Future Knight

Chapter 73

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“Break it up! How can we just stand by and watch such trashy behavior!”

“You must restrain yourself.”

The man who called her ‘Young Lady’ was an elderly merchant with a large scar on his face, a retainer who had worked for Kalina’s family for a long time.

“But we can’t just watch innocent people being taken as slaves, can we?”

“You have done your duty, Young Lady. The rest is the fate of those who failed to heed others’ words.”

“But still!”

“Young Lady!”

The merchant, who firmly interrupted Myu Kalina, sternly scolded her.

“Right now, you must think more about the safety of the caravan than those people.”

“Oh, fine, Galleon.”

With a sullen face, Myu Kalina went up to her room, and Galleon sighed as he watched the back of the pitiful woman who had to bear the fate of the caravan.

‘You must become stronger, Young Lady…’

Kang Chan and his group were carried by the giants to a huge carriage set up behind the inn.

The carriage, covered in cloth, revealed a scene of boys and girls, bound with ropes, trembling in fear in a corner as they entered.

Kang Chan’s eyes darkened with a murderous intent as he observed them.

‘As expected, this is what it is…’

“Wow, this elf is really light!”

As a giant fondled Erika’s body, she flinched at his lewd touch.

“Hey! This bitch’s body is seriously amazing.”

Zikyon also could not avoid their lewd hands.

“This is going to be a good workout after a long time, hehe.”

As his subordinates drooled while looking at Zikyon and Erika, Pedro stopped them.

“Stop it. Do you think Master Scream will give you a chance?”

“We can do it secretly, can’t we? It’s not like it wears out from use, hehe.”

“Yeah, right.”

As the giants conversed among themselves, Kang Chan’s anger reached its limit.

“I can’t stand hearing this filth any longer. Are those your last words?”

“What!”

The sudden cold voice, like that of a grim reaper, from someone they thought was asleep from the sleeping pills, sent chills down the spines of the six giants.

At that moment, the carriage door closed.

Kang Chan had used mana to shut the door.

“No way! Th-the door?”

As Kang Chan stood up, he split the body of the man standing in front of him from head to groin like cutting tofu.

Splaaash!

Warm blood, holding the person’s body heat, splattered everywhere.

“Argh!”

The surviving giants tried to open the closed door to escape, but it wouldn’t budge.

Kang Chan had used mana to lock it.

Holding out his blood-dripping dagger towards them, Kang Chan coldly spoke.

“You bastards are worse than dogs. I won’t let a single one of you live.”

Thwack!

The dagger flashed again, and another one’s head fell to the ground.

As the blood of their dead comrade gushed like a fountain, the remaining four giants fell into a near panic state.

They pushed and shoved each other, trying to escape, but ended up tangled and collapsing to the floor.

“S-save me!”

“I’ll kill you all…”

As Kang Chan, deviating from the plan, tried to slaughter all the giants, Zikyon urgently stopped him.

“Hey! Stop! Did you forget the plan?”

“Zikyon, let’s stop joking around…”

For some reason, the blazing anger within Kang Chan would not subside, prompting Zikyon to restrain him even more firmly.

“Why are you in such a hurry? This isn’t like you. Calm down.”

“…”

“We’re going to kill them all anyway. Just hold on a bit longer.”

“Ugh!”

Hearing the green-haired woman calmly stating that they would kill them all, the remaining giants desperately tried to escape the carriage.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

“Save me! Is anyone out there? Save me!”

“No matter how loudly you scream, no one will hear. I cast a Silence spell on the carriage before we entered. Now, shall we begin?”

As Zikyon used dragon language magic to lift them into the air, the giants screamed like pigs being slaughtered and were pulled in front of her, forced to stand.

The scene was reminiscent of a pig being slaughtered and hung on a hook.

“Please, spare me! Please!”

Ignoring their desperate pleas, Zikyon began to transform the giants’ appearances using magic.

Moments later, the four giants had each transformed into Kang Chan, Zikyon, Erika, and Loki.

They were so shocked by their new appearances that they almost fainted. However, since Zikyon had taken away their voices, they could only roll their eyes in silence.

“This is phase two of the operation. Everyone, act your best. Be as rough as possible.”

“Understood.”

Shortly after, Kang Chan’s group, disguised as the giants, returned to the inn.

Of course, Zikyon had cleaned up the bloodstains and corpses in the carriage first.

Back at the inn, Kang Chan reported to Scream.

“We’ve loaded all four into the carriage.”

“Good, well done. Everyone, have a drink on me!”

Scream tossed a gold coin to Kang Chan.

“Thank you.”

One gold coin was a massive amount, equivalent to a month’s salary for an ordinary mercenary, so Scream thought he would be quite satisfied.

“Now then, it’s dinner time and we’re all tired… Shall we head to our rooms?”

As Scream stretched his arms and cracked his neck, the sound was loud and rough, indicating he wasn’t going to rest but to exert some force soon.

As expected, Scream whispered into Kang Chan’s ear, who was disguised as Pedro.

“Send the elf up first…”

“Y-yes… Master.”

Scream patted the hesitant Kang Chan on the shoulder and quickly went up to his room.

Kang Chan returned to the carriage and hid Pedro, who was disguised as Erika, in a sack and sent him to Scream’s room.

Scream, upon receiving the sack and checking its contents, looked extremely pleased.

“Tell everyone not to come near my room until I ring the bell.”

“Yes, understood.”

“Then, rest well.”

After the door closed, Kang Chan struggled to suppress his murderous intent as he descended to the first floor.

He wanted to rush into the room and strangle the man immediately.

“Sigh, Zikyon…”

“Just hold on a bit longer. Here, have a drink. I ordered the most expensive liquor in this inn, but it’s just mediocre, probably because it’s a countryside inn.”

Kang Chan downed the drink Zikyon handed him in one go, waiting for the moment of retribution.

“Mmph! Mmph! Mmph!”

“Oh? Awake already? Is it because elves are resistant to sleeping pills? Anyway, don’t fret. I won’t harm you.”

“Mmph! Mmph!”

Scream didn’t remove the gag from Erika’s mouth, fearing she might commit suicide out of shame.

With a sleazy expression, he began to caress the bound Pedro’s body.

“Wow… So beautifully formed.”

“Mmph! Mmph! Mmph!”

Pedro, in Erika’s body, struggled desperately to escape Scream’s grasp, but his efforts were futile against Scream’s strength.

“How can you be so beautiful even when struggling? Hehehe…”

Scream slowly began undressing Pedro, who was in Erika’s body.

“Mmph! Mmph! Mmph!”

As Pedro’s resistance grew more desperate, an angry Scream raised his hand and slapped Pedro’s cheek.

Slap! Slap! Slap!

“If you don’t want more, stay still!”

Rip! Riiip!

In his excitement, Scream tore off Pedro’s clothes, revealing the pale skin beneath.

Seeing this, Scream’s eyes turned red with lust.

“Oh, indeed, an elf’s body is different! Such transparent, clear skin! Tonight, I’ll definitely show you the taste of heaven.”

“Mmph! Mmph!”

As Scream began removing his pants, tears welled up in Pedro’s eyes.

“By now, he must be having a great time, right?”

“Naughty fellow.”

Zikyon laughed evilly. However, Erika, who was beside her, didn’t share the same expression.

Having never been with a man, she felt ashamed thinking about the giant who had transformed into her being humiliated.

“I don’t find it fun at all…”

Seeing Erika’s sullen expression, Zikyon, still disguised as a man, roughly patted her back.

“Ouch…”

“Kid, just enjoy it! Why so serious? Are you still a virgin, by any chance?”

“Z-Zikyon!”

“Uhehehehe.”

As Zikyon’s crude joke made Erika’s face turn as red as a ripe persimmon, Kang Chan tried to console her.

“Erika, don’t worry too much. We don’t plan to let any of them live anyway.”

Kang Chan’s words, meant to comfort Erika, were as cold as a northern wind, and Erika forced a smile in response.

“Ah, yes, Kang Chan…”

She thought to herself that as soon as Zikyon lifted the transformation magic, this place would turn into a sea of blood at Kang Chan’s hands.

Just as she expected, Kang Chan was sharpening his metaphorical knife internally.

‘Those bastards who buy and sell humans… I won’t let a single one live. Not even one…’

They had touched on something they should never have touched—his painful past.

As Kang Chan’s murderous aura continued to emanate, the atmosphere at the drinking table cooled rapidly, as if cold water had been poured over it.

At that moment, Loki carefully spoke up. His unexpected words quickly turned the chilly atmosphere on its head.

“Um, I have a question… Why did Scream take the person disguised as Erika?”

“Huh? Are you seriously asking because you don’t know?”

Loki, with eyes like those of a child, asked Zikyon.

“I’m asking because I don’t know.”

For Garman, a warrior to his core, explaining sexual education to an ogre was a daunting task.

In the end, Garman irresponsibly skipped over everything, leaving it all to Loki’s instincts.

Garman might have been an excellent father in many respects, but in this one, he was utterly negligent.

As a result, Loki had no concept of sex, and a dark cloud loomed over him.

“Really? Then should I, Zikyon, explain it all in detail?”

“Sure.”

Kang Chan felt an inexplicable sense of unease at Zikyon’s offer to provide sex education.

However, he felt too embarrassed to intervene, so he stayed silent.

“Listen carefully. First, about sex…”

Zikyon began explaining sex to Loki.

However, instead of educational information, Zikyon’s mouth spewed an endless stream of obscene and lewd talk.

Even Kang Chan and Erika, who knew all about such things, felt like covering their ears due to the intensity of Zikyon’s obscenities.

Loki’s descent into corruption seemed imminent, and Kang Chan and Erika realized just how crucial proper sex education was for a child.

Zikyon’s obscene talk showed no sign of stopping, even after an hour had passed.

His experiences over thousands of years were indeed vast.

“In those times, you should take this position, like this…”

“Hey! Zikyon!”

“What?”

“Why are you explaining even those details?”

“Man! This is important if you want to have a satisfying night.”

“Didn’t you tell me before that dragons are hermaphrodites and indifferent to sex? Do you think your words and actions now match what you said then?”

Zikyon flared up at the mention of inconsistency.

“Dragons never lie. I was just faithful to sexual life when I was in human form, as per the situation. Is that wrong?”

“…”

At Zikyon’s assertion of fidelity, Kang Chan found himself at a loss for words and fell silent. Surprisingly, it was Erika who boldly posed a question to Zikyon.