28. Holiday on a deserted island (2)
“John, what happened earlier…”
“I will hang myself for a while.”
“Can’t you?!”
Just let me do it.
You have to kill me in the past for saying crazy things in front of women! It’s a shame because Karina is kind. If she said that in front of Lenny, her body and head would have separated by now.
Maybe he was just staring at me like a madman.
Of course, they must have blocked Karina from approaching within a 10-meter radius.
…I bet Lenny didn’t notice, right?
“People can make mistakes, so don’t worry too much! There have been times when I said a word wrong when I was reciting a prayer in front of people, and uh… Well, anyway, don’t be so shy…”
“Huh? What happened, Miss Karina?”
“Oh, nothing!”
Don’t look at me suspiciously. Don’t look at me
No, before that, when did you come? Didn’t you say you were going to cut firewood?
“Firewood?”
“Firewood? How many of those things… I heard it’s just now?”
I remember that I brought about five trees. Did you already do that? You should come and see it.
In order to avoid an uncomfortable situation, I went to the warehouse where the firewood was stored, and there was a pile of evenly cut firewood. Even so, it was not far from the warehouse built right next to the house.
Because he is so strong, he does this quickly. It was also the right answer to entrust the hard work. Of course I could do it, but I just wanted to be comfortable.
Every day by myself, drawing well water, chopping firewood, making meals, cleaning, working, scouting, checking traps, and exploring the beach, I was exhausted. A plan to increase the time to rest even a little by distributing the work neatly.
Even if you finish exploring dungeons, you must continue living on an uninhabited island for a while. So, now that Lenny’s body is in good shape, I should make it a little more comfortable by distributing roles.
The effect was obvious.
Because I have enough free time to enjoy fishing leisurely.
It could be said that the quality of life has improved in its own way.
I have to enter the dungeon soon, so it’s a pity that this break is over soon…
Dungeon. It’s a dungeon
What’s in it?
I’ve been to the entrance of a dungeon a little bit, but this is the first time I’ve gone beyond that and entered the depths.
Perhaps there is a cub worse than the head of the bear or the hydra hiding there. This is the worst assumption. But uninhabited islands are always where the worst assumptions fit.
It’s a place where even saying “f*ck it” Isn’t enough.
“…Come to think of it, I don’t know what level Hydra was in game standards.”
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I don’t think it’s that much when I think of the bosses in the second half that I remember, but it’s not that weak. Maybe it will be a mid-level boss. Might be stronger than that.
Ah, it’s hard to keep X.
If I could look at Xmu Wiki, I’d be able to fill in the holes in my memory at least a little bit.
Ugh, there’s no point in looking for something that isn’t there.
“…Let’s go back quickly.”
I need to eat.
I went straight home from the warehouse.
When I opened the door and looked in front of the brazier, I saw Karina laying the pot down on the wooden table I had made. Whether it was because of her weak Karina power or because of her large breasts, the figure of her holding the pot looked strangely dangerous, but fortunately the pot did not spit out its contents and landed on the table calmly.
“John. Please eat.”
Casually sit down and look at the contents of the pot. Fish heads were floating in the green broth. Even though the color of the soup looks poisonous, the taste is better than expected. In the first place, the guy who chooses to eat will be the first person to die on an uninhabited island, so if you see signs of unbalanced eating, please pray for his soul. A guy like that won’t live long anyway.
If you want to live, at least you have to chew on earthworms. It’s an uninhabited island.
Taste the soup with a spoon.
Well, liver is appropriate today.
At first, I couldn’t adapt to the uninhabited island-style cuisine, so I secretly couldn’t season it, but these days, that’s no longer the case. It meant that they were adapting well to the uninhabited island. While eating, I secretly looked at Karina. Karina put the spoon leisurely to her small lips.
I feel it every time I see it, but since it has a small mouth, it feels like a chick dipping and eating food.
Ah, our eyes met.
We averted our eyes at the same time. Even if you say it like that, it’s still embarrassing. I unknowingly shake my body. Lenny’s suspicious look is at the end of his vision.
When I slightly turned my gaze to Lenny, he was staring back and forth at Karina and me, scattering suspicious glances. It’s still embarrassing, but seeing Lenny like that made me feel uncomfortable. I couldn’t stand it and spoke to Lenny.
“Lenny.”
“Why?”
“Do you have something to say to me?”
“No. It’s just an occupational disease, so don’t worry about it.”
It’s an expression that seems full of words, but it’s nothing.
But since it’s embarrassing to say more here, I lowered my head roughly and emptied the bowl.
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The afternoon schedule was to retrieve the body of the Hydra with Lenny.
I took a lot of flesh and took it with me, but the bones and hides were so large that it was difficult to take all of them. Especially since after the fight, neither Lenny nor I were in good shape. Of course, Karina’s healing magic made her feel better, but that didn’t mean she could blow away her exhaustion. So little by little we were bringing bones and hides home.
“Hey.”
I looked at Lenny’s face as he called me. It’s a look that has something to say. The words coming out of that mouth are obvious. Lenny, who was moving with the hydra’s skull on top of his head, opened his mouth after a brief pause.
“You didn’t get caught doing strange things to Karina, did you?”
“I will hang myself for a while.”
“No, why is the conclusion like that?!”
Wow, count hard. I had no choice but to stop, unable to overcome Lenny’s grip on my back.
What an ignorant superpower. I have no dreams or hopes.
“Don’t let me remind you of the dark history. It’s painful enough.”
“No, please explain…”
I don’t. Never do it
If you say it, whether you get banned or ‘Lenny tore John’, it’s obvious that a future with no dreams or hopes will unfold, but how can I say it!
“No big deal. I just inadvertently brought out the word pretty.”
“No, it’s not a big deal, but why is the reaction like that? Aren’t you lying?”
“No. Not really.”
Lenny stared at me for a while, perhaps trying to understand my true intentions. I looked at Lenny with pure, clear eyes to prove my innocence. Lenny’s gaze, which had been looking at me for a long time, went down for a moment and then came up again. I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but my cheeks seemed a little red.
How long has it been? As if time had been stretched out, the painful time was over and Lenny looked away and said,
“Shall I take that off? They say that men become wiser once they take it off.”
Why is the conclusion like that?
To be honest, it’s a bit dragging…No, but that’s a bit.
And the shape of that hand. Where did you learn that
Doing something like that only makes me happy for a moment, but it makes the atmosphere even more awkward. I won’t be able to take care of the back, but it’s better to take it out alone somewhere.
“I have no idea what you mean.”
I pretended not to know and walked ahead.
We just walked on the open road in silence for a while. Like me, Lenny seemed to find it difficult to bring up the words. We didn’t say anything until we got home like monks practicing silence.
“…Where do you put this?”
“Put it down in front of the workshop.”
“Okay.”
Me and Lenny piled Hydra skins and bones in front of the workshop. These bones were to be used to make new armor and weapons. Because I had to thoroughly prepare for the dungeon exploration. With this amount, there shouldn’t be any problem in making new equipment. Looking at the bones piled up in front of the workshop, I spoke to Lenny.
“I’m going to go for a little walk.”
“…Eh. Bye.”
It’s unfamiliar to me to pretend that nothing is wrong and send it away.
I wonder if they give consideration in their own way?
I quietly accepted Lenny’s consideration and headed for the beach.
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‘As expected, men are men.’
Normally, he would have been outraged, but Lenny sighed as he watched John leave in a hurry.
“Did I say something crazy…”
When I think about it again, it is true that I said something crazy. At least Lenny thought so. Hearing from a former co-worker that ‘a man usually gets wiser if he loses it once’, he casually said it, but… Lenny inadvertently put his head against the wall and almost hit him in the head.
To be precise, his head stopped right before it hit the wall. If it had been hit, it would have left a hole in the wall. She managed to stop it because she knew full well that it was going to get even more troublesome.
‘I don’t know how to treat you.’
Lenny was willing to accept anything as long as she liked Karina, but she needed a tricky procedure. As an escort knight, she judges whether a human approaching her target has malice or whether she is a threat to Karina and blocks it.
Her only mission given to her.
“Well, still better than those damn pigs.”
The 3 princes blatantly stared at Karina’s body and licked her lips again. The nobles who secretly flirt. The only thing better is to be treated as a saint? Lenny shook her head involuntarily at the disgusting memory just thinking about it.
Most of the men who approached Karina were like that.
But what is he?
Lenny remembered John.
His physique was strong enough to remind us of the savages of the north. Traces of a painful life full of the whole body. A face that shows only fragments of the original appearance due to scars. Looking at it objectively, it was hard to say that it was such a good impression.
A man who looks dangerous.
But John was not that kind of person.
A strangely gentleman, a human who doesn’t try to approach easily from a set distance. She would be in pain if she had two women, but her appearance, which barely showed her expression, was very strange to her.
“Certainly not a bad guy. The bad guy…”
It would be better if I just wore it on top.
Lenny laughed and removed her head from the wall she was rubbing her forehead against.
The fact that she was thinking this was absurd.
“Well, because I have a lot of time…”
For the first time, she decided to hold off.