Chapter 70 – Doubt (2)
Russ came to the base of the Ade Party earlier than usual and waited for Stion.
She kept feeling insecure.
Stion said several times that it was just a regular dinner,
But that didn’t mean her anxiety was allayed.
She wanted to hear from him what happened yesterday.
Did the story come out that Starchis was getting engaged?
Was such an atmosphere created?
I was curious about a lot.
While running errands for the other party members who had already entered the base, she continued to look at the door.
Boyle, the leader of the Ade Party, noticed her nervousness and spoke up.
“Calm down, Russ. Even if you do, nothing will change.”
Everyone in the Aid party knew that Russ had a crush on Stachis.
It made sense for her to act that way.
“If you can’t calm down, how about training?”
Boyle tried to ease her tension with a simple prank.
However, Russ nodded and headed towards the training ground at the base.
I really couldn’t do anything about this uncomfortable feeling.
Spearman Fioren stops Russ from heading to the training ground.
“Hey, pretty girl! It’s a joke. What are you really trying to train? It’s morning, don’t do that.”
And Fioren looks at Chirit and Boyle.
“You’re nervous, don’t do that.”
Suddenly, everyone was looking at Russ with pity.
A woman who has lost her loved one.
It wasn’t that he was trying to help Russ.
Just trying to calm her down.
I had no thoughts of breaking the already connected love.
-Kikkik
“I’m here.”
Stion appears at the stronghold, rubbing her messy hair.
“Saira, give me some water. You drank too much yesterday.”
“Did you drink a lot?”
Russ intervenes.
Dunstion, rubbing her sleepy eyes, opens her eyes.
“… Uh, Russ, Russ. There was.”
Then she pretended to be calm and went to his seat and sat down.
Stion didn’t know why he was looking at her.
Russ also comes and sits across from Stion.
“…Drank a little.”
“What happened yesterday?”
“No. What’s going on?”
“…Anything about the Starchis engagement…”
Stion opens one of her eyes and looks at Russ in her.
Then Seira came and she gave Stion a drink and she sat down next to him.
Stion said thanks and drank the water.
Russ brushes off.
“Mr. Stion… Starchis how-“
“Russ, you have no intention of hiding any more.”
Drinking her water, Kinstion speaks to her.
“…”
“You said that it was already too late. What if there was Know what to do.”
Stion pushes his embarrassing feelings her rather strongly and releases them.
Here he felt no need to turn her words around, considering Russ’ feelings of her.
She lies about Stachis having a girlfriend,
Since the younger brother still maintained the lie, he had no choice but to follow.
“Are you even going to wake me up? What would you do if I told you that I was going to get married the day after tomorrow?”
Russ’ expression calmed down at Stion’s words to her.
Her eyes her become weak and empty.
An unknown creepiness lingers.
It wasn’t Stion that would scare me, though.
It’s not good to just watch people become weird, so he put his words down.
“Hey, hey, little. Don’t make that face It’s creepy.”
“..Yes?”
Stion’s words bring Russ back into focus.
“Are you making a face that you don’t know? That’s right… Anyway, you said you didn’t talk about that. Nothing happened…”
She remembered the incident the previous day when Rose’s clothes were soaked in wine.
You must be hiding something, if you spilled wine
I should have called Elzain into the room quickly.
But for some reason, Rose ordered to wait a while,
When I went in, I found awkward Starches,
Rose, still unresolved, sat there.
“…Umm.”
Stion can’t finish his words.
Russ stutters and wants him to finish.
“Oh, isn’t it? What happened?”
“… I don’t know. What it was then.”
Russ’s heart sank again.
Starchis took another step away from where she couldn’t see.
I couldn’t figure out why, no matter how hard I tried, he kept pulling away from me.
I don’t play around, and I come to the Ade base every morning.
Even if you do everything you can to help,
Her love kept her going farther and farther away.
“…I’m going to go see Starchis.”
It seemed she should meet him and talk.
Out of sight, out of mind,
She kept feeling like she was being erased from his mind her.
-Tiriririring!!!
Instantly, a loud sound enveloped the Ade building.
All Ade party members rise from their seats.
As if they had all promised
Headed to the warehouse where the equipment was placed.
At the same time, the base door opened and Marshall entered.
Russ looked at her and grasped the situation.
Perhaps an emergency mission has been dropped.
But she wasn’t the story for her.
Starchis hasn’t given permission yet.
The swordsman monkey needs to be evaluated as an A-class monster.
This will allow her to follow the Ade Party.
Ade party members appeared wearing equipment in an instant.
The whole atmosphere was different.
Sayra and Marshall were talking.
Stion asks.
“Marshall? What are you doing here?”
The sound that greatly shook the building and the appearance of the marshal
Russ thought there was a correlation, but
That wasn’t it.
Stion was also puzzled by the appearance of the guide Marshall.
“Before that, I’ll explain the request, Stion.”
Seira shakes off the soft atmosphere and explains the contents of the request in an accurate voice.
“It’s an A-class request. The party ‘Hackgsi’ went missing after going to catch the sky serpent. It’s been two days since today, and I still haven’t heard from you.”
“Nuke? Are they missing?”
Hacksy is another class A party, just like an ade party.
It was quite a big problem for a few A-class parties in the country to go missing in this way.
Stion slowly realized the seriousness of the situation.
“…That’s true… Why did you go to catch that troublesome thing again… First of all, I’ll listen to the rest as I go. So Marshall, why are you?”
Marshall hurriedly opens his mouth at Stion’s question.
“I’m sorry to take up your time at this moment, but the rank of Swordsman monkey is out.”
Russ and Sion react.
“… The Starchis caught it?”
“Yes.”
“Therefore?”
“A grade.”
Said Marshall, looking at Russ.
“It was decided as an A-class.”
Russ nodded.
The memory of being hit by it is bitter, but
Now that I’m brushing away some of the scars
Being A-rank was good for the Barefoot Party status.
Starches’ dream is one step closer.
Stion looks at Russ.
“Get your equipment.”
The restrictions Starchis placed on before were lifted.
The plan to meet him also collapses like this.
Now was not the time to go see him.
A chance to be a little more confident.
It was an opportunity to help him develop his skills.
“Yes.”
Russ also hurriedly ran to the warehouse to pack her gear.
I felt like I should delay getting to him a little longer.
…If possible, you might even vent your anger.
****
Bien came down from the mountain.
Today, the bag was full of herbs.
She touched her sore hand.
Digging the ground to gather herbs, getting cut by many strong grasses
A hand full of wounds.
If you want to recover, you can do it right away,
I couldn’t do it because this stinging pain seemed to be penance.
The crime of not protecting Starchis in the swordsman case.
She was still struggling with the case.
That moment still haunted her as a nightmare.
She endured everything alone and died, so there was nowhere to talk.
That is why Starchis entered her heart.
When she is alone and sad, she comes to know her heart
It was so good that he made me feel good.
But I can’t tell him about this worry,
Shouldn’t have been noticed.
Lately, the frequency of those nightmares has decreased.
It all started after gathering herbs.
Right now, with minor scars on my hands and many prayers
The nightmares have diminished.
But sometimes, when I get so tingly that I can’t even move my hands
She blew the wind into her hand.
She soothed her own pain just that much.
Bien spotted Casey sweeping the yard in the distance.
Casey also discovers Vienne at the same time.
Casey greeted her brightly, waving her hand.
Vien also slightly raised her hand today and accepted her greeting.
Casey set her broom down briefly beside her and ran.
“Bien! Am I here? Aren’t you hurt?”
“Yes. Hey, Casey.”
As her bien calls her, Casey, grinning at her, opens her surprised eyes.
After a long time, she had another question.
“Yes, tell me, Vien.”
“… Do you know the Nicesty family?”
“..Nisty?”
It was a question I had been wondering all through the mountain ride since last night.
If it was Case, I thought I would know the answer.
Casey shakes her head and looks at Bien.
“You don’t know the Nisty family, Bien?”
Through Casey’s reaction, Bien realizes that they were from a famous family.
I felt like something stupid.
“…I don’t know.”
“Wow, you really only know that boy!”
As Casey teases, Vien gives her a piercing glance.
But Casey felt that even that was cute.
She stops teasing Bien and says.
“The Nisty family is the big hand of our medical center!”
Casey smiled, cupping her hands.
But Bien was getting more confused.
“A big hand?”
“…It means that you are the biggest supporter of our medical center.”
As Bien’s expression became more questionable, Casey loosened up and explained.
Casey was even more curious that Bienne didn’t know the Nicesty family.
For several years, the medical center has provided funds to buy bandages and herbs,
Sometimes they change old hospital beds,
Doctors and saints, priests or come to serve
Recently, it has served delicious food to citizens.
He was a ‘good nobleman’ that was hard to find.
“…Okay?”
Bienne wondered why Stachis had gone to the nobleman’s house yesterday.
She was frustrated
As one question is answered, several new ones are added.
Quietly, let Bien frown
Casey checked her complexion.
“… Bien?”
“…Casey, who’s talking to these nobles?”
“Yes?”
“Who will talk to these nobles in our church? Would Sister Helen know these nobles?”
“I don’t know, Vien. Why?”
When it comes to Stachis, Bienne is very talkative, Casey thought.
“…”
When Bien is quiet again, Casey asks a question.
It was a very natural question.
“Is it related to that boy again?”
“…”
Bien did not answer.
Casey took it positively.
She had no answer to give Bien anyway.
For now, there was only one way to help Bien.
“Sister Helen was in the garden earlier. Go ahead and ask.”
“…Yes.”
She left Casey without hesitation and walked toward her garden her.
Without saying anything to Vienne, she was very grateful to Casey.
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“Sister Helen.”
Bienne calls to Sister Helen, who is sitting on a bench in her garden with her eyes closed and the sun shining.
She heard her bien’s call and slowly opened her eyes.
And still, she smiles that benevolent smile.
“… Bien, see you again.”
“I have a question for you..”
“Yes, tell me.”
“Do you know the Nisty family?”
Something was hidden.
