Chapter 306 – 306. Caravan Travel (3)
“…”
After eating dinner and spending time chatting a little, the first morning at the caravan made Eun-hyeon feel embarrassed.
Recognizing Lily’s body lying on her own arm, she opened her eyes before she knew it.
Erin, who should have been sleeping on the bunk bed on the second floor, was because of the presence of the girl who had crawled into her arms, hugged her tightly, and exhaled her sweet breath.
“Yes… Lol.”
As she tossed and turned in her sleep, she pulled Eun-hyeon’s upper body more strongly and pressed her own chest, looking at the girl who was smiling and sleeping soundly at her, and she was at a loss for words.
‘… Doesn’t he have a sense of crisis?’
The short dolphin pants that reveal the bare skin of the thighs as well as the short but loose thong sleeveless tee that exposes the navel and waist nakedly reveal an absurdly large amount of bare skin, which is full of healthy beauty.
In addition, the feel of her breasts tightly pressed against her own upper body and the curvature of her pure white breasts visible through her sleeveless tee made her feel strange in Eun-hyeon’s heart.
Because she wasn’t wearing underwear.
She even doubts whether she is conscious of herself as a man.
‘No, consciousness… I’m sure he’s doing it.’
If she didn’t see Eun-hyeon as a man, she couldn’t have comforted herself by thinking of her Eun-hyeon alone, confined to a room in her house where no one else was around.
Unlike two years ago, when she was skinny and her body and mind were in danger, her well-balanced body full of flesh and health was very attractive.
It is to the extent that I have a reasonable doubt that this is part of the ability as a nine-tailed fox, a divine beast, that is being expressed unconsciously.
‘Since when did it become so demanding?’
The mind of thinking of a disciple who became an adult was very complicated.
“… Whoa.”
There was no way he was aware of that himself, but approaching him with such a defenseless appearance was putting Eun-hyeon’s part as a man to the test in many ways.
However, it is a very ambiguous situation to resolve this part.
In the end, I had to endure this part with my own patience.
She suddenly remembered what Illyana had said before she left for the trip.
-Aga had only you from beginning to end. Now, both body and mind, they are all dependent on you and us. Are you thinking of getting away from me now?
‘To touch it…’
With a sense of immorality that cannot be explained in words, reason was barely restraining the runaway of emotions in Eun-hyeon’s heart.
– How are you? She wants Erin too, just like Eleanor or Lily, take it (Demon)
-Hey. If this were Earth, you’d be a complete scumbag and a thief. How many wives and lovers do you have because of the age difference? (Angel)
It feels like a devil and an angel are fighting desperately in my head, fighting a never-ending tug-of-war.
“… Let’s get up.”
In the end, reason won out.
“Yes…”
As Eunhyeon tried to stand up, Erin, who was hugging his upper body, frowned and tightened her arms.
“Sleep a little longer…”
“Are you sleeping.”
Eun-hyeon, who forcibly got Erin away and freed herself from Lily, raised her body and covered them with a blanket.
Opening the door and coming out of the caravan, Eun-hyeon stretched out and retrieved the simple camping tools installed outdoors.
“Emilia.”
“Confirm Master’s call. Exit sleep mode.”
Emilia, who was sitting quietly by the door of the caravan, lowering her head slightly and entering her sleep mode, immediately responded to Eunhyun’s words.
“How about the Witchbeast’s approach during the night?”
“None.”
The effect of the vigilance magic that continued to run even in sleep mode was very useful.
Thanks to this, I was able to enjoy a comfortable night without having to think about night shift rotation.
“Let’s skip breakfast. Oh, but when the two of you wake up, warm up the leftover stew from yesterday and put it aside for you to eat.”
“I accept your order.”
By the time the camping tools were all sorted out, Lily came out of the caravan.
Realizing that she was almost done tidying up, she put on an apologetic look.
“Sorry. I woke up later than my master…”
“Are you okay. To this extent.”
She belatedly finished her tidying up with Lily and went into the caravan with the stew in a separate pot.
“Erin. Wake up. You should eat breakfast.”
“Yes…”
Before she set off, she heated up a pot of stew using the induction stove in the kitchen installed inside the caravan and immediately started preparing breakfast.
Rubbing her eyes and lifting her body up, Erin, with her dreamy eyes, returned the cushions on her cot to the couch, and made her table.
“I’m looking forward to it…”
“…”
“Hey? What’s on my face?”
“No. I like it.”
It was only a little embarrassing to see Belldandy’s behavior, which immediately materialized as soon as the timing of the meal came.
It seemed that he quite liked the food of the underworld.
Eunhyun soon smiled as if she was happy.
It was because the wish to let Belldandy experience various things in the underworld was coming true little by little.
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“We will arrive at Soyeongji soon, so let’s get ready.”
“… I think Hyun-i is really great.”
Erin looked at Eunhyeon with a mixed expression of admiration as she found out that there was a small and medium-sized estate ahead through her senses and gave instructions.
Although she learns the sensing technique from him, it is because the range at which she can unfold and the duration differ markedly.
She stopped driving nearby and took out all the backpacks from the trunk, each filled with the necessities of the trip, and filled each one up.
She stores Retona and her caravan inside Emilia’s inventory, and the reason she walks on foot is because she doesn’t want Retona’s presence unnecessarily discovered.
Fortunately, after walking for about 30 minutes, Eunhyeon and her group arrived at the gate of the Yeongji and were checked by two guards standing guard.
“Hmm… One young man, two women, and a child…”
At first glance, it is not a composition of gender and age suitable for travel.
“The object I saw…”
Emilia, who was about to protest that she was not her child, was immediately interrupted by Erin.
She didn’t pay much attention to Emilia’s reaction, and as she looked at the other people’s whereabouts, she found a rapier on Erin’s waist, and she asked Erin.
“Hmm… You look young, are you adventurous?”
“Yes. Here’s your identity card.”
When Eunhyeon and Erin took out their adventurer identification cards and showed them, the guards nodded.
“The maid in the back is not an adventurer, but my maid. And this child… She is my sister.”
“…”
Since Emilia’s hair, like her Eunhyeon’s, was silvery white, she was easy to gloss over in this area.
Even though Emilia put on a puzzled expression at Eunhyun’s behavior of just stroking her long hair and treating her as a child.
“What… Even an adventurer seems like an adventurer with a bit of status, so go in.”
She paid no attention to the guard, who did not question much, nodded her head and opened the way for the four.
As soon as they entered her manor, Erin looked around her and let out an impression of what she could handle.
“… It’s not that lively.”
She could not be compared to Pernin, the capital of the Kingdom of Pernias, but compared to the Duchy of Armitas, which was always overflowing with people, the atmosphere was vastly different.
The overall drooping atmosphere reminded me of the Mograf Frontier, where a gloomy atmosphere lingered in the aftermath of the war with the Demon Beast.
However, unlike the Mograf Marginal Order, the gates of the territory, which were very lax and not even properly repaired, were subtle enough to give a sense of security that they would keep the residents safe.
After passing through the gate and walking along the road, and arriving at the central square, there were not many people walking around.
“Originally, Armitas Territory is also a territory run by the ducal family, so there is a very large floating population. Since the borders of Mograf have to defend against foreign aggression, there is no choice but to automatically deploy a large number of military forces. Most of the small and medium-sized territories are like this.”
Since the hierarchy of the nobles who manage the estate is not that high, the people around them and the places they can lean on for help are limited.
There is also a method to remarkably develop a territory with some special product of the territory or a system created with an independent idea, but in this case, the management ability and skill of the lord are very excellent.
“Even so…”
Like Erin, Eunhyeon looked around Youngji and muttered softly.
“It’s not too lively.”
Even so, the faces of the people walking around were full of tiredness rather than bright emotions.
She glanced at Lily and asked her.
“Lily, what do you think?”
Lily put on a complicated expression at Eun-hyeon’s question.
“Well… It’s been almost 6-7 years since I…”
There were parts that hadn’t changed at all, there were new parts, and there were parts that were more outdated.
“But overall, the population of the territory has decreased compared to before…”
Overall, Lily’s impressions were similar to those of Eunhyeon and Erin, so there was no difference.
To say that it was a more detailed impression than the two of them, it felt like the number of people had decreased even more.
“For now… I’ll guide you to the inn. And…”
Lily, who was carefully watching her, and Eun-hyeon, who met her gaze, nodded her head slightly.
“This is a trip for you. Do whatever you want.”
“… Thank you. I want to visit the restaurant my parents used to run.”
“Okay.”
Following the footsteps of Lily, who led the way, the four headed towards the inn.
The innkeeper sitting at the counter stared at the entrance with the sound of a metal bell as soon as he opened the door.
“Welcome.”
“One large room for four people.”
“Two silver coins.”
“Yes.”
After paying the price offered by the innkeeper and ordering her to unpack her luggage by sending her three first, Eunhyeon asked the owner of the counter.
“What’s going on in the manor?”
“Hmm?”
“The atmosphere inside the manor is a bit strange. Should I say there is no energy? I’ve been to a lot of other places during my adventures, but this place seems especially like that.”
Eunhyun, who played the concept of looking like a person with a very worried expression and tone, asked the innkeeper.
“Hmm. Is it like that even to outsiders?”
The innkeeper gave her a small nod of her head with her calm expression, without any intention of denying Eunhyeon’s point.
“The reason is that young people are leaving the village one by one from several years ago.”
“Are you leaving town?”
“Yes.”
At first, I didn’t care too much about it.
However, as it passed half a year, passed a year, two years, and three years, the number of young people leaving the manor began to increase rapidly.
As a result, the population inside the territory is gradually decreasing and the economy is getting worse.
The internal circumstances of the territory, which deteriorated over time, were the cause of leaving the young people.
It is the vicious cycle itself.
‘… There’s something.’
Feeling the need to investigate her in detail, Eun-hyeon nodded to the innkeeper who told her a snippet of her work.
“Thank you for speaking up. It’s a tip.”
“Hehe, what? Thank you.”
She took out a silver coin from her bosom and gave it to the innkeeper, who smiled and put the silver coin into her bosom without hesitation.
