Chapter 39: Lets Go! (4) (1/2)
Chapter 39: Let’s Go! (4)
That night, under the cloak of the dark sky, three figures left theup the darkness with her torch Chi-Woo followed right after her in the er, who kept a watchful eye on their surroundings with a long sword in hand The three walked without saying anything, but they clearly looked wary of each other Eshnunna glanced behind her from time to ti to do?’</eehis suspicion for Chi-Woo clear ‘ht</ens that warranted suspicions even after they had traversed quite a long distance, and the rip around the hilt soon loosened, and the ?’ </eulped Eshnunna felt the sa her steps, she recalled what had just happened before
One hour ago
“Let’s go meet them,” Chi-Woo said so o to them, now”
“T—to who response shocked her further
“Who else could it be but those broken beings?” Chi-Woo saped in surprise
“Well…no Why…?”
“What do you s must know about me already”
Eshnunna realized then she had revealed how she knew about Chi-Woo defeating two broken beings in a fit of anger
“Knowing them, I don’t think they will leaveher last contact with the broken beings, Eshnunna had actually received an order to ‘personally lure and lead the hero who had dealt with two of their companions at Shahnaz camp to them’
“I want to take care of theet rid of me So, this is what I will do” Chi-Woo’s plan was sis while pretending to have lured him there, and Chi-Woo would take care of the the broken beings’ commands, and she would have a way out Even so…
“How about it?” Chi-Woo got up frohtly at Eshnunna “Now, there’s no way for you to lose anything”
They stopped walking After pondering a bit, Eshnunna said, “If you want to turn back, do it now”
“Sorry?” Chi-Woo blinked as he scanned the surroundings
Eshnunna stood stiffly without even turning back “If we take another step forward…those guys will sense our presence Then on’t be able to turn around” In other words, Chi-Woo could still change his h he understood what she was saying, Chi-Woo tilted his head and asked, “Why the sudden change of mind?”
“It’s not sudden You don’t seehed, “I get that you genuinely want to help us That’s so I became sure of today If you are confident that you can e as you say, I sincerely believe it would be better to gather helpers and cooperate with theh Eshnunna purposefully spoke in a business-like tone, she couldn’t hide the worries and uncertainty in her heart That allowed Chi-Woo a glied to turn her around If she had been unmoved by Chi-Woo’s words, she would have accepted Chi-Woo’s proposal without any complaints She wouldn’t have cared whether he died or not Instead, she hesitated to take another step further into danger She kneasn’t right to let someone who had come to help and save them die like this, and she still had a tiny bit of innocent hope for the heroes left in this world
‘ the hesitant look on Eshnunna’s face He didn’t know exactly what had happened, but so had made her lose a part of her mind Nonetheless, even Eshnunna herself didn’t know she had been bewitched ‘oodness that her mind wasn’t completely taken over, but…</erih the briefest of contact with Eshnunna; this rasp a person’s state of mind, and they knehat button they should push In other words, they were far s that wreak havoc solely on instincts
Finally, Eshnunna spoke “Let’s return for now Why don’t we rest today and talk again tomorrow?”
Eshnunna turned around, but Chi-Woo crossed his are my mind and backstab you then?”
Eshnunna stopped walking
“I could reveal to my companions what I found out today and forcefully use all of you guys as sacrifices Doesn’t that lared at Chi-Woo with angry disgust She bit her lips and said, “That would ment of your character”
“As a price, you’ll lose everything you’ve been trying to protect”
Eshnunna sucked in a short breath
“Are you nervous?”
“…”
“I know you can’t trustOf course, I don’t think that’s my fault,” Chi-Woo continued, “That’s why I told you I wasn’t asking you to believe ive me an opportunity to prove ’s position on his back and looked over his shoulder at the path they had taken “We can certainly discuss everything with the others, but…” If that hat he was going to do, he would have told Zelit and Ru A beforehand and attacked Eshnunna What was stopping hioal At the end of the day, there was no denying that he had to take care of all the broken beings as soon as possible Chi-Woo was the only one who stood a chance of doing that, not only a the natives but also the recruits The other heroes could be helpful, but they wouldn’t be as essential as Chi-Woo would be Thus, if he had to come forward, Chi-Woo wanted to take the lead and reach the conclusion he wanted He had prepared an insurance just in case, but he didn’t want soht not be able to keep my promise to you if we do that”
“?”
“Ms Eshnunna, you said that you wanted everyone to live, including yourself”
Eshnunna’s face stiffened
Chi-Woo wasn’t a hero As a non-hero like Eshnunna, he could sos However, the mindsets of heroes and non-heroes were fundah not all of theht consider Eshnunna their eneardless of the context surrounding her deeds, or whether or not she had been bewitched Even if everything ell, Eshnunna er However, there was a way for her to be safe Zelit and Ru Amuh were merely suspicious about her for now, and Chi-Woo could say that Eshnunna had no choice but to precariously s and the heroes for their benefit