Overpowered Reincarnation Perks! - Chapter 9.1 - 9. Special privileges are a luxury for the skilled user
I understand why my title changed to ‘Lonely Sacrifice’.
‘So that’s why I was meant to become lonely.’
I was eventually dragged away by the soldiers and imprisoned.
It’s strange. I clearly didn’t do anything threatening, so why was I dragged away and locked up in prison?
If this is a castle, it must be a much larger city than the village I was in, so there should be more people and established laws and systems.
To just drag away and lock up someone they deem suspicious, this city is really running well.
“Cold……”
Moreover, these damn people just tied me up and left me soaking wet.
‘At least cover me with something!’
If I’m a suspicious intruder, shouldn’t you at least take care of me so I don’t die of pneumonia before you can even hold a trial!
“Is anyone there?”
No answer.
‘There’s not even a guard in front of the door?’
I had guessed from the investigators’ behavior, but it seemed the castle was an even more rotten place than I thought.
Looking at how things are run, I don’t know what the problem in the castle is supposed to be, but somehow I have a feeling it might be their own doing.
“Callion. I guess this life is ruined. I’m going to freeze to death here……”
“Commander Dienes!”
I heard a soldier’s shout from outside the door.
‘What? There was someone at the door!’
And they pretended not to hear me?
As I glared towards the door, as if sensing it, the door creaked open. Between two soldiers standing at attention, I could see a tall man walking in.
‘Wow. He’s handsome.’
Golden curls that looked as sweet as honey and green eyes. Smooth skin and elegantly balanced features. With deep-set eyes and long eyelashes, he looked like a prince straight out of a fairy tale.
If Callion is a knight and Senes is a beast-like man, this man would be a young noble who loves nature and art. If you took a picture and hung it in an art museum, it would be a work of art as is.
‘And his body, wow….’
The man wore a white uniform that fit him perfectly with a red sash, and with his broad shoulders and slim waist, just looking at his silhouette was enough to draw admiration.
‘His face is a masterpiece and his body is a sculpture.’
However, perhaps because this world’s genre is survival rather than a fairy tale, his expression was cold. The atmosphere was like midwinter.
‘No, this isn’t the time to be thinking about this.’
The soldier just called him commander, right? Then is this man the one in charge here?
‘He looks more like he should be the crown prince in a romance fantasy world than a commander.’
But since this world’s genre is survival and not romance fantasy, I’ll leave it at that.
“Is this the intruder?”
“Yes! We arrested her after receiving a report that she popped out of the fountain in the central square.”
The soldier beyond the door answered with a voice full of tension.
‘A person can pop out of a fountain too. It’s not like I fell from the sky or emerged from a lake, why are they being so harsh!’
In a world where system windows appear and dead people come back to life, I don’t understand why they’re being so strict only with me.
While I was inwardly expressing my indignation, I heard footsteps approaching me. Thud, thud. When I raised my head, I saw the blonde man standing in front of me.
‘He’s tall.’
Because his body was slender and his face small, I couldn’t tell when he was far away, but up close, he was incredibly tall. It hurt my neck to look up at him.
“I will ask you.”
As expected from his chilling and deep gaze, his voice also resonated differently. A deep voice that was both weighty and refreshing. With a talent that could conquer the world if he sang, it’s a shame he became a soldier.
‘What a pity, what a pity.’
Ah, but in this world, even if you become a superstar, you couldn’t go on a world tour because of the monsters, so maybe being a commander in the castle might lead to a more satisfying life.
Even as I stared at him, he asked coldly without showing any sign of displeasure.
“Where did you come from?”
“…A village at the foot of the mountain.”
“There’s no way an ordinary villager could infiltrate the castle. Please state your affiliation properly.”
Would you understand if I told you?
Republic of Korea! Korea!
“I don’t remember because I’ve lost my memory.”
“You say you’ve lost your memory?”
I watched the commander’s expression. Despite his prompt response, his eyes showed that he didn’t believe me at all.
‘I didn’t expect him to anyway.’
Unlike the villagers, it seems the people living in the castle are quite suspicious and even harsh.
“Yes. I think I forgot because I hit my head on the fountain. I have some fragmented knowledge left, but I can’t remember what I was doing before I came here.”
The blonde commander’s eyes narrowed.
‘It must sound like a lie, right?’
I understand. But if I tell the truth, it would sound even more like a lie.
I can’t just say something about Earth, South Korea, and how I died trying to save a child who fell onto the subway tracks on my way to work, got mangled by the train, and then a system window appeared and sent me here…
If telling the truth would make them suspicious anyway, I might as well lie!
“You’re from a village at the foot of the mountain, and you have no memories. Fine. Your name?”
Why ask if you won’t understand anyway?
“It’s Ju-in.”
Saying only my first name without the surname was a minimal defense mechanism to prevent it from turning into an even stranger name.
Call me Jin, June, Joan, or Jane as you like, go ahead.
“Ju-in. Not a common name.”
Unlike the other dim-witted soldiers, the commander understood my name in one go.
“It’s peculiar that you remember your own name despite claiming memory loss.”
“……”
“Do you have anything else to say? It would be better for you to say something rather than keep your mouth shut.”
“I’m very cold.”
Of course, I have something to say.
Before asking about my name or origin, shouldn’t you normally ask if I’m cold or if I need a blanket when you see my condition?
