Although there is a gate near the border, general adventurers could not use the gate for military or security reasons.
Without much hesitation, I moved to the next nearest gate, and thanks to that, I have no choice but to ride a horse for one to two weeks.
The biggest stumbling block was boredom.
‘Actually, it’s because I’ve personally practiced Koreans’ fast speed.’
I kicked off the romance of adventure, moved to the gate, and went to labyrinths and ruins besides the occasional food tour.
I took breaks in between, but it literally felt like checking equipment or relieving fatigue, and there was no proper vacation or healing… me?
‘Am I a rogue employer?’
more and more.
Shaking from my horse, trying to catch the tail of my thoughts, I was startled.
“What is going on?”
“What did you see, Bocchan?”
―There are no dangerous creatures nearby, Manager.
“Are you hungry too?”
I waved my hand at the party members who said that I was shaking a little.
Even if I’m the weakest physically among them, don’t you think I’m too weak?
“It’s no big deal. By the way, it will take a long time to arrive, and right now there is nothing to do other than ride a horse, so let’s talk.”
What do you want to do in the future? He becomes silent as if thinking about all the questions he asks.
“Does “after that” mean after Adelian-sama finishes what he wants to do?”
“Yes, but tell me.”
I probably won’t be here after what I’m trying to do, so it would be fun to listen to it in advance.
“Then I want to live with my people in a small village. They all want one satisfying life.”
Taking away someone’s life is a doppelganger’s destiny and instinct, but they also have an ultimate wish.
If you can take the place of someone who lost someone in an accident that you didn’t harm, so that you can give hope again, and if you can end the life of someone who swallowed it whole.
“After that, you won’t want another life, so if I don’t bring it back, you’ll have one less doppelganger.”
And when I said that I wanted to be the last doppelganger in the world and live in a place where no one could find me, I sighed.
Come to think of it, the origin of the doppelganger started as an experiment by a dragon who lost his lover.
What does a doppelganger with perfect memories, emotions, and appearance mean to someone who is grieving the loss of someone?
Was it because I was born that way that it became my wish?
After making all the doppelgangers live a satisfying life until the end, I look at Zero, who will be left alone, and Luna is stroking his head.
“If that’s what you want, zero… … .”
As I speak slowly, Luna opens her mouth with a slight smile as if to lighten the mood.
“I am. I want to go back to Kruger Castle with the Bocchan and live like before. I will work hard and become the maid of honor.”
I laughed dumbfounded at what he said as he clasped his hands together as if he had a great ambition.
“Now that Luna can use Auras and knows how to do many things, will she continue to be my maid?”
“yes!”
I’m originally the Bocchan’s exclusive maid, right? As if Luna was rare, she laughed out loud at the words she raised her nose.
―I want to return to the Airship with the Administrator, wake up the other brothers and sisters, restore the Airship and find its origins.
In the Forest of Spirits, I scratched my cheek at Riff’s horse, who was riding a white horse that Bahadi gave me and was said to have unicorn blood mixed with it.
Documents that were already locked in airships. Even if I tried to solve it, I put it off because there were conditions and it needed time, and I had to fill the sea pearl with mana.
“good. Let’s try that later when enough mana is filled in the sea pearl.”
At my words, Riff smiled very softly, as if pleased, and brushed his light green hair behind his ear.
“you?”
Everyone says one word at a time, but Kane is silent, so when he throws a word, he opens his mouth while looking at the front with a nonchalant face.
“Then you are the one who doesn’t speak.”
At Kane’s question, I laughed and asked why he was asking that.
“me? I plan to make you the best swordsman on the continent and then live a leisurely life while pampering yourself.”
Goodbye assassination threat. hello disgusting.
When I exaggeratedly said it, Kane averted his gaze.
“After destroying the church. I will become your knight according to the written contract.”
“It is really boring.”
Luna giggled at the sight of me and Kane squabbling. It was a relaxing feeling after a long time.
“I’m thinking of splitting the party into two when we get to the border.”
At my words, Luna and Zero, who had been building a fire after leveling the ground for a campsite today, raise their heads.
“Are you two?”
“Who are you… … ?”
I pulled out an antique wooden chair that didn’t go well with the rough dirt floor from the subspace, sat down on it, and pointed my chin at Kane, who was cutting down an old tree for firewood in the distance.
“Kane and us.”
―Cane-nim, are you falling alone?
I nodded my head at Leaf’s voice asking as he brought a pot full of water from the nearby waterside.
“Kane will build up performance to raise awareness, and we will move separately and find dungeons.”
At the word dungeon, Zero and Luna’s expressions wrinkled.
“Wouldn’t that be very dangerous?”
“What are you going to do? … Don’t you hear that it’s dangerous, doesn’t it follow, Rabbit-senpai?”
“For now, prepare your mind, Zero… … .”
Do you have only this much faith in me?
As I stare at them, they both slightly look away.
―Why is Kane-sama moving separately?
“There are several reasons. First, it is strong, so we can add strength to the border area, and second, it is easy for us to move separately when Kane draws attention like that.”
I spread my finger one more while watching Kane splitting the trunk of an old tree with his bare hands into kindling, as if he was not interested even though he was talking about himself.
“Thirdly, it’s time for Sul Kane to gain fame, and fourthly, because I, on the contrary, need to be unknown. Everyone has the perception-disrupting badge Gamur made, right?”
Everyone nodded lightly at my words.
‘The face has to shine quite a bit.’
In the first place, the appearance of each party member is going crazy.
To be honest, even if it’s only me, the cheeky expression is a bit annoying, but it’s not a face that I fall for anywhere I put it.
Plus, what about Luna? Short stature and well-rounded face. It has a cute and refreshing charm. Even so, he takes good care of others and is kind.
At least Zero had an average appearance, but after dying a few times, he came back to life, and now he’s the tallest man in the party, and thanks to his slightly drooping eyes, he’s become a gisaeng long rain that looks so gentle.
Since Leaf is a golem, she has perfect body proportions and long straight hair. The expressionless face gives it a more doll-like feel.
‘What about Kane… I have nothing more to say.’
I’m annoyed, so let’s skip Kane.
“In the beginning, I only went to places where it didn’t matter if my face was known, but this place is different.”
In the first place, aside from Laves, which was the territory of the Kruger family, the rest were included in the empire, but they were places that felt close to free cities or were completely different countries.
The monster border, in other words, is a place managed by the country, so there is no choice but to come out with someone who recognizes Adelian.
Well then, there will be people who will gently try to coax me, who is known as the crook of the Kruger family, and there will be people who will have a different mind.
It’s obvious that it’s going to be annoying anyway, so I have no choice but to use the perception-disrupting artifact.
However, the problem was that Kane, on the other hand, was in a period where he had to build a reputation.
‘I have to raise the monarch tree first.’
You don’t have to get a reputation score just like a game, but you have to gain people’s recognition, and you have to have more than 100 people under your command.
This is where it’s easy to get rid of it in one shot, so splitting the party is an indispensable part of the conflict between me and Kane.
‘They also said that another siren was finally created.’
If you give it to Kane, it will be the minimum safety key.
“Then shouldn’t Kane go alone? Then, what if I encounter a strong monster?”
I took a sip of tea and looked at Kane at the question of Zero, who was making stew with the non-stick pot and the self-stirring ladle, the cooking artifacts I had brought with me the other day.
“That guy? is he Kane? your senior?”
“Ah, indeed.”
It was so strong that the military coveted it, so I imagined moving in the imperial family to destroy the god contract Kane had written from me, but I can’t imagine Kane dying somewhere.
Zero obediently admitted his mistake and chopped herbs into the stew.
“Then what am I supposed to do?”
In response to Kane’s question, he answered without taking a bite of the stew, which was boiled with hard vegetables and tough jerky, and everything was well-cooked.
“Run wild.”
Outer rather than central. It is also the border area where monsters often come down.
There, powerful power, not lineage or status, holds the highest value.
Anyway, Kane’s status is safe to see as a commoner thanks to being released from slavery for a long time due to Alkai morality and registering as an adventurer.
From noble mtl dot com.
It’s okay to mix it with a little MSG and package it as a talented person supported by the Kruger family.
Looking at Kane’s traits, there’s no doubt about it. In fact, there are many places of support from influential noble families if you submit a trait to embrace talented people.
So run wild. If someone tries to stop me, don’t stop selling my name.
“At first, since you are strong, you will be treated and used in the right place, but the more you run wild and the higher you rise, the more political you will become. If you do that, you’ll go to dangerous places and you don’t know who sells traps.”
But Kane will never die. I came here because I was certain of one thing.
“Learn everything there is to learn from them. Learn disgusting politics, how to read maps, how to strategize and how to operate soldiers.”
And you will be able to see large monsters here at least once that you can’t catch with only the skills of our party members.
At that time, if only we could add the troops here and catch them.
‘It is unconditionally beneficial to Kane.’
something normal people can’t do. Achievements. like Hercules.
In the first place, no matter how strong an ordinary person is, can he easily defeat an existence that is called the Demon King and even has a church that is worshiped as a god?
Because it’s a different thing. Because even dragons are a huge power that cannot be rivaled one-on-one.
To deal with that, Kane has to make it happen too.
A higher rank than Kane’s achievements in the original work.
‘Easy to start with.’
I became an Aura user in a short period of time, broke through the middle layer of the labyrinth, entered the ruins, and although this was not what I expected, I also met a dragon.
And even the monsters located inside the border.
“okay. Can we just do that?”
“Don’t show human hatred. uh? If you have soldiers under your command and lead a unit, you should take good care of them.”
“Then how long will you behave like that?”
I nag Kane, but Luna stirs the stew in the bowl with a spoon and speaks in a volmen voice.
It’s not like we’re breaking up forever, but it seems like we’ve been very attached to each other.
“It’s up to Kane.”
It’s going to be until the day Kane catches that large monster.
At my words, Luna, Zero, and Leaf looked at Kane, and Kane let out a rare low sigh.