Chapter 125 – Ep.8 – Beyond the Border (2)
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Lemün.
City of dwarves.
Their city is surrounded by a natural fortress, a gift from nature, called a ‘mountain’.
There are not many beings who can cross that rugged fortress.
A mountain range made up of innumerable rocks protects the Dwarves by itself.
People call dwarves like this.
‘The Beings Blessed by the Earth’
Instead, I received too many blessings from the earth,
Very short and stocky beings.
“Do you understand? That’s why dwarves prefer being short. They think that the shorter they are, the more blessed they are by the Earth God.”
Listening to Chichi’s explanation, Delrin nodded. It can’t be a strange culture.
‘It’s good to be short.’
He has lived with a complex about his height for the past few decades, so he must be feeling very special emotions.
“I think the expression… Makes me feel sad. Do you question their faith?”
“It’s not doubt, it’s certainty. Who can prove an invisible God?”
Helen cuts in at a seemingly unimportant point, and Chi-Chi and Helen begin an in-depth discussion about dwarves. Thanks to this, Chichi’s lecture also ends naturally, allowing Delrin to finish her studies.
“Well, then I’m good enough…”
The slight disturbance before departure naturally subsided after about 10 minutes, and Delrin and the others immediately embarked on a journey to avoid the Queen’s pursuit.
They head to Lemün.
As the unpleasant twin sisters who met in the swamp of death told us, to cross the continent they stand on, Euratisha, they must go through Lemün.
Let’s go back to what Chichi said.
Euratisha, commonly known as an elliptical shape, is an aspect in which humans, dwarves, and elves share the upper, middle, and lower parts,
You can think of it as going south from Albator in the center of the human spirit through a long and wide swamp.
But there is one thing that is a problem.
To enter the kingdom of the dwarves in earnest, you had to cross a mountain or go around a circle.
However, after breaking through the swamp of death, Delrin’s party set up a bold plan to cross even the Dwarven Kingdom at once to save time.
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[Route]
Albator
Tooth
Tooth
Tooth
Tooth
Dead bog
Tooth
Tooth
Khalid
Tooth
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Lemün
Tooth
Dwarf kingdom
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Lemün,
Among the numerous cities of the Dwarves, it is located in the canyon at the outermost part of the north.
The Kshal Mountains and the Jeeprill Mountains, which surround the city of the Dwarves, look like they are divided into a narrow and long canyon near the Human and Elven regions.
The mountains in the west are the Kshal Mountains, and the mountains in the east are the Jeeprill Mountains.
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[Dwarf Kingdom Topographical Map (Not Seen)]
Lemün
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Kshal ㅣ Jeeprill
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Nornil
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Lemune, which means northern gorge,
Nornil means southern gorge.
Delrin’s group plans to pass Lemün and continue through the Dwarven Kingdom, and then escape through Nornil.
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“Only the Dwarves claim the existence of the Earth God. There is no evidence, no logic, just a foolish belief.”
“Just because they don’t give blessings, do you mean they don’t exist?
Delrin, who has learned a lot of information from Chichi, leaves the seat next to the two women and looks around where they can sit down and rest. Her head is pounding and she needs to rest a bit.
“Um… “
Now that the wagon is stopped and rested,
The women are scattered here and there, having their own time.
Inside the wagon,
“…”
“…”
Neva and Eva sit awkwardly without saying a word to each other,
Near a moderately lit bonfire,
“Doesn’t everyone eat more? I can’t believe that three meals a day is enough!”
Kaede, who apparently stuffed a wild boar into her stomach two hours ago, is catching five rabbits and making them for a barbecue.
Surprisingly, Riko is also sitting beside her.
You don’t want to stay together, but you’re probably forced to stay to pass the time by looking at the campfire.
“Pilmarck, you should eat some too. It is said that a woman can use her strength properly only when her stomach is fully filled!”
“…Ehh.”
Delrin walks over to the two women, who must have been full in many ways, and decides to spend time together.
As he approaches, Kaede greets her excitedly wagging her tail, then picks up one of her skewered rabbits and hands them over.
“Seobang-nim! Would you like to have one? Even a man needs to eat a lot to use his strength, so don’t hesitate and eat it!”
“Ah yes…”
With her bright smile, Delrin unknowingly accepts her skewer.
I’m not sure if I’ve grilled it once or twice, but I’m not particularly hungry, but my mouth waters.
“It must be delicious.”
“Of course! Kaede, if you bring me any kind of meat, I can make it into a great dish. Ah! Wait a minute. The little boy was inconsiderate.”
Kaede again takes her skewer from Delrin’s hand and takes it, props up something like her plate, and starts dismembering her rabbit.
It’s amazing to see how they put their fingers inside a steaming rabbit without hesitation and remove the bones. It doesn’t look hot either.
“Oh my God… Isn’t it hot?”
“How hot can you say with this much? Even the faraway Mount Rift Ral volcano is just a hot bath for Kaede! Come on, try it now.”
After all, this world is different.
Delrin shut her mouth again in surprise, scratching her head and accepting the rabbit meat.
“Thank you…”
As she carefully put the shredded meat into her mouth, one by one, it was no match for the steak served in a restaurant.
Not only is it soft, but the flesh retains the juice inside and the strangely sweet scent…
“Wow, wow… REALLY, CRAZY… REALLY GOOD!”
“Ke-heng! That’s what a flower rabbit is! It’s a rabbit that eats flower buds all its life, so its scent is as fragrant as a flower.”
If there was such a rabbit in the original world, wouldn’t it be 600,000 won for one rabbit?
Delrin ate the meat in a hurry, savoring the delightful taste. However, even after eating like that, Rico, who is sitting still and looking at her bonfire, gets on her nerves and starts talking to her.
“Hey, Lee… No, Philmarck’s sister? Do you want to try some too? It’s so delicious…!”
“…”
She didn’t say a word to her and sat still looking at the campfire, then Delrin called her and she immediately walked over to him and she grabbed one of the skewers and began to eat together.
“Well thought of it! It’s not easy to taste the meat this Kaede has cooked, so it’s better to eat it when you have a chance!”
“But Kaede-san seems to be eating too much…”
“Ke-heng! Actually, I’m a bit strange too. I don’t normally eat this much, but lately I’m hungry again and my body is hot…”
Even while talking while eating rabbit meat,
Delrin was momentarily taken aback by Kaede’s words and stopped her foul mouth.
Something…
These are familiar symptoms… ?
‘Hey, wait a minute… He can’t possibly know that he’s pregnant…?’
Delrin is so full of her worries that she unconsciously looks at Rico, but Rico just snorts at her and concentrates on nibbling the rabbit. She probably has no intention of helping Kaede.
“Uh, over there… Kaede-san…?”
“No, and! Why do you stick ‘Mr.’ Only to small people! Call me sister, or just call me by my first name!”
“Ah, yes… Kaede-nee, uh… Is your body feeling any weirder?”
Delrin is afraid that the other women will hear her, so she asks Kaede very carefully, very subtly.
Even if she says she’s pregnant, it won’t change much soon after, but she asks anyway, and she informs her that she’s pregnant…
“It’s strange! It looks like I’ve got some belly fat…”
“Three, my God…!”
I try to stop, but I end up being surprised.
Now I see that my belly is visibly swollen!
“Wait! When did this start!?”
“Eh? Why?”
This can’t be a real big accident.
Just like her bulging belly when she was about 4 months pregnant, Kaede’s belly is also sticking out like that.
“Uh, uh, how… Already? Yes!?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but…”
“You’re pregnant! My belly came out like this because I was pregnant! Oh my God…! How could this be…”
Delrin jumps up and grabs her head, shocked by the terrifying physical changes that remind her of her pregnancy.
It is said that young fathers often get confused in the face of the important task of pregnancy, but perhaps the pressure and embarrassment felt by a small man who has fallen into another world is greater than they are.
“Su-suin, so it inflates faster!?”
“Hey, what’s wrong all of a sudden?”
“Oh, it’s scary! Mr. Delrin, what’s wrong! Pregnancy?”
Delrin’s confusion was such that both Riko and Kaede were taken aback.
Still, Delrin, who was pregnant and thought that if she went to God’s Garden before the baby was born, she would be able to solve it somehow.
When she saw Kaede’s stomach filling up faster than expected, she was shocked.
“Oh no. Delrin seems to enjoy jokes like this? Being pregnant makes your stomach swell. Whoa…”
What calms Delrin’s excitement is Helen, who comes near him and puts her hand on her shoulder.
She tapped Delrin on the back as if to be quiet.
Only then did Delrin suddenly realize that she had made her mistake, and she scratched her head with an awkward smile.
“Ah, ahaha… Uh, that’s not it… “
“In some provinces of the Holy Land, pregnant women eat more than usual and their stomachs swell, so when they see a woman who eats too much, they ask if she is pregnant.”
Rico’s suspicious gaze,
Kaede’s shy eyes,
Even the doubts of the other women gathering one by one, Helen soothes them with a few words of her own.
“No, that’s right. It was like that where I lived. Ahaha… “
“West too! Such a dirty joke… “
Kaede seemed to have taken Delrin’s words to mean that she had a night with herself, so she waggled her tail and gave her a sign of joy.
The other women, Rico in particular, were not easily suspicious and ate her rabbit wildly, looking back and forth between Delrin and Helen.
“… “
‘Is there a different way to conceive in another world… ?’
Fuck.
How do I know that
Sex is the same, but pregnancy is different…
With Rico’s doubts alive,
With Helen’s help, Delrin barely got over the edge.
… Near them,
While listening to the pregnancy story, Neva gently caressed her stomach with a dark expression, and no one noticed…
