah.”

I slowly raised my upper body and looked around.

Ellen, wearing a cloak like a chrysalis, was lying on my right, and Hayla and Simos were sleeping a little away.

A little distance away to the left, Utequai was sitting on a piece of wood, drawing a picture. Steedman was snoring loudly near the fire at his feet.

“That guy has some bad sleeping habits. “He snores a lot and sometimes grinds his teeth.”

“yes yes. that’s right. It’s very nasty. “I can’t even sleep.”

It was so cute to see him nodding his head so hard that his hair was flowing, so I smiled and stroked his head.

“Ah, that’s good.”

“••••••yes?”

The guy who was shrugging his shoulders and enjoying my touch looked puzzled.

“I thought you came to hug me because it reminded you of old times.”

“Ah yes?”

“I do not remember? When you were a wild boar, you always slept next to me. “It was really cute when you were dreaming.” “… … “I, um, I remember, uh,”

“So, I heard it was awkward for a while when you became human. It’s strange to sleep alone

“I couldn’t get used to it.”

“Uh— ah,”

The guy with red cheeks just swiveled his gaze and twitched his lips.

Although the Milanese language has come a long way in recent years, there have been times when I was at a loss for words.

“Uh, he-”

“It’s okay, so speak slowly.”

In times like this, it is considerate to wait patiently, so I sat quietly and stared into his eyes.

Munchi opened his mouth with an embarrassed and despondent expression.

“I don’t have any hair anymore, I’m not a pig, and I’m not fluffy.”

“Um, really?”

I slowly stretched out my arm and pulled him towards me. Then Munchi stiffened his body, putting his hands together in front of his nose.

I shrugged my shoulders after feeling the sensation on my side.

“Is it still the same now? “It seems warmer.”

“……Uh OO”

Not only his face, but also his ears, nape of his neck, and even the backs of his hands were all red, and he stood up quickly.

“Je, Jeseongeo.”

And then he ran away.

Aww, so cute. Since I see your tongue twisting, I think I need to practice my pronunciation more.

I smiled happily and stood up. When I woke up, I decided to take a look around the campsite.

But then.

Tuk.

«…< ?»

Something fell from my knee to the floor.

It was a pair of shiny, jet-black gloves that I couldn't tell if they were leather or velvet.

I swallowed dryly and picked up the gloves. A faintly engraved scale pattern on a soft yet tough material.

It was 'Death King's Scale Handcuffs', one of the Death Kings (name king) set.

“… … Ha, I’m going crazy.” A month has already passed since I left Longville. Meanwhile, the party crossed the mountain pass of Graduil and entered the central part of the kingdom.

What followed was a rather arduous journey. This was due to the political characteristics of the central region.

In general, a baron was a traitor to the king, that is, a vassal of a vassal. A baron is a low-level lord who is a direct subordinate of the king and follows the earl, the great lord.

At first glance, it appears that whether the earl is a direct vassal or the baron is a traitor, they are all subjects of the king, but the atmosphere is slightly different. The traitorous baron has no legal obligation to listen to the king's orders.

For this reason, the actual object of loyalty of the barons was usually the earls, not the king. So, if you look at a region, it was common for a great nobleman of earldom or higher to rule under several barons.

But the central part of the Kingdom of Milan was a little different from such common cases. There is no count at all.

The vast land centered around the royal capital is entirely under the direct control of the king, and it is surrounded by the fiefdoms of sixteen barons called ‘the king’s bannermen.’ Of course, these sixteen barons are all direct vassals of the King.

In short, it was as if the king had the entire central region, the most fertile land in the kingdom, to himself.

Maybe that's why all the baronies I passed by recently, that is, the territories of the 'King's Horsemen', had a somewhat unique atmosphere. It felt like a military base or fortress rather than a typical territory.

But damn it, it doesn't matter if it's just the atmosphere, but it's causing real damage. There were so many forts and watchtowers on every road, and the inspections were so strict that I wasted a lot of time.

Even when the sun went down, the gates were closed or the bridge piers were blocked, so if you couldn't get the timing right, you had to camp without moving. In severe cases, we had to go back a long way.

For this reason, we were only able to escape the territory of the ‘King’s Riders’ after traveling for a full month.

“It will arrive in about five days.”

Cole, who had little sleep in the morning, woke up early and was soaking biscuits made from flour and oats in water.

“The guy from 'Eastern Riding' says that the security around here is pretty bad. “It will be completely different from the past month.”

"okay?"

I lit a bonfire and smiled.

“It doesn’t seem that bad. “I think it would be better to meet a highwayman than to stand in line to be checked.”

Cole silently complained at my words.

There were a total of four bonfires lit at the campsite. Since there were quite a lot of people, naturally there were also a lot of fires.

If you count the number of people in your party… … .

There were nine of us, including me, Ellen, Utequai, Munchi, Hayla, Steedman, Mira, Kol, and Simos, as well as ten mercenaries hired from Longville. There were nineteen in total.

Up until 15 days ago, there were only 20 of us, including Muldaebuni, and we happened to meet on a bus heading towards Lavalton, so we had to say goodbye to him a little early.

I hope you arrive at the manor safely and perform your duties well. Well, Buni is also a native of Lavalton who has lived in Lavalton for nearly 20 years, so adapting will be no problem.

Anyway, the group of 19 people was a fairly suitable size for travel. It's a size where you can comfortably keep watch and get supplies without much difficulty.

Of course, it was a little annoying to be guarded when passing through forts or gates. Even that wasn't a problem if we divided the group appropriately.

While I was chatting with Cole about various things, daylight slowly dawned.

And around that time, we welcomed some strange guests.