chapter 4
4 – (Goblin)Princess Maker
Inside a hut in a village believed to be the hometown of Goblin No. 2.
Me and a woman were facing each other.
The woman’s name is ‘Snow White’ as the status window said.
My last name is Baek, my first name is Seol.
A woman with a fairytale-like name seemed to have trouble breathing just by looking at me.
It was pitiful to see that figure.
“Mr. Snow White?”
“Yes, yes,”
I immediately regained my cool.
This person isn’t even a regressor, and he got hit while wielding his abilities at will.
With neither strength nor conscience, I had no corner at all.
“How do you use this ability?”
“That, that’s…”
“Hmm.”
I can see you rolling your eyes here and there and slurring your words… It seems that just because you are dominated doesn’t mean that you obey unconditionally.
Then I can’t help it.
I thought I would really commit it if I had to, so I tapped the sword on my waist and opened my mouth.
“Tell me.”
I did it with the thought that since the situation is a situation, I have to get an answer even if I’m scared.
The response was dramatic.
Suddenly, the woman’s eyes widened and she began to speak weakly.
“…If you command it with a strong will, it will follow.”
“Aha.”
‘Come to think of it, I gave orders to the goblins in Korean too.’
Are you following the will of the ruler contained in the words?
I don’t understand what the principle is.
But now that we know the method, we should start with safety measures.
“Never use your powers on me. Okay?”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Good.”
As soon as I nodded, Snow White’s spirit returned, as if he was aware of this.
“Huh!? Ah! Ahhh…!”
It seems that he has returned, not returned. Anyway.
“Just calm down.”
“Huh.”
“Calm down.”
“Yes. I calmed down. Ahhhhh…!”
Ah, this is strangely interesting.
I shouldn’t have said this, but the reaction was so dramatic that it was like watching a skit.
Still, Snow White would be really scary, so let’s just say this.
“Why did you use superpowers as soon as you saw me?”
“That, that’s because I can’t control my superpowers.”
… He’s pretty cool too.
“Don’t lie.”
“Ah, that, uh, ah… I’m too scared to stop…”
“Are you scared?”
I wasn’t born that way.
“As soon as it started, that week, after the master and one other person left.”
“Hyeonwoo-woo. Nam Hyun-woo.”
“Ah, yes, yes! After Nam Hyun-woo and him left.”
At that time, is it as soon as the ordeal begins?
“After that, the group of people was attacked by a huge horde of goblins.”
That’s what happened.
Honestly, in the tower climbing tutorial, the monsters’ initial supply offensive is a cliché.
The fact that the monsters aren’t that strong if you deal with them one by one.
“So the people who ran away said that Mr. Hyeonu and that woman were suspicious. She knew something, so…”
“Ha.”
That’s the only reason.
But don’t you worry that if you suspect there is something, you might not fall under the domination?
‘Am I a little stupid?’
Aside from Snow White’s questionable intelligence, there was a bit of a puzzle in his words.
“…Where are all the people who said that?”
When I asked that question, Snow White suddenly jumped up.
“I didn’t kill you!”
“Who is what?”
“…At night they were attacked by goblins and scattered.”
A goblin?
When I thought of the green friends outside the hut, I tilted my head.
Aren’t they on good terms with Snow White?
“Didn’t you use domination?”
“Th-those goblins are out of control.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know about that… I have some tattoos on my body, maybe it’s because of that…”
“Hmm.”
Tattoo, tattoo.
I don’t think there will be any tattoos with magical powers already.
If the tattoo is evidence of belonging to the same village, it could have been because there was already a chief.
This is a surprisingly tricky skill.
‘This person just used that ability without thinking.’
It’s a pity, but now there was no doubt about Snow White’s intelligence.
It’s an ability that needs to be handled very delicately.
Still, Snow White’s ability has now become my ability, so in the end it worked out.
I’ll write you well.
* * *
After roughly finishing the interview, the result of starting the experiment on the ability.
I’ve found that domination can sometimes be broken by issuing outrageous orders.
I brought a goblin and ordered it to commit suicide, and it suddenly attacked.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure it out because all others were goblins.
I wanted to compare the cases where the superpower was applied and not, but all the goblins got it.
Considering that Snow White, who was affected by the supernatural ability I reflected, was frightened, it seems to be affected by his mental state.
It was still an area of speculation.
After that, I didn’t have anything to do, so the second day passed very leisurely.
Owning one of the goblin huts made all the things I wanted to do today come to an end.
The meal was made with the fruits the goblins picked.
They picked more than ten ripe fruits.
Considering that goblins have short legs, they move slowly and are inconvenient to pick fruit, it was a pretty impressive number.
Maybe that’s why it seemed to be a kind of luxury even among goblins.
– Crunchy.
Is that my business?
[Durability has increased by 1.]
[Agility has increased by 1.]
[Your strength has increased by 1.]
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In the meantime, I dared to come next to me and eat one by one, as if I knew the efficacy of the Snow White fruit.
Even though I was paying attention, it was absurd to eat one meal at a time, so I left it alone.
If Snow White gets stronger, I’ll be happy too.
I put five constraints on the command, so it shouldn’t matter.
For your reference, the restrictions are as follows.
– First, don’t use supernatural powers on me.
– Second, don’t lie to me.
– Third, don’t betray me.
– Fourth, do not do anything that will harm you.
– Fifth, if you’re trying to do something but it’s unclear whether it will harm you, ask first.
I added a fifth one just in case there would be something like a malfunctioning AI in science fiction.
I don’t know what else to add.
To be honest, seeing Snow White suddenly calmed down, I don’t think I need to add anything.
I don’t know why, but he seemed relieved after he realized I had no intention of touching him.
Did you know you could pounce on something?
That’s a stupid idea.
‘Then what if the rule ends?’
If you value virginity as your life, you have a good chance of breaking free from domination like the goblins.
Looking at the shivering, there was no possibility.
Moreover, I also care about the regressor.
It’s just a guess, but the regressor must be watching me through some means.
Seeing as you just left after telling me not to talk about regression.
In that situation, I suddenly do something like that with Snow White? Forced too?
‘Write.’
Considering that eccentric personality, something very bad could have happened.
So instead of doing something harsh, I decided to make up for the sleep I lacked yesterday to kill time.
Then it was night before I knew it.
As I was staring blankly at the moon in the sky, I suddenly had that thought.
‘… I don’t think it should be like this.’
Returners and angels certainly talked about qualifications.
Qualifications.
Is playing around with a survivor with good abilities proving qualifications?
Probably not.
Looking at the fact that it was called an ordeal, I wonder if it should show something like overcoming hardships.
Even that was ambiguous.
Hunting the goblins around here is like eating away my flesh because they all belong to this village.
Because there was no opponent to train weapons skills.
I regretted the training alone, though.
Except for the F-rank swordsmanship skill, there was no particular change.
There was no such thing as knowledge flowing into my head.
As I pondered over and over again to prove my qualifications, I suddenly remembered the story of Beksul.
A goblin with a tattoo.
A goblin from another village.
Oh.
‘If our village doesn’t work, why don’t we rob another village?’
Because it’s certain that other villages exist.
“Hmm…”
Sounds like a pretty good idea.
* * *
The second day passed, and the morning of the third day was bright.
When I came out, I saw the goblins getting up and getting ready.
I turned my head thinking that he was sincere, unlike his good looks.
“Suck!”
I saw the master, no, Hyunwoo, wielding a sword and shield.
‘As expected, you are sincere.’
But apart from that, he’s obviously hiding something.
She must have had something to do with that woman, as well as how she downplayed my suspicions yesterday.
Although she failed to dig out the truth using her domination and was dominated by her seonji role.
Fortunately, she didn’t touch this side too much and didn’t take out her anger.
She ‘gained a virginity she thought she would lose.’
She probably doesn’t think she’s a bad person, but… Honestly, it’s complicated in my head.
She still knows that in the end she is in a state of being dominated.
At that time, perhaps I was staring at you too clearly, Hyunwoo suddenly approached me.
Is there something I can do?
Because I’m nervous inside what kind of command I might add.
“Let’s catch a goblin today.”
“Yes?”
“I will hunt goblins.”
Should I explain this… ?
I thought so, but there was no worry in her twinkling eyes, so she had no choice but to open her mouth.
“If you reduce the number of goblins, the number of fruits will also decrease…”
“You know, who said they kill our kids?”
“Yes?”
What do you mean?
“I’m going to raid another goblin colony.”
“Yes?”
“And with domination, the survivors of the colony are also subject to domination.”
“Yes…?”
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
No, why did you do that in the first place?
“Because I have to prove my qualifications.”
“Looking at the first explanation, it seemed that just surviving was proof of qualifications, right?”
“I can’t do that kind of complacency.”
‘Could it be that qualifications have something to do with the secret he holds?’
Does he really know something?
I didn’t know, so I just kept my mouth shut.
Still, I wasn’t too worried.
Seeing that he wasn’t surprised after eating the fruit, he seemed to have eaten the fruit from the first day.
Even though I kept eating here, it’s probably quite strong.
I’m not in a position to worry.
But the words that followed made me hate it.
“Snow White will become the Goblin Queen.”
“Eh. Some goblins.”
That’s kind of… I don’t like something.
“Then would the princess be good?”
“No, not that way… no. It just doesn’t matter.”
“Then I’ll take the princess.”
But I gave up when I saw the expression on his face, possessed by a strange passion.
I think he’s a bit strange….