“Uwah! An exile!”
“哇!流放!”
“What, how did he get in?”
“什么，他怎么进来的?”
The incarnations who saw me yelled.
看到我的化身们喊道。
I ran through the crowds and hid myself in the shadows of the city. Due to the exile penalty, pieces of the story fell from my body like blood. The area around my right arm and heart was stabilized from the absorption of new story fragments but the rest was different.
我穿过人群，躲在城市的阴影里。由于流放的惩罚，故事的碎片像血一样从我的身体里掉了下来。我的右臂和心脏周围的区域由于吸收了新的故事片段而稳定了下来，但其他区域则不同。
The incarnations probably saw this and realized I was an exile.
现世的人可能看到了这一点，并意识到我是一个流亡者。
“Where are you going? Shouldn’t we report it?”
“你要去哪里?我们不应该报告吗?”
“Well… he will die soon. Let’s just go.”
“嗯......他很快就要死了。我们走吧。”
It wasn’t strange. This wasn’t the first time they had seen an exile. They were afraid of exiles because they didn’t know what the exiles would do.
这并不奇怪。这不是他们第一次看到流亡者。他们害怕流亡者，因为他们不知道流亡者会做什么。
I leaned against an alley wall and the people looking at me quickly dispersed. The magic locomotive that appeared also played a role in calming the situation.
我靠在小巷的墙上，看着我的人很快散开了。出现的神奇火车头也起到了平息局势的作用。
The incarnations found the locomotives covered with ominous black paint and withdrew in dismay.
化身们发现火车头涂满了不祥的黑漆，沮丧地退了出去。
“Back off! A noble is coming!”
“退后!贵族来了!”
A locomotive was running through the centre of the industrial complex. I didn’t know for certain but it seemed to be a guest from another industrial complex. Maybe a high-ranking noble of the Demon World was on board. A person as strong as Reinheit of Paradise might be riding on that locomotive.
一辆火车头正穿过工业园区的中心。我不确定，但它似乎是来自另一个工业园区的客人。也许船上有个恶魔世界的高级贵族。一个像雷海特这样强壮的人可能正坐在那火车头上。
I didn’t know what was going on but it was rushing towards the factory for some reason. The locomotive accelerated without caring there were incarnations crossing the road. The frightened commoners started grumbling.
我不知道发生了什么事，但不知为什么，它正朝工厂冲过来。火车头加快了速度，没有人注意到有人在过马路。受到惊吓的平民开始抱怨。
“It looks like Gilobat’s locomotive. Hasn’t it been seen often?”
“它看起来像吉洛巴特的火车头。它不是经常被看到吗?”
“How would I know? It is the work of the noble scum.”
“我怎么知道?这是高尚人渣的杰作。”
“We need to know this time. There is a story that the 73rd Demon Realm is being integrated.”
“这次我们需要知道。有传言说，第73个恶魔王国正在被整合。”
It was a fairly interesting story so I focused my hearing on the drifting words.
这是一个相当有趣的故事，所以我把注意力集中在那些飘忽不定的词上。
“The Demon Realm is being integrated? Those dukes are moving their heavy asses?”
“恶魔王国正在被整合?那些公爵们正在移动他们沉重的屁股?”
“Yes, Melledon and Bercan are moving. Won’t Syswitz be really nervous?”
“是的，梅勒登和贝尔坎正在搬家。西斯维兹不会很紧张吗?”
At the mention of the duke who governed the 73rd Demon Realm, the other incarnations also intervened in the conversation.
在提到统治第73恶魔王国的公爵时，其他化身也参与了谈话。
“Hah! That rumour was real? But… we haven’t had a demon king ruling this realm for thousands of years?”
“哈!那个谣言是真的吗?但是......我们已经有几千年没有魔王统治这个国家了?”
“Then this time, the demon king will emerge from our turf?”
“那么这一次，魔王会从我们的地盘出现吗?”
Questions poured out and the incarnation who first brought it up spoke in an embarrassed manner.
问题如潮水般涌出，第一个提出这个问题的化身尴尬地说道。
“I don’t know for sure. Rumour has it that a message from an oracle is passing among the demon kings. The emergence of a new demon king…”
“我不确定。有传言说一个来自神谕的信息正在恶魔国王之间传递。一个新的魔王的出现......”
“The dukes seem to think they will be the one.”
“公爵们似乎认为，他们就是那个人。”
I saw a similar conversation in Ways of Survival. It was time for this type of rumour to emerge. I had come at a great timing.
我在《生存之道》中看到过类似的对话。是时候出现这样的谣言了。我来得正是时候。
Demon king…
魔王。
I looked at the locomotive moving away. The industrial complexes also had ranks. The ‘nobles’ were those who dominated the industrial complexes.
我看着移动的火车头。工业综合体也有等级。这些“贵族”就是那些控制着工业复合体的人。
The ‘citizens’ were the incarnations at varying levels. The citizens who lost their stories and fell were the ‘removal slaves.’
“公民”是不同层次的化身。失去故事而倒下的公民是“搬迁奴隶”
Now there were only these three classes but the story was completely different once a demon king came.
现在只有这三个等级，但是一旦魔王来了，故事就完全不同了。
Demon king. A ruler who governed a demon realm, a person with absolute power in one world. There was no way for the species here to disobey the demon king.
魔王。统治恶魔王国的统治者，在同一个世界拥有绝对权力的人。这里的物种没有办法违抗恶魔之王。
In the demon realms, the demon kings had the same powerful status as a narrative-grade constellation. Perhaps the dukes of the 73rd Demon Realm were trying to keep the emergence of such a demon king in check.
在恶魔王国，恶魔国王拥有与叙事级星座同样强大的地位。也许第73恶魔王国的公爵们正试图阻止这样一个恶魔王的出现。
Once a demon king emerged, it was only a matter of time before the current power system collapsed.
一旦恶魔之王出现，当前的电力系统崩溃只是时间问题。
However, a demon king must be created. It was why I came to the Demon World.
然而，恶魔之王必须被创造出来，这就是我来到恶魔世界的原因。
-The second piece of information. Look for the Etika Clock Store.’
-第二条信息。寻找Etika时钟商店
A new message arrived and I raised my head to look at the sky. In the darkness, the faint energy of the wenny man could be heard. Fortunately, the wenny man wasn’t lacking common sense.
一条新的信息传来，我抬起头看着天空。在黑暗中，可以听到那个少女的微弱的能量。幸运的是，这个少女并不缺乏常识。
There was a saying among the dokkaebis that ‘they learned morality from a wenny man’ but this was because the dokkaebis hated the wenny men… -There you will be able to obtain what you want.
在多卡比斯中有一种说法，“他们从一个女人那里学会了道德”，但这是因为多卡比斯憎恨那些女人...——在那里你将能够得到你想要的。
I nodded lightly and the wenny man disappeared again.
我轻轻地点了点头，那个姑娘又不见了。
The Etika Clock Store. It seemed the wenny man was aware of the method to get the scenario of the Demon World.
伊蒂卡钟表店。这个温柔的男人似乎知道如何得到恶魔世界的场景。
In fact, there was information on the clock store in Ways of Survival. Even so, I asked for information from the wenny man in order to not attract unnecessary attention. It was necessary to move in accordance to probability.
事实上，在《生存之道》一书中有关于时钟储存的信息。即便如此，为了不引起不必要的注意，我还是向那个女人打听情况。按照可能性行动是必要的。
I looked down at my left arm that was about to break. I couldn’t get the scenario right away just because I was going to the clock store.
我低头看了看自己快要断掉的左臂。我不能马上得到这个场景，仅仅因为我要去钟表店。
Instead, there was a way to alleviate the exile penalty. The Etika Clock Store was a place that existed for that purpose from the beginning.
相反，有一种方法可以减轻流放的惩罚。阿提卡时钟商店从一开始就是为了这个目的而存在的。
I moved without delaying.
我毫不迟疑地行动起来。
It wasn’t here. Not this alley.
不在这儿不在这条巷子里。
I pulled up my collar so that the broken story wasn’t visible and ran through the alleys of the industrial complex.
我拉起衣领，让那个破碎的故事看不见，然后穿过工业区的小巷。
However, I couldn’t find the clock store. It was natural. There was no such thing as a clock in the Demon World. Such things were only meaningful to beings with lives as short as humans.
然而，我找不到钟表店。这很自然。在恶魔的世界里没有时钟这种东西。这样的事情只有对生命如人类般短暂的生物才有意义。
It would’ve been easier to find if I could read Ways of Survival. There was no way to read the text file because there was no smartphone. If I knew this, I would’ve asked Bihyung to prepare a smartphone for me in advance…
如果我能读懂《生存之道》的话，就会更容易找到了。因为没有智能手机，所以无法读取文本文件。如果我知道这些，我会让Bihyung提前为我准备一部智能手机.....。
In the end, should I take the risk and ask someone for the location of the Etika Clock Store?
最后，我是否应该冒险问问别人阿提卡时钟商店的位置？
Suddenly, someone hit me in the shoulder. “What the hell is wrong with your eyes?”
突然，有人打了我的肩膀。“你的眼睛到底怎么了?”
“Ah, I’m sorry…”
“啊，对不起......”
“So what if you’re sorry? Damn, I dropped the parts because of you! Shit!”
“就算你感到抱歉又怎么样?该死，就是因为你，我才丢了那些零件!该死!”
The person was roughly 15 years old. A beautiful young man was glaring at me with cold eyes while carrying mechanical parts.
这个人大约15岁。一个漂亮的年轻人拿着机械零件，用冷冰冰的眼睛瞪着我。
“Uh… well, I’m sorry.”
“呃...好吧，对不起。”
I was wondering if it was necessary to curse but the boy spoke faster than me.
我在想是否有必要骂人，但那个男孩说得比我快。
“If you’re sorry then quickly pick them up!”
“如果你感到抱歉，那就赶紧捡起来!”
I was overwhelmed by the fierce words that poured from the handsome lips and picked up the fallen parts. It felt like the old ‘Kim Dokja’ had suddenly emerged.
我被从英俊的嘴唇里倾泻出来的激烈的话语所淹没，捡起了掉落的部分。感觉就像老的‘KimDokja’突然出现了。
I guessed I picked up the parts too quickly, causing the boy to laugh. “Damn, I’ll let you off this once. Be careful next time.”
我猜我拿起零件的速度太快了，结果那个男孩笑了。“妈的，这次我放你一马。下次小心点。”
The boy took the parts, glanced at me with distinctive eyes and rushed forward again. Then why? I saw his face and felt like I had been hit in the back of the head with a hammer. It wasn’t because I was scolded by someone younger than me.
男孩接过零件，用与众不同的眼神看了我一眼，然后又向前冲去。那为什么？我看到他的脸，感觉就像我的后脑勺被锤子敲了一下。不是因为我被比我年轻的人骂了。
That guy…
那家伙..。
Like every fantasy novel, there were pretty and handsome characters in Ways of Survival.
就像所有的奇幻小说一样，《生存之道》中也有漂亮帅气的角色。
Among the pretty and handsome characters, there were those who were described as ‘equivalent to Yoo Jonghyuk.’ Kyrgios Rodgraim who I met in Peace Land was such a case.
在这些漂亮英俊的角色中，有一些被描述为“类似于柳钟玉”我在和平之地遇到的基尔吉奥斯·罗德格雷姆就是这样一个例子。
By the way, this world contained people who were more beautiful than Kyrgios. In such cases, what expression should be used?
顺便说一下，这个世界包含了比基尔乔斯更美丽的人。在这种情况下，应该使用什么表达式？
「The boy was so beautiful that Yoo Jonghyuk had to hit his cheeks twice. 」
“这个男孩非常漂亮，以至于柳永旭不得不两次击中他的脸颊”
In addition, this description was only attached to three people in Ways of Survival.
此外，在《生存之道》一书中，这种描述只附加在三个人身上。
“I found you.”
“我找到你了。”
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There was a huge road and the entire shelf of the store was broken. Damn, this was already the third time. It was also a shelf with work on it.
有一条大路，整个商店的货架都被砸坏了。该死，这已经是第三次了。这也是一个架子上的工作。
Aileen, the watchmaker of Etika, suppressed a curse and asked with a calm smile. “What are you doing?”
Etika的钟表匠爱玲抑制住一个诅咒，平静地微笑着问道，“你在干什么?”
“What am I doing? Shouldn’t you already know after experiencing it three times?”
“我在做什么?经历了三次之后，你不是应该已经知道了吗?”
“No, that’s what I want to say. What do you want from a clock store owner?”
“不，那正是我想说的。你想从钟表店老板那里得到什么?”
Aileen was nervous as she confronted the two demons in front of her.
当她面对面前的两个魔鬼时，爱玲很紧张。
Demon Baron Melen. Demon Earl Silocke. The two demons were famous nobles in the Syswitz Industrial Complex. One of the demons laughed as he stretched out elongated arms.
恶魔男爵梅伦。恶魔伯爵斯洛克。这两个恶魔是著名的贵族在Syswitz工业联合体。其中一个恶魔笑着伸出细长的手臂。
“Keuk!” Aileen groaned as she was hit in the jaw.
“凯克!”下巴中弹时，爱玲呻吟着。
The demon earl Silocke laughed as he carefully examined the wound left on Aileen’s white skin.
恶魔伯爵斯洛克在仔细检查爱玲白色皮肤上的伤口时笑了起来。
“You’re definitely not an ordinary watchmaker. However, you’re not great enough for the duke to visit three times. This isn’t three humble visits to a thatched cottage. Do you know what a ‘lying down dragon’ is?” (TL: famous episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms where Liu Bei recruited Zhuge Liang by visiting him three times) “….I didn’t know who that is but didn’t I make it for you last time? This time I can’t help you.”
“你绝对不是一个普通的钟表匠。然而，你还不够好，公爵不能来看你三次。这不是三次简陋的茅草屋拜访。你知道‘卧龙’是什么吗?”(《三国演义集:刘备三次拜访诸葛亮，招募他)“......我不知道那是谁，但上次不是为你做的吗？这次我帮不了你了。”
The air inside the clock store started to freeze. It was the power of a demon noble. Aileen trembled as her face turned pale with fright.
钟表店里的空气开始结冰。这是一个魔鬼贵族的力量。爱玲吓得脸色发白，浑身发抖。
“What is this Aileen? Is this a personal loan?”
“这是什么，艾琳?这是个人贷款吗?”
Someone was standing in front of the clock store. Silocke saw the young man standing at the door and frowned. “You are the foul-mouthed guy of the clock store. Do you want to be executed?”
有人站在钟表店前面。斯洛克看见那个年轻人站在门口，皱起了眉头。“你就是钟表店那个满嘴脏话的家伙。你想被处死吗?”
“I’ll take care of him.” Demon Baron Melen grabbed the boy’s neck and lifted him up.
“我会照顾他的。”恶魔男爵梅伦抓住男孩的脖子，把他举了起来。
The beautiful boy looked down at Melen, who told him. “I feel it every time I come but you are really pretty.”
这个漂亮的男孩低头看着梅伦，她告诉他。“我每次来都能感觉到，但你真的很漂亮。”
“I feel it every time I see you but you are really disgusting.”
“每次见到你我都能感觉到，但你真的很恶心。”
Melen’s left hand hit the boy’s belly. There was the sound of something bursting but the boy’s eyes didn’t change at all. Melen stared into those eyes and laughed. “This is enough to become the duke’s concubine.”
梅伦的左手击中了男孩的肚子。有什么东西爆裂的声音，但男孩的眼睛一点也没变。梅伦盯着那双眼睛笑了。“这足以成为公爵的妾了。”
“What is the hourly pay? If it isn’t sufficient then I won’t go…”
“小时工资是多少?如果不够的话我就不去了......”
Once again, there was the sound of something being hit. Aileen’s expression hardened as she looked at the boy’s bloody mouth.
再一次，有什么东西被撞击的声音。爱玲看着男孩血淋淋的嘴巴，脸上的表情变得强硬起来。
“Let’s take him hostage.” Then the demon removed his hands like he had been joking. “Huhu, who would do such a thing? We are gentlemen.”
“我们把他当作人质吧。”然后那个魔鬼像开玩笑一样移开了他的手。“虎虎，谁会做这种事？我们是绅士。”
The young man fell to the ground and groaned.
那个年轻人倒在地上呻吟起来。
“So the offer will be rejected? Can I tell the duke?”
“所以这个提议会被拒绝?我能告诉公爵吗?”
“Yes. I’m sorry but…”
“是的，对不起，但是......”
Surprisingly, the atmosphere smoothed out and Aileen sighed deeply. She hadn’t wanted to do this task. If she accepted the job, she would be sacrificing thousands of citizens.
令人惊讶的是，气氛渐渐平静下来，爱玲深深地叹了口气。她并不想做这项工作。如果她接受这份工作，她将牺牲成千上万的公民。
Then Silocke nodded like he understood. “Then I will receive the taxes that you are behind on. The duke asked me to do this.”
然后斯洛克点了点头，好像他明白了。“然后我就会收到你拖欠的税款。公爵让我这么做的。”
“Tax? Until now, I have been tax-exempt…”
“税?到目前为止，我一直是免税的......”
“It was until now but not anymore.”
“以前是这样，但现在不是了。”
As expected, there was no way she could just walk away. Aileen bit her lip until it cracked as she asked, “…How much?”
不出所料，她不可能就这么走了。爱玲咬着嘴唇，嘴唇裂开了，她问:“...多少钱?”
“50,000 coins.”
”五万枚硬币”
50,000 coins.
五万个硬币。
It was a huge amount of Aileen. It might be different in other scenario areas but coins were one of the most valuable currencies in the Syswitz Industrial Complex.
这是一个巨大的爱玲。这可能是不同的其他方案领域，但硬币是一个最有价值的货币在Syswitz工业联合体。
“There are almost no constellations here! Such a huge amount of money…”
“这里几乎没有星座!这么多钱......”
“I will take this little boy if you don’t pay. If he becomes a concubine then you can get 50,000 coins.”
“如果你不付钱，我就要这个小男孩。如果他成了妾，你就可以得到五万块钱。”
The threatened boy was unconcerned and whistled at the threat. “Wow! 50,000 coins! Aileen, don’t pay the tax and get the money.”
那个受到威胁的男孩漠不关心，对威胁吹了口哨。“哇！五万个硬币！爱玲，别交税了，去拿钱吧。”
“…I will make that cheeky mouth scream soon.”
“...我很快就会让那张厚脸皮的嘴尖叫。”
“Really? Shit, I’m looking forward to it.”
“真的吗?妈的，我很期待。”
Despite the young boy’s words, Aileen’s expression was filled with despair. She had a long relationship with this boy and knew that no matter his dirty words on the surface, deep inside he was thinking differently. An ultimatum emerged from the mouth of the demon earl.
