Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

After all the refugees left, only Kadan and Kalia were left in the city of Radomir.

"Kadan, will it be safe to hide from the refugees?"

"Well, they can reach the resistance base safely." They are escorted by mercenaries personally selected by the Mercenary King and the mercenaries, so it cannot be unsafe.

"I hope they can arrive safely." Kalia looked outside the city gate with a bitter expression.

"Don't worry too much. It's time for us to leave, right?" Cardin walked towards the restaurant with the door wide open.

"The restaurant owner is not here, and you still want to eat?" As Cardin walked towards the restaurant, Kalia tilted her head and quickly followed Cardin.

"No, I want to get some food." Cardin entered the restaurant and immediately found the food warehouse and walked in.

"There are so many." The warehouse is filled with various ingredients.

"The restaurant owner probably won't be able to take these ingredients away, so he'll have to leave." Because he has to embark on a long journey to refuge, the restaurant owner can only leave these ingredients here.

"No, can we really take these?" Kalia asked cautiously, and Cardin smiled softly and nodded.

"Well, we've got permission from the restaurant owner. Kalia, if you need anything, you can take it." Cardin said this and began to put dried meat, vegetables, fruits, etc. into the basket next to him.

Gurgle. While taking the food, Kalia made a hungry sound from her stomach.

Because the surroundings were very quiet, the sound reached Cardin's ears clearly.

"Are you hungry?" Cardin turned around and asked Kalia naturally. Kalia's face turned red like her hair. She tried to stay calm and nodded.

"No, it's okay."

"Shall I make you something? It would be nice to fill your stomach before you leave."

"It really doesn't matter."

"Wait." Cardin waved at the embarrassed Kalia and went to the kitchen to get what he needed.

Shortly after.

"Try it." Cardin put the dishes on the table and said to Kalia.

"Did you really make this?" Kalia looked at the dishes on the table and smiled.

"Well, this is fried rice with eggs, and this is fried vegetables with meat." Cardin smacked his lips as if he was a little regretful and sat down.

It seemed that the ingredients he knew in his previous life did not appear.

"Try it and see if it suits your taste. I think it's delicious." Cardin pointed at the fried rice. Kalia swallowed and picked up the spoon carefully.

“Rice and eggs, is this onion?” The golden rice grains look appetizing, and the spicy and sweet smell stimulates the sense of smell.

Kalia started eating, the hunger seemed to become stronger and she slowly started eating.

After taking a bite of fried rice, Kalia immediately put down the spoon and looked at Cardin expressionlessly.

“…I almost cursed.”

"Ah? It's not delicious? How about I make something else?" Although this dish should suit the taste of Chinese people, it may not be suitable for foreigners or people from another world.

Cardin felt a little sorry and was about to stand up from his seat.

"No." Kalia immediately shook her head to stop Cardin.

"This is the first time I've eaten such a dish. How can it taste so good?" Kalia, who usually has a blank expression and a cold personality, spoke with praise.

There was an exclamation in her voice that Kalia didn't normally have, and her eyes even sparkled.

"It's delicious. It's really delicious." Kalia said this and started waving the spoon busily again.

"Fortunately." Cardin looked at Kalia with satisfaction and started eating.

The meal did not take long. Since both of them had been hungry since morning, the meal was over quickly.

"It was delicious. Where did you learn this dish, Cardin?"

I can’t say if I learned this in my previous life, Cardin gathered his thoughts and spoke.

"Just living alone, doing this and that." Hearing this answer, Kalia looked at Cardin in a way that she felt pity for him.

"Cardan, we have one more thing in common."

"Besides hiding your identity and studying at the academy?" Cardin motioned for Kalia to continue, then placed the glass of orange juice in front of Kalia.

"My father was also killed by the demons."

"Demons? Wasn't the Demon War before we were born?"

"The remnants of the demons still exist. Magic stones, or humans who became demons because of magic stones." Kalia continued as she looked calmly at the gently shaking orange juice.

"My father was a knight of a famous knight order. He went to conquer a dungeon that was said to be hiding a demon clan, but ended up being cursed by the demon clan."

"The curse of the demons?"

"When I was six years old, my father suddenly turned into a demon. Then he turned the village we lived in into a sea of ​​fire."

Kalia smiled bitterly and held the glass.

"He turned the village into ruins and was about to move on when I stood in front of him. That's when he came to his senses."

After regaining his sanity, Kalia's father chose to end his life because he could not bear the guilt of killing innocent people and almost killing his beloved daughter.

"I am the only survivor of the village. Since then I have been called the 'cursed child' and I am not welcome wherever I go. But there is a place that is willing to take me in."

"Revolutionary group?"

"Yes, that's how I have lived in the revolutionary group since I was six years old." After Kalia finished her story, Cardin nodded with a bitter expression.

"It must be lonely." Hearing this, Kalia smiled softly and nodded.

"The members of the Revolutionary Group treat me like family." Although Kalia seems to be fine now, her smile does not look that happy.

"I didn't plan on saying all of this, but somehow it just came out."

"It's okay, we can share these things among friends." Cardin smiled gently and picked up the cup of orange juice in front of him. Kalia drank the juice immediately because she was thirsty.

"Anyway, where are we going now?" Kalia asked in a raised voice, as if wanting to change the atmosphere.

"I plan to go near Robain City."

"It's known for being dangerous..."

"The Mercenary King has already given me enough reminders and warnings." Cardin shook his head firmly, indicating that there would be no more reminders and warnings.

"Okay." Kalia smiled softly and nodded, then looked at Cardin and said.

"It's a pity that I'm going in a different direction than you. I have an appointment with members of the revolutionary group to meet in the northeast." Her voice was full of regret.

"Then we have to say goodbye in this city." Cardin also felt very sorry to say goodbye to the other party like this.

The friends who met again after three years wanted to chat day and night, but because they each had things to do, they both put their regrets aside.

"Then let's go now. I'm not in a hurry, but if you're late, Kalia, everyone will be waiting for you, right?"

"Yeah, that's right." Hearing Cardin's words, Kalia stood up and the two of them walked out of the restaurant and headed towards the city gate.

"Nice to meet you." As soon as he passed through the city gate, Cardin looked at Kalia and extended his hand.

Kalia said, holding Cardin's hand and smiling.

"Take care of yourself, Cardin."

"Yeah, you too. The demons I've encountered lately seem to be weaker than the ones we fought three years ago." Cardin said in a warning tone.

"You never know when a stronger enemy will appear, so be careful."

"Ok."

"Also, if you run into anyone from the academy, please give my regards." Cardin said this, releasing his hand from the handshake, and Kalia nodded with a calm smile.

"Snap!" The sound of whips waving echoed in the mine.

"Ah!" The miner who was hit by the whip lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"You lazy bastards!" the man with the whip yelled at the fallen miner.

Snap! Snap! The beating did not end there. Wounds continued to appear on the miners' bodies as they were taking off their shirts.

"Ah! Please forgive me!" In pain, he clasped his hands together and begged.

"Stop making so much noise! ​​Do you want to resist?" But the man didn't seem to have any intention of letting the miners go. Instead, he intensified the violence.

"What are you looking at! Go to work! Do you want to become like him?" The other miners were looking at this side, and the man with the whip shouted at the other miners.

Then the miners hurried out of sight and resumed their work.

"Those who don't meet their quotas won't even get dinner! Got it?"

"Yes!" The miners answered with clenched teeth at the shout of the whip-wielding overseer.

Then the overseer nodded with satisfaction and walked out of the mine.

Clank! Clank! Even after the man left, the sound of the pickaxe hitting the wall continued.

"Damn demon bastards." At this time, a miner expressed his dissatisfaction while working with a pickaxe.

"Dirty fellows! Who are they?"

Clank! Clank! The miners nearby also expressed their dissatisfaction with angry expressions.

"How long will we have to live like slaves?"

"When will the resistance army that the Guardian mentioned come?"

"It would be better to die." The miners continued to work with their pickaxes while saying negative things.

Then in a corner, an old man hammering away with a pickaxe asked the man next to him.

"You don't complain, just concentrate on your work." The man in the old man's sight was different from other thin miners. He had a muscular body.

"Not bad." Without breaking a sweat, he continued to work with his pickaxe.

"It's good to be young." The old man looked at him with envy and smacked his lips.

"But you look unfamiliar, ah! Are you one of the people captured this time?" Because people who live like slaves often die early, the demons often capture people nearby.

"That's why your physical condition is still so good. If you starve for a few days, those muscles will disappear." The old man thought that the muscular man was also one of the people captured by the demons, and nodded.

"Someday something good will happen, and a hero will show up to rescue us." The old man seemed to be cheering himself up, put down his pickaxe and sat down.

Then the muscleman stopped working with the pick and looked at the old man.

"Yes, I will." Muscle man, no, Cardin suppressed the boiling anger in his heart and looked at the entrance of the mine.

"Even if they may not be heroes, there will always be someone who comes to save us."