I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party

91 – The Ascetic of Kapilavastu (4)

The Ascetic of Kapilavastu (4)

“Hmm… … .”

Jim quietly left the room to sunbathe after Five asked him to give him more time to think.

Eventually, she will agree.

That’s her nature. Wasn’t she a warrior?

Warriors are those who pioneer the path. They are those who challenge the impossible.

Yes, the Holy Sword is what gives proof to beings born that way.

That’s why Five will eventually choose to take on the challenge.

Even though she died once, she was a warrior.

Even if she doesn’t have the Holy Sword, it doesn’t mean she loses her qualities as a warrior.

The Holy Sword is merely a symbol.

“The weather is nice… … .”

Yes, the day will come when Jim will stand before the Demon King, and when Five will cooperate and a new party will be formed.

It was frustrating to live by hiding my strength and intelligence while infiltrating the warrior party. Furthermore, moving in a different direction from the warrior party would be good for the success of the plan.

‘This is the most ideal form.’

Jim’s perfect plan.

In a way, you could say that it helps the warrior party.

Of course, as a burden, I think it would be good if the warrior and the demon king could resolve the issue through dialogue.

The warrior appears when the world is in crisis.

However, it is not necessarily because of the Demon King. Sometimes it is a disaster, and sometimes it is something man-made.

And above all, there are fewer cases than you might think where the individual warrior’s power takes precedence.

A warrior is not an overwhelmingly strong person, but a focal point that brings the world together.

That is why we can say that judgment is more important than anything else. What we have already realized after encountering it once is that it is impossible to physically defeat the Demon King.

And Jim thinks Esmeralda is more than capable of being a warrior. He thinks she could find a way to defeat the Demon King other than by doing so.

“hey.”

Five, who had thrown his luggage out saying he was going to change his clothes, belatedly came out of the cabin.

She was wearing relatively ordinary clothes. To anyone who saw her, she would have looked like someone just wandering around the street.

It was not the luggage, but the clothes the extras chose that created the effect.

It’s just a pity as a burden.

“It suits you well.”

“What do you mean, it suits you?”

Five didn’t even blink at Jim’s blatant praise.

We’ve already seen that Jim is a womanizing son of b*tch.

Considering the madness shown by the saint and the wizard, Jim’s words and actions should be watched carefully. If it were one person, it would be strange, but if there are multiple crazy women around him at the same time, it means there is a problem with him.

“Are your thoughts organized?”

“No, I need to watch you a little longer and then decide.”

“Would you like to spar with me? Fighting me might not be a very pleasant experience.”

“No, that’s fine. I’m just trying to see if you’re trustworthy. As you know, my past is my past. I don’t plan on putting just anyone behind my back.”

“So you want to get to know me slowly? Okay. It’s a stage where we get to know each other.”

“… … .”

Five clicked his tongue at the sight of Jim’s sly appearance. What kind of psychopaths are these that follow around like this? Are they on drugs or something?

Five rolled his eyes as if he was seeing something dirty, then said.

“Where is this place?”

Five had always thought he was locked up in an isolated prison.

However, when I actually came out, I saw not a remote prison, but a quiet village nearby.

“Well… … .”

“If you want to hide a tree, hide it in the forest.”

The one who intercepted Jim’s answer was none other than an extra.

It seems he has returned after leaving the cabin, saying he had something to do after giving Five a change of clothes.

He was still frowning as he had when he left.

“Are you done with your work?”

“okay.”

With those words, the extra put down groceries.

It seemed as if it had been brought from a nearby village.

“The mouth… … It seems like we have one more big eater, so this much is necessary. Don’t you think so, Jim?”

“It’s a good thing to have a good appetite. I think it’s attractive.”

“… … .”

Five, who had actually heard the compliment, had an expression on his face like he had bitten a bug.

What on earth do these crazy b*stards think of a person who can barely eat after starving for months? She doesn’t normally eat that much.

At the moment, it was a matter of survival, so we had to fill it with energy as quickly as possible, like putting firewood into a fire.

‘Of course, it’s not that I can’t eat it… … No, the more I think about it, the more ridiculous it becomes. I guess I can eat it a little.’

Even as Five secretly felt disappointed, Jim and the extras continued their banter.

“What is not good for you?”

“… … unnaturalness of the face?”

“If you judge someone by their appearance, isn’t that even worse?”

Eventually, as usual, the extra waved his hand in disgust and stopped talking to Jim.

“Jim? Can I ask you one thing? If I join hands with you, do I have to walk around with this son of a b*tch too?”

Five asked in a hushed voice, as if he had been patient for a long time.

“Well, that’s usually how it goes.”

“Do you think I would tolerate that?”

The atmosphere suddenly becomes cold.

The feeling that everything would soon be resolved smoothly disappeared, and an unbearable anger quietly lingered.

“See? I told you this would happen, Jim. You asked me to do the persuasion, so do something yourself?”

The extra shrugged as if to say, “It was coming.”

He knew things would turn out like this.

What he did to Five in the first place was the same as touching her sore spot. Didn’t he do something similar to someone who had been betrayed and killed by his former colleagues?

From Five’s perspective, he can only be a traitor.

Even though it was unintentional, wasn’t it like reenacting the end of a moment when she was human, especially since I had left her here and kept her there?

“I think, as I said from the beginning, we should have negotiated at the price of our lives.”

The extra is a traitor.

I have no intention of denying that.

Is there anything you can’t do to survive?

It’s also true that he chose to do the thing that Five would hate the most.

That’s why I was able to draw out her rage and exploit it. Yes, because I knew what she hated the most.

He did terrible things to Five just to win.

Would you like to be with someone like that?

It’s a problem that I thought was absolutely impossible as an extra.

So, I thought that we should first negotiate to have him cooperate at the cost of his life before releasing him.

Well, an oath that is just words is meaningless… … .

‘That crazy b*tch hates lies, so I could barely rely on that… … .’

I thought that Five would hate lies even more because he had been betrayed by his past colleagues.

But the result was this. Jim released Five without any prior arrangements and treated him to all sorts of treats before he made a proposal.

And that too with a traitor by his side.

So how does Jim plan on persuading Five?

Is there any way for him to mediate between the two?

“Well, please give me some time. I need to think about it a bit to convince you both, don’t you? Until then, please don’t fight and draw attention to yourself.”

“No, what have you been doing for so long without thinking? You idiot!”

The extra grabbed Jim by the collar with an urgent expression.

Because Five’s gaze, which was glaring as if he was going to burn himself at any moment, was truly terrifying.

“… … Well, fine. Since you let me go without any fuss, I’ll tolerate it for now. However, you should prepare a way to persuade me before leaving this village.”

“Don’t worry, Commander. I have a perfect plan.”

“Yeah, I don’t expect much.”

Five laughed at Jim’s confidence and sat down next to him.

It must be because he looked so comfortable sunbathing.

Yes, she was also a human being in her lifetime, so she was someone who couldn’t help but welcome the sun of the human world.

“Oh, and don’t call me Corps Commander or Five anymore. I heard you were fired from the position of Corps Commander anyway. Now, someone else will probably use that name.”

“That won’t be the case. It would have been better to just leave them empty. If you put up Six to Twelve at once, it would be confusing to call them by their names.”

“Is that so too?”

The demon tribe basically does not call others by their names.

That’s why I feel awkward about calling people by their names.

Belphegor was originally named by number because it was annoying. Now, there will be no need to be obsessed with the number itself, so there will be no changes to the position or name of the legion commander for the time being.

“Well, I’ll call you Garnet from now on. Five… … I’ve always hated that name. All the demon kids have weird names, don’t they?”

“Considering what you say, I believe that the name of the Extra Lieutenant Colonel was given by Garnet.”

“I’m half demon too.”

“In fact, not a single drop of demon blood flows.”

“What do you know? That would be nice of you to be like the Demon. What’s your name, Jim?”

“Isn’t that common? It’s a name you could find anywhere.”

“That’s… … yeah.”

The sight of the two people somehow felt friendly. The extra felt fear as he watched them.

It’s not the fear of Five, who was making a fuss about burning himself. It’s the fear of Jim, who was sitting next to Five and making a fuss.

‘What the hell is this kid doing? What the hell did he do in that short amount of time?’

No, what on earth did you do to become so close already?

The extras recalled the reason Jim tried to escape the warrior party.

And then I shuddered as I thought about the possible future scenarios that flashed through my mind.

“omg?!”

This kid. He’s no ordinary guy.