Chapter 59 – Wild Changes (2)
Starchis approached the woman who was looking at the sky with moist eyes.
“… Russ?”
Her head turns
Her black hair fluttered softly.
“… Cheese?”
Her eyes widened in surprise.
I didn’t expect to see Starches here.
“What are you doing not going home?”
He asks.
It’s been quite a while since we said goodbye and parted ways.
“..You?”
She asks the other way around.
“I… I came after seeing Elza.”
Starchis tried to forget the previous incident.
Just thinking about it made me feel agitated.
But it wasn’t like hard work.
“… Your face is red, Chis.”
Knowing every inch of him, Russ was quick to notice changes in him.
No matter how drunk he was, he was sensitive to his changes.
“Ah.”
He quickly covered his face with his hand.
Russ hated seeing him shaken like that.
It was as if he was hiding a secret from himself.
I felt more and more distant.
‘Should I be content with not sleeping together though?’
Russ comforted himself, at least not the worst.
“… That must have been good.”
Even if you don’t want to look at it, you like him so much that you wonder.
I wanted you to tell me that nothing happened.
It was a question, but the desired answer was fixed.
“…It’s not like that.”
Stachis said, rubbing his cheek.
Even if it was a lie, I didn’t want to say that I liked selling Rose.
Whatever the truth is.
Russ let out a sigh of relief.
It felt like my stuffy heart was blown away by a cool breeze.
Even if it was an embarrassing answer, even if it was empty, she was satisfied with it.
These days, there were many things that hurt me no matter what I asked.
I shouldn’t have asked, it would have been better if I didn’t know, but there were a lot of things I regretted.
Even so, like a moth on fire, he couldn’t hold back his curiosity, so after asking a question, he got burned.
Fortunately, that was not the case now.
“Russ. You haven’t answered my question yet. What are you doing here?”
Russ looked back to the sky at his question.
A bright moon was shining on her.
“It’s just… Because the moon is pretty.”
Starchis followed her and looked at the sky.
It was shining brightly and brightly alone in the dark.
“… Anyway, wake up. Catch a cold You drank too, so you should go and rest.”
He approached her and held out his hand.
Russ laughed for the first time in a long time.
“Hehe…”
Then he grabbed his hand and gently pulled it to his cheek.
I could feel the hot yet soft ball.
Even in this cold, her face was as warm as her face her.
“…Russ, you’re drunk.”
Starches says
She did not remove her hand because she did not respond violently to the drunken person’s actions of her.
Russ laughs.
“Wait a little longer. Sit next to you too.”
Starchis licked her lips again and sat down slowly beside her as she said.
I had seen Russ looking at the moon several times in the past.
It was mainly something she did when she was having a hard time.
“…What happened again this time?”
He looks into Russ’ troubles her.
“Ugh… Nothing happened.”
“Really..?”
“Yes.”
“It’s okay to say. What?”
When asked this far, she always confided in him of her troubles.
Today was different.
“It really is nothing.”
As Russ said, it was nothing.
Exactly, it’s fine now.
I was worried about Elsaine, but when he sat next to me for a while, the dissatisfaction disappeared for a while as if I had been hit with painkillers again.
“Let’s just stay like this for a while.”
She looks at the moon and says
“… Isn’t it amazing? I feel really comfortable when I am with you.”
“You suddenly say something serious, Russ?”
“Hehe, maybe it’s because you drank… You?”
“Yes?”
“How would you like to be with me?”
Starchis laughs.
“I’m not drinking, Russ.”
“Why, tell me.”
Russ asked Stachis, who was sitting next to her, stabbing him in the side.
Starchis, tickled, laughed and covered his side of her.
Russ smiled as well, rolling his eyes with a half moon at his appearance.
After a brief prank, Starchis replied.
“…I’m comfortable too.”
It was sincere.
The only person who knew more about him than Russ was his older brother.
We spent a really long time together and shared a lot of worries.
Russ would be the first thing that comes to mind when someone tells you to turn your back and fight.
Hehe..”
Russ covered her mouth and laughed.
It looked very cute.
“Hey, Russ. Keep dressing up like that.”
“Uh..? Uh…Um…Why…?”
“Because you are pretty.”
“Uh… Huh?”
“Why act like you didn’t know.”
Russ knows he’s not ugly.
Even on the way, I couldn’t help but notice it because it was a compliment I heard dozens of times.
But that doesn’t mean you’ll develop tolerance for what you hear from your crush.
“If you do that, why don’t you meet someone?”
“… Is that what you are talking about?”
Russ seemed to be blown away by the compliment that she was pretty, but
I felt down when I said I was going to meet someone.
At those two words, her mind was surprisingly level.
There was no emotional agitation.
“I will meet you.”
“What happened to the person you like?”
“… Who do you like?”
“Why did you say that while drinking at my house before? That there is someone you like It’s good that you’re confident.”
“Ah… Oh that person?”
“Has anything progressed?”
Glancing, Russ looked at Starchis secretly.
“…Yes. There is none.”
“Okay? It’s a pity.”
“Why are you sorry? Who would you like me to meet?”
“..Yes? Ahaha.. No, it’s a pity that I don’t have anything with someone I like. I want you to be happy, Russ.”
“…”
Russ wrote bitterly at his good words her.
He will not know what his own happiness his means.
“You tell me then.”
Russ began to muster up his courage.
“What do men like? No, do you like what women do?”
“Me?”
“Yes, you.”
“It would be nice if I could just do it like Elsaine.”
Starchis said and wanted to oops.
It’s good to do it like Elza in your imagination.
It’s never a good thing to ask someone to sell you like Rose.
I said so to myself.
‘Ac..’
Russ took another shot to the chest.
I thought it was easy to get over it, but maybe it’s Starchis who sang pure love
Now, his ideal type his seems to be towards Elsaine.
“How is that! I also need to know whether to use it on someone I like or not!”
“Ah, that’s right. Haha, was it too pretentious?”
“You. And don’t keep talking about Elza in front of me.”
Russ becomes jealous and complains to him.
“Yes? Why.”
“If you do anything, it’s Elzain, Elzain. I don’t want to see you stir-fry…”
“Yeah..? I wonder if my eyes are cold. Okay, I’ll try to shorten it as much as possible.”
Russ sat there with a disgusted face.
Seeing that expression makes me want to make fun of her.
Wouldn’t it make me shudder if I said something cheesy again?
Starchis laughed just thinking about it.
“Ah, but it was nice when Elsaine kissed you on the cheek in a row.”
He was ready to laugh as he waited for Russ to shudder at the cheesy words.
But Russ looked up at the sky with expressionless, blank, deep eyes.
As if you couldn’t hear
“..? Russia-“
“It’s Chis.”
A voice as cold as a sword pierces Stachis’ ears.
Starchis felt a sense of shame, and an honorific word came out.
“…Yes?”
“I told you not to.”
“Yep. That… Was a joke. I haven’t done anything like that.”
He was taken aback by the fearful response.
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After staring at the sky for a while, Starchis brushed his butt and stood up.
“Ruler. Let’s go, Russ.”
Russ also got up from his seat without further words.
“What..!”
Russ got up and stretched out her hand slightly to balance herself.
I was in the cold for a long time with my intoxication, so it was difficult to keep my balance.
Russ thought he was somewhat sober, but his body said no.
“It’s okay?”
“It’s okay… It’s okay.”
Rather, Starchis thought it was a good thing.
Bien and Lily were also sent home alone, feeling uncomfortable.
I had the intention of taking Russ away and alleviating that sorry feeling.
“I’ll take you home.”
Russ blinked.
“Uh… Oh, are you okay?”
“What?”
“…Elzain doesn’t like it…”
Russ spits out something he doesn’t even mean.
I just said it once out of manners.
Starchis trembled at the word Elsaine.
Memories from earlier came back.
“… Cheese?”
“Uh? Oh it’s okay don’t worry. Your girlfriend took you home. It doesn’t make more sense to leave you who are struggling because you are drunk.”
“…Okay?”
“Uh. Let’s go, so.”
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The two of them took turns talking as before.
Russ seemed to be on patrol with him again.
Because we walked together on so many nights, this moment was familiar as if we had experienced it once.
The thing that reminded me of those days was the same with Starchis.
“… Thank you, Russ.”
“Yes? Why are you serious this time?”
“Ahahaha, that’s right.”
“… But what?”
“…Well. Did you have a lot of time while rehabilitating your arm? It made me look back on our lives. Russ, you said you had no intention of becoming a gatherer at first, right? Being a guard wasn’t bad either.”
“…Yes.”
It was purely for Starchis that Russ worked as a gatherer.
For her personally, there was no such thing as a dream to raise the rank of the party.
Even so, the reason I worked hard was because I wanted to make his dream his come true.
“Then you believed me and jumped into this job after all, didn’t you? In my words, you can live richer and more prestigious.”
Neither wealth nor fame were Russ’ goals for her.
Her target her was one Starchis.
“…”
“Anyway. That’s that, but in the end, I’m so grateful to you for working hard for me. You risk your life together to make my dream come true, and you hurt me. Someone else might be happy with the current situation .”
Although it is said that it is a C-class or D-class party that dies no matter how much it is pushed out, the Barefoot Party has established its own position.
As long as there were no big problems even if you didn’t challenge B-class and even C-class and D-class, there was no problem in making a living.
“…”
Russ could not answer again.
It seemed that he looked at her more than he saw him.
It wasn’t for that cool reason, it was purely selfish.
Desire to have him.
She felt cheated on him.
Russ suddenly felt uneasy in his mind of her.
I wondered if he was hurt because he didn’t enter the dungeon with the same mindset as him.
He wondered if he was punished because he entered the dungeon with selfishness.
It was an exaggerated idea, but this question was enough to disturb her mind her.
“So, thanks Russ.”
“…Yes.”
Her mind was complicated, so I answered briefly
She seems too insincere to answer his heart
She also gives one more word of thanks.
“Get well soon. I have to run for my dream again.”
“Is not it. A. You seem to be indebted to sister Lily, I’m sorry.”
“…Chis, it’s enough for me to take you here.”
“Uh?”
“I’ll take care of myself from here.”
“Seriously, what are you doing?”
She felt uncomfortable
At that time, he collapsed, leaving him alone in the gust of wind created by the black monkey tearing up the scroll.
The guilt was coming back.
She was too shy to see his face her.
“…Go quickly and get some rest. Huh? You must have had a hard time today too.”
Starchis looked around.
It was close to Russ’ quarters.
If you do this, you won’t have any problems
I said something embarrassing, so it’s not bad as an ending.
“Um… Yes. I’ll go back then Enter carefully.”
“Yes. Oh, is it Chis?”
“Yes?”
“I will write you. Are you fine?”
If you want to make an appointment, Stachis said, send it in a letter.
He grinned.
“Do it.”
She was forced to smile brightly, but her expression darkened as Starchis moved away.
When he leaves, the hidden pain comes back.
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The next day Russ arrived in front of a building early in the morning.
A magnificent three-story building.
On the signboard of the building, the word ‘Ade’ was written in large letters.
