There Was a Porter Who Would One Day Be Called a Prophet

88 – Choice

“What? Why are you here?”

Chloe asks with a face that is half embarrassed and half happy.

Her tail waggled in the air behind her back, unable to remember when someone had come this close to her.

“Is it breakfast already? Meat?”

Seeing her asking such a question made me rage inside.

That’s it. Look at them looking for meat as soon as they open their eyes.

I thought about what I was just going to throw away, so I came to pick it up.

Leaving behind her resentful heart, she opened her mouth.

“I’m getting out of here.”

“What?”

After a moment of surprise on her face, she said, showing her chains on her own limbs.

“As long as I have this, I can’t go anywhere…”

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Chloe has the same face as the people we met earlier.

Without saying a word, the porter picked up the wires that were worn around his ears one by one.

-Click.

“So it’s useless. Thank you for coming, but I…”

-Click.

“Hey, are you listening to me? It’s no use… Huh…?”

She opens her eyes wide and giggles at the situation in which all the chains that restrained her have come loose.

“All right?”

“Huh? Huh huh?”

“I don’t have time, so come quickly.”

-Gasp.

She grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the messy cage.

“Huh? hhhhh?!”

Chloe was dumbfounded.

Things I thought impossible happened in an instant.

Her chains are also chains, but she couldn’t take her eyes off the arm that held her now.

Her only contact with others was when her brothers and sisters beat her and her mother hugged her. I had the illusion that he might be dreaming of her.

Of course, the person concerned was full of thoughts of getting out of here.

Bells were ringing everywhere as the porter and Chloe came down the hill.

– Ding Ding Ding Ding!

“Damn it…!”

Now the thieves must have noticed that the slaves had escaped.

***

“How did this happen!”

Seeing the empty warehouse, the whole eyepatch screamed.

All the thieves gathered in the plaza and looked at each other. Only the heads were sighing and grasping the situation.

After a while.

The crowd split left and right, and the captain stepped out between them.

“What kind of bastard.”

In response to his question, suppressing his anger, the long-haired man, who was at the top of his turn, answered with a trembling voice.

“I’m figuring out who it is now, but it seems to take some time there…”

“Huh. You don’t even know who did it? Where did the guys who should be on the lookout here do what?”

– Swipe.

Two thieves barely breathing were standing where the long-haired gaze was directed, and the captain’s eyes narrowed when he saw them.

“How dare you… Touch my family?”

When the captain got angry, the bald head next to him corrected his misunderstanding.

“That, Captain. That’s what we do.”

“…What?”

“They weren’t warned to stand and were robbed while sleeping.”

The captain took another look at them and said.

“Anyway, isn’t that a bit harsh?”

Then, the bald heads began to report why they did that.

“I tried to endure it as much as possible. Well, who would have known that these bastards would get robbed here? It’s obvious that other people sleep while standing guard, but they say it’s unfair for only them to be scolded, so stop…”

“Kuhmm…”

The captain, who had been silent for a while, cleared his throat once and opened his mouth.

“Anyway. He’s a thief who robs a gang of bandits. No matter what kind of guy he is, he’s swollen properly.”

Then, after thinking with his eyes closed for a while, the captain showed his reasoning to everyone gathered there.

“Then the bastard who is not here must be the culprit.”

Soon, his gaze began to examine the thieves one by one.

Seeing the scene, Burke’s men called out to Burke in a tone that couldn’t hide their worries.

“Brother. Will the youngest be okay…”

“…”

Finally, the captain’s eyes turned to Burke.

“Burke.”

“…Your brother.”

A chilly voice filled with anger flew at Burke, who finally answered.

“Your youngest. No, where is that bastard now?”

“That’s…”

It was Burke who was going to lie for his youngest son.

“It’s a big deal, big brother!”

It was fizzled out by someone who suddenly intervened.

“What else!”

“Huh? Dae, was there a captain?”

Maybe he didn’t know there was a captain, the thug stopped for a while and continued his report.

“The slaves have escaped! The man in charge is dead!”

‘Maknae… !’

It was Burke who tightly closed his eyes at the youngest son’s behavior that exceeded his expectations.

***

Deep in the forest, where even the loud sound of the bell can’t reach.

A black-haired man and a pink-haired woman were running side by side.

“Haa…! Haa…!”

The man looked fine, but the woman was breathing heavily, probably because running was too daunting.

“Wait! Wait!”

Chloe’s urgent voice came from behind.

“Just a little bit…ha…. Take a break….”

– Fluffy.

With those words, Chloe collapses into her seat.

I couldn’t help but frown at the fact that it had already spread.

“I don’t have time for this right now. It’s not safe yet. Get up quickly.”

Although she urged her, saying that she had a long way to go.

“But I’ve been locked up for a while, what should I do then…”

She has refused, citing reasonable reasons.

I thought it would be okay because I heard it was a beast, but it seems it isn’t.

– Sweep.

I could see the lights wandering in the distance, but since we didn’t know where we were, we decided to accommodate.

“Then let’s rest for a while.”

“Really?”

Then, not being able to sit down was enough, Chloe ended up lying down.

I was looking at her with her disapproving face, but she started tilting her head.

Feeling a bit ominous, I took a closer look and saw that her thin cord was touching her fingertips.

-Jinglang.

Suddenly, the sound of bells spread through the forest.

I panicked and followed the line with my eyes.

‘A drop?!’

There, a bell skillfully hidden by a tree was making a loud display of its presence.

– There it is! I can hear it from there!

The sound of thieves chasing after them like ghosts came from far away.

‘These bastards….’

I urged Chloe, who had not yet grasped the situation.

“Be patient and run! You don’t want to be caught like this!”

“Ugh, yes!”

Chloe started moving when I screamed.

However, given that there are drops, I should have considered other possibilities.

“Kyaaagh!”

A tearing scream came from right behind me.

‘What else this time… !’

I hurriedly looked back and faced the worst.

Should I call it a bear trap?

If you stepped on the middle, the sharp teeth protruding from both sides dug into the trap, not letting go of her ankle and holding her tight.

-Kikkik.

She hurriedly opened her traps on either side of her and pulled her out, but she caught sight of her already mangled feet.

“Damn it…”

It is almost impossible to run away from them with these feet.

“Huhhhhh…”

– You are now rats in the dock!

Her cries and the sound of the thieves chasing her hit my ears at the same time.

What should I do?

I felt it the last time I carried Aria on my back. That I can’t run for a long time with someone on my back.

“…”

Did you run away alone?

Were both caught?

I made a decision right away.

“Get up.”

“… Huh?”

“Hurry up. I don’t have time.”

“But…”

“If I get caught here, I’ll be put back in the cage. Would you like to?”

“…”

– Sweep.

Her warm body temperature and soft touch ran down her back.

-Kung kung kung kung!

The moment when the footsteps carrying the weight of two people resonated in the forest.

“You know, it’s better…”

I heard Chloe’s crying voice from right next to my ear.

“I was scared… I couldn’t run away anymore, but I was afraid that if I asked you for help, I’d be rejected…”

“…”

“And if you help me, I’m afraid you’ll get caught too…”

“If you know, be quiet. It’ll get in the way of running.”

“Yes…”

The arms that embraced me tightened even more tightly.

If it was like usual, I would have regretted it, saying that I was in danger for nothing. Do I have to get used to it because I committed it?

Now, rather than regretting it, I decided to try as much as I could.

‘Since I took it out, I must take responsibility. How is it different from a cat mom who only feeds and leaves if she gets in the way?’

How long has it been?

I suddenly realized that I was running longer than I thought.

When she turned her head to confirm, her eyes met Chloe who was staring at me.

Now, even the torches the thieves were carrying are no longer visible.

It was an attempt that I thought would be quite difficult, but somehow it was easy.

I don’t know why.

***

-Joljoljoljol.

As I was running for a while, I heard the sound of water, so I headed towards it and saw a small valley surrounded by rocks.

Thinking it was going well, I went to the water’s edge and set Chloe down next to it.

“Give me your feet.”

“Yes.”

“…This is a hand. It’s a foot.”

“All beasts are feet…?”

“…”

It seems that I lacked the sensitivity of a beastman.

Do we have to treat them like animals here?

Let me, who barely persevered, succeed in dipping her feet into the valley.

“Wow..!”

She moaned in pain as her wounded feet touched the water.

“Be patient, it’s better than leaving it as it is.”

“But you also have hands…”

“Ah.”

As she said, my hand was badly torn.

It looks like it was torn while opening the trap earlier.

I didn’t even know I was sick because the situation was so urgent. It wasn’t until I saw it with my own eyes that it started to hurt.

I didn’t know, but why is it such a mess for you to tell me?

As I followed her, dipping my hand into her valley, I had a sudden thought.

‘Last time I was healed quickly at the ruins, but why this time….’

At that time, the leather on his hands was obviously gone.

It’s strange that my hand healed so quickly in the first place.

I decided to postpone my unknown worries until later and looked closely at her wounded feet.

“Do you like things like this…?”

Chloe wiggles her toes with words she doesn’t understand.

What bullsh*t… No, should I say nyangsori here?

Her wounds were quite deep, so she got up to look for some medicinal herbs, as it seemed that simple treatment would not work.

“Wait, where are we going!”

“I’ll bring you some herbs.”

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Chloe then asked me with anxious eyes.

“Are you coming back…?”

As if to confirm.

Did I say that cats are territorial animals?

He must be doing that in an unfamiliar place.

“If you keep doing that, I’ll really throw it away.”

“Ah, okay…”

She left her behind her and walked around looking for anything useful.

The days when he was Sonia’s shuttle before.

Thanks to the people talking about this and that every time I picked something up, even I, a weakling, could be distinguished to some extent.

Thanks Sonia.

After picking out a handful of herbs effective for hemostasis, I came back.

“You’re here!”

Gently.

She caught her eye, her tail wagging with the tip bent.

Wasn’t that just drooping?

She set aside her slight shift and sat down beside her as she picked up her usable stone.

Grasses that are quickly crushed when herbs are ground on a flat stone.

I used to play like this often at the orphanage.

After the herbs were chopped, he took off his top.

I have nothing to use as a bandage, so I took off the long-sleeved T-shirt I was wearing under my hoodie and am tearing the arm.

-Gulp.

I heard the sound of saliva dripping next to me, so I looked up.

-Wack.

As soon as my eyes met, Chloe turned her head.

I think I felt some kind of sly gaze, but I decided to turn off my nerves because I was a lesbian.

It’s just that men’s bodies are amazing.

Thinking nothing of it, I put the clump of herbs into her torn cloth and wrapped it around her ankle.

“Doesn’t it hurt or something?”

“It stings a little, but it’s tolerable.”

Yes? It shouldn’t sting already.

Kwak.

“Sigh…!”

When I tightened the knot, I couldn’t stand it and moaned.

“Even if it hurts, don’t let go.”

“Yeah… I’ll be patient…”

After the treatment, silence fell between us.

I’m rubbing my palms together after gathering the remaining herbs. Chloe asked me.

“Hey, how did you do that earlier?”

“What?”

“You know. He did this with a strange stick.”

– Swip swish.

Chloe explains something with poor hands.

The distance between my eyebrows narrowed as I observed that scene.

‘What is it? Are we going to ask 20 questions now?’

Caress… I didn’t bother to say it because I didn’t think it would be the case.

It was only after various incorrect answers such as mime and water vein came out that I was able to understand what the gesture represented.

“Did you pick the lock?”

“Yeah! That! Can you tell me about that too?”

Chloe looks at me with bright eyes.

What else can I say? That’s it, of course.

“I don’t like it.”

“Huh…?”

“Why me?”

***

-Beep.

A dark road at night.

There were characters walking down a path in the forest, relying on the light emitted by the spirit.

Walking along the valley at night was no big deal for them, but it was a big problem for the glutton who guided them.

“Carrying…”

Talia, looking for the porter with a weak voice, was still walking while looking at her spell.

Raina, who was walking in front of her, suddenly pricked up her ears.

“Wait. Something’s coming this way.”

“What? Demon. Is that for real?”

– Doo doo doo.

After a while.

Several carriages were speeding down the night road in the distance.

“A carriage at this hour… What could it be?”

Did you see the spirit’s light? The carriage in the lead slowed down.

– Hee hee hee.

The carriage stopped before my eyes.

Looking at the place where the coachman was, a man with a swollen face was sitting there with a look of uneasiness as if he had been hit by someone.

Soon after, as the man’s gaze turned to Dae-sik, the warrior who saw that the reins he was holding was about to exert force quickly kicked Dae-sik in the hamstrings.

“Quaaagh!”

“This is our prisoner. Don’t worry.”

“That’s right?”

A man who had a clear expression of bewilderment, but loosened his grip on the reins.

“We are a party of warriors. What are you doing here at this time?”

“That’s what I mean…”

“A warrior party?”

Before the man could finish his words, the carriage door burst open, and a small girl jumped out of it.

Then the child’s gaze, which had been carefully looking around, stopped at the hero.

“Wow! Are you a real warrior?!”

As the warrior was taken aback by the sudden appearance of a young child, a woman who appeared to be the child’s mother got out of the carriage and snatched her child at the same time, and naturally lowered her head like water flowing.

“Sorry! My child isn’t immature yet…”

“Oh, no. It’s nice that he’s lively.”

“Definitely this one looks cooler!”

‘This way?’

The words came out of the child’s mouth, but he couldn’t hear them.

“Hey! What are you talking about in front of your colleagues…!”

“But it’s true.”

“Hey, did you just say colleague?”

Then the woman with a smile on her face answered.

“Yeah. What would all of us do if it wasn’t for him… He really hates to think about it.”

‘No way.’

While the warrior was guessing.

A saintess came out from behind, grabbed the woman’s hand, and began to earnestly ask for it.

“Could you tell me more about how you look? Please, please.”

Although she was very embarrassed to see the saintess clinging to her. Soon she came to her senses and she told what she had seen.

“So… with her dark hair and a strange look….”

Every time the woman opened her mouth, it seemed that life returned to their eyes.

A woman who felt burdened by the stares of the moguls directed at her hastily drove a wedge.

“Oh! And you called yourself a porter!”

At the same time, the expressions of the four people suddenly changed.

-Beep.

The porter’s location, out of range of Dispel, appeared above Talia’s spell.