Chapter 40 – Practice
‘If my request had been accepted, we would have broken up a long time ago.’
Jun asked Leonard to do one thing before asking for cooperation from the council and the church.
Request to send church orphans and clergy to other orphanages.
The main reason why Jun cooperated with guarding the house was because the people he had built a relationship with could become dangerous.
Therefore, if they disappeared to another place, Jun could also leave the church without any regrets.
‘Isn’t that right?’
Since he received something from Leonard in return, he must have helped in good conscience.
Still, you probably didn’t feel like your weaknesses were being held captive like you do now.
Anyway, to conclude, Jun’s request was not accepted.
If the reason had been political, it would have encouraged Leonard more, but the reason was a very practical reason.
There was a shortage of priests everywhere, so they could be relocated right away, but orphans were not.
Even though it has been over 100 years since it was reset, countless adventurers are still dying in the Labyrinth-Demon King’s Castle,
The orphanages in Remumuni and subordinate villages were already reaching a saturation point due to the orphans who lost their adventurer parents.
Even if there were two or three more orphanages, we couldn’t afford to let one orphanage rest when it wasn’t enough.
Sigh~
Jun groaned in a situation where things were not going his way.
Robin, who checked the traps for the last time, answered his question.
“Assassins might take over the cabin while we’re out. “I don’t want my family’s territory to be polluted by the dirt feet of those dirty guys.”
Robin saying that was honestly cool, like he was a leader wolf trying to protect his territory and his pack.
‘I also wanted to exude that kind of noble charisma.’
But the reality is, ‘Are you a woman? Are you a man? Anyway, it was pretty, pretty.
Jun, who felt bad for no reason, glared at the main culprit who made his face look like that.
The main culprit, who was puzzled at first by that gaze, soon
“Huh? Ah. Hehe, if you stare at me like that, Por, it’s scary.”
Realizing why he was staring at me, I smiled and rubbed my body against his cheek.
“Wow!”
Jun clutched his heart.
He felt so pathetic that his mood was completely relieved by just a single act of cuteness.
However, contrary to that feeling, a happy smile appeared on my face that I didn’t know would disappear.
But what can I do about it being so cute!
“… What are you doing?”
“Uh… A fight with myself?”
“… Well, it’s better than being too nervous. Still, let’s just fight with the guy we’ll meet later, and then we’ll go.”
“Yep!”
Robin gave a light warning, as if he were a slightly underdeveloped child, and immediately began walking ahead toward the forest.
Jun calmed down his agitated mind and followed behind him.
‘It’s pretty.’
‘More than me?’
‘Compare what needs to be compared.’
After scolding Fortuna for showing her needless competitive spirit, Jun looked around again.
The red and yellow autumn leaves in the mountains gave a slightly lonely but comfortable feeling at the same time.
The sound of leaves lighting up sounded a bit exciting.
While looking at the autumn leaves, I happened to make eye contact with a squirrel.
His cheeks were puffing up as if he was holding so much in his mouth, it was very cute.
Jun laughed and took out an almond from subspace, waved it, so the guy could see it, and made a ‘tsk tsk’ sound for him to come over.
Then, the guy who tilted his head for a moment quickly jumped up and flew towards Jun.
Now I see that it was a flying squirrel.
Tak!
Jun was used to helping the guy land.
Perhaps because Insa’s protection was activated in earnest, when he moved into a cabin and walked in the mountains for training, animals would sometimes cling to him like they do now.
Every time,
“Hey! Away! It’s mine! “Don’t lick it!”
The jealous fairy raised her wings like an angry cat and chased away the animals.
Less evil
In the end, the flying squirrel couldn’t resist Fortuna’s frustration, so he stuffed the almond he was gnawing into her mouth and hid in the nearby bushes.
“Ah.”
“Ah? Ah?”
When Jun let out an exclamation of regret, Fortuna opened her eyes and followed suit.
Jun made an aggrieved look at that reaction, but she paid him no heed and forcibly put the hood on his robe on, clinging to his forehead and saying.
“Why! Why do you keep messing with the animals!”
“What a kid…”
Jun was dumbfounded? But he didn’t necessarily get angry.
He had experienced similar reactions many times before, so he knew that getting angry would only lead to an emotional fight.
So instead of getting angry, he said,
“Why do I show off to animals? “Por, who is much cuter and more adorable than the animals, is right next to me.”
He praised her and showed off her charms.
Robin, who was walking in front, seemed to be feeling sorry, but for Jun, peace was more important than pride.
“Eh, ehehe~. Yes? “I’m the cutest and most adorable… Huh?”
Fortuna’s cold, ice-like face instantly melted at Jun’s praise and her cuteness.
Then, she felt pathetic as her mood was relieved by just one act of cuteness. Her mouth was smiling happily, but her eyes were frowning as if to say, ‘This isn’t right.’
That strange face was identical to the one Jeon Jun had made earlier when he was worried about her pathetic self.
Jun was relieved that it wasn’t just me.
“Jun, leave the joking aside for now. Because it’s his territory.”
“I just found it. Shall I show you around?”
“… No matter how many times I think about it, it’s a specialized ability that goes beyond the standard.”
“The penalty is that big.”
“You and the wizards are the only ones who think that way.”
Robin looked like he was looking at a deceiver and stepped aside to allow Jun to go ahead.
Thinking that saying anymore would only sound like an excuse, Jun quickly passed him and started leading the way.
After a while, an old orc appeared in front of them as they were wading through the grass.
“Chwiik, Chwiik”
Squeak! Squeak!
The guy was breathing heavily and tearing the fur of a wild animal in his hands, as if he had just finished hunting.
Every time the guy moved his hand, his well-developed arm muscles twitched.
That alone looks quite dangerous, and the tattoos and scars covering his entire body amplify that atmosphere even more.
Is this guy going to die soon?
Looking at the sagging belly fat and lifeless skin, it certainly seemed like the day of death was not far away, but the eyes were still vivid.
“Uncle Robin, I don’t feel like saying this now, but I think we need to change partners. No matter how you look at that guy, he’s not an ordinary guy.”
“He was probably the leader of the pack. You can’t see it here, but there is a large wound on its back. As he grew older and duller, his subordinates must have ambushed him, taken his place, and chased him out to the crowd.”
When I took a closer look at the guy through the radar, I was able to see that it had a large wound on its back, just as Robin had said.
It seems like temporary measures were taken by applying herbs or something, but the wound was so deep that it didn’t seem to have much effect.
After checking it, Jun was able to see what was making the old orc’s eyes shine so vividly.
Revenge.
The driving force of his life was his desire for revenge against the subordinate who cowardly targeted his back.
“Do you feel pity?”
“I can’t say no at all.”
“Then completely abandon those thoughts from now on. The tattoos on his body represent how many people and how brutally he killed.”
“…”
Jun silently engraved the tattoos on the guy’s body into his eyes.
Compassion disappeared and anger took its place.
His heart grew warm.
“Whoa~”
Jun took a deep breath and let out the fire of anger that was burning his head.
My heart is hot, but my head is cold!
I once again reminded myself of the virtues that are more important than anything else in battle.
“Attack when ready,”
Squeak
“Wait a minute, the goal of this actual battle is to vividly feel the atmosphere of the actual battle, so surprise attacks and long-distance attacks are excluded.”
At Robin’s words, Jun glanced at him with dissatisfaction, then returned the string he had pulled tightly and adjusted his bow and arrow.
Then he threw them into subspace and stood up, pulling out a plain, jet-black sword.
Bye
With the sound of the grass breaking through, Jun’s figure was clearly revealed.
The gaze of the old orc, who was about to bite his prey, was fixed on Jun.
“… Chwiik.”
Perhaps because he was wasting his age, the old orc picked up the large ax that had been placed on the ground and looked around him rather than rushing at Jun.
Fortuna was in a spirit state, and Robin lowered his body and went into hiding, so he couldn’t find anything.
However, rather than lowering his vigilance, it actually increased.
But that too for a moment
Jabak
As Jun started walking towards him, his expression turned ambiguous,
Sniff! Sniff!
Soon, he smelled his body scent on the wind and looked excited.
Pop!
“This pig.”
Jun got angry and pointed the sword in his hand at the guy.
At that harsh reaction, the towering guy’s thing(?) Chuckled as if teasing him.
The unpleasant smell of chestnut flowers stung his nose.
“I’ll kill you!”
Jun surrendered himself to an impulse that could not be stopped.
