Chapter 24 – Losers, Look Up (1)
In front of the dungeon entrance.
I shook the bottle of Tibet scorpion poison.
Challang challang.
The tip of the bottle was filled with blue poison.
For some reason, it was quiet the whole way back here after finishing the request.
I think the lack of conversation about when to see me was big.
That was always the topic of conversation, but not this time.
Are the three women considerate of me now that I have a girlfriend?
Even if you say you have a girlfriend
‘Therefore? That’s it, in time.’
I expected a situation called
Does this mean we have another 5 days off? Something is exciting and my heart is beating.
It was the same feeling before receiving the salary when living as a guard in the kingdom with Russ in the past.
I looked at the exit of the dungeon.
This exploration has also come to an end.
Looking back, everyone was still silent.
I opened my mouth.
“There was no crisis this time, and everyone did well. Did we talk yesterday? I’ll see if I can request a B-class.”
Suffice. Worth gambling
It took two days to find the scorpion, but in terms of combat, there was never a dangerous moment.
My physical condition was the first reason, and the second reason was that all the other party members fought well as if they were motivated by my appearance.
Bien’s prayer was a little more effective,
Russ was a bit rougher and rougher,
Lily’s sister was a little more destructive.
Overall, the firepower was better.
“I’m going to try a B-class quest next week. I have decided.”
“…”
“…”
No one said anything about the tension.
As you may already know, this is probably the most dangerous quest we’ve ever done.
“If you do it like today, you will be fine. Still… If you still think it’s too early for a B grade, please let me know now. I don’t want to do it because I don’t think I’m ready yet, but it’s not good to force it.”
“…”
“…”
Still no answer.
Everyone seems to agree.
In the first place, Bien and Russ had been telling me that they could do more, so in fact, I wasn’t expecting any opposition.
After all, I was the only one who hesitated about the B-class request.
“It’s going to be an important day, so everyone take good care of your body. If you have something to prepare, prepare it.”
“…”
There is no answer, so I feel ashamed for nothing.
Well, don’t just raise the tension by talking about it early, you should do it the next time you enter the dungeon.
For now, I’ll just end it here so everyone can rest.
Because the plan was said.
“Um… What. ‘Cause I’ve said everything Well, see you in 5 days, everyone. We’ll talk more about it then.”
“That..!”
Vien, who had been quiet so far, reaches out to me and talks to me.
I turned around and looked at her.
“Uh, Bien.”
Even after talking to him, he licks his lips with a sullen expression and asks in a crawling voice.
“… No time this week…?”
Oh okay. This is as expected. To be honest, did you say anything until the end? I was puzzled.
Rather, if it is something unexpected, it is to ask carefully like that.
Did he think it would be a hindrance between me and Elza?
I hated seeing the party members every day for the 5 days off, not the meeting itself.
So, I didn’t really feel like rejecting that offer.
I really don’t have a girlfriend so I’m not busy for 5 days.
And it’s the day before the B-level challenge, so I think it’d be nice to have a meal in the evening.
“Hmm…Then shall we meet on the last day of rest? The day before entering the dungeon.”
Vien’s expression brightens.
On the other hand, Russ and Lily’s sisters speak urgently.
“Me too! I want to meet you too, Chis. Are there any other days without appointments?”
“Starchis, see you with your sister…!”
“Wow, calm down for a moment.”
I was surprised to see it come out so suddenly.
As soon as the story of meeting comes out of my mouth, I try to make an appointment with each other as if I had a chance.
There seems to be some misunderstanding.
“I didn’t mean to meet on the last day only in Bien, it meant to see everyone together. It’s the day before the B-class quest challenge, so let’s meet and have dinner.”
Bien muttered inaudibly again.
“… What? I wanted to meet alone…”
Lily’s sister asks.
“…Yes? Together..?”
“Right. Let’s see it all together. Have a party.”
“Ah… Dinner party..”
Russ comes over and grabs my arm.
“Yes?”
“Chiss… Do you have any other days off? A day when the two of us can meet separately, not at a dinner party…”
Two people?
“What… Do you have something to say? It’s okay to do it now.”
“Ah… No. I don’t really have anything to say… I just want to play…”
I was excited at the thought of being able to rest for 5 days, but Russ isn’t really nervous either.
He’s facing a potentially fatal request.
What do you want to play It was funny because it seemed like the Russ I knew.
Even so, it’s a bit scary because it sounds like you want to use me.
However, since we meet at a company dinner, is there any reason to meet more?
It’s not that I hate meeting Russ, but I still want to enjoy a break without party members.
I have a B-class request, but I want to prepare my body.
The lie about having a girlfriend was also made for a time like this, so you should use it.
“Sorry, Russ.”
“Ha… Haru! Not even a day?”
“One day. So let’s have a party.”
“No, Chis! Can’t we just meet each other for a day?”
If we didn’t meet each other for one day because we didn’t meet separately, Lily noona would and Bien would too.
Then just me, me too! This will be the same as before.
We may meet separately later, but for now, let’s draw a line.
“…That’s no way, Russ.”
Russ is and droops
Then she slowly shook her body.
The air around it begins to vibrate, and the atmosphere changes.
In terms of mood, there is more tension than when meeting a Tiwit scorpion.
“… Russ?”
“This is not… I thought… But this is too much…”
“What?”
“Still, you’re still closer to me than Elza. We’ve known each other for six years…!”
“Russ, what’s wrong?”
“I know you are busy meeting your lover. But does that mean we can just dump her friends?”
“Ah~. You know very well that it’s not like that.”
“What is it? It was abandoned!”
No, I didn’t refuse to meet her for a year, and it wasn’t that I hadn’t seen her face in a long time. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
“How long does she say she was abandoned because she didn’t see her?”
But she shook her head. It seems she won’t admit it.
“If it’s not abandoned, how can I not see you even one day during the 5 days off? We haven’t even met last week! Is this week the same?”
I’m dumb, and Russ is good at talking, so I always have trouble finding the right words to answer in these arguments. There were parts where she just hated fighting constantly.
But now I have something to say.
A solid weapon to win this argument.
It’s a lie, but on the surface I have a girlfriend.
“Russ.”
“Just one day… You’re saying we’re only going to meet for one day…”
“The next time you come to the dungeon, it’s a B-class quest. You have to take care of yourself.”
“That’s why I don’t want to meet you..!”
What does that mean?
I was scratching my head.
Imagine Elsaine in your head. What if it existed?
“We can meet separately one day.”
“That… Then… !”
It’s not like I won’t see you in my whole life.
“But that is not now. When you haven’t seen each other for a long time. We should meet each other when we have private stories. Or when something happens.”
“Isn’t this the time for something? You might lose your life if you go to the next dungeon.”
Know. So I’m going to rest in order not to lose my life.
It should show the same form as today.
“No, Russ. I will not back down on this part.”
“What is that… What is that! You are my friend!”
I can understand what Russ is doing.
As much as I’ve known Russ for a long time, I know a little about Russ’ surroundings.
As much as Russ is beautiful, the men around her insisted on it. Russ hates it and cuts off all the men around her.
Most of her women are envious of her and there are very few women she knows.
To sum up, I am the only male friend, and there are few female friends.
So maybe she wants a lot from me.
Because he’s the closest to me among my little friends.
She also knows that she can still be awkward when it comes to her friends of the opposite sex.
A friend who is a woman and a friend who is a man should tell you different things.
“Even if they are friends, as a man, the times when I have a lover and when I don’t have to be different.”
“…Why…? What if you have a lover?”
So… The reason. First of all, I added a setting that Elsaine likes me so much that there is such a thing.
“I don’t like it when El Zain meets a woman who is not him.”
The pressure on the air intensifies.
“What…? Are you just going to follow through on that? Now he’s ruining our six-year friendship…?”
“That’s right, Staches. It is too much to neglect us just because you have a girlfriend.”
Lily’s sister intervenes,
Nod. Bien nods her head instead of her words her.
I guess everyone thinks the same.
You shouldn’t be pushed here.
“Are we going to be ruined just because we barely see each other?”
“I’m sorry…!”
“You know what? I’ve been listening to your requests, though.”
Not everyone can answer.
You know
“…”
“Like that, I’ll listen well to my girlfriend telling me not to date anyone.”
“…So meekly? So, my request to meet with you is… ?”
Asked Russ.
Looking for something to say again, I imagine Elsaine.
As she keeps imagining it, she really has a strange feeling that she has a girlfriend.
So I said my truth, not a lie.
I really wish I had a girlfriend.
“Russ. I’m mistaken,”
Russ looks at me, blinking her somehow moist eyes.
“My first priority is my girlfriend.”
In my words
Shook-
The tension that covered the air disappears.
The feeling of pressure is gone.
Russ lowers her head.
“I’m not a friend of six years, a party member, or an older brother, but a girlfriend.”
Because I’m pure love It’s my sincerity that I’ve always thought of.
“… But you’re the one I’ve only met for a few weeks… There won’t be that kind of love..”
That’s right. Even if Elzain was a real person, she would be right.
“Because I like it, it’s not that it’s my top priority. It’s just… It’s because a girlfriend should be your top priority.”
“…”
“Even if there comes a day when I hate my girlfriend, it will be my first priority as long as she is my girlfriend.”
****
Late evening.
I was on my way back to the lodging after handing over the poison to the requesting office.
I don’t have a feeling that I said it a little firmly.
I’d be sad to be honest
If I think about it from the other side’s point of view, I think it would be disappointing.
Russ, Bien, and Lily noonas have boyfriends and promised to meet sometime, but I’d be sad if they broke it off.
I think it would be a bit sad if my brother got a girlfriend and I turned down all the promises to meet him.
You will understand though.
So, even if my sisters Bienne, Russ, and Lily may feel sorry for me to do this, they will understand.
Will there be a big deal?
House was seen.
I should eat something before going up to my room.
When I entered the restaurant, there were only one or two people there.
I talked to the lady who was sitting free.
“Aunty, I’m here!”
“Aww, bachelor. Am I here?”
The inn lady greeted me with a big smile.
“Yes. Please cook anything for me.”
“Before that, bachelor.”
“…?”
She took a piece of paper from her clothes to her.
It was a piece of paper folded in half.
“What is this?”
“Stion…? Was it? Anyway, a nice-looking young man left this for the bachelor.”
Oh brother
“When?”
“This morning. I didn’t see the contents.”
I received the note from her.
“Thank you.”
“Okay, I’ll bring the food right away, so wait a little bit.”
I took a seat in a corner seat.
As the inn lady entered the kitchen, she opened her note.
– Starchis, let’s go night fishing with hyung. Day after tomorrow.
Shit. Laughter is built
How is the timing so exquisite?
Class B commissions are dangerous.
Of course, now that I feel that I can do it enough, I feel a little less nervous, but I think meeting someone I love or cherish is the right thing to do.
As of right now… My older brother and my sisters Vienne, Russ and Lily.
Vienne, Russ, and Lily noona decided to meet over a dinner party.
I was going to visit my brother, but I got a call like this first.
And what we want to do is night fishing.
I have many memories of starting fishing at night with my older brother and finishing it while watching the morning sun.
I think it would be so nice to bring back some memories.
No one will call me even if I stay up all night, so I just have to sleep and recover. Good plan.
Suddenly there is a commotion outside.
I turn around and see two tall men enter.
They were people who knew how to fight.
He also seemed a head taller than me.
The clothes, on the other hand, looked expensive and neat, but they said in a loud voice.
“Ruler!! Give me a seat!”
“Sorry! Give me a seat!”
The inn lady heard her in her kitchen and ran out.
I just watched the scene for fun.
“Hey, what’s going on…? There are plenty of seats…?”
Auntie looked nervous.
However, it seemed that the two men had no intention of causing trouble.
One of them dealt with the lady, and the other one came to us sitting in the restaurant, including me, and handed over silver coins one by one. It’s not big money, but it’s not small money either.
The bald man in front of me asked politely.
“Sorry. Could you please keep your seat? It is a sign of our sincerity.”
“What happened?”
I didn’t think about using that intimidating size, and I just fell in love with the way he cringed.
Just because you know how to use power doesn’t mean you wield it.
To be honest, I don’t know if he had tried to use his strength his, but the other two guests would have just been kicked out.
“That… Our master is overprotective of the lady, so please come here soon.”
“To this place? Why?”
“I heard a lot of rumors that this place is delicious among common people’s food.”
The other big guy over there must have said the same thing to the inn lady, and she burst out laughing.
No wonder she looks happy, so I feel a little more relaxed about her.
Still, you have to ask what you want to ask.
“I know I’m overprotective, but why should I step aside?”
“Isn’t it difficult to understand? We also know the truth. But the master hates it extremely when a young lady goes near a man…”
The man in front of her also flies to me, whether it was because she saw her aunt and her words her, or the person in front of me was having a hard time.
The two of them started rubbing their hands together.
“Please… Can you please forgive me?”
“Older brother..! No, cool bro…!”
It seemed so desperate that I laughed for no reason.
I was thinking of leaving the place in the first place.
Anyway, whether I eat here or in my room, there is no big difference.
You can ask the inn lady to bring you some food.
And what is the reason for insisting on doing this?
In the end, he burst into laughter.
Haha, I was going to move anyway. Stop straining your back.”
At my words, the faces of the two men brighten.
“Thank you!”
“Good brother! Thank you! You will be blessed!”
“Both of you, do your best.”
After all, everyone seems to live a difficult life.
As soon as the silver coins were received, the other customers were also walking out of the restaurant, rejoicing.
I slowly started to climb the stairs with the tonfa I had put down next to me.
Auntie was delighted to open her fist-sized coin purse and look inside her.
The food is always prepared with care, and everything comes back.
“The lady is coming in!!”
The two figures were standing on either side of the door, holding a confident-looking posture.
As I was about to go up, I looked back, wondering what this noble noblewoman looked like.
Her face was not visible in her large hat her, but her hair her, which flowed down her hat her, was pink.
Pink hair…
Ugh…
It’s a bit of a common color, but I was stabbed for no reason and went into the room.
