40. Morning Star on the Fireplace
[Will that be enough?]
“Huh?”
After everything was finished, we went back to Cream’s room and opened the nogari.
To be precise, Holy Sword has been talking less lately, and Choco went out doing something he didn’t know whether it was hunting or gymnastics, so it was just the two of us talking.
[I wonder if the bees are too weak. As a result, you didn’t receive any punishment, but instead only increased your authority, didn’t you?]
“Give me a chance, beggar.”
While saying that, Cream swallowed the chocolate cake, which looked sweet just by looking at it, in one bite. The table was littered with the remains of desserts that had already been eaten.
[That’s why it’s burdensome!]
“What, how is it?”
The first thing the forgiven coffee did was to offer a large amount of desserts airlifted from all over the place. His attitude was also excruciating to the point of being burdensome.
No matter how you look at it, the intention to buy the owner’s favor is so obvious that it’s ridiculous. Cream isn’t even a kid, do you think it’s just a delicious snack to relieve your anger?
“So, don’t you like it?”
[······No, not that.]
I spoke in a hazy voice, soaked in human blood, not animal blood. It’s not that I don’t like other things, but I think the human thing suits me the most.
The blood of a beastman or a fairy is still worth eating because it has a different taste, but the blood of a beast or monster tastes good at first, but when you eat it, you will quickly get sick of it because of its unique, fishy, savagery.
[Well, it could be.]
Anyway, it’s ridiculous to do something extra when Cream forgives you. Coffee proving the slave’s virtues will not happen in the short term, but in the long term.
But we’re leaving soon. Uhh, i don’t know
“I have too many thoughts.”
[You must be simple!]
It’s not even my company. I gave Cream a cotton ball and lazily sucked the blood from the rum barrel. Ha, this is life
Anyway, doesn’t that guy eat sweets and not get bitten? If he had been a normal person, not a hero, he would have died of shock with fructose long ago.
However, Cream picked up the dessert in the same consistent motion as the first time and put it in a bite. Even holding it with his bare hands, he didn’t even get a little cream on his hands.
[Cream.]
“Huh?”
While watching the scene as if watching a mukbang, I suddenly started talking to him.
Perhaps because sugar is charged, the current cream is milder than usual. His expressionless face remains the same, but I would say that his usual chubby feeling has decreased a lot.
[So, what is the real reason you brought me here?]
Cream’s hand, which had just picked up the chocolate muffin, stopped abruptly.
I mustered up the courage to ask a question and nervously looked at Cream. Although it has not been revealed recently because there have been several incidents.
Cream’s obsession with me was simply ‘mine’, so it was unusual to see it. As can be seen in the case of coffee or chocolate, cream is obsessed with its own things.
As long as he didn’t try to get out of his fence, he took a permissive attitude inside it. Like the chocolate that roams freely even now, or the coffee that used to wield the power of the company to its heart’s content.
“Important, is it?”
But why, just me? I swallowed the simmering question.
Cream had let me go to eat dessert. In my experience, Cream couldn’t read my thoughts in this state. It’s not certain, though, so you’d better be careful.
[Not important. If you change your mind, I might be torn into five pieces overnight.]
In fact, now I was sure the cream wouldn’t hurt me. So, this question has no special meaning.
In short, curiosity. That’s all
“No, yes.”
[Still, I can’t help but wonder!]
As usual, Cream was in a hurry to change the topic whenever this kind of topic came up. However, the reaction might be a little different now, when my mind is complicated because of coffee.
[Unless it’s a very important reason, can’t you just tell me? If it’s an important reason, I must be involved, so of course I have to let you know.]
“·······.”
[Huh? Master, it’s not difficult.]
In the end, the last resort was mobilized. Cream sighed briefly and put down the muffin he was clumsily holding.
“Star, big, no. Just.”
[Just?]
“That’s right, because I do it.”
That’s a very bland answer. As I continued questioning, Cream opened her eyes and said,
“I just had it because I wanted to have it. Any problem?”
[No.]
If you touch it more, it will explode. After all, there is no harvest this time. I tucked my tongue inwardly and remained silent.
There was an awkward silence for a moment. Cream, who had been staring at me without even touching the dessert she loved so much until a moment ago, muttered in a small voice.
“I have to take responsibility…”
The words he muttered in a whisper contradicted the words he had just spoken. The desire to have it, the duty to do so.
Cream is still tight-lipped about details. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to explain, but rather that she herself didn’t know the exact reason.
Is the motive that drives you desire or duty? Maybe it’s both Actually, there was something else I really wanted to ask.
Cream showed a steady attitude towards Seonggeom. Like a child, innocent, but in a cruel way. Until the holy sword finally shuts its mouth.
Why, as much as he likes me, he hates the holy sword. However, no matter how much I thought about it, it was a question that could not be resolved. It’s rather fortunate that Cream can’t read my thoughts in the current state.
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In the end, an awkward atmosphere continued after that. Cream didn’t finish eating the rest of the dessert, so she called her slaves to clear it up, then went to sleep herself.
[Are you sleeping?]
I went to bed earlier than usual. The holy sword showed no signs of speaking even if I kept tapping it, and naturally I became very bored.
So, I was afraid of the aftermath of the aftermath when Cream woke up while spraying a nonsensical mental wave, so I stopped even doing that. No, it’s not like I stayed up all night for a day or two, but I have a lot of distracting thoughts today.
Thinking about it, lately I’ve been eating my soul, but I don’t think I’ve ever properly organized it. Shall I go unconscious after a long time and clean up?
“Lord-in-nim-!”
Oops, that’s a surprise. I was taken aback by the sudden loud shouting. Cream was also rubbing her eyes with a sullen expression, probably waking up.
[What is it?]
“Cho······ko?”
Yes. Outside the window, it was none other than Choco who was screaming so loudly that all the members of the mansion would fly away from their sleep.
“Get out, let’s see.”
Seeing that they didn’t jump in right away and called us from outside, it seems like there’s something going on. Armed with holy swords alongside me, Cream opened the window and lightly jumped outside.
A short but thrilling sense of floating. Cream landed lightly in the clearing and looked up at Choco. Her eyes widened.
“Oh?”
“Look at this! Master!”
Choco, who was waiting for us in the clearing, smiled brightly and waved her hand. As if she had gone hunting, her body was covered in blood when she returned.
And in Choco’s other hand, she clutched the booty she had hunted. So, a bloody knight armed with heavy silver armor.
[You, what are you!]
“hehehe. I picked it up on the way!”
Certainly, big things are big things, but no, they are! The knight is actually a semi-noble, and looking at the level of armament, it seems like he has a strong back.
“······Killed, did you?”
“No! Probably alive Not yet.”
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Choco said with a bright smile. Cream approached Choco expressionlessly and fed her head with honey chestnuts. f*ck! There was a cheerful sound.
“Description.”
“Heeing…”
The forehead that had been hit turned red for a moment, but soon returned to its original color. Choco, who was rubbing her forehead as if it still hurt, soon received Cream’s glare and started her explanation.
“Wait! You seem to be misunderstanding, but I didn’t catch you!”
“Then?”
“I picked up something that had fallen in the forest! It smelled like blood.”
The blood on Choco’s body was not her own, but that knight’s. Wait, isn’t that amount of bleeding already dangerous?
Well, it doesn’t matter if it’s me. At that time, the article that seemed to have lost her mind turned over and spilled a few words.
“Hero…To help…To the city…”
There were a few intelligible words among the faint murmurs. As if the last word had been squeezed out, the knight collapsed again, but his last desperate effort succeeded in attracting Cream’s interest.
Cream reached out and unleashed the divine power of her source toward the fallen knight. The blazing flash pushed away the darkness, and the wounds of the knight in the center of the light healed one by one.
Cream withdrew his hand, and the fallen knight let out a heavy moan and slowly opened his eyes.
“Ugh… Huh!”
The knight looked around with a dazed face for a moment, then swallowed a sigh when he saw the cream. No matter how pretty Cream was, such an enthusiastic gaze would be a bit burdensome.
Soon the knight jumped up, staggered, fell down again, and crawled toward Cream’s feet. The wriggling was so frenzied that he was ready to lick his shoes.
“Help! Warrior!”
“What, what.”
The momentum was so intense that even Cream hesitated and took a step back. The knight, who jumped up without hesitation, immediately bowed in front of Cream again.
He was desperate even though he couldn’t even control his body properly. As his wounds disappeared, other signs were visible. Overworked muscles, tight eyes from tension, and then.
“The city has been attacked by the Dark Church!”
I think they will talk about it in the future chapters, but I can’t help but write a few of my own speculations here.
Firstly, we know that the main character’s soul has the ability to control other souls, which is a divine taboo in itself. But who can give permission to break such a taboo? That’s right, only a gods.
Secondly, the main character is a reincarnator, but his power in life was remarkably weak (as for reincarnator’s), even though he had the ability to see the status window. But you know what? In his status window, there was always an ability of EX rank hidden behind question marks. Most likely, this ability gives him the right to dominate souls and most likely he had this ability even in his human life.
Thirdly, Cream has the name “hero.” In other words, she was never born and never received a human name. She was created or somehow ended up in this world already being a hero de facto. But usually, heroes are chosen among talented people, right? So she ended up on Earth with some specific intention of the gods. Those same gods who gave our main character a new life and granted him the power to break taboos. What could these intentions be? For example, taking responsibility for what the main character couldn’t achieve in his human life? I mean, initially, according to the gods’ plan, he might have had to use his powers in life and achieve something or simply enjoy life, but he couldn’t. Thus, the gods failed to fulfill the responsibility they took upon themselves, but they are not able to directly influence the world. And now, the heroine is the mediator who should correct this unfortunate misunderstanding.
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I don’t think the main character will somehow get a body, which is sad.