## Chapter 296 – The Lingering Scent of Flowers
“Oh, oh!! Quality leather, this is!!”
The tavern on the first floor of the inn was occupied by merchants from out of town and their bodyguards. Judging by appearances, they looked like nothing more than simple thugs, and it was likely that they were earning extra income through similar means during their business trips.
Of course, this was the middle of the city, so that wouldn’t happen here. As soon as I walked in with the owlbear’s hide, they jumped up and gave me a warm welcome.
“Yes, sir. It’s fresh, less than half a day since it was caught. And I also have the heart, gall bladder, claws, and beak. Are you interested?”
“Of course!”
Half a dozen merchants surrounded us and began to examine the disassembled pieces of the owlbear. They carefully inspected each piece and expressed great delight, then started to assess its value.
From what I gathered, the supply of leather wasn’t very smooth.
The other materials were bought almost as an afterthought, but since I had left the price negotiation to Winia, I didn’t have to worry about money.
Winia exchanged a few words with the merchants, and they eventually agreed to a whopping 30 silver.
I handed over the goods to the delighted merchants, received the money pouch, and stepped outside. 30 silver… That was a huge amount. I felt like my eyes were going to pop out.
No wonder those adventurer brats risked their lives to do this. If you get a lump sum, it’s perfect for changing your fate in many ways.
“Why did it fetch so much? That’s damn expensive, isn’t it?”
I asked Winia, still feeling dazed.
“They say you can make even more if you take it to the royal capital. I don’t know what’s so trendy about that stuff… I just compromised and sold it for 30 silver.”
“Damn, it gets even more expensive there?”
It seemed like the nobles’ fashion trends were definitely throwing money around. The royal capital… Since it’s a long way to go, the price must increase a lot.
You know, back on Earth, there was a time when pepper was more expensive than gold of the same weight.
The phenomenon of rich people throwing money around relentlessly was a common occurrence regardless of era, status, or dimension.
Let’s just be grateful that we got to see the spillover benefits.
“Oh, and the gall bladder was a bit expensive. I was going to feed it to Blackie if it didn’t sell.”
“The gall bladder? Why?”
“It’s good for Blackie’s dick.”
Winia smiled and stroked my crotch as she spoke.
Seriously, this sly fox.
It seems that gall bladders being good for stamina is the same here as it is there. Originally, there was no product that sold as well as stamina boosters.
But I don’t need that kind of thing.
I’m not a man who hangs his head low.
“I’m good enough without eating that stuff.”
“Hehe. I guess so. Then, shall our Blackie show some strength today?”
Winia, holding my hand, made an overt request and seduced me with her sweet voice. Of course, stud Kim Kat would respond to the request at any time.
“Don’t you like it too much?”
“What, you got a problem with that?”
“No, I love it!”
And so, we headed towards the inn.
Perhaps because I had been in the warm inn for a while, my whole body was enveloped in chills from the cold wind. I wanted to go back quickly, take a shower, and get under the covers.
“I wonder what would happen if Blackie ate a stamina booster.”
Why do you keep trying to feed me that?
“Hehe. I wonder how much more he’d rampage?”
“You and I can’t handle it. We’d need that other girl too.”
“Kat? Should we try it sometime?”
Claudia, with a glint in her eyes, whispered to me.
Even so, wouldn’t I die if I went that far?
“I’d die if I did that.”
“Don’t exaggerate.”
Anyway, after returning to the inn, I tidied up as usual and carefully wrapped the meat I had brought, storing it on the snow-covered veranda. We could go outside the city gates and grill it next time.
“Kat, I’m cold.”
“Blackie, me too.”
“Alright.”
I hugged the women who were complaining of the cold, even though Winia had warmed the water with magic. I couldn’t sleep until I had satisfied both women to their limits and put them to bed.
This winter is warm indeed.
****
The long winter was over.
The pure white snow that covered the mountains melted away quickly, as if it had never been there in the first place, and the snow-soaked earth began to be painted over with a refreshing, verdant green.
That’s right.
Spring had come.
“Spring has come.”
Spring is the season of true champions.
The season of bitter cold, where icy death was rampant, was over, and warm days full of fresh vitality had arrived. That may only suggest a tiny glimmer of hope, but if you delve into its essence, it means that spring is something that only those who have survived hellish trials can greet.
All the eliminated ones would have either frozen to death or ended their lives buried somewhere in those snowy mountains. Therefore, spring is the season of the strong. It is a season where violence boils over.
The season when humans become the most cruel.
“Overflowing power.”
I feel vitality surging through my body from the rich scent of spring.
I had hunted quite satisfactorily during the winter, accumulating wealth, and even on days when there was no hunting, I didn’t laze around but went to the Swordsman’s Guild to hone my killing skills.
Of course, I didn’t skip physical training either.
With the new year, it wasn’t just my age that increased.
It was assumed that my combat power had also increased by having time to reorganize in excellent conditions, rather than spending it gnawing away at my life force like last year.
The more years I spend living in this other world, the more fatally I change and adapt.
“I guess I’m slowly becoming half past twenty.”
“Blackie’s half past twenty?”
As the weather warmed up, Winia regained her usual diligence. She woke up earlier than Claudia, leisurely basking in the morning sun, drinking tea, and flipping through a magic book.
“Yeah.”
“You’re so old.”
“Hey, you little…”
But I don’t know my exact age. I think I’m twenty-five or twenty-six… Anyway, that’s not the important thing.
“Hey, Winia. Now that I think about it, aren’t you just barely twenty-one?”
“Hmm, I guess so. But why?”
“No, think about it logically. How can you be so much younger than me and talk to your husband like that?”
From a fusion-Confucian point of view, it was an extremely incorrect action. Winia’s attitude towards me was clearly absurd. Being called Blackie by someone younger than me?
The new year is an important time that forms the basis of the year.
Let’s correct what’s wrong.
“Is there a reason I can’t?”
“Of course there is! I’ve let it slide all this time, but I can’t anymore! Call me ‘Oppa’ right now!”
I have the right to be called “Oppa” by Winia. Now is the time to stop being called Blackie and be reborn as a true “Oppa.”
“Blackie wants to be called ‘Oppa’ by me?”
“Of course! It’s my dream!”
“Haa.”
ㅡThud.
Winia closed her book and approached me.
“You’re yelling at me right now because of that, aren’t you?”
“I’m just asserting my natural rights.”
Currently, Winia was only wearing black underwear and a large white t-shirt. It was quite a nice combination. The t-shirt couldn’t come down to her thighs because of her huge breasts, and it was very pleasing to the eye.
“Blackie.”
“What.”
“Should I call you ‘Oppa’?”
“Please! Please call me!”
I was practically begging. I wanted to hear Winia call me “Oppa” even just once. She had called me Blackie from beginning to end, and never called me that.
I put my ear to her mouth, meaning for her to call me right away. After waiting a moment,
“Oppa.”
Winia said in a quiet tone.
At the same time, joy erupted.
“Gyaaaaaaaak!!!!”
Just hearing those two syllables, I felt like an inhuman liquid that secreted tremendous pleasure was flowing into my ear. Dramatically excited, I immediately hugged Winia.
“Wow, you really like it.”
Unlike her, who said it as if she was dumbfounded, I was very happy.
“I love you!!! Winia!!!”
“Geez. You like it that much just because I called you ‘Oppa’?”
“A lot! Keep doing that in the future!”
I was seriously turned on just from hearing it once. Sexual desire was boiling in my whole body. Is this the power of spring? After all, titles are the most important thing in human relationships.
“Screw that. Blackie is Blackie forever. Hehe.”
But the answer I heard was enough to cool my heart.
“Damn it.”
Winia pushed me away as if she was annoyed and sat back in her chair, opening her book again. She certainly seemed to have made considerable progress in her ice magic training.
She freezes my heart well.
“Kat?”
“Ah. Claudia.”
Claudia, who had woken up rubbing her eyes, called my name.
“You want to be called ‘Oppa’? Hehe, come here.”
“Ah, no.”
It’s a bit weird to be called “Oppa” by my older sister and mama.
Still, I crawled into bed next to Claudia.
When I went next to her, she said,
“Oppa?”
“Ah.”
Sigh.
This is good in its own way too. Already unable to suppress my sexual desires, I rubbed Claudia’s genitals and set the mood.
“But how old is Unni? I still don’t know that.”
Just as I was about to kiss her, Winia turned her head towards us and said that. A moment of silence. Claudia, who had been mentioned about her age, immediately froze and widened her eyes.
“…”
“Unni? How old are you?”
Winia, who had come all the way to the bed and sat down, tilted her head as if she was really curious. Claudia’s age… An area that even I don’t know…!
“What, why aren’t you answering?”
“Winia?”
Claudia slowly turned her head and called Winia. Sensing an ominous atmosphere, I immediately got off the bed.
“Yeah, why? Oh, maybe it’s because you’re an elf and you’re over 100 years old? It’s not that much, is it?”
Perhaps motivated by her curiosity as a mage, Winia tried to dig into Claudia’s secrets, even making her own guesses.
“Winia? Let’s be quiet for a moment?”
Claudia said in a terrifying tone, but Winia had not yet sensed the danger. She changed her target and asked me instead.
“What, why. Blackie, how old is Unni that she’s like this?”
Claudia’s age.
It is an unknown area that even I don’t know.
For now, I’m guessing that she’s at least twice as old as me, but she doesn’t want to tell me, so I’ve stopped caring.
I’m fine with it, but she won’t tell me at all.
It must be embarrassing.
Well, it’s okay.
Originally, elves are a long-lived species, aren’t they? That’s why they can maintain their natural beauty for hundreds of years. Claudia’s age is not a problem for me at all.
What if she’s a little older than me?
She’s so beautiful and benevolent.
Honestly, it would be okay even if she suddenly said she was a thousand years old.
“I don’t know either.”
“Huh? Blackie doesn’t know? Why?”
“Claudia won’t tell me.”
I also want to take advantage of this opportunity to find out her age by siding with Winia. Of course, as with all secrets, there would be a sacrifice.
“No, I’m getting more curious. Unni? Huh? Uh oh? Oh, Unni. What?”
Claudia, who had gotten up from the bed, reached out to Winia.
“Winia… Didn’t I tell you to be quiet?”
“Uh, uh oh? Kya, kyaaaaak!!”
A scream immediately erupted, and Claudia, with her sharp gaze changed, looked at me.
“Kat.”
“Huk. Yes.”
“You know what I’m going to say, right?”
“O-Of course I know.”
Claudia, who exuded an aura like that of a beast, overwhelmed me and began to violate Winia at the same time.
“H-Hiyaaaaaang!!!”
What the heck is this…
Winia, who was being violated, urgently called me.
“B-Blackie! No, Oppa!!! Stop Unni!!!”
“Heoooook!!!”
Oppa!!
I found courage in that word!
“Claudia!! Stop it!!”
I flew like a flash and grabbed Claudia’s wrist, who was trying to harm Winia, and stopped her. It must have been the question about her age that angered her!
“Kat! Don’t stop me!”
“No! I need to know your age today too!”
I shouted as if I was interrogating her!
Good! I’m going to find out this time!
“Claudia! I don’t care about your age at all! Age is not important at all! Because I love you!”
As I roared powerfully with my love, Claudia’s face turned bright red and her ears began to flutter like wings.
Those earrings…! Those earrings are definitely the keyword!
“H-Heuuut? K-Kat. T-That’s…!”
Winia, who had escaped, did a somersault and hid behind the bed.
“Claudia! Tell me! Your age!!!!”
“Yeah! Tell us, Unni! What’s there to hide about your age!”
I pulled Claudia towards my body and shouted again.
Then.
“I-I don’t know! Kat! I don’t want to tell you! So don’t keep asking!”
“Deuheok!!!”
ㅡPaaang!
Claudia, who threw me onto the bed, screamed and went into the shower room.
Ah.
It’s spring.
