Becoming an Extra in a Trash Game

Chapter 10

“Wow… Young Master… Isn’t this spoiled?”

“Are you giving this to me to eat right now?”

“Wow, Kane, I’m disappointed. Can’t you eat spoiled food?”

As if gas was being generated inside, the slimy mucus swelled up round and burst with a popping sound, and I reflexively pinched my nose and laughed.

“It’s good for your body.”

“If you just want to terminate the contract, say it with words. Don’t try to kill me.”

‘Ah, this is unfair. Do you know how expensive one glass of that is!’

It’s supposed to be a secret elixir that matures the spirit body, and I went through hell trying to remember the recipe.

I gestured to Kane, who was glaring at me with eyes full of disbelief, to drink it quickly, and I also glanced at Luna.

“Me, me too?”

“Should I drink it then? There’s no benefit for me if I drink it.”

But for combat units, this is like honey.

I urged Kane and Luna, who covered her nose with her long ears, and Luna’s pink eyes shimmered with moisture.

“Drink quickly and let’s move. Time is money, what are you doing?”

-Pop

Thanks to the bubbles that kept bursting, I opened the window wide and barked at them, and at my fierce urging, they both finally held their noses and downed the elixir.

Oh, they’re drinking it well, gulp gulp. That’s right, gulp gulp.

“……”

“Ugh……”

They both seem to have taken mental damage, but it’s okay. They won’t die.

“They say good things for your body are bitter to the taste.”

“Who says that!”

Even the timid Luna is upset enough to burst out. It must taste that bad. I’m glad I didn’t drink it.

I managed my expression and took out two boxes about the size of two fists.

When I opened the lid of the box, a fragrant flower scent pushed away the smell of the pungent tonic.

The fact that it doesn’t seem harsh even though the scent is so strong shows that it’s a premium product.

“This is body cream. Oh, Kane over there. Don’t leave without saying anything.”

“I refuse.”

“I, I’d like it if you give it to me……”

“You look like you’re thinking something weird, like becoming a man or whatever. Men don’t feed you. This is good stuff. I’m planning to use it too.”

It has the effect of making the skin tough and sturdy, and if you use it for a long time, it subtly increases basic regeneration. And a bit of resistance too.

In the game, it was just a miscellaneous item to raise the favorability of an NPC or one of the heroines, but here in reality, its value is different.

Human skin can get cut even by leaves if you move roughly, and even thorns can fester if you get pricked wrong, but if you can correct it with the simple action of applying this after washing, this flower fragrance! It won’t be an obstacle.

I handed out one container each to Kane, whose face had become more sullen than when drinking the nutritional supplement we decided to call green juice earlier, and to Luna, who was flapping her ears wide open and ordered them to apply it without fail after washing morning and evening.

“And Luna, I’m sorry, but you have something to do starting today.”

“Eh……”

At my words, Luna hugged her shoulders and looked at me with eyes that seemed to say ‘Surely not’, and I tapped her head and opened my mouth with expressionless eyes.

“I was hoping you could learn how to handle horses and stables a bit.”

“Horses? I like horses. When I was in the plains, I often rode wild horses……”

Luna added that she rode without a saddle or stirrups, and then excitedly ran out. And I beckoned to Kane, who now looked somewhat human, to come here.

“I have things to do.”

“What, running in the garden and doing push-ups? Do that later. You have other problems too. Do you know letters?”

“…I memorized some from glancing at them before.”

Maybe when he was a black magician’s test subject.

Even then he was making a fuss about eating sweet potatoes… I cursed the rolling stone moss who was a writer inside and headed to the bookshelf that filled one side of the wall.

“Right now you might want to focus on raising your fallen health, but. You can’t do that 24 hours a day, can you? Don’t just rest when you rest, read something in your spare time.”

The genius trait extends in all directions. There’s no need to push someone with the talent to excel in both literary and martial arts in just one direction.

Thanks to Adelian’s desire to show off, many books on the bookshelf looked like something. From some kind of illustrated book to chronicles to magic tower theses.

“Anything, you say.”

Kane, who was searching the bookshelf following me, seemed to have decided on something to read, and when I glanced back at his words, he was holding a book that was thinner than expected and had no title.

‘That isn’t that…?’

…You’re a man too.

Adelian was a man too.

Most of the books on the bookshelf were about as thick as a finger, but if it’s just about one word thick and doesn’t even have a name, it’s obvious.

I looked at Kane with an expression that said I understood everything, nodded my head, and Kane made an expression as if he had expected me to be flustered.

“Well, put it back when you’re done reading.”

Let me see it too.

* * *

Tough guy.

I drank tea while watching Kane fly backward after being kicked in the stomach.

‘Look at that, he’s bleeding from his mouth.’

I told him I’d somehow save him with a potion as long as he didn’t die, but he’s struggling so desperately, just like Kane in the novel.

‘Even if your starting point changed, you’re still Kane.’

Really at rock bottom, when you had nothing in your hands but evil left, standing on muddy ground mixed with filth, you might have had no choice but to clash and break with your body.

Even though you could act as if it’s okay to die right now, even if you act a little lazy and no one would know, is it because you’re the protagonist?

“I have a request.”

“What is it?”

“I want you to put me in the knighthood now.”

I said it was crazy. What would Kane, who had just regained his strength, do if he parachuted into the Kruger Knighthood, which is among the top on the continent?

I said they might take out their anger on you as much as they dislike me.

“It doesn’t matter. You’re the one who told me to become the best, aren’t you? I need to get stronger as soon as possible.”

I was at a loss for words at that, but I had no choice but to take Kane to Vice Captain Mark.

The sight of him raging, saying don’t insult the knighthood when I said I brought someone instead of Harlon.

I really thought I was going to get hit right there, whether I was of Kruger bloodline or not.

“Ah, really, he can become stronger than Harlon, I’m telling you.”

“Alright. If you overestimate this guy’s talent so much, I’ll show you that he’s not. In an hour!”

Snorting like an angry boar, Mark said that, and now he’s beating Kane like that, saying he’ll test him.

“Why don’t you give up now?”

“Never……”

Kane grabbed the wooden sword clumsily with his torn hands and charged at Mark again.

But he’s already lost a lot of strength, his toes dragging on the ground and the speed at which he raises the wooden sword noticeably slower.

Although Kane’s eyes seem to read Mark’s attacks, his body can’t keep up.

In the end, Mark’s wooden sword strikes Kane’s body.

Mark, who is pushing hard to make Kane say he’ll give up on his own.

Kane, who forcibly moves his arms and legs to get up even though it’s obviously painful.

I needed an image where I could say “It’s because he’s Adelian” no matter what eccentricity I did, so I was calmly drinking tea on the outside while watching those two, but I’m a man too, so I thought I wanted to become strong like those two.

‘If you were going to drop me here anyway, why didn’t you drop me in a slightly better body, Rachel?’

Then I could have helped you more directly.

Not as an extra like this.

* * *

‘For a moment I had a dangerous thought filled with excitement.’

I giggled as I watched Kane drink a sip of potion and a sip of green juice with a face that looked even more like he was about to die than before.

“Hah, I guess a person can survive even if their face swells up to twice its size.”

“Shut up……”

Thanks to drinking the potion, it quickly returned to its original size, but it was quite a sight.

I’m really getting goosebumps now thinking about what I thought earlier.

‘What? Help directly?’

The sight of Kane getting up even if he had to crawl miserably and Mark attacking to maximize pain without killing filled me with what you’d call an “action high”.

‘It can’t be said enough.’

Kang Soo-ho, Kang Soo-ho. Kane’s party definitely didn’t fail because of lack of power.

Let’s not forget our role. Really. I need to be the brain for the brainless party and the mouth for the mouthless party.

“Um, I’m back.”

“Oh, did you have fun learning about horses and stables? Let’s eat this.”

“Ugh……”

I smiled as I gave the green juice to Luna, who smelled of flowers as if she had just washed.

“How was it for both of you today?”

I asked Kane, who finally got permission to receive the same training as the knights without actually being knighted, and Luna, who I strategically placed in the stables for the future even though she’s my personal maid.

“I, I enjoyed it…… Grandpa was nice, and the horses were pretty too…… Um… Everything was good. Learning how to file horseshoes was fun too.”

“This is just the beginning.”

I quickly had a maid clear away the empty glass that still had an overwhelming presence despite being almost empty of green juice and made a humming sound.

“You know, I’m thinking of leaving here to travel in 2 months at the latest.”

I waved two fingers and grinned.

“And taking just the two of you with me.”

Leaving behind the guards who are probably hiding somewhere I can’t see, watching me under the pretext of protecting me.

“What? No, Young Master… What about the family?”

“Isn’t that decision too hasty? I don’t know the details, but I’ve never seen a high-ranking noble like you move without servants.”

“Ah, well, I understand what you’re both saying, but the important thing is that I want to do it.”

Anyone who has the right to refuse what I want to do, raise your hand.

“There’s no growth without real experience… Right? And don’t you feel sorry for me, trapped in this tiny city at such a young age?”

Even Kane, who rolled and rolled so much, only ended up on par with the Demon King. If you ask if that party lacked power, that’s not it either.

‘I don’t know for sure, but my party was probably among the top three parties raised by the stagnant waters of Innocent Saga, but even they were like that, so there’s no answer.’

If it wasn’t the level, I speculated that it was some special item, or the ‘Indomitable’ trait that Kane possessed that was the problem.

‘So I need to raise them faster. Kane is the type to get stronger through real battles anyway.’

In the game, no matter how much I sent him to training camps, one actual battle event raised Kane’s growth more.

“Besides, Kane, you can’t stand it in this castle.”

“What do you mean?”

“You want to chase after them right away and want to know someone’s whereabouts, don’t you.”

I shrugged and made eye contact with Luna, who was gently wiggling one of her ears.

“Luna must feel cramped here too, having lived in the plains.”

“That’s… Mmm… True.”

“So both of you, give it your all during the remaining time. Especially you, Kane, you can absorb the knights’ basic training routines and swordsmanship, right?”

He should be able to steal their know-how just by watching over their shoulders without being taught one by one.

Because Kane is a genius.

“Luna, isn’t it better for you to check your body and learn work during that time rather than aimlessly sticking around other maids or by my side?”

This is related not only to Luna’s shyness but also to her race as a beastkin.

After all, it’s inevitable that animals are more familiar, and while I’m one thing, the other maids aren’t exactly kind to Luna.

‘One way or another, I’ve been quiet lately.’

They forcibly pushed Luna into the position of personal maid to a noble’s direct descendant because they found it burdensome to deal with me, but now that I’ve been quiet lately, even I can tell they’re keeping her in check.

So it’s better for both me and Luna if she practices martial arts alone or does odd jobs to become an all-around worker.

“And there’s another important matter.”

I rested my chin on my hand and spoke in a lowered voice as if it was quite an important agenda.

“Kane.”

“…What is it?”

“I recommend a greatsword.”

A man’s romance!

Greatsword warrior!

Originally, Kane, who received assassin training, wields dual daggers, but that’s just flashy to the eyes.

Huh? Aren’t men supposed to use greatswords? Of course, dual-wielding Kane is decent too. He even defeated the Demon King with that. But why use dual blades when there are greatswords?

“Instead of dual blades with a paper-thin body. How about building thick muscles and using a greatsword? A real man uses a greatsword.”

“I don’t know what nonsense you’re talking about.”

“I’m talking about your signature weapon.”

“I, I think cavalry lancer or lancer would be good too. I like horses.”

Kane frowns at my words about being a man and Luna’s words as if possessed by the spirit of horses.

“Both of you, come to your senses. Let’s say the spear is fine, but is there any need to make deformed weapons like a lance or greatsword your signature weapon? You should know why the longsword is a versatile weapon.”

“Wow, Kane, don’t you have any man’s romance?”

“Th-that’s right…… I want to see a lance charge……”

“Efficiency is more important than romance. It’s necessary to try holding and studying all of them, but I don’t think there’s any need to use a special weapon as your main weapon.”

“Ah… Aah… That’s true……”

I glared slightly at Kane, who was only making reasonable arguments, then turned my head.

Bastard…