Chapter 985 – 985. Yggdrasil (7)
Midwinter was looking at me and Namgung Yuha from afar…
‘It’s gone.’
He left as if running away.
I debated whether to chase after him, but…
‘No.’
She decided that there was no need to relax.
When I made that decision, I carefully spoke to Namgung Yuha, who was right next to me.
“That… I think Mr. Winter was watching.”
“I saw it too.”
“Gwae, is it okay?”
I gently hugged her Namgung Yuha and kissed her forehead.
And he answered as if whispering in her ear.
“Is there anything ok? It’s just natural for Yuha to come out of my room. Isn’t it? “Madam?”
“Ugh…”
As soon as Namgung Yuha heard my playful words, her face started to turn bright red.
It’s no joke, the lip color and cheek color were almost the same.
Yesterday, I was intoxicated by the atmosphere and called it sky and sky, sky and sky, but when morning came, I came to my senses and stopped calling those names.
But…
“You don’t have to use that title normally, but please call me that title when we’re alone.”
“Huh… Yes… Above…”
In the end, we decided to call him that when we were alone.
“And the full-scale training begins after entering the Mountain of Darkness and observing the situation.”
Mountain of darkness.
Today was finally the day I took my first step.
Departure time is evening.
After eating lunch and sparring with Midwinter, we discussed whether to take her with us and then departed.
Actually, I wanted to teach you the new laws and magic in detail here, where there is a separate training room…
“Yes, I will follow the advice of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.”
I didn’t want to delay any longer.
So, after entering the Dark Mountain and looking at the situation, I decided to teach them divine laws and magic separately.
“Then shall we go have breakfast first?”
“Yes.”
With that decision, I headed to the palace restaurant with Namgung Yuha.
But I couldn’t stop the sigh that burst out on the way.
‘Whoa… If you find out that Namgung slept with Yuha… ‘I will say one thing.’
I headed to the restaurant, prepared to receive midwinter’s nagging and anger.
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.
Kwadang!
Midwinter, who ugly-slammed his butt in front of me.
And the sound of breathing like a storm follows.
“Haaaaa! Haaaaa! Haaaaa!”
This time, Midwinter lost the battle with me.
However, in the middle of winter, the expression seemed full of coolness.
“Hah! All right, next time! Haaaaa! Never lose! Haaah!”
“Yes, yes. Work hard.”
“Hah! Haaah! Laugh your heart out now!”
“I’m not smiling…”
In fact, it was the middle of winter that made me laugh.
The reason why my face was filled with coolness in the middle of winter was simple.
In the first place, today’s fight was not about winning or losing…
“Sigh… Are you taking me with you now? Whoa…”
This was because it was a test to get the party members to join the group heading to the Mountain of Darkness.
I shrugged my shoulders and answered Midwinter’s words.
“That depends on your sisters’ decision.”
It was me who fought, but it was Min Ha-yeon and her group who made the decision.
The three people who were watching the battle in the middle of winter from afar were talking to each other.
It was decided to take him from the beginning, but…
“Madam… Go quickly and tell me. “I fight so well!”
Midwinter, unaware of that fact, began to scold me.
I answered with a snort.
“Who will listen to you if you ask for something like that?”
“Madam…”
Midwinter was irritated even as she took her breath away…
“My… Please go and tell me…”
“Ohh…”
He started asking me for favors with an unusually gentle expression.
However, perhaps because the request was made while lying down, it didn’t feel gentle…
‘What… It’s probably because it’s difficult.’
Now in the middle of winter, it seemed like she didn’t even have the strength to lift a finger.
It also meant that I did my best when fighting with me.
When I heard that request in the middle of winter…
“What… “I’ll go and tell you.”
“Hehe, hurry up and tell me! Let’s take him with us!”
“… “Hearing that makes me not want to go?”
“Oh, it’s really expensive. All you have to do is ask once. Quickly!!”
In the middle of winter, I raised my hands and headed towards Min Ha-yeon and her group.
But as I headed towards Min Ha-yeon and her group, my doubts came back.
‘What… ? I thought you would say something based on the scene I saw earlier.’
In the middle of winter, I saw Namgung Yuha and I are coming out of the room together.
Even at the moment that Midwinter witnessed, Namgung Yuha had his arms around me.
It was a situation where anyone would have doubts and comments.
But in the middle of winter…
‘I don’t even mention it.’
He didn’t say a word about it.
As if he had never seen such a scene…
Instead of saying a single word, he even laughed heartily as usual.
‘I don’t know.’
I arrived at the place where Min Ha-yeon and her group were with such anxious feelings.
The three people responded right away when they saw me.
“Let’s take him with us.”
“It’s fast.”
I was planning on taking him with me from the beginning, but I probably wanted to see at least some level of skill.
And in their opinion, they decided that Midwinter had sufficiently proven their skills.
But it wasn’t like there was no worry.
Han Bom held my hand and spoke in a sincere tone.
“Mister… “I hope winter takes care of you.”
Han Bom’s eyes showed her sincere concern for her younger brother.
I held Han Bom’s hand and reassured her with her sincere voice.
“Don’t worry. No matter what happens, I will protect you.”
“Hi-Hi… Thank you.”
As I was holding Hanbom and her hand, I heard Midwinter’s loud voice from behind.
“Why don’t you kiss here too!?”
“Ha…”
Mid-spring frowns with a sigh at the loud voice of mid-winter.
However, apart from being annoyed, there seemed to be no intention of reversing the decision.
“Mister, please go and speak well.”
“Yes.”
I went to Midwinter, who was still lying on the floor, and explained the results.
“Because we are leaving this evening. Be well-prepared.”
“Yay!”
“You know, the place we’re going is not an ordinary place.”
“I know it well~”
Midwinter woke up humming, and suddenly he jumped up and said to me.
“Don’t worry, everything is already ready.”
“You said you’re ready, so where are you going?”
Midwinter properly answered my question, which I thought could be ignored.
“I’m going to say hello to the commander and the troops!”
Midwinter left the training room without leaving those words.
As Midwinter left, Min Ha-yeon and her group came up to me and laughed helplessly.
“But… “I don’t know when he’ll come back, so I have to say hello.”
Everyone nodded at Min Ha-yeon’s words.
Although I spent less than half a year with my unit members, my memories with them will never be light.
Because they are colleagues who fought the war together…
I nodded and said to my companions.
“Let’s check again before we go.”
“Yes.”
I began to review our luggage once again with Min Ha-yeon and her group.
***
The entrance to the Mountain of Darkness, which is usually guarded by a few soldiers.
Unlike usual, many people had gathered at the entrance.
The thing that filled the entrance to the Mountain of Darkness was Seong Su-ho and his group and the people who saw them off.
There were only six people in Seong Su-ho’s group, but there were countless people who saw them off.
And most of the people who saw them off belonged to one organization.
“Did you take the potion well?”
It was Izanka and her troops.
And the person they see off…
“Do not worry. Because I took care of it.”
It was the middle of winter.
Midwinter grumbled as he watched Izanka nagging him.
“I am not a child…”
“You sound like a child!”
“Oh, surprise…”
Izanka yells at Midwinter so loudly that she wonders if it is right to see her off.
This Janka placed her hand on her wintry shoulder and spoke to her in her serious voice.
“I heard that the Mountain of Darkness is quite a dangerous place.”
It was originally a confidential fact, but because of Seong Su-ho and his party, the Mountain of Darkness became known everywhere.
A mountain where no one enters and returns.
I was planning to enter that mountain even in the middle of winter.
But there was no worry or worry on Midwinter’s face.
“Do not worry. “The captain knows better that our sisters are strong.”
“Okay… I admit that.”
Izanka also admitted that.
The fact that not only Seongsu-ho, but also Seongsu-ho’s party members are individually strong enough to rival an army.
But that was only because the party members were strong.
“That’s not you.”
“Woo… “Are you ignoring me now?”
“Yes, ignoring it.”
“Eh… ?”
Midwinter never thought that his captain would kill his spirit like this.
While regret was flooding in, Izanka hardened her expression and continued her words.
“As you know, Yggdrasil is a harsh place.”
It was a statement that everyone nodded their heads in approval.
“No matter how strong humans are, they are mere insignificant creatures in nature. “A human being can die by drinking a sip of water from a stream he has never seen.”
Midwinter listened to Izanka’s words with a serious attitude.
“Never overconfident yourself in nature. That’s the advice I can give.”
“… I’ll keep that in mind.”
The reason why Midwinter recognized Izanka as the captain was not just because of his brute force.
Izanka was a true warrior who personally experienced countless wars and harsh nature.
The advice of such a warrior is…
“I will never forget.”
It was engraved in my heart in the middle of winter.
When the advice ended like that…
“Check again. How many water droplets of Hwajeong did you take?”
Hwajeong’s water drop was a potion that radiated warmth for a certain period of time when drunk.
Although the maintenance time is short and there is a cooldown, it was one of the best items for midwinter.
Although it cannot eliminate the chill, it instills a sense of stability in the body and mind.
“Oh my… “How many times do you say it?”
“No matter how many times I tell you, it’s not enough! Everyone in this unit knows that you are weak to the cold!”
“Ugh…”
As Izanka said, one of the weaknesses of midwinter was the cold.
The trauma I had before coming to Yggdrasil.
But ironically, thanks to that trauma, folktale elementalism appeared in job recommendations.
‘Ten spare coats. I also brought 100 hand warmers… ‘I guess this is enough for the potion, right?’
Of course, that elemental magic made me weaker against cold.
Midwinter checked the inventory again and then answered.
“I took 100. “I can’t keep using it anyway because of the cooldown time.”
“Hmm… Then take this with you!”
“Ouch!”
This Janka handed over 100 of her hand warmers to Midwinter.
Said Izanka, who had put her mid-winter inventory up her sleeves and hugged her.
“Be sure to come back.”
“… I will definitely come back.”
Midwinter ended his greetings with Captain Janka Lee and his troops.
As soon as I finished saying hello, I ran to the group waiting in front of the entrance.
Among them, the one that stood out the most was definitely Seong Su-ho.
Seongsuho receiving a send-off from King Umbra.
Midwinter looked closely at Seong Su-ho and thought to himself.
‘Joy… Leave her sisters by her side and turn to another woman?’
Midwinter visited Seongsuho in the morning and witnessed this.
Namgung Yu-ha appears with Seong Su-ho in Seong Su-ho’s room…
And with arms crossed…
At that time, Midwinter wanted to run up to Seong Su-ho and yell at him.
But she…
‘No. It’s not a habit that can be corrected by me speaking out.’
I instinctively realized that that method was meaningless.
It was knowledge I felt from watching and learning from the side of one summer throughout my life.
A habit that cannot be changed for the rest of your life.
However, Midwinter decided to fix Seongsuho’s appearance in his own way.
‘If I keep fighting, I will win someday, right?’
There was a bet with Seong Su-ho.
Seong Su-ho said that he would not approach his sisters if they beat him.
Although Seongsuho is strong now…
‘If you keep fighting, learn to fight methods, and raise your skill level…’
She was confident that the day would come when she would defeat Seong Su-ho.
The moment you win even once, Midwinter wins.
Hehe… At that time, if you go and gently comfort that guy who is crying and clinging to you… ‘You can change a woman’s habits, right?’
In the middle of winter, an image of herself training Seongsuho appeared in her mind.
When we arrived at the place where her group was with a smile like that…
“… “Why are you laughing so hard?”
Seong Su-ho was looking at himself with wistful eyes.
“Oh, it’s nothing! Let’s go quickly.”
“… “Yes.”
Seong Su-ho and his group, all gathered together, are seen off by the others…
“Let’s go.”
“Yes!”
I entered the entrance to the Mountain of Darkness.
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.
As soon as I entered the entrance, darkness swept over me.
And at the same time…
“Huh? W, where am I?”
We arrived at a completely different place than where we were before.
I remembered the precautions I had heard before entering the Mountain of Darkness.
“I said once you go in, you can’t come out, right? That means… Is this the concept of moving to a completely different place?”
Midwinter thought like that and looked around.
“Madam… “I’m sure I’m not alone, right?”
Izanka’s advice that suddenly passes by.
(Humans are mere insignificant creatures in front of nature.)
As Midwinter remembered this Janka’s advice, a feeling of anxiety crept in, and a chill began to creep into his shoulders.
“Haaa… I’m really alone… ?”
It was a moment when white fear spewed out from my lips along with the permeating chill.
“Wha!?”
Suddenly something hot was placed on my shoulder.
Midwinter, startled and startled, turned around and confirmed the identity of the hot object.
The identity of the hot object is…
“Phew… Fortunately, not everyone was scattered.”
It was the warm hand of Seong Su-ho, who had an expression of relief.
