Chapter 36 – Worried
The necromancer was not far away.
As if he hadn’t even thought that his barrier would be broken, as soon as we approached, he shouted loudly, “There’s no way this could happen.” The moment the necromancer, who had been glaring at us with bloodshot eyes, was about to do something, the warrior who stood in front of him before he knew it completely cut off the necromancer’s head.
What should I say, it was a futile death unlike the one who created the barrier that put us all in danger just a moment ago.
For some reason, Cecilia covered my eyes the moment the necromancer was decapitated.
Should I thank you for your consideration?
I didn’t say much because I still didn’t want to see people die from being decapitated. Maybe it’s because I don’t want to show someone dying because I’m relatively young.
“Are you… Done?”
Ruril looked down at the necromancer with a dejected expression. Although it is a village so far away that you have to ride a carriage nonstop for several days, it is still a village within the Holy Kingdom, but to summon the undead and eat the village in a place like this.
He’s a guy whose liver has jumped overboard.
I looked around to see if there was anything useful, but like a necromancer, there were only items that gave off an eerie atmosphere, and there were no practical items that I could use.
Except for one.
“This..”
It’s a stick
Oh right.
My memory wasn’t perfect either, so I didn’t know there was an item in a place like this until I saw it. It was a usable staff in the beginning, but I remember that it was originally used by a necromancer, so it can be used after being purified by priests.
I remember that the effect was very strong as there was such a restriction. Was it a 10% increase in magic attribute efficiency? Later, there are wands with even more insane performance, so they are only used in the beginning and are not used after that, but they are perfect for me now.
“That..”
The hero looked down at the staff with a subtle expression.
“Hmm.. I guess it was the staff used by the necromancer? More like a road than a staff, but…”
Oh, was it loaded?
Cecilia’s expression stiffened slightly as she looked around for the rod I called a staff.
“I can’t use this.”
“What? Why?”
Ruril, who was looking down at Rod with a curious expression, asked back with a puzzled expression at Cecilia’s question.
“It’s because the necromancer wrote it, so it’s under a terrible curse. I can feel it in the jewel in the front here.”
“Well, then I’ll throw it away right away…!”
“Hmm..”
Cecilia turned to me.
As for the in-game Rumia, when we first meet her she doesn’t have a rod or staff. She only uses magic with her hands, but she still has enough firepower.
In the first place, the rods and staffs possessed by magicians are very expensive, so even D-rank Lumia cannot touch them. It would be nice if I had a magic wand, but since the money required to lift the curse on the wand is money, I’d rather not…
Shaaa
“..?”
“Okay, it’s over~”
A thunderous light seemed to illuminate the cave, and the amethyst, which had been shining ominously in purple, had changed to a blue sapphire. It means that the contaminated mana stone has become a pure mana stone.
In other words, in the game, I had to give money to the priest and ask for it, but somehow Cecilia did it herself. Looking at the outside, it seems that the curse has been completely lifted and purified, but the ominous feeling that I felt even before was not felt at all now.
I haven’t personally seen the cleric purify in the game, so I don’t know what the difference is between what Cecilia did and what Cecilia did.
I looked down at the road that was being held out to me, then at Cecilia. Cecilia smiled at my gaze and handed it over as if asking me to take it quickly.
Accepting her helplessly, I cast her questioning gaze at her. She gave explanations to the hero and Ruril, but it’s normal for me not to listen to those explanations. Sensing my gaze, Cecilia wrote her words on her paper and handed it to me with an expression of pity on her.
Of course, the text contained an explanation of the current situation. There were many curses in the rod she got from the necromancer, so she purified it herself and it was written that she could use it if she wanted to.
After reading it, I raised her head again and looked at Cecilia. Cecilia was looking at me with her eyes wide open, as if she were asking for my compliments. Even if you look at me with that expression, Rumia isn’t the type to give compliments…
In the first place, the character of Rumia I know is only as described in the game, so she doesn’t know what to do in this situation.
I’ve been lucky so far…
No, maybe the hero is guessing about my identity. She’s a guy who came back from the future, but wouldn’t it be natural to think it’s strange if the present me behaved differently?
Other than that, she hasn’t said anything to me and always treats me as if she’s the real Rumia, so she just thinks she hasn’t been caught yet.
Of course, when I first came here, I had no other thoughts than to survive, so I tried to hide it by somehow making myself think I was Rumia. If I had been moving carefully to the end and had met forgiveness for the first time, I might have told the truth then.
However, the meeting with the hero was already after Rumia had originally met, and even the hero was expected to be a regressor. Isn’t that a pure love warrior who returned to the past to save Rumia, who sacrificed himself only to save the world?
What would the hero do to me if I told him that he was actually not Rumia and that he was someone who took over Rumia’s body? I was so afraid of it, so I kept hiding it because of the anxiety of not knowing what would happen.
Even though I knew I was deceiving the hero, I couldn’t stop.
…
What can I say.. After being saved by the hero in a crisis situation, I kept hearing that strange feeling that I was deceiving the hero. At first, I didn’t even care about the warrior because I thought I had to live first, but now that I think about it, it was really selfish.
But… Right now I’m a man, and I’m supposed to be hugged by a man, and if I don’t, the world will perish. Does it make sense to think rationally and think of others first? That’s what a true saint and a saint is.
At least I wasn’t
I… I’m not at fault.
I was just an ordinary male college student who played this game a little bit. If you’re looking for a bad guy, it’s not me, but the game developer who sent me to this place is worse. I just played Rumia because I wanted to survive.
It’s just… That’s it…
Why should I feel guilty?
“…”
Tuk tuk
“..!”
Ah..
Right..
You were talking to Cecilia..?
“Ummm.. You don’t like my present..?”
“That wouldn’t be it. If you look at the load and think about it, isn’t it because you’re checking to see if there’s a problem?”
“…”
It wasn’t like that.
It was only because of how the situation was going well, the sense of security after being saved by the hero, and the subtle comfort felt whenever he was with the hero. Right now I’m deceiving the hero… What would happen if the hero knew who I was…
That’s what I thought.
But you shouldn’t reveal it now.
I received the load that Cecilia handed me while hiding my feelings inside as before.
The road, which had been shining ominously in purple to make my complex mind colorless, was shining innocently in blue.
“Shall we go back then?”
The hero asked while checking the location of the cave again.
Originally, Rurill said that he went out of town to go to Latikan to ask for help, so in a way, the work was done well. I looked back at Ruril’s happy expression, then turned my head and looked down at Rod.
“…”
While looking down at the road, I vaguely felt that the hero was looking carefully at me. It seemed to be looking at me with a worried look, as before.
You always worry about Rumia even in this situation.
I smiled bitterly.
Is it because of my mood?
I hope it’s because of my mood.
Really… I hope so.
