A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

076. unspoken cruelty

“Hahahaha! I like it so much!”

The dragon swallowed a huge roasted wild boar in one mouthful on the foundation and laughed heartily.

But the villagers were not at all relieved.

The best dish you prepared disappears in one bite.

At this rate, even if we mobilize all the leftover food, it will be gone in just a few minutes.

The dragon spoke arrogantly, perhaps knowing how the residents felt.

“It is truly a good village. It would be no problem to have it under this body’s control.”

The old woman slowly stepped in front of the dragon and spoke.

“Almighty One, what do you mean by taking this village under your control?”

“It literally means that I will make you guys my henchmen.”

“I’m sure you don’t know what kind of town this is.”

“Isn’t this the grave of weak people who gave up everything just because they were abandoned by the gods?”

… The atmosphere around him suddenly became cold at those harsh words.

Then the dragon snorted.

“Let me make you a proposition. If you swear allegiance to this body, I will lend you the strength to stand against God.”

However, the residents’ reaction only became more cold.

“We don’t want anything. We just want to live the rest of our lives quietly.”

The dragon suddenly became angry at those words.

“You just want to live the rest of your life quietly? Don’t you understand that that is luxury!”

It spread its wings wide and howled as if threatening everyone.

“Strife is a struggle for survival! Isn’t it an insult to life to hope for peace without receiving anything in return?”

The old woman lowered her head and spoke calmly.

“In that case, please take our lives right here.”

“I don’t understand. What on earth do you live for?”

“You don’t know anything about us.”

“…No, I know it very well.”

The dragon folded its wings and muttered with a very displeased expression.

“The gods reject the existence of the mind, so they dismiss right things as evil.”

Some residents looked somewhat surprised at that one word.

“I don’t expect an answer right away. Neither you nor this body cares about time.”

“I am just grateful for your generosity.”

“Instead, let me ask you one small favor.”

“What is.”

“I would like to make at least one of the people here my confidant…”

The dragon looked around and tilted its head.

“Huh? Where did he go?”

***

When all the residents were busy entertaining the dragon,

Drago was hard at work building something in the backyard of his house.

“Whew… for something that was hastily made, it’s pretty well made, isn’t it?”

A sail made by crawling leather on a platform made of logs and wooden planks.

It was a safe raft.

“This would at least be faster than walking down the mountain.”

Then he looked back and smiled.

“You think so too, Ally?”

Then Allie, who had been hiding all this time, appeared with a puzzled expression.

There were a lot of things she wanted to talk about if she could just talk.

Wouldn’t it be better to just use a sled?

If it was that sloppy in the first place, it wouldn’t be long before it broke.

Besides, no matter what you do, running away from the village is impossible.

… Before that, the plan was already ruined when Allie caught him.

But Drago said with a shameless smile.

“Don’t look at me like that. For now, I have my own thoughts.”

There was even a bomb made of gunpowder in a barrel placed on the raft.

A weapon prepared as insurance in case negotiations with the dragon fail.

Allie eventually aimed her bow at Drago.

But Drago didn’t seem to even have any intention of avoiding it.

“I’m sorry, but I know your plan. Even if I didn’t do this, you were planning to shoot me.”

“…….”

“Besides, isn’t that bow coated with paralyzing medicine?”

Allie looked surprised at those words.

“After paralyzing me, they probably tried to lie to the villagers and say I was dead.”

“…….”

“After that, they sent me out of the village and even tried to give me a medicine to restore the memories I made yesterday as a service.”

Ally was shocked and lowered her bow for a moment.

How on earth did this man figure that out?

“Maybe it was because you didn’t express yourself verbally, so it was easier to read your facial expressions.”

… Does not matter.

Because this man has no choice.

Allie raised her bow again.

but…

“I’m sorry, but I have no intention of going according to your plan.”

Trine pulled with all his might on the long rope lying on the floor.

Then the rest of the rope, cleverly hidden in the snow, was revealed.

And right below Ally.

“!!!”

Allie was startled and tried to escape, but the rope had already tightened around her ankles.

In the end, Ally fell, and Drago quickly tied up her entire body with rope.

“If you save me on your own and are found out later, you’ll be in big trouble.”

Drago sat the struggling Ally on the raft and tied her to a pole.

“So let’s twist the plan a little bit.”

Drago smiled mischievously and started pushing the raft.

“I’m taking you hostage and running away. Isn’t that easy to understand?”

***

“Can’t this guy, Trine, come out right away!”

When the dragon threatened, the old woman spoke carefully.

“Almighty One, I do not know the name Trine.”

“The one carrying my scales!”

“Ah… you mean Drago.”

Residents began looking around to find Drago.

But there was no need for that.

“I am here!”

Drago shouted as he pushed the raft out of the village entrance.

Even holding Allie hostage.

“Catch that guy!”

At the old woman’s cry, the residents all ran toward Drago.

However, Drago ignited the bomb and sent it tumbling down the raft.

“If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t chase me!”

In the end, while the residents were confused,

Drago began to speed down the hill on the raft.

The bomb exploded,

Only then did the residents start chasing Drago again.

“You can’t stand there!”

“You b*stard, how dare you attack Allie!”

“What on earth are you thinking!”

The dragon watched the scene from afar and didn’t know what to do.

I was truly astonished.

Last night, I secretly came to the village and explained the plan to Trine.

“What on earth is that guy planning?”

Then, the beings inside the dragon started making a fuss.

‘You explained things too roughly, which actually aroused suspicion!’

‘I would like to praise you for making a good decision in a state where you have no memory.’

‘Is now the time to say that? ‘We must chase after him and save our master right now!’

‘no. Let’s wait and see.’

In the end, the dragon sheepishly scratched his head and muttered.

“Well, he probably has his own thoughts, so I’ll keep an eye on him and if he looks really dangerous, I’ll save him then.”

***

“Damn it! I can’t control this at all!”

Drago tried to change direction by scraping the floor with a log, but in the end, only the log bounced and flew away.

Thanks to this, the raft is sprinting down the hill.

“Please don’t hit anything like this and just go forward!”

Drago eventually gave up control and fell flat on the step.

It’s a situation where I’m very scared.

How terrifying was Allie, who was tied to a pillar?

“Haaa!”

From noble mtl dot come

A hoarse, screeching sound came from her throat.

If he had been able to speak, he would have been swearing at Drago by now.

Fortunately, the speed of the raft was so fast that the residents seemed unable to chase after it.

But something more terrifying than that was pursuing him.

“Avalanche?! Why at this timing!”

When Drago got irritated, Ally started to struggle.

I had the illusion that Drago could hear her silent screams.

‘It’s because you exploded the gunpowder, you idiot!’

… Why did Drago refuse the dragon’s offer to save him?

There were two reasons.

One is that the dragon that appeared out of nowhere could not be trusted.

No, to be precise, the presence of a being behind him was unsettling.

The other one… It was because he did not like the dragon’s proposal.

‘Instead of saving you, please help me make this village my confidant.’

‘Why would you do such a thing?’

‘To prepare for war with God.’

I had no idea what it meant to go to war with God.

However, he did not like the idea of using the village for war.

A village of the forgotten and forgotten.

All they want is to live quietly without any outside interference.

I couldn’t allow this to be interrupted by a guy who appeared out of nowhere.

That’s why I ignored the dragon’s suggestion and committed such an ignorant act…

“Kwaaa

“Haaa!”

Every time the raft floated and fell, regret gradually began to come to me.

The sail was already broken and a couple of logs from the scaffolding had fallen off.

Even the huge waves of snow following closely behind got faster and faster.

Ally glared at Drago with all kinds of resentment.

“I said I was sorry!”

Drago untied Allie’s rope.

There would be nothing she could do in this situation anyway.

But that was Drago’s mistake.

“!!!”

As soon as her body was freed, Allie pounced on Drago, knocked him down, and climbed on top of him.

“Wait a minute! If we do this here, we’ll both die!”

However, Allie swung her fist wildly, determined to punch Drago in the face even if she died.

Eventually, a fierce fight broke out between the two,

Soon the raft flipped over, as if it had gotten caught on a rock.

“Ouch!”

“ha!”

Drago and Allie’s bodies were thrown off the raft.

Of course, the place where it flew was a cliff.

“!!!”

Ally closed her eyes in resignation.

But it seemed like Drago had no intention of giving up just yet.

“Hold on tight!”

Drago hugs Allie with one hand,

With my other hand, I managed to grab a hold of the protruding part in the middle of the cliff.

… Hold on until the avalanche falling from above stops,

Together, we managed to climb up the cliff.

“I really thought I was going to die.”

Drago was trying to catch his breath for a moment when Ally suddenly stabbed him in the arm with a dagger.

“Now, wait a minute-”

Drago was embarrassed and jumped away to avoid it, but

Ally stopped chasing him and stood in front of the cliff.

Then, the blood on the dagger was scattered right in front of him.

It seemed like they were trying to create fake evidence that Drago died by falling off a cliff.

Only then did Drago breathe a sigh of relief.

“Thank you for everything… and I’m sorry.”

Ally nervously threw the small vial in her arms near Drago.

Then he made an easy-to-understand gesture.

‘If you talk about the village, I will find you and kill you.’

Then, without even looking at his face, she turned around as if she was going back to the village.

“Wait a minute.”

Drago picked up the vial,

“You have this.”

I forced the vial into Allie’s hand.

Ally glared at Drago with an expression asking what he was doing.

Then Drago answered shamelessly.

“I’ll be back. So until then, I’ll leave my memories to you.”

“…….”

“It looks like the dragon problem hasn’t been resolved yet, and I haven’t been able to return the favor to you.”

What on earth is this man talking about?

What qualifications do you have to come back to the village?

If this is going to happen, why not even think about running away from the beginning?

“After spending a week in the village, I realized that not only you but everyone in the village is mute.”

Drago said as he took out a bandage from his pocket and wrapped the wound on his arm.

“Everyone is screaming about something. It’s painful, so they’re erasing their own memories.”

“…….”

“Don’t say rude things like telling me not to interfere because he’s irrelevant.”

“…….”

“I am also a villager and your friend.”

“…….”

“Give me a chance.”

Drago held out his hand to Ally.

“At least I’ll find a way to ease your…no, the village’s suffering.”

This man is crazy.

They are talking nonsense about a topic they know nothing about.

What are you fighting against?

To a subject who doesn’t even know who he is.

but,

Therefore, he might really be able to save this purgatory town.

“…….”

Allie took out a white feather from her arms.

And instead of shaking hands, he gave the feather to Drago’s hand.

“what’s this?”

Didn’t answer.

He turned around and started walking towards the village, leaving Drago alone.

“Just wait a little while! I will definitely come back!”

At the shout coming from behind,

A feeling that had been frozen in my heart all along began to rise.