Chapter 205 – 205 – Tan, Tena
It’s a slightly different story, but I also found out something about ‘replacing porters with golems’.
Magic Tower’s automatic golem business. This was the basis for Adamantone ruthlessly cutting me off.
It was also the starting point of my many twists and turns.
It seems that Danar started the business in the process of improving ‘Barragand’.
Economies of scale also lead to high quality. Danar wanted to create a more realistic experience through Baragand, so he invested a huge amount of money.
Of course, the ultimate goal was to get a new body someday and make a fresh start.
In order not to be suspected of wasting the national treasury for personal reasons, Danar claimed that his goal was to take over the porter industry.
And after looking around, I had to make a prototype, commercialize it, and show a clear result.
The porter golem was ultimately introduced to the market for that reason.
Okay. The fact that several porters, including me, unfairly lost their jobs was ultimately the fault of Danar’s children.
However, this phenomenon is unlikely to last long. The practicality of the porter golem is still a joke.
Falling into a ditch, falling, and quickly discharging. Even if it burns down along with the precious luggage.
The only golem that can transport cargo like a real porter is the ‘Barragand’ type.
It’s just a ‘mental golem’ that only the rich can afford. It is better to just spend the time of the porter spreading out. At least not yet.
Rather, combat positions are being replaced more quickly. I only realized it after the situation was over, but it seems that Billena’s father sent in hordes of battle golems to fight with us.
At first glance, I didn’t even notice it because it resembled a person. I thought he was a mercenary brought by Lord.
One more thing.
Even if my job loss wasn’t his fault, there’s no room for excuses.
‘Danar himself will determine the aptitude of all the people in the world.’ Such a twisted dream was not empty words at all.
Being persecuted for being born as a porter and not being able to live as a complete individual are all due to the corruption of this world. So, it was his intention to step forward and fix it.
So Danar boldly caught and dissected some of the demon kings’ fragments without their knowledge. Then, I took out the heart with the ancient pattern engraved on it and created that ‘aptitude confiscation device’.
Things went smoothly up to that point, but everything was taken away by Mitra, who was looking for an opportunity. Fortunately, Mithra was stopped by us later.
In the end, I heard that Lord had secured Edin’s heart. To talk to Edin himself and destroy him according to his own will.
However, Armatam’s Hero Task Force, which arrived late, is showing interest in the item. The same goes for special envoys sent by various countries to understand the situation.
Although it is said that it is to ‘secure evidence to prove Danar’s criminal charges,’ it seems that Lord does not believe that everyone’s intentions are pure.
···The situation is very complicated.
It’s complicated to know what kind of guy Danar should be.
What I did to feel sorry for this bastard is so shitty. But it’s not easy to hate him, considering what happened to him.
The scales of the two arms of the heart are precariously balanced.
One thing is certain. It seems that the mother was really caught by a poisonous child.
In order to avoid being discovered by the Demon King, Danar worked very hard to find her mother in the Demon World. We have summarized all the small resistance forces believed to be led by Kale Bantai.
Organizational charts, materials on the resistance, and montages of eyewitnesses that may or may not be my mother’s…
In addition to carrying his research materials, he also prepared a briefcase to carry them. The Skirnir forest keeper willingly helped with organizing and putting it away.
As he puts his bag on his shoulder, a feather slowly lands on the scale plate on the side of forgiveness.
Of course, it is not enough weight to completely tip the scales. But on the other hand, the equilibrium was clearly broken.
“···I think it’s hard to forgive you, even if it’s because of my colleagues who almost died because of you.”
“Is that so?”
“But I wish you good luck with your wish to get healthier. Thank you for passing on the clues to finding your mother.”
So I decided to end with a well-wish. Danar took a deep breath. And he sighed as if he was lamenting.
“···I see a side of you that resembles your mother.”
“Thank you.”
“He is reckless compared to his abilities, and even if he is not confident, he attacks. As if he wants to end his short life even shorter, he performs truly dangerous stunts at every moment.”
I tried to say good things, but what came back was bad words? Your late mother taught you that…
“Nevertheless, in the end, he gets what he wants. Just as he laughs at those who are ordinary, unlucky people like me, and who look at the dangerous situation with concern.”
···Good thing I just kept it in my heart. After all, you have to listen to what others say to the end.
“Of course, it may be that Calais just disappeared and died in that fire. I have been chasing illusions all this time, and I may just be giving you a delusion. Investigating small corpses is a matter with many variables.”
···Was it really an evil joke?
“If so, you and your sister will be the last traces Calais leaves on the world.”
“So?”
“So, when the Demon King threw the holy spear at you, he would have thrown it even if the only thing he put in between it was my real body.”
How should I accept this? Is it sincere?
Do you want to say that moving Baragand to protect me wasn’t at the level of, as I put it, ‘a favor shown by moving a toy’?
Or did he mean that he did not care much for his sick body that could not get out of his hospital bed on his own?
“That’s just the way it is. You are free to believe it or not.”
I’m not sure. However, Danar looks like he regrets having to say that.
And on the other hand, I feel like I’m remembering something, looking for traces of my mother on my face.
“There is no reason to believe that story… But I will believe it. On the other hand, there is nothing to lose by believing it.”
Danar nodded his head slowly. And his face became lighter, as if he had lost some of his regrets.
Tossing and turning in the hospital bed to find a comfortable position, Danar said softly.
“I feel relieved. The end is near. Now go. I need to get some rest.”
And he added something smaller.
“Once. Once I wanted to live a better life…”
Who wouldn’t it be?
“Calais, if I had the courage to hold on to you…
···What?
Danar’s words felt like hitting me on the back of the head with a hammer. I blinked and looked around.
Have the courage to hold on. The courage to hold on…
I feel like I forgot something important. I guess my head wasn’t normal because I rolled and exploded.
My right arm is also throbbing like crazy.
I immediately kicked down the door and ran like crazy. Eostre and Skate followed after me without even knowing what was going on.
“What, what?”
“Tan? Is there something that comes to mind?”
“Run while saying something! What’s going on? You’re not running away from us, are you?”
“Tan? I’m saying this because I’m worried, but you’re still a patient, right? Is it okay to run like that?”
That’s right. Tan Bhan Thai is a patient. There is no way my body, which has been overworked in one way or another, will be fine.
I heard that the sister was having a hard time because her right front arm, which was almost cut off by Mithra-Thena’s sword, was difficult to attach properly.
Running for a patient who underwent joint surgery.
I was overconfident about my health and sprinted up the stairs, but soon I was so exhausted that I almost fell, holding on to the stair railing.
Eostre grabbed my backside and lifted me up, holding my buttocks tightly like a princess or a puppy. And he speaks with a determined expression.
I felt like I was acting foolishly at the wrong time. Eostre smiled and said to me as she was held in her arms.
“Where should I go?”
“···Now that I think about it, it would be much better this way. Could you take me to the women’s ward area?”
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“Wow. This is the bantha riding the ‘Porter of Salvation’. Please sign.”
There is a smiling Eshen holding out a newspaper with a face as big as mine.
There is also Garam who plays with Eshen by kicking each other.
“What? Did she come to play because she couldn’t stand it anymore and was bored?”
“Tan, a patient shouldn’t be walking around like that!”
“If a man swings open the door to the women’s ward and swings it open, he can’t come in. He might be changing his clothes. Didn’t the receptionist stop him?”
There is Nidro, who laughs angrily, and Sister Monica, who expresses that she is joking with her facial expressions.
Florica and Isilun, who are playing cards with each other, and Morgan and Villena, who are bickering about something I don’t now and then flinch when they see me, are all safe.
Leni, Nenya, and Erina, who are processing the party’s paperwork in a quiet corner away from the commotion, wave their hands in this direction.
And, and…
“Are you here now?”
“Tenna.”
On the bed next to the widest window, there is a TENA Everlight.
Her light blue hair was braided nicely. It looks a little different from usual. This is because I pinned my bangs because it interfered with my reading.
The bright blue eyes seem to see right through my soul, but the eyelids draw a playful arc.
When I think about it, my heart beats so hard every time I look into your eyes. It was doubly so when I saw his eye smile.
“Why did you come now?”
“Oh. I’m questioning Tena. What happened?”
“Shh.”
Tena’s expression is innocent. She even smiles kindly.
But I actually felt my heart throbbing at that smile.
“Of course you should come to me first. I wanted to see Tan too.”
“I’m sorry.”
“What am I sorry about? I wish I had come now. Just sit here and stay for a while. They say the food in the women’s ward tastes better.”
“It’s my fault.”
“···Are you just going to keep apologizing? That’s okay.”
“I… I hurt you. It wasn’t you. It was me.”
Colleagues who didn’t know the English language took turns looking at me and Tena.
“What? Did you fight?”
“What do you mean?”
“What do you mean, Tan? Tan hurt Tena? Do you have the ability to do that? It was Tena who took my knife and put a stab in Tan’s arm.”
Tena, who looked dizzy at Leni’s harsh words, said while lightly stroking her bandaged arm.
“Did you hear? I hurt you too. Let’s not waste time apologizing, let’s laugh.”
“That’s what Mithras did. I did it myself.”
“Is there a need to apologize in such a hurry? Between us. First, we all laugh and talk together, eat and drink again, laugh and talk again, and then when it’s time to go to sleep. If only you say it then and in small, reluctant ways.”
Thena smiled brightly and spread her arms wide. Her Thena attitude appears to be one of freshness and lack of wariness towards the opposite sex. She or she seemed to be the natural of an old lover.
I couldn’t resist and was pulled into her arms. Tena whispers as she hugs me and pats my back.
“Then I was just going to forgive you.”
“Stop.”
Eshen slithered over to us and bared his teeth as he put his face under the cage we were hugging.
Garam mutters in confusion behind him. ‘It won’t be easy to do that, but in a way, acting without walls is an ability.’
“What’s going on, kids? Is there something that only you two know?”
“···There was something like that.”
“What is that, Tan? Don’t you sing it right?”
The pattern of Goddess Ishtar engraved on the Great Warrior allows us to look deep into the spirit of the person she finds sexually attractive.
Perhaps it was some kind of hunting method. It may be a power that exists to make it easier to seduce a partner and plunge them into a crucible of lust.
However, Ishtar did not give me much advice about its use.
And recently, when he went into suspended animation while holding Thena’s arm. When she fainted with my lips on Thena’s lips…
With the power given to open the other person’s heart, I opened my closed memories.
And then I dug up my sins that had been buried inside.
But Thena remembered it.
“We didn’t fight. It’s not a big deal. Don’t apologize, Tan. Don’t cry.”
Tena gently pushed me away and then looked back at the party members.
Maybe you know now. That they were my lover, or that I had slept with them at least once.
I looked into Thena’s mind. And I saw what was inside.
If I were in Thena’s shoes, she might have exploded in anger. She may have gone mad, wailing, and disappeared beyond the snowy forests of Elan.
Edin, a noble seeker, drew his sword and killed his dear friend. Danar suffered more from the fact that his love was taken away from him because he was not perfect than from the fact that he was not perfect.
“I have a favor to ask of everyone.”
However, Thena did not show any signs of agitation and just spoke calmly.
“Can you leave the room for a moment? I have something to share with Tan alone.”
