Chapter 98 – Female Knight
As she felt the sunlight brush her face, Netoru realized that morning had come. But maybe it was because she overreacted yesterday. Her body is heavy So it was time she was tossing and turning on her body for a while rather than getting up right away.
Suddenly, Netoru felt something strange.
What should she say
Should I say that I feel like someone is looking at me from a while ago? No, this is not an illusion. It was too late for her to notice because she was tired. Her senses were dulled.
Belatedly realizing her gaze, Tohru Net turned her body over and opened her eyes.
Then, I don’t know when she came into her room, but she saw Ceres staring right nearby.
As the bright morning sun roamed around the hospital room, it seemed that the hand was reaching Ceres as well, and her pale skin was shining brightly.
Why is this lady here? Netoru looked at Ceres with her head tilted, and Ceres continued to stare at her without avoiding her gaze.
A strange silence hovered between the two.
Ceres, who had been silently staring at the four mounds with purple eyes for a while, sighed and spoke up.
“You···. How long will you be sleeping Do you know what time it is?”
“…What time is it now?”
“It’s already past 9 o’clock.”
“·······”
This is a bit surprising In response to Ceres’ answer, Netoru wiped his face as if to drive away sleep energy. I guess I was really tired. Did you sleep that long?
So Ceres must have come to the hospital room herself. Since I couldn’t see his face, he must have come to check on himself.
Of course, if it was normal, there was no way I could sleep this late. Even so, the reason Netoru was able to sleep in comfortably was because the unit was stationed in the city.
Besides, Netoru was currently hospitalized.
In a way, it was no different from enjoying freedom with the excuse of recovery. Putting aside being tired in that respect, Netoru might have relaxed in his own way.
If it had been in Area 39, it would never have been so messy. If it had been there, he would have always maintained a sense of tension like a sharpened sword.
“Really. I don’t even go to the restaurant for breakfast. Don’t you know that there’s nothing good for a patient to filter his rice?”
Seeing that Netoru was still moving slowly after waking up, Ceres put her hands on her hips and sighed again, perhaps feeling frustrated at the sight.
You came to me like this in the morning, nagging me…
Netoru laughed.
He wasn’t particularly offended because it was the nagging of a beauty. Rather, her clear voice helps her wake up.
Irrespective of Ceres’ stinging eyes, Netoru yawned at her and asked her.
“…It must be late to go to the restaurant now?”
“Of course.”
“Is it.”
Netoru licked her lips and stroked her belly, feeling regretful.
Even so, the holy cavalry pilots consumed more calories than ordinary people. It was because of the magical nervous system inside the body. So, it was natural to be hungry in the morning.
“Are you very hungry?”
“No it’s okay. Well, you can wait until lunch.”
There is no need to suddenly go into battle anyway. So, enduring hunger is not much of a problem.
─Bussleuk
But then something sounded. When she turned her head, she saw Ceres holding out a paper bag with her right hand.
“I got it because I asked for it at the restaurant.”
“Because of me?”
“…Then who do you think brought it for?”
Ceres, grumbling as if asking for something obvious, began to lightly shake the paper bag she was holding. It was a gesture to get it quickly. In response to her actions, Netoru received a paper bag and looked at it.
She didn’t expect much, but inside the bag was a large piece of hard-looking bread. Is this from this morning? It may be unavoidable given the city situation.
The poor food situation is familiar anyway. In the past, there were times when I fought for days and days with only an energy bar for a holy cavalry pilot in my mouth.
Netoru started biting off the chewy, yet tough bread. While she was solving breakfast so quickly, Ceres, who was still beside her, hinted.
“If you eat all of that, wash it quickly. Soon the Commander will summon her men and say they have something to talk about.”
Convocation
Is it about the Elflandia I heard about yesterday? It’s something she’s already heard directly from Rien, but that doesn’t mean she can’t be left alone. Netoru nodded her head.
2.
That night. Natsuo couldn’t sleep at all.
It was because I was very concerned about the strange behavior of the blond man who came by suddenly, and Karen, who had been in the man’s room for a long time and then came out.
Her head seems to be spinning. The sunlight coming through the window was hurting my eyes instead of pleasing me.
··· Karen wondered why she had come to see the blond guy at that time.
The guy whispered from the inside as if to give me the answer.
—It seems to me that the two enjoyed a secret relationship.
“···Noisy.”
-Think carefully. Otherwise, why would her man and woman meet at that hour?
“···Shut up.”
─You already have her girl taken away. He might already have her body and mind.
“Please shut up.”
Natsuo shouted, covering her ears. Fortunately, did it work this time? The guy shut his mouth.
However, Natsuo’s mind was still filled with images of Karen and the blond man. I kept imagining them hugging each other on the bed.
I should have just slept instead of waking up then.
Caring what the man did to him, he couldn’t stay still. So Natsuo woke up. He grabbed the guy to ask what he just did.
But that was a mistake.
When Natsuo came out of the hospital room belatedly, the only thing Natsuo saw was Karen’s back as she entered the room amicably in the arms of a man.
At first I thought I was looking at it wrong. Why did Karen suddenly visit the blond man at this late hour?
But she couldn’t have misunderstood Karen’s back.
After all, did Karen mix her body with that man again?
Natsuo is an unknown territory. No matter how much she imagined it, she couldn’t figure out that much. It was not easy to imagine the bold child lying under the man.
I was so afraid. I don’t want to see Karen screaming under another man. The child she liked is being embraced by another man…
Then the guy whispered again. This time, it was a rare, worried voice.
-Hey. How is your body better than that? It doesn’t look very good to me either.
“It’s the worst…”
Natsuo even felt her dizziness and lowered her gloomy eyes to the floor. It must be because she couldn’t sleep properly at night. But he seemed to have a different idea.
─As expected. There seems to be a little problem with your magical nervous system.
“… You said there was a problem?”
─That’s right. I’m in worse shape than yesterday. I’m trying now, but it’s getting worse. I think it was because of that guy yesterday.
“·······”
It’s because of that man. What does this guy want to say now? Could it be that the blond man did something bad to my body yesterday?
Natsuo lifted her bowed head.
“What do you want to say right now…”
─Hmm? Really don’t know Did that man try to destroy your magical nervous system at night?
“…Break it?”
Is that possible? I’m not sure what the guy did yesterday, but he wasn’t in the mood to do anything bad. At least that level of notice existed.
I can’t believe this guy’s words in the first place.
-Don’t worry. Because I will somehow restore your body.
“…I trusted your words yesterday and suffered like that, so now I want you to believe that? Are they really helpful?”
—But isn’t it clear that things have improved? Do you really want to blame me for what happened yesterday?
“···That.”
“Natsuo. Are you inside?”
“…!”
Then Natsuo stopped thinking about Karen’s voice and brought her back to her senses. Turning her head, she suddenly saw Karen peeking out her face through the crack in the open door.
Natsuo stared blankly at Karen’s face.
Did you hear what I just said to myself? I was worried about that for a moment, but fortunately it didn’t seem like that. As she continued to look at her face, she let Karen tilt her head.
“What. Why are you so surprised?”
As she looked at her face, what she had been trying to erase from her mind came back. It was the image of her entering the hospital room together in the arms of a man.
What did Karen do yesterday? She really did she hug him. Maybe she was coquettish as if she was playing a lovely woman under him.
While her delusion was running amok, Natsuo managed to open her soft lips.
“Karen… Yesterday···.”
“Yesterday?”
“No···. Nothing.”
But Natsuo couldn’t bear to ask her.
Yesterday, Netoru, what did you do with that guy?
“What···. I feel bad for nothing. Anyway, before the convocation, Commander Rien said he has something to talk to the two of us, so prepare quickly.”
“…For the two of us?”
“Huh. I’d like to interview the two of you. They said it was related to a new mission this time.”
If the commander suddenly had an interview…
Natsuo tilted her head.
3.
Listen to Rien last night.
It seemed that the troops that withdrew from Area 47 due to the death worm were coming to Area 39 to search for Elflandia. Would you say that number is quite large?
But what really matters is
Some Knights troops were coming to District 39.
Maybe that’s why Elflandia cares.
No matter how bad they are because they are bordering each other, there is no time to worry about past bad ties at the present time when all mankind is at war with bugs.
So, the command’s true concern is that the situation in the neighboring country is not good, so that the bugs that were there might flow into this side.
…Well, whatever.
It was when Netoru, who had a decent breakfast thanks to Ceres, was walking down the hallway to wash his face.
Suddenly, Netoru stopped walking. It was because of a series of voices coming from near the hallway.
“…I didn’t know that Kerene’s sister would be among the articles saying support was coming.”
“I know. I was surprised too. I never expected to meet you here. After being kicked out of the Knights, I thought I would be abandoned somewhere in the Changgwan, but I couldn’t believe I was in a place like District 39. Would you be surprised if the other kids knew about this?”
“… Do you still hate me?”
“Oh. Did you know I would like you then? After all the fuss in the Knights. I should have just given it once, the old-school old man who made his partner a cripple because of how expensive my body is.”
“Sister···! Then I can’t help it…!”
“Stop making excuses and shut up bitch.”
“Ugh.”
Ceres lowered her eyes in fear at the high voice mixed with profanity. He cannot feel the will to resist. He was just trembling with a pale face. It was like watching a herbivore placed in front of a carnivore.
“Oh right. And I just saw something interesting.”
Looking down at Ceres, the red-haired woman twisted her mouth even more. She had a mocking smile.
“Banpun, who used to be afraid of men, was still acting as a reliable older sister among her little ones… Do you think the taste of young children’s dicks is a bit better?”
“Ah, no… My kids and I have that kind of relationship…”
Despite her insulting words and actions, Ceres hesitated. I wish I could say something back, but Netoru couldn’t help it, sighed and left.
He is my coupling partner. So I have to take care of it
