354. Not taken away, but taken away (3)
There was a good reason why Kaen was the first to move among the three.
Aisel felt that there was no need to rush due to the promise she had made with Zeto, and in fact, as she sat in her room, smelling the scent of the moonscented candle she had received as a gift from Zeto in the East, she said, ’56 things to do before becoming a good bride.’ I was just reading a book with a strange title.
Yuri was held back by worries other than Zeto. Moreover, she was driven by her own desires and was questioning whether she could handle the aftermath of the problems that would arise from her one-night stand with Zeto.
So Kaen, who had no restrictions or hesitations, was the first to take action.
***
She didn’t even notice her approach until she heard her voice.
She crawled like a snake through her bushes and showered me with threats called ‘kindness’.
“Are you hurt?”
Kaen looks around my shoulder with her curious eyes.
“It was just a slight grazing.”
“It’s a strange thing. I don’t think they were such great guys that Cadet Zeto got hurt.”
Kaen rubs her blood-soaked sword on the assassins’ clothes, wiping away the blood.
Still, she was not in a good mood because Sierra had already been complaining about her.
It was a problem of concentration.
I didn’t expect that the opponent would be holding a crossbow capable of firing multiple shots, but their presence was so faint that it was difficult to notice their presence if you didn’t focus on your senses.
Normally, she would have recognized it when she heard the sound of the crossbow being pulled.
“You’re weak, Cadet Zeto.”
Kaen looks around at the cleaned sword and stands up from her seat.
“I have become weak?”
“There was no sound of these guys’ footsteps. They must have used a silence spell. The aftermath of the article is slowly appearing. Cadet Zeto’s weakness has been exposed. Or…”
Kaen, with her pigtails fluttering, disappears behind my back. She then continues her words by sharply pushing her sword to my neck.
“…It could be that Cadet Zeto has become so weak that he doesn’t know what I’m doing behind his back. It’s not a good thing either way.”
“Miss Kaen hasn’t gotten stronger?”
I answered, pushing the sword away with my finger.
“Well, okay.”
Kaen guided her sword and tilted her head.
‘Taunting…’
Since she learned the ‘stealth art’, the principle of which is unknown, and penetrated the net of her energy, her actions have become more bold.
“Are the wounds any better than that?”
“It’s okay. It was just a graze.”
Soon, Kaen picks up a bolt from her floor and looks at the unknown liquid on her tip.
“I feel like I’ve been poisoned, but are you really okay?”
“My tongue feels a little sore from earlier…”
I am not sure about the level of invulnerability to poison, as this is the first time I have ever been addicted. Maybe it wasn’t a very serious poison.
“I can’t do it like this. There is a place near this forest where I often practice. There are also medicinal herbs there, so let’s go together.”
Come to think of it, Kaen rarely used the ordinary training hall or training hall at the academy. She probably didn’t want others to see her grandfather’s swordsman skills.
She seemed to often practice in the forest. Coincidentally, it seems that the place where she practiced was near this forest.
“Is there a dormitory if we go a little further?”
“I don’t think it’s strange that there are other assassins waiting for 60,000 gold right in front of us. Are you not planning on giving me a chance again?”
It was Kaen who was talking about old times in a shameful way.
After she was resurrected by the tears of the dead, she remembered the conversation she had with him. She remembers feeling distant and helpless at the time.
“…Okay. Then, I’ll ask you a favor.”
She didn’t want to experience such negative emotions again, so she had no choice but to accept her offer.
***
Near the place where Kaen was training, there was a narrow cave that provided shelter from the rain but still had space to make a fire.
Inside the cave, items that would be needed during training were organized, and a small but comfortable sleeping bag was also provided.
“Did you even sleep here?”
I asked this question while stroking the fur of an unknown animal that made up my sleeping bag.
“I often did that when I didn’t have the strength to walk to the dormitory. Of course, I had to go back to the dormitory and wash up in the morning.”
The sound of rain falling can be heard between her voices. A shower was falling outside the cave.
“Where are you looking?”
Soon, Kaen comes up with a bowl of crushed herbs and touches my chest where she is taking off her top.
“……”
I quietly held out my injured right shoulder. If the left shoulder had been made of scrap metal, there wouldn’t have been any damage, but it ended up grazing my right shoulder.
“I was heading to the forest to relax before returning to the dormitory, but I had no idea that I was being attacked by assassins…”
The scary thing here is that I can’t tell whether she really ran into me while heading toward the forest to free herself or whether she was chasing me with some intention.
Soon after, with her gentle touch, Kaen spread her herbs on the wounds that had been torn by her bolt. She only felt a little tingling, but she wasn’t in much pain.
“It doesn’t look like the poisoning is progressing yet, but if it looks like it’s getting worse, I’ll get Officer Priscilla before it’s too late.”
“Thank you.”
“I’m grateful. It’s only natural to help a sick colleague.”
“A colleague…”
As I went to her eastern room, there was no longer any reason to call her, but it felt that way even before her.
Reliable colleagues who can trust and have each other’s backs. She knows that I am part of a secret organization that quietly defeats demons and villains, lurking behind the shadows of the world.
That may be why I wasn’t that surprised when I saw the newspaper article.
“Excuse me for a moment.”
After finishing her treatment, Kaen puts down her bowl, unties her pigtails, and without hesitation, she takes off her rain-soaked outerwear. Soon, her fair skin was revealed along with the sleeveless sleeves hidden under her outerwear.
She immediately pulled down her skirt, and her underwear was barely covered by the long sleeveless sleeves.
She then hangs the clothes on the branch of the tree that stands near the campfire, where the shirt was hanging.
“Cadet Jeto is very comfortable in times like this. You don’t have to worry about what others think.”
“……”
It was hard to take my eyes off her breasts bouncing around with her sleeveless sleeves. Should I say that it felt much more violent when it was hidden secretly?
“That doesn’t mean Cadet Zeto doesn’t feel like a man, so don’t worry too much.”
“I wasn’t particularly worried about that.”
“Don’t men want all women to see them as dashing males?”
“You may not want that for all women, but at least for the woman you like… Yes, you want it to feel that way.”
“Then what about Cadet Zeto?”
Kaen crawled on the floor and sat down next to me.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I only have one sleeping bag. I can’t sit on the cold floor, right?”
Skin touches skin.
If she moved her right hand, which was resting on her floor, just a little, she could reach her buttocks.
Once she became aware of it, her posture felt quite uncomfortable and she removed her hands from her bottom.
Anyway, this is a very difficult question to answer.
In this situation where two sturdy men and women share body heat with their skin exposed in a cramped cave where they came to treat their wounds on a rainy night, what answer should they give to avoid making the atmosphere strange?
Maybe it’s an opportunity.
A chance to satisfy her dissatisfied self while also putting a chain on her that would make it impossible for her to give up no matter what.
At the same time, it was a chance to relieve this overflowing power that was disrupting her concentration to the point where even trivial attacks caused her to get hurt.
But what happens after that?
After I satisfy her and relieve her, will things really work out the way I want? Could it be that another problem arises?
[Hmm…]
Moreover, there was no way I wouldn’t be bothered by Sierra, who was drooling with her eyes narrowed in one corner of the cave.
My mouth could not be opened, and soon Kaen, who had been waiting endlessly for an answer, coughed slightly.
“…I have an exam soon and I might catch a cold if I keep going like this.”
Kaen sniffles her nose.
She was shivering, probably feeling the cold more easily because her body was wet.
“Are we the kind of people who would catch a cold just because of the rain?”
“Still, you feel the cold the same way. Cadet Zeto goes around dangerously and ends up meeting assassins and getting hurt… If he fails the test because he’s not in good condition due to the cold, it’s all Cadet Zeto’s fault.”
“You won’t get caught.”
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“What if I get caught? If I fail the test, will you take responsibility?”
Kaen makes a face and throws a tantrum like a child.
‘I can’t picture in my head a student of the Sword Saint catching a cold and failing the test…’
Well, it was true that it was a little cold.
Even though she can walk on her own, she may have been poisoned, so she shouldn’t move as much as possible, but Kaen decided to help me walk and was hit by a sudden shower of rain, which caused all of her clothes to get wet. .
She said she had lit a bonfire, but the shower showed no signs of stopping, and the cold wind that carried the rain and drifted through the forest continued to press her face into the cave.
“It’s cold.”
Kaen nudges me with her elbow.
“I’m cold too.”
Without giving up, I moved her arm and touched her side.
“Okay. So Cadet Zeto is also cold?”
“Why do you think you like it?”
“As far as I know, it’s easier to overcome the cold when there are two cold people.”
Kaen chuckles and smiles lightly.
I thought I knew what the method was, but I kept my mouth shut.
“It’s about dividing body temperature.”
“…”
I wondered when those words would stop coming out.
“Why? We’ve already mixed with our tongues, so why can’t we just mix with our bodies?”
“Isn’t the difference between the two quite big?”
“It’s all to avoid catching a cold.”
“It won’t get caught.”
“So, what you’re saying is that if I catch a cold and fail the test, you will take responsibility for me?”
Kaen asks that question and suddenly jumps on my leg.
“If that’s the case, I’d rather live in the South. It’s warm, and the air is nice…”
From the look in his eyes, it seemed like he was planning on failing the test if I answered yes.
“I think it’s a bit of a leap to take responsibility for your life just because you have a cold.”
“It’s my dream to join the special class. I hate demons just as much as Cadet Zeto. I guess I have a good reason… So will Cadet Zeto break my dream and take responsibility for my life, or will we each other? Are you going to have a healthy and warm night by sharing your body temperature?”
At some point, passing the special class became my dream, and Kaen slowly crawled up my body with her fascinating gestures.
“There is no need to be ashamed. As I said before, it is natural to help her colleagues.”
“…I guess it would have been embarrassing to have to face the cold.”
Is it because her hot breath touches her face?
Or did I really catch a cold?
My face feels hot from the heat.
It was slowly becoming difficult to maintain reason.
The same was true for Kaen, as her voice seemed to have a strange tremor unlike usual.
“It’s hard to overcome the cold just by touching each other…? You have to mix your body enough to make it hot…”
In the end, what made her lose the reason she was desperately holding on to was a provocative word she shyly uttered with her blushing face.
“Ah, wouldn’t it be unreasonable to expect such a lewd act from a noble knight…?”