I Picked Up an Abandoned Villain in the Polar Region

Episode 68

 

“What? What’s going on!”

Kyle, who had been groaning as he fell to the floor after Brody let go of the rope, screamed in surprise.

But Brody couldn’t answer Kyle and just looked up at the sky.

The eagle was flying high in the sky with Ron heading towards the mountain.

The more she looked at the sight, the more Brody’s face turned as white as a corpse’s.

R-Ron was kidnapped.

By an eagle!

The sky darkened, and her vision blurred. Standing there as if she’d forgotten how to breathe, Brody furrowed her brows moments later upon seeing the kidnapper descending the mountain.

She had to go save Ron.

Right now.

“Kyle! Ron’s been kidnapped!”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden!”

Brody hurriedly explained the situation to Kyle, who was shouting.

“Kyle, I’m sorry! I think I should go save Ron now”

“What? No, wait! Then I…!”

I’m sorry Kyle, but there is no time to save you now.

However, Brody, who could not bring herself to say those words, quickly looked around and discovered long, sturdy pieces of wood carelessly thrown on the ground.

‘That’s it!’

Brody immediately dragged two of the wooden pieces over.

Then she threw it at Kyle in the pit and shouted.

“Kyle! Come up here alone for now! You can do it! And when you get out of there, come straight to the top of the mountain closest to here! Got it?”

“What the-!”

Kyle could be heard screaming in disbelief, but Brody left Kyle behind and started running.

Everything was going in an unexpected direction.

Kyle called her over, absolutely furious that Brody would leave him alone in this hole.

“Hey, where are you going!”

You have to help me out first then go!

But even though he called out to Brody with all his might, all he got in return was the echoing sound of crows mocking him.

Kyle finally roared at Brody, who had really left.

“Yaaaah!”¹This is a common way to shout at someone to get their attention like in Korean dramas. The closest way to present it in English should be “Heeeeyy.” or something like that…

 

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Brody left Kyle in the pit and ran through the wasteland towards the mountains without hesitation.

The kidnapper had clearly taken Ron down at the top of the mountain. Since she had noted the exact location, Brody immediately climbed up the mountain to the top.

Even though her breathing was ragged and all kinds of bushes and trees were scratching and clawing at her body, Brody didn’t give up and just kept running.

In her head, she kept hearing the words the groundhog had once said.

‘You really have to be careful. I heard that the path leading into Volcan is particularly dangerous. The area outside the castle is completely lawless, with not only bandits but also kidnappers and human traffickers camped out here and there. So be sure to brace yourself before you go.’

Even after hearing that, she was so focused on saving Kyle that she left Ron alone and ended up in this situation.

Seriously, that eagle was a human trafficker, wasn’t it? Did it kidnap Ron for that purpose?

The more she thought about it, the more her heart burned.

Brody felt like tearing out all her hair for leaving Ron alone.

‘But how can I go to its hideout without any countermeasures, not knowing how dangerous the kidnapper is?’

It was a thought that occurred to her only after she reached the middle of the mountain. A look of despair appeared on Brody’s face as she continued to run aimlessly.

‘****, I should have saved Kyle and brought him with me!’

She was so out of her mind that she made such a huge mistake by running to the death alone while leaving her best combat helper behind.

Of course, even though she realized this, she couldn’t stop and kept running. And at that moment, she didn’t properly look where she was stepping and ended up tripping on a tree branch.

“Ugh!”

Brody fell down badly. Luckily the floor was soft so she wasn’t hurt…

“Hmm?”

Brody, lying on the floor, frowned at something she could grasp at her fingertips.

This was neither a fallen leaf nor dirt.

“A net?”

It was a net.

And the moment she realized this.

“Whoa!”

The ropes tying the four corners of the net were pulled straight up into the sky.

Brody, who was suddenly caught in a net and left hanging in the air, screamed in panic.

“W-what is this!”

Brody struggled and tore at the net to get out.

But the net was so strong and tough that it seemed impossible to break it that way. It looked like a trap someone had set to catch a wild beast.

“W-what the hell!”

She was in a desperate situation, and she had to fall into a trap like this!

Brody cursed the hunter who set the trap and hurled all sorts of abuse at him.

“You set up a trap like this in the middle of the mountain, you **** hunter! I curse your three generations of family to be ruined!”

At that moment, did the hunter who had been cursed come up because his ears were itchy?

Suddenly, a rustling sound was heard from the quiet bushes.

Brody looked up, hoping that someone might be able to help her.

Finally, a small weasel crawled out from the bushes.

He straightened up and looked up at Brody and asked.

“Want me to help you?”

Was it because it was a sneaky weasel of all people, or was it because of its bland appearance that showed no intention of helping at all?

Brody spoke in a sharp voice, her annoyance rising even as she begged for help.

“Don’t you think I need help when I am in such a situation?”

Then the weasel swept its chin with its forepaw and looked at Brody carefully, saying, ‘Is that so?’ and asked her.

“Are you a foreigner? You don’t seem like a person from the Wilderness at first glance.”

“If I am a foreigner, you won’t help me?”

“No. I wouldn’t help you even if you weren’t a foreigner.”

The weasel spoke leisurely and giggled, covering its mouth with its forepaw.

Brody closed her eyes and barely swallowed the anger that was rising within her.

It seemed that the weasel just needed a boredom killer who appeared at the perfect time when it was bored.

In short, it meant that it had no intention of helping her whatsoever.

But Brody needed someone right now. The only person he could turn to for help was the weasel.

So she finally decided to tell it the truth and ask for help.

She calmed her boiling anger and hurriedly opened her mouth.

“Excuse me, can you help me just this once? My child has been kidnapped, and the kidnapper is trying to take the baby to the top of this mountain. So I have to find him quickly. Time is of the essence!”

But even though Brody was stamping her feet and making urgent requests, the weasel just remained relaxed.

It sat cross-legged and opened its mouth as if it was about to have a serious conversation.

“Was it the eagle that kidnapped the baby?”

“How do you know that?”

“How do I know? He’s quite famous around here. He kidnaps newborn babies and sells them.”

“H-he is going to sell him off!”

The worst assumption became reality. That eagle was a human trafficker.

A desperate sigh escaped Brody’s lips. She held onto the net and begged the weasel.

“Please help me. Okay? I have to go save the child! If you save me, I will never forget this favor. Please!”

But the weasel was so busy picking its nose that Brody’s desperate cries fell on deaf ears.

The sight of the weasel being indifferent to the other person’s misfortune made Brody unable to control her anger.

“If you won’t help me, then can’t you report it to the Capital Guards?”

“This is a lawless area, and even the security guards can’t come here.”

All of the things that were increasingly mind-boggling were coming at her.

“Crazy!”

“Then what about my child?”

“Why are you asking me that?”

“Aaaah!”

In a situation where there was no answer, all that came out was a scream. As Brody screamed and went crazy, the weasel who was watching clicked its tongue in pity.

“Just give up. You’re a girl anyway. Even if you go alone, you have no way to save him.”

“…”

“And you’d better stop screaming. Those thieves who set this trap might come up thinking they’ve caught an animal. Well, I guess they’d be happier if they saw something that wasn’t an animal.”

The weasel snickered, blowing its mouth as if it was someone else’s business. Then, soon, as if it was tired of talking to Brody, it got up from its seat and shook its butt.

Brody, who was in a panic, quickly came to her senses when she saw the weasel trying to leave her alone.

“Wait a moment please!”

No matter how hard she wracked her brain, she couldn’t think of any other solution in this desperate situation.

Eventually, Brody decided to confess the truth she never wanted to tell, even if it meant holding on to that rotten little weasel.

“If you knew who the kidnapped baby was, you would never be able to leave like that! Because that baby is the child of Rubinus, the master of this Wilderness!”

“… What?”

The weasel, who was about to go back into the bushes he had come from, stopped when he heard those words and looked back at Brody.

He looked as if he’d just heard utter nonsense, but Brody didn’t back down and drove the point home.

“I am from the White Fox tribe that took the child. I came here at the request of the successor, Shiloh Ennea, to return the child to Rubinus, but this is what happened instead.”

“…Are you asking me to believe that right now?”

The weasel wasn’t so brainless as to readily believe Brody’s words.

However, perhaps he was easily swayed, as he couldn’t hide his doubtful gaze while staring at Brody’s face, which was filled with nothing but sincerity.

Brody took advantage of the gap and made bold threats.

“If you don’t believe it, then don’t believe it. But when I bring the baby out safely later and meet Rubinus, I will definitely tell her about you.

‘The weasel who lives outside the castle knew that your child was taken away by human traffickers and ignored him instead of helping him.’

Then you will be punished accordingly for ignoring the danger that the heir to this Wilderness was in. No, you may even die by the hand of Rubinus.”

As it listened to Brody’s words, the composure gradually disappeared from the weasel’s face.

“Honestly, if it were me, I would find every weasel here and wipe them out.”

Upon hearing these terrifying words, the weasel even went so far as to bite and chew on its own front paw out of sheer anxiety.

Brody looked at the shaking weasel and added loudly that she was certain that the kidnapped baby was Rubinus’ child.

“There’s a red dot the size of a pinky fingernail on the baby’s elbow. If you tell Rubinus about it, she’ll understand right away.”

The weasel, who had been squirming, seemed to come to his senses after hearing those words.

Eventually, the weasel gave in to Brody and ran down the mountain, saying, ‘I’ll call the guards.’

Brody sighed in relief only after seeing the weasel’s back.

But then she suddenly realized that the weasel had not yet freed her and had just walked away, and she fell into despair again.