34 – sin(3)

-Chack!

“ugh… Aww! Arm, my faaal!!”

When the well-maintained, sharp blade swung, the bully’s right arm was severed in an instant.

Blood spurted out like a fountain from the cut section, and my heart began to pound violently and pump throughout my body upon seeing the blood.

I’ve killed ratmen and goblins, but I’m still not completely used to the act of taking something’s life.

This goes without saying when it comes to people.

Because of the situation, I pulled out the knife, but I still don’t want to kill anyone.

I could have completely subdued him by stabbing him in the heart or cutting off his head when he just approached me, but I didn’t do that.

No, in fact, it would be more accurate to say that it did not happen.

“100 million! “Wow!”

“Ahh… ! leg!! This dog… !”

“it hurts… ! it hurts… !!”

The thugs were flustered and couldn’t properly deal with the sudden appearance of the enemy, so I approached them in turn and swung my sword at random.

Arms were cut, thighs were stabbed, chests were cut, and screams echoed through the alleys.

When a group of people harass others, they enjoy it with a look of superiority. It is not a very pleasant sight to see that people’s attitudes change in an instant because they are being beaten.

When I was almost done subduing them, a thought suddenly popped into my head. Apparently there were six bullies approaching earlier, but I’ve only killed five so far. If so, where is one?

As I was thinking about that, I suddenly felt someone approaching me rapidly from behind.

And without a moment to judge, I turned around and swung the sword.

Approaching from behind was the guy the thugs called big brother, their captain. He was creeping up from my blind spot, and as he got closer, he swung a spiked club at me.

I was not mortally wounded, but I did not completely avoid it, and the club’s nails grazed my arm and left a scratch.

But that didn’t matter now.

The tension of dealing with people in real combat for the first time, the intense red color of the blood gushing out from all directions, my heart pumping like crazy, sending blood all over my body, fueling my excitement even more, not being able to calmly grasp the situation and feeling instinctive. forced him to swing a knife.

“big… Wow… Ugh… Ugh… Ugh… ”

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“uh… uh… ?”

The first sight I recognized when I turned around was a man who had half of his head blown off by my knife and was unable to speak properly.

The man, who had been standing like that for several seconds, fell down, spitting out blood foam from his mouth, and the hand holding the knife trembled at the shocking injury I had committed for the first time in my life.

This was the first murder I had committed in both my previous life and this one.

***

“he… hehehe… !”

“Live… Help me… Please just live… ”

When the bullies saw their leader fall, they completely lost their will to fight, and they were each clutching their fallen body parts and begging me with their whole bodies to save them.

I still couldn’t get over the shock of my first murder, but fortunately, I was able to come to the conclusion that I couldn’t just stay like this.

It’s getting darker, and not only am I the only one here, but there’s one more person I need to take out.

And if you hear the sound of the bullies and the group or similar people come in, you can’t guarantee victory or defeat in the current situation.

I came to a conclusion and approached the woman who was leaning against the wall. She watched idly as I subdued the thugs, but when I got closer, she came back to her senses and tried to straighten herself up and sit down.

“Looks like I need to get out of here. Can you move?”

“yes yes? that is… for a moment… oops… ”

After hearing my words, the woman tried to stand up, but her limbs had no strength and she just flinched on the spot.

It shouldn’t be like this. I can’t help it…

I put my hands under her armpits and behind her calves, and gently lifted her up.

“Excuse me for a moment. disrespect… ”

“yes… ? what… Wow!”

Perhaps it was an unexpected situation, the woman screamed lightly and struggled, but soon, as if she realized that she had no other intentions for me, she stopped resisting and entrusted herself to me.

“Do you know the way out of this alley? I’m sorry, but the reason I came here is because I got lost… ”

“ah… If that’s the case, I know the way out. There, from the front right… ”

After being guided by the woman, I saw several men still lying at the end of the alley she had run into.

All of them had singed hair or beards, or frozen parts of their bodies, so they probably fainted from being hit by magic.

Apparently, the six people I dealt with were part of a group that this woman dealt with alone.

To think that he was able to get out of the scene even with a group of more than 10 people on his own.

This woman in my arms right now might be a lot stronger than I thought…

***

After running through the alley for about thirty minutes, we finally managed to escape the slum.

The back alley of Drachton, which the locals told you about earlier, was this place, and you can see various facilities such as inns, pubs, and parks nearby.

I went to an empty bench in the park and set the woman down and sat down next to her.

And only then did I get a closer look at her appearance.

The woman had light brown hair, a small face, and large, well-defined features, which anyone could say was quite beautiful. Also, I think that the fact that he looks younger than I thought is probably someone of the same age as me. How did such a person end up in that slum?

As we faced each other, our gaze naturally turned downward, and only then did I recognize that the buttons on the woman’s shirt were torn. Somehow people passing by kept glancing at me…

I took off the robe I was wearing and put it on her.

And when I did that, the woman, as if recognizing what she was wearing, blushed and tightened her robe tightly.

“… eww… thank you… ”

“no… no. I’m sorry for not paying attention to you earlier.”

I answered the woman’s greeting with a light wave of my left hand.

As if I couldn’t escape the shock from earlier, the trembling in my hands and whole body was still continuing without stopping.

The woman continued to look at me with side glances, then spoke cautiously.

“I… Are you okay… ? You don’t look very good… ”

“It’s just that I’m not feeling well, so it’s nothing to worry about. Get some rest and you will be fine in no time.”

“How can you not care… Your hands are shaking like that… Oh my gosh, blood on my arm… ”

blood? Hearing the woman’s words, he looked down at his left arm, where dark red blood was oozing out.

Blood soaked the bench, and as if that wasn’t enough, it dripped onto the floor, leaving traces of itself there. It looks like it was scratched by a nail earlier, but there was a lot of bleeding, as if it had touched a blood vessel.

As soon as I recognized the wound, I began to feel a throbbing pain.

‘Oh, I guess I wasn’t crazy… ‘

I took a recovery potion from my pocket and sprayed it on the wound.

Steam came out with a hissing sound, and it felt like salt was being poured on a wound.

As I gritted my teeth and endured the pain, the woman who saw it burst into tears.

“Black… What should I do… Because of me, you got hurt like that for no reason… Ugh… ”

“It’s not a big deal, so you don’t have to worry about it. Now, wipe away your tears. If you keep crying like that, your face will be a mess. hurry… ”

I took out a handkerchief and handed it to the woman who suddenly burst into tears, along with soothing words.

Because of her behavior, people passing by kept glancing in this direction, and quite a few of them looked at me with suspicious eyes. And this kind of attention is not what I want.

I continued to comfort the woman, both gently and desperately, and only then did she stop crying little by little and begin to get her emotions together.

“… Come to think of it, I couldn’t even say thank you properly. Dear benefactor, thank you very much. If it weren’t for my benefactor’s help, I don’t even want to imagine what kind of trouble I would have suffered from those guys… It’s so terrible… ”

“If anyone had seen such a situation, they would have certainly helped in any way they could. “It is not something that is appreciated to that extent.”

“Any good deed requires courage. And the feeling of courage is not something that anyone can easily demonstrate. Eunin-nim, my name is Ellie. It’s late, but could you please let me know your name… ? I really want to repay you… ”

“I am… ”

I did help, but I didn’t want to receive anything in return. In the first place, I don’t know if I can do anything properly with my current half-excited mind…

While thinking about it for a while, Ellie suddenly jumped up and started waving while looking across the park.

A bright smile bloomed on Eli’s face, which he had never seen before.

“gouge! Ange! Lala! It’s this way! I’m here!”

When Ellie looked in the direction of the wave, she saw three figures standing there.

When they heard Ellie’s voice, the people turned their heads and immediately started running towards this direction at full speed, regardless of who they were.

All of them are female names, so they must be friends. It seems that Ellie came to play with her friends and then fell apart and suffered something like that.

“Since your friends seem to be looking for Ellie, I’m going to step back. Please don’t ever go into such a rough place from now on. Even if you go in, be sure to take people with you.”

“Wait a minute, benefactor! You have to tell me your name… ”

“I didn’t expect anything in return, so there’s no need to worry too much about it. then… ”

I was thinking about my future work, but if my friends came to find me, I would lighten my burden.

I lightly greeted Ellie and quickly turned around and left the park.

Looking back, I saw people who seemed to be her friends drawn swords and trying to chase after me, and Ellie was desperately holding them back with her hand outstretched. Did they misunderstand me as the person who kidnapped Ellie?

I decided not to bother with them anymore, and decided to find an inn to rest before it was too late.

Right now I really need a proper rest.

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