Chapter 198 (2/2)
Most of those he met in his dreams had mostly the same appearance as they did in reality But he had never seen anyone in the real world with the appearance of 'a black soed perplexed stares for a while However, it was the black thing that recovered froh-pitched noise, stood up and waddled unsteadily towards Vandalieu
The black thing then grasped at the horns and tu to climb onto him Vandalieu then realized what it was
”Ah, a baby You don't have much self-perception, so that's why you have that for what it was didn't help him knohat to do with it ”I don't suppose your parents would appear in a drean of the black thing's… the baby's, guardians
He couldn't just roughly shake it off hiently as he moved forward… Incidentally, he had no idea which way he was supposed to go, or whether it was necessary to go anywhere at all
This was a result of his thoughts having beco
”Eyes? Eyes?” the baby said curiously
”Yes, those are ers in thely?”
”Those are antennae Please don't pull on them too er than you are in the real world”
The black baby seeers into the eyes in various places on Vandalieu's body and pulling on his antennae It was quite the aggressive baby
”But it seems you can speak a little, so I suppose you're about one or two years old Can you say your name?” Vandalieu asked
”Meh”
”Meh-kun?”
Vandalieu suspected it was a boy, since it wastimid, so he decided to add -kun to his name
”I'm Vandalieu,” he said
”Bandalieu?”
”Yes, yes, Bandalieu,” said Vandalieu, ignoring the fact that a part of his face wasas he matched Meh-kun's i to think about who this child was, but… he was still dreaether
I'll think about it when I wake up, he thought, giving up on it for now as he continued on, rocking the Meh-kun as still using his body as a playground
After a while, he encountered a Nopperbou that hispering to itself
TLN: A Nopperbou, or faceless ghost, is a japanese youkai (legendary creature)
”Ah, a Nopperbou-san who is one of the Gods of Earth,” said Vandalieu, calling out to the genderless silhouette that earing white tights that covered its whole body ”… Or not,” heto whisper to itself
Despite not being a baby that didn't havearound in a enderless in addition to its face; it was in quite the serious state
”White,” said Meh-kun
”Yes Would I be able to use ?” Vandalieu wondered
Thinking that it was some kind of fate that this was a dream, Vandalieu extended his arms towards the white silhouette and wrapped it in his palently as he could
He then produced a countless number of eyes and mouths on the surface of his palms, which asked hiave an indiscernible whisper in response
”Who are you?” the mouths on Vandalieu's palms questioned once more
They repeatedly asked, ”Who are you?” ”What is your name?” ”What are you?”
As these questions continued, the white silhouette's unclear whispers began to change
”… Who… Who… ah a mouth that had appeared on a face that had been co words that could be understood
Its appearance began to change as well
However, it did not settle on a fixed fored from male to female and back to male, over and over
Meh-kun watched the silhouette curiously, then looked up at Vandalieu as if to say, ”It's not fixed yet, you know?”
”I can't fix you after just one try after all,” Vandalieu told the silhouette ”If I go too far, your uarantee that we'll be able to ive this to you as a replacement for medicine”
He tore off two eyes and a mouth from one of his palms and attached them to the white silhouette
With this, the eyes and mouth would continue to question the white silhouette
”I… I am…” the silhouette whispered
Vandalieu released the silhouette With unsteady footsteps, the silhouette began walking away
”White?” said Meh-kun
”It seems that this is where we part ith that person,” said Vandalieu
Perhaps because this was a dream, he didn't feel a desire to follow the silhouette With Meh-kun still riding on his shoulder, he continued walking
Vandalieu didn't knohy, but along the way, he was surrounded by crowds of people who offered him mysterious prayers He also encountered people who seeh not as badly as the white silhouette; he helped theht Ia surprising number of people,” Vandalieu remarked
As he continued, he caround beyond it was of a different color to the ground that he had been walking on up until now
”It seeoodbye to you here, Meh-kun,” said Vandalieu, intuitively sensing that this was the end of the drea onto Vandalieu's body
”I'm happy you feel that way, but all drea to you too, Meh-kun,” said Vandalieu
He started to tear off eyes and antennae like the ones that Meh-kun was holding, as he see to them
But Meh-kun ainst Vandalieu unhappily
Vandalieu began tearing off other parts of himself Once there was a san shaping them into the shape of a person The final result was another Vandalieu, larger than Meh-kun but still far smaller than the real Vandalieu
”Banda!” said Meh-kun, happily running towards the newly-created Vandalieu
”Now then, take good care of Meh-kun, er Vandalieu
”I don't think I can do anything a, but I'll do my best, me,” said the smaller Vandalieu
”I'll attach a treasure orb onto you too,” said the larger Vandalieu, offering his s that will s somewhat better That's very helpful,” said the smaller Vandalieu
And with that, the smaller Vandalieu took the treasure orb and turned around to walk in the opposite direction with Meh-kun in his ar them off, Vandalieu woke up
《The Level of the Dark Demon Creation Path Enticement Skill has increased!》
”Vandalieu, are you awake?” a voice asked
Gaining consciousness, Vandalieu found hiate soon, but judging from the position of the sun in the sky, it seemed that less than an hour had passed since Zuruwarn had carried his soul away
”Yes, goodarn
It seeers or other body parts underneath Vandalieu's clothes to manipulate him like a puppet
”I aarn in a flat-toned but so, thin objects touching his skin withdraw
At the sauards approached with a suspicious look on his face
”What, are you alone? I was sure you were an apprentice of one of the uard said
What the guard saas a ten-year-old boy wearing a robe with a hood drawn over his face This boy was carrying no belongings but a single bag; he certainly did not look like he was capable of traveling safely This was indeed suspicious
”Yes The caravan I was an apprentice for was attacked by bandits… I was lucky enough to escape, but I couldn't go back to my parents who live in poverty, so I journeyed here,” said Vandalieu, reciting a fake past that he had decided on with the help of Miles and Eleanora
The expression in the guard's eyes turned into sympathy
”I see… So, what do you intend to do after coo to the Commerce Guild and look for work there Fortunately, I have a little ht I think you will face some difficult times ahead, but it's fortunate that you survived Do your best to stay out of trouble with us Children under the age of fifteen are exempt from the toll, so you're free to pass Welcome to Morksi -”
”Hey, wait,” interrupted another, older guard ”You're going to let hi his face? Don't slack off just because he's a kid” He turned to Vandalieu ”Hurry up and take off your hood”
The older guard's face was not that of a diligent man as dedicated to his job… There was an unpleasant smile on it
However, what he said was correct, so Vandalieu lowered his hood and showed the guards his face He was already wearing a cloth over one eye to conceal the fact that he was a Dhaot one eye I'uard sneered ”By the way… for the sake of the city's public order, there's a rule in place forbidding us fro suspicious people in Those suspicious people include parentless, jobless brats Even brats resort to theft and pilfering to survive, you see”
”Aggar-senpai, you're taking it too far -” the younger guard began
”Shut it, Kest You're new on the job, and you want to co at the younger guard
The young guard naave a small squeak and stepped back
It seemed that Kest was new to his job, and was in a far lower position than his senpai Aggar
Aggar turned back to Vandalieu ”But it's a different story if you have enough money to live properly for a while The kind of er toll than adults,” he said, holding a palm out towards Vandalieu
It seemed that he had heard Vandalieu say that he had money that the bandits had missed, and he was now here to collect a bribe froistered with a Guild
I thought of this lie so that people wouldn't become suspicious as to why I have the funds to start a stall, but it's backfiring on ht
He had plenty of funds He had money in the Baued for Lunas when they irated to Talosheim, as well as the money that he had taken fro some over as a bribe wouldn't be a proble a target as known to have money
If I remember correctly, an adult's toll around here is five Baums, Vandalieu recalled as he placed double that aood Welco out of Vandalieu's ith a broad grin
”If you're looking for an inn, you can stay at Starling Inn for cheap As for food, you should be able to fill yourself up at S's Nest,” Kest whispered as Vandalieu walked past hiate
Vandalieu whispered his thanks in return, then entered the city of Morksi
He had run into soood, lively city Just as the preliested
Vandalieu had actually entered the city several days ago without passing through the gate, because the headquarters of the 'Hyena' Gozoroff's crianization was located here
The headquarters had already been completely taken over by Miles and Isla, and Vandalieu had turned all of the cri information from them Unlike Gozoroff, it was possible that he would use them for a while, so he could not si; Vandalieu now had Morksi's underworld essentially in his grasp… though his grasp hadn't reached the kind of low-life underlings ould take bribes
I have a grasp on the people higher-up, and don't have a good understanding of the ht
”… Vandalieu, how do you wish to dispose of that huap in space
Vandalieu's gar? I',” he said
”… Are you sure? If you give me the order, I can conceal his death for an eternity in a labyrinth Of course, there will be no evidence left behind,” Gufadgarn said
”No, I',” Vandalieu repeated
”Then should I kill hirowing children are hungry forher face out fro his face again
”Nutrients… My fruit will beco out under Vandalieu's hood as well
Kühl poked out to express its hunger as well
”I just said, I'nificant villain, there's going to be apeople in no tie that had been suffered was ten Bauht? Just say when,” said Eisen, perhaps convinced by Vandalieu's words or perhaps sie his ain
”… It would be good to not be taken notice of by unwanted vultures, though,” said Vandalieu
If he wasn't careful, he would beco people in the city of Morksi
For now, Vandalieu started heading towards Starling Inn, the inn that Kest had told him about
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