Chapter 89 – Barefoot Stronghold (12)
– Aww…
Russ tightened his hands under his table.
I wanted to turn a blind eye.
She cheated on herself
I thought she was a leash,
Her necklace her came out.
If you think about it for a moment, that maniac
That there will be no presents
I knew it, but she felt betrayed nonetheless.
She said that her leash was only a gift to tease her.
That Elsaine was wary of herself.
The reason for being wary is, of course, that he noticed Russ’ feelings of her.
Also surprising is that her necklace her looks very expensive.
She wondered where the hell she, a commoner, would get that kind of money.
Before she could clear her resentment, Elsain continued her story of her.
“Starchis.. Boo, isn’t it burdensome… ?”
Rose already has her face flushed.
“…Ah..”
It was a beautiful necklace.
Every time she turns her head and changes her angle of view
It shimmered with multicolored lights.
The story behind this necklace
She seemed to let her know how much she wanted him.
The reason the two can’t connect is as a result
It is because of the dangers of Starchis work.
‘Cause she can’t stop him
It was telling me to come back.
The more this happens, the more
He also became hard to bear her feelings for her.
While Starchis ponders the meaning of the necklace
Rose picked up her necklace her.
“… Can I fill it up?”
Starchis at her words
I looked around at the people who attended the party today.
Russ was looking the other way,
Bien was looking down at her, biting her lips.
Only Lily looked at him, blinking her eyes rapidly.
It was in front of everyone.
Starchis nodded slowly.
When she untied her necklace,
He spread it out to the side and began stuffing it around his neck her.
She gets closer in an instant
A sweet scent tickled her nose.
It was as if her arms were wrapped around his neck of her.
Become a state
Soft hair tickled Stachis’ face.
“…Why, why can’t it be like this?”
Rose complained in a cute voice.
Starchis is trying to push her away
I almost got a laugh out of it though.
How her fingers are moving
He can be roughly recognized by the feel of his neck in her.
Rose doesn’t want to fall on purpose, she fidgets
Because I knew
‘Under…’
Once again, Starchis feels he is losing to desire.
Yes, I wish I could have endured this,
I think.
Keeping Hian’s word was not so easy.
Once I made up my mind, my heart beat fast
It started to calm down.
It’s smoke.
Even if it’s not smoke, it doesn’t matter.
He calmly puts his hand behind his neck
Take Rose’s hand.
“…Ah..”
Bien can’t contain his curiosity
I glanced up at them
A wound etched deep into her chest her.
Even if you don’t want to admit it
It was a fresh and beautiful scene.
Honey was dripping from each other’s eyes.
The appearance of the fight earlier was nowhere to be found.
Like cutting water with a knife, what happened earlier
There was no effect between them.
The position I had always dreamed of was taken by someone else.
He thinks that if he was there…
Elzain’s face looked happy in the world.
It was a happiness I wanted to empathize with.
However, you will only experience the opposite feeling.
“It has to fit properly.”
And hold her necklace in Rose’s hand
Hung around the neck her alone.
Rose, even though the necklace was put on Starchis’ neck her,
She did n’t take her hands off his broad shoulders of her.
“Starches?”
She called him cautiously.
“Yes?”
-Side
Rose quickly bowed her head in front of her.
She kisses him on the cheek.
“Uh.”
“Happy Birthday.”
Starchis’ face reddened.
“Oh..”
Russ glances at them too
When Elsaine’s lips turned to Stachis’ cheeks,
He stretched out his hand and retrieved it.
I couldn’t stop the two.
A soft smile bloomed on Starchis’s face as well.
He looked happy, so I couldn’t help it.
With a deep sense of defeat
I felt hopeless.
“…You…”
Bien is shaking
Put her hand her down
And Lily is blankly happy
I looked at Stachis’ face.
I don’t know when he became so distant.
He knew he was drifting away, but
She too tried to follow him.
But every time I try to see how far he’s gone
He was further away than expected.
It seemed to go somewhere out of reach now.
A look of love for someone.
When you see yourself someday, you’ll see that expression
It seemed like it was built, but it’s a distant memory
Couldn’t recall
I just think I’m used to it.
The master told him to win his heart his.
A few days ago than in the distant past,
Win his heart his today more than days ago
It seemed difficult.
The three of them were now much tamed.
I couldn’t react much to heartbreaking things anymore.
If he was taken away, he would just watch as he was taken away.
Stion looked at Russ and let out a sigh.
Knowing all the circumstances, he made her look salty.
The fact that Rose developed her feelings for Stachis
Could be seen conspicuously.
What surprised him was that Starchis also told her
It seemed like he gave me a lot of heart.
“Ehehehe…”
Rose laughed, covering her lips with her wrist.
It was a shame, but
She didn’t seem to dislike Starches either.
Collision of hearts and the other person accepting it
It was a truly happy feeling.
Besides, I saw the necklace around his neck.
Mind was set
Superstition and rumor
It’s like that necklace protects him
He seemed to come back to himself.
Ssik,
While Starchis smiles
Stion intervened.
It was a consideration for Russ.
“Starchis, sorry for interrupting, but accept my present.”
Swish, and he insincerely
Throw the prepared gift.
It was a letter.
“Is it a letter?”
“Uh. Open it later.”
Stion was so meaningful that I was nervous.
His slightly excited mood His subsided.
If the polar brother prepared a letter as a gift,
It probably contains something very important.
“What..?”
“You will know when you open it.”
“When can I open it?”
“Tomorrow? It’s not something worth reading right now.”
“…Okay.”
Stion sees Stachis getting anxious.
Pick up and place the dishes.
“Come on, bring some rice. Let’s see what you have prepared. Do you have a drink?”
Starchis also saw that his brother was trying to evoke the atmosphere.
I noticed and quickly got up from my seat.
“I’ll bring it. I’m waiting for you?”
“I-I’ll help too.”
“Me too.”
Except for Stion, everything else happens at the same time.
“Will you?”
Stachis asked with a satisfied smile.
As much as sheep are sheep,
It seemed like it would be easier for everyone to help.
It felt like working as a team once again.
It was a small thing, but it felt new.
Russ, Rose, Bienne, and Lily followed Staches in that order.
Until they came down the stairs and reached the kitchen on the first floor.
Lily was alone in another world.
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“Lily, take a break.”
“Ha…Ha… I can do more.”
Breaking into a cold sweat, she squeezed out mana.
Hypnosis magic was not as easy as the master said.
There were mountains of things to adjust, such as each fingertip and the strength and weakness of mana.
Seeing Lily suffering, the master let out a sigh.
“Ha… Lily. I am teaching you, but as I said, this magic is not omnipotent.”
“…”
“You forgot to say that suggestion is impossible, right? If I had to categorize it, it would be manipulation magic.”
“…Suck!”
She ignores her master’s words and casts her spell again on the cat in front of her eyes.
“Meow~”
However, it had no effect on the cat.
“The moment the mana of hypnosis magic runs out, it can no longer affect the target. Suggestions don’t work like that. Why do you have to work so hard?”
“…”
She took a shallow breath and looked at her floor her.
“If magic was so versatile, all wizards would have learned it. I would have been able to hint at the A-rank gatherers who fight roughly and treat them like servants.”
“…Manipulation or hypnosis. With or without a heart, all I need is one word from Stachis to say I love you.”
“…Okay?”
The master still couldn’t solve his sad expression of her.
Lily was embarrassed by that expression.
“…Why?”
“Ha… No. Go on.”
As if the master had given up, or as if he had understood,
She said no more to her.
Until the end, Lily couldn’t figure out the meaning of that expression.
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“Sister?”
“Ah? Yes?”
“Why are you so blank?”
Lily looked at Stachis who had called her.
She looked around.
She looked back and saw that she was going up the second floor again.
Russ last
Except for Starchis and herself, all around her
There was no one.
The head that looked behind her
Slowly and leisurely, he headed for Starches.
“What’s going on?”
He asked anxiously.
A delicious scent fills the surroundings.
The uncomfortable feeling in my imagination
As she disappears, her warm aura surrounds her.
Whenever she looked at him, she could always picture the future.
You will be happy.
Dinner in this environment.
Days spent with him.
One or two of their cute kids running around
Looking like a joke.
Moments that will whisper the most intimate things every night.
If you have that, you won’t want anything more.
“No. I had something to think about.”
In that cozy atmosphere, Lily
Smile,
“Okay? Sister, will you listen to this?”
He points to the pots and twists her body
To the glistening and protruding from the neck
The body hardens.
A gift Elzain gave him.
“…”
The future she envisions
It’s not the future she waits for.
If we leave it as it is now
The future flows in a different direction.
A future without him by his side of her.
If so,
He and his cute children his too,
Hot nights,
Even the warm days
Instead of a happy future
With no one by your side to soothe you,
Giving everything for the master in a place where you don’t want to,
The future comes when I sacrifice my body for magic.
Above all, the warmth of Starchis disappears.
“…Why are you bruised again? What’s really going on?”
The moment he worries about himself,
Mana flows from his body.
Blue fireflies float around the body.
“…? Sister?”
– Right!
As you snap your fingers,
She uses magic by twisting her hand.
As sophisticated magic,
She concentrated and discharged mana.
For a long time in his hand
Ride on the flow of mana in his body that he explored.
Starchis blink,
Soon, your eyes will open and you will become dazed.
Hypnosis was a success.
An overwhelming amount of mana drained out of his body.
Lily was realizing how strong his mental powers were.
“… Starches?”
“…”
He didn’t respond.
Maintaining mana, she slowly
She put her hand on his cheek.
As his warm warmth flows through your fingertips
Shockingly, I removed my hand once
Soon enough, he completely covered his face with her with one hand.
“Ah…”
It was the warmth I was drawing.
Lost through Elsaine,
The warmth she wanted.
His warmth is like a bonfire on a cold night,
It was different from the heated drink.
His warmth spreads from the depths of his heart to his whole body.
It seemed to be getting hot.
While I was distracted by him for a while,
Her mana her ran out.
There was no time to hesitate.
“..S, Starchis to me..”
Before you ask me to tell you I love you
I remember the words of my master.
-‘If the other person doesn’t want to do it, the hypnosis might break.’
Those words, once again, make her hesitate.
Lick your lips like that,
This time really, mana was almost exhausted.
In the end, she gave up this opportunity.
Instead, I wanted to do at least one action similar to Elzain.
She went up to him and lifted her tiptoe,
On the cheek opposite Elsaine’s kiss, she lightly kissed her lips.
Bumped into
-Side
His face his heats up,
My heart was pounding.
However, Starchis remained expressionless.
A different look from the smile he gave to Elza.
Unexplained pain is felt in the chest.
“…”
Before I can think of anything else,
Mana runs out.
-Shuuk
The mana fireflies floating around
Disappearing, Starchis blinks his eyes.
After a while,
He looks around
Then he noticed Lily in front of his eyes.
“…Uh. What is it, I seem to have been bruised for a while like my older sister?”
“…”
“Here, take this and go upstairs. I’ll get you a drink.”
“…I see.”
“Isn’t your sister having a fever?”
“Yes?”
“Your face is red.”
“That… That… Oh, no.”
He looked at Lily for a moment,
He shrugged his shoulders.
“Okay, let’s go quickly. Everyone will wait.”
