054 – School fees are more expensive than you think! #5

054 – School tuition is more expensive than you think! #5

“I heard you. Said Naru was kidnapped?”

A night in complete darkness.

In front of the entrance to the living room.

Salome landed lightly from a high place.

Even though it was a fairly big movement, it was a guy who had no sign like a black cat.

And it was noisy like a cat in cold water.

“I keep getting entangled in the case because I leave my child outside. The blood of Judas. Don’t you know it attracts malice? I’m not just saying Will you continue to get involved in incidents like this in the future?”

“So you’re telling me to tie you up so you can’t leave the house? Like your father?”

“… … .”

Salome frowned at my words.

Salome’s father, the 12th Judas, was overprotective.

It was to the extent that he had someone attached to watch his daughter’s every move at all times.

As for Judas’ daughter, that might be true.

As Salome said, the blood of Judas attracts malice in many ways.

Because it is close to the dark shadow Demiurge-Nocturne.

That is probably why the 12th Judas did not send Salome out of the mountains of Kowloon, which was his royal castle.

Of course, that’s a superficial reason.

I knew why he was keeping Salome tied up like a bird in a cage.

but.

There will never be a time in my life to reveal it.

In the first place, the 12th Judas died by my hand.

While I was thinking about that, Salome, who had hidden herself in an old robe, said.

“Yuda, it’s been a while since I matched with you. As always, let’s go to the deception operation. We’re going to be rogue bandits. Okay?”

“Are you still trying to be a teacher? Your education has already graduated when you get hit in the back of the head.”

“What, are you still thinking about it? In the world of thieves, such things are not common. Rather, I saved you. I do not know?”

“Did beating a man in the back of the head with an iron club and putting him in a lion’s den saved his life?”

I opened my slender eyes and fired a small shot.

Then Salome, who was tidying up her sleeves, grumbled under her hood.

“It was Konrad who was hit with the iron club, not me. And if you hadn’t gone into the lion den, you would have been sacrificed right away and died.”

In other words, it seemed that Salome made me fight a lion to save me.

In fact, what he said was correct to some extent.

The one who stabbed me in the back was Conrad.

Originally, I was destined to die as a sacrifice.

The 12th Judah Herod sacrificed all men who approached his daughter.

“So, can I just say thank you for putting me in the lion cage? Let’s make up?”

I asked.

Then, Salome, who had been clearing her voice, said, “mmm-ah,” and smiled.

“Reconciliation? No, you don’t know, but I can’t forgive you. you killed my father If it were Naru, would you reconcile with the person who killed you?”

“… … .”

“No, I will never forgive you for the rest of my life. No matter how much he is called the worst scum, he is his father. An enemy is an enemy.”

That’s right.

Salome seemed to hate me.

Because I am the one who killed his father.

Although the twelfth Judas was a villain who would not be enough even if he died and went to hell, that wouldn’t have been very important to Salome.

Like Naru, who likes me unconditionally even though I have no money and is called a bad villain because I am a father.

that’s father and daughter

Salome and the 12th Judas must have been the same.

Even so, we think of getting along with each other because it is common in the thieves’ world to join hands with enemies depending on the gain.

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Just that.

Salome hates me and I hate Salome too.

However, in some cases, it was enough to talk about working together.

“Then go in. I knew the dog hole in advance.”

Ssuk-.

Salome squeezed through the hole in the floor first.

He hasn’t even been to the military, but the image of him crawling on his stomach is completely professional.

I didn’t have to crawl through the cramped dog hole, I just had to pass through the wall of the living room like a ghost through Biggie Barbara’s “Climb the serpent wall” and it was enough.

I also moved to the dog hole that Salome had noticed.

Sreuk, sreuk-.

That’s because it was a rare opportunity to dynamically see the buttocks of a woman crawling in front of me.

After all, Salome is very pretty.

Even if she is the daughter of Judas, to be called the princess of the back alley, she must have a beautiful appearance.

It’s like the flower of evil.

“I’ll tell you in advance, Judas, don’t look at my butt.”

“It’s already too late. You are in front of me and I am behind you.”

“… I really hate it.”

“Hi-Hi.”

* * *

When I came out of the cramped tunnel, it was full of lights.

Lanterns run all over the place.

I could see the wild vegetables where drunk people were chatting loudly.

A hideout where thousands of thieves stay.

Indeed, it would not be enough to describe it as a large village befitting its size.

Seeing this, Salome gave a small admiration.

“There is a tavern and a smithy. It’s all there. It’s no different than society. I guess it wasn’t Pom called the wild vegetables of Kowloon. Do you have a window? It’s big.”

“No matter how big it is, it can’t be compared to a place where over 10,000 thieves were swarming. Still, the scale is large for a gang of bandits these days.”

about 2 years ago.

After the collapse of Kowloon’s mountains and the destruction of the Garbage Throne, the thieves often wandered without a focal point.

All they had to do to hold a meeting was to belong to the [Shadow Council] located in each region’s underground market.

Large bands of bandits did not gather easily, and once they reached over 100 members, they were quickly subjugated.

It is because the wilds of Kowloon were destroyed and the thieves lost their power in the world.

Shuk-.

Salome and I first entered a nearby pub.

“Boss, two beers, please.”

Salome took a couple of beers from the rugged bandit-looking proprietor and took a rough seat in the corner.

The taste of the beer was fresh and better than expected.

“Hey, I put some ice in it too. I never thought I would drink beer like this here.”

While I was admiring this, the mohican-haired thief sitting next to me giggled.

“Are you a novice who just came to Kowloon in Mt. Thorn? Beer has to taste good. Because they kidnapped the most famous beer master in Frisia and put him to work.”

“yes? That’s awesome. how did you get it Are the guards still?”

“watch? We are no different from a small kingdom now. Even in the Principality of Phrygia, they have no choice but to use their hands. We don’t have to run away because we’re scared of the guards!”

It was a drunken gibberish story.

Soon, from the sidelines, they shout “That’s right” or “Fuck you guards bastards!”

It was a common occurrence in taverns where thieves gathered.

A place where various information comes and goes like scattered garbage.

I listened quietly there.

“Even so. not there yet. We thieves are a long way from going back to the glory days. I’m from the real Kowloon Mountains in the Dark Forest. It was a real thieves’ paradise… .”

“I heard there were over 10,000 thieves? Was there a throne of trash glistening with stolen treasure? I heard there was a zoo that exhibited captured nobles?”

“yes. It did! A fearsome king of thieves sat upon it and reigned. Neither the imperial guards nor the kingdom’s knights laid a hand on us! Hey, those days were good! really!”

“Abduct as you please. stealing kill! All the aristocrats trembled at the name of Judas! But now I don’t even have dog hair.”

It was a noisy pub.

It seems that he is full of resentment towards me for destroying the trash throne.

Were they thieves who ate and lived under the notoriety of Judah in the past?

These guys are still selling my name and doing bad things, so my notoriety only increases.

Soon, Salome, who had been listening quietly, spoke.

“Then why don’t we try? Like Judas this time challenged Herod, who was in his twelfth, and stole his name. Don’t gossip like a coward. Isn’t it the way thieves do to steal and steal when they don’t like it? Just in time, that Judas was in Phrygia near here. It’s a good opportunity.”

Salome’s voice was soft, but it took everyone’s attention away, like a handkerchief sprinkled with strong perfume.

To challenge Judas?

You intend to incite the scoundrels to annoy me.

However, all the thieves who were talking loudly shut their mouths.

A few seconds of silence, unbefitting of a lawless zone.

The man who identified himself as a native of Kowloon Sanchae in the Black Forest opened his mouth.

“… I saw the current Judas with my own eyes.”

His hand holding the glass was shaking so much that the contents overflowed.

“I was lucky enough to escape that day and survive. Even now, sometimes I have nightmares about that day. I can’t sleep without alcohol like this. It’s impossible to challenge him and take his name. He is the devil.”

It’s very pitiful to see him so scared.

Are you a survivor of that time?

Maybe it was the middle of the day.

Most of the big players in the living room at the time were sent to Nocturne’s side.

It was then.

someone said

“But as for Jack… , might be able to bring us glory back. That’s Herod’s sworn brother! Fucking cruel and fucking strong!”

Herod.

That was the name of the former king of thieves.

Salome’s father.

Did he have a brother-in-law?

Rather, it is Jack.

I broke the silence and asked.

“Jack the swordsman? You said you were the ruler of the Phrygian Underground Market 25 years ago?”

“yes! He handles the cutlery very well! The resourcefulness is also awesome. It was thanks to that demon-like man that we were able to create such a large-scale wild vegetable in today’s world.”

Swordsman Jack.

Didn’t he die too?

It was the moment when the anxiety of the civil servant who had a nymph as his wife hit the mark.

“… But Jack is also a bit of a madman. You’ve been obsessed with divination and fortune telling since you barely survived an auction 25 years ago. I survived thanks to fortune or something.”

“The fortune tellers say that if you starve, you starve, and if you eat, you eat?”

“I heard you brought some little boys today as shamans. To be honest, Jack’s not normal either.”

There was important information in the thieves’ whispers.

“Do you know where the little ones I brought are?”