How a Black-Haired Barbarian Survived the Labyrinth in Another World-Chapter 25: Reunion and Uneasy Movement
Two weeks passed.
Jung Yu-shin's daily life was a routine of endless training.
He woke up at dawn, stretched his body, and racked his brain to skillfully use his magic power to master the imprinting technique.
He studied at the temple from morning to lunch.
He worked hard at the swordsmanship association from lunch to night.
His body, which had improved through leveling up, was quickly adapting to the harsh training.
Should I say that his body's low point was greatly increased?
It would be more appropriate to see him as a body that had been administered anabolic steroids and growth hormones dozens of times more than the recommended dose.
He had already lost his flab while working at the monster dismantling center.
He built up his muscles at the swordsmanship association.
He was amazed by the explosive growth in muscle strength and stamina that occurred every day, and he stuck his tongue out inwardly.
And it was fun.
‘There’s a reason why people get into fitness.’
After finishing his early morning training, he sat down on the inn table and admired his arms. His strong muscles and thick veins stood out.
“Is this my arm?”
It was like the strong arms of Geum Tae-yang in the NTR genre.
With these arms, he grabbed Mi-on’s neck from behind and grabbed her breasts.
At the moment when he was about to fall into a strange delusion, he slapped himself.
Crack!
“Come to your senses. This isn’t the time for you to be like this.”
He rubbed his cold cheek and repeated to himself.
Creak.
The inn door opened and a man came in. Then, all eyes in the inn were focused on that man.
The chattering conversation stopped and a strange silence fell over the inn.
Jeong Yu-shin also came to his senses and turned his head to look at that man.
Karin.
The eldest daughter of the representative of the Suin Union and the benefactor who saved her life.
Karin and Jung Yu-shin’s eyes met.
“Hello.”
She bowed her head slightly to greet him. Although she had suffered the humiliation of begging for her life with her head down, she had been saved.
Karin’s red tail swayed.
Her white shirt clearly revealed her black lace bra, and her tight brown leather pants showed off her solid thighs and plump butt without any filter.
Behind her waist were two daggers crossed, with only the handles sticking out sharply.
Karin approached and sat down on the chair opposite Jung Yu-shin.
“Darmong. Give me food.”
“Yes. Miss.”
As expected of a high-ranking official of the Suin Union, Darmong was also polite.
Darmon greeted her politely and went into the kitchen to bring out food and put it on the table.
It was a dish of sausages cut into large pieces and fried with potatoes and cabbage. Toasted rye bread and Kaimac Bismury cream were also served.
“Let’s eat first and then talk.”
“Yes.”
The two were absorbed in their meal for a while. Karin must have been hungry, because she finished the food in perfect order. Jung Yu-shin, not to be outdone, quickly moved her fork and spoon.
“Whew. I ate well. It’s hot. Is it summer now?”
Karin said, fanning herself.
The front of her shirt was soaked with sweat, and even the embroidery on her black lace bra was visible.
“You said a group of slave hunters sent assassins?”
A sudden question.
“Yes. But is it okay to talk about this in a crowded place?”
“I’m telling you to listen.”
Karin looked around.
Those who met Karin’s eyes lowered their heads and some got up and left the inn in a hurry.
“I’m sorry. It’s my fault that the slave hunters attacked you.”
Karin apologized.
“Why is it your fault, Karin?”
“I’ve beaten up a lot of guys. I guess I was really angry. I think I attacked you and delivered a message.”
“What kind of message?”
“A message that we’re watching over you. You can’t touch me, so you touched me, who I saved.”
“Why would you attack me? There must have been many others.”
“Barbaro has no connections and no support.”
Jeong Yu-shin’s expression crumpled. He couldn’t refute it because it was true. He couldn’t even name Seamus. Luke would come kill him right away.
“Understood. I’m glad I got an apology and learned the details of the attack. Then I’ll go.”
“We’re not done talking.”
Jung Yu-shin sat down on the road.
“What is it?”
“Come under me.”
Jung Yu-shin and Karin’s eyes met.
Karin straightened her back and her large breasts popped out. Jung Yu-shin’s mouth opened slightly.
“Serve me.”
“···What do you want me to serve?”
“Various things. I’ll pay you a salary. Fifty silver coins a month.”
Gasps and heavy breathing could be heard throughout the inn, as if it was a bold offer.
Isn’t it a good offer? They were almost out of money at the moment.
“There are two conditions. Don’t enter the labyrinth. Stay by my side.”
Jung Yu-shin remained silent at the conditions Karin presented and looked at the empty bowl on the table.
After a while.
Jung Yu-shin raised his head.
Karin’s body stiffened.
He wasn’t the man who had been begging for his life with his head down in front of him.
It was hard to get used to the completely different appearance from back then.
Especially this man’s eyes.
Jeong Yu-shin’s eyes, filled with strong determination, stamped a seal on Karin’s chest like a fire seal.
“No.”
A voice that had become extremely low dug into her ears. Karin’s hair stood on end.
“Why? Wasn’t that a good suggestion? There’s no need to go into a dangerous labyrinth and suffer.”
“I need an imprint.”
“What imprint?”
As the questions and answers continued, Karin felt herself being sucked deeper and deeper into the swamp.
“That’s something that’s hard to tell you.”
A firm refusal.
The veins on Karin’s forehead bulged slightly.
“Really? If you don’t want to say it, then don’t. It’s probably just a simple imprint. And why are you speaking informally to me?”
“I’m sorry.”
Jung Yu-shin immediately shrank down.
Karin became even more irritated when she saw that.
“That’s enough. Get out.”
“Yes.”
Jung Yu-shin immediately got up and went out of the inn.
Karin bit her lips tightly. She felt the eyes of those around her and looked around the inn and growled.
“What are you looking at? Are you looking? If you’ve eaten everything, get out!”
People got up from their seats in a hurry and went out of the inn like a swarm of flies.
“Randolph!”
Karin shouted. A giant wolf beastman came in from outside the inn and prostrated himself.
“Yes.”
“Send the kids to guard them.”
“Who are you talking about?”
“The black-haired Barbaroi who just left.”
Randolph recalled a memory from a few months ago.
The man who had grabbed his head and thrown him to the ground.
He looked weak and insignificant, but his master seemed interested in him at the moment.
‘You’re not used to rejection. My master.’
Randolph said, lowering his head even deeper with a bitter feeling.
“Do I really have to protect you?”
“I saved you. It’s my achievement. No matter how much the slave hunters fly and crawl, they won’t dare to get their work dirty. I don’t care how they search for you, but I’ll protect you from death by the slave hunters.”
“Yes.”
Randolph left the inn, and Karin was left sitting alone on the chair.
“Darmon.”
“Yes. Karin.”
“Where did Barbaro go?”
“He went to the temple of the Earth Mother.”
“Why?”
“He went to learn to read.”
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Karin snorted.
“Are you really trustworthy?”
“I’ve never had an accident.”
“Have you heard anything? What kind of seal is that Barbaroi looking for?”
“I don’t know. I never said anything.”
“What on earth does that Barbaroi want?”
“It looks like he’s short on money.”
“Really? Okay. I’ll come back later. Tell that Barbaroi.”
Karin placed the silver pouch on the counter and left.
Darmon sighed.
As a member of the Suin Alliance, he couldn’t refuse Karin’s questions and demands. Still, he took Ska’s side as much as possible.
“Oh, my head.”
Darmon’s lament echoed through the empty inn.
Late at night, Darmon was sitting at the counter with his arms folded.
“It’s time to come.”
Crunch!
“I’m here.”
The inn door opened and Jeong Yu-shin came in.
He was covered in dust and sweat, as if he had been through a lot in the swordsmanship guild.
“Are you here? The letter came..”
“Is it for me?”
“Yes.”
Jung Yu-shin strode over, ripped off the letter’s seal, and examined its contents.
“Hmm.”
Jung Yu-shin made a serious expression.
“Is something serious happening?”
“No.”
Jung Yu-shin sighed and answered Darmon’s question.
“Then?”
“I can’t read it. It’s too difficult. Please read it.”
Jung Yu-shin held out the letter.
Darmon accepted the letter and read it calmly.
“They’re disbanding the party. Del retired. Einhofer got a job at the blacksmith shop, and Carlton was selected as a magic department secretary at the Lionel Kingdom’s Second Academy. The main reason is that they can no longer maintain the party due to Ditto’s betrayal.”
Jung Yu-shin slumped down.
‘Is that so? Are they giving up and going their separate ways to find their own lives?’
Carlton’s appearance looking up at the stars that morning stabbed his heart.
He swallowed his bitter feelings. He couldn’t give up. He had nowhere to go.
He straightened his back and straightened his posture.
He didn’t have time to be caught up in his emotions. There were more urgent things to do.
‘I have to make money.’
Two weeks had passed. He had to pay rent and get his equipment ready. He had to find a party and buy supplies for exploring the labyrinth.
‘That damn money.’
He sighed. His posture collapsed.
It was a fantasy world where a giant bear walked on two legs and spoke, but the fear of money was just as realistic as in the original world.
‘I guess all life is similar.’
Darmon stroked his chin as he looked at Jung Yu-shin, who looked gloomy.
“Ska, I have something for you. Would you like to try it?”
“What is it?”
Darmon let out a bitter smile as he looked at Jung Yu-shin, who was glaring.
‘I’m sorry.’
Darmon couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud, so he said to himself.
“Karin wants to hire you.”
Jung Yu-shin frowned.
“Isn’t that a thing of the past? I said I won’t.”
“That’s a different story. He said he’d stop by tomorrow evening, so how about we talk for a bit?”
“But...”
Thump!
Darmon placed a leather pouch on the counter. Judging from the jingling sound, it was ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ definitely the sound of coins.
Jung Yu-shin’s eyes shook.
“50 silver coins. He said it was the deposit.”
“Ouch! Okay. I’ll listen.”
Jung Yu-shin clenched his teeth in anger, but his eyes were fixed on his pocket of silver coins and would not leave.
Darmon took a silver coin out of his pocket and flicked it at Jung Yu-shin.
“We’re going to meet tomorrow evening, so wash up at the bathhouse and come back.”
“Okay. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
The next day, after finishing all his work, he stopped by a public bathhouse in the southern district.
Jung Yu-shin looked shabby because he had been having fun at the swordsmanship association.
The bathhouse owner said with a hardened expression.
“Don’t poke me because you can see the hole.”
“I’m not that kind of person.”
“Don’t say things like, ‘He showed his hole and tempted me, so I couldn’t help it.’ A person who is bent over is just a person who is bent over.”
Barbaroi, these crazy bastards.
These crazy bastards were making me sick.
“I’m not that kind of person. I like women.”
“I hope you don’t change your mind. Business is tough these days, so I’m letting you in. Be careful.”
The owner of the bathhouse didn’t even listen to Jung Yu-shin’s words.
‘Where the hell are these Barbaroi bastards, and what are they doing?’
The hostility toward Barbaroi, whom I had never seen before, was bubbling up.
When I passed the counter, took off my clothes in the changing room, and entered the bathhouse, the steam was thick.
People were walking around naked and scurrying around.
A man with tattoos all over his body was walking around and bumped into Jung Yu-shin.
“What kind of bastard?!”
The man looked Jung Yu-shin up and down and fixed his eyes on one spot.
“I’m sorry.”
“Crazy. “He’s still young, and he’s like this monster..”
The man looked up at Jung Yu-shin’s face as if he couldn’t believe it, then lowered his eyes again to look at his lower body.
“What kind of imprint is it? Is it a non-imprint?”
The man asked.
‘This bastard.’
Jung Yu-shin’s expression crumpled.
“It’s not an imprint. It’s embarrassing, let’s stop looking.”
“Huh? Hey, sorry.”
The man scratched his head in embarrassment and hurriedly walked away.
Judging from the way he spoke to himself in the bathhouse, he seemed like a newcomer who had not yet heard of Barbaroi’s notoriety.
Standing still and observing, the people’s behaviors were similar.
He scooped up water from a large wooden barrel with a ladle and washed his body before going into the bathhouse.
Once in the bathhouse, he spent time relaxing or chatting with people before leaving the bathhouse.
Upon closer inspection, there was a scrub and a sauna.
‘There are no hairy people.’
He approached the large wooden barrel, thinking to himself that he was fortunate.
People were scooping up water from the wooden barrel and spraying it on their heads and bodies.
Jeong Yu-shin also acted the same way as the people around him.
He scooped up water from the wooden barrel and sprayed it on his body.
He shivered at the feeling of the warm water flowing down his body.
After wiping his body with a wet towel every day, he was deeply moved when he took a proper bath.
“Ah. Sex.”
The people around me gasped and stepped back.
Some covered their buttocks and looked at me warily.
I didn’t care. This is sex.
I washed off the sweat and dust and went into the bath.
As I closed my eyes in the hot water, I heard people talking.
“Did you hear?”
“What?”
“What happened in the labyrinth.”
“You mean the disappearance of many rookie explorers? I already knew that.”
“That’s not all. The return of the lieutenant explorers who entered this time is also delayed.”
“Isn’t that a common occurrence? It doesn’t seem like particularly surprising news.”
“A few days ago, a summons was issued to all the explorer branch leaders in the city. This isn’t usually serious.”
“.....”
“The movements of the Labyrinth City Knights are also unusual. Listen to me. It’s not a good idea to enter the labyrinth right now.”
“Damn it. It’s hard to make a living, so I have to go out of the city and earn money. Tsk.”
“It’s not bad to leave for a while and come back.”
“That’s easier said than done. My family is all here..”
The men were talking about various other miscellaneous things, but they didn’t reach Jung Yu-shin’s ears.
‘There’s something.’
Something was happening in the labyrinth.
Jung Yu-shin crossed his arms and looked up at the ceiling.
Information that a novice explorer couldn’t access was coming and going from high up.
At that fact, Jung Yu-shin felt an intense hunger.
