Chapter 1228 – Ep.1226 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
The atmosphere was initially scary, but once the meal started, it turned out to be not as bad as expected.
“How old are you?”
“Me, me? Ah! No, I, I… ?”
“Then? Are there any other newly added people here besides you?”
“Uh, so…”
Anku opened his ten fingers wide and began to fold them one by one, shaking his eyes.
After the first ten fingers were folded, Anku opened his fingers again. Like that, Anku folded his hand twice in total and opened two fingers.
“S-22!”
“He’s a kid with no blood on his head.”
“Stupid bitch. Creatures die when the blood dries on their heads.”
“That’s not what you meant!”
“Shut up, Nuit.”
“Why only me?!”
Ingrim also said something, but Nuit’s eyes widened as she asked why she was only doing this to me, but surprisingly, no one paid any attention.
‘There was no sign of youthfulness… ‘You’re much younger than I thought?’
Anku’s age was so young that it was hard to even use the word young.
No, wait.
I was eating the high-quality beef jerky, which was full of meat and not at all tough, and quickly swallowed it and joined the conversation.
“So how old is Barney?”
“… Barney? Barney is twenty-four… ?”
“Oh.”
Although Bani looked much younger, I was relieved and a little surprised at the same time that Anku was actually younger.
“I see.”
After confirming that I had not committed a crime, I put the beef jerky back into my mouth. Then Ardel, who had been waiting for a moment for me to finish my business, opened his mouth.
“His name was Anku.”
“Yes, yes…” .”
“A strong warrior wins a good man.”
Ardel continued speaking as he cooled a glass of water with magically created ice and held it out to me.
“We are the opposite. Everyone is equal in bed. The choice is entirely up to him. However, other than that, she must behave as she pleases.”
“…”
Anku, who had been looking down at Ardel with her head down in desperation, blinked for a moment and kept blinking to understand the true meaning of what Ardel had said to her.
“… !!”
Anku, who had been blinking so hard that I thought I could hear his head rolling, raised his head as if he finally realized the true meaning of what Ardel had said to me.
“Well, just order anything!”
“Give it to me?”
“Oh! Please just do it! I will work hard!!”
Anku jumped up from his seat and bowed his head towards Ardel and Lihina, then turned to say hello to Nuit and Ingrim, who had closed their mouths at Ardel’s words and were quietly eating beef jerky.
“Don’t worry about that. If you ask me, you are higher in rank.”
“Uh… Is that so… ?”
As Anku tilted his head, Ardel and Rihina nodded once almost simultaneously.
“Where is that law?!”
And our clueless goddess couldn’t understand her mood and raised her voice once again.
“Even though the first button was sewn a little wrong, it has already worked out several times through affection!!”
“Uh…”
Anku, who didn’t know much about our group yet, rolled his eyes here and there as if he didn’t know who to follow, but eventually he cutely grabbed my lapel, who was sitting right next to me, and gave me a look of help.
“The one sitting calmly over there is called Ingrim, and it’s okay for us to be friends. Ignore that.”
“What?!”
I lightly ignored Nuit’s gaze, which gave me the expression of someone who had suffered a great betrayal.
‘The more I think about that, the more shameful it becomes.’
When everything was over and peace came, the idea to seize the opportunity and provide proper mental education arose. And while I was thinking about Nuit’s mental education, Anku, who had been cleared of traffic by me, bowed her head slightly towards Ingrim and sat down again.
“This, profit──!!”
The moment when Nuit, who had been completely ignored, was about to explode.
“Okay. I understand, so shut up and fill your stomach.”
“Whoop?!”
Perhaps because I acknowledged it, Ingrim strangely raised the corners of her mouth, overpowered Nuit, and stuffed the jerky into her mouth with overwhelming force, completely blocking her ability to speak.
I feel this every time, but I can’t help but sigh with relief when I think about what the future would have been like if Ingrim hadn’t joined.
Anyway, considering the rough start, the meal went very smoothly.
“See you later.”
“I hope I can bring good news.”
“Never overdo it.”
As Ardel caressed her cheek with his cool hand, Lihina smiled, fluttering her long ears as if she was in a good mood.
“It’s okay to have this.”
“Still.”
“Hehe, yes.”
Rihina had distanced herself from me, saying she couldn’t leave the world tree alone, but perhaps because she communicated with her butt a lot while we were together, Rihina no longer hides her feelings at all, and gently placed her hand on top of my hand that was placed on her cheek. They overlapped and kissed.
“Okay then.”
Li Hina left her tribe first, taking her sister Twaing Grimm with her.
“I’m sorry!!”
And soon after, Anku, who had gone to talk to the chief, returned with a small hump on his head. Regardless of whether the conversation with me ended well, it seems like he came to hear the scolding from the next chieftain for breaking the tribe’s rules.
“Whoa, whoa!!”
Even though the distance from the chief’s house to this place was not very long, Anku was breathing heavily, which clearly showed that the chief had fried him to a sweet taste.
“Are you okay?”
“Uh?! Trigrams, it’s okay!”
It’s true that there isn’t much of a problem just by looking at the person out of breath, but it was like an unavoidable human instinct to keep looking at the lump on the top of the head.
“Then let’s leave.”
“Huh! Can I guide you to a nearby tribe?”
“That will be a little later. For now, like this.”
I naturally fell into Ardel’s arms and gestured to Anku.
“I need to get busy so come and give me a hug.”
“… ?”
Anku, who was smiling normally until I was held in Ardel’s arms, blinked his eyes as if he didn’t understand at all when I motioned for him to be held with me.
Seueuugh.
Then, Ardel, who had been fiddling with my thigh in her arms out of habit, moved first and placed Anku under her side.
“Uh… ?”
“If you don’t want to scoop up sand, keep your mouth shut.”
“Uh, huh? I, uh, ho, walk alone hehe—─!!”
Ardel, who was equal to everyone except me and Kernax, leaped far away even though Anku was not properly prepared, and Anku, who was talking, screamed, shaking back and forth on Ardel’s side like laundry blowing in the wind.
‘Hmm, it’s refreshing.’
Thanks to the sign, I was able to escape the effects of the heat, and despite the surrounding landscape being covered with barren sand, the view of the desert from the sky was quite picturesque.
As I was scanning the rapidly passing desert, listening to Anku’s screams with one ear and ignoring them with the other, one fact crossed my mind.
“Ardel, wait a minute.”
Ardel, who had once skipped great heights, landed on the sand as lightly as his feathers when I called.
“It’s good to get those kids’ cooperation… Do you understand the language?”
“Ah.”
“Also…”
After dealing with the Southern King, conversation with the monster was possible because La-Rosha, who had learned the common language of the empire, interpreted my words on behalf of me. And Akh-Tan and the rest of the higher-ranking species have also learned the official language of the Empire to some extent through Sith education.
The problem was that all of them who had learned the common language had left the fortress.
They all left, so what was the deal like?
That’s because there is an existing promise, so as long as no one breaks it first, it is not a big problem to continue the transaction even without a mediator.
“You’re in trouble.”
“I guess so.”
Since we had a relationship established a long time ago, I was certain that I would receive help, but it ended up being toxic.
“… Wow!!”
While I was wondering what to do with this, Anku, who had been drooping for a moment, lifted her head and came to her senses.
“Wow, that’s amazing!!”
Anku shouted as he looked up at Ardel, and his eyes were very bright, like those of a child visiting an amusement park for the first time.
“Amazing!! How did you do it? “Can I do it too?”
“…”
When Anku, who had just come to her senses and could not read our mood, looked up at me with her eyes sparkling, Ardel looked at her with her very subtle gaze.
“If you try hard enough to die.”
“Effort, patience, and perseverance are the virtues of a warrior!!”
I was trying to keep Anku quiet for a moment, but I decided to watch the two of them a little longer when I saw Ardel’s unexpected response to Anku’s question.
“Uh, ho, could it be…” …”
Anku, who had been bright-eyed just a few seconds ago, suddenly began darting his eyes up and down and wiggling his fingers.
“Don’t stutter. And if you have anything to say, make it clear.”
“… !!”
Anku’s eyes widened slightly, and she pursed her lips for a moment.
“Can you give me training… ?”
“Dismissed.”
“Uh… What is ki and angle? Sorry… I’m so bored studying, I don’t know a very difficult common language…”
Oh, that’s right.
It came to mind after hearing Anku’s words.
Not only monsters, but also desert natives do not know the official language of the empire.
‘Chief… Is he a great person?’
I think it would be a good idea to ask her later if she knows Irina.
“… Later, when I have some free time.”
“Thank you!! I will work hard!!”
“It’s noisy.”
“Eup.”
When Ardel withdrew his gaze, Anku showed a cute reaction by covering his mouth with both hands.
‘I think I liked it more than I thought.’
You can say that I saw her a lot, but from the first time I met her, there was a strangely attractive connection. And it seems like Anku has that kind of connection with Ardel. Or maybe it’s because I’m young.
“I have no choice but to attack other tribes first.”
“Of course.”
“Uh, what problem happened?”
Anku, who used an honorific to Ardel, looked at me and blinked.
“There are monsters we were interacting with, but the interpreters disappeared.”
“Monster? What monster? “I know how to speak a little bit about snakeheads.”
When Anku answered so calmly that he could speak a little of the monster’s language, Ardel’s eyes and mine turned to Anku at the same time.
“Uh, well, did I say something wrong… “What?”
