Chapter 451 – Hilda
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Hilda accepted Lafferd’s advice and decided to meet Bark.
Since the opponent is the opponent, it is inevitable to be cautious.
However, it did not fit her personality to worry about this without even confronting it.
Finding Bark wasn’t difficult.
He is the one who made Ramona excited about whether she is a sword master or not.
He was the most famous person in Ramona.
There was no one who did not know that Bark was living in the house of Homan, his duel opponent.
Hilda was worried about what would happen if Bark didn’t meet her, but her worries were unfounded.
Karen, who saw Hilda, did not say anything and guided her to her living room.
And Hilda was soon able to meet Bark face to face.
“You want to be my squire?”
“Yes… I know it’s shameless. If you still have feelings for me… Please accept me as a servant.”
“Well… I’ll even call it shameless…”
Bark’s expression was neither good nor bad.
I came with the hopeful thought that he would accept it, but when it came time for the judging, I became nervous.
-Gulp…
Hilda swallowed her dry saliva without realizing it.
“Good. Hilda, I will take you as my second squire.”
The permission was more vain than expected.
Hilda was more confused than happy about this situation.
“Why? What’s wrong?”
Bark asked if her own expression was strange.
“Yes? Oh, no. Thank you.”
Hilda was prepared for the worst… She was told to take off, to be honest.
However, she felt complicated by Bark’s reaction, which was different from what she expected…
“Do I… Have a chance?”
I’m talking about the possibility of becoming an article.
“Possibility…? Isn’t it possible?”
Did I understand the question correctly?
Why is Bark’s answer so lukewarm?
And Hilda could notice Bark fixating her gaze on her own chest.
I know he is a great knight.
He already proved it in front of many people.
But now, Bark’s appearance was seriously eroding its credibility.
It’s different when you go into the bathroom and when you come out.
Once Hilda got permission, which she thought would be the most difficult, she slowly began to worry about other things.
“… Can I become a knight?”
Hilda wondered if he had misunderstood the question because he was so preoccupied with her breasts that she asked a more specific question.
As a squire, it was a somewhat rude question.
However, Bark doesn’t seem to be paying much attention.
“Article? What’s so difficult about that? Couldn’t it be done?”
It is light.
It’s too light.
No knight would say something like that to a squire.
Becoming a knight is not as easy as he says.
That’s because awakening an Auror is not as easy as you think.
Hilda’s father even received instruction in Auror training from the knight who was her teacher, but he failed to awaken.
Hilda did not learn her father’s Auror training methods.
But she didn’t resent it.
She did not think that she could do what her father, who trained his entire life, could not do, and that important secrets such as Auror training methods should not be leaked without the teacher’s permission.
My father kept his promise to his teacher.
Instead, Hilda tried various Auror training methods available on the market.
Because of that, she also spent quite a bit of gold.
But none of it had any effect.
I’ve learned quite a few Auror training methods, and seeing as I haven’t reacted at this age.
He couldn’t help but think that he might not have any talent as a knight.
However, Bark’s words, as if asking what was so great about the article, seemed too fake.
Nevertheless, when his skills were proven, he had nothing to say.
Anyway, there are only two things Hilda can do now.
Nevertheless, did you live as his servant?
Or he should leave this place.
“Bark… Thank you very much.”
In the end, Hilda chose the former.
Even if he brought her in as a seed only for the purpose of her body.
His skills as a knight are real.
Hilda thought that she could gain a lot just by following Lafferd’s tail.
“Where are you staying now?”
“Well, it’s a house…”
“Do you own a house?”
“Yes…”
The house Hilda lived in was an ordinary house, neither too small nor too big, between the slums within the city walls and this luxury residential area.
To be precise, it could be said that she inherited it from her deceased father.
“Golden spoon… No, is it a silver spoon?”
Hilda was puzzled because she couldn’t understand the meaning of what Bark said when he suddenly looked for the spoon, but since she was the one who would be her teacher, she answered sincerely.
“Do you mean a silver spoon? We don’t have a silver spoon in our house.”
“Hmm… It’s nothing.”
“Yes…”
“… Wouldn’t it be better if we stayed together as servants? I’m not forcing you. Isn’t it inconvenient for you to come and go? If you want to stay here, I’ll give you my room.”
In some ways, it sounds like the consideration of a normal teacher.
‘Is it my problem that I can’t accept it so purely? Or not…’
Still, Hilda made a decision quickly.
I thought it was better to do it for sure.
“Here… We will stay together.”
Bark nods her head in satisfaction at Hilda’s answer.
“There are many empty rooms, so you can stay anywhere. Karen will guide you.”
“Yes… Thank you.”
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Hilda received guidance from Karen about her future room.
It was a room on the second floor.
It was a well-decorated, feminine room with a warm atmosphere.
It’s a bit far from her own taste.
This was originally Homan’s house.
It seemed like it was the room used by the woman he brought in.
As I was taking a quick look around her room, Karen touched Hilda’s arm.
Hilda looked at Karen curiously.
Karen expresses simple thoughts with her hand gestures.
As Hilda watched Karen’s hand gestures with concentration, she could easily understand their meaning.
Perhaps because she couldn’t speak, her hand gestures were better than expected.
“Let’s take a shower?”
-Nod.
“Suddenly?”
Karen takes her hand.
Hilda said, “Uh-huh…” And went into Karen’s bathroom, guided by her hand.
“Oh my… What am I doing…”
Hilda, who was soaping Karen’s smooth back, sighed involuntarily.
She was caught up in the atmosphere and somehow ended up sharing her bath with Karen.
‘Friendly activities between seeds… Something like that?’
She thought it was quite successful for that purpose.
This situation of bathing together, soaping each other’s bodies, is unfamiliar.
But as she thought about whether she would have felt this way if she had a younger sister, she felt a closeness to Karen.
When I looked closely, I saw small scars all over Karen’s body.
“… Did this… Come like this after receiving… Training… From Master Bark?”
Hilda asked carefully, choosing her words.
Karen shakes her head.
“No? Then?”
“… Ah… Um…”
“It happened before I met Bark?”
-Nod.
“Bark… Is he a good person?”
-Nod.
It didn’t seem like Karen was telling her lies.
I could feel the sincerity on her face.
I feel a little relieved.
Hilda found her sudden bathing with Karen a bit absurd, but she still felt refreshed after doing it.
Karen grabbed her hand as she dried herself off and tried to put on her clothes.
“… Why do you do that?”
Karen takes two large towels out of her drawer and hands me one.
Hilda suddenly accepted it.
Karen wraps the big towel around her naked body.
“Ha… Um… Um…”
“Do you want me to do the same?”
-Nod.
While doing something, Hilda obediently followed Karen’s instructions and wrapped her towel around her naked body.
Karen saw that and gestured.
Hilda knew that Karen was saying where to go.
“Where are we going like this?”
-Nod.
‘No way…’
For some reason, I suddenly thought he was giving me a bath…
It made no sense to come this far and not know what would happen.
“…”
There is no man who promised a future.
Still, the hesitation is…
Hilda had a dream of living a simple life.
That’s starting a family.
She did not wish for the pure love between a man and a woman that the bard sings about.
I just wanted a normal relationship between men and women.
A life like giving birth to a child and raising a normal family.
Hilda, who had such a simple dream, wanted a sincere and normal man.
Her problem is… Men like that don’t see her as her woman.
To be precise, she doesn’t want him as a spouse.
Her sins want a woman who is smaller and more delicate than her.
Honestly, even if she were a guy, she would rather have a smaller and cute girl than a big girl like her.
Men don’t like tall women. However, he is also a tough mercenary.
It was a complete failure as a bride.
It may be that she is greedy in wanting something like that while working as a mercenary.
As time passed, she missed her marriage by a long time, and she was now growing old as an old maid.
In some ways, the dream of raising an ordinary family may be a more difficult dream than becoming a knight.
It can be said that if you follow Karen, that dream will disappear completely.
‘What’s on my topic…’
Bark doesn’t look like a normal human either.
But I think it’s a million times better than the mercenaries.
As long as you are confident that you can become a knight… It doesn’t matter whether you hit rice cakes or anything else, it is beneficial.
‘Fuck… I wish I didn’t just eat it and throw it away…’
Honestly, that was my biggest worry.
‘Tsk… Then it’s my arm.’
Even though he was abandoned, he was nothing more than a mercenary and there was nothing he could do.
I guess I can just say I was bitten by a dog.
He didn’t seem like that kind of person… But I couldn’t help but feel anxious.
“Whoa…”
Hilda took a deep breath and followed Karen in her footsteps.
