Chapter 32 – Catch the Bandit!(3)
After more than a day and a half of traveling, we arrived at our destination. We set up a base camp at the bottom of the valley.
The manager handed out the tent, saying it was our share.
“If we had our share of tents, why are you giving them away now?”
An adventurer asked. The manager responded calmly.
“That’s right, I was afraid you guys would be late when dismantling the tent.”
When the adventurers who were furious with him tried to argue, Varian intervened.
“Are you dissatisfied?”
That one word was enough.
At one word from Varian, the adventurers’ anger disappeared.
Is that the majesty of the silver rank?
“Your face looks so damn scary.”
The adventurer who was receiving the tent grumbled.
‘The face must have been the problem.’
I took the three-person tent and returned to Sister Seris.
But when I received it, I ran into a problem.
“How do you play this…?”
“…I don’t know.”
None of us knew how to pitch a tent. Seris and Kara are from the outskirts, of course, and I had no way to know because I hadn’t met them.
I wanted to go and ask the janitor, but I gave up. From what I’ve seen in a short time, that person is not someone who helps others at the cost of annoyance.
“I see what other people are doing and imitate them.”
Sister Seris and I watched the other adventurers pitching their tents. Thanks to this, it took a little longer, but a good tent was created.
“I’m number one!”
As soon as the tent was opened, Kara fit in. Seris and I laughed at her and followed her in.
“…It’s cozy.”
“…Iknow, right.”
“Narrow…”
It was cozy inside the tent.
The problem is that it’s too cozy.
As Seris and Kara lay down, the tent filled up. Even though they weren’t lying apart, they were close together.
“Shall we go out right now?”
Seris said with a slightly reddened face. It seemed that it was uncomfortable to stick to it. We came out of the tent.
“Iron grade! Iron ranks into the barracks!”
As soon as I came out of the tent, a man shouted. If it’s iron grade, I’ll have to go too.
“What’s up brother?”
“I have to go to know that.”
I left the two and entered the barracks.
Unlike our tent, the inside of the barracks was spacious and cozy in the true sense of the word.
‘Fucking bastards.’
To the point of cursing.
The dissatisfaction was revealed on the face as if the other iron grades were of the same mind as me.
‘Do I look like that too?’
I paid a little attention to the facial expressions. There’s nothing good about being filmed for nothing.
After a while, Varian and the manager appeared. They laid out the map on a vertical board. It was a map of valleys and mountains.
“This is a map of the mountain range around the Oreum Valley. I will now explain how the bandit subjugation will take place. I’ll explain it only once, so listen carefully. No questions are asked.”
Varian said in a firm tone. When the attention of the iron ranks began to gather, it became a satisfied face. He handed the baton to the janitor.
“Now then, I will explain the subjugation strategy.”
The janitor began explaining the operation with a baton.
‘Wasn’t… A grade?’
All the forms were filled out and the explanation was given by the manager. The other iron ranks seemed to have the same thoughts as me, so they looked bewildered.
* * *
After the explanation of the operation, I came out of the barracks.
“You’re just telling me to search all the mountains. It’s been fucking annoying.”
Some adventurers complained. As he said, the subjugation operation was a bit embarrassing to call it an operation. Dividing the subjugation party into three groups, finding the bandit’s lair, and destroying them together was the end.
Well… To be honest, I didn’t think there would be such a great operation. I was not disappointed as I had no expectations.
I went back to the tent and checked the status window.
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〈 Han Yuseong 〉
Species: Human
Gender: Men
Age: 23
Height: 175
Weight: 73
[Muscle strength 11/25]
[Agility 13/30]
[Stamina 13/25]
[Magic attribute 10/100]
Residual Karma: 0
〈 Title 〉
Doesn’t exist
〈 Skill 〉
-Dangga’s dagger [Lv.1] [5.02%]
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Through training, the ‘Dangga’s Dagger Skill’ has raised its proficiency to 5%. It is the result of investing little time even during breaks.
But I was more concerned about the ability than that.
‘My strength and agility have gone up by 1 each.’
I didn’t use karma to raise my stats. Nevertheless, strength and agility rose. I thought about the cause.
‘I’ve been training hard lately…’
Could it be because of that?
Did you just go up because you exercised hard? To say this is a skill. It was natural for me to go up when I got stronger through exercise.
‘Then it means I can go down.’
If I neglect to exercise and lose my muscles, my ability might go down.
‘What’s the difference if I raise it with Karma?’
If nothing else, there’s no reason for this feature to exist.
Then what is the difference
‘If you raise it with Karma, your abilities won’t go down…’
Although hypothetical, this seemed the most likely. I decided to test it out the next time I had free karma and closed the status window.
“We are really fine.”
When we were almost at the tent, we heard Seris’ voice. She was surrounded by her and other female adventurers named Kara.
“What’s okay is okay. Just looking at it, it looks cramped. Why don’t you come over to us? As I saw earlier, the large tent had quite a bit of space.”
“We can’t because we have to spend together with my brother.”
“Brother? What were you writing between siblings?”
“No, they’re not siblings…”
“Aren’t they siblings? Then boyfriend?”
“I’m not even your boyfriend…”
“You’re my boyfriend!”
Kara said with a lively smile, her back straight. It was the exact opposite of Seris who was fidgety.
“Huh…? Kara, what are you talking about all of a sudden…?”
Seris asked, stiff. She looks extremely bewildered.
I was confused as well.
‘I?’
Why did I suddenly become Kara’s lover?
‘I’ve never done anything that could be misunderstood…’
I wondered why Kara had such a misunderstanding. She decided to eavesdrop at a distance.
“Uh, since when?”
“Two nights ago!”
“Two nights ago?!”
What happened the night before yesterday I tried to remember
‘There’s nothing particularly special… Ah.’
There was one thing that came to mind. I wish I could but…
“Huh! At that time, my brother held my hand and told someone else. ‘This is how we are’!”
The rumor caught the person.
“Ah…”
Seris collapsed as if she was surprised for nothing. On the other hand, other female adventurers liked it, saying it was romantic.
Kara’s shoulders opened wider.
Looking at it, I became a troubled feeling. Cersei was also like me, on her forehead… No, she put her hand on top of the mask.
* * *
After the female adventurers left, I called Kara separately. The sooner the misunderstanding is resolved, the better. You don’t know what will happen if you leave it alone.
“Brother, what are you talking about?”
Kara smiled and looked at me. At the same time, it seemed that I was a little embarrassed to hold my hands together.
I felt guilty because of that look. Even though there is nothing wrong with it.
No, if it’s wrong to misunderstand, then it must be wrong.
“Kara.”
“Why?”
“I think you are misunderstanding.”
“A misunderstanding…?”
Kara’s face slowly started to turn red with anxiety.
I spoke
“You know what I said while holding your hand. That is not a confession.”
Kara’s eyes widened. She said in a trembling voice.
“No..? But you definitely said holding my hand. Saying ‘this is how it is’… Isn’t that a confession..?”
“It was just to get the man back.”
“But, but… In the song…”
“Kara, I’m sorry I misunderstood you. It’s my fault for not explaining properly. You can be angry.”
“I’m sorry…!”
Kara winced and she cast her gaze toward the floor. Her clenched fists trembled.
How long has it been She rubbed her face with her arm. Then she smiled brightly again.
“What, I was the only one who misunderstood and became a fool! My brother will tell you very quickly.”
“Sorry…”
“Is this your brother’s fault?”
“Huh…”
“Then grant me one wish!”
“What kind of wish?”
“Pause my hair. For a while.”
Kara stuck her head out. After a few hesitations, I placed her hand on her head. Kara smiled as he gently stroked her hair.
* * *
Break time is over. The subjugation team formed three groups and started tracking down the bandit’s lair.
The three groups decided to investigate the mountain ranges in the lower, middle, and upper reaches, respectively.
Sister Seris and I were in the same group. The nearby mountain range downstream was the scope of our group’s investigation. Five men of iron rank and ten men of rock rank walked along the mountain range.
“This is a rugged mountain area if you go further. It is difficult to grow wild vegetables.”
Other iron grades agreed with me. We took out a map and marked our current location with an X.
“How many do you have left?”
“There is still a long way to go.”
“It’s going to cry.”
We determined the area to check next and notified the rock classes.
“You want to go right away? Can’t we just rest for a bit?”
“No, kid.”
An iron class hit a disgruntled rock class in the back of the head. The hit guy clicked his tongue but couldn’t say anything.
In the first place, the rock grade had no say in this operation. They had to obey what we said.
On my way to the next area, I looked at Kara’s back. She was chatting with Seris while humming her song.
– Unni, this is my first time going to the valley. Right?
-I know. How was the first valley you came to?
-You look so cool! To the point where I just want to go in and play when I’m not working.
-Then next time, let’s come to play instead of work.
-Really?
– When did you see your sister lie?
-Oh yea!
Their conversation developed with laughter.
‘…Is it okay?’
It looked like that just from the appearance, but I couldn’t judge it. Kara has a history of hiding her guilt about her village. I didn’t even notice until she talked in her drool.
She let out a sigh.
‘…I have to buy expensive meat when I go back to the city.’
* * *
As it began to get dark, we finished our investigation. Returned to the base camp and reported to Varian and the manager.
“Is it. Good work. Go back and rest.”
Said Varian, marking our report on the map.
I returned to the tent and had dinner with Sister Ceris.
“Jerky and bread again? I’m tired…”
Kara looked at the jerky and bread with a grim expression.
Seris comforted Kara.
“We don’t have cooking utensils. Let’s eat something delicious when we get back, let’s be patient for now… Yoosung? Where are you going?”
I came out of the tent and approached the adventurers who were cooking. I gave them a few coins and got the soup.
“I ate too many of the same things. Sometimes you have to try something new.”
“Brother is right! Hi-Hi.”
Kara took a spoonful of soup and put it in her mouth. It seems that he liked the thick soup he ate after a long time. A smile bloomed on her face.
Seris and I looked at Kara with happy faces.
I hope this will ease your mind a bit.
“I really enjoyed the meal!”
After eating, we went to sleep. It was a good night’s sleep because we didn’t have our turn today.
…It was definitely a good night’s sleep.
“Mmm…”
“Huh…”
Kara and Seris are sleeping on either side of me. I don’t know how this happened. It just happened naturally.
‘It will turn.’
The tent was very narrow. Thanks to that, when they were talking in their sleep, their soft flesh touched my body.
‘Kara No. 3, Seris No. 2.’
The number of times their breasts touched my arm.
Even if I tried to sleep, I couldn’t sleep.
‘I’d rather go out and sleep.’
I tried to get myself up. Seris hugged me tightly. You seem to have confused me with Kara. Or was it a sleeping habit?
“Mmm…”
If you see him still sleeping, it must be his sleeping habit. I pushed her away little by little so as not to wake her up. But Seris hugged her even tighter, and she even wrapped her legs around her.
Her thigh rested on top of my middle ear. Little by little, the preciousness of the soft touch began to grow.
‘What the fuck.’
Fucked.
