Chapter 1044 – 1044. Between Obedience and Affection
〈The content of the second half of episode 1043 has been changed due to a lack of content. We apologize for any inconvenience.〉
As soon as I returned, a meeting was held immediately.
The first agenda item was a standby group.
“Standby group?”
“Yes. “I plan to be prepared to help Suho in case of an emergency.”
If an emergency situation arises, the ship’s emergency warning light will sound, and we will be waiting in front of the warp room so that we can sortie immediately.
The reason for forming a standby team was because of the recent fight with Loki.
Since we did not know when such danger might arise again, the idea was to form a clear standby team.
Of course…
“Ha… That…”
There was no positive expression.
Because, as Armonia said, creating an atmosphere is…
“… I think everyone is tired.”
This means maintaining a state of tension.
And the members who are on standby will not be able to rest properly while I carry out my mission.
Armonia countered as if she had already predicted my concerns.
“It wasn’t my decision. “It was a decision made by everyone unanimously.”
“…”
Even so, it was difficult to accept it easily.
Just because you say ‘yes’ with your mouth doesn’t mean that your heart says ‘yes’.
Once you are swept up in the ‘yes’ atmosphere, you cannot easily say ‘no’.
When nine people clap, the only person left clapping without knowing anything is human.
Armonia countered as if she read my inner thoughts.
“No one here is swayed to express their opinion.”
“…”
Don’t read my mind…
I laughed out loud at Armonia’s firm words.
Lena and Kang Han-na, who were next to him, opened their mouths.
“Sir, this is an important matter.”
“That’s right. “No matter how important sleep is, is it as important as your own safety?”
“…”
When I said that, I had nothing to say.
Armonia read my concerns and continued her explanation.
“We plan to avoid extreme measures, so you don’t have to worry too much.”
The standby team was not maintained 24 hours a day, but was formed only when an emergency situation was expected.
Armonia, Lena, Kang Han-na here… And this was what all the family members who did not attend the meeting wanted.
I nodded and agreed.
“Then… “Please.”
“Yes. “We will organize the program taking all situations into consideration, so don’t worry.”
Armonia caught the exact meaning of my request.
She said she would run the standby team in an optimal way to ensure there were no problems for the ship’s family.
The second agenda is…
“It’s about ship overcrowding.”
“… ?”
I couldn’t help but have a question mark in my head for a moment.
For your information, it wasn’t because of what Armonia said.
‘What? ‘You suddenly don’t look good.’
It was because my strong face contained negative emotions.
It seems like there is dissatisfaction and displeasure… There were so many different emotions that it was hard to pick just one and say it was this feeling.
However, her strong expression quickly calmed down, and Armonia continued her explanation without seeing my strong expression.
“As you may know, we can no longer assign ship personnel as before.”
It’s just not ‘like before’, but it is possible.
The problem is that restrictions that go beyond common sense have arisen.
“Only those with an obedience level of 90 or higher can be assigned.”
“How to increase obedience… ?”
“The other party’s spirit of sacrifice… That is obedience.”
It was slightly different from affection.
If affection was mutual love, obedience was a one-sided sacrifice.
If affection is strong, obedience will be influenced to some extent.
It’s just not proportional…
After Armonia’s explanation was over, Kang Han-na, who was next to her, looked at her and asked.
“Then… Are you saying there is no exact way to increase obedience?”
“That’s right. Just as there are tens of thousands of ways to resolve disputes, there are probably tens of thousands of ways to increase obedience.”
Human relationships are something that may be the right answer for some, but may be the wrong answer for others.
In the end, the answer was decided.
“You just have to do what you’ve done so far.”
“Yes.”
The conclusion was that human relationships should be tailored to suit the situation.
The reason it was set as an agenda item for the meeting even though it had already been concluded was to remind people.
The story was that from now on, expedients would be prevented.
‘I used it well, but it’s a shame.’
While I was so disappointed, Armonia explained additional details.
“The atmosphere could end up like that, so I hope you always keep in mind that this is impossible.”
“Yeah, okay.”
Rather, it became motivation.
‘Because it’s best to create a situation where you don’t have to sortie.’
After that, it was mainly about light agenda related to daily life.
Then, I stayed with Armonia and received Zodiac’s support (300,000 Enel), next mission location (Shutra), etc… A meeting was held between just the two of us.
Among them, there was one part that bothered me.
“The subsidy is so expensive…”
The subsidy that was previously given at 1 million and 1.5 million was reduced to 300,000.
But fortunately, the reduction in subsidies was not a permanent phenomenon.
“We have communicated that Yggdrasil’s performance will be lowered.”
“What… “You have to understand.”
From the Zodiac’s perspective, Yggdrasil was still a wasteland.
Of course, if you dominate that wasteland, oil and gold will pour out in abundance…
“If you go bankrupt before then, it will just end up as a wasteland.”
Moreover, it does not end with ruling the wasteland.
We need to have facilities to extract oil and gold from the wasteland.
Therefore, from Zodiac’s perspective, there will be a desperate need for supply from other sources.
And Zodiac delivered a message with a sense of urgency.
“I think I would like to finish one area soon.”
He wanted to finish one long-term mission quickly.
The duration of the long-term mission is 3 years.
However, there was a reasonable reason for saying this.
“I asked you to finish the suit.”
Unlike the Consulate and Yggdrasil, Shutra was virtually organized.
‘If only the dean’s side could be sorted out… In fact, it’s the end.’
Claudia, the dean’s lover.
She planned to block the dean’s suicidal impulses by putting her soul into the body created by Kang Han-na.
‘… ‘It will work, right?’
Honestly, I’m still anxious.
Claudia, who prides herself on knowing her dean well, was reluctant to reveal her identity.
It wasn’t just because he was a ghost.
It was because he knew the dean’s past nature.
The dean is recorded in history as a great wizard who covered the world with peace.
However, the dean that Claudia talks about and the dean recorded in history were truly opposites.
The archmage who sought destruction and the archmage who rooted peace.
‘… Are they still the same people?’
Or has it become completely different?
If you show Claudia’s body… She will find out the truth.
“Okay. “This time, let’s try to finish it as much as possible.”
“All right. “I will convey that to Zodiac.”
It was a funny situation.
Our target was Lewis.
But in reality, Lewis wasn’t even on his mind right now.
I laughed and thought of Yggdrasil, which I had just left.
Midsummer and Louis.
The first evaluation I gave them was that they were idiots and strict children.
Idiot Midreum and strict son Louis.
However, the two people’s evaluations were completely reversed.
Midsummer, the returner, and Louis, the loser.
Only then will the title of idiot bestowed on Midreum never be erased.
However, in addition to the means of regression, Midsummer somehow found a breakthrough in a way that I do not know.
In comparison, once Lewis started falling off the cliff, he just continued to flounder and fall vertically.
Loser Louis.
Loser Lewis.
Losers…
And unlike the Losers, Midsummer somehow manages to catch something every time he falls off a cliff.
Even though every time he caught it, he got cut off by me and fell again, at least he didn’t give up.
‘… If it had been someone other than Midsummer, it would have ended a long time ago.’
I left the office, admiring Midoreum.
And as soon as she left the office…
“Huh?”
I faced Kang Han Na with his arms folded.
“I wondered when it would end.”
Just by looking at Kang Han-na, she looks like she’s been waiting for me.
As soon as she saw me, she uncrossed her arms and came right in front of me.
My strong red hair came right in front of my nose, and the strong musk scent from her hair entered my nose and made my mind dizzy.
As soon as I smelled the scent, I was puzzled.
“Did you use scented shampoo?”
The reason I was puzzled was actually simple.
“Yes, how are you?”
This was because Kang Han-na had never really preferred products with strong scents.
Because I came from a controlled laboratory, I did not use heavy makeup or perfume.
No, on the contrary, I tend to think of such things as useless.
Makeup or perfume only interferes with research.
Unlike usual, she used shampoo with a strong scent.
And she answered honestly.
“It’s good.”
Strong scents can cause feelings of repulsion, but the scent used by Kang Han Na did not cause any repulsion at all.
Her nostrils tingled, but at the same time, it made her feel a stimulating olfactory scent.
It felt like I was eating bland food and then eating spicy food… ?
Let me focus on the scent of her hair…
“Joy… “It doesn’t seem that good.”
Kang Han-na tilted her head and turned.
I could guess why she reacted this way.
“Haha… “I couldn’t come out with words other than that I really liked it.”
The short evaluation seemed to have hurt her feelings.
But…
“Joy…”
She snorted, but her actual expression was relaxed.
It wasn’t that he was relaxed because of my words, but he seemed satisfied with the way I kept trying to smell the scent.
As my brain was stimulated by the tingling scent, I was able to understand why Kang Han-na was different from usual.
‘It’s because of Lena.’
Jealousy that Lena’s obedience level was overwhelmingly higher than his own, no…
‘Should I call it jealousy? .’
He seemed to feel jealous.
It seemed that his pride was hurt by the fact that he came in second place, and that he was behind by an overwhelming difference from first place.
Above 90, obedience is a meaningless shame.
But Kang Han-na…
“… Are you going to sleep now?”
It seemed like he didn’t take it as meaningless at all.
I answered while taking a quick look at Kang Han-na’s head.
“Yes, I should sleep now.”
And at the same time as my answer…
“It just so happened. I was trying to sleep too. Let’s go!”
“Huh!?”
Kang Han-na grabbed my wrist tightly and started running towards her eastern living room.
.
.
“Hmm…”
I looked at the bed where I heard the sound of breathing.
Kang Han-na breathes calmly at even intervals.
I chuckled looking at Kang Han Na like that.
‘He’s a completely different person.’
When it was time for her to sleep, she dragged me to her own bedroom and I didn’t let her sleep all night.
And the most memorable scene of that night was her service.
She licked my entire body with her tongue, rode my hips, and used her own body to please my eyes.
Not even for a moment did I allow myself to move.
But in the end, my strong will was limited to two hours.
‘My physical strength is weak…’
From my perspective, who was full of various abilities, the next two hours were not particularly difficult.
The problem is that for Kang Han-na, those two hours would have been equivalent to running a marathon for 24 hours.
And as proof, at the end, her face turned pale, and she unconsciously shook her hips on my hips.
In the end, I took control in the middle and returned to my normal position.
And finally, I put Kang Han Na to sleep.
“Hmm…”
Strong I began to look for me, her breathing shaking and her hands fluttering in her sleep.
‘Let’s let him sleep a little longer.’
I was already out of bed, so I just left the living room without even thinking about going back in.
It’s not that I didn’t like sitting next to Kang Han-na, but it was because she couldn’t sleep at all after waking up earlier.
“Let’s walk around a bit.”
I began to walk around the inside of the ship with the expectation that I would fall asleep again after taking a walk.
I’ve been feeling this lately, but I was more excited when I returned to the ship than when I was out on a mission.
The average period of time I stay on a ship is two days.
In comparison, the period of traveling outside for missions can take anywhere from a few weeks to as long as several months.
‘What can I say… It feels like I’m on vacation and at a villa.’
I looked around the inside of the ship with such curiosity and arrived at a place.
“This place was well-made.”
It was a flower garden.
Various flowers reminiscent of all natural colors.
As I passed by that rainbow field, I entered the gazebo in the center of the flower garden and smelled the flowers.
“I feel like I’ll fall asleep if I smell something like this…”
The moment you smell the flowers and look around to sleep… A flower pot caught my eye.
“That flower pot… “That’s right, right?”
A flowerpot obtained after subduing the Pharaoh.
The flower pot that was said to need 3 million Enel for appraisal.
On that flower pot…
“What. A flower has bloomed.”
Two blue flowers were blooming brightly.
I carefully touched the blooming flower and had doubts.
“But who gave the water?”
I wondered if there was someone taking care of the flower garden, but I quickly gave up my curiosity and transplanted the flowers from the pot into the flower garden.
Then, I pressed a seed back into the flower pot with my index finger.
“If a flower pot grows without water… Is it good?”
I smiled to myself and looked around again.
After smelling the flowers for about 10 minutes…
“Haaam… I’ll go to sleep now. Let’s go.”
I felt water slowly flowing into my eyes.
The moment I yawn and take a step outside the gazebo…
“… “What is it?”
I leaned back with startled eyes.
In that state, I rubbed my eyes and managed to shake off the beast that was rushing towards me.
Just like that, I shook off the worry and looked at the flower pot from earlier with dirty eyes.
In my dirty eyes…
“Oh… “You have that kind of ability.”
A pot came in with two blue flowers growing in it.
