101 – Doubt
After talking, I spent some time nearby and headed to Mina’s office.
Maybe it’s because I’ve built up a lot of trust here.
Or is it because he was especially close with Mina, the leader?
I walked down the hallway alone, but unlike the first time, no one suspected anything.
On the contrary, there were even people who smiled and talked to me.
“Oh, isn’t this the hero of the last war?”
“A hero?”
“I heard you gave that damn knight a shot? How proud our leader was. Hehe! You must be tired of being popular, right?”
“Ah… ….”
It seems Mina’s operation to ‘make a hero for her sister’ is still in progress.
Of course, since he was seriously injured, he didn’t make up words.
The man clung to me and whispered like he was telling a great secret.
“After the war, let’s get together with the men without the leader’s knowledge. I’ve got some dead liquor. You know where I can’t get this, right?”
“…I look forward to it.”
I wonder if people here have a habit of hiding their alcohol.
The man smiled happily and exchanged good wishes until the end before leaving.
‘He’s a pleasant person.’
In the past, I wouldn’t have thought much of it.
On the contrary, it might have been burdensome for people.
But now even casual conversations like this feel enjoyable.
Maybe I’ve improved my life here as well.
When Mina knocked on the door of her office, she heard an answer, ‘Come in~’.
As soon as I opened the door, the desk caught my eye.
Mina, who was sitting there looking at the paperwork, looked at me and put the paper down.
“Hmm, you finally came.”
“Finally?”
“Yes, because I thought it was the right time to come find me.”
……You were expecting me to come?
The reason I’m here now is because Yuri said something was suspicious.
It was completely coincidental that Mina came to visit me.
But you already knew it was coming.
‘Could it really be Mina?’
The reason I came today is simply to take a look.
I didn’t expect this to happen.
“You must have a lot of questions. How about sitting down?”
I finally sat down while being wary of what was ahead.
Because I decided that I should listen to the story first.
She heard that Mina said she was the best player in Haeundae, but she had never seen her fight properly.
But I don’t think I’m going to lose.
The skills of Noh Kyung-woo and Eun-sol, who are said to be on the side of fighting well, were not great either.
‘Besides, Mina can’t attack me recklessly.’
If nothing else, Mina’s love for her older sister is real.
And I am Hyena’s friend.
Just like me, it would be burdensome for Mina to fight her carelessly.
“Well then, it’s a long time. Let’s talk slowly.”
Mina opened her mouth with her serious face as she clasped her hands together.
“You came because you were curious about her sister’s three sizes?”
“… ….”
What the fuck.
Did the writer make a typo?
I feel like a strange line came out.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know for sure. I hope it grows bigger in the meantime. When you’re at the level of an older sister, do you think the problem of malnutrition is trivial? But the last time I touched it, maybe-”
“No, I’m not particularly interested in that.”
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t care.
It’s not a story I want to hear through my sister’s mouth.
In the first place, that’s personal privacy.
But at my words, Mina opened her eyes wide as if she was startled.
“…I see. Was it that her pelvis was more important than her breasts? Of course, my sister worked hard at cycling, so she also-“
“Are you going to keep talking about that?”
“Whoops, of course I was kidding.”
Mina made a devilish expression as if it was a joke.
She probably didn’t really intend to talk about it.
She is the most precious older sister to Mina.
There’s no way she can teach you good information so easily.
“Since you came all of a sudden, I thought it was a serious story, so I tried to lighten the mood. Are you in a bad mood?”
“Wouldn’t it be ambiguous to get angry even if you really feel bad if you put that word in front of it?”
“Oops! I really want you to be angry about your sister.”
Involuntarily, I let out a sigh.
When I talk to Mina, there are often times when I wonder if she is really younger than me.
If you just listen to what she says, it seems like a curry woman who has seen both the good and the bad when faced with the storms of life.
“You’d better not joke like that to other people.”
“Ah~ There’s no way I could make a joke like this other than Jihoon oppa. It’s not about anyone else, but about Hyena unnie?”
“That’s it.”
It’s not a flattering word, but it’s not a bad feeling.
Anyway, it means that Mina trusts me enough to say this about her precious sister.
I don’t know where on earth they look at me and rate me so highly.
“So what are you here for?”
“It’s nothing. I wonder if the food situation here is good. I heard that most of the food is bought with coins.”
“Whew! It’s not good.”
Mina let out a deep sigh as if she had waited.
“If you look here, these are the food tickets I have purchased so far. As the war continues, everyone gets tired and eats a lot, but the profits they make don’t change much. So, no matter how much I save, I’m always tight. However, if you care too much, you will have problems with morale.”
“Hmm.”
“For now, I am devising a way to save as much food as possible. Because that too has limitations. I wonder if I really have to go hunting to earn coins later.”
Who did you want to lie to?
As soon as Mina was asked, she started talking.
‘……It doesn’t seem like they are stealing coins in particular,’
As much as I have used the perish shop a lot, I know the prices there as well.
The food there is quite expensive.
Besides, food isn’t the only thing you need to buy at the store.
This time, I only bought urgent food first.
As things get more organized, you’ll need to buy more things like weapons and medicine.
As Mina said, just keeping the villagers from starving is enough.
“You’re really trying.”
“Hehe, right? It is not easy to run a village.”
“Then would you like me to hand over my coins? I’ve collected quite a lot.”
“Yes?”
Is it because of the nature of the quest, or is there some other reason?
Since I came to Haeundae, there has been no support from the deities.
Even so, the amount of coins I have collected is by no means small.
Even just taking off a part and giving it away would be quite a help.
Maybe it is more than what Haeundae earned from this war.
‘If you’re Mina, who knows my skills and information to some extent, you’ll have a rough idea of how much it is.’
No matter what, coins are the most absolute resource in this world.
In some cases, even ‘probability’ can be ignored.
If you are looking for coins or have other personal goals, this is a story you do not want to miss.
Mina blinked at my suggestion for a moment.
Then she hurriedly waved her hand.
That look closely resembles the behavior of an older sister I know well.
“Ah! It’s absolutely not a burden to Jihoon oppa! Thanks to all of you, the coins increased compared to last time.”
“Hmm?”
“I didn’t mean to burden you, did I? I just wanted to complain to someone…. You don’t have to worry too much……. It’s true…….”
Mina rather slowly began to look at me.
Like a child who made a mistake.
Seeing that expression, any thoughts of doubt completely disappeared.
‘I can’t get a feel for it at all.’
A kid like this has tricked everyone in the town, and maybe teamed up with the monsters?
It was the first thing I suggested, but I couldn’t think of it.
“You really don’t need it?”
“Mmm, yes! It’s a coin that Jihoon oppa personally earned. I don’t think I’m going to steal it and use it.”
Mina’s face smiling while answering that.
Maybe it’s because I’m the same as someone I trust the most in the world.
“Tell me if it’s too hard. I will help you.”
“Whoops! If I really can’t stand it, then I will rely on my brother.”
Looking at Mina’s bright expression, I nodded her head.
Perhaps even such a light joke is to hide something, but once you start to doubt it, there is no end to it.
“Oh, do you have any paper or pen? I want to borrow it for a moment.”
“Oh! Who are you going to write all your letters to? Depending on the answer, I’ll just give it to you.”
“……I’m just bored and I’m writing a diary.”
“Tch, that’s not fun.”
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Even as she said that, Mina started rummaging through her drawers.
In a world like this, things like pens and paper are not stored haphazardly.
In the meantime, I secretly pulled out a document I had noticed during the last meeting and took it with me.
“Oh, here it is! It’s a bribe, so it’s okay if you don’t return it.”
“Thank you. I will write well.”
“What between us.”
After a little chat, I left the office.
When we went to the promised place later, Yuri and Eunbyeol had already arrived.
For some reason, Eunbyeol was sulking with a sullen face.
“Don’t you ask what happened?”
“……What happened?”
I’m pretty, but I’ve been with women over 100 times.
Here, I just know that I have to say what I want to hear unconditionally.
If you make a mistake with your mouth once, you will be ripped off for a week.
As expected, I was scared to ask, so Eunbyeol frowned and opened her mouth.
“I told you I was going to Noh Kyung-woo. To ask why you’re not getting treatment. Then do you know what he said?”
“What did you say?”
“My outfit is so lewd, it’s like there are two of us. Under! I’m dumbfounded!”
“Mmm.”
Well… That’s not entirely wrong.
Because Eunbyeol’s attire is a saint’s attire with considerable slits.
To put it bluntly, it’s a pretty stimulating outfit for a man in a world where it’s hard to radiate it properly.
I don’t know, but is there a man who couldn’t keep an eye on her slit in her thighs?
Of course, no one said such a thing openly.
In the end, it seems that Kyung-Woo Noh pointed it out.
Considering the man’s straightforward personality, it’s understandable that he’s burdened.
‘But if I say this here, the arrow will come back to me, right?’
I just nodded with an angry expression.
“Oh, that is too much. How could you say such a thing to a woman? Noh Kyung-kyung, I haven’t seen him like that, but he’s not a good person.”
“Right! Too much! I don’t dress like this because I like it!”
It wasn’t.
I thought I was definitely wearing it because I liked it.
Let’s quickly turn this topic around.
“Anyway, you didn’t get treatment after all?”
“Yes, I absolutely hate it, but I couldn’t force it.”
I understand how you feel, but it’s not a reason enough to refuse treatment.
As expected, Noh Kyung-woo is quite suspicious.
“How was Eunsol?”
“There is not much harvest this way. I turned around and asked, but there was no response. I didn’t even fall into the trap.”
“Hmm, I didn’t think the culprit would come out easily in the first place.”
I don’t know what it is, but it’s a secret that deceives the whole village.
I don’t think it’s light enough to say it casually after a few conversations.
“How was Mina?”
“Me too. Rather, I just thought that it would not be. Still, there was a harvest.”
As I spoke, I pulled out the documents I had brought with me.
“What is this?”
“This is a map of the overall buildings and structures of this town.”
It is a village where people live by organizing groups and even designing buildings of their own.
Most of these important documents were properly prepared or kept.
“The girl disappeared last time. No matter how much we searched, there was not even a trace.”
“I did.”
The time the girl disappeared wasn’t that long.
However, it disappeared entirely without leaving any traces of injuries or even clothes.
“At first I thought it might be because I was eaten by a monster. If it’s big enough to swallow a girl, it must be noticeable or leave a mark. But the last time I searched, there wasn’t even such a thing.”
“Huh? But the girl is gone.”
“Yes, so I assumed this.”
I spread out a map of the entire town on the floor.
“Maybe someone needed to take the girl whole without harming her. If that’s the reason why you took the child, that explains it.”
“Hmm.”
“The purpose or reason is unknown. Still, if that was the case, I wouldn’t have gone anywhere in that short amount of time. There would be even less time to dispose of the body.”
“In other words, that girl… ….”
“It wasn’t taken somewhere or eaten. He might still be in this town.”
At my words, Yuri slightly frowned, and Eunbyul moistened her dry lips.
I don’t know who did it.
Certainly, there was no way he would have taken her to play with dolls.
“But it is a closed space in the village. If you hide someone somewhere, you definitely need a separate space. I intend to look for it.”
It is still an area of unfounded reasoning.
There is no harm in finding out though.
Yuri, who looked at the map for a while, pointed somewhere with her finger ahead of me.
“Then, how about here?”