16. Survival Rule 3: We Are All Friends (2)
..Pervert?
“Me?”
“Yes, you mean… There are piles of clothes over there, so why are you taking them off! Is there a tradition where you shouldn’t wear a top here? Like an orc?”
…Don’t orcs wear tops too? Friends who seem to be able to communicate something.
Although he appeared as an enemy in the game.
At Lenny’s words, I looked at the clothes piled up in a corner of the house. Clothes picked up from shipwrecks. Various clothes, from luxurious clothes to shabby clothes, were stacked neatly folded. Some of them will become clothes for Karina… But some will become clothes for Lenny. I don’t intend to wear
“Because this is convenient.”
“…Don’t you think it’s kind of like going around naked in front of women? Karina-sama is also feeling burdened.”
“I don’t know.”
On the contrary, it seemed to be glancing at me from a certain moment. I don’t know Karina’s taste, but she doesn’t seem to hate it anyway, so it doesn’t matter.
In the first place, why do they say that they are naked? I can’t understand. It’s not even pants, people can take off at least a jacket. Originally, when no one was around, I walked around in shorts, but isn’t this enough?
What a strange woman.
Let me make eye contact with her with that meaning. Lenny looked at me with a puzzled expression and then grimaced at her. I thought it was because I was so sick that I couldn’t even get up. Lenny, who returned to her original expression as if the pain had subsided to some extent, she said to me with an apologetic expression.
“…Sorry. It wasn’t something the b*tch I was indebted to said. It’s so frustrating because my tail is like this. You were too sensitive.”
“Yes.”
It’s okay because I know he’s a bad-mouthed character. She was the kind of guy who pours out all sorts of double desires when he meets her as a boss. She was rather surprised that she meekly apologized. Originally, she was not that angular, though.
It’s just that I’m overly sensitive when Karina is involved. It’s like she has some kind of occupational disease.
“But, is this really an uninhabited island?”
“Right.”
“Is it okay to call it an uninhabited island when there are people there?”
Leni asked a question that was difficult to answer. Is it wrong to call it an uninhabited island because I am there? Is not it? I’m a little dizzy from this useless puzzle. Now that there are three people, it can’t be called an uninhabited island, right? So, does it have to be called a lured island?
Oh, my head hurts.
“It’s just an uninhabited island since there are only three people. Because there is none other than us.”
“Isn’t there three people?”
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“Anyway, there are no people other than us, so it is an uninhabited island.”
“I see…”
At my clear answer, Lenny weakly nodded her head.
“But why do you live here?”
“I am the same as you.”
“I see…”
Leni sighed heavily. She didn’t say much, but her expression looked like she was already tired.
“I wish I could explain… but I don’t really know anything.”
“Description?”
“Because I was always in a haze, Lady Karina told me, but my memory is confused. I think I heard your name too… Rohan Quitz?”
“It’s John Quartz.”
You’re still insane.
“Ah, yes, Johan… I think Karina-sama said that. I don’t remember very well.”
“Really.”
It was only yesterday that Lenny opened her eyes, so she hasn’t been properly told yet. So now you’re going to ask me something. I was in a position where I needed Lenny’s help, so it wasn’t a bad thing considering it was a kind of give-and-take. I put down her almost finished leather shoes and turned her full body to look down at her.
“What do you want to know?”
“What island is this?”
“Do you remember anything?”
“I can’t remember since I ate mushrooms or something. What on earth did I eat?”
It’s only natural when you consider that he drank all kinds of drugs and poisons. It was as if Karina’s holy magic saved her life from death in the first place. It’s not strange that I can’t remember. I closed my mouth for a moment and collected my thoughts.
This island.
What is this island…
I’ve been busy making a living, so I’ve never really thought about it. When I was doing what I had to do, the sun had already gone down, and at night, I would lay my tired body on the bed and close my eyes, so I had never seriously thought about what this island was. Though I thought it was a f*cking island every night.
A small island with bears, snakes, and dungeons.
It seems to be about the size of Ulleungdo, so can’t you say it’s very small?
“It is an island where bears and snakes divide power, and a dungeon is embedded in the middle.”
“What a strange island.”
“It’s a strange island.”
“By the way, you wiped out all the bears. Eating mushrooms and getting drunk.”
“Me?”
“Yes.”
“I started to get more confused after hearing that…”
I don’t know why you look so grim. Isn’t this a kind explanation? I couldn’t help but tilt my head.
“And…You’ve been living here for a long time, haven’t you? How did you survive?”
“Funny.”
“Escape?”
“I tried several times and failed. Because this island is surrounded by strange whirlpools. If you float the boat, you will get caught up in the whirlpool and die.”
The last time you tried it was the year before last. I gave up the idea of escaping when I saw that the ship I had launched as a test was blown to pieces in less than 20 minutes. It’s fortunate that they only sent the boat afloat as a test.
“It’s difficult…is there any way to get out?”
“Perhaps. But if you explore the dungeon, something might come out.”
“It’s a dungeon… They tell me this kind of thing.”
Lenny looked at me with a surprised face. The young gaze of the enemy, who had been standing just before, had softened.
“Because your cooperation is indispensable to escape this uninhabited island.”
“I see…”
Lenny answered in a weak voice and then shut her mouth. It seemed unreasonable to continue the conversation with the patient’s body.
“Grow up.”
“I guess that’s how it should be… If Karina-sama comes and asks, just say she’s asleep. To tell you the truth, Karina-sama is worried too much, and she will think I’m overdoing it again…”
I nodded at Lenny, who half-closed her eyes.
Instantly, the sound of quiet breathing beat lightly in the air.
Then I heard the sound of the door opening at just the right time.
“Are you asleep?”
I nodded instead of answering.
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It took me a few more hours after Lenny fell asleep to finish the leather shoes. It was my first time making it, so the finish was a bit awkward, but there was no problem wearing it. I handed Karina her shoes and watched her take off her uncomfortable shoes and put on her leather sandals.
Carina, wearing leather sandals, smiled like a tomboyish girl and looked at me.
“Wow, thank you!”
As if Karina liked the leather sandals I made for her, she began to lightly step on her steps. The only thing I know about dance is the dance moves I danced at school fairs when I was young. I stared at her as she moved.
It was strange to see them dancing so closely. This is an uninhabited island, and the only footwork done here was the struggle to survive. The graceful footwork to express sheer joy made me feel at ease just by looking at it.
“Thank you.”
“Suddenly?”
Why is this human being like this? No, when did you wake up before that? Lenny, who was lying on her bed and watching her, replied, and I looked at Lenny’s profile. Scarred face. The side of his face, where the struggle he had accumulated so far, remained intact, came into my eyes. Lenny opened her mouth without taking her eyes off Karina.
“Karina-sama somehow became famous. For the last few years, she’s rarely been comfortable. They always bother me by saying that they are nobles or royalty, and these pretentious kids dream of romance and work whenever they have a chance. She never had anything to laugh about.
The weight of a high position is also a weight… Come to think of it, it’s absurd. To hear you smile after drifting on an uninhabited island.”
… Because she was the one who watched her every move from the sidelines, she was well aware of the pain Karina went through. That’s not wrong.
If other people cling to the title of ‘saint’, Lenny was a knight who only looked at her girl named Karina. It was like that in any route.
Even when her saintess fell, even when she became her last hope and became her living sacrifice, Lenny always put her first. It’s not just because he’s an escort knight.
Because it was Karina who saved her, who knew nothing but her life on the battlefield, who lived next to her death. If nothing else, I could be sure that Lenny would never betray Karina.
A mad dog to everyone except Karina, but a loyal dog to Karina. Isn’t that the most appropriate word to describe her?
“…”
I pondered over what to say for a while. I just kept my mouth shut.
I couldn’t even think of what to say, and it was because I was distracted watching Karina dance.
Lenny also started watching Karina’s dance moves with me, as if she had nothing more to say.
Unfortunately, Karina’s dance was not very long. After her brief dance, Carina smiled shyly as she blushed when she realized that Lenny and I were staring. It was a beautiful smile.
I can’t take my eyes off her face.
Perhaps he didn’t like the way I looked, Lenny said in a pitiful voice.
“Don’t fall for it. I’m telling you because I’m a benefactor, but you won’t see a very good look.”
There was a bitter look on Lenny’s face when he said that.
Who is the bitterness toward?
I knew the circumstances of Karina and Lenny to some extent, and I quietly agreed to what she said.