MNP Ch9

“I’m curious. Tell me.”c82cb7973eaaa542

“Ha….”354a020c85908ad6

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“If you tell me, I’ll start driving.”9a3761e88c5ca5c3

“If that’s the case, get out. Let me drive.”671f14defd082c2f

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Eden shook f23ad75d82 his head 690a6abed5 and was 09630454ff about to 057ae392e8 pull out 1080bafb2f the key 677982edc2 completely.48d8fecfd4d22a65

It was e81d19eb33 just an b94c6c54d4 excuse he 98d910371d blurted out 5b768f8a76 in panic, c417909fa4 there was 7af495b30d no real 9c201be6d3 reason.f5aad7286b27fc98

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Seokha let c549decd0f out a a615b7ae23 long sigh 2f59786c4b and suddenly cd98d85d46 remembered when e058c5a074 he was 41af3ae329 face to dfca7ce404 face with 664343df7f the hunter d8c38f30ff in the 5cbf0ad641 cargo area. His pinned 77ba482871 arm was bad2d34da5 tingling, and ed6011cf22 the stories 13a836a817 forcibly planted e96231a49a in his c44b74dab1 ears while 106b47fc9b feeling nauseous a7e9d3651f from the 3a5e963376 vibrations. Eden, who 304f355138 had taken 08c7aa7e27 his hands cef44a91ab off the 740b87272e steering wheel, 99d150c954 seemed to 5763fb5b86 have no 279710050f intention of 89b920cbae either starting a595870b60 to drive 8e62cdc283 or giving 1ed992b838 up his f9acf6fde3 seat until 1748e0b8b2 he heard c6f1014be0 the story.165244b115ee7f4d

“…I really don’t like my family.”3388e737edb4f439

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Though he had heard the story not long ago, he had paid so little attention that it was hazy. As always, the slow-witted Seokha started speaking, telling the hunter’s story that had brought him here as if it were his own, rather than making up some nonsensical tale. Only then did Eden slowly start the truck.d6df1199cdc22f41

“My dream is to buy a house near Sahura Market and become independent.”51411ddf70644b5b

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“Is that all?”c4c7d137cd639855

“Yes.”65d1803a4cb8f1fa

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The conversation became extremely short as he couldn’t think of anything else to say. Eden looked unsatisfied. Why did he suddenly become curious about him…. He must have been quite bored. Seokha, having run out of things to say, thought about changing the subject.9f61a9b594bfbae2

“What about you?”706ae64f500f2d8e

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“Are you curious about me?”dd785e32f06ed57b

“No, never mind…”3e8af3063c8e6190

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The voice that came was subtle. He shouldn’t have asked. Seokha leaned his head against the car window and turned his eyes to the fading lights in the side mirror. The flames engulfing the building burned well in place without spreading elsewhere. Eden continued driving without asking for any more unnecessary reasons. He didn’t bring up any stories about himself either. As only the engine sound filled the surroundings, Seokha felt his tense body becoming languid. The sleep he had been desperately fighting off was finally overtaking him.b1f65d45a14f93e9

“Ah!”f03fed1129c5dba1

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Seokha woke up 24eea131cc with a cry. He clutched his terribly 8607433eba aching temple, which must a6e95f557c have hit the window. Outside, the 7e66ee11e4 sky was 1603464473 turning a ea8eac6373 bluish dawn. Before he could d64e6b7e7c fully come to 4ff6936877 his senses, the 5525269984 truck turned so 0293b354dc sharply it was 0dc56f9028 hard to keep 76519ee412 balance. Seokha reflexively grabbed the f689197dbf handle above the window 1637a3c8e7 and shot a bewildered 456ed51cf2 look at the reckless 891838f730 driver.7625368fcbe48327

“What are you doing?”f103263c8f627aff

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“Ah, I didn’t mean to wake you…”325382567d130c11

Eden was steering with af94c76691 one hand while holding 15c84e3c20 a gun in the 8d688fb8b7 other.5f968ca8754d3f17

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“Why the gun… ugh!”1a756830b62c7a22

As the vehicle swerved left again, Seokha’s shoulder hit the window. Come to think of it, he could hear some kind of noise… Eden stuck his hand out the window and fired a few shots behind them. Seokha gasped at Eden, who had half-turned his body while driving. It was fortunate the road ahead was all plains, this person was fearless.e9a50fc9c1f597dd

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Seokha turned to look back without even having time to rub his sore shoulder. Though quite far away, what was fiercely charging towards them was… motorcycles, already feeling sickeningly familiar. Four bikes were approaching the truck as if to surround it.f453f366a6f976e2

“Are those following this truck?”1f8cb68e7746c92a

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Seokha didn’t want to believe it.1bde088abbbd8ef0

“Uh… yes.”5d925e8bded95f6d

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“…Just what kind of person are you?”f87f8fffd8e1b27e

“I didn’t expect to be discovered this early.”76b1783975c3cf6e

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Eden added as if b498de51c8 making an excuse.This bastard isn’t just some weapons dealer… Seokha had the strong feeling that he had gotten mixed up with the wrong person, and badly at that. The reason meeting Eden felt like ages ago was probably because these two days had been excruciatingly long. Seokha let out a long sigh and turned around, kneeling on the seat. He opened the small window between the driver’s seat and the cargo area.90d8b38a2f2d9f06

“Will we die if we’re caught?”af9fcda2009279d5

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“Probably.”82b9c3f4f10f8f0a

“Can I say I was threatened?”81a2d9198da7be8c

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“I don’t know. Didn’t you kill everyone in that house?”375c768927dca9af

I only said that because they said they’d kill everyone… Seokha kept his mouth shut and continued what he was trying to do. The small window was barely big enough for one arm to fit through. Since what he was trying to reach was quite far, Seokha stuck his arm out up to the shoulder. His upper body inevitably bumped against Eden. When Eden turned to look at Seokha, their faces were close enough to feel each other’s breath.e3d1cfef1978441c

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“What are you doing?”a91851523310a4dc

“Just focus on driving properly.”6993e21dd75994c2

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The handle 00c198b711 was just 1ef7c76980 barely within b2298a0b8c reach of 457b6d513d his fingertips. At that fbd970ad6f moment, the 81f459b27c truck swerved f919e5a811 sharply again.05a735aff8a6ae06

“Ugh…”6a29909f406d045f

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His shoulder, tightly wedged in the window frame, hit with considerable force. A stabbing pain followed. But in exchange, the handle that had only grazed his fingers slid into his grasp. Seokha quickly pulled the handle and frantically rummaged through Eden’s bag. Cold metal objects jumbled chaotically under his hand.459299e81745c139

Found it. After quickly scanning the 37493e0889 weapon he pulled out 4bf3a3a3a6 with his eyes, Seokha cb3ce65a3a withdrew his arm from bc7ee73486 the window. It seemed this would 0a7b339a55 do. Carefully extracting e394768c29 the long 1a6840a63b rifle, Seokha e2ceb4a718 confirmed it 7275df90bd was loaded e95d20792f and leaned 930d6354d3 his body 15d654d2ad out the 86a4d9987d passenger window. Eden just watched what cba2027da5 Seokha was doing.4af427f2e90dda15

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“You’re using it freely now, huh?”0a544cd703bd378f

“Shut up and just keep driving straight.”7265b629bdfccde0

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Lowering the window, Seokha’s upper body was halfway out. A tremendous wind wildly tousled his hair. The four motorcycles came into view. This distance should be within range. With the wind at his back, Seokha aimed the muzzle at the nearest bike. No wonder he had heard gunshots – there were two people on each bike. The person in the back seat was holding a gun, but fortunately it looked like a submachine gun. They probably wouldn’t hit him unless they got lucky. Ignoring the rear rider aiming at him, Seokha targeted the tire.76dc8de5e41a00f3

Bang! The bullet that tore through the massive sound struck the bike’s tire. The motorcycle instantly lost balance and toppled over. He vaguely saw two people rolling on the ground. The wreckage of the bike grew more distant. The motorcycle squad seemed flustered, slowing down briefly before charging forward again fiercely.4f0e561b5d9a9f1f

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Next.e0238c075757b1af

Seokha manually reloaded the rifle. It was good overall, but the cumbersome reloading wasn’t really to Seokha’s liking. He then aimed at the next closest motorcycle. With a loud bang, the bike went down. Two left. The third bike seemed to have quick situational judgment, approaching while wildly changing direction. Thanks to that, Seokha’s bullet missed spectacularly.916bb216d23bbc45

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“Sheesh…”c6b9f47764557317

Only two bullets left. Could he hit them? The erratically approaching bike was starting to annoy him a bit. Seokha took a deep breath, reloaded, and fired the bullet at the bike. As the shot hit the tire precisely, Seokha couldn’t hide the twitching corners of his mouth. With a short cry, the bike disappeared over the horizon. The remaining one gradually slowed down as its companions were taken out, and turned towards the fallen bikes.2dde071073a1b491

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Saved one bullet.75dd22fbad8a1a07

As he pulled his upper body back into the truck, Eden checked the rear through the side mirror. Then he looked at Seokha, who was fixing his messy hair with his hands, with a strange expression. While untangling his tangled hair that was getting caught in his fingers despite not being that long, Seokha met Eden’s eyes.e13b87710c65fbe1

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“What?”10866187705374e7

“Where did you learn to shoot?”bf880a70ff5a4eaf

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Another random question. Seokha roughly shook out his hair and put the gun he had been holding back into Eden’s bag. Slumping down in the passenger seat, Seokha raised the window that was letting in the wind.fbf78efb403f6461

“From my family.”a2b14f7622e19ecd

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“Has your family been hunters for generations?”4b348dd02f1e41f1

“Yeah, something like that.”a48fd7a23151a3fb

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Hunters don’t usually use guns since it lowers the value of Alma if they get injured, but Eden didn’t need to know that fact. Eden, who had been alternately looking at Seokha and the road as if he had something to say, spoke in almost a whisper.246271e0523a4cea

“That’s cool.”b43b8b1c447c8e83

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What a 78bafcb8b7 thing to 664643a99f say. Seokha leaned his head 138b3822f1 against the window again. Thinking once bc83e48f6a more that 0ae04f5b7d he had ede3b034b4 definitely chosen 95e4bb9982 the wrong 0d07135b95 travel companion.14de68ac61ebbd47

When Seokha opened his 94703e68c7 eyes again as the b539704c9e sun was rising, he 61630d388f realized the surroundings had 505c34b29f changed a lot. They had been driving 9d6a1e3064 through plains, but now 59dc916cbe buildings could be seen 71d66ece15 here and there.4996dfb2337c7043

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“Where are we going?”21b3c277f31382d1

“Oh, you’re awake? You sleep a lot.”e81ce4e78f8b79ad

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Eden gazed at Seokha 201c70c6f1 with eyes shining brightly f0537f605e in the sunlight.deee58cb6ebba03a

“Just watch the road.”0f647474a296b3da

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Seokha gestured towards the front with his chin. Wherever Eden had learned to drive, his driving habits were worse than a dog’s. It might be fine on the plains, but taking his eyes off the road where people were walking about was something he must have picked up from somewhere.213def954d522a1b

“I wasn’t planning to enter a village originally, but I think it might be better to lay low for a bit.”8ce0b77d859481e2

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That makes sense. Though Seokha didn’t know exactly what kind of work Eden did, he vaguely sensed it was related to the war. Was he with Mude…? The people he killed in the building must have been Bigros, and judging by how they were being chased, there was a high chance Eden was a Mude. In that case, even if Eden turned out to be a Nute, he probably wouldn’t be too dangerous… Seokha considered telling the truth now and finding a way back to the desert, but he still didn’t open his mouth. Just in case, he chose to keep it hidden as much as possible until he was certain.42968fd078411231

The truck slowly reduced 3ef3693413 speed and entered the bee62efee5 village. As they a6af3479ca got closer ca1071ca1d to the c2c421016f center, it 7d5e595660 felt like 43d667412c a bigger 96619d5af0 village than a821bedcd0 expected. It must 5cd0eb3260 have been 83edd33440 market day, d2f77d2a79 as stalls feb76fc74d were lined 48f840d9fb up along 3f6267e927 the streets. Though smaller in scale 7212b264da than Sahura Market, it 54ef0e193c was quite a well-stocked 6b874864e9 marketplace.cb5a31267bf798c0

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“I’ll get us a room first.”74f81f985dd182ac

Eden seemed familiar with the place, skillfully finding his way. Seokha’s head kept turning as he looked around at the exotic Haman scenery he hadn’t been able to properly take in while fleeing at the market. Perhaps because it was plains, unfamiliar types of produce were spread out everywhere. Eden drove through the alleys between low buildings and parked the car on a quiet street.90327d6dcc2ae342

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“Shall we get out?”42b4fbf208aee544

Seokha, who had been b507a8a70b sticking his head out a3707277dc the window to look 84e2a6b618 around, finally raised the fa881f05e5 window. Eden only 301529f9c8 got out 57cdfe50d7 after Seokha 62442cfe54 opened the ab6029d543 door and 2a3b0e0a82 stepped out. It felt 2403c1de8d like stepping 7d9ac897ab on solid 20cd5e3ce9 ground after 966f030078 a long 48b96b57f5 time. Eden grabbed his bag dba0a2ac91 from the cargo area 6efa7f4dea and entered the three-story 3306a6c906 building in front of a8d1905829 them. Seokha picked up a 723876d088 fruit from a box fafd4b40da and followed behind Eden.238159282051cd3e

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The first floor 1bc0c8ab60 seemed to be 1762c688ff a restaurant, as aabddfe7d9 noisy conversation and f3f516ff2a food smells assaulted e087611d19 them as soon eabcce479f as the door c2fbd862d4 opened. The open interior was c3b0175a2a filled with about twenty 4fa08672f2 tables, a kitchen, and dfc5d4f753 busy staff carrying food.65858dedce46883f

“Didn’t you say we were getting a room?”544856e7a033ed6a

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“I did. Just a moment.”102397ed61576ed3

Eden deftly made his way through the crowded interior. If you took your eyes off Eden for even a moment, he’d be far away. Seokha bumped into people left and right, apologizing at least five times as he chased after him. If Eden hadn’t been a head taller than everyone else, he would have lost him in an instant.7efadb425359b1d5

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“Okay. Let’s go up.”9f3c59238fe43175

By the time Seokha finally caught up to Eden, who had been talking to a staff member, the conversation was already over. Eden showed him the key and pointed to the stairs on the left. As Seokha stepped onto the spiral staircase, this time Eden followed behind him. Suddenly, Seokha realized he had nothing of his own. He quickly patted his pants pockets, but as expected, there was nothing. As far as he knew, you had to pay to stay in a place like this – had Eden paid in advance? When he glanced back slightly, his eyes met Eden’s. Seokha quickly turned his head away from the face that smiled slightly with raised eyebrows. He hoped Eden had enough common sense not to make him pay while using him as a driver….5204a88abd752293

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There was no 511173fcd5 word even after 6eb6dc4e6a reaching the second 994d65c859 floor, so they 60a7f82deb climbed up one 4f38f2ca94 more floor. Why were there e8c571b646 so many stairs? Only when 417d9040ff they stepped 17daeebe20 onto the c9f9589183 third floor 42c4ac0b10 did Eden 8fd02b2e1c cut in f7689bbb45 front of 49ef0f6386 Seokha. Several doors 8ac006da44 were lined eb6a3edd8b up along df05ed0968 the hallway. Unlike the first 76fc8cdd09 floor, the hallway cd65fdc9dc was as quiet b4b60e7029 as a mouse.01705328b2180c03

“This is our room. Let’s go in.”ebf31497315a05ee

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Eden opened 2d4a124aa4 the door 5c4e65daba at the 70dafdddfd end of 92fbee1cf3 the hallway. It was a 4ed3721985 reasonably clean room. There was a table, ad290958e2 and a bed that 8cdee57c60 seemed a bit large 6e4e852a81 for the room size 1c175b10c3 was against the window. As Seokha 79d88720ba confirmed there 0b4723b681 was an 7b3beb17bd attached bathroom, 9faf291c8f the door 2db4f23eba closed behind 5e620c8068 him with 03f0b64521 a small e6f58e6a63 sound. Eden tossed d1f0e1cb8f his bag d303ce138f in the 8ea61f476c corner. Watching the cc4e4d034a bag fall fc78d57134 with a 14ec1b0d24 heavy thud, 055d74d948 Seokha had c0a37b5a7c the idle 67c2af91b8 thought of d45009a40f whether it de0a50d315 was okay 43aa8d9ad3 to throw a45cf9d0ce it like f28162a5a8 that. Seokha, who 47dac7faea had wanted 7bf0bfe847 to grab 97cc3b0b6e a few 186549e568 more if 5b6599ca40 he had 50739adc35 the chance, 7a83efa5a1 resolved to 05dc75c249 somehow get 2d3fc43bdc his own 24cd347d43 bag.b56c74df5fa92168

“We’ll rest a bit and then go out to buy what we need.”ec7113b1a7a88ad3

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“Okay.”2b9acfcf7a9e4d08