Inside An Adult Game As A Former Hero chapter 55

EP.55 Mars

In the meantime, he has consistently sent 3000-4000 gold to Mars.

It means to go to the city to learn skills, and to train while earning a living by doing village chores.

Now it’s time to make sure he’s paying for the money I sent.

“You must not reveal that I am a hero in the village.”

Before entering the village, I asked the party members.

Mars only knows me as a bit of an adventurer. That’s why I was able to become close like his neighborhood brother.

But what if I suddenly reveal that I am a hero?

You will be simply surprised at first.

However, as time goes by, you may find it difficult to think of me and create a sense of distance.

So, after ignoring the question of why the party members had to do that, I only added that they should never do it.

When I expressed my strong will, neither of the three asked any more questions. After hearing the confirmation from them, I entered the village.

I left the horse in the stable and walked, when Eri spoke to me.

“Yes? Cloud, did you miss the inn?”

“Ah, you guys are resting in the inn. I have someone to meet for a while.”

“Yong… Cloud-sama, is this someone you’re going to meet? I wonder who it is, can I follow you?”

“It doesn’t matter… it doesn’t matter. Just obey the words I said before entering the village.”

I took them up the hill behind the village.

“Do people live in a place like this?”

“Yes”

“There is a decent village over there, so why Sandam in a place like this? Not even a geek.”

Eri grumbled as if she was unhappy with going up the hill. I answered her why Mars lived here.

“He’s an orphan too. like me.”

The three women frowned and hardened their expressions.

In particular, Eri was restless.

“Ah… Mi, I’m sorry. That’s what I meant…”

“What are you so sorry for? It’s not a sin to be without parents.”

“Of course! What’s wrong with you?”

“Does it sound like your parents are guilty of something?”

“Yes..? Oh no, I mean that…”

Seeing Eri in embarrassment, I smiled.

“It’s a joke. more than that. There it is.”

I pointed to the hut located at the top of the hill. In front of the hut, a boy was wielding his wooden sword, but his posture was different from the sloppy before.

“Yamma, Mars!”

The guy who was seriously wielding a wooden sword turned towards us. I waved my hand towards him. The boy’s expression brightened.

“Brother!”

The guy who had put down his wooden sword and was walking this way twitched and stopped.

What?

“Hey, it’s a touching reunion, so why stop coming?”

“Who are the pretty people behind you?”

“Behind?”

Only after looking back did I realize why Mars had stopped.

Suddenly, three Isabelle-class beauties appeared, and Mars, who had no immunity to women, must have hardened like a stone.

“My colleagues.”

“Colleague?”

“As you know, I’m a good adventurer, right? therefore…”

“Brother, I am very disappointed.”

Mars looked at me with slightly disgusted eyes. For a moment, I was at a loss for words. As I stared blankly at him, Mars sighed and continued his words.

“I thought you were a genuine man who only looked at one person… I don’t think you’d be the kind of person who had an affair with three women…”

“Do you like this chew?”

“Heh heh.”

Mars fell to the floor after being hit in the knee. I asked, squatting, looking sadly at the guy who was rolling around in pain.

“What do you think of this older brother?”

“Oh, isn’t it…?”

Mars still has suspicious eyes.

He trembled as he raised his fist and corrected his words.

“Okay! I understand! You and they are just friends!”

“Huh. simple mate. Nothing more, nothing less.”

“All your simple colleagues are beautiful… Is this really a coincidence?”

“Is this kid going to the end?”

“Oh no! That’s weird! Only one person can be a beauty, but they are all beautiful! No matter how you look at it, it just doesn’t look like that!”

Mars vomited as if it was unfair, but I just looked like such a bastard.

He patted Mars on the shoulder and said as if to taunt him.

“Mars. The continent is so much bigger than you think. Right now, in this fucking town where you live, the only beauties are Isabelle and that punk, but on a continental basis, there are plenty of beauties. A woman prettier and stronger than Isabelle can fill the wagon!”

“A cart..?”

Mars opened his mouth wide in amazement…

“Hey, lie! No matter how rural I am, I won’t be fooled by such lies!”

He shouted out loud as if he were denying reality.

Poor guy.

Living in such a small town, he only see Ping Tseng as a beautiful woman. If he had lived in a big city, he wouldn’t have been obsessed with Pink Woman like that.

That’s why people have to play in the big water.

“I must make you feel the cold reality. Neria, will you come over here for a second?”

Eri and Ophelia were talking to Neria from a short distance away.

“Neria? Bro, did you just say Neria? That Neria?”

“That’s the Neria I told you about.”

“Yes..? Have you ever told my story?”

“What, did you hear that on the street?”

No matter how close you are, is it still a bit far away?

“I like your ears… But my story, what did you say?”

When Neria asked seriously, Mars’s expression turned to perplexity.

“Ah… no, that’s…”

“It’s noisy, go and get another wooden sword or something.”

I thought it would make useless noise if I left it alone, so I chased him away.

When Mars left to look for the wooden sword, Neria had a curious face, but didn’t ask me.

After a while, Mars brought a wooden sword and handed it to me.

“No. It’s not me who’s handing you the wooden sword, it’s this one.”

He pointed at Neria with his index finger.

I said to the two who tilted their heads.

“I told you. I want you to feel the cold reality. Fight against Neria. You’ll find out if what I’m saying is true or not.”

“…Okay.”

Mars handed the wooden sword to Neria while he was very nervous. Even when Neria received her wooden sword, she was bewildered.

“Cloud? What is this all of a sudden Dalian?”

“It’s sudden, but I beg you. Let him know how big the world is.”

As he patted her shoulder and asked, Neria’s eyes widened.

She said with a smile.

“Okay. If that’s the case, just trust me.”

“Do it in moderation. Because he is still very low level.”

“Don’t worry.”

Neria nodded her head confidently.

I distanced myself from the two of them.

A heavy tension flowed between Neria and Mars, who were waiting for the signal.

“Start!”

As soon as I lowered my hand, the match started.

“Aww!”

“Ha!”

Mars and Neria’s wooden swords collided.

Naturally, Neria was defeated at the end of a series of dozens of battles.

…Yes?

For a moment.

Neria, what if you lose?

* * *

“Whoa…”

Mars caught his breath.

Neria was a strong opponent as Cloud said.

If he had made even one mistake, he would have been defeated.

‘By the way, is a person of this size my brother’s colleague?’

Although she is strong, it is not enough to be called an equal companion to Cloud. It’s just that he’s about to lose to himself.

‘Because of personal feelings…’

Mars got a little depressed.

The reality that even Cloud, who was superior to him in many ways, could not escape from his first love, felt so cruel.

‘This is the cold reality that hyung said…’

It was when Mars was depressed.

“Come on, wait! One more time… just one more time to be brave. I’ll do it right this time…!”

Neria began to earnestly ask Cloud.

Cloud shook his head.

“Mars is tired. It will only give you an advantage if you fight again now.”

“…”

Not knowing what to say, Neria clenched her lips and bowed her head.

“I’m okay with doing it one more time.”

At Mars’ words, Neria and Cloud’s eyes turned to him.

“You can’t overdo it. Are you tired?”

“I’m not weak enough to be exhausted at just one match.”

“Yes? if you are Get ready, Neria.”

Cloud followed Mars’ advice.

A guy who only swings his sword from morning to night in the first place wouldn’t be this tired.

Neria and Mars pointed their wooden swords at each other again.

“…I’m sorry, but I’ll be a little more sincere this time.”

Just before the match started, Neria said to Mars.

Mars didn’t understand that.

Are you saying you just weren’t serious?

The meaning of those words could be understood the moment the match started.

“Ha!”

“Ugh?!”

Neria’s movements were much faster than the previous battles. Mars raised his wooden sword and managed to block the strike. his wrists tingle

‘Even the power of the sword has gotten stronger..!’

The previous battles were fought with moderately controlled strength.

To take care of Mars.

At that fact, Mars’ self-esteem was slightly hurt.

But apart from his pride, it was clear that there was a huge difference in physical abilities between the two.

‘Strong.’

It’s hard to follow Neria’s movements with his eyes. Blocking her attack was only possible because he predicted her next attack from her attack.

‘But… not as much as my brother.’

He always felt that way when fighting Cloud.

He feel like this person will never win no matter what he do.

Neria, who he was dealing with now, did not feel that.

Although she surpassed Cloud at that time in speed and strength, it never occurred to him that he could not win.

Mars licked his lips.

Ho Seung-shim began to cover his chest.

Neria’s wooden sword descends diagonally.

Mars pretended to block it, but spilled it with his sword. Neria opens her eyes wide and sees her bewildered. Still, Mars did not immediately attack.

Physical abilities are far inferior to her.

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[Bang]

Mars shed with his sword.

[Cross cutting]

The first attack spilled and the second was blocked.

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The relatively weak ones were blocked and the strong ones were avoided with minimal movement.

As he continued to do so, he began to see Neria’s attack pattern in his eyes.

The more he understood the pattern, the easier it was to deal with her. After he dodged the final blow of [She Is Charmed], he immediately swung his wooden sword. His sword stopped right in front of Neria’s neck.

“…”

“…”

A feeling of desperation flows.

Suddenly, Neria’s wooden sword fell to the floor.

“Nonsense…”

Neria stepped back with a look of disbelief.

Cloud approached her.

“Good work.”

“Hey, Cloud, this is… so…”

“Know. You have moderated the power.”

After hunting for a long time in the dungeon, Neria has reached level 39. If she had been sincere without control, Mars would have been beaten and rolled on the floor before Mars could do anything.

The reason she was so shocked was probably because of the fact that she was pushed by Mars in simple swordsmanship.

Cloud patted Neria on the shoulder and comforted her.

“Your swordsmanship isn’t everything. You have to use the shield together to show your all. Is not it?”

“…Yes.”

“Yes. So, don’t be too heartbroken, and go having a conversation with Eri and Ophelia.”

Cloud pushed Neria’s back in the direction of Eri and Ophelia. Even with his comfort, her droopy shoulders did not straighten.

Either way, Cloud turned his attention to Mars.

“Have you improved a lot?”

“It’s thanks to my brother. Thanks.”

Thanks to the money Cloud constantly sent him, he was able to learn techniques from the Swordsmanship Guild and devote all his time to swordsmanship training.

If it wasn’t for that, no matter how much Mars he was, he wouldn’t have grown to this extent.

It was at the moment when Cloud was about to give a happy expression to Mars.

“To be honest, I think hyung can win now.”

Cloud’s eyes twitched. He shook his head.

“Arthur. Don’t make a buck by saying something stupid.”

“Is it real? You saw it before too, my brother-in-law wins. I also beat my brother, but can’t I beat him? This may be the day I will be teaching my brother.”

“Huh… heh heh…”

Cloud smirked at Mars’ provocation.

He picked up the wooden sword that had fallen to the floor.

“Yeah… how much has our Mr. Mars grown… Shall we take a look?”

‘Done!’

Mars smiled inwardly with a smile of conversion.

He wondered how much he had grown before. He could feel it to some extent through Neria, but he also wanted to know through Cloud.

Of course you can’t win, but…

If you can deal with it to a certain extent, you will be satisfied with that alone.

“Start?”

Cloud swung his sword.

‘Huh? Can you see the trajectory of the sword?’

Mars swallowed his saliva.

Maybe even Cloud can win. Such expectations slowly rose from within him.

“Ok!”

The moment he got hit, he realized that it was an illusion.

‘I saw it! I’ve definitely seen it…!’

He can see it, but he can’t stop it.

Even if he try to shed, he can’t.

This feeling that he can’t see even though he can see it.

‘…long time no see.’

Mars once again felt the sense of helplessness he had felt when fighting Cloud in the past.

“Ugh! evil! Aww!”

While being beaten

“Surrender! surrender!!”

“A demon doesn’t accept surrender.”

“What are you talking about?! My brother is evil! You’re not a monster, you’re a human!”

“Humans eaten by anger are no different from monsters. So now I am a monster.”

“What are you saying now?! Aww!! bone! Bone is right! It looks like it will break!”

“It’s okay. Because we have an excellent nun who will cleanly attach even broken bones. Shall we prepare ahead of time for a broken bone?”

“What crazy is that?!”

Mars decided he would die if he stayed like this and started running away.

But…

“I think you misunderstood me because I’ve been watching you, am I faster than you?”

Cloud was faster than Mars, and Mars had to go through a bizarre experience of being beaten while running.

* * *

“Now, tell me.”

“…What.”

Mars said in a disgruntled voice, rubbing the egg on his forehead. Do you have a little bit of a kitten.

“Your worries.”

“Am I worried?”

“Don’t even think about going overboard. I can see it all when I look at your dull knife. You are worried.”

“…Big brother is so great. You even noticed that by mixing wooden swords a few times.”

Mars chuckled.

“It’s just that I’ve been thinking a lot lately.”

“What do you think?”

“…I like Isabelle.”

“Know.”

“But I don’t know if Isabelle will like me.”

“Weren’t you guys very close?”

Mars took a deep breath.

“It is now. But that might change later. Isabelle could fall in love with someone other than me… and I don’t know what to do if that happens.”

Hearing Mars’s words in melancholy, he realized.

That the triangle I had carved into Mars’ mind in the past is rolling

‘It’s time.’

Finally, the time has come to completely twist Mars’ ill-fated fate.

* * *

“Are you going to practice at a place like this at this time?”

Mars let out all kinds of complaints.

It was just as good as it was late in the morning that he was dragged to the corner of the village under the pretext of training.

But he had a reason for bringing him here.

‘The time has come. Maybe it’s not today, is it?’

If not today, you have to bring it back the next day. That was the time when he was thinking about what excuse to bring.

They came.

I pulled Mars up and made him hide behind the building together. Before he could say anything, I gave them a serious look and pointed to where they were.

“Mars… isn’t that pink hair?”

“Ah, bro. Stop calling Isabelle like that. Rather, why is Isabelle at this time…”

Mars, who had been complaining, shut his mouth.

It has to be.

Where he looks

In the corner of town, Isabelle and the son of the handsome baron, who looked everywhere, were talking.

‘Fortunately, today was the right day.’

As the story goes on, it is revealed that Isabelle and the son of the baron met at dawn once every three days and had a conversation.

It turns out, of course, that Isabelle was compelled to follow because of the authority of the baron’s son, and nothing more than to talk.

Isabelle also confessed that she did not enjoy talking to him and was rather annoyed.

The situation is probably the same now.

If you look closely, the baron’s son is smiling all the time, but Isabelle’s expression wasn’t good.

But the point is, that’s not the case.

What matters is how Mars feels when he sees this scene.

I turned and looked at Mars.

His expression was horribly contorted.