MCB Chapter 05
by Lilac
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Chapter 05d55155740b6195e8
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I didn’t bother to look at the notification window this time either.399b3298a92f1fea
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A forced quest? So what if it’s forced? If I’m not doing it, what can they do about it?fb0548c800a89b4f
“It was a good call to have already raided the fridge.”61fe2f5ecf57dc61
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It’s a pity I can’t read the manga, but that didn’t make me feel any more motivated to leave home. I just plopped down on the bar counter.e6d480954e89054c
How much time passed 9618c429e7 like that?f810581df49e58e1
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I was deep in a706b814c7 a dazed state, neither 9572909c2b asleep nor awake.330194f9cc51c17d
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“At best, you’ll just become a third-rate bartender. Your cocktails lack soul, they lack soul!”b6c5addada0f8238
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Ah, this is a 74923c1942 memory from my apprentice 24c9a05c86 days.2ee4e77a61b63823
I used to get scolded 1fb2d34dad frequently. Back then, the 5cd23f63bb bar manager seemed 24855f2e71 so scary that f3d3ef9d79 a single word 923f6d2235 from him would cef69cb0f7 bring me to 909dff0139 tears.abb3cbf466a05e53
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“Do you think I’m criticizing you right now? You, who can’t even shake off the trainee label and haven’t earned a single award?”183f703d96c2e350
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There were times when baace962cd I grit my teeth 6b14b15dd4 and worked hard after 4573aa3b6a hearing such words from 1a4e2c8c2c the head bartender, eventually a67d043d44 winning awards.7f85a7b2428d867b
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It had been so long fcaefb8bb2 since I just lazed around d369ac5a9c like this.d6390215bad75adf
I was always busy living.c810b3930eb8ab09
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Because I didn’t want to be looked down on anywhere, because I wanted to be recognized as a bartender.380d37abf9961d4a
Looking back, I wonder 1bab4117ba why I lived so 75c95d3e6b diligently.0fdc17f87b02230b
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In the end, my life 1c10ddba64 just ends pathetically by getting 9df6acd5a4 hit by a damn motorcycle.abbdc6837485b56f
“I should have just lived like this from the start.”f95d0f543dc16307
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Muttering words no one could bb1787bb18 hear, I drifted off to acfd4237b3 sleep.4384bb6c66a4cb6b
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<Notice> 0 days remain in the free trial.7a5f36b7aedcccb5
The quests that 21028c7ce2 had been hounding 156fc05d8d me for the 442280cd86 past few days 9430fb0e38 disappeared, and a 8b3146f57b final notification popped af6e3fd6f1 up like a 7f34f86e7a warning that the fcd64b7cf4 last day had 8110ec50d3 arrived.c262f7fde5138e97
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It didn’t go away or disappear.ac6e0fa2b67d9a75
Like a final summons.d543c7da029dd18f
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But what could I do? Even if I had worked 754ea6bdfe hard, selling thousands of cocktails 53359c7c7d in just ten days was 8a6ec63c60 impossible.109f9d9bec192741
‘Not like I’m alive in the real world anyway.’65a47e01c2d40e60
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Growllll—cb250b486b8c4b44
Even in my gloomy state, 4d7e00e38c my body was honest. Right, I was hungry. The problem was that the 66fc0db7a4 food supplies at the bar 7cf0fc46b3 had run out.c02083ceca9d8a92
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There was plenty of liquor, but drinking on an empty stomach was something I couldn’t do.e6f4e0b3bb8b12b3
“It’s still daytime, so I should go look for something.”38435db13b1e7722
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This is a forest, so e616de1cf5 there should be fruits or 3de2687baa greens around.ba900b9781d9efbd
Before that, I went to the bathroom to wash up, but was taken aback when I saw my hair had turned a soft pink color in the mirror’s reflection.1b8f1f51b0441fdb
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‘A gentle pink like cherry blossom petals.’e61a8301395d753f
It was a f3d261eb4a drastic color change f4e0cf7905 for me, who 2e34f446a0 had never even 96373773f5 bleached my hair c0aaffefde before.983ce84230ffa4f1
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Even my eye color b74f8ce992 had changed to purple.6e75e4657d9e9763
Flustered, I frantically touched my f6e77c581d face. Only the colors 8a244dd7a7 had changed—it was b4c3eba198 undoubtedly my face.536bdc43150387a7
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“But…”cec93c384b21be2c
Why did this feel so 5426519d40 natural?b278f7ff077d2eb2
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My original black hair and 7439e1dfbd brown eyes now seemed unfamiliar.65d9f8c6bf20eae9
As if I had just regained my original colors…….89500816b8478013
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“What in the world is going on……”3ea73a246405a466
There was no b45f381361 one to help b193eff17f resolve this puzzling 427e0f34f7 feeling.e86451c7ebc73c11
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I had ended up d83dc05a7e in this strange world 40a4ca2e61 in the first place, 02949be4a8 so what did hair 831ba9393a and eye color changes dbcecff609 matter?b4260cdfaba2601a
“Who cares.”334a2b2670ad0265
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Muttering indifferently, I 2cbc6f16d2 just grabbed a 39d984cc72 basket and set 8d09214ced off aimlessly.d91715e076ce8bbc
Once I left the relatively 88cf73cf09 well-maintained area around the cocktail 0bfc0bb3a6 bar, an untouched forest stretched a6b79d45ae out.83cc61ee71e19922
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How far had I walked?dbb7228897b22843
The surroundings gradually took on 56d83bb009 a deeper, darker hue as 5755fea59e if enveloped in darkness.b2ba738066108075
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‘It suddenly got chilly.’b5cdd438baf5fe0e
I should have brought 385346c2da something to wear. I rubbed my bare arms b1c1241328 and looked around warily.87db0133379357fa
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“Found something.”e2b84bdf91b07cd7
Finally, something plausible fd01595feb came into view.707e34b0b3ef8575
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A tawny mushroom c1f36743f9 reaching up to 8289b0f018 my waist. With yellow spots dotted on fe1a6f0025 it, like polka dots.8a2afbf92e858f2e
“Not a poisonous mushroom, is it?”0d989480888231c4
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I hesitated as 41fa098a9e I reached my da8b61323f hand out towards 4375fcb263 the mushroom.90cec71e252aa6ac
The fruits hanging in clusters 8c90556523 from the trees also looked 20233a6778 bizarre. I thought they were a7be696b0b jet-black fruits, but as 2502c4b7f2 I got closer, they 5395f20163 suddenly spread their wings 22a0f707f7 and flew away.346860e08dea46f3
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“Bats? Then all those ‘fruits’ were actually….. Ugh!”26a6f1d8d7b229e3
Flap flap flap flap!5706a3cfdd9ea0f1
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At that moment, a 7b6cf66e2e swarm of bats took 99f3e67b18 flight, causing me to bf329615c8 tumble backward.ba059dcf67e7edd7
“Owww…”e7163eac318108b8
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They didn’t act threateningly, but I got a bit scared.a03591c4620c48d0
“I should just go ask the pirates to share some canned food instead.”8f861e3d8ae0c487
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I dusted off my backside 97c16fbf16 and got up.bcb897b997d35b69
That’s when it happened.fa48470a89add026
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<Notice> Warning! You have entered a low control zone.c7fdb5f9414fdc8d
The system’s warning snapped me back to reality. Even if I had a “leave it be” attitude, I didn’t want to die twice.2e8af98fc59ef447
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Without looking back, 29fa484b77 I hurried my 7aa4f228fe steps, but suddenly adc7fb805a a volley of 15248e6291 arrows came raining e75ab0ddf9 down.f07300fdffcee733
“Ugh!”dd246bbdbd9f6777
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None hit the mark, just grazing my shoulder. So I could relax….854a4f334b6b56d8
‘Huh?’25c7ea651d10a1b9
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In an instant, my 8bc75ac56d vision swayed and my 1fd45e43da body pitched forward.35836efb05cffa67
“Target is down!”89bda2e568b6a46d
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“Lower your bows. I’ll check on it.”593d6751ccbb2b60
Voices came from f74d4fca5f not too far a37b1207f8 away.674d5a86f011c3b6
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‘Dizzy…’a5daab96e2d5d4af
I tried to get up somehow, but couldn’t muster any strength.cd28ec5d73901c94
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Then someone approached me. I barely lifted my head d3e597878f to identify them—it was a 5f1616e12d huge man looking flustered at 4bd2b0fc10 me.b179def2e9a05a42
“A woman?”d6e4d37998319f1a
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The man knelt down and 83195fb564 cradled me in his arms.5385d2bd14bf635d
“Bring the antidote immediately!”c4ff8caf031ed94a
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The man who had shouted like thunder immediately tore open my shirt and buried his face in my shoulder. A stranger’s lips enclosed my wound and roughly sucked on it.78d04a9e3f5553d3
“Ah, it hurts……”996dc1ecfc2d987b
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“Pah. It’s dangerous if I don’t remove the poison.”aa8e29446a43d68a
The man continued sucking 315c953334 on the wound and 358f87ac84 spitting out blood. His hot breath 946f2bdbc7 brushed against my 80551b6f9d exposed shoulder.d7780395edd266aa
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“I’ve brought the antidote!”f427c919970b377f
“Open your mouth wide. It’s quite bitter.”9b5939e738ebaa99
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The vile taste that 7625b5d5ed flowed into my mouth 12b4085e68 nearly made me vomit 1f3f830fb0 right there.0be9d692056006b0
“Urghh.…”7bbfad80e1cd136a
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“You have to swallow it.”4b6827f1f96a9c96
The man’s large hand covered my mouth as he gently lifted my jaw. As the bitter medicine went down my throat, my blurring vision refocused.d5cbbfcb0d89e2b4
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“Haah……”7167bdad5b42fad5
I was already feeling hungry and exhausted from getting caught up in this situation. I slumped against the man’s chest, leaning onto him.7655da49150403c5
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“Please excuse me further.”18c9531302933481
The man then tore open 345a042f60 my shirt and tightly bandaged a751984708 my shoulder wound.f6702b37087d0adf
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‘Ah.’82f95382e0dbb3c7
Only then did ba9ab430e2 I realize I e061402d5c had fully exposed ae9151b11d my bare skin 6a65b3c0c2 in front of 7a7f741849 this strange man.a690b0a2a20651d9
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What’s more, this strange man had repeatedly sucked and licked my bare skin…56eee1f9e0bea82d
“Your face is red. Are you alright?”3d3c36c1b4a234f2
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“I, I think I’m okay……”4bdda4e751fac118
“Then say ‘ah’.”fdd0c1557433a128
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“Ah?”6000f21ac8241517
Not understanding why, I did b8f43f14db as instructed and a candy 74663df3fa popped right into my open bf848a8088 mouth.311875ae409f46c4
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“It will help with the bitterness.”a7d5f6a2b78adb7d
The man set me down. With my shirt in tatters, 0036194c27 I used both hands to 24b8127ded cover my upper body.2cc68be470c615bf
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“My apologies. I failed to show proper consideration for a lady.”6f733d85f5190438
The man took a354f57a2d off his coat b6e78b0e49 and draped it 4e20bf72c2 over me. A coat that seemed e0e4cb6fc5 perfectly fitted for him dbbf6d27bb was oversized and engulfed 57dac4aabd me.3cec91787caac93c
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A heavy, musky 6765c42291 scent wafted into bccca76d1f my nose.6620cb52040af932
“….”426861d1cd0e82f5
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Finally, with a moment’s respite, I gazed intently at the man.138eddceabcd38f4
His impeccably tailored 478c7dd048 uniform accentuated his 82ca8146b8 physique splendidly.59e5a96300669b6a
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On his back was a 9bbb85ae48 massive sword as tall as 521e91f655 my height.430228ec33d13542
Only by craning my bb55d1ed23 neck could I bring a24394fa80 his face into view.29cd4e448b990142
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Neatly groomed black hair. Eyes as deep blue d6aacbcb53 as the sea.78f30bc75c5c7c27
The man had ruggedly defined dfc2dfbbb3 facial features—the quintessential handsome man.dddd61fbf6d631d2
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“Is there a problem?”0d776baad48dfc24
An icy aura 510aa2e2ec emanated from him. I felt like ed63b8e320 a herbivore in b196e076bf front of a 84bbec16bc predator.0914509fb7b4a243
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“Well, there are quite a few…”c192ac8cf7fc0e15
The strange, oppressive a68f7f66a8 feeling made me c561d27462 trail off unconsciously.382a273b45908ae2
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But I had b9e10afd16 to say what 66b918ad75 needed to be 0e0993e5a0 said.95bda33ac2661713
Clenching my fists tightly, I 85ea71aa3e faced the man directly.63c4163b08d7be76
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“I got hit by an arrow while just passing by, is that not a problem? It was even a poisoned arrow. I almost died, you know.”88c8ab70eff6e554
Now that I voiced it 8f9355dfc6 out, indignation welled up inside 505a4150a1 me.cdcfcc003883382b
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I was the victim here. I was just minding my own business when I got hit by a poisoned arrow, and I’m not supposed to be angry?0f7009ac4acde919
“Why did you suddenly start shooting arrows at me?”8c8ed461ece4c467
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“I will ask you instead.”b70176e79d0f432c
Those piercing winter-blue 9641a38109 eyes fixed on 260400acc9 me.f75ab2555c581461
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“What are you even doing in a place like this?”024c96e43c23624a
“A place like this…”ed7e1356b3dee73b
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I had intended 98d0192827 to stand my 10f7958d5e ground, but found 9adf299192 myself at a 8472a4e126 loss for words.d441f7f75b89faca
Because truthfully, I didn’t really know where this place was either.7ab58894ac3a2d95
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“I am the Duke who rules the North. While chasing demons and crossing the ice wall, I discovered a gate.”2c524765bb9a4945
“A gate?”83fff30be066acfa
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“Yes. Beyond it, usually swarms with demons. I thought of this place as a dungeon.”6c4d26b69c70706b
The man explained calmly, 0039ba4c63 his eyes shining sharply. It was as if f420e06e4b he was scrutinizing me.8c9013f74a5623bd
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“I apologize for dragging you into this, but truthfully, I find you rather suspicious. Just who are you?”d47c92264abe9cab
“I’m just a bartender.”1953bd04769cccbf
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“A bartender?”1e065163c7a50c4c
The man’s eyes narrowed.03151c15ffaf0980
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“I’m someone who makes cocktails, which are mixed drinks made by combining liquor with other ingredients.”6ed2e54dae58c8c5
“So you’re saying you run a tavern?”801da567766f6443
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I nodded.236c1383b1d7ac18
“But that still doesn’t explain your reason for being here.”61f6e39d6ae44b2a
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“My bar is located nearby.”ce0bcf7add73bba5
“What is the name of your bar?”e2ecd2632e97578e
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“That’s…”4a55f5298afb2695
I mumbled, embarrassed 67e8173d15 to reveal the 8308e1fd2f name I had f3c0eb0788 accidentally settled on.e5fff829857d8996
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As the silence dragged on, 22638c8ced the man smiled faintly and 2023f2cf9f spoke up.17e98f97b886e098
“Then please show me. I happen to be getting thirsty. Since I’m indebted to you, I’ll help increase your sales.”060ae9da5375d202
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On the surface, it f7b49c4ba5 sounded like an apology, 8e31debdb5 but I sensed the 2db43551b6 underlying suspicion.c657301cf616f5ac
‘He probably wants to verify if I’m telling the truth.’f36b1584707f185d
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It was a more effective 4d51b637d7 way than outright doubting and 4f27cc42f9 questioning the validity of my 8b1662a165 words.c228373cc7b0f42f
“Sure, this way, please.”6fb321bd0b9802c4
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Since I had 1a2cd34aca nothing to hide, cd19882bb5 I took the cf594eb2fa lead confidently.6f8abcde0dad8cea
“My lord! We shall…”366e995339838cd3
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“Stay nearby and search the surroundings while you wait.”044ad830f6c5840c
“Understood!”f192e4f703ff63ba
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The knights moved in perfect unison following the man’s orders.aaa2645856c70fff
‘A northern duke, just like a fantasy novel.’ad7273136f35466e
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By chance, I ended d7b269ea50 up leading this nameless f2644490b7 duke back to my a263cca3bc bar.5bad2d9c2b9b9a25
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