Chapter 17 – What Is She Doing? (One)
Imagine that, then act…
I walked while thinking about the guide’s words.
I always thought it would be nice to have a girlfriend
I never imagined what it would look like.
I just thought it would be nice to meet someone nice.
However, there was some truth in what the guide said.
You have to be a little more careful to get this break without getting caught in your lies.
He imagines his girlfriend.
What would it look like?
Inside?
What about the outside?
Realistically, can I make a more beautiful girlfriend than Lily’s sister, Bien, and Russ?
I tilted my head.
… It will probably be difficult.
Even looking at it objectively, it was hard to find someone prettier than them.
I’ve heard a lot of people ask if I chose a party member based on my face.
Never did though
If it was, I wouldn’t be cruising like I am now.
Anyway, if I imagine my girlfriend’s appearance… I should imagine her as a little more modest than them.
Her hair color is… Pink? I like pink
Yes. Pink hair, pink eyes. Let’s go with it.
And your heart…
I remembered a dream I had a few days ago, riding back in a carriage with Bien.
Dream of having a girlfriend who understands me, comforts me, and is comfortable just being by my side.
Okay. I can only imagine that kind of person inside.
You can’t compromise on the inside.
I should consider myself the nicest person in the world.
It was still crude, but the frame was set.
Now I have the confidence to be able to answer a little even if the girls suddenly ask.
Well… How much do you want to ask?
Returning to the inn, I called the innkeeper.
“Here you go! Madame!”
The first floor of the inn was a restaurant, and the second and third floors were accommodations.
My room is on the second floor. Eat something before going in.
A common, old-age inn lady appears in every neighborhood, as seen everywhere.
“Ah, bachelor. Long time no see. It’s hard to see your face, is it? Are you living upstairs?”
She comes over and pats her arm.
“I’ve been a bit busy. Now that I have some free time, I will see you often. Anyway, I’m going to eat that meal. What’s good today?”
Her eyes widen
“No, you want to eat? Hey… What’s going on with this again?”
“Why is that?”
“I’m surprised that someone who always eats outside or in the room says he’ll eat here!”
She says with a big laugh.
“I was worried about eating well, but this time I’ll make it hearty! I like roast pork hind legs today.”
I feel excited with the unique friendly atmosphere.
“Ah, then give me that! Just one beer!”
Increasingly looking forward to it
All obvious things are unfamiliar.
How long have you been eating without noticing others?
I’m eating and no one bothers me or touches me.
****
I got a pleasant, subtle intoxication, and I moved my full stomach and entered the room.
Tick
When the magic light is turned on, the inside of the messy room is revealed.
This messy room is about to get used to.
So far, I’m tired and haven’t looked closely.
It’s messier than you think.
Clothes hanging here and there, discarded trash.
If you look closely, you can see insects roaming around and spider webs attached to the ceiling.
I’ll have to clean this up tomorrow too.
Because there are no plans for tomorrow.
I chewed on that echo.
Because there are no plans for tomorrow.
I smiled and threw myself on the bed.
Even in a messy room, I feel peace.
Depending on the day, the blanket is softer and feels more cozy.
So… No schedule means… You don’t have to get up early, right?
Laughter keeps coming.
I can’t believe it.
It is a long awaited break.
Please. I hope someone won’t disturb this happy feeling.
I clapped my hands to turn off the magic light and fell into a slow and deep sleep.
****
Turn it off… Ha.
How much did you sleep I don’t know, but I slept for a long time.
I stretched and got up.
The magnetism of the bed was gone.
As expected, the magnetic bed was my mistake.
It was so sweet. The weight that weighed down my body was gone.
It felt like taking a medicine.
I thought my body was originally this healthy.
The sun was high.
It was awkward.
I always woke up before sunrise to watch it rise.
Opening my eyes to the sunlight floating as high as I can.
So far everything has been a perfect day.
If the only thing that bothers you is that you’re too hungry?
But it doesn’t matter.
I’m free
Just don’t eat it
When I went down to eat, I saw an inn lady.
“Madam, please cook me some food!”
She looks at me and smiles coolly.
“Ah, bachelor! That’s right. I definitely see it often now.”
“I told you? I said I can afford it.”
I took a seat and sat anywhere.
Some people were eating.
The inn lady approaches with water.
“By the way, where did you go yesterday? I guess I got busy again because I didn’t see you again.”
Huh? I looked at her curiously.
“You talked to me yesterday.”
“Ew? What are you talking about.”
The conversation doesn’t lead to anything.
“I told you that I had some free time yesterday so I would see you often from now on.”
“It was the day before yesterday, bachelor!”
Oh
Now that I see it, I must have slept for two full days.
“Ah… Was that the day before yesterday? I must have slept for two straight days, I… So I didn’t know.”
The inn lady heard me and burst into laughter.
“Ayu~ I’m sure I can afford it, I’ve got it! Have you been sleeping that long? I thought I went out at dawn again because it wasn’t popular. Gosh. Then you will be hungry. I’ll come prepared with plenty, so wait for me!”
“Haha, yes, thank you.”
After saying that, the inn lady ran to her kitchen.
A person who smells like a person.
It really is still a perfect day.
Nothing happened to make me feel bad.
It was already lunchtime.
“Oh right, what should I do?”
In her kitchen, the aunt sticks her head out.
“Anything. Whatever you do is delicious.”
After giving a brief answer, I began to plan my schedule for the day.
How long will it take to plan my schedule with my own hands?
I feel that I am resting.
First.
I need to clean my room like I thought yesterday, no, the day before yesterday.
It’s too messy.
Now that we have some time to spare, let’s do what we want to do quickly.
I also want to live in a room where people live.
Next…
I’ll have to go see my brother.
I smiled at the thought of my brother.
Got help again
Do you really have time?
It is safe to think that hyung gave me all the time I have right now.
Shall I buy you a present?
Smile. It was a good time.
****
Russ had been sprawled in bed for days, with only her tears flowing.
She doesn’t eat, and she can’t sleep.
All she could do was cry.
She cried loudly, but when her throat was hoarse, she whimpered and cried, and when she couldn’t even do it, only tears flowed quietly from her eyes.
I have to admit it now.
It was real.
Russ’s world didn’t change even when he smashed her head into her humps to wake her up and splashed cold water on her body.
Stachis had a lover, but it wasn’t her.
All pain gets used to and dulls, but not as much as this pain.
She was in unbearably painful.
“… Uh… Uhhh…”
By the time the pain subsides a bit
My heart broke when I imagined what Stachis would do with his girlfriend.
Russ was watching her feel as her cherished dreams were being ripped out of her grasp.
Everything she wanted to do with Stachis.
Starchis will be doing all of that with someone who isn’t her.
All of Stachis’ first experiences do not belong to her.
“… No!!… No way…!!”
Russ slammed her bed.
Whenever she heard of her love story that was heartbreaking, she always thought of herself and Starchis as substitutes.
Even when they signed the Treaty of Starchis, they were afraid that someone would take him, but
At the end he believed that magically, he believed that he and Starchis would be connected, like fate.
But it was all an illusion.
Reality was not her love story her she had been told.
It was only now that I realized that there was a big difference.
He told me with his own mouth that his fate was someone else’s.
“.. Uh… Whoa… Whoa…”
I tried to hold on to the pain through deep breathing.
I grabbed my chest.
Wanting to escape this pain somehow, she struggles.
‘Okay. Let’s think of things that always make her feel good.’
She closed her eyes and imagined Starchis.
Thinking about it always brings a smile to my face.
-‘Russ, you and I match well.’
-‘Russ, are you worried?’
-‘Russ, you’re the only friend.’
It backfired.
Memories that always gave me happiness
Now it hurts
Rather, the pain intensified.
“Aaaaa… It hurts…!!”
No matter what, the pain did not go away.
“… Don’t leave me… Uhhhhh..”
She curled up.
It felt like my chest was hardening.
And then, I realized that there is the only part of my body where I feel warmth.
…?
I looked at the place where I felt warmth between her swollen eyes.
It was a friendship ring worn on the index finger of her left hand.
The link with him that was made only a few days ago.
The next step I took just a few days ago.
A ring made of cheap metal, not even silver.
But more precious than anything else, such a ring.
“Uh… Uh…”
She clenched her fist and brought the ring to her lips.
Warm warmth is transmitted.
Calmed down a bit
It felt like being connected to Starchis.
Then, in an instant, as if something had exploded in his chest, there was a pop, and anger engulfed his whole body.
“AA AA AA!!!!”
Russ had mixed emotions.
She tore her hair her.
“Then what happened-“
She nervously removed the ring from her index finger to her.
“-It’s not me!!”
Then he gets up and tries to throw it at the wall, but stops.
Thug thug.
Tears fall down her thighs her.
“Huhhhhh”
This time, melancholy enveloped her.
I can’t even throw away the ring.
If even this falls off her body
I really feel like he’s gone.
“…”
She lay down on the bed again.
He held her ring like that for a while.
She cried for a while and screamed for a long time.
“Haha…”
Then, to Russ, who is pushed to her limit, a thought hits her head.
‘Chess has n’t matched her ring with her yet, right?’
Just imagining the couple fitting the coupling brings tears to my eyes, but she was about to face reality.
You have to stop crying and find something to do.
‘The coupling is still there…?’
It still feels like a painkiller that only she has matched her ring with him.
The voice of the owner of the ring shop echoes in my head.
– ‘Anyway, the ring is the same. It depends on how you give it meaning.’
Stachis also agreed to that.
‘Yes… The meaning is what I give it.’
She slowly opened her fist and looked at her ring inside her.
A cheap ring with a simple design.
A precious friendship ring with Starchis.
Carefully hold the ring with your right index finger and thumb.
Then, slowly bring your right hand to your left.
The ring goes towards her finger her.
The finger that came out of the left hand to greet me was not the index finger… It was the ring finger.
“Haha…”
She feels a new emotion that is difficult to describe for her, who has tasted only despair all over her for several days.
It’s not a big deal, but it was like a lifeline to her as this feeble emotion was nailed to her bottom of her.
The index finger is friendship. The ring finger is a lover.
‘I’m sure Starchis is wearing a ring right now, too, right?’
When the ring touches your ring finger, you feel a shady pleasure.
“Sooo!!”
The warmth of Starchis, which I took for granted, is amplified and felt.
It was such a precious feeling.
With the cool breeze, it felt like my breath was freed.
The ring goes on and on, inside the finger…
‘Coupling is far from me-‘
– Bang bang bang!!!
Russ, startled, removed her ring her from her ring finger her and put it back on her index finger her.
It calmed my beating heart.
Who is looking for her like this?
‘No way… Starchis? Did you come to tell me it was a lie?’
With a flash of hope, she darted to the door.
“Wait!!”
Then, rubbing her eyes her, tidying up her black bangs, loosening her throat and clearing her voice.
She took a break, but couldn’t help it.
Russ opened the door to her room.
“Starch…”
In front of the door stood two women, not a man.
She was Lily and Vienne, as much as her eyes her were swollen.
Lily’s face was a mess, and she was crying.
Lily says.
“Russ, I think we have something to talk about.”
