Chapter 96 – Daughters of the Sun #1
“Yeah? You want to be next to me?”
The sound of Kate’s voice made my heart race.
Anyone who hears the same words from a blonde-haired beauty would be thrilled.
Comments that come in hooks without even turning on the blinker!
The heart that was firmly resolved is shaken even though it is for a moment.
Kate looked at me and added her words hastily.
“They’re friends. Chi, what’s it like being with friends?”
A remark almost like an excuse!
But I couldn’t say anything to Kate. Obviously, Kate was my old best friend. I didn’t know that she would use the excuse of being a friend and try to stay by my side.
I nodded with a puzzled expression.
“That’s right. Friends can do that.”
“Yeah, right? Because Hmongma-nim is my friend! Although he’s a bit of a secret friend! To the person that Hmongma-nim is dating.”
Are you a secret friend?
There was a hint of danger in Kate’s voice.
I felt like I had become Kate’s secret friend before I knew it.
But I have no intention of keeping our friendship a secret from Rebecca?
“Whoop whoop.”
Kate seemed to rejuvenate her at my affirmative reply. Suddenly, her voice was tinged with the usual brazenness.
“Mongma-sama! The two of us are friends. Couldn’t we have a little skinship?”
“Skinship?”
Looking at me with a puzzled look on my face, Kate nodded her head. She swallowed her saliva and opened her mouth.
“Cow, holding hands?”
“…”
“Wouldn’t it be okay to hold hands?”
Are you wanting more and more?
Even if it’s a relationship between a man and a woman, if you’re friends, you can hold hands.
But it didn’t seem like what Kate wanted was a purely friendly hand-holding. I remembered ten days ago when Kate and I were walking downtown alone after an after party.
That was the first time I held Kate’s hand.
Kate kept wiggling her fingers, feeling ashamed as she held my hand. Her palms were wet from sweat. It was undoubtedly a look of being conscious of the opposite sex.
Kate slipped her hand out to me, who was sitting in the seat next to her. She rested her hand between her chairs with her palms facing up.
I was silently taken aback by Kate’s outstretched hand.
“How is it? We’re friends. I think it would be okay to increase intimacy through skinship?”
“…”
I had no choice but to remain silent at the obvious question. She thought that if she waited quietly, Kate would lower her hand on her own. However, as time passed, Kate did not lower her hand. She kept her palms spread between her chairs, letting go of an awkward smile.
Time passed.
Kate’s arms trembled as if she was being punished.
“Mongma-sama?”
“Okay.”
Eventually, after much thought, I took Kate’s hand. Because I’m not an old man who shouts that men and women are 7 years old, and this level of skinship was acceptable.
I interlocked Kate and her palms together. The soft feel of a woman’s palm was truly addictive. Every time my fingers interlocked one by one, Kate let out a small voice.
“Yes.”
“Why? Did I hold your hand too hard?”
“Oh, no. It just feels good to be tickled.”
“Yes.”
The moment they finally got her hands together perfectly, Kate let go of her arms. Our clasped hands slumped between the chairs. We held hands at Kate’s request, but honestly, I felt good too. It was because I really liked the feel of his soft hand, not a single callus.
“I’m only doing this until the others come back.”
Kate leaned against the back of her chair with her eyes closed. It seemed she was going to keep her eyes closed for a moment until the break was over. I wondered if it would be uncomfortable because I was holding her hand, but somehow Kate’s expression was very calm. She seems to really fall asleep if left alone.
“Do you think it’s time to come back soon?”
Quite a long time has passed since then.
But the hand that Kate and I held did not loosen. Because the two adventurers who left to rest didn’t come back. Lizardman spearman and halfling swordsman.
Didn’t you come back after getting some fresh air?
“Kate!”
“Ugh! What’s going on?”
Kate, who was half asleep, opened her eyes in surprise. I loosened her grip on her and opened her mouth. Because she thought it was no time to take a break anymore.
“The party members aren’t coming back. The Lizardman and Halfling we saw earlier.”
“I-I’m serious! What’s going on? Where did the people who said they’d come back after a short break go?”
“I’ll have to go out and check. The sun might set if I keep waiting.”
An hour had passed since Wendy’s explanation of the quest. If they had been away for an hour, something must have happened to the two of them. But even if something happens, is it more important than promotion?
‘I feel uneasy about something.’
Come to think of it, even when the two of them left the waiting room, I couldn’t hear a word. It would have been polite to give me a light response to me who suggested a break. What are you guys doing?
“Let’s go together!”
“Come fast.”
I opened the parlor door and walked around the annex with Kate. However, even after thoroughly looking around the building, the lizardmen and halflings he saw earlier were nowhere to be seen. Eventually, after wandering around, I spoke to the guard guarding the entrance to the annex.
“Have you not seen a lizardman with a spear, and a halfling with a sword and shield? He must have been resting around here.”
“Ah. Those two have seen it before.”
“Do you know where they went? Those ten bastards.”
“Teens? Both of them left the guild a while ago. They were walking towards town?”
“Out? You two together!”
“Oh, no. We didn’t go out together? Lizardmen went out first, followed by halflings. Are you familiar with those two?”
“We don’t know each other. Anyway, thank you for replying.”
I couldn’t help but be embarrassed to hear the guard’s answer.
I told you to take a break and get together again, but you left?
“What the hell are you guys doing?”
“Is there something urgent? Anyway, please tell me and leave.”
The reason I asked to take a break and meet again was to have time to introduce myself. To check the specifications of the party members in advance before leaving. I thought it was common sense.
You say you jump out without a word?
“This!”
I was suddenly possessed by a terrifying thought. It happened in my previous life when I had the misfortune to lead a group assignment at university.
At that time, the young Jo Won who were reading KakaoTalk had this kind of atmosphere.
“Are they trolls? Should we escape now? Ah, ah…”
“Honestly, I also felt an unusual atmosphere from the two of them. The nun came into the room and didn’t even say a word to her. I’d never met such a party member before.”
Kate, too, seemed suspicious of the two party members. At this moment, I want to seriously consider breaking out of the promotion match. If it’s a promotion match anyway, can’t we see it at the next opportunity? No wonder the trolls get caught and suffer from cancer.
“We’ll have to meet again tomorrow morning anyway! You can ask about the situation at that time. If it’s not a very hot reason, then we can break up the party.”
“I still don’t understand why you left without saying a word.”
“Leave that to me! I’ll warn you two! You’re not going to disregard me as a nun!”
“I’m ignoring you.”
“Keuheum. That’s only Mongma-nim.”
After talking with Kate, it was decided that the disposition of the two party members would be decided tomorrow.
I parted ways with Kate in front of the adventurer’s guild.
After sending Kate away to church.
It was when I was walking alone in town.
“Yes?”
Suddenly, I saw a familiar face in the middle of the street.
Rebecca was walking in the direction of the adventurer’s guild.
The moment her eyes met, Rebecca smiled broadly and waved her hand at her.
“Luke-!”
“Yes?”
Rebecca came towards me with an almost leaping gait. In her hand was a paper bag full of strawberry pie. Didn’t she obviously tell me to buy it? Strawberry Pie.
I asked Rebecca with a puzzled look.
“What’s going on up to this point? Rebecca. Are you sure the adventurer’s guild has something to do?”
“No-! I just came to see you!”
“If I wait at home, I’ll be able to see it, so why not?”
Rebecca looked at me with her disapproving face.
“You said it’s a promotion match from tomorrow! Then you won’t be able to see me again for a while-. Shouldn’t you look at my face often when you can?”
“Right!”
I thought I would come running from the inn to here because I wanted to see your face. I was touched by Rebecca’s presence. The moment she inadvertently reached out and embraced her, Rebecca let out her puzzled voice.
“Huh? But why do you smell like a blonde?”
“Oh.”
“Luke-?”
Rebecca looked at me with a frown on her face.
I realized Rebecca needed an explanation.
It seemed that the misunderstanding had to be cleared up in order for the two of them to walk around the city in a friendly way.
*
After a brief explanation of Kate.
Rebecca nodded her head in agreement. A bright smile returned to her lips.
“You mean you got to play with the blonde nun? Yes.”
“Well, that’s how it happened.”
It was a brief explanation, but Rebecca stopped interrogating me. She tried to tell me about holding her hand with Kate, but I eventually gave up. There’s no need to bring out useless sounds and make a scrape.
“Let’s go home, Luke!”
“Oh.”
Rebecca smiled and put her arms around her me. My arms were buried in Rebecca’s voluptuous breasts. Because of the firmness of my breasts, it made me happy just to stand still. If I turned it upside down, it would be a strange feeling.
After all, the big one is the best.
After that, Rebecca and I walked around town together. I moved along with Rebecca’s stride. It took longer than usual to get back to the inn.
“Rebecca. This is the way home, isn’t it?”
“Then you don’t want to go back? I want to take a long walk together.”
“No, of course it’s good.”
“I like it too.”
Rebecca, with her arms crossed, led me not in a straight line but in a detour. Thanks to that, I was able to enjoy the happiness of crossing arms on the street for quite some time.
By the time we had almost arrived near the inn.
It was when I was walking near Joensu City Hall. After twisting the road so many times to come back, I was passing by the city hall. I had no choice but to stop there.
“Rebecca, hold on.”
“What’s the matter?”
“Because I see a familiar face.”
A large pond in front of the city hall building.
A girl standing around him caught my eye.
She was a girl who looked exactly like Wendy. Rebecca tilted her head as soon as she saw the girl I pointed to.
A young girl, about 10 years old.
She has fine brown hair, and her hair is braided in two pigtails.
“Where have you seen this face?”
“This is Mr. Wendy’s daughter. I’ve seen her come to the adventurer’s guild a couple of times. She’s even talked to me.”
“She’s the receptionist’s daughter…? Gee, she looks really cute! Will that kid grow up to be a breast monster like the receptionist?”
Chest monster!
Was Rebecca normally looking at Wendy that way?
Whatever Rebecca’s gaze was, I couldn’t pass by the kid.
It was because the figure of him thrusting his upper body over the pond looked dangerous.
She is Wendy’s daughter, though she doesn’t mind if it’s a stranger.
Mary, Wendy’s daughter, knows me, so she has no reason to hesitate to talk to me.
There were several times when we had conversations at the Adventurer’s Guild with Wendy’s introduction.
Since he is a bright kid by nature, he seems to have quickly let go of his guard against me, a dreamer.
“What are you doing there? What if I fall into the water?”
“Huh? Brother Luke! Hello!”
Mary waved her hand at me.
Moving closer to the pond, I asked Mary.
“Is there something in the pond?”
“My ball is missing.”
“Ball?”
“I kicked too hard while playing ball.”
Mary looked at the pond and wept.
As Mary said, a small ball was rolling around at the bottom of the pond.
It’s quite deep, so I don’t think it’s easy for adults to get inside.
I said to Mary without much hesitation.
As much as I usually owe to Wendy, I want to repay her favor.
If you help her nephew, won’t you be able to get some rice cakes later? The adventurer’s guild’s senior receptionist knows a lot.
“Wait. I’ll get you out.”
“How?”
“Liquid-.”
After a while, Mary’s ball was in my hand.
All you have to do is manipulate the water and scoop the ball to the surface.
Mary couldn’t keep her mouth shut, as if she was surprised by my magic.
“Luke. Your magic skills have improved considerably, haven’t you?”
“Right.”
“It feels completely different from the last time you took my comb out of the well, right? It was difficult to breathe then.”
