Chapter 1221 – 1221. Yggdrasil (8)
While looking around the tent, I saw an unexpected scene.
That’s it…
“Excuse me… If you don’t mind, please answer the question I asked earlier.”
“Oh, that…”
It was a scene where Erdin and Midsummer were together.
The scene itself of the two people together did not feel very unfamiliar.
In the first place, Erdin often called on Midsummer to study chastity magic.
Moreover, the reason for calling now did not seem much different from before.
As Midsummer smiled awkwardly, avoiding her eyes, Erdin added a pinch of earnestness to his voice.
“Please do me a favor. “If you tell me in detail, I will promise to compensate you as much as I can.”
Erdin seemed to purely want information.
Midsummer was watching Erdin’s earnest voice and expression…
“It’s not difficult to tell you. However… I don’t know if I will believe it.”
He was brightly painting a face full of unlucky confidence that he showed when he first met me.
However, as if that midsummer’s confident face had the opposite effect, Erdin twitched her eyebrows and opened her mouth.
“No way… “You’re not trying to say it’s luck, are you?”
“Yes, it’s really luck.”
“Ha…”
Erdin had a look of displeasure on her face, but she did not leave.
It was a huge contrast to how he turned around and left as soon as I said those words.
I was able to roughly guess why Erdin’s attitude toward Midsummer was different from mine.
‘It’s probably because the drop rate ability is mid-summer.’
It seemed like she was somehow trying to find out the identity of the drop rate ability that Midsummer had.
As if to prove my thoughts, Erdin sighed and continued her words.
“Are you saying this because you’ve been displeased with my speech? If so, I apologize. “If you want, I will kneel right here.”
“No, that’s not it…”
“Please tell me that you don’t want to talk because you don’t like me. “If you tell me honestly, I will give you a reasonable apology and compensation.”
“No, I mean…” .”
After that, Midsummer continued to say the word luck as if making excuses to Erdin.
And Erdin got angry at the word luck…
But such a long, marathon-like debate…
“… “Are you serious?”
“Yes, it’s real! It’s luck! Real luck!”
“…”
Thanks to the desperate appearance of midsummer, there has been a lull.
Erdin was silent as if he was deep in thought, and Midsummer looked at Erdin like that…
‘It’s so good, I’m dying, I’m dying…’ .’
She was smiling brightly because she was getting attention from a woman for the first time in a while.
Of course, Erdin’s interest did not contain any rational feelings.
I was only curious about the drop rate.
However, Midsummer was smiling as if she was amused by Erdin’s interest in her own luck rather than her rational interest.
Erdin was silent for a while…
“Can you possibly prove it?”
“It’s not difficult to prove it.”
The proof that Midreum was talking about was a light game of probability.
The first start was a coin toss.
“If you toss this coin, catch it, and hide it in the palm of your hand, I will guess whether it’s heads or tails.”
“… “Isn’t that something you can tell if you have good visual acuity?”
“Then hide it behind your back.”
“… Okay.”
As Midsummer had said, Erdin hid the coin behind his back and held it out in front of her, hiding it in her hand.
Tossing a coin started like that… No, the consequences of hiding coins are…
“The front.”
“… That’s right.”
Midreum won 100 matches and won 100 matches.
“… “Isn’t it okay to say I’m lucky just because of this?”
But even though she proved her luck, Erdin did not believe in midsummer’s luck.
“Then what’s next…”
Midsummer presented a game of probability that could prove luck even later.
Bead odd game, dice game, card matching game, etc…
As a result of playing the probability game…
“… I’ll admit it. Really… “You’re lucky.”
Erdin decided to acknowledge Midsummer’s luck by losing all of his games.
Erdin, who had been looking at Midsummer with distrust until now, was looking up at Midsummer as if he were looking up to her.
‘Hey… I thought the face wouldn’t work… ‘Luck worked.’
However, this did not mean that Erdin was completely enamored with the luck of midsummer.
Erdin seemed simply surprised that luck could exist.
But Erdin’s recognition…
“Well, I’m lucky.”
It was more than enough to boost one’s self-esteem in the middle of summer.
So Erdin and Midsummer talked about luck for a while.
However, the longer the story goes on, the more Erdin, who she had been aggressively attacking until now…
“Okay… I’ve had it since I was born, and it’s impossible to give it away…”
It gradually withered away.
As Erdin’s response faded…
“Whoa, if there’s an item you want, just tell me. “I will get it for you.”
Rather, Midsummer looked urgent.
It seemed like he wanted to somehow hold on to the self-esteem he felt for the first time in a long time.
However, once Erdin’s reaction cooled down, it did not boil over again.
“What I want is not a specific item. “I just wanted to know what caused the drop rate to increase.”
The reason Erdin wanted to know that information was not for her personal benefit.
“I thought it might be helpful information to Her Highness… It’s a shame.”
This was because she judged it to be helpful information to Stella.
I was secretly impressed when I saw Erdin like that.
‘Hey… ‘Stella is amazing.’
Respect for that prickly kid… Furthermore, if you look at the way they receive worship.
While I was admiring this, Erdin pricked up her ears as if an idea had occurred to her.
“Then can I ask you a favor?”
“Ah! “What request?”
Midsummer nodded her head as if welcoming Erdin’s words.
Erdin answered, satisfied with such a midsummer scene.
“Can we check your luck?”
“… Are you looking into luck?”
Midsummer wasn’t the only one who tilted his head.
‘Testing your luck? What do you mean?’
I also tilted my head at the same time.
Erdin answered, nodding her head as if he understood such a midsummer scene.
“I believe that although there is unrevealed knowledge in the world, there is no knowledge that cannot be discovered.”
Erdin seemed to define midsummer’s luck as unknown knowledge, like chastity magic.
And she asked to examine Midsummer’s body to find the source of that luck.
It’s normal to feel uncomfortable when you hear something like that, but…
“Aha… Unless it’s a radical method… It’s okay.”
Midsummer was actually happy with her mouth twitching.
Looking at Midsummer, she seemed to know what he was thinking.
‘… That bastard is starting again.’
Just by looking at it, it looked like it was targeting Erdin.
In fact, Midsummer’s reaction was a completely normal reaction for a man.
Midsummer had been surrounded on all sides and ignored.
Meanwhile, she is someone who recognizes herself… Also, a female elf appears?
Even if it were me, I would have been hooked right away.
“It’s no different from when you came to see me before. Please come and participate in a simple experiment.”
Haha, that’s not difficult.”
And Midsummer smiled brightly and talked to Erdin as if to prove that she was in love with him.
But seeing that midsummer smile…
‘… ‘Should I go and make a fuss?’
My Danjeon… No, it seemed like the Lotus Danjeon was distorted.
‘Kkeongpan? Or cut your hair with a bean…’
While I was looking for a way to break the midsummer mood…
“Ah, this is what happened… “Can I ask you a favor too?”
The deep midsummer sound entered my ears as if lightning struck my spirit.
“Please… “Please speak.”
“… “Can you call me oppa?”
“… Yes?”
Erdin frowns as if Midsummer’s request is absurd.
For your information, it wasn’t just Erdin who frowned.
Like Erdin, I frowned and bowed my head.
‘… I’m out of my mind.’
It was so absurd that the thought almost flew out of my mouth.
Fortunately, that didn’t happen, and Erdin responded in a harsh voice without acknowledging my presence.
“Even if I look like this, I’m 99 years old, right? That man is like that, and so are you… “I don’t know why you say such rude things to someone much younger than me.”
Erdin started nagging Midoreum.
However, even though she was nagging, she did not openly show her disgust.
It seemed like it was because she listened to her own request earlier.
But despite Erdin’s countless nagging, midsummer…
Haha… “She wished she had a sister like Erdin.”
She did not back down and continued to ask to be called her brother.
But Erdin did not back down easily.
“No, I’m older, why do you…” .”
Haha, just for fun.”
And she did not back down easily, even in the middle of summer.
As a result of Erdin’s nagging and Midsummer’s request continuing to go back and forth…
“Ha… Do whatever you want.
It was Erdin’s defeat.
If it had been Erdin not long ago, I would never have accepted it…
“Keep this in mind. “Only until this investigation is over.”
Since she was the one who asked first, she accepted Midoreum’s request.
Midsummer, who received Erdin’s acceptance, smiled for the first time in a while…
“Of course. From now on, call her brother.”
She started using her informal language towards Erdin.
And Erdin, who heard such informal language…
“Ha… Yes, brother.”
His waiting ears trembled, and he said the word oppa with an expression of extreme disgust.
And after that, he started grumbling.
“Why do I call humans this way…” No, for Her Majesty’s sake, I will endure it…”
Erdin is her own
“Ha… “If it doesn’t work out after a year or two, you should just give up.”
Through Erdin’s grumbling, it seemed like he could understand why she accepted Midsummer’s request.
‘But… From his perspective, it will only be a short time.’
From an elf’s perspective, the human lifespan would also seem short.
Since he was an elf with such a sense of time, it seemed like there was no problem with enduring it for a year or two.
In this way, Midsummer and Erdin exchanged awkward titles and had a conversation…
“Please visit every evening, except when entering the dungeon. Ha… “Oppa.”
Haha, yes.”
After finishing the conversation, we returned to the place where the tent was set up.
I watched the back of Midsummer and Erdin leaving.
Erdin gave off a feeling of dissatisfaction…
Midsummer is…
‘Okay… ‘Would you like to give the dog a habit?’
He was walking next to Erdin with light steps, as if to prove that he had spoken to a woman for the first time in a long time and had satisfied her self-esteem.
As I watched midsummer like that, I began to guess why it was like that.
‘… Come to think of it, he asked me to tell him how to remove the chastity spell, right? Maybe you’re aiming for that time…’
I wanted to jump in and interfere with Erdin right now in the middle of summer.
But the reason I didn’t do that was simple.
‘Well, it doesn’t really matter. I don’t plan on telling you anyway, and even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to write about it.’
This was because I knew very well that the greater the hope, the greater the despair when it is broken.
I headed to the tent, remembering the sight of midsummer screaming later.
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The next day, morning.
Our party began taking measures to prepare for variables in front of the entrance to the dungeon we would visit for the first time.
In our opinion, there was only one variable that was the worst.
“What if we disperse?”
The situation was like a 4th floor boss dungeon.
Everyone began to come up with countermeasures.
“Just in case, if we hold hands and go in…”
“Tie each other with strings…”
However, most of the measures that came out seemed useless.
However, one by one, the members who were proposing measures smiled bitterly and fell silent.
Not only me, but everyone here seemed to intuit that the measures were meaningless.
“Let’s go in first.”
In any case, except Hangaeul and Hanbom, who are supporters, each one of them will be a disaster from the dungeon’s perspective.
“Even if we are scattered, we will be able to come together quickly.”
Everyone nodded as if they agreed with what I said.
Except for one person…
‘He seemed happy because he talked to Erdin yesterday, but he made a bad face again.’
Midsummer.
Midsummer knew full well that she was being dragged by her totem, so she was reluctant to enter the dungeon.
What should I do if I don’t like it?
“Hey, just follow me quietly from behind.”
“… Okay.”
The lucky slave wriggled her face and quietly stayed behind me.
After all the party members gathered in one place…
“Let’s go in.”
“Yes!”
I immediately pushed myself into the dungeon.
It was clearly a cave covered in darkness, but as soon as I went inside, light started pouring in.
With such intense light…
“Huh? Scent… ?”
The scent of flowers, strong enough to paralyze the nose, began to stimulate the sense of smell.
Let’s open our eyes and react to the scent of flowers…
“Forest… ?”
The forest spread out before my eyes.
But the forest that spread before my eyes was not the forest I knew.
As soon as…
“… Flower garden?”
It was a flower field with countless tree-sized flowers spreading out like a forest.
