Chapter 425 – On the Scar.
“Oh, do you really have to start this early in the morning?”
The woman forcibly lifted her eyelids, which kept closing from sleep, and asked the knight in front of her.
“It’s still pretty late.”
Her actual article was rather late even now, she replied bluntly, and sat across from her with her arms crossed. She had been dragged out halfway by him, who had come early in the morning, and sat downstairs in the restaurant.
“Is it still dark outside?”
She couldn’t believe him and pointed her hand out the door. The small door that only covered the boat was open up and down, so I could see the scenery outside.
The sun hadn’t risen properly yet, so I could only see the faintly blue air. If the lanterns lit at the inn hadn’t leaked out and shined, I’d believe it was night.
“If we don’t move early, what’s left will be gone.”
“Who is in such a dangerous place…”
She couldn’t understand who was aiming for being in such a place with lightning after only a little while, but she had a guess on the way and stopped her.
“You know when the lightning doesn’t strike?”
She didn’t deserve to be called an alchemist yet, but she knew that lightning wouldn’t keep falling there. Originally, why would she want to hire a local?
“Those who know will know that I brought you out of the Clouds.”
She should also have known quite a bit that she had gone to the cloudlands with two of her knights, since she tried to hire an adventurer from the guild. Her mind was clear, thinking that maybe if she was a fast-talker, she would already know.
“Then it’s not like that right now, we have to go quickly!”
Only then did the driver shake her head as she was restless.
“Anyway, shouldn’t we go after a meal?”
“You’re the one who said it’s still late!”
What do you do if you eat right now? If he couldn’t find a wagon and money, the future was a problem. It was when she was stomping on her feet and feeling anxious.
“Puha! It’s just that he’s grumpy, so it’ll be fine.”
Having said that, someone approached me. Her soft brown hair that falls down to her waist and her eyes of the same color reflected in the soft lanterns look normal, but her beautiful features and well-balanced body make her look normal. A lively, beautiful woman approached with three sandwiches on a wide tray.
“Who are you?”
She looked at her as she approached them and asked her, placing the food on her tray on her table and sitting in her empty seat, resting her chin on her chin and watching.
“Nausicaa, you are the owner of this inn. Are you?”
“I am Sulsien, an apprentice alchemist of the Faust Society.”
Sulli en, that was her lady’s name.
“Sulcien? The Faust Society. You don’t seem to be from Parz or Lak Saria. Where did you come from?”
When Nausicaa listened to her words and questioned her question, Sulsien was taken aback for a moment. I was hoping that if I told them the name of the society, they would probably understand.
“In Paciphenia.”
“Wow, in that far away place?”
Nausicaa tilted her head as Sulshien glanced at her knight as she watched her admiringly.
“What’s the matter?”
“Do you know his name?”
Because she didn’t know his name yet. She asked Nausicaa, who looked lively, because she was somewhat troubled to ask herself. Then she looked at her knight with her eyes wide open.
“What, you haven’t told me your name yet?”
“…”
“Ugh, how did he really become such a wooden stone?”
Nausicaa let out a deep sigh as he silently unwrapped the gauntlet as if he was about to pick up a sandwich. The knight touched her chin as if pondering for a moment, then picked up the helmet with the hand that had taken off the gauntlet.
The arm with the gauntlet off was unexpectedly white and not thick, but the strong muscles and red blood vessels caught my eye. Seeing the face exposed under the helmet, Seol Shien opened her mouth in a daze.
Maybe it’s because she was pressed down by the helmet, but her shape is slightly distorted, but her gray blonde hair shines through. What follows is a pair of indifferent brown eyes. He opened his mouth as his gaze was taken away by the sharpened shape of his round eyes.
“I am Usher.”
Nausicaa shook her head at the sight of him picking up the sandwich as if he had said everything.
“Please understand if he behaves a bit stiff. It wasn’t like this originally, but really.”
“Oh, I’m fine.”
He had been curious since he heard the voice behind the helmet, but his face with the helmet off somehow caught my attention. It’s not that he’s not unmanly, but he has a strong androgynous feeling somewhere.
“Huh? You said you had to go quickly, aren’t you hungry?”
Nausicaa asked as Sulsien hesitated, unable to reach for a sandwich. Only then did he come to his senses and hurriedly picked up a sandwich. Even so, I glanced at Usher, but he was quietly devouring his sandwich. Eventually, he took a big bite of his sandwich.
It’s hard at first, but as soon as your teeth start digging into it, it cuts softly and fills your mouth with the crunchy texture of unknown vegetables, and then the unfamiliar but fragrant flavor of the meat that melts into the seasoning.
“Wow, did you make this yourself?”
Nausicaa raised her chin proudly.
“Heheung, it’s because he’s the owner of a restaurant that’s famous for its delicious food.”
“What kind of meat is this?
Although all the ingredients included in the sandwich were unfamiliar, the meat was the most impressive among them, so I was more curious. Rather than feeling greasy, the light and chewy texture was something that could never be tasted in Parsipenia.
“Of course! It’s the Gusak, which only inhabits Parz, mixed with a secret sauce.”
As expected, this meat must have been a specialty of Parzu. In the end, she had no choice but to savor her sandwich with her regret.
“…Well, what’s your relationship with the knight, Nausicaa-san?”
Glancing, Sulsien looked at Usher, who was eating a sandwich in silence, and asked Nausicaa.
“I’ve never thought about it. Well? Should I say I know you? Or do you feel like siblings?”
She didn’t seem to have thought about it as deeply as she said, but she didn’t seem like a normal person to Seol Sien. Even though she was wearing a helmet, it felt like his atmosphere, which had been rigid, had loosened up a bit.
“But why would that be… Oh-ho?”
“Why, why?”
Then, when he saw Nausicaa suddenly looking at her and smiling at her, N was startled. That’s because her smile was so sinister.
“Did you fall in love with him at first sight?”
“What are you talking about?!”
She cried out as she felt her face heat up at the question. Fall in love means who fell in love at first sight? Shien didn’t believe in such nonsense.
‘…I can’t do that to a person who asks for a price even for a woman who has become broke.’
But what happened the next moment almost knocked her sandwich out of her hand.
“Eh! You sinful bastard! How many women’s hearts are you going to break?!”
“Eh.”
That’s because Nausicaa playfully grabbed his head, which looked hard just by looking at it, and hugged him as it was. Even though Usher reached out to her, he was still and was hugged to her chest.
“Ha, I said I didn’t mean to.”
And then, as if something bothering him had happened, Usher frowned and responded as she opened her mouth, and Nausicaa ruffled his hair with one hand.
“Anything like that, how do you explain that the number of girls chasing you keeps increasing every time you visit?”
“I was just working.”
“That’s why it’s strange! If you hit that, the other knights would have followed dozens of women!”
As Nausicaa started to nag her before he knew it, he looked at her seolsien and said.
“Have you finished eating?”
“Ah! Yes, I ate it all!”
There was a little bit left, but it was enough to eat quickly, so I ate it in one bite and it escaped from Nausicaa’s arms as if Usher had been waiting for it.
“I’m busy now.”
“Sheesh! The cute taste is so gone.”
Nausicaa puffed out her cheeks sullenly, but soon she let go of the wind and shook her hand.
“Then hurry up and come. I’ll finish preparing for sales.”
“Let’s go.”
“Ah, okay.”
As they were about to leave the inn, Nausicaa, who was waving her hand, caught them.
“Wait!
“Ah…!”
Sulsien finally realized that he was still wearing a dress and blushed. He had no underwear on, so he belatedly covered himself with his arms.
“He really is! You should take care of these things a little more!”
Nausicaa grabbed Usher’s head with her helmet and gauntlets on, shaking it lightly and releasing it.
“I’ll really lend you more of my clothes. Wear those and go. It’ll be a big deal if you go out like that.”
“Thank you.”
She was already in trouble, but thanks to her kindness, Sulsien was able to borrow her outerwear and robe, along with her loosely fitting undergarments.
