Chapter 90 – The Truth Game (2)
13. Truth Game (2)
“Leader. Wake up It doesn’t look good.”
“Hey, please reconsider. Everything else works, but that…”
“Leader. Our story isn’t over yet. This will only get in the way. Please get out No, we’d rather go out.”
“Oh no! No no no I was wrong and I can’t bother you guys. Me, i’m going i’ll go uh.”
Hendrick, who was struggling with his body, quickly stood up. Every time he took a step toward the door, he turned his head backwards and looked desperate, but Kaya and Shay showed no sympathy or interest, as if telling them to leave quickly. Eventually, he lowered his head and left the room.
“Are you gone?”
“Yes. Went.”
“Whoa…”
After confirming that even Hendrick’s presence had completely disappeared, the two sighed deeply once more. It felt different from the first sigh I gave him.
“More than I thought, I’m confused whether to be happy or embarrassed to see us being afraid.”
“Um, should I say that he cares about us that much? To be honest, if the captain and Mrs. Sestia had kept their mouths shut, there would be no way for us to notice… Wouldn’t it be that the reason why you come first and ask for forgiveness is that you feel guilty about us and realize that you did something wrong? Because you value us? Furthermore…”
Shay let out another small sigh.
“At least I have a weak cause to reject Cestia-sama.”
“What are you talking about, Shay? We became the captain’s woman at the same time that day.”
“If it weren’t for her sister’s implied permission and concession, it wouldn’t have been as it is now. That’s right, right?”
“…”
“Well, I don’t think the relationship with Cestia-sama is a temporary one, rather than a lasting one. The story will be different if Cestia-nim joins the corps of warriors, but I don’t think he’ll be able to come in under the circumstances.”
Kaya nodded her head. She was also a nun of the order, and she had some knowledge of the order’s system and what she had to do as the chief nun of the Salem chapter in the present case. Even if she wanted to join the corps of warriors, she wouldn’t be able to. For a while.
“It is a pity to leave it. His prayers were great in many ways…”
“That’s right. However, saying this seems like slandering him behind his back, so I’m careful… If he officially enters the corps of warriors, it seems that the present peace will be broken. You know what it feels like?”
Kaya nodded her head again this time. She gave a slightly stronger nod than before. It seems she wasn’t even aware of it.
“Shay.”
“Yes?”
“Maybe we had a skirmish.”
“A skirmish?”
“The third, if you include the captain, wouldn’t a fourth warrior join the ranks of warriors? Just like Cestia-sama joined temporarily.”
“Ah.”
“Sestia-nim was temporary, but he will have someone officially joining him at any time. In order to head deeper into the dungeon, the three of them have a feeling they are lacking. Didn’t you feel desperate this time too?”
“But, there is no law that the fourth hero must be a woman, right?”
“Shay. Shay notices it faster than I do, and she doesn’t notice her here?”
“Yes?”
Kaya picked up the teacup, found it empty, and put it down with a sigh. Shay quickly poured the tea. “Thank you,” Said Kaya, and continued her speech.
“The captain is my top priority.”
“Me too.”
“Suppose a man enters as the fourth warrior. Shay knows very well that in order to break through the dungeon, there must be no dissonance within the ranks of warriors.”
“Yes? That way, when you are cornered into an unfavorable situation or when you are engulfed in fear, you can endure for a long time without being destroyed right away.”
“So we have to be friendly with the fourth hero as well. With a man other than the captain. No matter how much you distinguish between public and private, close male and female colleagues who live and die together in a narrow, dark and open space… Hasn’t the captain and us become so close so quickly?”
“Because that’s the boss.”
“It is said that we are clearly distinguished, but will it look like that in the eyes of the captain? You will be anxious. You will be extremely anxious. Especially considering the reaction the previous captain showed.”
“…”
Hororok-
“So we both accepted it at once. Because I don’t want to miss them both, because I don’t want to be anxious. Because I don’t want to break the corps of warriors.”
“Mmm.”
“The captain seems to be rational and cool-headed, but at the same time, he is emotional and soft-hearted. The sense of responsibility as the captain who leads the corps of warriors supports the rational side of the captain, but if that part collapses even a little… The appearance of the captain whose part has collapsed may not be the captain we have known so far.”
“So, the fourth hero will also inevitably be a woman… You mean this?”
“The captain may think it was not meant to be, but he definitely sees a good chance he’ll bring a woman.”
“Then finally… You mean that she should get along with her too.”
“Yes. For the fate of the captain. For my destiny and Shay’s long-cherished wish.”
Tagak-
Kaya put down the empty teacup again and grabbed Shay’s hands.
“Of course, it is possible that the fourth hero may not like the captain personally. But me and Shay… The captain is a man who is hard not to fall for when he’s with you.”
“That’s right. He’s handsome, caring, warm, has a sense of responsibility, loves him sincerely, and that’s nice too…”
“Hmm!”
They casually exchanged words that would have blushed and shrugged their shoulders if Hendrick had heard them, and soon began exchanging plans that were different from the terrifying plans poured out in his face.
**
‘As expected, novels were just novels.’
I completely escaped from the building. He chewed on the main characters in countless harem novels and the writers who portrayed them.
Most of the women were obedient and didn’t have much resistance to the harem!
Of course, novels are just novels! I did something wrong though!
While I was out, I was in a situation where I couldn’t clearly discern how much more terrible words were coming and going.
‘Goddess. What does Goddess think?’
After wandering around, the place we arrived at was the Goddess Statue of Raella. I looked up involuntarily. With her long hair down to her waist, her benevolent face and even more benevolent body, the goddess held a rosary in one hand and a mighty mace in the other.
It must have been entirely my fault, but I felt like the Goddess would tear my head off with that mace at any moment.
‘Goddess. No, mother-in-law!’
There was no divine punishment. Of course, of course, there was no such thing as a simple statue of a goddess moving and tearing my hair out. Have I gone crazy? After being comforted by that obvious fact, I began to make my own confession.
‘I know it’s an excuse no matter what I say, but I still couldn’t leave last night’s Sestia alone! If La Ella had been watching, I think she would have been convinced to some extent! Oh, of course, I’m not saying I did well…’
I stopped thinking. The more I thought about it, the more I felt it came down to typical garbage excuses. La Ella said nothing, but he made himself repent of his sins. Goddess too.
Besides, he is in a relationship with one of her daughters, and he has mixed bodies with another daughter, so he has nothing to say even if he is cheap and beaten, but he is lenient.
‘La Ella. What should I do? Yes? Can I pay more? Oh, I’m not trying to pass on Eoyeongbuyeong with money! Raella-sama knows my true feelings!’
Even when I think about it, my appearance now is funny. I was the captain of the HAT, a corps of warriors who made a great achievement of defending Salem from crazy fearsome warriors while barely passing the brink of death. That me, the me who finally resisted the fear of a voyeur pervert!
I was trembling with fear from the women who loved me!
‘Wait. It was Kaya who first brought up the word that she was imprisoning me.’
I hurriedly checked her profile and relationship. Looking at the combination of the relationship between ‘obsession’, which is entrenched in negative characteristics, and ‘Kaya: 5’, which is shining more brightly than ever, it came down to one thing.
‘This, I only saw in novels… Are you a yandere?’
Hig.
I recalled the image of Kaya lifting her mace while remaining expressionless. In reality, there was a record of staring at me and Sestia while holding a mace, so it wasn’t hard to imagine.
‘If you crush her face, other women won’t approach you anymore… What does the chief think? Ah. I am okay. No matter what the captain looks like, he is still the coolest and most precious man to me. If the love for the captain is unchanging, and the captain’s love for me is unchanging, wouldn’t it matter if the captain’s face was crushed? So the captain who declared that he was wrong and that he would accept everything sweetly needs only to answer. Yes, or yes.’
Hehe.
I felt chills all over my body. Kaya had never said anything like that, and there was no way she would, but she just imagined it. Once unfolded, the wings of imagination did not know how to stop.
‘Sister. At this point, why don’t you just burn it out and leave a scar on it?’
‘Scar?’
‘Yes. We have our names engraved around the neck. With a pharynx.’
‘Ummm, no matter how hard it is, ironing is only for slaves… Ah. Shay. I’m sorry.’
‘Hmm? No. Well anyway, it’s unfair to engrave only on the captain, so I’m thinking of engraving it on my neck as well. Wouldn’t it be fair to carve my name on the left side of the captain’s neck, my sister’s name on the right, and the captain’s name on our necks?’
‘Well, tell me more.’
‘To anyone who can see it, we intensely reveal that we belong to each other, and at the same time, we block the space itself to engrave another name besides ours.’
‘If you’re going to hire another woman, you’ll have to sacrifice your whole face, not your neck…’ Is this a warning?’
‘Exactly! At the same time, it’s also a warning that if we do nonsense, we can get another man’s name tattooed on our necks! It’s good to crush the face right now, but it’s going to get in the way of catching monsters. It will be inconvenient to eat.’
‘Shay, you are a genius. Right now, the brazier and the iron…’
‘Hehe, I’ll bring it! Please keep an eye on my sister.’
“No… No!!!”
“I wondered where you were going… Were you here?”
“Aww!!!”
My mental strength, which had resisted the fantasy planted by fear, was on the verge of succumbing to the crude imagination I had created. I never thought I had a particularly rich imagination, but to think of such a vivid and realistic imagination… No, is your imagination correct? Isn’t that true?
“Eugene!”
“Huh!”
As soon as I came to my senses at the name that only one person in this world knew except me, two slightly cold hands grabbed my cheeks and pulled them. Gray eyes were looking straight at me.
“Eugene. Answer. Eugene.”
“Uh, uh uh.”
“Follow me.”
“Uh?”
“Come on.”
Kaya grabbed my wrist and started dragging me somewhere.
