Chapter 26 – Losers, Look Up (3)
“Bien!! Bien!!”
In a dorm room with beds attached to each other, someone was curled up alone on a bed in the far corner.
It was Bien.
Bienne’s friend Casey knew she would be there and was running over calling her name.
Bien didn’t want to hear what Casey was saying, so she covered her ears with a blanket.
“…!…!”
It was quiet now and I couldn’t hear her talking.
But Casey didn’t stop.
I ran to where she was and turned on her magic lamp to light up the dark room, and she shook Bien.
Bien began to hold on by pressing the blanket over her ears.
Casey didn’t listen to her no matter what she said, so she ended up taking the blanket away.
The blanket is ripped from Vien.
“Profit..! Give it to me, Casey!!”
Bien reached out to grab her quilt, but she had already been thrown away by Casey.
Despite Vienne’s complaints, Casey maintained her bright expression.
“Bien!! You really would love to hear this!”
Bien was a little annoyed with her face.
No matter what I said now, it didn’t seem like it would make me feel any better.
Seeing Vienne’s expression full of displeasure, Casey still smiled.
“Can’t you believe it? Shall I bet? It definitely makes you feel better!”
“… What…”
Bien just went as Casey and she did. She wanted to be alone.
But Casey leaned over and whispered to Bien, just like her smile.
“There is that man… ! Starches! You came…!”
Bien felt her heart thump and drop.
“… Uh… Uh?”
At her incredulous information, Bien’s expression straightened.
She is still asleep, and her mind becomes clear, just as she wakes up.
Seeing Bien’s expression straighten, Casey laughed even louder.
“Really..! Did you come to the medical center? She wasn’t even hurt! He even looked around as if he was looking for you!”
Bien pondered what she had said.
She couldn’t believe it at all, but there’s no reason for Casey to lie about it.
“.. Me, me? Why…?”
This time Vienne held her Casey’s arm tight and she started asking questions.
“I-do you know why?”
Bien rolled her head.
‘Why did you come? Why did he come here…?’
No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t come up with an answer.
Casey shook her head too.
“I don’t know either. Of course I couldn’t speak.”
“Oh, are you still there? Starches.”
“Uh..?”
“Are you still waiting for me, Starchis!”
It was only then that Casey’s expression changed strangely.
She turned her head slightly and scratched her cheek with her finger.
“That… So Vien, it was yesterday that Stachis came.”
“… What?”
Looking out the window, the day had already passed.
Time soon to be evening.
‘It was late today, but it was yesterday that he came?’
Biendo follows Casey’s expression and becomes strange, but soon loses his strength and becomes expressionless.
“…Then why are you saying that now..?”
Casey sighed and poked Bien on the forehead.
“Bien! I know you liked the news, but look at me!”
She spread her arms.
Bien had finally come into her eyes.
Casey was wearing clothes that were stained and soiled with her blood.
“I’ve been taking care of patients since yesterday too, and now I’m here right away because it’s time! Of course I wanted to tell you, but I was busy!”
“…”
It’s sad, but it’s understandable in Bien. She also felt sorry for nothing.
She knows how busy it is there.
“…Sorry-“
Before Casey could even get her apology, she lifted Bien’s arm and pulled him up.
“Uh… Casey?”
“Now, it’s late, but that man must have had a reason for coming. You can go and ask what it was.”
“Can I… Go now?”
“Okay! Come visit us now! If not, wait!”
Casey continued to push Bien, who had been hardened with unexpected information.
And the direction of her push fit right in with what Bien wanted to do.
She thought it was already too late, but after all, it wasn’t.
Vientiane returns to Bien, who immediately corrects her thoughts.
“That… Yes! I have to go find it..!”
She moved her numb body from her crouching and headed for her door.
But again, Casey caught Bienne as she tried to run away.
“Casey…?”
“Bien. If you’re going to go, you’ll have to dress up. What is this head?”
Then, he tousled Bien’s hair.
‘Ah, the head.’
As she looked now, she was snarky and messy because she was still lying on her bed.
Vienne was embarrassed for nothing, but she was also grateful to Casey for this time.
****
I opened the note I received a few days ago.
– Starchis, let’s go night fishing with hyung. Day after tomorrow.
On the back of the note, the meeting time and meeting place were written.
Today was the day of my appointment with my older brother.
Excited about today’s plan, I woke up in a good mood from the morning.
It’s not alcohol for Marshall, but he treats him to lunch and tells him about the commission.
After that, when he heard that he was going to challenge for the B class, he met the manager of the requested station and a retired gatherer, and listened to various stories and figured it out.
This place continues to try to provide at least a little help so that they don’t die for the parties that move to a new rank like this.
Strategy, precautions, job skills, etc.
And as a result of putting everything together, I set a goal to challenge, catch, or collect.
Time passed so quickly that it was late evening.
Now I went home to change clothes.
I had to go fishing at night, so I tried to change into a little warmer outfit.
“Hmmmm~”
I opened the closet and found the clothes I was thinking of and took them out.
Hook.
The closet smells.
“Uh… The smell of dust.”
I waved my hand in front of my nose to drive off the dust and picked up a piece of clothing.
It’s been a while since I’ve been wearing it, so the closet smell was a bit strong.
– Kik.
After closing the closet door and changing clothes, a box stepped on in the eye while examining herself.
“Ah.”
It was a box of clothes Lily’s sister had given him.
It’s a really pretty outfit, but I haven’t had a chance to try it on yet.
-‘If the clothes are still in the box, take them out. Can it wrinkle?’
I thought I could hear Lily’s sister’s voice.
He slowly approached and opened the lid of the box.
I had opened the box once before when I came home, but looking back, it was a really pretty dress.
Having received such an expensive gift as a gift, I felt a bit burdened.
Let’s get it out
I carefully took out the clothes one by one from the small box, folded them up as neatly as possible, and put them next to the chair at the dining table.
I had the illusion that only my clothes were shining in my shabby room.
Then, all of a sudden, I became worried.
‘Where do I put this?’
I thought it was cleaned thoroughly, but the closet still smelled bad.
It smelled of dust, of old wood.
I didn’t want to put it in the closet because I was afraid that the smell would permeate these expensive clothes.
But if you put it somewhere else, there’s nowhere else to put it.
I licked my lips and decided to just leave it on the table chair for now.
My brother might be waiting for me now, so I have to go out.
It’s not like the clothes are running anywhere. As my sister requested, I took it out of the box so it wouldn’t wrinkle.
I just wanted to quickly meet hyung, have a meal, and go fishing.
It was an appointment I had been waiting for all day.
****
Russ was walking outside, feeling the chilly night breeze.
Bright road. The smell of food sold by vendors. People who look happy.
Unlike the street she was, she was thinking that Russ was alone and that she was blown away.
Her mood and the mood of her street were so different.
She was just chilly. The reason is… I myself made a prediction.
She was wandering down the street without thinking.
Her eyes were watching people walking down the street.
‘Pink hair.’
And since she sees a certain hair color, she walks towards that person.
Carefully, but without being noticed, I even checked the color of the eyes.
Blue.
It wasn’t Elsaine.
Russ gave a small nod of his head and went on his way again.
The wind blows again.
At times like this, she kept thinking about something.
When she was working with Starchis as a kingdom guard, she often went on patrol with him in the wind.
Every corner, here and there, there was no road she hadn’t walked with him.
Everywhere she looked, she seemed to see herself walking with Stachis.
‘I thought it was that long.’
“…Haha..”
The sun hadn’t even gone down, but I felt the weather getting colder.
‘Shall we go in after eating?’
As she was thinking, her eyes caught someone.
She was the back of the head that could never be mistaken.
“Uh?”
Suddenly she was running.
Her suspicions became certainty as she got closer.
Her heart thumped, and she beat with faint anticipation.
“Sorry, excuse me. It passes.”
She ran towards him, asking for forgiveness from the people.
She then stretched out her hand and she grabbed his shoulder.
“Hey Chis!!”
Starchis grabbed her by the shoulder and turned to Russ.
Starchis checks on her and is surprised.
“Uh? Russ?”
I knew it. It was Starches.
Russ was excited to meet him by chance.
Then, with a thought, I looked around him.
The woman was nowhere to be seen.
To be precise, the girl with pink hair and pink eyes was nowhere to be seen.
“Russ, what are you doing here?”
Stachis asked.
Starchis didn’t expect to meet Russ here either.
‘Uh? What should I do?’
She said she was busy meeting her girlfriend, but of course Elza is not next to him.
I was just on my way to see her brother.
I resolutely rejected their request to meet for just one day.
It’s stuck right now.
Starchis’s head turned furiously.
How to lie to Russ.
Both of them had their hearts pounding for different reasons.
Starchis’ conscience stung as he looked at Russ’ face, looking a little happy.
‘Should I have met you one day when I was so happy?’
Thinking so, he changed his mind again.
‘No. If you do, you’ll have to meet all the other party members. I have to do a B-class request soon.’
Stachis thought he would have to lie a little longer.
“I was just walking around when I saw Chis and ran! Hehe.”
Said Russ with a wry smile. She couldn’t even remember how long she had laughed like this.
“Is it?”
“But, Chis. He said he meets his girlfriend every day and doesn’t have time to meet… That… Where’s her girlfriend?”
She was filled with anticipation.
If you’ve already broken up with your girlfriend and are on your way home, wouldn’t it be nice to go on a little date? Do.
“So…”
Starchis, on the other hand, broke out in a cold sweat.
He rolled his head What should I say.
Stachis, who had been examining for a long time whether this was correct, whether there was anything to catch on, or if there was anything awkward, spoke with difficulty.
“So… Go see your girlfriend now.”
Even with this simple lie, Stachis wasn’t good enough to give him trouble.
In the end, he decided to talk about all the promises he made with his older brother as if he had made them with Elza.
Russ’ expression crumpled.
“… What?”
Then I thought.
‘Then… Can’t I go on a date?’
Then he looked up at the sky.
Orange sky.
“…Now? It’s late.”
At Russ’ words, Stachis was dumbfounded even in the tense situation.
‘It’s late, what’s late? It’s still early when I meet you at this time.’
But instead of saying those words out of his mouth, he said something that could move the situation a little more smoothly.
What if I told you to follow me? I also continued to worry.
“… I made an appointment for a late dinner.”
Russ nodded his head slightly, seemingly invisible.
“… Okay..?”
Fortunately, Russ seemed unwilling to follow.
That’s natural, because there were many times when dealing with these three, common sense didn’t work.
Stachis and Russ stopped in the middle of the street to talk, and the people around them noticed.
-‘Ah, that’s true. In the middle of the road.’
“Russ, come out first.”
He dragged Russ by the arm and moved to her side of her.
“Oh..!”
Russ felt a slight excitement when Starchis touched her first.
She wished she was always like this, she thought.
“Russ…?”
“Ah.. No.”
Russ huffed and covered her mouth, ashamed of the strange sound she had just made.
When they got to the side of the road, the two didn’t say anything.
Russ didn’t know what to say,
Stachis was shut up not to tell her lies unless she told her first.
People glanced past the two stopped.
Since then, they hesitated and neither said anything, but Starchis asked first.
“I… Russ. If you have nothing to say, will I go alone?”
“Hey, wait a minute Chis.”
“Uh?”
Russ instinctively grabbed Starchis’ arm her as he tried to leave.
When he said he was leaving, Russ got what she wanted to say.
“Uh… When does the dinner date end?”
“Why?”
Starchis sensed it right away.
It’s a story to meet after the promise is over.
“I think I will finish late.”
He told me that it was difficult to meet him.
“It’s okay if it ends late! At night… Can we meet for a bit..?”
But Russ didn’t listen.
For Russ, it was an opportunity to meet just the two of them in two weeks.
Russ wanted their promise to end as quickly as possible, but she couldn’t say that.
Because she knew she was in no position to force herself.
“… I think it will be difficult.”
Starches said.
Actually, it’s not difficult, it shouldn’t be.
I promised to stay up all night with my brother, but it couldn’t be done.
“It’ll take a while…”
Even so, when Russ did not give up, Stachis realized.
It seemed that she would not give up.
In the dungeon, as well as here, Russ is more stubborn than I thought.
“Yes? It’s chis Let’s meet for a moment. How about going on a picnic? Oh, I’ll prepare snacks for you until you come back!”
Russ started making plans alone.
In order to appeal to the parts that Starchis can be a little greedy.
But Stachis had other thoughts.
He thought she might have to be a bit more specific to get her to give up.
“Russ, yes. When I said it was over late, I actually meant that I wouldn’t be home until tomorrow.”
“…What…?”
