Chapter 49
Chapter 49: Spy, Traitor, and Kang Chul-In
Podolski’s act continued long into the night .
The reason being that he wanted Lee Chae-rin’s guards to relax their guard around him .
After that, Podolski and Chae-rin started laughing crazily, like two idiots .
“KUHAHAHA! Kuuuk, I’m getting drunk!”
After drinking the ground grape (grape that grows in the ground, I didn’t know that this even existed) wine, Podolski’s face turned red, as he started throwing a fit .
“Kuuu, this wine, it’s really good . We don’t seem to have this kind of wine in home, do we?”
The ‘home’ that Podolski referred to was obviously Earth .
“Hoho! This is only found in our territory . It’s realllllllly strong wine . Want another one?”
Chae-rin followed Podolski’s act perfectly . Her will to become a strong Lord like Kang Chul-in allowed her to get through the humiliation she felt .
“Huuuu! Hey, Chae-rin . ”
After drinking even more wine, Podolski started staring at Chae-rin with one eye .
“Don’t you think it’s been quite a time since we’ve shared our love? I think the last time we did was at ‘that’ place . ”
For a second, Chae-rin’s body froze from the strong words that Podolski spouted .
“Huhu . ” laughed Podolski, as he started hugging Chae-rin .
Of course, it was an act .
“Huuu, not right now . ”
“Huh? Why not?”
“Need more wine…”
“Hahaha, of course, of course . ”
Podolski nodded his head .
“You always needed wine to make you go hot . Then later today after your plenty drunk?”
“Hohoho! Well, I guess we’ll see when I really get that drunk, won’t we?”
Unexpectedly, their acts were almost perfect . This was because Chae-rin tried her absolute hardest in order to match his act .
“But…”
“Who are those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds over there? I looked earlier, but your underlings seemed plenty disrespectful to you . Like you said, they deserve to be beaten .
As Podolski let out his feelings, Chae-rin seemed like she didn’t want to miss this chance and spoke .
“Yes, they truly are arrogant and disrespectful . ”
And she ground her teeth .
“Arrogant and disrespectful?!”
“Instead of listening to their lord’s orders, they treat her like a scarecrow, and ignore her instead . What a bunch of stoneheads (a way of saying idiot in korean)”
“Stoneheads, huh?”
“Huuu, I don’t think there are any underlings as ridiculous and unfaithful as mine . ”
“W-What? Hmph, I guess they need to get educated then . ”
As he said that, Podolski flexed his muscles .
“Dwarves are idiots . ”
“Hmm?”
“They only think of retaking their territory, and don’t know how to use their brains . Oh, did I mention that we were in a war right now?”
“Oh, you mentioned that last week . ”
“Oh, did I?”
“Hehe, maybe you forgot after that pa.s.sionate night with me . ”
“Humph… Oh you!”
Now, they had almost a perfect harmony when they acted .
“Anyway, the dwarves only focus on retaking that area . They almost spent 2000 of their forces in retaking it . But do you know what happened?”
“No way . ”
“Yes . Even after spending 2000 of their soldiers, these stupid dwarves failed to take back the land . If we had spent that much of our men in striking another Lord, the story would be different . But since they do these things, how can I say that they are anything but idiots . Hohoho!”
‘Ohh, seems like this Lord also has a sort of strategy too, not bad . ’
Podolski listened to Chae-rin’s talking, and was impressed . But he didn’t show any reaction about it .
“Those stupid b.a.s.t.a.r.ds . Why don’t you do anything to them?”
“Sigh, if only I could . There’s no one on my side . They don’t listen to my orders, so what am I supposed to do against them?”
“Hmph, I guess I’ll help you then . ”
“Tomorrow morning, I’ll help you educate those short b.a.s.t.a.r.ds . Then, won’t you be able to your authority back?”
“Can you do that for me?”
“Of course I can . ”
“My friend has a territory 100 km from here . With my skills and his army, we would easily get rid of your stupid dwarves and get your authority back for you . ”
“If only that worked… Haha, I would be able to spend blissful days with you if that worked . ”
After that, their conversation continued for a couple of more hours, until Chae-rin finally couldn’t resist the effects of the wine and fell asleep .
“Hmm, did I make her drink to much?”
After Chae-rin fainted, Podolski took her to her bedroom while wobbling the whole way .
After leaving her there and walking away, he mumbled to himself, although it was just mutterings of a drunk .
… until he fell down on the gra.s.s and fell asleep there, completely drunk .
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“Secretary Sledge . ”
The dwarf who was acting as a spy came to Sledge to report as soon as their drinking was over .
“They finally stopped drinking . ”
“How was it?”
“It was utter chaos, sir . They couldn’t stop talking about ridiculous plans on taking her authority back . ”
“Huh . The b*tch I knew would drink wine sometimes, but wouldn’t engage in stupid conversations like this . ”
They called her a b*tch in order to discriminate her, and this was now commonly said by the dwarves whenever Lee Chae-rin wasn’t present .
“As I saw it, her true personality began to surface when she got drink . According to her friends words, she become pa.s.sionate when she drinks too much . ”
The one acting as a spy began talking enthusiastically .
“Sigh~ then she really is a b*tch, isn’t she . ”
“As expected, human females who pretend to act weak and nice do bad things behind one’s back huh . ”
“Yes, that’s exactly it, sir . ”
“What do you mean that’s it? Is there more?”
“It seems like they had a plot in order to take back her authority . ”
“Plot? What kind of plot . ”
“That b.a.s.t.a.r.d that drank with her said that he’d help her retake her authority . ”
“HAHAHA, it seems like that guy isn’t very simple either?”
“Yes, I’m very sure he isn’t very simple too . ”
“Okay then, continue . ”
“He said that he has a friend who’s a Lord, located around 100km away from here . He said that he could gather the help of that Lord and help her retake her authority . ”
“WHAT!” Sledge stood up and shouted in shock .
“H-how dare she think of bringing outside forces…”
“S-sir, please calm down . ”
“AS IF I COULD! That b*tch of a woman isn’t thinking of helping us retake Nidavellir, but rather thinking of getting outside help in order to wreck chaos and chase us out . ”
“Secretary, please calm yourself…”
“CALM MYSELF MY *SS! LOOKING AT HOW THINGS ARE GOING, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE IS ABOUT TO REGAIN HER AUTHORITY HERE!”
“But I don’t think you need to worry so much, sir . ”
“Huh? Why not?”
“It seemed like her friend was a huge boaster . He kept on saying things on how great he was . To me, it seemed like he was just boasting, and seemed like a con-man . Not only that, his drinking habits are so bad that he fell asleep in the garden, drunk . ”
“Ohhh, so that’s how things were, huh . ” Sledge starting laughing sinisterly .
“Kuku, no matter what you do, you won’t be able to escape from my fingertips . It seems like this b*tch has no luck either . But… I can’t just leave her alone . ”
He didn’t completely relax his guard .
“Look carefully at how the adventurers behave . There’s a chance that they will make a deal with them, or try to convince them to join their cause . ”
“Yes, sir!”
“Not only that, if someone comes to try and meet her now, tell them that she’s unable . Don’t let her see anyone, got it?”
At this moment, Sledge stepped over the line that he never should have, which was betraying his own Lord .
“W-water…”
Lee Chae-rin’s dry throat made her wake up from her sleep .
‘Sigh, I drank too much . ’
Although it seemed like she had slept for a long time, her head hurt a lot .
Well, maybe it was to be expected after drinking 7 bottles of wine with Podolski . It was already impressive that she was able to keep up her part of the act .
She stretched her hands towards the bottle of water .
No, she tried to, but she couldn’t .
This was because she was startled by the presence of a man, sitting near her .
The man had a pelt that seemed like a Black Leopard draped over his whole body, giving off a mysterious feeling, as the moon was covered by his silhouette .
“You finally woke up . I was going to, if you didn’t . ”
The cold voice was able to calm her startled heart . It was the voice of Kang Chul-in .
“Haha, Mr . Chul-in!”
“B-but… how did you get up here?”
“Through the window . ”
“The window?!” she was surprised .
Below the window was a cliff that stretched for over 30 meters, it was something that no human should be able to scale .
“It’s not that difficult for me . ”
Kang Chul-in spoke indifferently . For him with overdrive on, it truly was nothing .
“Oh…”
“Take this . ”
Kang Chul-in threw 2 scroll of parchment to her .
“What’s this?” she asked .
“One of them is for the contract, and the other one…” Kang Chul-in spoke .
“Is a ‘death list’ . ”
It was a book that would determined who died, and who lived; a ‘death list’ .