## Chapter 272 – Lovers (1)
Clatter, clatter.
Riding in the carriage, we were returning to the longed-for Knights Order.
Leaning back against the plush sofa, I was comfortably enjoying the ride.
Ethan, sitting across from me, was simply examining the interior of the carriage, as if he couldn’t quite grasp the situation.
“…Why would they give us such a luxurious carriage when it’s just the two of us?”
“Who knows?”
Despite it being just Ethan and me, we were able to ride in the Master of the Magic Tower’s carriage.
What’s more, the carriage was also carrying supplies for the Black Knights Order in the back.
Potions, medicines, spell scrolls, and gold coins.
The amount was considerable.
Eva said that the gold alone was enough for the Black Knights Order to live comfortably for several years.
Our Master of the Magic Tower.
She really has a big hand.
Enjoying the carriage ride with a sense of pride, I soon began to see familiar roads.
The guards seemed to recognize the Magic Tower Master’s carriage, as they naturally moved aside and quickly opened the gates.
I wondered if they would have done the same if they knew it was just us inside.
Anyway, thanks to that, the carriage was able to go straight to the front yard of the Black Knights Order.
“Commander! A carriage…!”
“What is this…”
The members and the commander, who were gathered for morning training, were startled and rushed over.
They stood in front of the carriage with tense expressions.
Perhaps they thought it was the Magic Tower Master’s procession.
“Hey, why is the Magic Tower Master here again…”
“Ah! Isn’t it the one-month anniversary today!”
“Has it already been a month for Sunghan and Ethan? So they’re in there?”
“But this carriage… it’s a bit too extravagant…”
“It’s the Magic Tower Master’s carriage. She probably gave them a ride as a favor.”
The members began to whisper in front of the carriage.
Thanks to that, we had troubled expressions on our faces.
“We missed the timing to get out.”
“I know…”
Even Commander Dana was standing in front of the carriage with a tense face, making it even more awkward.
Still, the coachman was starting to look troubled, so we had to get out.
“Hoo.”
After taking a deep breath, I slowly opened the carriage door and stepped out.
The familiar smell of earth and scenery were visible through the crack in the door.
Click.
Squeak.
As soon as I opened the door, everyone tried to bow, so I held out my hand to stop them.
“It’s me.”
“Sunghan?”
“I’m, I’m back.”
“Ethan… and?”
When Ethan and I got out, Commander Dana looked at the carriage, wondering if there was anyone else to get out.
The other members were the same.
However, no one else got out.
“No one else is getting out.”
When I said that, Commander Dana looked at the carriage with a bewildered expression.
“Then this carriage is…”
“She lent it to us.”
“…To you guys?”
“Yes, the Magic Tower Master was kind enough to do us a favor…”
Commander Dana said that no one would lend such a carriage as a favor, but.
Since such a case was right in front of her, Commander Dana frowned but seemed to accept the fact.
“Okay… What about the luggage in the back of the carriage?”
“It’s a gift.”
“…This too, as a favor?”
“Yes.”
At the word “gift,” the members excitedly began to move the gifts.
It seemed it would take a while for the burly knights to carry each box.
The amount of boxes was quite large.
Eva, the Master of the Magic Tower, had received a tremendous gift as a mage and filled the carriage, saying it wouldn’t be polite to send us back empty-handed.
From what I heard, the potions alone were enough to set up two or three stores.
Commander Dana approached me with a serious expression.
And asked in a small voice.
“That… you didn’t do anything, did you?”
“…I just cast some enhancement magic.”
It wasn’t a lie.
Well, it was an extension of magic, so to speak.
I did do this and that.
“…Anyway, thank you. Thanks to you, our Knights Order will be a little more prosperous for the first time in a while.”
Commander Dana chuckled and patted me on the back.
“It’s nothing. Please say hello to Ethan too.”
Ethan, who had been standing a little distance away, hesitating, walked closer when his name was mentioned.
“Well, good work, Ethan.”
“Yes!”
Was he that happy?
As I was watching the two people’s touching reunion, I returned to reality.
***
“Phew…”
I cleared quite a few quests this time.
Thanks to that, my skill levels also increased a lot.
Above all.
The level of the quest board has increased.
I put aside the other skills and checked it first.
“Hmph…”
On the surface, nothing had changed.
However, a new icon of sorts had appeared among the quests.
Two icons in the shape of people.
“Could it be…”
Could it be that two people can enter?
Into the quest world?
Or maybe it’s the opposite.
That I can bring someone out of the quest world.
I was curious, but I decided to postpone the confirmation for later.
Right now, I need a little rest—
Knock knock.
“Huh?”
At the sound of knocking, I headed to the door.
Why didn’t they press the doorbell and knocked instead?
I wondered, but I opened the door anyway.
Rustle.
There was no one there, but something had arrived in front of the door.
“…I didn’t order anything.”
When I picked up the bag, it turned out to be nachos.
It was a menu I would never order.
I couldn’t have ordered it by mistake.
“Did it get delivered to the wrong place?”
I was thinking that when someone hurriedly ran up from outside.
‘Is it the delivery person?’
I thought it was the delivery person who had delivered it to the wrong place, but.
The face was familiar.
A solid physique and a face I could now draw with my eyes closed.
“Hanna?”
“Ah! It arrived first. I’m late.”
Saying that, Hanna pushed me, holding the bag, into the house.
“Come on, come on!”
“Huh? Huh?”
It wasn’t a strong push, but it was clear that she wanted me to go inside, so I took the bag and went into the house.
The sudden guest took the bag and looked at the contents with a happy face.
It was the expression of someone who had received the food they were expecting.
“I ordered it.”
“Really?”
I thought so.
But—
“Suddenly?”
That was the question.
At that, Hanna gave a meaningful smile.
“I got something good. I thought it would be nice to eat while watching it.”
“That’s…”
At the same time, Hanna took out a small USB.
Without explaining what she had gotten, she sat me down on the sofa and set up the food.
I sat still and watched Hanna setting things up, and after setting up the video, she sat next to me.
And the video started playing.
[10 Influencers and a Luxurious Resort]
Subtitles appeared, and a familiar place was shown.
A scene from a broadcast program.
However, the place where the broadcast was taking place was familiar.
“This is…”
As soon as I saw it, memories came flooding back.
“It’s the pre-edited version of the broadcast we filmed back then.”
So it’s really being broadcast.
It was a bit unpolished because it was a pre-edited version, but it was amazing to see the video edited like a broadcast.
It felt really strange that I was appearing in such a video.
I felt embarrassed every time I was caught on camera and buried myself in the sofa.
“Ah, you’re embarrassed.”
Hanna watched me like that with amusement and laughed.
She said she was the same and patted me on the shoulder as a broadcast senior.
Seeing it like this, the feeling was different again.
“Do you see it there? At the beginning, the men and women are scared of Oppa?”
“…It’s true.”
I didn’t know at all.
Looking at it from a step back like this, I could feel it a little.
Then, after talking to me, everyone started to relax.
Although the makeup made my first impression better.
The basic size and appearance of the person couldn’t be hidden.
The appearance of the situation room, which I could never have known, also came out.
People were watching us and reacting.
Among them, Hanna was especially often caught on camera.
“Isn’t the video catching you too often?”
“Hey~ I’m a popular model, you know~”
It was an arrogant and brazen reaction, but it was a fact, so it looked like confidence.
A popular model.
It’s true, but it felt a bit awkward.
Because Hanna in the broadcast was like a different person from the one she showed me.
Of course, either way is good.
“Such a model comes to our house without even contacting us…”
“Hehe… I’ve already memorized the door lock number.”
I chuckled.
Well, if it’s Hanna, I’d welcome her even if she opened the door and came in anytime, so a number is nothing.
“Next time, don’t knock and just come in.”
“Eh… okay…”
Suddenly shy, Hanna brushed her hair back.
Then she suddenly ate a nacho.
She even fanned herself with her hand, as if it was hot.
I also ate some food and continued to watch the video.
We decided to skip through the video in the middle.
Mainly to the parts where I or Hanna appeared.
The video was long, and we were only interested in each other, so it was a natural result.
Because it was a dating program, it was mainly edited with situations that would make people’s hearts flutter.
So, in the beginning, there was almost no footage of me.
However, after a certain point, I was often shown.
To the point where there was no need to skip.
“Look. You were totally the main character.”
“I guess so…”
At some point, my mind was elsewhere.
Was it the power of the dating program?
Or was it because of the number of people displayed on the quest board I saw earlier?
Suddenly, I had such a thought.
‘What is the relationship between Hanna and me…’
It was a bit ambiguous.
Deeper than lovers, but not actually dating.
So suddenly, these words came out.
“Should we date?”
Words that seemed to be mixed up in order.
Hanna looked at me with slightly widened eyes for a moment.
Then she gave a playful smile.
“Hmph, I’ll think about it.”
“…Never mind if you don’t want to.”
“Ah~ why are you like that~”
Hanna naturally clung to my arm.
And looked up at me and said.
“Okay.”
It was an awkward confession, but I somehow succeeded.
