chapter 217
217 – Side Story / Morgiana Aisha Ending
Hot sun, scorching desert.
A man wearing a black butler’s uniform and a desert scarf was walking in the middle of the country, enduring the heat.
“Whoa, whoa…”
Why am I doing this?
A young man in a black butler’s uniform was crossing the middle of the desert where a sandstorm was swirling, breathing heavily.
With one girl by my side.
To discuss that, we would have to go back just three days.
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Immediately after graduation, two years later.
Hyunjin asked Amelia for an indefinite leave to go on her military training.
Of course, Amelia readily accepted.
Traveling around the world wasn’t that difficult for Hyunjin because he had the money he had saved up.
Rather, I was experiencing excitement at the unknown experience of going to a foreign country I had never been to before.
There is no place I haven’t been to and nothing I haven’t experienced.
Hyunjin had many experiences as if he were a war correspondent.
He experienced problems that were different from reality, but that may be because this is a cartoon world.
Another three years passed while traveling the world like that.
As he neared his mid-20s, Hyunjin decided on his final travel destination.
He imagined that he wanted to travel around the desert area.
“Huh.”
Actually, this wasn’t a very good travel destination.
I often thought about things I saw on the Internet, so I thought I would have been able to deal with it to some extent.
It is common for children to go around selling their youth or begging for a penny.
In addition, I have witnessed incidents such as robberies and murders taking place at a level that catches my eye.
However, Hyunjin had no intention of attending.
Because I wasn’t always able to help others.
“There it is! Chase!”
A voice that clearly reaches Hyunjin’s ears.
If it had been an ordinary chase, I would have paid no attention.
If it weren’t for the familiar voice I heard behind it.
“Don’t follow me!”
The tone of speech that felt like a slurred translation caught Hyunjin’s ears.
I turned my head and looked up to see several people chasing a girl on top of the store tent.
A girl born with a familiar Middle Eastern appearance.
It was Morgiana Aisha.
‘This… ‘ !’
I was just going to pass it on, but I was already in a relationship with an acquaintance.
From Hyunjin’s point of view, she couldn’t leave Aisha alone, so she immediately kicked her off the ground and flew up.
A few years ago, she received a bizarre invention, nanomachine boots, from Kanade.
Through several maintenance and upgrades, these shoes can now be called rocket boots.
Add to that Hyunjin’s incredible physical ability, and he was able to easily jump up to several meters in the air.
‘There it is!’
The moment Aisha jumped beyond her tent and landed, Hyunjin fell next to her and opened her mouth.
“What are you!”
“Is he a saboteur?!”
Although it was a foreign language, it clearly rang in Hyunjin’s ears.
In order to travel around the world, it was essential to learn the language of that country.
“No, not a saboteur. “To be exact.”
Hyunjin took a quick step forward and stretched out his palm toward the black masked person who was chasing Aisha.
“A colleague.”
A huge roar, like a concrete wall collapsing, rang out, and Hana, the masked person hit by Hyunjin’s outstretched slap, was thrown to the ground.
The slap that Hyunjin swung was literally a bomb itself.
This is also a special move inherent in the special gloves received from Kanade, the annihilating gunpowder slap.
‘I guess they probably added carbon, a high-temperature absorbing material, and did something about it.’
The leather gloves that Hyunjin was wearing were also upgraded, so an ordinary assassin could easily use his feet and hands to fool around.
“She is part of our organization! “Do not get involved in the disposition of traitors!!”
“Traitor?”
Hyunjin looked at Aisha out of the corner of her eye while listening to the other person.
For some reason, I felt like a whining puppy because I couldn’t fidget.
‘I guess I’ll hear the details later.’
It would be best to get rid of those masks first.
Thinking like that, Hyunjin stepped forward and gave the masked people a harsh slap.
Truly pure speed.
The masked people couldn’t even react and were completely hit by Hyunjin’s explosive slap.
Hyunjin asked, lightly shaking his hands and looking at Aisha.
“Okay, I think the situation has been roughly sorted out. Aisha? “I need to hear the story of what happened.”
“First of all, thank you. “Oppa.”
Aisha bowed politely towards Hyunjin.
“I heard this is it. Korean etiquette.”
“Ahaha… Yes, thank you for thinking that way.”
When Hyunjin lightly stroked Aisha’s head, she lowered her head and blushed.
“Anyway, won’t you explain what happened?”
In response to Hyunjin’s question, Aisha nodded her head and opened her mouth.
“I am the Pretis clan. “I said it one day.”
“Yes, it was like that, right?”
“The Pretis clan is the strongest fighting race on earth and the blood of assassins flows, orthodox. Purebloods have been doing it for generations, assassinations.”
Hyunjin listened to this point and figured out Aisha’s identity
When the Masked People called Aisha a traitor, it was probably a matter of whether they would stop assassinating her or something like that.
Was it a case of her starting to value her work her more than her her own feelings her her from a young age?
‘It’s not good, this flow.’
Dealing with a specialist who kills people means that you have to be prepared to kill yourself as well.
Hyunjin wanted to step away from her, but for some reason, he couldn’t leave Aisha, the girl in front of him, alone.
In the end, if she is caught by her her organization her her someday, Aisha will have to make a living by continuing her contract killing business.
“So, where were you planning on going now?”
“I will settle the matter. To speak to blood relatives. I need to quit my job. “Enough.”
I longed for an ordinary life.
Aisha’s words were slurred and still difficult to understand, but if I had to interpret it, it would mean this.
Hyunjin thought so.
‘Is that why it was like that?’
Aisha came to the academy, and she followed me around since then.
Because such ordinary daily life was so different from what she had experienced since her childhood.
I longed for normalcy.
‘Okay, I’ve decided.’
This is a task I had to do. A courtesy to the girls who have fallen in love with the kite.
That’s why I will help her.
Thinking like that, Hyunjin opened her mouth to Aisha.
“Let’s go.”
“Go? Where?”
“Where? “I have to go see you, to end your long bad relationship.”
“Really… Are you going to come with me? Together?”
Hyunjin nodded at Aisha’s words.
***
After that, three days later. Currently.
Hyunjin was crossing the desert with Aisha to find the home of the Pretis clan.
The water was slowly running out, and the food we had prepared was already running out.
Let alone an oasis, in the middle of the desert without a single sip of water or a single blade of grass.
Undaunted by the scorching heat, Hyunjin and Aisha moved forward together.
“Aisha.”
“What is it?”
“Why are you visiting them? So… Your clan, to be exact. “I was asking how you plan to solve it.”
“I have decided not to kill. People. So, make a deal with the current chief, one thing.”
Aisha’s face had a somewhat bitter expression.
You must have lived like that all along. As a memorization of organization from childhood.
Hyunjin made a firm determination.
The will to never give up no matter who the opponent is.
“Arrived, clan village!”
“What? “I can’t see it.”
Hyunjin narrowed his eyes and looked around, but he still couldn’t determine his location due to the sandstorm.
Aisha said quietly while holding Hyunjin’s hand.
“I was actually scared. Get your hands dirty. But I realized. “Times spent with my brother.”
“Aisha… “
While Hyunjin and Aisha exchanged words, the sandstorm gradually cleared and its shape began to reveal itself.
Village of the Pretis clan.
Aisha was trembling next to Hyunjin.
Just a moment ago, I felt a bit calm and yet determined, but was I still afraid?
Hyunjin took a light breath and took a step.
I had an idea what would happen here.
The items I had been inspected.
‘We are ready.’
It wasn’t that I was particularly in love with Aisha or anything like that.
Rather than the feeling of love, it would be a feeling of greater pity.
That’s how Hyunjin thought about his feelings
So for now, let’s do our best to help Aisha return to her
As she took Aisha’s hand and took a step forward, a chilling feeling of death passed through her whole body.
‘Ugh!’
Hyunjin hesitated for a moment due to the life flowing through his entire body, but he did not stop walking.
If you go further than that, prepare for death.
Such unspoken pressure.
Aisha spoke quietly while holding Hyunjin’s sleeve.
“You don’t have to do it… “
I could feel the hand she was holding was shaking strangely.
“No it’s okay. I calmed down.”
Once a decision has been made, all you have to do is keep moving forward.
Hyunjin thinks so and enters the village with Aisha.
The buildings were lined up so shabby and shabby that they could almost be considered shantytowns, and I walked forward, trying to ignore the enemy coming towards me.
‘Outsiders, go back immediately.’
Suddenly, the sound of words echoed in Hyunjin’s head.
A sound that can be experienced in a martial arts world.
Aisha, who was expressionless, was still shaking.
Aisha was definitely strong. She said that now that time has passed, she may be stronger than she was.
Hyunjin thought so.
It is undoubtedly true that someone who has experience killing people is much stronger than someone who has experience fighting moderately.
Even so, I didn’t want her to live a life tainted by her murder.
That’s why Hyunjin held Aisha’s hand tightly and walked in the direction she was looking at.
I thought a saboteur would appear, but it was quite an unexpected situation.
“Here… All. The destination is.”
Eventually, a huge building appeared in Hyunjin’s field of vision.
A mansion that gives off a bit of a feel compared to other buildings.
It’s definitely an old place, but it still has an old-fashioned charm.
This is where the chief of the Pretis clan lives.
You must negotiate with the leader who specialized in contract murder.
When I stood in front of the mansion’s door and knocked lightly, the voice rang in my head once again.
‘Didn’t I tell you to go back?’
That’s what it said.
“No, I just came to talk to you.”
As he took her stance, he stamped his foot once and threw his fist at the door.
Aisha was momentarily started by Hyunjin’s thrust her, but Hyunjin lightly shook her hand and muttered that she was okay with it.
“I’m going in.”
Hyunjin entered the mansion with Aisha.
It didn’t take that long to enter the village, but it felt like ten minutes passed with each step she took.
Because it was such a heavy and awe-inspiring pressure.
From the gate, I followed the path towards the center.
There, a person wearing a skull-shaped mask sitting on a huge throne and resting his chin was waiting for Hyunjin and Aisha.
The person’s entire body was already covered with a black robe, and the body was so thin that one could say it was not a person but a ghost.
The deep voice that was ringing in Hyunjin’s head slowly opened his mouth.
“The guy who wanted to talk violently broke the door and came in… “
“Wouldn’t it have been locked anyway?”
“Locking it with a bar is just something a child would do. That’s rude.”
“Is it. “I’m sorry about that.”
The man in black, who was resting his chin, lightly lifted his head and turned to face Hyunjin.
“Ah, father… !!”
As Aisha trembled, she called out to the other person.
“What?”
Father?
Who is that skull-shaped man in front of me?
“Since we brought a foreigner into our clan’s land, it would be appropriate to test it.”
I don’t understand now.
What on earth is going on? What?
Aisha was just trembling slightly next to her, while Hyunjin’s brain stopped for a moment to understand the situation.
“Try to avoid it.”
A rain of daggers flying lightly. Hyunjin knew enough about that.
It’s clear that he’s skilled enough, seeing as he’s throwing daggers even though the opponent in front of him didn’t even make a single movement.
The head of a clan.
Is it enough for a person of that caliber to do this level of work?
‘For now.’
There is no need to think about it.
In any case, it would be better to win first and then think about it.
Nevertheless, I wanted to ask the other person.
“I want to ask you something, Skull.”
“What is it?”
“Do you have any intention of releasing Aisha from her clan’s karma?”
“Does not exist. If you really want to, try to force him into submission.”
“Kim Hyun-jin.”
“Ho, what is it?”
“It’s my name.”
The skeleton man answered Hyunjin’s words in a grave voice.
“Is it. “You want me to name you.”
When Hyunjin nodded to the man’s words, he slowly opened his mouth.
“Head of the Pretis clan and successor to Hashashin. Hasan Sabbah, the Old Man on the Mountain.”
At the same time as he said that, the man who identified himself as Hassan threw a leather bag.
“Avoid!”
I turned my head at the same time as Aisha’s warning.
“Even when you’re talking, you’re cowardly… !”
“There is no such thing as cowardice between death and killing.”
Hasan Sabah.
If what Hyunjin knows is true, he can be said to be the leader of a group of assassins called Assassins.
A person who had a reputation as an assassin in a certain game and has a historical record.
‘In reality, his name is Rashid al-Din… ‘
In creative works, a person called Hasan Sabah is often mentioned as the leader of the Assassins.
Maybe this is the same reason.
“What a nimble move.”
Every time Hasan opens his mouth, a sharp object flies from a blind spot out of sight.
As if it was prepared in advance.
If you can’t avoid something, you can use a flame slap or use the acceleration of rocket boots to forcefully avoid it, but even that has some limitations.
‘But if you keep dodging, your stored weapons will run out… !’
The moment I thought that, Hassan opened his mouth as if he had read Hyunjin’s thoughts
“If we run out of weapons, there will be a chance… ” If you are thinking like that, throw it away right away…”
As soon as Hassan spoke, a deadly force rushed into his right arm.
Hyunjin hurriedly moved his arm to avoid it, and if his judgment he had been even a little late, his arm would have been cut off.
“I have a good feeling… ” “
“Amnesty… ?”
It was visible only briefly.
Even the other person just sits there. It puts pressure on me without even making a single movement.
As if he was not going to let Aisha live her normal life.
But, even so.
‘This is wrong.’
She quietly glanced sideways at Aisha who was next to her.
Forcing an immature girl to commit murder and tolerating a world that accepts it as a weapon?
No, absolutely not possible.
Thinking like that, Hyunjin caressed the pendant around his neck and muttered.
“The White Knight.”
[System, Ready.]
Hyunjin’s body glowed white with a mechanical sound.
“It’s an amazing technology… “
“It will be different from before.”
This is also a special product that Kanade strengthened through her maintenance.
Unlike before, things that were not visible were caught in the search on the instrument panel.
Hassan, the main body, was clearly sitting, but he was moving around quickly, like an afterimage.
Invisible pure speed itself.
“Do you understand… ? “
Only then did Hassan, who realized that he was being watched, stand up.
“Holy sword.”
New features created when Kanade upgraded.
Nanoparticle bodies are aggregated in one place to form a sword function.
“Fragarach.”
The fluttering nanoparticles gathered together into a halo of light to form a sword shape.
I didn’t think something like this was possible, but I have to be thankful to Kanade.
A feature I never thought I would use has been very helpful now.
Hyunjin lightly swung the formed nanoparticle sword, and the surrounding space turned white.
As if dozens of invisible shadows were cleared away at once.
“It’s an unusual item… “
“It’s a fair fight, Hassan Sabah.”
The skeletal man, Hassan, silently nodded his head and stood up.
“Biggie, a play with death.”
Hassan walked out of the throne and took a low stance, exuding a dark energy, and a sense of death could be felt throughout his body.
Hyunjin didn’t have any great skills.
Like Kurenai, there is no formal school, but it is a technique that was initially learned as a hobby.
Yes, the strike when catching a huge bear.
“Special move, storm stab!!”
The moment Hyunjin used his sword to offset the approaching black energy, Hasan stepped back.
“Why don’t you give up? “I’m probably a stranger anyway.”
“Even if it’s someone else… “I want to protect what I want to protect!!”
When she was at school, Aisha’s affairs, which she had not always paid attention to, were on her mind.
If something like this had happened, she would never have stood by and watched.
Even though it’s already too late, I can help you live a normal life if you are who you are now.
Suddenly, she remembered what Aisha had said to her after graduation.
‘I am going back to my hometown. Hyunjin oppa.’
At that moment, Aisha spoke and I remembered her eyes looking at me.
It may have been a look that was somewhat mournful and sad, and on the other hand, asking for help.
I shouldn’t have done that at that time.
I shouldn’t have sent it like that.
Hyunjin gathered his regretful heart and grabbed his sword again.
It’s ridiculous to try to pretend to be the main character of a girl’s life when you can’t even save it.
This is the minimum atonement.
Atonement for a girl who might have been able to live a normal life.
Just as I was about to strike while holding my sword once again.
“Stop, stop!! “It’s enough now!!!”
“…”
Behind Hyunjin, Aisha scolded Hassan.
“Did you really plan on making my daughter happy that much?”
The teeth on Hassan’s skull mask made a clicking sound.
Hasan, who had taken away the black energy, looked down at Hyunjin and said.
“They say no parent can beat their child, and they were right. Damn inspiration..”
Hasan looked at Hyunjin with his eyes behind the skull mask and muttered.
“I always heard the story. To her daughter. Since she was a foreigner whose name I didn’t know, she wanted to test it herself.”
“… Ha?”
So what is the situation now?
I heard earlier that they are Aisha’s parents, but is this situation all an act or something?
Hyunjin alternately looked at Hassan, who was breathing heavily in front of him, and Aisha, who was only touching her fingers and blushing behind her.
“I’m sorry. “I didn’t mean to deceive you!”
What was that trembling earlier? If it was her acting, she would really have won the Best Actress award.
Hyunjin was laughing while contrasting the situation.
It goes like this… ?
“Aisha?”
“Ha, but seriously! She Loves her her brother her her her!!”
Perhaps out of desperation, Aisha finally told Hyunjin about her situation.
Although she is a member of an assassination group, she has not actually killed anyone.
This is because her father, Hassan, does most of the cleaning.
Nevertheless, it was clear that he liked me, and when he told his father, Hassan, about it, he seemed to have planned this plan with the intention of testing it.
I never thought I would have calculated what I would get caught in.
Hyunjin smiled bitterly.
“The next Hassan… You take over.”
“I won’t kill people.”
“That’s an interesting idea. If Aisha were in danger, would she say something like that? ?”
“I won’t kill you. “The guy who did that has plans to make me suffer for the rest of my life.”
Hassan, the man in the skull mask, clapped his hands and said.
“Well, today is a festival.”
At Hassan’s words, Aisha quietly held Hyunjin’s hand.
It’s a marriage that is pushed aside.
This is really funny, though.
Okay, let’s fool you at least once more.
Hyunjin thought so and squeezed the hand he was holding.