Chapter 1199 – Ep.1197 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
Exactly 15 days after setting the destination and departing from Mallingta.
“This is my first time visiting the islands.”
“Me too.”
Ardel and Rihina stopped on a high hill and looked down at the huge island in the distance and opened their mouths briefly.
“I feel like I’m going to throw up…”
“This is why the mortal body…”
And unlike me, who was carried very comfortably by Ardel and Lihina in turns, Nuit and Ingrim, who had been carried by their sides like luggage the whole way, fell down and groaned as soon as they were put down on the floor.
“Keueuuu~!!”
I didn’t have much to do, so all I did was just sulk.
“Let’s go first, have some food, and get some rest.”
“Chi, bed!!”
“Bath… Bath… !!”
The goddesses (who were) who had completely adapted to the world in the few days we had been together, as soon as they heard my words, jumped up from their seats as if all their fatigue had gone away.
So, with Ardel and Lihina’s help once again, we were brought to the large, wide open castle gate.
“The atmosphere itself is the best of all the cities I’ve been through.”
“I guess so.”
“So?”
I also tilted my head in the affirmative to Ardel and Lihina’s evaluation.
That’s right.
“Are you busy this evening?”
“Even if you are busy, you have to make time for yourself if you want.”
“Work hard today too!”
“Ugh!! “I really don’t want to go!!”
This is because during the nearly one year she lived in the system, she often saw men and women who were like oil and water having a very natural conversation.
‘More than that, exercise?’
For your information, the one who cheered you on a little while ago to work hard was a woman, and the one who got annoyed and said you didn’t want to go was a guy with a red pepper.
‘What on earth…? … ?’
The reversed perception itself seemed to have remained the same, but other than that, the atmosphere in the system was perfect, as Ardel and Lihina said.
Especially the relationship between men and women.
“First, let’s go to the imperial castle.”
“I understand.”
The scars from the invasion by demons and adventurers still remained through the castle walls and other places, but the citizens residing on the island seemed to have forgotten all such things and continued their daily lives as normal.
Street stall owners raise their voices touting customers, shop owners display high-quality goods, and carriages of unknown origin move around busily.
While heading to the imperial castle, I was able to truly experience what the overall atmosphere was like.
And when I passed through the broken gate leading to the imperial castle and arrived at the Blue Rose Order building that I had used in the past, I had to black out once again.
“Trainee number 37! Is that all there is to it? So, can you exert yourself at night!”
“Ahh!!”
“Trainee 17, your legs are gradually lowering. The only thing a trainee can get off is a dick head after a night’s work.”
“Ah, ah!”
Guys with very familiar faces were running around, dirty guys with old-fashioned blue hats on their heads and numbers on their backs.
“…”
“…”
I was wondering if I was dreaming, so I turned my head to ask Ardel to pinch my cheek, but Ardel and Rihina’s condition was not much different from mine, so I was able to properly recognize that the scene I was seeing with my own eyes was not a dream. There was.
“Uh, Ardel?”
“… Yes?”
He was so absorbed in the sight that Ardel couldn’t help but reply a beat, even shaking his head in surprise.
“I think we can disable stealth.”
“Uh, yes. “I don’t think there’s any need to worry about the underlings.”
“… That’s right.”
As Ardel withdraws his magic, our gray color regains its original color.
“Hmm?”
Is it because it was such a striking combination?
As soon as he showed up, a friendly yet very unfamiliar member who was engaging in PTSD-inducing behavior seemed to recognize us.
“Huh?!”
After passing Ardel and Lihina, his eyes lingered on me for a few seconds, and then he suddenly jumped up in place like someone who started a game.
“All done, Captain!!”
“What?!”
“Captain?”
“Where are you! Where!”
“Omg!! “Ji, you are the real leader!!”
The members of the group, who had been manhandling nameless men even more than what had been done to me, rushed to my side, stomping around like drugged rats.
“Get out of here, you bastards!”
“Wow!!”
“That neat shin kick!!”
“You are the real leader!”
“Oh, hurry up and tell the vice-captain this news!”
“I’m the vice-captain!!”
Due to my instinct to start a fight when I come into contact with a man, I unconsciously kicked the shin of the guy who came closest to me. However, the guy who hit me and the guys who watched it instead of being scared like before, instead cheered, I felt fear, even if it was just for a moment.
‘Did you really do drugs?’ … ?’
It was a reasonable suspicion.
“Are these guys really crazy as a group? “It’s noisy, so shut your mouth!”
“”Chung!””
What is loyalty?
When I saw everyone saluting at me and closing their mouths, goosebumps appeared on my forearms.
“Dan, blind?”
“… ?”
When I turned my head to the hoarse sound of something dying, there was someone walking out there who looked very similar to someone I knew, but was different.
“All done, Captain!!”
“Don’t come any closer, you bastard.”
“Ahh!!”
“”Oh… !!””
This time, instead of using instinct, I aimed and kicked the shin, and the guy who looked like Roan jumped up and down, grabbing the shin that had been kicked by me.
“Are you Roan?”
“Yes, that’s right…” … !!”
“No, what. “What’s wrong with your eyes?”
There were other things to point out, but the worst part was the two hollow snowballs.
“Huh… “I really have a lot to tell you.”
“Uh, okay.”
I really don’t listen to guys’ stories, but I couldn’t just pass by this time.
“Let’s go in first.”
“I will take you there.”
“Are you coming?”
So, with Roan’s guidance, I moved to the leader’s office.
**
“Would you like beer?”
“Uh, something cool.”
“Of course.”
As I naturally sat down at the head of the table, Roan brought me a beer glass with thin ice from the storage room that I used to love.
“Who are these people?”
“It’s done.”
“No, me too…”
“Shut up.”
When Ardel refused as a representative, Nuit, who had lost her senses and said she had gotten used to it, opened her mouth and was criticized by her.
“Phew, so. What on earth happened?”
“That’s a bit long to explain, but…”
“It’s okay, just tell me.”
Anyway, I was just planning to rest for about half a day to a day.
“Well, do you remember the knight who performed the leader’s mission with me?”
“On a mission with you… Ah, ah.”
I remember her as a knight who was clearly Irina’s subordinate and decided to stay here when I took her to Molingta.
“Was it Findel?”
“You’re right. “You still remember.”
Her memory is not so bad that even a man would forget the name of a woman he met once.
“So? Why is that suddenly?”
“Uh… “The day I completed my mission, I met Lord Findel.”
“… “What?”
“Blood, I’m dating Lord Findel!”
“Crazy.”
I quickly emptied my glass of beer and leaned my upper body towards him.
“I won’t interrupt, so just keep talking.”
“Uh, um. A few things happened while I was dating Lord Findel… The relationship between me and Sir Findel gradually caught the attention of other knights… When I came to my senses, the members and the knights who had decided to stay with Sir Findel were socializing in pairs.”
Tak!
How should I express this?
I wonder if this is how a teacher feels as he watches his once half-hearted disciples finally attain enlightenment and descend the mountain.
“And… We realized. “Why did you treat us so harshly and say such harsh things to us?”
I just did it because I didn’t want to see him looking so pathetic and lazy.
“Stamina, yes. We were acutely aware of our lack of physical strength. And it occurred to me at the same time. How to correct the atmosphere and public order of the system that was in turmoil after the leader left!”
“Sit down.”
“Yep.”
The guy who got up from his seat scratched his head sheepishly and sat back down.
“Before the leader came, there was actually a fight between us secretly, but after the leader came, those noises disappeared, and we actually came together. Yes. “We naturally came together because our bodies and minds were tired, and we had external enemies.”
“This bastard. So does that mean you all saw me as an enemy?”
“Rain, metaphor! That’s what the metaphor says!!”
These kids.
I was going to just skip it, but I guess I’ll have to do a gathering later.
“Ah, anyway! So we thought! I have to forcefully bring in the remaining men in the system and run them away! But just rolling it is meaningless. So he asked Sir Findel and the other knights a favor. “We ask men to spread the word that when they are having a hard time, they approach us pretending to be indifferent and swearing at us, and that they can get points.”
When I heard that, I remembered.
This kid sitting in front of me was quite capable, except for gambling.
“Are the results what I just saw?”
“It’s still mandatory, but now everyone has the will.”
“Because you realized that if you don’t have stamina, you’ll run backwards?”
“There’s that too…” … Well, there was also cooperation from women. Not completely losing, but step by step, yeah. Today was better than yesterday? To praise in this way. As a bonus, we compare by saying how so-and-so was.”
“… Are you a genius?”
“It’s all thanks to the leader’s teachings──”
Knock. Knock. Knock!
A knocking sound filled with force.
“Come in.”
“Excuse me… Huh?!”
A woman opened the door and came in drenched in sweat.
Findel, who had become a lover with Roan, who was sitting in front of me right now, cringed like a mouse in front of a cat as soon as he saw Ardel and Lihina standing behind me.
“Lord Findel.”
“Chung, chung!”
“I’m no longer a knight or a leader, so don’t do that. Just listen… No, no.”
I got up from my seat.
“We need to get some rest too, so let’s talk again in the evening.”
“Oh, I understand──”
“Captain?!”
Unlike Findel, whose face lit up as he glanced at Roan sitting in front of me, Roan got up from his seat and followed me as if to start a fight.
“More, more! “I have more to say!”
“Uh. It’s okay. “I’m not curious anymore.”
“Captain!!”
“Let go, you bastard. Lord Findel?”
“Yes! Huh! Roan? “What kind of disgrace is this?”
“No, that’s ugly, that’s ugly…” I’m so happy…”
“Mr. Smith. “You can go to the 3rd princess’s palace.”
“Thank you.”
“Captain…”
“Good work. See you in the evening.”
I left the leader’s office, lightly ignoring Roan’s earnest gaze.
