Chapter 713 – 713. The Land of Pleasure (1)
“Ilayna said she wants to spend time with her dad for a while?”
“… ?”
Returning home, Eunhyeon showed a puzzled expression at Illyana’s sudden words.
It was also a very difficult word for Eunhyeon, who was scheduled to leave for Eprate the next morning after explaining the circumstances.
It was impossible to leave the place where the devil might be hiding, so the moment I tried to move busily, even if the timing was bad, it couldn’t be this bad.
‘No. It’s not bad timing…’
Even before Eunhyeon came home, she glanced at Lily and Erin, who had strongly opposed him heading to Ephrate.
“Huh? What’s the matter?”
Erin, who had been straight-faced and tried to stop herself until a while ago, was maintaining her composure at some point.
As if he had definitely found someone who would stop Eun-hyeon.
“…”
Eunhyeon was sure that Erin and Lily had told Illyana about the demon hiding in Ephrate in advance.
Perhaps they relayed the story through a secret line they had set up among themselves without their wives’ knowledge.
Perhaps it was because she had already left Illyana with her other wives and went around to take care of her business, Eunhyeon did something to refuse her Illyana’s request.
“I am thinking about it. Well, it’s like you.”
Illyana smiled bitterly.
Even so, she felt a bit disappointed that she didn’t reply right away.
“I have no intention of embarrassing you either. Even if you don’t have to go yourself, it’s not like there’s no way, right?”
“… What do you mean?”
“It means to rely on others a little bit.”
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After moving all day, when the sun went down, the four of them camped out and ate a simple dinner with a bonfire in the middle.
“So that’s what happened…”
As she dipped bread into the warm soup and ate it, she heard all about what had happened and smiled bitterly.
The starting point is Eun-hyeon, who heard quite credible information that the devil might be hiding through Heilangdan.
However, as Erin and Lily, who could never send Eun-hyeon to a place full of women in Changgwan, dragged Illyana in, Eun-hyeon’s plan to investigate was thwarted before it even started.
“Well, sure… The knights have enough justification to move.”
Cha Han-seong also nodded as if he understood the story after hearing the story itself.
It was Illyana’s idea to ask Ephrate to investigate the Artia Knights instead of Eunhyun.
As long as the territory of Ephrate was also a territory within the kingdom of Pernias, the justification itself for the Artia Knights to move existed.
What was surprising was that it was Illyana, not Eunhyun, who requested it.
And Riod accepted her request without hesitation.
Not only was the justification or reason itself sufficient, but he couldn’t ignore Illyana’s wish that Eunhyun, who was already busy, spend time with her for the time being.
It is the result of a woman who has just given birth and wants to spend time with her young daughter and her husband.
It was also Rio de’s small consideration to close her eyes to the degree of private request for the sake of her friends’ amicable husband and wife relationship.
As a result, Eira and Cha Han-seong, members of the knights, were selected.
“I never thought of it this way. Asking Mr. Riod to investigate?”
Erin muttered as if she was very surprised.
Of course, even if she had a public cause and reason, she would have been able to make such a private request to Rio de, the leader of the knights, because she was close friends with Eunhyeon and Illyana.
“And it’s great to be able to travel with her sister!”
“Huh. So do i.”
Ayra took her own arm and stroked Erin’s hair as she smiled and teased her.
“Sobbing… Ramen… Can you eat ramen…”
Meanwhile, Cha Han-seong, who was next to her, shed tears when he saw the ramen prepared by Lily in another pot besides the soup.
Cha Han-seong was moved by the wonderful reproduction of Earth’s food, which he had given up that he would never be able to eat again.
At first, he did not understand why Lily, who was only a maid and not an adventurer or a knight, had participated in this journey, but now Cha Han-seong was okay with such questions.
A woman named Lily, who cooked her ramen, was quickly elevated to a benefactor in Cha Han-seong’s perception.
“The owner said to give you something called chopsticks, but…”
“Thank you! Thank you so much!”
Cha Hanseong quickly took the chopsticks Lily gave him, scooped a ladle into the pot of her ramen, and transferred it to his own bowl.
She skilfully picked up the noodles with her chopsticks, not paying attention to the eyes of her surroundings or her face.
He blew on the steaming noodles and pushed them into his mouth with an expression full of anticipation.
Whoops!
Feeling the elasticity of the noodles snapping in his mouth along with the warm, slightly spicy taste of the broth, Cha Han-seong sobbed once again.
Hehe…”
“That’s so delicious… ?”
“Yes. Senior. Really… Really delicious…”
It is amazing how intense and lively the reaction is, the person watching is not embarrassed.
Lilina, Erin, and Eira, who cooked the ramen, were all looking at Cha Hanseong with a curious expression, but Cha Hanseong was so excited to realize the taste of the earth that he had almost forgotten.
“I couldn’t eat it because it was spicy…”
Having tasted the broth once, Aira had to drink her bottled water at the spiciness that was so pungent.
Perhaps, besides Eunhyeon and Queen Yuria, Cha Hanseong was the only one who enjoyed this ramen.
“… Hansung Cha. Can I drive from tomorrow?”
When I was lost in my senses from the taste of ramen, Erin, who saw an opportunity, quietly brought up the story.
“Yes? It’s not possible. What are you talking about?”
However, unlike Cha Hanseong, who had just eaten ramen with tears of emotion, he refused Erin’s offer with a straight face like a lie.
It was Erin who summoned Retona from the inventory, but Cha Hanseong was the only one among them who could hold the steering wheel.
Erin puffed out her cheeks at Cha Han-seong’s stern reply, which she refused.
“Chi, shame! Still, for about an hour… !”
“Absolutely not. It was exactly what Eunhyeon-nim asked me to do.”
In the first place, the instant ramen Cha Hanseong was eating was close to a bribe.
If Erin’s complaining allows her to drive the car, Eun-hyeon’s anxiety that she won’t serve ramen again serves as a driving force for him to maintain a firm attitude.
“Ugh…”
“I can’t help it. The master forbade it.”
Seeing Erin pouting her lips and expressing her small displeasure, Lily comforted her with a wry smile.
“Let’s practice and get permission next time.”
“Uuuuu, Lily unnie is also merciless…”
She wasn’t being heartless, she was telling the truth, but it’s completely childish to feel sorry for not taking her side.
But besides that, her Erin’s driving skills were really bad.
It was a completely different concept from driving the bike she was accustomed to, and it was unreasonable for her to let Erin drive again, as she had a history of crashing into a tree while driving a Retona.
In fact, the main reason is that Agies directly asked Eun-hyeon not to let Erin drive.
‘… Phew. Thank god.’
Cha Hanseong was relieved internally as he squeezed the bowl containing the ramen.
Even so, if Erin sincerely complains about her, it is not easy for her to refuse it.
But thanks to Lily properly comforting her Erin, Erin was forced to give up despite her dissatisfaction.
The reason why Lily accompanied the three of them was that the three of them, except for herself, were mostly ignorant of Changgwan and the prostitutes who worked there.
Lily, who had done chores including cleaning in such places, had a keen eye for the ecology of such places, so she volunteered to accompany them.
In addition, it has the effect of firmly holding the reins of Erin, who is very happy, so I didn’t know how fortunate she was as Cha Han-seong.
‘… Is it Changgwan?’
Hanseong Cha thought about a place he had never experienced before.
He knew what kind of place it was, but it was a place far from Cha Hanseong.
To his shame, he had never had such a relationship with a woman in his previous life or even now.
The feelings Cha Han-seong feels toward Chang-gwan now are closer to tension stemming from fear than anticipation.
“Hanseong? What are you thinking about?”
Eira, who was so moved to eat the ramen that she couldn’t help but see her worried expression, asked Cha Han-seong with a puzzled expression on her face.
“Yes? Ah… That… The lurking demon was thinking about what the hell it was for.”
I was embarrassed to say that I was thinking about the window of the Ephrate Spirit, and I recalled the excuse that came to my mind belatedly and put it in my mouth.
Cha Han-seong thought to himself that it was a pretty good answer for himself.
“Um… That’s right…”
It was something strange, but Eira put on a worried expression after receiving Cha Han-seong’s words.
“It’s the first time I’ve been to Ephrate, too.”
Even within the Kingdom of Pernias, the territory of Ephrate is reputed to be a territory of entertainment and pleasure, and rumors abound.
In addition, it is a place that women do not like because there are so many brothels where women sell their bodies, but on the contrary, it is a manor that many tourists visit regardless of status.
In a different sense from the Armitas Territory, which has a very active floating population, the word-of-mouth territory is the Ephrate Territory.
If the Armitas territory is rumored to be a pleasant territory that is good for earning money and a good place to live, the evaluation of the Ephrate territory as a territory of pleasure that satisfies sexual desire was a widespread perception among the nobles.
“For now… I have to go.”
Eira knew very well that the answer would not come out just because she was thinking about it.
After finishing dinner, the four of them went straight to sleep.
If there is one unexpected situation, it is that there were only two tents installed compared to the unexpected sex ratio.
“… Are you really okay, senpai?”
“What?”
“That is… You’re using the same tent as me…”
“I can’t help it because there are only two of them.”
As long as Lily and Erin used one, the remaining one naturally belonged to Eira and Cha Hanseong.
Since he couldn’t use the tent with Eun-hyeon’s wives, Lily or Erin, he rationally knew that this arrangement and configuration would be the most reasonable, but Cha Han-sung’s emotions were hesitant to accept this situation.
“Hanseong-ah.”
“Yes yes. Senior.”
“I am a knight. Before being a woman, I want you to treat me as a knight.”
Faced with Eira’s eyes, which contained a firm will, Cha Han-seong reluctantly nodded her head and decided to accept this situation.
“… Sorry. I was immature.”
“Huh. Then let’s go to bed Are you the last to wake up?”
“Yes.”
After the conversation, the two lay down on an air mat spread on the floor.
The air mat Erin installed from the inventory was very soft, and it was very effective in relieving the fatigue accumulated from walking all day.
However, even after seeing the effect, the two couldn’t fall asleep easily.
Although they were lying with their backs turned away from each other covered in blankets, Ayra and Cha Hanseong were conscious of each other behind their backs.
‘What do we do… I can’t sleep…’
Unlike the first time she urged Cha Han-seong to think of herself as a knight rather than a woman, Eira couldn’t sleep due to tension.
The beat of the thumping chest is so loud that it sets off a vicious cycle that makes you more conscious and heightens the tension.
She was full of worries that even Cha Han-seong, who was behind her, could hear her own pounding.
On the other hand, Cha Hanseong didn’t even have the time to care about her, and thought while closing her eyes tightly.
‘If the captain found out about this, I would die.’
She didn’t want to imagine what would happen if Leode found out that she and Eira had slept together in the same tent.
