Chapter 87 – Barefoot Stronghold (10)
“…”
Bien opened his mouth to speak, but
No voice came out.
You look rejected
She replayed her past self.
-‘I have. And better than you.’
“..Ah..!”
Words become fragmentary fragments
She makes weird noises
Even if I want to deny it, where should I start?
Couldn’t find it.
Then, she told him that she had a crush on him
If only a little he had a heart for himself,
It was to arouse his jealousy of her.
He said it out of anger and out of anger.
Unless he’s stupid
There are men in the world who are better than you
You should know that no
But now I see he’s a fool
He firmly believed in what he said.
As much as a confession is taken as a joke,
Not a single bit of his own affection has been conveyed to Starchis in the meantime.
It hurt that I didn’t.
If you’ve been working like this
He thought he would notice his heart her even a little bit.
He believes that he likes other people, as opposed to Starchis.
Then all her efforts in the meantime
He must have thought of it as her friend her.
She didn’t know that being treated as a friend by someone she loved would hurt so much.
‘Ah.’
Treated as a friend.
A heavy shock hits the head.
A long time ago, a treat was signed
It is something he himself has been doing to others.
She looked up at Staches.
“…?”
As always, he smiled at her.
Could it be that he, too, has been hurt?
I wanted to improve the relationship.
Wouldn’t he have been hurt and given up because he was treated as a friend?
Even then, the pain
Was it hidden behind this smile?
“Ah, over there is Lily-noona. Let’s go, Vien.”
But he has no time to catch or change his words.
Went to greet a new guest coming up.
****
“Hello everyone?”
Lily approaches the three awkwardly and asks.
She was carrying a small pouch in a neat dress.
“Hello.”
“…”
“Are you here, sister?”
Lily quickly realized what had happened, but
Her interests were elsewhere.
“Yes, how are your hands?”
“Good. Thanks.”
“No.. Huhu. It’s because Master helped me.”
Lily said she didn’t say a word about betting herself.
She gave all the credit to her mentor her.
“Please tell Master thank you too.”
“I will, but Starchis?”
“Yes?”
“Birthday, what do you mean?”
I was always curious.
Even when I was informed by letter
I was wondering if I read it correctly.
Lily’s teacher is enough to set things up like this
He said that the boy had already been taken away.
Just don’t try and come to me
He continued to tease Lily.
So Lily looks calm now,
Her heart was very anxious.
Heal her hands her,
Even though she gave herself
He kept getting further away.
It was the fire that Elzain kindled.
Her enmity blossomed towards her.
But she couldn’t express this anger.
It came down to her anger at having him taken away.
So that it doesn’t look ugly to him
It was really hard to get angry.
“Oh, my girlfriend decided.”
“Why?”
“Today is a day to celebrate many things, right? As a commemoration, I thought about setting it as my birthday.”
“Hmm.. Is it? Well… That’s great, I wanted to congratulate Starchis too.”
Lily approached Stachis, shaking her hips very gently.
She says something to Elzain, who is stuck.
“Would you mind leaving for a moment?”
“..Yes?”
“Sister?”
Rose, who was depressed over the previous incident,
Easily flinched
Let her gap her her,
Lily slipped her arms under Stachis’ shoulders and hugged him tightly.
“Then your birthday is today? Really, truly, congratulations on your birth, Starchis.”
“Uh?”
Rose couldn’t keep up with Lily’s sudden action for a moment.
“I am speaking with all my heart. Congratulations.”
Lily smells him in his arms of her.
My mind became calm.
Tuk tuk,
She patted him on the back and Lily fell without hesitation.
Neither Rose nor Vienne said anything.
Short to point out,
It was a long time to be jealous.
“Thank you, sister.”
“I’ll give you a birthday present later. I don’t know if you’ll like it.”
“Ahaha… Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Oh, here comes my brother.”
Stachis looked behind Lily and said.
Everyone’s eyes moved.
There, Stion and Russ were walking together.
It seemed to be coming from Aid’s base.
Stion bowed his head slightly to Russ.
What did you keep saying?
Russ continued to nod her head as she listened to Stion’s words.
She even smiled slightly.
I heard that she goes into dungeons often, but
She seemed pretty friendly.
Starchis felt a subtle emotion.
He murmurs.
“…Um…Did you mean my older brother’s confidence?”
*****
Stion wants to raise Russ.
She saw many of her talents her in her, enough to force her to increase the number of her requests her.
Russ is getting prettier and prettier even in the Ade party
He taught me many things as if he were a teacher.
Russ absorbs each and every one of those teachings so easily.
She was getting more prettier.
They felt proud watching Russ grow up.
I never thought that nurturing people would be so much fun.
None of them knew.
As they became closer, a new wind blew through Ade.
It was a movement that started with Fioren as the main axis.
That is, to connect her to her Starchis to her.
Stachis, whom I have known for a long time as Stion’s younger brother,
I wanted to connect them with Russ, whom they had begun to like.
It’s something I wouldn’t have done if I knew Starchis’s girlfriend,
It’s a sign I don’t know anyway
Aid party members who were born and raised on the street
I didn’t care.
Watching Russ’ sad unrequited love
It’s cute, but it’s also sad
Solving that was a priority.
Stion stops them at first,
I was nagging, but
To be honest, it wasn’t that Russ didn’t like her either.
From crying to herself and confessing her love for her Starchis,
Regretting the past,
Doing all the chores of the party,
Even in the dungeon, it was noticeable that they did not hesitate to do dirty work.
I was just curious about Starchis’s heart her.
If he liked Russ too, he had an idea of connecting him.
For giving her brother a hard time,
I didn’t want to cut out the chance to make him happy.
He’s in the ade building
About how to twist the Starches
Everytime the plans come
It broke up and broke up the conversation.
Russ blushed and said nothing,
She handed her nag to her as well and stopped it.
But as time went on he
Even if you see them, just stay still
Started letting go,
Now, the moment I go to meet Starchis
He even got to the point of giving her advice to her.
After all, Starchis is lying.
He doesn’t have a girlfriend.
So pretty and reflective
An old friend by his side
I won’t be bad with an honest heart
He thought
Even when I tell Stachis about Rose Nicety
It also contributed to the feeling that something burdensome would not lead.
Anyway, for giving Russ her advice
How to seduce him
He didn’t tell me that it was a lie that he had a girlfriend.
What he doesn’t like,
He was just telling me things to be careful of.
If it’s something that most Starches don’t like
Russ knew
Even so, like the members of the Aid party,
He acknowledges Russ too.
I couldn’t stop her mouth from twitching.
“…Understand. Don’t bother rolling up your sleeves, you have scars.”
Russ seems to have been recognized by Stion, so she laughed.
At this rate, from the moment I can connect with Starchis,
It could be expected that the future would be smooth.
Of course, the first button to connect with him was the hardest button to put on.
“Thank you, Mr. Stion. I will do my best.”
“I didn’t say cheer up. Just don’t be hated.”
“Nevertheless.”
“Do you know you’re doing this because you look pretty? The kids say anything, so I help too. Just leave Starches if you can. I have a lover too.”
“…That’s not okay.”
“Then, confess or make a difference. What do you keep looking at?”
“…”
At the thought of confessing
Russ went red in her face.
Looking up, she saw Starchis waving her hand her in the distance.
She hurriedly cooled her reddened cheeks.
“Russ, is your brother here?”
Starchis greeted them both.
“Brother, take care of yourself!”
Stion hurried over and grabbed his left hand her.
“Move!”
Exaggerated behavior made his joy known.
Starches laughed.
Moving his fingers one by one
Stion’s expectations were met.
“Ah… It makes me worry about you.”
As Starchis moved his fingers her,
Stion hits him on the head
She congratulated him.
“…Hello.”
Rose greets Stion.
Stion paused for a moment, then answered.
“…Elsaine, right?”
“..Yes.”
It was the first time the two acted face-to-face.
Only then, whether Russ or Stion,
I said hello to everyone who had already arrived.
As if they were a pair,
Later, the two of them greeted those who had already arrived.
“Let’s go in and talk, everyone, don’t stand here.”
Starches suggests.
All nodded,
I started to enter Barefoot’s stronghold.
No one except Stachis knows that place.
You wouldn’t even think of it as a new base.
First, Stion, Bien, and Lily, followed by Elsaine.
I waved my hand at Starchis and entered.
Russ caught up with Stachis and went in last.
Upon entering the building, a warm and bright light greeted them.
“…Wow… Is this place rented?”
Asked Russ admiringly.
“I’ll tell you everything later.”
He replied with a smile.
Then, all of a sudden, I couldn’t hold back my curiosity
She asked her
So that the person in front does not hear
Whisper in a low voice
“… Ah, Russ. But is the person you mentioned your brother?”
