Episode 40 – The day before

Time flew by so quickly that it was the day before the engagement ceremony. I’ve been thinking about running away again now, but back then I wasn’t wary of running away, but now it’s a different story. Unknowingly, soldiers were circling around the mansion, and attendants came from time to time to ask if there was anything uncomfortable. This is why they tell me to live without committing a fucking crime. This is how the ex-convict’s sorrow was. Of course, I have no intention of defending ex-convicts, except for a few.

But I think it’s unfair that I’m a good petit bourgeois, but I’m treated like this because I have a criminal record for ruining an engagement ceremony, and that’s why I made a girl cry. If you live like that, you can destroy your engagement ceremony and make a girl cry.

There was a smart and knocking sound. I’m going to get fucking neurosis, really.

“Is there anything that makes you uncomfortable?”

“… It’s very inconvenient to come and knock every 30 minutes.”

“I’m sorry, but it’s Melissa-sama’s order.”

It was the damned old man’s order, too. I really thought about going there and messing around and running away, but I didn’t think I could run away against those three monster families. If it’s one person, it’s okay, but it’s terrible that there are three monsters. Besides, isn’t this in the north? It is a place where the subordinates of those families are infested, and even receive buffs in the game. The moderator’s fraudulent map is also quite good.

“If you don’t want to see me go wild, tell them not to send people.”

“…Yes, I will tell you that.”

It was stuffy to be in the room all the time, so I put on my coat and came out. Unlike Ahn, who could have a warm fire, the hallway was quite chilly, and he automatically crossed his arms and trembled. It’s a really cold place. I don’t know if it’s because it’s night, but the cold reminds me of Cheorwon, and I suddenly have a craving for potato pancakes. Makgeolli before potatoes is a really good combination.

“Hey Werner.”

When I turned around at the sudden voice, there was a muscle mass, no, Melchior. Couldn’t this man also come to watch if I might run away? Even if the room escape game difficulty is difficult, there should be a certain level. If you keep sending surveillance units like this, how do you tell them to escape?

“Brother, what are you doing here? Did you come to watch me in case I run away?”

“It’s not like anything.”

Melchior tapped me on the shoulder, made serious eye contact, and attempted a conversation. I remember that there were only a few scenes where he became serious like this, who was usually big-headed and laughed a lot… I think he was about to talk about something really important. Stories like ‘If you make my daughter cry, I will kill you’, or ‘If you make my daughter cry, I will turn her back on you’. Honestly, it’s me who wants to cry. Marrying after being captured is a story that can only come out of a 19-karat gold doujinshi.

“Werner… I’m serious…”

What threats are you going to make?

“If you don’t like it, I don’t mind running away from the engagement. I’ll be sure to talk to my daughter and Melissa.”

“Brother, what are you saying now?”

I was surprised that the words came out so unexpectedly. Being an idiot, I put my daughter’s wishes first, because I thought my doctor wouldn’t care. Besides, that one-celled barbarian cared about others? For a moment, I thought I was under a hallucination spell, as if someone were testing me to see if I was willing to marry.

“Why are you suddenly like that, bro?”

“My daughter is smitten with you, and my wife is eager to make you son-in-law.”

“Brother, by any chance, don’t you like me being your son-in-law?”

Brother, don’t you like me? Now, won’t you hit me for why you open your eyes like that?

“No, if you become our family, we will fly away with joy.”

“Brother’s weight would be unreasonable.”

“No kid, that’s not important right now. I just…”

Melchior scratched the same gray hair as Glaceon. Perhaps it was because of my lack of vocabulary, it seemed that it took me quite a long time to organize the words I wanted to say.

“…You, don’t you really want this marriage?”

“How did you…”

“Does this older brother not know you? Isn’t he still just accepting my daughter’s insistence? I wonder if I don’t know that he always cares about other people’s feelings more than himself?”

How is this barbarian’s character interpretation better than others? Why are tanks allocating stats to knowledge?

“Hyung-nim… that’s what I mean, ha…”

“And you have a firm taste. For example, someone like our leader’s wife.”

Fuck, no matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like a barbarian. Why are you so good at seeing through people? You even noticed that Werner had a crush on Airi’s mother? If this is what happened, we need to get rid of it before it becomes an afterthought…

“Don’t worry, I’m the only one who knows and haven’t told anyone.”

“So what do you want, brother?”

“If you’re leaving, I’ll help you. But if you’re leaving… I’d like you to say goodbye to your daughter in person before that.”

“Goodbye?”

Can I hand it over and survive? Saying good-bye, isn’t it just like saying, ‘I’m going crazy because I want to die, so please slit my throat quickly’?

“Ha ha ha! At least he must be worried that if he said that to the child, he might get his throat cut.”

“No, not really.”

Fuck tweezers.

“Because he likes you more than anyone else, he could give up on you for you.”

“Let’s talk first.”

Ah, my father-in-law is giving me a chance to escape, but I have to accept this. It’s not that I’m a trash who cries after abandoning a woman, it’s just that the DNA of Confucianism flowing inside me has the will to respect the will of my elders. Confucianism, the foundational belief of my hometown, how could I betray it?

As I was heading to where Glaceon was, I suddenly had a question. I stopped and asked Melchior.

“How are the other brothers and sisters? What are you doing?”

“Well, when the Heavenly Demon sees me beating me, he corrects me as always, and that thief woman was caught stealing somewhere and was caught by the leader.

“I’m glad that everyone is fine.”

“And everyone is only worried about the maknae. As you know, everyone likes you very much…”

“Everyone will be busy, but you don’t have to worry about me.”

“How can I not worry? Everyone looked away from you saying you were busy, but then you ran away. Your injuries still haven’t healed, right?”

If it’s Werner’s injury… is it ‘that incident’ mentioned in the setting book? He explained to some extent why Werner fell into a trap and died.

“Brother… I don’t have to worry about that because it’s my brother, but I’ll warn you first.”

“warning?”

“If I mention ‘that incident’ in front of my pupil, I might really kill my older brother. Even if Sister Mediah wakes up, never mention ‘that incident’. At that time, it’s really my older brother and nothing else.”

I didn’t want to burden the poor kid with guilt.

“Okay, where will your personality go?”

I couldn’t even use the flashy great magic like before because I was injured because of Airi, but I fell into a trap because of Airi and died because of that injury? If you’re like me, you commit suicide because of guilt. The truth about Werner’s injuries will be taken to the grave.

Well, since I’m on my way to meet my fiancee right now, I don’t know if that will be my grave.

I hope you can pass without incident.

—–

In the second room that Glaceon is currently using, she had been waiting for 30 minutes just to hear from her lady-in-waiting to wait.

It’s not some kind of Zhuge Liang, he makes people wait like this. Do you want to open the door and teach me the three branches of the world?

I don’t know what’s so urgent inside, but it was late at night, so it was time for me to sleep. But to set it up like this, even though I’m the elder, do I set the elder up like this? If Confucius, the fundamental teacher of Confucianism, had seen this, he would have broken the door with a Confucian punch.

Tired of waiting, I connected to the [Constellation – Confucius] with one hand and loaded the Confucian punch.

100% connection stability rate with [Constellation – Confucius]

Setting the hitting area, fixing the distance, and setting the posture.

With the wrath of the Confucians, destroy Moon’s existence here and now.

Just as he was about to cast Confucian Punch (Confucian God’s Wrath), Glaceon’s voice was heard from inside the door.

“Sorry to keep you waiting. Come in.”

When I opened the door and entered, there was Glaceon, who had just finished taking a bath and greeted me with wet hair.

Besides, instead of her usual dignified outfit. She was wearing colorful underwear. It’s the frill underwear that makes you look ambiguous on the inside.

Fuck this, I think it’s time to disconnect from [Constellation – Confucius] and connect with my constellations after a long time.