166. It shines
“Kyaaa!!”
Teouk!-
Ga-ram screams after taking a single shot of a cup of beer.
Then, “This is it!” And bang the table! Even knock
Are you already drunk? To doubt that, it’s only the first cup.
I also wondered if people around me would look at me strangely.
However, they are beastmen and elves, and they are not a particularly rare species.
There were countless different races that I encountered in this area right now.
Thanks to that, Garam wasn’t wearing a hood and was just acting.
It was night, so I couldn’t see his face, so I couldn’t imagine he was a hero.
Because it’s a night market over there, it wasn’t lively and even noisy.
No one will hear even if Garam and I are talking in the right voice.
“Garam, are you really okay?”
“What is it?”
“If Lily knew, she wouldn’t let go? What is the patient drinking?”
“Ugh… But I’ve been patient too long.”
“It’s because I put up with it.”
“One and a half years? No. It must have been a little longer than that.”
That long? When I asked back, Garam smiled.
Recently, not only the demons but also the worshipers of the demons have been harassed.
And recently, even his hostility has been pouring out.
He said he didn’t have time to relax and have a drink.
“Don’t worry. Don’t drink until you’re drunk.”
“I don’t worry about that. Where else is there a guy who takes care of himself as thoroughly as you?”
At first glance, it seems like I live my life doing whatever I want to do, however I feel like it.
The Garam I know isn’t such a careless moodist.
Rather, it should be said that it shows a very thorough and calculated aspect.
“… Master. I suddenly want to ask you this question. Are we doing well?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden, that.”
“I just suddenly thought of that. Things are going so well.”
“I heard you weren’t drunk, but aren’t you already drunk? Things are going well, but are you anxious?”
“hehehehe. Well, you know, I actually thought it would be much harder and more devastating than this.”
Perhaps if Iris were here, she would have flinched.
As if saying he wasn’t a beast for nothing, Garam’s intuition was very sharp.
“Ever since I heard that my sister-in-law was descending one by one, and that the warriors were constantly appearing. That thought grew stronger and stronger.”
“… What do you think?”
“Ah, the future Master is worried about must be more difficult than I expected. It will be more cruel and disorganized than anything I can imagine. What is that?”
Ga-ram, who has just received a beer, touches the spout of the glass with his fingers.
I didn’t even think it was a joke because he had a serious expression on his face.
“Speaking like this might make Master angry….”
“I won’t pay, so tell me. What to say.”
“… I thought that either me or at least one of the other warriors would die.”
I was just about to drink a glass of beer at Garam’s words.
My heart pounded as my body came to a standstill.
“Look at this. Your expression is already getting very bad.”
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Did you notice such a change in me?
Ga-ram twitched my lips and grumbled that I had said something pointless.
“I’m not angry.”
“Lies. You look really bad right now.”
“Then you can’t just laugh at a story like that.”
If it were me in the early days.
If it were me who decided to somehow survive and return.
Rather, he might have smiled and asked if that would happen.
Consoling Garam, who may be demoralized, with ambiguous words.
Everyone will survive and get through it! I would have said something like that.
At the same time, deep down, if someone dies, someone should take the vacant seat.
Well, he must have been whimpering while making such a f*cking plan.
But not anymore, never will.
It’s not about how to fill the void left by the deceased.
I will try to come up with a way that no one will lose.
“Me too. Master Lee also had such concerns. And I am still doing it.”
“I apologize if I mentioned something sensitive.”
“No. Rather, it is something that must be addressed. We have to prepare for the worst.”
That’s what I said, but I can’t really point it out.
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Disciples and warriors need to become stronger and stronger.
I just need to find another way to somehow improve my condition and shatter the sky.
Other than that, there was nothing that could be called a method.
“But, let me be clear. Garam.”
“I will listen, Master.”
“No one dies. They may get seriously hurt, but no one will ever die. I will make it and you will try to make it too. Am I wrong?”
“No. You are right. Of course. Why would we want to die?”
“Your worries were valid. Still in effect But I will not be buried there.”
I’m not worried about a hero dying.
How much faster and more effectively you can kill the fragments of demons.
You just have to think about it and work harder, that’s all.
“It’s been over half a year since I’ve barely had a drink. Are you going to continue this gloomy story?”
“Oh… I see. You shouldn’t drink in this atmosphere.”
Garam muttered that and then raised his hand.
“Here’s another snack set!”
“… Eat again? You ate it on a skewered snack set just a moment ago.”
“Snack goes well. I can’t drink much, so I have to fill my stomach with snacks!”
Well, there’s no reason to stop them if they say snacks instead of alcohol.
Because I feel sorry if I can’t eat this or that.
After that, I exchanged meaningless stories with Garam for over 30 minutes.
The stories are mainly about when he first stepped out into the world.
And the things I did when I first fell into this world were the main ones.
“Hey, hey. Garam. Quite a bit of time has passed. It’s time for Lily to come back soon.”
“Ah… Is it already that time?”
“Let’s go back soon. Lily is also Lily, but if Xenia wakes up, you will be in real pain.”
“Wouldn’t it be fine if my trustworthy teacher protected me?”
“Okay. I can stop Xenia, but Lily can’t stop me either.”
“Ugh.”
It can’t be helped, Garam muttered.
I got up from my seat while smiling at his answer.
After Duduk puts the tip on the table, along with the price of alcohol and snacks.
I’m about to move towards the dorm, but I suddenly feel something warm in my hand.
“Wait a minute, just a short walk, Master.”
Unlike the usual guys, a little bit of a sense of urgency approached me.
I nodded and walked as Garam led me.
“… Master. Can I ask you that weird question?”
“Listen to the answer.”
“… That, with Teacher Tae. Is your relationship with the teacher really over?”
Stand up-.
I stopped involuntarily at Garam’s question.
I had to keep a poker face, but the question was too sudden.
So I couldn’t keep my composure.
“Haa….”
“If you find it difficult to answer, you don’t have to.”
“You heard that from someone.”
“No? I just came up with it based on my intuition. The atmosphere between the two of them had been very strange before, but this time it seemed to have become more intense. That’s why I’m asking.”
I really didn’t hear anything from Iris, right?
I looked at Garam blankly, but he only blinked.
I didn’t say anything other than that.
“… If, if it is not the end of the teacher-teacher relationship.”
“If not?”
“What are you going to do? What do you want to hear and answer like that?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Taesabu crossed the line first, so I cross the line confidently.”
Wow, this real fox guy.
I really didn’t know that I would reveal my aspirations so confidently.
This is why Master was secretly vigilant.
It is not for nothing that there is a saying that a woman’s enemy is a woman.
“You already know, Master, right? That I have feelings for Master.”
“… Aren’t you, this guy, too confident? Teacher Tae and I said so much.”
“You shouldn’t put more emotions than necessary in a teacher-teacher relationship? Where did you say that was possible? The person who saved me from the streets at night, taught me with all my heart, and raised me is right next to me. Did you really believe that it was possible to just watch you die as a teacher?”
Of course, that is absolutely not the case.
To be honest, she even openly seduced me into liking him at first.
Because I believed it was easier to control if there was a good feeling rather than simple respect.
Because I thought that only then would I be able to go back quickly.
“I apologize to Master, but I have been determined since I was young. Other men besides Master won’t be noticed. Why look at something else when the best is right in front of you?”
“… Hey Garam. Do it in moderation It’s pretty embarrassing.”
“I’m embarrassed. Master. Do you have a conscience? This is Master’s fault.”
“My fault?”
“Yes. Master made me like it first. If you only wanted disciples from me, you shouldn’t have treated me so well. I couldn’t have shown such a cool and strong image. You should have kept a reasonable distance and treated it appropriately coldly. That way I won’t be attracted to you.”
Garam’s words that everything was my fault were out of the blue and absurd.
So I couldn’t even refute anything, and I had no choice but to just stare at him.
“I know. That I’m wrong The very word itself is nonsense. I know everything. So, I just endured it until now. By the way, Master and Taesabu have both crossed the line they set for themselves, haven’t they? Did you delete it? Now that the line blocking you is gone, you can move forward.”
“Garam, calm down for now….”
“Me. I will love you until the day I die.”
Is it the same as a drunken mistake?
Or is it that he reveals his already determined mind under the excuse of drinking?
Garam’s words were unstoppable, and there was nothing he wanted to hide.
“And one more. Please don’t misunderstand. Simply because you are my benefactor, for being good to me. So, it’s not just about having love. If you talk about it, it’s just a child’s crush.”
“… What else is there?”
At my question, Garam let go of my hand and blocked my way.
And he looks straight at me with those sparkling golden eyes.
“You are shining brightly. Like beings from another world. It has a different brilliance than ours. Master.”