Chapter 54: Crossing Point (4) (1/2)

Well, it’s still 9pm in my timezone, so here’s the chapter.

Some changes I’ve made:

“As expected, you’re an expert in rearing. Being neglected and having her sight and hearing sealed for a long time must have left her weaker and dejected.”

The employee said with a smile after they had gone back to the auction house’s sales office in a hurry.

He was the man they met on the 1st basement floor, who specialized in the slave business.

Cordelia frowned as she was peeved from hearing the man’s words, but fortunately, her face was covered by a mask, so no one noticed it.

However, Jude could guess how she felt just by looking at Cordelia’s small gestures. He then slightly moved to hide Cordelia from the employee’s gaze, before he turned towards Red Wind.

She was blindfolded with a large leather eye covering, and her hearing and speech were blocked by a special seal. And just as she was before, she stood upright while being almost naked.

There were short handcuffs on both her arms, and her legs were bound by short chains that were barely long enough for her to walk.

‘Had she been left for more than an hour in that state?’

Even the most dauntless person would be depressed and dejected.

In fact, Red Wind’s shoulders were badly drooping, reflecting her depressed state.

“I’ll take her then.”

“Yes, I hope you have a pleasant rearing.”

Nodding a bit to the smiling man, Jude hurriedly stepped forward as he took the large robe he brought beforehand and used it to cover Red Wind.

“Let’s go back to our accommodation before releasing her. Okay?”

Nothing good will come out if she stood out.

Moreover, the two didn’t have any significant emotional interaction with Red Wind yet. If they released her here, she would most likely try to escape.

“Okay, let’s go quickly.”

Cordelia responded in a low voice and walked closely to Red Wind, who slowly trod out of fear.

And thirty minutes later.

Upon arriving at their accommodation, Jude and Cordelia first laid Red Wind in the bedroom before they came out to the living room and started talking in Korean.

“First of all, we have to become friends with Red Wind.”

Jude nodded his head at Cordelia’s insistence.

Their future journey would take place across the border, so the help of Red Wind, who was a local to that place, was absolutely necessary.

And what they needed was a relationship built on friendship and trust, and not on a coercive master-slave relationship.

“But we’re lacking in time.”

The situation where Cordelia and Red Wind became friends was something that could be easily done.

From Jude’s point of view, no, even from the point of view of his previous life as Outboxer, Cordelia was kind, pretty, and even honest.

Furthermore, Cordelia liked Red Wind.

Red Wind herself didn’t exactly have an unfriendly personality, so they could easily become friends soon.

‘But that soon would at least take more than a month.’

They didn’t meet in a normal way but met in the form of a purchase in the slave market.

It would take a considerable amount of time to ease Red Wind’s wariness.

“So the way I thought of is…why is your expression like that?”

“Because it looks like you’re plotting something evil.”

“Heeyy, what evil plot… It’s just a white lie.”

“In the end, you’re going to deceive her.”

Just as Jude knew Cordelia well, Cordelia also knew Jude well.

As Cordelia’s eyes narrowed, Jude cleared his throat but did not exactly withdraw his statement.

They really didn’t have time.

And that fact was well known to Cordelia as well.

“What’s your way?”

“It’s a good way.”

“F*ck.”

“Well, it’s sweet to hear that after a long time.”

When Cordelia recoiled at his response that was smooth like flowing water, Jude laughed as if he was aiming for that in the first place and beckoned to her.

“Come closer. I’ll tell you.”

“You’re always telling me to come closer for a long time.”

Cordelia grumbled as she moved closer to Jude, and Jude explained his plan in a whisper.

***

Red Wind swallowed her dry saliva as she was lying down on the bed.

She was pretending to stay calm, but she was honestly scared.

What will happen now?

What kind of people are those who bought me?

I need to find a way to cure my father’s illness.

What will happen to my father if I can’t return?

No, what will happen to me right now?

She was scared and afraid. She frequently tried to hold it in, but honestly, she felt like crying.

‘I have to be strong.’

I have to be strong. I’d rather die than become a northern bastard’s plaything. No, I can’t just die. I’ll kill and kill them.

Red Wind strongly clenched her teeth, but it was only for a while before her negative feelings disappeared.

Because she was suddenly overwhelmed with tremendous fatigue.

‘I’m feeling sleepy…hungry…’

Come to think of it, how long had it been since I’ve lied down in a soft and cozy bed?

Her feelings completely changed because of her drowsiness.

And it was at that moment.

“Wake up, child of the Storm.”

A woman’s strong and pretty voice made Red Wind suddenly open her eyes.

There was no eye covering. She could see ahead of her. But Red Wind immediately closed her eyes again, because of the dazzling light that filled her surroundings.

“Do not be afraid, child of the Storm. I am Great Storm.”

Red Wind held her breath at the voice that resonated like a voice from the heavens. She stood up from her spot, bent down, and respectfully bowed.

“Aah! Great Storm!”

It was a reflexive action.

And the voice did not give Red Wind a chance to doubt it.

“Red Wind, daughter of Red Gale. The brave child who went on a journey to cure her father’s illness.”

Red Wind held her breath again.

It was real.

The pronunciation was a little bad, but that was only a minor problem.

The proof was that it knew everything from her father’s name, to the reason why she came across the border and into the southerner’s land.

She had never mentioned her father’s name since she came down to the south.

Great Storm.

It was the guardian deity that the Great Storm tribe worshiped and obeyed.

In the Legend of Heroes series, it was one of the beings called the barbarian gods.

“Red Wind, a great crisis is coming throughout the entire tribe, and even across the Great Plains.”

Red Wind recoiled. Perhaps her father’s illness was also related to the great crisis, she thought.

“Your thoughts are correct. My child, Red Wind, daughter of Red Gale. I gave a divine revelation to two southern humans. Thus they have saved you, so join them. Help them. They will break down the crisis in the north.”

“Southern…humans?”

Red Wind raised her head and asked.

She still couldn’t open her eyes properly because of the dazzling light, but she could vaguely see a person’s silhouette.

It was a very beautiful silhouette of a woman.

“It is a man and a woman. The woman’s name is Cordelia. The man’s name is Jude. The red-haired woman is very beautiful and good-natured, but sometimes fierce. She’s like an animal. The good man is a handsome, fine, and nice person, who always sincerely understands the animal-like woman. For your information, the woman is completely in love with the man…”

Why do I somehow have a strange feeling with these lines?

What on earth is the content about?

Cordelia, who was acting as Great Storm, asked Jude with her eyes, but Jude was consistently playing dumb. She didn’t even know what the written message was about, as Jude had only written down the Korean pronunciation of the northern barbarians’ language that she was now reading.

“Child, trust in those two. Help the two people. The two will be your friends.”

That was it.

As soon as Cordelia finished reading the lines, Jude pushed into the room again the magic created by combining the magic circle and the magic circle. Red Wind, who had low magic-resistance, fell into a deep sleep again.

“Good, let’s quickly tie her up again.”

Cordelia, who was on top of the magic circle that projected light, quickly came down from her spot in the room.

There were various magic circles activated in the room to deceive Red Wind’s senses.

Each one was a low-level magic, but there were a lot of magic circles, so it made quite a dreamy effect.

“If she woke up in a state of being restrained, like before she fell asleep, she will think of this moment as just a dream.”

“To such a Red Wind, we’ll approach her, saying that we received Great Storm’s divine revelation, right?”

“That’s right. Then Red Wind will trust us.”

Because it was the guidance of Great Storm who protected the tribe, and not anyone else.

“Eh…it makes sense, but I’m somehow uncomfortable.”

“It’s for the great cause. Hang in there.”

“This is sort of…isn’t these just the lines that villains would say in games or movies?”

Saying thus and thus about the just and great cause to protect their selfish desires.

“Hey, it’s not. It really is for the great cause. Anyway, let’s quickly restrain her and put away the magic circles.”

“Hmm.”

Cordelia reluctantly nodded and began to restrain Red Wind who was in a deep sleep, while Jude hastily removed the magic circles.

And after about an hour or so.

“Hey, can you hear me?”

Red Wind woke up to the soft and gentle voice. She tried to open her eyes right away, but she could see nothing but black, because of her blindfold.

“Wait a second, I’ll untie it for you immediately.”