The Sub-Protagonist Is Retiring

8 – 008. Sub-Protagonist and Swordsman

“sorry! I’m really sorry!”

Even in the noisy atmosphere of the festival, Rin’s voice could be heard loudly.

The pickpocket was taken away, and there were me, Rene, and Rin kneeling.

Those who had been watching the situation from the beginning left, while the residents who came later had doubts about the current situation.

f*cked. I feel that the perception that it is trash that makes a blind woman kneel down and apologize is gradually accumulating.

“It’s okay, first calm down and wake up. It’s not like that where people pass by.”

“under… but!”

“Even if you apologize like that, it doesn’t feel very good, and besides, if you apologize a hundred times a thousand times, you don’t get the finely chopped money back, right?”

“Um… .”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to have a constructive talk about recovering lost money at the time of your apology?”

“… … You are right.”

Only then did Rin stand up, brushing off the dirt from her legs.

It seems that the situation has been dealt with well before it becomes more serious.

Although Rin still maintains a low profile without raising her head.

“First of all, I apologize again. Because of my poor circumstances, I cannot afford to pay your money right now.”

“okay?”

I remembered it as a setting in which Rin has a younger brother with a rare disease, and most of the income goes to treatment expenses.

The cost of lodging was a waste, so homelessness was the norm, and I would have spent my days eating only scraps of bread for meals.

If I were to say that the most unfortunate character in Adog Choi, I would say that it would be Rin.

“Give me a chance for a day and I’ll get the money somehow!”

“I know how much money you blew.”

“Ho, could you tell me the exact amount?”

“I can’t remember the exact amount, but it must have been 42 gold coins alone.”

“… … 42 coins?!”

Beads of sweat began to run down Rin’s forehead.

Considering that the daily wage of an executive-level worker was two gold coins, she could understand her feelings.

Even if it wasn’t so, I ended up with a huge amount of debt in the yard where I lived in poverty because of the medical expenses.

“… … Couldn’t you just give me a day and a half of grace time?”

In the end, he seems to have decided that one day was not enough.

wise. It is not known if even half a day can compensate all 42 gold coins.

“What do I have to believe in and wait for you?”

“Unfortunately, there is no means to prove it. All he had was a sword, a memento of his father, and this meager body. However, as a person who has walked the path of the sword all his life, he prides himself on being second to none as much as his sword. It may be a humble skill in your eyes, but I swear here that I will definitely pay it back by using this power.”

Rin took out the sheath from her belt and brought it close to her heart.

Her actions are an oath of the sword that any swordsman in Holden Kingdom knows.

He was determined to pierce his heart with a sword if he failed to keep his promise.

Judging from the fact that Rin’s eyes, which were infinitely soft, were also sharpened, it seems to be sincere.

“How do I get the money?”

“I plan to follow this path to the guild and carry out all the posted requests.”

“Can you pay it off in time?”

“I know it’s tight. We will do our best.”

“… … good. I’ll generously add an extra day to give you time until the night after two days, so pay back within that time.”

“Thank you so much for your consideration! I will definitely live up to that trust!”

Leaving those words behind, Rin hurriedly left somewhere.

He said he would go to the guild, so he must be heading there.

I hope you don’t miss work out of urgency.

“Is it okay if I let you go like this?”

“It can’t be helped. I can’t hold on to her without money forever.”

“Still, wouldn’t it have been better to take something as collateral and let it go?”

“I was sworn in. Did you see her putting a sword to her chest?”

“I think it would be difficult to believe it with just one act.”

“It’s an oath you can trust. I don’t even think it was a lie spouted to defuse the situation.”

“You trust her enough to make me jealous. Someone scolded me saying that I wouldn’t earn a single penny… … .”

Renee’s eyes stung.

But what? While I don’t know anything about Rene, I know everything about what kind of person Rin is.

In particular, Rin is more special because she is a character who gets involved with Vern in the original work.

A young man who does not hesitate to kill for a good cause.

Although the scale of the goal was different, they were two people who had one thing in common: they did not choose the means.

The writer dug into that point and created a point of contact between Bern and Lin in earnest from the fourth part.

The first meeting began when Bern’s escort and Rin’s assassination target overlapped.

Two people collide in a dark forest with their faces covered with cloth.

A fierce battle unfolded between swords, magic, and numerous memorizations.

As a swordsman, Rin pushed with swordsmanship in the beginning, but Bern was superior in terms of magic and strategy, so as time passed, the fight became equal.

The fight, which showed no signs of ending, ended with the support of the escort troops.

The first meeting of the two ended like that.

After that, the meeting took place at the academy, so the two met again at the library within the academy.

However, both of them were not aware of each other, so they did not recognize each other.

The two people, whose personalities matched, quickly became close and developed a friendly conversation whenever they met.

If only the story of the two came out, a warm atmosphere was created in the comment window.

I wanted it to flow peacefully like that, but the author was a devil.

As information spreads that there is a demon spy inside the academy, the story goes to extremes.

Feeling threatened for his life, Belmond released all the artifacts he had collected.

Among them is an artifact with the power of brainwashing, making Rin an obedient puppet.

Later, while the main character’s group collided with Belmond’s subordinates, Vern confronted Rin like a trick of fate.

As they crossed swords, Vern was distressed to learn that the assassin he had fought in the forest was Rin.

‘I feel betrayed that the time I spent with Rin was all planned… … .’

However, Vern changed his mind after realizing that Rin’s sword was repulsive.

Realizing that his time was not in vain, Vern did his best to defeat Rin and clear his brainwashing.

I thought that with Rin’s brainwashing gone and the fight slowly coming to an end, everything would be all right now.

Belmond shot an arrow with a curse of evil thought prepared with his trump card, not at Kang Jun-hyeok, but at Vern.

Rin, who regained consciousness in a desperate situation, pushes Vern’s body and gets an arrow instead.

The sacrifice of a dear friend.

Vern cries in deep despair and watches Lin die.

At the moment when the relationship between the two people was put to an end, the last line that Lin delivered to Vern was talked about for a long time.

‘It was one of the few famous scenes in Adog Choi… … .’

After that, Rin’s death heated up the community for a while.

From a plea to the author to revive Lynne, to a piece of praise that Bern’s wife is Lynn, to a research article titled The reason why Lin got involved with Bern.

Various articles came out, but in the end, there was an overwhelming majority of public opinion that it was because it was Bern.

‘f*ck.’

While all of Kang Jun-hyeok’s heroine candidates are alive, all of the women who get involved with Berne, except for the Pingcheng b*tch who was NTRed, did not have a good ending.

Mostly die, mind is broken, etc. Suspicions were even raised that the artist might have ill feelings toward Verne.

It’s not for nothing that Bern has the nickname ‘Belbungi’.

“Tsk tsk.”

“Can’t I be jealous too?”

“That’s why I’m not tongue-tied. It was because the circumstances were right.”

“You mean the human woman who just left?”

“Okay?”

There shouldn’t be one or two poor people around Bern.

After all, Renee, who is next to me now, was one of them.

A character of misfortune who was dragged out of the nest and died after suffering only harsh things.

In the work, it had nothing to do with Bern, but it ended up being related because of me.

At this point, I even wonder if Bern has a constitution that attracts women with unfortunate fates.

‘Is this good or bad… … .”

I couldn’t have predicted what my future fate would be, but my goal remains unchanged.

I will find a happy ending for Bern.

With that promise, I brought my sword to my chest.