Another World Martial Assassin 43

Chapter 43 – Festival and Confession (3)

After the play, we went straight to the circus.

“Yoosung! What is that, what is that?”

Seris was more excited than Kara. Cerys pointed to the huge animal with her long nose.

“It’s an elephant. But there are elephants here too.”

She was both a little curious and disappointed. I wondered what a fantasy circus would feel like. If you look at the elephant, it’s not much different from the earth…

“Wow! Yoosung, look at that! How do you stand upside down with something so thin?”

Seris admired her elephant. The elephant did a handstand with its trunk.

I don’t know either. What is that

After that, there were many rare scenes.

“Giant cat…”

The tiger did a sse sese.

“Is that a bear? Wow, bears can dance too.”

The three bears tap danced.

‘This is fantasy…’

I realized more than ever that this world is a fantasy.

Wow, he does backtumbling too.

“Isn’t it so cute? Right?”

Seris grabbed my sleeve and shook it wildly. At the same time, the eyes are fixed on the animals. It seems to be properly immersed.

‘Kara’s hard work is worthwhile.’

I looked back at Kara with a happy face. Kara had a blank face. She wasn’t watching the circus, it was like she was on her mind.

‘It’s been like this since the play. Why are you doing this?’

Could it be that the festival did not live up to expectations and was disappointing? I wish it wasn’t

“Kara, why? Isn’t the circus fun?”

“Huh? Oh no, isn’t it fun? And! Just turn sideways!”

I tried to point out her flustered attitude, but when I heard that she was turning sideways, I looked back. The bear was doing ballet.

Oh my god..!

* * *

“It was a lot of fun. Right?”

On the way out of the circus, Seris’ voice was very excited.

“That’s right, Kara’s hard work was worth it. Thank you Kara.”

“Lol.”

“Then it’s getting dark, so shall we go back now?”

“Uh?!”

Kara looked at me in surprise. She got in my way

“You can’t go yet. I mean, I didn’t see the fireworks.”

“Right, there were fireworks. Kara, do you know of a place where you can see the fireworks well?”

“Huh! I know where to look Let’s go there.”

Kara grabbed Seris by the wrist and dragged her away. I looked at Celis for a moment and smiled. She laughed along with me.

“Kara, go a little slower.”

“You just have to go a little further.”

The place where Kara arrived was a hill away from the plaza. There are quite a few couples who are already famous.

“This is the best view.”

“Okay?”

We took a seat in an empty seat. I leaned against the railing and watched the night sky.

“That’s a dragon seat.”

Celis pointed out the stars and introduced the constellations. Because she was different from Earth, she listened in wonder.

At that moment, a small fireball broke through the dark night sky. Perong! The fireball exploded and lit up pretty fireworks in the night sky.

“And…”

Seris and Kara let out a short sigh. I feel a bit overwhelmed after seeing them for the first time in a while, but what about the first time seeing them?

I smiled and turned my eyes to the fireworks.

Red, blue, yellow, and many other brilliant colors twinkle in the night sky.

“Ah..!”

Kara, who was watching the fireworks in a daze, clapped her hands. Her expression reminded her of something she had forgotten. Kara looked at Celis and said urgently.

“My, gelato! Sister, I want to eat gelato ice cream!”

“Gelato? What else is that?”

“They say it’s a famous snack in the empire. They say it’s sold at the top that comes every festival… Oh, there it is. That!”

Kara pointed to a stall with a long line. Various types of ice cream were displayed at the stalls.

“Sister, can’t you buy me some of that?”

“That one? The line is very long…”

“Sister~.”

Kara held Cersei’s hand and teased her. Seris was at a loss. The line is long, but I want to do my brother’s favor. You will be confused.

Told them

“Let’s all go together and stand in line. Then you won’t be bored.”

“Uh?!”

Kara was visibly embarrassed. She alternated between me and the fireworks, as if she didn’t want this.

…I get a nasty feeling.

“Okay. My sister will buy it for you.”

Seris said while looking at Kara who was flustered.

“No, if we go together…”

“I think Kara wants to see the fireworks. Yoosung please stay by my side. She will be back soon.”

Before I could say anything more, Seris walked away with quick steps. Bewildered, she looked at her back. Kara took my hand and headed for the railing.

“Brother, keep watching the fireworks.”

“…Okay.”

She followed the fireworks display with Kara. Please I hope it’s not what I was thinking. As I stared at the sky like that, Kara grabbed my sleeve.

“…Brother.”

Kara hesitated and said with a determined face.

“I like you…”

She looked at me with her eyes wide open. Her face was red in the light of the fireworks. She asked, meeting her eyes.

“Kara, what you said is that you like me as a member of the opposite sex, not as an older brother you know?”

“Huh…”

Kara shyly nodded her head.

She held back a sigh. Just in case this happened, I saw Seris and asked her to go with me. You should have noticed when Kara made her eyes glow in ‘Fireworks’.

It is my mistake.

I knew that Seris and Kara had a crush on me. That it was a good feeling, not as a good acquaintance, but as a member of the opposite sex.

The two of them are pretty women and their personalities are kind without being angular, so it must be a good thing. If only their feelings were normal.

The two people’s affection for me is a little twisted affection.

Cersei’s crush on me.

It’s a good feeling because I carried her burden instead. I was afraid that if I left, she would have to carry that burden again, and trying to hold on to me only made her crush on me grow.

Of course, I can carry her burden. But her fake affection is unacceptable. Because it’s so miserable.

Kara’s case is a bit similar.

Kara has an inferiority complex to Celis. I don’t know if it’s small or big. But she knows at least that her liking stems from that inferiority complex.

If you accept such twisted affections, the result will be disastrous. Maybe the current relationship will collapse.

I hate that.

I am fully satisfied with my current relationship.

Share a joke

Suffering together

Back to back

I like the current relationship like that.

I don’t want to break it.

So I will reject Kara’s confession.

“Kara.”

“Huh…”

“Sorry.”

“…”

Kara lowered her head and looked at her floor. Her shoulders tremble slightly. It was hard to watch. As she stared up at the sky in pain in her heart, she asked Kara in a trembling voice.

“…Why? Why not? Because I’m stupid…?”

“Kara, don’t say that even as a joke.”

“Then? Why not…”

“Kara, you are still young. Right now, it’s just wandering around when you’re young. Someday…”

“No! I am also an adult who has undergone a coming-of-age ceremony!”

Kara shouted. Feeling the gaze around me, I let out a small sigh.

“Kara, your feelings right now are just a small delusion. I feel like I like people who are comfortable…”

She tried to convince her, but her words stopped. It was because of the water dripping on the floor.

“No… I mean no…”

* * *

Kara is a 20-year-old girl from the countryside.

She is naive at best and stupid at worst. And she already knows that.

– Hey, hey, he’s an idiot. Don’t put it in

-Why is the kid so stupid… If Seris was our kid…

I heard it from my parents and girls my age in the village when I was young. My heart ached every time I heard those words. Still, she tried to be loved in her stupid way.

– Hey, do you like Seris?

– Poetry, noisy! Hit him if you tell him?

-Oh, Seris, are you helping your mother? How can a kid be so nice…

…No matter how hard I tried, I wasn’t loved more than my sister.

Perhaps that was why she fell in love with her adventures. The adventurers in adventure stories were all cool and popular. She admired them, and she wanted to be an adventurer.

Time passed.

As she grew up, she gradually became an attractive woman. The eyes of the men looking at her changed, and the elders of her village also praised her, saying that she had grown up to resemble her older sister.

– Kara, that, I like it! Marry me!

She was also proposed to by a man. It was something she couldn’t have imagined in her childhood.

But she refused.

Because I knew

– Confessing to Kara? Well, he’s not pretty either. But isn’t Seris better than Kara?

-You asshole, that’s a tree you can’t even climb. If it’s Kara, won’t I be able to do something?

The only reason they chose her was because she was a tree that her sister couldn’t even look at. That she is just a degraded version of that tree.

No matter how hard she tried, no matter how pretty, no matter how kind she was, she was compared to my older sister.

With an older sister who doesn’t mix a drop of blood.

But it wasn’t that she hated her sister.

She rather liked it.

– Kara, let’s sleep together.

-No. Her sister keeps hugging her when she sleeps.

– I won’t hug you.

-…Really?

-Yes, I promise. Little finger.

– Promised… Evil!

– It took! Where to get out!

– Sister liar!

-That’s right. Sister is a liar

Because her older sister likes her wholeheartedly, unlike the rest of her. She may have loved her more than her parents.

Still, her liking for her sister and her jealousy were separate. Her jealousy grew each time she witnessed her sister receiving favors she did not receive.

Just as her love and jealousy for her sister grew, a man visited the village.

A man who came to the city.

He was a strange man Even though he saw her sister, he gave her a lot of her attention. He was completely different from normal men.

So he enjoyed being with him. Being together made me feel good. The crush grew and became love.

As I fell in love, my fear grew.

Somehow, he wondered if he would end up with her sister. From her sister’s reaction these days, it seemed like her sister was interested in him too.

It was her devastating news for her.

So she confessed.

She feels sorry for her sister but she wanted him before she was taken away.

However, his reaction was cold.

The moment she saw that face, she realized.

That it was a car

That he’s not interested in her.

No wonder. Who would choose her over her older sister who was prettier than her? It even made her stupid, her her, her her.

Tears flowed.

She quickly lowered her head to hide her face. A woman who cries after being kicked. It’s like an unsightly villain in an adventure story. I didn’t want to be remembered that way.

She asked him desperately holding back her cry.

Why can’t you yourself?

He said.

That your love is just an illusion that’s not real love

It was absurd.

I was angry.

It’s okay to kick her. It’s a little… No, it hurts a lot, but it’s okay.

But I hated him for saying that her heart and love were just an illusion.

“No… I mean no…”

A voice mixed with crying came out. Even if it looked ugly, I wanted to correct his words.

“I’m not mistaken, I really like you…”

“Kara…”

“I smile when I see my brother’s face…”

I feel at ease when I talk to him.

“I’m happy when my brother holds my hand…”

When he strokes his hair, he seems to have the world.

“So… So don’t say that. Don’t call it an illusion.”

She raised her head and looked at him.

He is looking at her with her eyes wide open and her surprised face.

She said through her weeping.

“I like it… I like it. I really, really like it… Jo, uhhh… I like it… Uh…”

Tears burst out. Kara rubbed her eyes with the palm of her hand. A slightly clumsy hand grabbed her hand.

It is a familiar and warm hand.

Kara removed her hand from rubbing her eyes. He is looking at her with her complicated face. She seemed a little happy too.

“Why are you crying? Ruin your pretty face…”

He wiped her tears with her hand. Her touch was so good that she cried even more because she thought she might never feel it again.

She wept bitterly.

“Oh my…”

He stopped wiping her tears. She took her into his wide arms.

Warm and solid

She hugged him tightly and tried to stop her crying.

He whispered in her ear.

“…Are you really okay with me?”

Did I hear it wrong? Kara fell out of her arms and she looked at his face.

He was smiling a little

Why?

Why did he suddenly say that after dumping her? She didn’t understand

Because she didn’t know

That her tearful, sincere confession touched his deficiency.

The lack of affection.

She desperately nodded her head. Because the reason didn’t matter.

“Huh! Huh!! I like you!”

“But Kara, you’re pretty, so even men better than me…”

“No! I like you… No, I love you!”

“…Okay. Thank you.”

His small smile turned into a bright one. He took her back into her arms and stroked her hair.

“Thank you for loving me. Kara, I will love you too.”

“Really? Aren’t you kidding? If it’s a joke, I’ll get angry. You’re going to get really angry. I will never forgive you.”

“Why are you kidding me with this? Really. I love you Kara.”

Love you.

At his word, she felt that her tears, once shed, would burst again.

‘Oh, no!’

But now is not the time to cry.

Isn’t there a reason you decided to confess while watching the fireworks?

She caught her breath and quieted her cries. She slipped out of her arms and she faced him. She grabbed his face.

“…Kara?”

He brought his face to his puzzled face.

On the day Sieghart confessed in front of the fireworks, Esica kissed Sieghart.

With an oath to love only you for the rest of my life.

His lips met hers.

It was her first kiss.

* * *

“Come on. What flavor would you like?”

“What flavor do you have?”

A street vendor pointed out each gelato and explained the taste. Seris looked at them and seriously thought about them.

‘What flavor do Kara and Yooseong like?’

I do not know. Wouldn’t it be better to ask what flavor you would like to eat?

Seris looked at the line behind her. It was far too long. The thought of waiting for that again made me dizzy.

“Um… Then, please recommend the three most delicious ones.”

“Hmm… Speaking of delicious things, it’s mint chocolate, mint, and chocolate.”

“Is that so? Then give me three of them.”

Seris handed over 30 coppers for the ice cream. Her arms didn’t tremble as she paid, at a price she would never have dared to take if she had been the same before.

‘Because I just need to earn money again.’

She became an adventurer and her earnings increased. Incomparable to what it was before. Thanks to her, she learned how to spend money.

‘It’s thanks to Yooseong.’

Because of him, he wasn’t too afraid of dangerous adventures.

“Uh? But if it tastes good, why are there so many leftovers?”

Obviously, there were a lot of people in front of her.

“I brought a lot because it’s popular.”

“Oh~”

Celis also agreed with the street vendor’s words. If it’s popular, it’s natural to bring a lot.

– Oops.. Quips…

“..?”

Seris turned around at the sound of laughter from behind. No one was laughing at her.

‘What?’

The laughter continued until he got the ice cream and left. Seris felt bad because the laughter sounded like she was laughing at herself.

She walked towards her party with mint choco, mint and choco ice cream.

‘Which flavor will the two of you choose? I want to try something called mint chocolate. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll share each bite.’

Seris walked with a hesitation. The festival she enjoyed for the first time in her life was so much fun. I wish I could enjoy it like this.

‘Mr. Yooseong asked me to come again next time.’

She even said she would dress her in expensive looking armor. Doesn’t that mean we’ll always be together? That’s almost…

Suddenly, cheers were heard.

-Wow, you are young.

– We had times like that too.

– Whiyu~! Goes well!

At the center was Yoosung and her sister, Kara, who were kissing against the backdrop of a fireworks display.

“Ah..?”

Gelato ice cream fell to the floor.