Chapter 8
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 8
Chapter Title: Child-Lover's Demise
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"Hey, watch out!"
Kana's warning snapped me back to my senses.
Across from me. The black-armored figure who'd been watching moved. No chance to put distance between us—it closed the gap in an instant.
A blade thrusting toward my side.
This one was unavoidable...!
I braced my stomach to tank it.
"Urk!"
Kana whipped the sword from her waist and blocked the black-armored foe in my place.
"Fall back!"
OK! Run for it!
I scooped Anya under my arm and bolted.
"Let's head to where your sisters are! I'll explain everything there!"
"Are you gonna kill Craig oppa?"
Anya pleaded with me, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Sorry for trying to sneak out of the village on my own. But..."
"I'm not doing a thing right now. Just hang on. Your sisters are fighting for you."
I glanced back. Things had gotten even more dire in the meantime.
Every time the black-armored brute swung that massive greatsword, I feared Kana would get torn to shreds.
Sword shockwaves reached us even from over ten meters away.
"Urk!"
Kana tried to pull back and hit-and-run, but it wasn't working out.
'This guy's something else!'
Even as an enemy, he fought like a monster.
Against an elf zipping around nimbly, he bulldozed forward stubbornly.
Exuding pressure like an aura, sealing off her escape routes one by one.
"Kana! I've got you covered!"
That's when Ellie and the Captain appeared from the direction of the wagon holding Craig's so-called "bride candidates," Anya included.
Ellie fired arrows right away for support, but with a sharp grunt, he batted them aside and seized Kana's throat.
"Hup!"
"Guh! We... we only came to save the kids!"
The black armor drove a merciless fist into Kana's gut.
"Cough!"
Then the Captain jumped in.
Esilwin handed the passed-out Kana to Ellie and drew her blades. The grips had edges too,
making them dual blades she spun like a staff.
Captains facing off.
The mood shifted in a heartbeat.
"No plans to stop here? You look like a mercenary."
"My job's rescuing the client first."
No room for compromise.
Esilwin swept her wind-imbued dual blades sideways.
Her opponent deflected the razor-sharp strikes with his armor while biding his time.
Even watching from a distance, their back-and-forth was so blistering fast that my eyes couldn't keep up.
Swoosh!!
Esilwin twisted her body for momentum, diving into gaps to keep the pressure on.
Her foe countered with wide swings, angling for a one-shot reversal.
Strength dead even...!!
Me flopping my dick around trying to jump in would just get in the way, so I swallowed hard and watched.
Elf Captain, don't lose before we hook up!
After a flurry of brutal clashes, it looked like their blades grazed at the same time.
"Urk...!"
A clean sword cut sliced across the Captain's belly.
"Urk!"
Her opponent took one too. She'd slipped a blade through an armor seam, blood trickling from his shin guard.
The moment they pulled back their weapons.
Every elf trained bows on the slowed-down guy.
Esilwin held up a hand to pause the volley, eyes locked on him.
"We don't plan to kill a mercenary. Call it here?"
The elven encirclement was airtight. No gaps whatsoever.
He knew one twitch meant turning into a pincushion.
But the guy's answer was as bullheaded as ever.
"No need for talk!"
"Fire!"
"Haaah!"
The black armor leaped up, priming one final blow.
Banking on his armor's protection maybe, but the elves' arrows hunted every seam,
and badly wounded, he couldn't hang with Captain Esilwin. And yet...
"Captain, watch out!!"
Sensing the guy's all-or-nothing vibe,
Esilwin ditched close-quarters coolly and leaped back.
In the same motion, she unslung the bow on her back and peppered arrows mid-jump to keep him pinned.
"Grurgh!"
The black armor shook them off, but finally exhausted his strength and pitched forward.
Esilwin landed gracefully, held position a beat, then lowered her bow.
"...Clean it up. It's done."
Phew...
I rendezvoused with Kana and Ellie.
"Ugh..."
Kana was out cold.
"Ellie, how's Kana?"
"Looks like she passed out from the gut punch..."
"Got it... I'll wake her up!"
Squish, squish.
I kneaded Kana's tits. Her eyes snapped open, and she backhanded my cheek.
Smack!!
"Phew, you're back with us."
"What the hell, groping me like it's some medical procedure?!"
"I was worried sick, Kana."
"Urk... Y-you little shit. Think a pretty line at the end fixes everything...?"
Lucky she didn't hit me again. Total score.
I rounded up all the rescued elf girls and did a headcount. No one's missing.
"Captain, status?"
"Everyone's fine. Round up the downed ones too."
"Got it."
The knee-shot guys were total drama queens.
"Arrrgh! Ow ow ow! Easy, easy when you move me... Damn it...!"
"Want me to shatter 'em outright?"
"Y-you have any idea who we are...?"
"Ah, shatter requested?"
I nudged the arrows. The cocky uncle let out a shriek.
"Eeeeeek!!"
Out cold.
"Sweet dreams with Craig."
Craig lay sprawled buck-naked on the dirt from my Dick Thrust.
No elves would touch him, so I hoisted him up roughly, bound his limbs, and stashed him in a cargo wagon.
'Still breathing?'
One more untouched human.
Black armor.
Arrows lodged deep, so I started by stripping the armor.
It slid off smoothly...
Gray hair spilled from the helmet.
Inside was a face pretty as any elf's.
I unfastened the pauldrons and peeled off the chestplate. The soft, jiggly breasts crushed under it bounced free indifferently.
So pretty.
Sweat-soaked undershirt had me itching to flip it up for a bare-skin peek.
"What're you doing?"
Kana and Ellie came over to check on me.
"Oh, uh. She's a girl, so..."
"Hmph. We'll take it from here. Got some pervy vibes."
"That little faith in me?"
"You groped my tits while I was out."
Fair.
I backed off without a fuss. Ellie smiled.
"Jae-hyeok. You did great."
Her warm voice melted my heart.
"Ellie. Help with the leg armor?"
"Sure."
Looked heavy as hell even to put on.
Like shelling a crustacean to reveal the tender insides,
the overflowing white skin and shapely legs emerging from the black armor stole my gaze completely.
Wore thin underneath since armor's hot, huh.
Heh heh heh.
"Whitey! Over here."
That's when the Captain called me "Whitey."
"On my way. Whitey."
"Couldn't remember the name..."
"Jae-hyeok. Jeong Jae-hyeok."
"Jae-hyeok."
Esilwin grabbed my hand and tugged me into the cargo wagon, gesturing around inside.
"How'd it go? Results from chatting with him?"
"Bad news. He sweet-talked the young elves about loving them to lure 'em outside."
"Evidence in here? Can't read the common tongue."
"On it."
Craig never meant to settle down with the kids anyway.
Heard he'd prepped them for slave sales. That's prime proof of his crimes.
Lots of locked boxes, but Esilwin popped them all with a wave.
"Whoa... What was that?"
"Lockpicking via wind spirit."
"Elves got it easy for thieving."
"Not for thieving."
"Hands-free fap possible?"
"..."
...Captain straight-up ignored me.
Super curious if windjobs work.
Anyway, sifted papers and found the "Happy Wedding" product docs Craig mentioned.
Chock-full of vile stuff.
"Jackpot. Details the whole process of grabbing young elves for slaves."
"...Telling the kids'll scar 'em deep."
"Gotta tell 'em anyway. What they almost went through."
Esilwin eyed me, a touch surprised.
"Tougher than you look."
"Elves lean too hard on lie detection. Swallowing a creep's marriage pitch hook, line, sinker."
"Not enough experience sorting good intent from bad. Tough to rack it up here."
"Parents don't warn 'em?"
That's family education basics.
Esilwin looked thoughtful.
"Elves lose parents young often. Communal child-rearing, so everyone's at fault this time."
"Scold 'em till the tears flow. And maybe let in a reliable human while you're at it."
"You saying you?"
Swipe.
Face-to-face with the Captain, my eyes dipped to that massive cleavage.
Hard-on incoming.
Esilwin glanced at my tights-straining dick and looked away.
"Real trustworthy display."
"...Sorry."
"No apologies. I'm plenty grateful. Let's head back together, Jae-hyeok."
"Friends now, huh?"
Esilwin stood first and offered her hand.
"More than friends."
Icy cool-beauty Captain is the best!!
I trailed after her, practically glued to her ass. She turned back to me.
With a something's-off look.
"But earlier, that..."
"Yeah?"
"Fighting style... Nah."
...She wanted to ask but decided against it,
dropping any questions about my Dick Thrust.
Hell, I don't know enough to answer anyway.
Does this suit turn people vulgar? Only vulgar types suit up as Semen Man?
We smoothly seized the whole caravan and returned to the elf village.
The Elder stood waiting out front, like she knew we'd return.
"Welcome back~."
The kids hopped down, enveloped in hugs by adult elves like big sisters for a tearful reunion.
"Sorry, sis! Waaah."
"Sob sob sob."
Good. Everyone home safe.
And amid it all...
"W-wait! I did nothing wrong! It was true love!"
Dragged out by the Captain, Craig ate another slap.
Guy takes a beating like a champ.
Cowed into silence by the elf smackdown, Craig knelt before the Elder.
"Hold up! Give me a fair trial. I did wrong. I'll go back and take my punishment!"
"Hmm. Worthy of punishment?"
"Yep. Pulled a marriage scam, extra vile since targets were minors."
Craig started shaking like a leaf.
"E-elves age slower than humans!! Look young but adults, no minor count! No count, it's legal! Consenting adults!"
Smack!!
Esilwin slapped him once more.
I got curious watching and asked the Elder.
"How do you handle criminals?"
"Turn 'em into World Tree fertilizer~."
"Brutal..."
Way more satisfying than expected.
Not like modern times with all the dragging it out.
"That's the plan."
"Wait! It was true love! Where's Anya?! Don't let 'em kill me! Our caravan's Shadow Guild affiliated! You ready for the fallout?!"
Craig got hauled off by pissed-off elves just like that.
Feels good.
The gray-haired merc bugged me a bit, but elves'll sort it.
No room for me to butt in.
After a quick word with Esilwin, the Elder beamed at me.
"Jae-hyeok-ssi, heard you played a big part nabbing the ringleader? Truly thankful."
"Aw, just doing what needed doing..."
Sniff.
"Swing by my room later? Gotta give you your reward."
"Reward?"
I eyed Elder Arianelle's hefty bosom as I answered.
"Count me in."