Chapter 178 – Acceptance
“I was kidnapped, but I managed to escape alone. Please help me. My brother is still there.”
A woman with an anxious expression appealed.
When Albert heard her words, his face suddenly changed seriously.
“You mean human trafficking? Report it to the city police!”
“Adventurer, then you will be late. Now that I’ve escaped, there’s a high chance that I’ll move the hideout right away if I notice. Then you won’t be able to find Young Young’s brother! Please help me!”
In her voice, I could feel the guilt of leaving only her brother behind and escaping.
Seeing her pitiful expression, Albert’s sense of justice flared up. Every minute and every second was precious to himself to take the disciple test.
But Albert couldn’t just ignore this matter.
If you report it to the patrol, it will definitely take some time.
One o’clock was urgent.
I couldn’t help it.
Albert decided to go alone first and take a look at the situation.
“Could you tell me where that place is? I’ll go there first. Lady, report this to the city police.”
“No. It is in a complex place that cannot be described in words. I will guide you.”
Come to think of it, the place wouldn’t be on the main street, it wouldn’t be a place you could go to alone because it would be in a crowded back alley.
“Hmm…Then there’s nothing you can do about it.”
“This way.”
As if in a hurry, the woman ran toward the narrow back alley.
Albert followed her, feeling nervous about a possible battle.
The woman guided him through the gloomy alleys.
Albert had to admit that it would have been difficult to find his destination if he hadn’t been guided by her.
(It’s right around the corner.)
The stopped woman held her breath and whispered to Albert.
Albert leaned against the alley wall and peeked over the corner. I saw a door, and in front of it stood a tough-looking man.
It was the face of a typical back alley criminal.
It didn’t look like a great force.
‘Is this the den of human traffickers?’
Ever since he was young, Albert was trained in swordsmanship by his father, who was a mercenary.
A simple knave could handle it.
Albert looked around with a foolish expression and stepped towards the threatening man.
“You bastard, what is it?”
The man immediately frowned and scared me.
“Oh, sorry. I, I’m lost there…”
Albert approached the man with a rather clumsy performance.
“Yes? Get lost? Do you know my Won’t it turn off?”
‘Now! Quick battle!’
Albert braced his legs and jumped at him with explosive speed.
“This bird… !”
Before a loud sound came out of the man, Albert’s elbow hit the man’s abdomen.
“Ouch!”
He turned around and hit the man’s chin with his fist. The man who was hit in the jaw lost consciousness as his eyes rolled over.
‘I’m glad. I don’t see them being that great.’
“Wow, that’s great.”
The woman’s face was colored with hope after seeing Albert lightly knocking down the tough man.
Seeing her expression, Albert felt a proud yet unknown emotion welling up in her heart.
Even if the time to take the student test is delayed, he himself is doing the right thing. Even if he failed the exam because of this, he had no regrets.
“Is this here?”
“Yes, adventurer.”
Albert cautiously entered the traffickers’ hideout.
The security inside wasn’t as strict as I thought. Yet it seemed that this woman had not been discovered of her escape.
Albert was able to successfully subdue the human traffickers who came out one by one more smoothly than he thought, and rescue the imprisoned women.
There seemed to be a little over 10 women rescued.
All were women, only beauties.
It seemed to be the den of human traffickers.
Albert took them and hurriedly escaped the den of human traffickers before the others arrived.
“Go, thank you.”
The rescued women thanked Albert.
Albert was elated that he had cleared the hideout of human traffickers by himself and rescued the women.
“Now, let’s go back home.”
Albert felt proud and told them with a happy expression.
Several women thanked them repeatedly and left.
But there are still 10 women left.
“What about you?”
“Huh.”
They wept silently.
“Why are you crying so much?”
I wondered why they shed tears without returning home.
“We have nowhere to go back to.”
“Yes?”
“My family told them…”
I could tell without listening to the back story.
Albert’s anger flared up again at the traffickers.
But even Albert couldn’t take responsibility for 10 of them.
‘Now, wait a minute… This, this!?’
Then, like a bolt of lightning, an amazing idea popped into Albert’s head.
“Ho, do you have anything you know how to do?!”
The women answered as if they had been waiting for Albert’s words.
“I am good at cooking.”
“I used to tend a nobleman’s garden.”
“I, if I were to cook too…”
“I know how to make clothes.”
“I am…”
Albert let out a roar of joy inwardly.
The beauties were suspiciously competent, but Albert never doubted them.
‘If it’s these guys!’
“If you have nowhere else to go… Do you intend to work as a maid in the mansion?”
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Ignis decided to leave it in the hero’s resting place for now.
Anyway, as long as I don’t enter the hero’s resting place, I can control the flow of time.
I made the time flow as slowly as possible, so even if I called her a few days later, the time she felt that she was separated from me was only an instant.
Returning to my room from the hero’s resting place, I was greeted by an unexpected guest.
It was Liliana.
“Every time I see it, it shows me a new side of me.”
Said Liliana, who was sitting at the table drinking her tea.
It was like she came into my room on her own, but beauty’s visits were always welcome.
“You don’t intend to tell me about that strange thing just now, do you?”
I tried to explain, but there was not much to explain.
I was just using my skills.
Truth be told, even if it was a skill of the system, there was no way she would just say “That’s right” And pass it over.
“What’s going on anyway?”
She wouldn’t have been waiting for me in my room for nothing.
It doesn’t seem like you came to be hugged by me.
“Keep your promise of luck.”
“Promise? What a promise.”
“Are you thinking of giving up? Didn’t you promise me to draw your blood?”
It seems that such a deal was made when erasing the magic wand location tracking spell.
“…I haven’t forgotten.”
“Of course. I have a good memory. Now that we have a place to conduct full-scale research, I will dig up your secrets.”
Liliana said with a confident face.
I had no intention of breaking my promise.
I had nothing to lose, so I just completely forgot about it.
The person who borrowed money is more likely to forget than the person who lent it.
Now I felt so good that I summoned the hero Ignis and drew not only blood but also semen to give to him.
‘By the way… Can you… Draw blood?’
It is already a body that has been strengthened to the extent that even I cannot fathom through the body strengthening skill.
It was natural to question whether it was possible to drain the blood from that body.
I wanted to, but…
Surprisingly, blood collection was easy.
With the awareness that I was ‘permitting’ it, even the strengthened body could easily inflict wounds.
The wound that drained the blood healed in an instant.
Thanks to that, I also confirmed the ability of my body to regenerate.
“The smell…Isn’t just the usual smell of blood. Something fragrant smells. Interesting.”
Liliana, who received my blood in something like a beaker, said something like that.
– Sniff sniff.
Certainly… It wasn’t the smell of normal human blood.
I think I can smell something sweet…
“Look forward to it. I will reveal your secret to Unho.”
I was curious too.
Semen has the same effect, but blood doesn’t.
I’d rather she shed some light on my abilities and she does.
“Yeah, don’t expect it.”
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Albert is smiling brightly.
10 beauties standing stiffly behind him…
Albert is ridiculously far from a day, he has been looking for girls to be maids in only half a day.
Having pulled out Ignis, my mood, which was perfect, plummeted to the floor.
‘Does this make sense? Is this…Possible?’
The impossible happened.
‘Is it a face after all?’
I hate to admit it, but it was a face that looked like it would make a woman cry if she took off the dirt well.
Albert was proudly recounting his saga of clearing out a den of human traffickers alone, but none of it came to my ears.
Eileen was the only one who listened attentively.
“Whoa, you took a shot at that kid. Unho. Couldn’t you come and change your words now?”
Liliana told me as if she was accusing me.
Albert and Eileen are looking at me with sparkling eyes filled with anticipation.
The burdensome gazes of the two pressured me.
I already said something, but it was too ugly for the man to say it twice with one mouth here.
“Huh…Albert…I recognize you…As my disciple.”
I ended up saying what I really didn’t want to say.
“Cheer up!!”
Albert cheered with his arms held high.
Then he bowed his head deeply to me and said.
“Thank you, Master!”
“Albert, congratulations!”
Eileen was congratulating Albert without knowing my speed.
