My Demons - Chapter 21



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My Villains Episode 021

6. Broken things (2)

The lunchtime market was noisy and crowded. There was no room to step because of the shouting vendors, merchants organizing their stalls, and servants running errands.

“Wow, there are so many people.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Daria clung to me, shrugging her shoulders to avoid the carrier approaching from the other side.

“Ugh, sorry.”

“no, that’s fine.”

Then, in a natural motion, he hugged my arm as if hanging on me.

The soft texture felt through the thin cloth and the scent of the woman’s body filling my nose made me dizzy.

It is often said that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body.

But, without any context, I was in a state where the spirit of an office worker tired of social life resided in the body of a healthy blood knight. In that situation, how would I react?

For now, Kim Seung-su’s mind barely regained his composure. This is because he realized that Ellen was sick and that he needed to get medicine quickly.

But Phoenix’s body seemed to accept this situation a little differently.

“Poi, what’s wrong?”

“No, nothing.”

I took a hesitant step and quickly lowered the shield from my shoulder to cover my lower abdomen.

Not now. No, you crazy bastard!

I looked out across the sea, recited the national anthem in my mind, and thought about my hometown.

Despite my efforts, this damn body just didn’t listen. Even if you try to ignore it, all the sensations in your body are focused on your forearms and nose. The crunchy texture and dizzying scent fanned the fire burning in my lower abdomen.

It was a good thing that the streets were crowded. If it wasn’t for that, I… Daria must have noticed the ‘physiological changes’.

Should I avoid people, should I protect myself, should I take care of Daria? As I walked frantically, I eventually reached the square in front of the trading post.

It was around that time that a ferocious and even barbaric cheer was heard.

“Wow!”

“Kill! “Kill me!”

Y, how many people are there?

At first glance, what seemed like hundreds of people were crowding around the square.

They surrounded the stage located in the middle of the square, spitting, swearing, and shaking their fists in the air.

That stage was the gallows.

And just now, a group of people were climbing onto the gallows like animals being herded. These people, covered in dirty cloth and tied with ropes like gulbi, were prisoners on death row.

“Damned you!”

“Kill! “Kill me!”

As the condemned prisoners ascended the gallows, the shouting became more intense. At first glance, the people screaming and cheering, not knowing whether they were screaming or cheering, looked like fans greeting a rock star.

I was overwhelmed by the heat or madness radiating from the hundreds of people.

“Ah, I said there would be a public execution today.”

“•••Public execution?”

“huh. wait for a sec.”

Daria approached a woman who was looking at the gallows with a friendly expression and asked her a question.

After a short conversation, Daria returned to me and shrugged her shoulders as if she were disappointed.

“They say there is only hanging today. “Just go to sleep.” what? Is it a shame that there are only hangings? why?

Before I could ask anything, Daria grabbed my wrist.

As I walked diagonally across the bustling square toward the granary, my eyes were fixed on the gallows.

Men in red clothes, who could not be identified as guards, placed nooses around the necks of the death row inmates. Then, at the same time, he kicked his butt and pushed him off the gallows.

The gallows was far away and the surroundings were full of noise, but at first glance I thought I heard a crashing sound.

Some of them hung still, but most of the death row inmates struggled for a long time, a really long time. By the time Daria and I reached the granary, the condemned prisoners were falling limp and dying.

As if they had been waiting, cheers erupt once again.

The corpses hanging from the ropes and bouncing around were creepy, but what was even creepier were the residents laughing and talking while looking at them.

Again, I realized it again.

This was a doggy world.

The ration allocated to the Baetgo-dong Inn was one bag each of oats and barley.

Daria, who was walking, glanced at the bags on my shoulders and made an apologetic expression.

“Isn’t it heavy?”

“Um, it’s okay.”

“If you’re having a hard time, tell me. I can tidy up one thing too… …

“I said it’s okay. “Let’s go quickly.”

Just in case, this wasn’t the male’s pretense of strength. Is it roughly 20 kilos per bag? Of course, it was heavy since it weighed 40 kilos, but it wasn’t too burdensome. I wonder if this is the dignity of strength 23.

When Daria’s face didn’t show any regret, I smiled slightly and said,

“If you’re so sorry, just give me a service sometimes.”

“service?”

“uh. No matter how difficult the situation is, why does your inn charge three pennies for a bowl of oat porridge? “I couldn’t even eat it because it was expensive.”

Daria covered her mouth for a moment and giggled at my words.

“Isn’t it ridiculously expensive? Still, my uncle is a conscientious person. Don’t you know that flour is worth gold these days? “The public oven has almost completely closed down.”

“Hmm, really?”

When I nodded quietly, Da Lia smiled slightly and held out her hand.

“Perilla leaf or Ganghwal. Right?”

Uh, what is it? We’ve already arrived at the general store.

“uh? uh.”

I lowered the sack to the floor, took out a silver coin from my pocket, and handed it to him.

“ah… … Sister Olga said that if you don’t have both, galaxies will be fine.”

“Kudzu root? Hmm, I get it. “I’ll be back quickly.”

«Uh 99 “o’. I asked Daria to buy the medicine.

Because they were heavily armed, it was cumbersome to enter the small general store, and because there had been a bit of an argument, I felt uncomfortable.

“Tsk.”

After putting down the bag, I took a quick look around, and an interesting street vendor caught my eye.

It looked like various items had been placed on a leather rug that was torn here and there.

What stood out more than the insignificant goods were the three children standing guard.

A girl who appears to be twelve or thirteen and a boy who appears to be her younger brother. Seeing that thin and naked figure made me move without realizing it.

“Did you guys make this?”

Although the question was asked in a kind tone, what appeared in the children’s eyes was not joy, but caution or fear.

“•••yes. “I made it.”

After hearing the girl’s answer, I squatted down and looked through the products.

They were crude items such as four-legged animals, birds, and fish carved from wood, and bracelets and rings made of grass and decorated with flowers.

It may be a bit unexpected, but I like flowers. No, to be precise, I should say that he likes the happy face of the woman who received the flowers.

So, when I was a college student, when flowers bloomed on the hill behind my apartment in the spring, I would pick them and wrap them in Korean paper to make a bouquet. All the girlfriends who received it really liked it.

Of course, in this world, a crude bouquet of flowers or something like that would just be a cheap gift. Still, somehow, seeing the flowers made me feel better.

I pointed to the flower ring and asked the girl.

“How much is this?”

“•••Trinkets cost a penny for five, and statues- two, no, three for one penny.”

You’re making me cum.

As I thought that and made a surprised expression, the guy added hastily.

“I cast a spell I learned from my mom. “It’s not expensive at all.”

“… I didn’t say anything. “Are you going to get stabbed?” When he fell silent, I carefully looked at the products and chose a few that I liked. It was a bracelet decorated with purple flowers, a ring decorated with white petals, and a sleek fish sculpture.

Actually, I chose them not because I liked them, but because they were things that could be called products. Honestly, the rest was just a bunch of trash.

“Three like this for one coin. Deal?”

“•••Dil?”

“Do you like it?”

“Ah yes. Sure.” As she took out her coin and handed it over, the girl added her words.

“The cherry blossom ring brings beautiful love. “A bracelet made of dianthus and plantains gives you durable vitality, and a dolphin statue gives you the wisdom to socialize with others.”

“•••Oh, really?”

After all, the power of words is truly amazing. When a child explains things in a confident voice, even crude objects seem plausible, right?

I smiled slightly and handed the child two coins.

“I’ll give you a penny, so pray that the spell becomes stronger.”

The girl smiled brightly and nodded.

As I put the items in my breastplate and stood up, I heard a scream from behind me.

“Ouch!”

When I looked back… … .

under. Is it a 90s drama or something?

At first glance, five or six men who looked like gangsters were harassing a young woman who was walking down the street.

“Holy shit, stay still, you bitch.”

“Ugh, don’t do it.”

“Sniff, washi, it smells delicious.”

“I’m afraid you’re a little pig. What is that delicious smell? “It smells delicious.”

The gangsters surrounding the woman were grabbing her wrists in an abusive manner and spouting obscenities. Groping her ass and breasts was common.

No, not crazy. No matter how bad the security is, why would you do something like that on the street?

“Stop – let me go, please.”

“Hehe, where should I send you?”

“Why are you crying when you’re just going to play for a little while?”

The woman writhed her whole body and begged, but the gangsters only laughed or got angry.

Oh, but – the light red hair of the woman being harassed was familiar to my eyes.

Crazy, it’s Daria!

“Hey, you thugs!”

I ran up screaming and landed a flying knee kick on the back of the biggest bully.

“Kkuuk!”

When the guy rolled around on the floor screaming, I immediately slapped and kicked the two guys who were holding Daria.

“Kkeong

“Off.”

The fat guy who had been slapped hard enough to make a loud noise had his jaw turned and fainted, and the guy who had been hit with a boot heel in his stomach fell to the ground and whimpered.

Uh, I think I adjusted my power incorrectly. He’s not dead, right?

I thought for a moment. I pulled Daria’s wrist and hid it behind her and growled as I looked at the rest of the frozen gangsters.

“Come here, you bastards.”

And then he approaches the remaining three guys.

“What are you, you bird!”

“Go after it, this.”

What? They take out weapons such as daggers and clubs.

He looks like he’s putting his butt back and holding out his weapon… His form was exemplary, almost like a gangster.

I was so dumbfounded that I laughed.

“You guys chose it first.”

Do these guys have no eyes?

I’m not bare right now, I’m wearing armor, a helmet, and a shield, but you’re pulling out a sword?

I immediately pulled out the pulse. Importing firearms, or rather, maintaining weapons, is a basic law for those who fight. Pulsion’s large blade sparkled in the sunlight.

In addition, let’s get hold of a circular shield with the scales of a giant reptile.

They were visibly embarrassed.

“Now, wait a minute.”

Questions and answers are useless, and even more so, these bastards don’t need any admonishment or mercy.

“If you don’t want to be left behind, throw away your weapon.”

With a final warning, I approached them with a long stride, holding my shield in front of me.

A tall, heavily armed warrior pointing his sword at gangsters holding crude weapons. It was like pointing a machine gun at robbers holding revolvers.

“Oh my god Nigimi.”

“Hey, hey. “Stop for a moment.”

One of the smart and foolish guys ran away, and the two stupid and loyal guys dropped their weapons on the floor and showed their palms.

As expected of the gangsters who molest women, none of them were brave.

“Looks like we made a little mistake… … “Gyeong!”

I swung my left hand and drove the shield blade into the chest of the guy who was muttering something. As the guy fell backwards, the other gangster stuttered with a puzzled look on his face.

“Well, they say they’ll let you live if you throw away your weapon!”

“You saved my life.”

I spat out the words and stuck my fist with pulse into the guy’s nose.

“Ugh… …

The guy couldn’t even scream properly and fell down with his nose covered.

The guy who ran away had already disappeared into the crowd. He wants to chase him down and defeat him, but he can’t leave Daria behind.

So I sheathed the knife and ran to Daria.

“Daria, are you okay?”

“Yes. are you okay.”

Daria was shaking slightly with her hands clasped together. I took a quick look and luckily it seemed like there were no injuries.

“•••Let’s go back quickly.”

Feeling sorry, I quickly carried the bag of grain. And just as he was holding Daria’s hand and trying to make her walk.

“Ugh, you bastard-”

At first, the big guy who had fallen after being kicked was lying on the ground, writhing and glaring at me.

“You idiot, I remembered your face. Sooner or later

“I will kill your liver.”

Wow, the only thing you did by mustering up your strength was a suicide attempt?

I burst out laughing and walked up to the guy and stepped on his shin. A scream erupts.

“Kwaaaak!”

“You should have said that under the covers, you idiot. “Are you asking me to kill you now?”

“Oh my god! If you kill me, Uvar will not leave you alone!”

•••What is this guy? Beg, beg, beg to be killed.

But wait, Uvar? That’s a name I’ve heard before somewhere. Who was it?

I put aside my doubts and said mockingly.

“crazy. Are you saying they won’t leave me alone anyway? “Then it would be better to kill him now?”

Even though he said this, he couldn’t kill someone in the city, especially right next to the square.

I glanced around and saw that it was already crowded with onlookers.

“Poy, poi. Let’s go quickly. “The guards will come.”

As expected from Daria’s words, one side of the crowd becomes noisy.

“what’s the matter!”

“Get out of the way, get out of the way!”

I think it’s a security unit.

These lazy security guards don’t do any crime prevention work and are only fast for things like this.

Suddenly, I missed the patrol car that was always parked in the alley in front of my studio apartment. I felt incredibly relieved.

“Hehe, I’d rather go to jail.”

“Well, it’s comfortable, ugh!”

“Let’s go quickly!”

He kicked the face of the big man who was talking nonsense like a soccer ball and started running, dragging Daria with him.