Chapter 89 - Shadow Killer 1 (2/2)

Seeing his firm attitude, Choi Kayoon sighed.

“How did it come to this…”

Their plan was slowly changing and getting more and more complicated.

However, she was already too deeply implicated and couldn’t back out anymore.

If she showed any suspicious behavior, Woohyuk would immediately overpower her and control her actions.

With complex thoughts in her mind, Choi Kayoon approached Count Oswald.

***

Count Oswald happily accepted Choi Kayoon’s offer.

He didn’t have the leeway to think about complicated matters concerning her as his life was currently on the line.

On the contrary, he said he would give them large rewards on top of the royal library pass, as long as they protected him from the shadow killer.

“Your acting is flawless.”

“My dream was to become a musical actress when I was younger.”

Choi Kayoon and Woohyuk conversed in the mansion’s guest room.

Despite her fear of men, she would spend the nights with him in the same room until this incident was deemed over, as she wished for his protection.

“But will you be alright? We’ll be sleeping in the same bed.”

“...I don’t have a choice anyways. Either way, don’t you dare lay a finger on me. If you do, I’ll scream at the top of my lungs in the middle of the night.”

Choi Kayoon lay on the bed as she complained and began to sway her legs at the edge of the bed. Woohyuk stared at her high-heels before opening his mouth.

“I’ll give you all the rewards we receive from Count Oswald.”

“You seem confident. But they say that the enemy is a devil.”

The shadow killer’s methods were quite atypical. He used the shadows of others to kill his targets. As ordinary humans were incapable of such feats, rumors said that the criminal was a devil.

“A devil, huh? The possibility definitely isn’t zero.”

“Do you have a plan? There’s only a day left until he comes.”

Choi Kayoon was well-aware that Woohyuk was an extremely skilled fighter, but she was unsure if he could win against demons.

If the situation went out of hand, even she could lose her life in the chaos.

“Don’t worry. I’ll protect you even if a demon king comes at us.”

There was a mysterious sense of reliability in his words.

Choi Kayoon stared at him for a short while before speaking again.

“Why do you care about me so much?”

“What do you mean?”

“You could just treat me like a slave, you know?”

There was no need for him to spend money on her, nor to make her pose as a noble from the Rhine Kingdom.

Woohyuk was the Rhine Kingdom’s monarch.

There would’ve been no problem to prove his identity in this city, and even if he had approached the count as a mercenary, he would’ve had bargaining rights since the leader of the Blue Hawk Mercenaries had vouched for his skills.

“Think of this as an investment.”

“...Do I have that much of a value?”

“Of course.”

Woohyuk nodded as he sat down on a chair, and gazed at Choi Kayoon with serious eyes.

“I understand that you have an extreme fear of men. You must’ve gone through a lot of difficult experiences. However, if you keep operating independently, you’ll get in trouble one day.”

“But why does it matter to you? I won’t be much of use to you by then.”

“No, that’s not true.”

Choi Kayoon could only express her true potential and skills by becoming a Monster Lord.

But that was still an impossible feat as of right now.

That’s why she had to be under his protection to grow to her full potential.

“Are you going to take me to the Rhine Kingdom?”

“That’ll be better for you as well.”

Woohyuk could do many things for Choi Kayoon.

Not only could she live peacefully in a quiet place by herself, he could also pay for her living expenses and for the funds to tame and raise monsters.

In return, Woohyuk wanted Choi Kayoon’s cooperation.

She had to contribute to the kingdom’s peacekeeping by using her monsters.

“Is that even possible? I have barely tamed 30 monsters as of yet.”

“No need to be impatient. Time isn’t a worry for us.”

It would take at most a hundred years to fill in the empty divine thrones, considering the fact that no one had reached them for 40 years.

“Alright. I accept your offer.”

“A wise choice.”

“But instead, let me keep these clothes.”

The dress Choi Kayoon was currently wearing had greatly pleased her.

Woohyuk chuckled and agreed.

“That was a gift for you. Even if you sell it for money later on, I won’t care.”

“Thank goodness. I was worried you would take it back since it was an expensive dress.”

Choi Kayoon was relieved. She got off the bed and removed her heels.

She was exhausted from all the travelling she had done as she followed Woohyuk, and wanted to go to bed early.

“As a warning, don’t you dare attack me during the night just because I’m defenseless. I’ll summon my monsters immediately.”

“Don’t worry. Those thoughts never even crossed my mind.”

He had even refused a naked girl who had entered his room in the middle of the night.

Choi Kayoon’s mind slowly faded away and her eyes closed. Woohyuk began to think to himself.

‘I fortunately managed to convince her.’

The other monarchs had failed to recruit her in the past as she had already begun her reign as a Monster Lord and no longer needed their help.

But the current Choi Kayoon was an ordinary monster tamer.

No matter how much she hated other people, she would find it hard to refuse an extremely beneficial offer.

Well, he did have to use force to bring her all the way here.

‘All that’s left to do is the shadow killer.’

Woohyuk had to find out how the culprit carried out his murders within a day.

Thankfully, with the help of Count Oswald, he had already gathered a lot of relevant information.

It was safe to say that the success of this mission depended purely on his own capabilities.