Chapter 27
Chapter 27- The Chosen Ones (3)
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Translator: HH
Swish!
He pointed at me with his free hand . What was I supposed to say? He sounded like he was saying ‘How do you like it now! Your bad deeds have been revealed to the world!’
I smiled .
“Yes . ”
“Haha, see! You bastards . I’ll report to the world what kind of things you did using this assassin…”
“False . ”
The Crusader spoke .
“What?”
“Not true . ”
The Crusader spoke indifferently again .
“Didn’t he say ‘yes’ to your question . That answer was false . So to organize things, Kim Gong-ja didn’t kill over 4000 people . ”
“…”
“Do you have any more questions?”
Silence .
While the Sword Saint shut his mouth, Crusader tilted her head .
“But 4000 . Is it possible for one person to kill that many people? I think that’s almost impossible . ”
“T, That…you used this youngest as a special assassin…”
I brightly smiled .
“You’re right . I’m a special assassin . ”
“Not true . ”
“…”
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Sword Saint dropped his mouth open .
“C, Crusader . I saw you wrong! I thought you wouldn’t lie!”
“If you’ll believe me or not, is up to you . ”
Crusader replied calmly .
“That’s why I asked if you would believe me at the beginning . ’
“…”
“If you change what you’re saying now it’s a bit…pathetic . No, it’s really pathetic . Sword Saint . It’s unlike how I thought of you . ”
“W, wait!”
The Sword Saint frantically looked at me .
“But there’s no way you didn’t kill anyone!”
“Ah . Yes . That’s right . I did get rid of someone once . ”
Crusader nodded .
“It’s the truth . ”
“See!”
“But it’s just one person . ”
“What?”
Crusader nodded again .
“It’s true . ”
“…”
“Of course, just because I killed one person doesn’t change the fact that I’m a murderer . But Sword Saint-nim . Even though I can’t be clean, I can tell you this . That bastard really deserved to die . Because he tried to kill me first . ”
“It’s the truth . ”
“No, he would’ve been a gentleman if he just tried to kill me . He massacres people . Massacres . I saw him kill someone, but dang, he didn’t even blink an eye as he burned someone to death! That fucking bastard!”
“It’s the truth . ”
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“Although I don’t know for sure, he probably killed tens, no hundreds of people . Yes . He’s definitely someone to do that . I killed someone like that . Curse me as a murderer if you want to . But did you know? Even if I go back to the past, I’ll get rid of him . Dang . Shit . I don’t know how someone can be as evil as him . ”
Crusader nodded her head .
“It’s all true .
“…”
Sword Saint was silent .
He slowly looked around him . He didn’t understand the situation, but now, he probably did after looking around .
Because the Guild Masters were all looking at him like ‘…what are you doing?’
“Hahahah! Hahaha!”
Heretic Questioner burst out laughing .
“Kim Gong-ja, the special assassin of the Five Large Guilds! How funny! It would be nice if that was true, but Sword Saint! We met Kim Gong-ja for the first time yesterday!”
“That’s also true, by the way . ”
“…”
The Sword Saint’s silence was deeper .
-Tsk tsk tsk tsk . One who lives by skills, dies by them .
Bae Hu-ryeong continued to click his tongue next to me .
“Mm . Well, I’ve answered everything . ”
I smiled .
What sir Gong-ja said really was all correct .
“It seems like there was a misunderstanding . It’s a good thing that was it . But Sword Saint . If I was really “…”
“I think a word of apology is appropriate here . What do you say?”
Crusader nodded her head .
“It’s the perfect truth . With any lie . ”
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“…”
“Quickly apologize to Kim Gong-ja . Sword Saint . ”
The geezer paled .
“I, I…”
Sword Saint spoke after a considerable amount of time had passed .
The hunters were looking at Sword Saint . His lips were dry .
“I, to Kim Gong-ja…”
Sword Saint could say a lot of things here .
He could just not believe Crusader . He didn’t have any reason to . Even though Crusader was famed for being just and righteous, she was in the Five Large Guilds . Why did he have to trust her?
‘You’re all trying to trick me!’
Could be what Sword Saint said .
Or…he could reveal his own skill card . The power that showed an opponent’s kill count . But it wasn’t wise to show others your skill . However, it was still enough .
‘I didn’t suspect Kim Gong-ja because I’m a boomer . It’s all because of my skill! What can I do when this is what my skill says? Isn’t it obvious that someone should trust their skill before they trust a person first?’
It was natural for people to excuse themselves .
‘Or there are psychopaths that just kill others like the Flame Emperor . ’
Distrust . Excuses . Shutting their mouths .
The Flame Emperor proved that he was a psychopath by choosing the method of shutting someone’s mouth…and Sword Saint would show what kind of person he was from this .
“Mm . ”
Sword Saint wet his lips .
And he decided .
“…Did you say your name was Kim Gong-ja . ”
“Yes . ”
“If you didn’t kill innocent people like I thought…no . That’s not it . ”
Sword Saint shook his head while he was speaking . Kashing . As he pulled his sword back in, sighs of relief could be heard in the reception room . The hunters around Sword Saint looked less nervous . Among them, Sword Saint tightened his necktie .
“I’ll speak again . ”
He bowed his head .
“I’m sincerely sorry . ”
The old man was apologizing .
“I was wrong . I misunderstood…so I almost killed someone . I always thought that I should kill anyone I judged deserving to be killed . I killed by my beliefs . ”
He bent his head even more .
“But from now, that won’t happen again . ”
His low voice rumbled in the reception room .
“Just apologizing with words is useless . If you want anything, I’ll try to uphold it…It would be nice if I could say that but…”
Self-deprecation was mixed in his voice .
“Please don’t ask for my life . I ask you . I still want to live . I want to see the top of this tower . …I made a big mistake, and almost killed you . But please forgive this old man and let him live . ”
The palace’s reception room became quiet .
The old man could’ve made a different choice . He could’ve not turested the Crusader, or excused himself with his skill . But he didn’t . Instead, he acknowledged that he might be wrong .
“…”
The Crusader glanced at me . Our eyes met . She nodded her head silently . We didn’t speak, but I knew what the Crusader was saying .
‘It’s the truth . ’
Everything he said was true .
His apology, and his promise not to kill people based on his skill . Not only that, but the fact that he didn’t want to die .
That he wanted to live more .
To forgive him .
-That boomer .