Chapter 152 – Liquidation (1)
19. Liquidation (1)
Shay opened her eyes. She reflexively covered her breasts and genitals, but then she realized that the reaction of her companions, including me, was strange, so she lowered her head to examine herself.
“… Nonsense.”
Her reaction when she checked my body belatedly was more than ours. Maybe she had forgotten that we were there, and as she swept and kneaded the place with her hand, she muttered that she couldn’t believe it, that it was nonsense.
‘Hey, we can’t believe it either, but he’ll do more.’
She was Shay, with a graceful and beautiful face and a long, voluptuous yet elastic body, but she had never worn clothes that exposed her skin outside of her. Because the bottom of her neck was full of her horrible scars. Only after I affirmed and cared for those scars did they reveal their skin in front of us, only in closed spaces… For Shay, the scars all over her body were a stigma that could never be erased. Because of that stigma, the terrible memories of the past continue to come to mind, and it must have become a source of constant hatred.
But those scars are gone.
Everything, without exception.
Traces of stitching all over the body, traces of skin cracking as the body rapidly gained weight and then shrank, traces of burns from fire and frostbite from being exposed to cold, stabbing, piercing, and ripping here and there. Traces and other traces that are difficult to guess…
As Shay touched each of the places where her scars had been, she recognized the ‘miracle’ of the goddess’ descent. It was so different from what I could have imagined just a moment ago… Smooth and flat skin.
Shay was crying.
“Shay!”
He took her arms around her and walked over to her sobbing Shay and hugged her. It wasn’t just me. Kayado, Illumina, and Cestia also covered Shay. Her Shay gestures and tears stirred our emotional lines. At some point, we were all crying too.
They were tears of joy. It was a tear of relief. And it was the tears of liberation.
Shay was a brave and trustworthy crusader, but before that she was only 22 years old. No matter how much I affirmed everything about her, she herself would have been bothered.
Her trauma switch and lump of complex disappeared in one fell swoop.
She seemed to hear the voice of Eustiti, who had suffered so far.
[Positive characteristic: Justitia’s descending body*]
– As soon as you acquire this characteristic, one random negative characteristic is deleted, and all diseases and sequelae are cured.
– Defends one negative trait to be learned in the future
– Max HP +5
– Attack Power +3
– Defense +3
– Speed +1
– Mentality Resistance +1
– Efficiency of skills with light and justice +10%
‘And… This is ridiculous.’
A message that broke the atmosphere came to mind, but I couldn’t get it off easily. It was the first time I had experienced this event, so the title and its effects were flickering in my eyes. It felt like a comprehensive gift set full of options that none of them should be discarded, but it was even fixed. I could see Lady Justitia’s strong will to support Shay and us.
‘It’s an advent that is rare in history… Is this enough for granted?’
Pray for Justitia!
I like Raella-sama, but I also really like Justitia-sama. Although she was using La Ella’s monastery as a second inn, she thought that from now on she should double her prayers for the Justitian.
‘I believe! I will believe harder! Miss Justitia! No, mother-in-law!’
On the inside, she expressed her gratitude towards Eustiti and Shay for being safe, and on the outside, she patted Shay on the back and waited for her to control her emotions.
Sniff-
Shay’s back, which he touched in a few days, became embarrassingly smooth…
Her body temperature.
Her voice.
Her scent.
And even this feeling of fullness that can only be felt when we touch each other.
‘Congratulations, Shay.’
Shay was Shay.
**
“Captain! How do you like this outfit?”
“Are you pretty?”
“Captain Captain! What about this outfit? What about this?”
“Does it look good on you?”
“Captain, Captain, Captain! This, this? I don’t think it suits Rosario…”
“No. Everything is pretty.”
“Really?”
“Then. Where are the clothes you wouldn’t wear?”
“It’s because everyone says they’re pretty!”
“Because everything is really pretty. A pretty person is pretty no matter what she wears.”
“Cheese…”
After Justitia-sama descended on Shay’s body for a while, the atmosphere of our warrior corps was on the verge of skyrocketing. Illumina said that she was greatly inspired by the subject, which she had fainted most of the time without being able to even mix a word with Eustiti, and was absorbed in her creative activities. I was freeing up my desires. I used to be lively, but now I really feel like I’m seeing a woman my age. I felt good just by seeing them, but besides that, the generous budget and the improved specs also made me happy.
‘Now it really feels like a veteran warrior squad.’
It was a very unrivaled growth in Salem, where many warriors and warriors existed. It was natural. Assuming that my predictions are all correct, compared to the fact that we broke through the highest-difficulty dungeon with the highest reward up to District 2 in a short period of time, the vast majority of other warriors who were aiming for gold coins attacked dungeons of lower difficulty than us, and to some extent It was because I lived repeating retreats as soon as I wanted to earn.
I don’t know how many monsters they catch on any difficulty, and I don’t know the exact amount of experience they will get because I didn’t know the detailed calculation method… What was certain was that only a handful of those who went to and from the dungeon in that way entered the upper zone.
In the first place, there is no sense of duty, life is precious, but I want to earn a lot of money. They were the ones who wandered around the dungeon like a squirrel on a treadmill, and when they got hurt in one place or were accumulated by the energy of the dungeon and their minds went back and forth, they turned into ephemera or disappeared without even knowing mice or birds.
If anything, mother-in-law, no, Justitia-sama would have come down directly.
“… Compared to my sister, I’m a bit lacking in this area… Captain! Are you listening?”
“Ah oh. Then. Both Kaya and Shay are pretty.”
“Ah, the captain is also true.”
Shay walked through the clothes she was holding in both hands, then put the clothes in her right hand back to their places.
“Huh? Didn’t you like them more?”
“It is, but… Oh really The captain seems kind, but there are times when he is indifferent.”
“… Isn’t it a bit unfair to hear me say that since I came here with you from the morning of the holiday?”
“You’ve been asking me since before! Do you think you would suit Kaya-unnie instead of me? I just nodded that everything was pretty, so I couldn’t remember! Right? Right!”
“That…”
“You don’t need to say that it isn’t. All I need now is the captain’s gold coins! Eight.”
Shay’s hands were quick. With one hand, she deftly pulled out a pouch of gold coins from her inside pocket and robbed her of the coins. As she left her store after completing her payment, Shay rocked the bag containing her clothes back and forth, humming her hum.
“No, wasn’t it buying your clothes…? .”
“Captain, you idiot.”
“What?”
“These days, Kaya-sister. Don’t you think something is strange?”
“Is it Kaya? No? What’s strange about it?”
Kaya was as usual. Her expression, her personality, her actions. Her appetite has not changed. She was never angry or sad or anything like she was upset, and she shared her love properly. There was nothing awkward about her. She said that she was an idiot, but she had an indifferent side.
“This is my intuition.”
“What? Persimmon? You’re not sure.”
“I think it was after I attended the Goddess. What I felt was strange about Kaya.”
When Shay’s tone suddenly became serious, she brought me into focus as well.
“What is that weirdness?”
“I can’t express it clearly in one word, but… Should I say it’s the emotion behind it? It is clear that her older sister sincerely congratulates me, but she takes good care of me and considers me the same as she used to and she does now…”
Shay hesitated. It wasn’t that she couldn’t speak, she seemed to hesitate whether she dared to utter these words.
“It’s me. Because it’s okay.”
“Can’t you look at me weird? Just because she felt that way.”
“Of course.”
After I nodded her head several times, Shay opened her mouth.
“Despair. Jealousy. Frustration. Doubt. Fret.”
“What?”
“The feelings she felt from the strangeness she felt from Kaya’s older sister right after the Goddess passed away. At first, I thought I must have felt wrong because of the aftermath of Advent, but I didn’t. I kept feeling it. Kaya-sister acts as if nothing is wrong, but…”
“To be honest, I still can’t believe it… Illumina doesn’t seem to feel that either.”
“Since Illumina-san is almost confined to her room, it is out of the question. Anyway, since Justitia-sama descended… Wouldn’t that be related? She doesn’t show off her sister at all, but she does, and she is very likely to be the cause.
“So what about these clothes?”
“Yes. I would like the captain to have a sincere conversation with me. I don’t know about anyone else, but I think I’ll tell the captain everything.”
“Once you know what I mean.”
“If possible, please hide the fact that I made these words and suggestions until the matter is resolved.”
He nodded. I just hoped it was Shay’s overreaction, but after hearing her all, she started to care ignorantly.
Such kind Kaya, such negative emotions? Even for Shay?
Her steps back to her inn became a bit heavy.
**
‘La Ella. Miss Laella. Miss Raella.’
Kaya silently swung her mace while calling out to her goddess. The vacant lot where the Illuminas were trained before entering Area 2 was still deserted. That’s why I chose this place. If it was here, I could wield my weapon to my heart’s content without looking at anyone.
The nervousness that rises several times a day… She was no longer completely relieved by simply praying.
‘Shay did nothing wrong. Goddess is not wrong either. Only i… It’s because I’m not qualified.’
I couldn’t forget. The traces of a lofty existence that had been seen for a moment in Shay, who had completely unleashed the Advent. And felt That Shay is significantly stronger than before.
Leveling up through going to a dungeon wasn’t about using gold coins to raise equipment levels or upgrade skills.
It just feels like Shay’s ‘price’ itself has risen.
I’m proud of Shay… On the one hand, she had very little hope that such an opportunity would come to her as well.
But Kaya’s goddess didn’t answer.
Kaya admitted. She was well aware that she was lacking in many ways, and she thought that something like that had happened to her close colleague, and she had unreasonable expectations.
However… Emotions were not.
I was so jealous of Shay.
She said that if Raella-sama descended on her too, if she could become stronger… !
Whoa-!
‘No. No. No. It’s a vain desire. I, let’s focus on my work and steadily devote myself like now. That’s it. If that…’
“It got very chilly, but catch a cold then.”
“Hehe.”
Kwaaang-!
Startled, Kaya reflexively swung her mace, shattering a nearby tree. Hendrick appeared from behind, scratching his head.
“Haha, originally I was going to surprise you by hiding right behind the tree… Were you good at not doing it?”
“Very, Captain!”
Blood trickled down his left cheek.
