There Was a Porter Who Would One Day Be Called a Prophet

96 – Being a Rogue is a Thing

Befitting the name Scarecrow, a being with one leg stood in front of the door. She spreads her arms of rusted pitchfork and scythe.

Her hair fluttering in the wind, and her face starting to peel off, as if it were real human hair, gave a chill just by looking at it.

“Master!”

Chloe blocked my way at the sudden appearance of an uninvited guest.

It’s embarrassing to dream of a harem with deceit, but this time I have no choice but to praise her courage.

It’s like it’s ready to pop out at any moment… Wait, what are you doing?’

“Maw!”

The feeling of the girl trying to wield her claws at the scarecrow ebbed away.

Then you are.

Kwak.

Before Chloe committed her catastrophe, she grabbed her weak spot, her tail.

“Hee!”

Chloe then trembled and was incapacitated.

“Calm down and stay still.”

I easily subdued Chloe and forced her to retreat, and I did not take my eyes off her.

The other party members each pulled out their weapons, but they were only paying attention because of what I said.

“Porter. What should I do now?”

Talia asked in a tense atmosphere.

I was thinking about that too.

The entity blocking the door just stands still, looking at us with empty eyes. He showed no sign of coming into the cabin.

It’s an easy opponent for the current party members, but if you catch that, you’ll have to give up a village.

In a situation where I couldn’t do this or that, I made a decision.

“Let’s wait until night.”

It was John Ver.

***

The Scarecrow, who had been in a confrontation without moving for a while, eventually began to move when the time came for the sun to set.

– Kung. Thud.

A scarecrow who turns his back on us and heads somewhere on his only leg.

Only then did the party members put down their weapons.

“Did Master know that the scarecrow was going to leave?”

Chloe asked with a curious face. I was dumbfounded when I saw the expressions of the party members who wanted to know how to cover this.

Aside from Chloe, what should you do? Do you know that I am the one tool of the future?

“You said you could hear demons crying at night. I thought the scarecrow would come to stop it when the time came.”

“I see.”

“If you think about it a little, it’s true.”

Chloe finally understands and the party members want to say goodbye.

“Then let’s go back to the inn today…!”

“Oh, that’s right! The porter is tired too? Let’s go back and rest!”

“Shouldn’t you eat too!”

“I’ll go and make you cut your knee for the first time in a while!”

The appearance of party members urgently trying to change the topic.

It’s already late, but I’ll get over it even if I look at the knee pillow.

However, the place to go now is not an inn.

“What are you talking about? I have to go after him.”

“They’re chasing you. Are you serious? What are you going to do if they block you again…”

He was a warrior who asked in a worried tone, but he couldn’t help it.

“The root cause must be addressed. The scarecrow is next.”

After I went out strong, we decided to chase after the scarecrow.

I asked the saintess who was walking behind me.

“By the way, saintess. Did you say Magi earlier?”

“Yes. I could feel the magic in that scarecrow.”

Unlike the last time with the bear, this time she caught it properly.

‘Then, is that scarecrow a monster?’

On the contrary, questions about the newly learned facts only increased.

What is the reason for blocking the same monster even though it is a monster?

The time when I was walking with incomprehensible worries.

“Everybody stop.”

I looked ahead at the low voice of the warrior.

“Kieek!”

Monsters gathered that would look like that if they had limbs hanging from the roots of plants.

Seeing those monsters, the saintess’ beautiful face frowned even more.

“The magi is too thick here. How did this happen…”

As expected, there is something here. The root cause of the monsters.

“Keee!”

“f*ck!”

As she escaped from her thoughts in a sudden uproar, she saw a scarecrow approaching her monsters.

-Kikkik.

Surprisingly, I was taken aback by the first attack.

‘Wasn’t it a neutral mob? Why should I go first?’

Started slaughtering nearby monsters by stabbing them with a pitchfork cut into three pieces and slashing them with a scythe.

The monsters also tried to attack them based on their superiority in numbers, but the scarecrow used only one leg to widen the distance.

“It sure is strong.”

“If a guy like that attacked with a monster, it would have been a bit of a headache.”

Reina and Talia muttered while watching the scarecrow’s battle.

It is also like a scarecrow with Durahan-class specs.

While watching the scarecrow’s learning, she opened her mouth after realizing that the number of her monsters was running out.

“Let’s go back. After killing all the monsters, the next one might stop us.”

Going back the way I came, I drew what I had to do tomorrow.

‘I also found out the location. I can come and solve it when the sun is up.’

‘Then….’

How long did it take? Suddenly, the field came into sight.

Swipe.

I looked around the mountain where the scarecrow was.

‘I’ll have to defeat that scarecrow too.’

***

When we arrived at the inn, we ordered food and skipped a meal.

It was a decent meal for the first time in a while, but everyone except Chloe, who was excited, quickly chewed and swallowed their food, then stood up and headed to their respective rooms.

Are you preparing for the upcoming fight? When you’re serious, you’re serious.

I just stayed and rummaged through the soup in front of me because Chloe hadn’t finished eating yet.

After eating the last leftovers, Chloe tapped her bulging stomach with a happy face.

“I think I did a really good job of following Master. Delicious food comes out, and above all, Master!”

Where does all that go?

“If you finish eating, let’s go up.”

Since it was the first time at Bona Mana Inn, I couldn’t let my guard down.

“If you ever want to go to the bathroom at night, come to my room and wake me up. I won’t lock the door.”

“Why don’t we sleep together?”

Chloe always offers to sleep.

“I got a separate room, but I can’t do that.”

“Why not?”

It’s time to let the ignorant cat realize the reality.

“Listen, Chloe. It costs four silver a day to rent a room.”

“4, 4 Silver each…!”

When she mentioned a specific amount, her ears perked up.

“If you’ve rolled up your sleeves, you know how much the average person carries in their wallet.”

“The most was 30 silver…”

What?

I asked just in case for a realistic amount somewhere.

“Could it be that the owner of the wallet was a middle-aged man who seemed to be in a good mood…?”

Chloe looked up at me with a surprised expression.

“How could that…! You could understand just by hearing that? After all, Master is amazing!”

When the affirmative answer came back, she had no choice but to cover her face with her hands.

‘That’s right, because a married man in this world earns an average of 30 silver per month….’

The man who was pickpocketed must have been smiling about what to do with the money he received.

To do such a vile thing. What would happen if Chloe was released into the world like this?

– Hey buddy. I’m in the same pitiful position, but won’t you buy me a drink….

-Does someone you know say that? You wouldn’t have gotten pocket money from your wife either. Buy it with your own money

-That’s right, I came excitedly thinking about drinking after a long time, but I ended up being pickpocketed….

– What? Is that really

-These days, petty thieves targeting married men’s wallets are extreme! I thought I wouldn’t get hit, but how did this happen… Big!

-It’s pitiful. Host, here’s two drinks for this friend… What, what! Where’s my wallet!

Just thinking about it is terrifying.

Feeling responsible for instilling in her the right thief, the porter grabbed Chloe by the shoulder and opened her mouth.

“Listen up, Chloe. Real thieves don’t go after the wallets of the poor.”

“What do you mean, Master?”

“If you rob the poor, you’re a petty thief, but if you rob the rich, you’ll be cheered by the public.”

“Why? Stealing is the same thing.”

“That’s because most of the people there are doing bad things to make money.”

Her sense of values began to be shaken by the porter’s remarks that overturned the basis of her theft.

“So, then what I’ve done so far is bad…?”

Originally stealing is bad. Was it because it was a livelihood crime that he was not aware of?

“However, if you steal the property of those bad guys and do it to people, that will be judgment.”

“The referee… I don’t know, but you mean it’s a good thing anyway?”

“Yes.”

If you want to walk the path of a thief, it’s better to curse at the bad guy.

“And those who walk that rugged path are called bandits. That’s the goal I’m aiming for.”

If I settle down in the empire, I will also hide behind the emperor and blackmail tax-wasting people to rip them off. Wouldn’t that also be considered righteous?

Chloe, who was listening to her words, looked at her own hands and began to mutter.

“Rogue. Master’s goal…!”

“So if you sleep in my room, it’s like throwing 4 silver into the air, wouldn’t it be a waste?”

As a future bandit, I cannot afford to waste the tax money of the people of the empire.

Then, determined to do something, Chloe clenched her hands while looking at her.

“I understand what you mean. I will work hard! If only I could be by Master’s side!”

“So you can stay by my side… What?”

“Then good night!”

Chloe enters the room with those words.

“This isn’t it…”

For some reason, she became dissatisfied with her passion.

After returning to the room with the bitter results behind, I was exhausted and laid myself on the bed.

Flutter.

I was happy with the softness of the bed that I hadn’t felt in a long time, but I thought about the fact that the scarecrow was a monster and fell into trouble again.

‘Monsters attack, but humans do not attack unless they are touched….’

I’ve confirmed that it’s definitely a monster, but I feel kind of uncomfortable.

As I shook my head in frustration, the diary placed next to me caught my eye.

“Oh, come to think of it, I didn’t give you this.”

I forgot to give the hero a diary and brought it with me.

“It will be fine.”

Visiting at this time is a bit like that.

Rising up, I rummaged through my backpack and took out a match.

– Profit.

As the gunpowder rubbed, the unique smell spread violently.

After putting the flame from the tip to the candle. I started reading the last part of the diary.

As expected, a diary with creepy stories disguised as ordinary.

Stories about cutting her own hair to make her wig and reinforcing the scarecrow.

I could feel the old man pampering her scarecrow as if it were her own real son.

However, while reading down. It stopped at one point.

O Month X Day.

It’s not Zakaran… No matter how much you try to believe it, this is just a simple scarecrow. My son Zakaran is dead, and he’s not coming back….

“This is…”

The old man was not out of his mind. He had turned his eyes away from reality even while deceiving himself.

When I turned the next chapter to the unusual development, it was difficult to recognize because the handwriting was scrawled from then on.

?Month?Day.

That can’t be our Jacaran! Give me back the jacaran! I want to see my real son, not a scarecrow!

From noble mtl dot com

After that, all the remaining pages were torn, so that was actually the last page.

What happened to the elderly who faced reality?

No matter how many times I thought about what happened to the old man, I couldn’t figure it out.

“I don’t know…”

The porter blew out the fire, put the diary on the table, and went to sleep.

The night went on and on like that.

***

As the morning dawned, a party of warriors gathered for a meal.

The porter was catching everyone’s attention there.

“Maybe now.”

What is this interest?

Everyone is waiting for my mouth to open.

“Let’s read this first.”

The party members who read the entire diary reacted similarly to me.

“That’s really sad.”

“So maybe the scarecrow has a grudge?”

“Grudge. Maybe.”

“Whoa?”

“Swallow everything in your mouth and talk.”

Their conversation was quite interesting.

A scarecrow with a grudge turned into a monster.

I wondered if I was stuck on this side as well, so I thought it was quite possible.

There are also spirits, but that might be the case.

First of all, there is work to be done before that.

“I think you should look into the old man.”

Being old since ancient times is the proof of survival.

And unlike Zakir, there are old people who survived in this village.

“Chief, where are you now?”