73 – 9. How to fight and win against monsters (1)
Another two weeks have passed since the hunting festival.
“……Was it a dream?”
I frowned as I had an unpleasant nightmare.
It was a dream that I would never be able to escape the deadline, and that I would be alone again because of a conspiracy.
Faverdedo, Purdo, Treggiado, Zenado. There was no one left by my side in the dream.
Perhaps it was because my colleagues had also left, but in my dream, I walked aimlessly with my eyes losing focus. I walked and walked again.
I finally lost all my strength and fell to the floor, and I heard someone sobbing. I don’t know who is crying.
“You have all these crazy dreams.”
There was no way Zenana Pur or Trezia would leave me in the first place.
Even if I were to leave, it would only be a brief farewell and not a total loss.
After erasing useless thoughts, I stood up and stretched.
The weather now had a distinct spring scent, and even the leaves were green.
As I open the window to let in the light, the fishy stench of the inn near the semi-basement stings my nose.
“I tried to clean it up, but the smell is just not worth it.”
I grumbled and looked out the window at the huge scenery of the academy’s knight club.
Now, several groups of students can be seen among the cherry blossoms that have almost all fallen.
“You’ve fallen in ranking again.. I really want to die..”
“Hey, you’re still much better than me. I didn’t study at all for this midterm just to give it all away.”
“I didn’t do much either… I think we both just screwed up.”
I am very proud of the students who sigh and scold each other. There is no student who does not study at Beatus Academy.
In addition, you can see inexperienced but youthful kids who enjoy dating, hard workers who silently swing their swords in the training hall, and a guy who naturally places his red head on someone else’s shoulder.
What is this?
“Senior Dyers… I’ll be graduating mid-term soon, and I haven’t studied at all… hehehehe, what should I do?”
I have to take back what I said earlier. At Beatus Academy, everyone studies except Jenna.
Jenna’s entire body is covered in sweat, as if she just ran. I said, putting the towel over her head.
“I see. I studied. Good luck.”
“Wow… Do you know that seniors can be really unfriendly sometimes…? How can you give such a dry response to your ‘closest junior’ saying he didn’t study?”
“How can you react so arrogantly when ‘such a great senior’ wishes you good luck?”
Jenna and I met our eyes for a moment, creating silence.
It’s really like this.
What should I do?
I hate you.
Oh, okay, goodbye.
I really hate you, senior.
It looks like it’s going to rain for some reason, so take it slow and go.
I will cry in the rain.
Cry. Because I will smile.
Jenna, who had this conversation with me with a glance, left the inn with a blank expression on her face until the end.
The whole world knows that he’s playing around, but his acting skills are only improving. Later, I will have to bring along the genealogy book that was included in the collection.
I muttered while looking at her footprints.
“Maybe I’m the one doing the acting.”
Her chest boils as if it is burning and she feels nauseous.
I bowed down.
“Yuck.”
As if to let you know that there is not much time left, dark red blood soaks the clothes and floor.
I have vomited blood so many times that I am now at a point where I know when I will vomit.
I held back desperately when talking to Jenna. There is nothing more stupid than showing blood in front of your juniors.
I glanced in the mirror and noticed that my dark circles had become extremely dark.
“Still, there is something I gained from winning the hunting festival. With this, I can quickly make a life elixir.”
Two pieces of the S-class herb replica’s replica obtained by defeating the chimera.
I held those guests dearly.
Now that I have obtained one of the three ingredients for the elixir of lifespan, suffering like this will soon be over.
It must end. Even now, I am desperately trying to act out my daily life, but I never know when I might vomit blood and pass out in front of people.
Before the ‘curse of the tongue’ continues to eat away at me.
.
I stopped by the orphanage for the first time in a while and met Trezia. She greeted me with an eerie smile, probably because she was disappointed that I hadn’t come recently.
She had a habit of smiling whenever she showed that she was genuinely upset. It’s a soulless laugh, like a cult preaching to strangers.
“When did you say you would come? How many days is it now?”
“…..”
“A week. You haven’t come for a week.. How devastated are you? Yes..?”
I had no choice but to close my eyes and remain still. For some reason, I felt like a beaten husband.
Of course, my relationship with her is not that kind of relationship.
For a person who has always been cool-headed and calculating, and who exudes a noble aura that is difficult to approach, I could not get used to this change.
“Do you know how long the children have been waiting for Mr. Dyers? They say that their young hearts get hurt when someone who comes often does not come.”
Someone suddenly jumped out and rebutted her confident statement.
“Dyer, that’s a lie! Mom, I always look at the door and wait with a faint expression as if I’m waiting for my boyfriend!!”
“Oh my… Cream, aren’t you very tired? Come to think of it, it’s already time to sleep~? Good children should sleep now.”
“No!! Mama, I’m not sleepy at all..!”
Cream’s body floats as he says something, like a fighter trying to spread the truth.
Tresia saw that and smiled. It was a smile that would thrill anyone who saw it.
It is a completely irrelevant issue from my point of view, but it is a time-limited wife.
“Mom, can you please put some cream on it?”
The pencil automatically writes the answer on paper.
-I understand, Tree. Have a good time, you two.
“There is no need to write such things down.”
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“Eupeup!! Eeup!”
In the end, Cream, who wanted to tell the truth until the end, was sentenced to a nap as her door closed.
Cream.. I feel like I would rather sleep.
“hehehe, this is where the treasure is sleeping.”
The fortress treasure takes a nap.
“…So what did Cream say?”
“Is that important now? Why are you changing your mind?”
Trezia looked at me with a dissatisfied look.
No matter how you look at it, isn’t that the one who is changing the conversation? Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but notice Trezia’s feelings.
She said she would come and visit, but it was me who broke her promise.
I’ve been very busy over the past two weeks, but even if I say it, it’ll only be an excuse.
In the end, we have no choice but to borrow the power of capital.
“I’m sorry for breaking my promise. I wonder if this will ease my anger.”
I tried to take out the wallet I bought at the market for 5 silver (5,000 won). Since the amount they are eating is no joke, it is time to donate.
“…Are you crazy right now? Do you think I’m doing this for money? Am I really mad?”
Trezia got extremely angry when I tried to hand her money as an apology. Although he speaks softly because of the children, he looks very angry.
There is no one in this world who hates money, and nuns in particular are the type of person who is passionate about money, so why are they so angry?
I quickly assessed the situation and took out my ring instead of my wallet. It was obtained by going through the dungeon.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. There’s no way I would think like that.”
“A person like that… Uh. What is this…?”
Fortunately, I succeeded in diverting her attention. I think it’s a pretty ring.
“I got it by chance while going through a dungeon. It was pink, so I thought it would match well, so I kept it.”
It is a red diamond ring, but the effect is quite good, similar to that of A-grade jewelry.
Was it a ring that, when you pressed it once when you were sweating profusely, made your whole body feel refreshed as if you had taken a shower? That would be the case if it hadn’t changed from the original.
“……I thought it would suit you..?”
“Okay. So, why don’t you let off your anger?”
Her eyes widen in surprise, and at the same time, the corners of her mouth turn up uncontrollably.
I took advantage of that opportunity and gently placed a ring on her index finger.
You have to put a wedge in it. You can’t do it at the end.
“I kept the ring very clean for a week with the intention of giving it away. It suits you as expected.”
“Hmm.. I really don’t like this type of thing, but… Well… Mr. Dyers said it suits me, so I’ll wear it.”
The crisis has barely been overcome.
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After finishing my service, I started a business with Nanpur.
The days have warmed up, but the popularity of bungeoppang has not yet waned.
However, since there were a lot of new restaurants, they came up with a new menu, but it was a simple meal.
Tteoktu-sun. And slush.
When they added special sauce to the standard menu items, they started selling like crazy.
When I was doing business, I sometimes heard things like this.
“Are you two in a romantic relationship? I’m so jealous..”
“Hey. Of course you’ll stick around all day. You call that a question?”
“Ah… Well… That’s…! We’re not lovers, but from now on…!”
Every time he heard such a rude and impolite question, the timid Pur didn’t know what to do.
“We are friends, not lovers. Don’t say unnecessary things.”
In the end, I had no choice but to step forward and correct my statement. Every time that happened, Pur smiled a strangely weak and awkward smile.
He deserves it too. Even if you’re like me, if you’re asked if you’re in a relationship with someone like me, you’ll lose all your strength.
When business got a little easier, Pur opened his mouth.
“Dyers. But have you heard a strange rumor lately…? They say a person wearing a mask is going around eliminating all terrorist groups…”
From what I heard, it seems to be about a person who single-handedly destroys terrorist groups.
“I don’t know who he is, but he’s such a useless guy.”
“Is that so..? Well, it’s too dangerous and scary. It would be better if they just did business like us.”
Pur nodded her blue head and agreed with me.
I naturally continued to stir the tteokbokki. Casually.
Uh, um…
But that’s me.