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“······What?”
At my shameless words, Riya noona frowned.
“I didn’t want to say this, Shu. Didn’t you say it was a magic sword? But how…”
[I don’t know the details.]
Well, it just happened that way. I shrugged my shoulders as I looked at Riya-noona’s expression of still disbelief.
[If not, what would be the reason for me to side with the hero in the first place?]
“Okay, let’s say that.”
Riya noona twisted her body in a crooked position. Tree branches came down around her, naturally supporting her body.
“Then, in the end, the problem comes back to square one? If the contractor is like that, even if they repair you, it won’t be long before you return… Even if I believe in you, Shu, I can’t trust that hero. I’ve given you the best guidance, but what if the hero does harm to Shai?”
Judging by how she called the elder lich by her nickname, it seemed that she was closer to the elder lich than I thought. Ugh, I hadn’t thought of this.
Even if they work the same way as demons, their powers are in conflict with death and nature. No matter what interests were intertwined, it seemed that she could not be persuaded at this rate.
[Cream.]
“Yes.”
[Wouldn’t it hurt if I met that elder lich?]
“Yes.”
The fortunate thing is that our hero is not very interested in eradicating evil? You should be able to convince me in this way.
[Did you hear that? Not like that.]
“······No, you mean to believe that much?”
[My older sister says she believes in me!]
“Of course you believe, but you do not have the initiative in this situation right now, do you? At least it looks that way to me.”
Her face reminded me of the stubbornness of when she was a receptionist, when she had to pay her request even a penny less.
“Mmm, ah!”
At that time, Cream, who had been quiet, pulled out the holy sword again. Suddenly, a radiant glow emanated from her, and Riya-nuna panicked and distanced herself. However, Cream wasn’t about to attack her opponent.
“I swear, I will.”
“What?”
“I won’t harm him, Richie. Staking the honor of the holy sword.”
[Hero?!]
The holy sword with his name on it was startled out of nowhere. But as her cream stared at her, her holy sword soon mumbled in her voice that she really didn’t want to do it.
[······Yes, with my honor.]
It was a small sound, but no one in this room was so dull that they couldn’t hear it. Certainly, the name value of the holy sword that has passed hundreds of years is also effective for Riya-nee…
“Ha, how old do you think I have been?”
[Yes?]
“It is also oil-based resin that is laughed at. Aren’t you ashamed of how many promises you’ve broken with honor? No matter how busy the Great War is, it can’t even touch the memory of a living person.”
Although she was speaking with formal respect, Riya noona’s voice was thick with disbelief. In response to her attitude that day, the holy sword took a step back and took her stance.
[It was for the warriors.]
“Stop making excuses. The important thing is how you will prove your trust in me.”
Riya’s older sister’s attitude was stubborn. Besides, her vigilance was also at its peak, so it was impossible for her cream to catch her by her use of force.
It would have been better if I had been ambush while I was careless, but Cream drew a weapon from the front and stabbed me, just like my personality. If Riya-nuna runs away, we will end like this.
But, if I really had no intention of negotiating, I wouldn’t have come all this way in the first place. Uhm, is there any way?
[Ugh…]
I suddenly let out a moan.
“What, what?”
[Ugh, heuk. Kuck. Kyaha!]
When I suddenly started to lighten up, Cream, who shared my thoughts, looked at me with puzzled eyes, Holy Sword with eyes that said it was worth a penny, and Riya-sister looked at me with a frightened voice.
“Shu? Choux!”
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[Geuaahhak!]
I immediately shut my mouth right after screaming in a tearing voice. The three of them were staring at me, not knowing what to do in the sudden silence.
After taking a break in that state, I opened my mouth with a dying voice.
[Sister·······.]
What I recall were the memories of my human days.
[I am so sick…]
Even before dying in Dragon Road’s Rare, there were several crises that crossed the line of death. And, at that time too, Riya-sister was a receptionist at the adventurer’s guild.
I remember the day I returned from exploring an underground dungeon. Rejoicing in the harvest, I chatted and laughed with my colleagues for a while, and the poison that had been dormant in my body was gradually awakened.
Though my colleagues were specialists in combat, they weren’t talented in healing. In the end, they took me, who couldn’t even open my eyes properly, to Riya-noona.
[I wonder if I’m going to die like this. It’s okay for a while, but something boils up inside your body again…]
I remember that day. I felt faint from the heat rising from my whole body, and I just lay in bed and moaned. However, there were things that could be felt even in the dark.
A soft touch caressing my forehead. The sound of spoons rattling and the scent of bubbling porridge. The smell of flesh in the forest that wafted up when I leaned over to me.
[Help me. Like that time.]
But now I am a sword.
With Cream’s connivance, when Riya slowly fingered my handle, all I could smell was the fresh smell of blood circulating in her veins.
*
[hahahaha! After all, my acting is perfect!]
In the end, Sister Liya showed us the way to the Elder Lich.
She is also a high elf who can control space. Thanks to her help, we were able to close the distance in an instant.
[······No. You really don’t think you’ve been fooled by that poor acting, do you?]
[What!]
However, it was impossible to space-leap directly to the Elder Lich’s lair, so she took us to the beginning of the Sunset Mountains.
The harsh terrain of the infamous continent. A place where not only rare and powerful monsters that cannot be seen elsewhere appear, but also space movement is restricted due to the energy flowing in the mountains.
[At a glance, you pretended not to have won and let it go. It looks too fake.]
[Ugh. No, it can’t be! Then why did you help us when you weren’t fooled?]
[It’s not enough that you ran all the way to the city looking for us, you didn’t even suggest any conditions to do so, right? From what I’ve seen, it seems that he was fully prepared to help from the beginning.]
Liya’s sister went back, and the three of us were left walking in the mountains at sunset.
[Then what is that attitude?]
[I don’t know.]
From what I’ve heard, it seems that the Elder Lich lives with his workshop set up on one of the peaks here. The morale will soar high as if to sting, so it won’t be too difficult to find.
[Wouldn’t it be grumpy?]
It’s nice to have come so well, but the Holy Sword keeps taking away my merit with ridiculous quibbles.
[Was my acting that weird?]
From my point of view, who prides herself on having tricked Riya-nuna with her perfect acting, her outfit was about to explode. However, after receiving my question, Cream turned her head away and muttered softly.
“Honestly.”
Because Cream is so pure, I didn’t try to hide my feelings well. That is to say, he did not hesitate to speak ill of the things he loved. I’m hurt!
“Sorry?”
Still, I can’t say anything because I don’t have any malice.
[It’s strange, all my past owners have been fooled.]
[Didn’t you say you have the ability to read memories? It’s like looking into the whole person’s head, so anyone can be fooled.]
Well, I see. However, the beings next to me were all those who couldn’t read their memories. Cream is the owner, but he is blocked by the divine protection, and he has not even touched the holy sword or chocolate.
Huh?
[Wait, come to think of it, what about chocolate?]
Because I’m not busy, I completely forgot! Although I am a cruel demonic sword, no matter how much this is me, my conscience is bound to be stabbed a little.
But Cream, who had a better personality than me, had a perfectly calm expression.
“Go back to Robbins, I guess.”
[Ah, to your company?]
“Yes. Because Choco has people to wait for.”
Certainly, I didn’t hear the context properly, but I knew roughly that Choco had a story. Anyway, it’s amazing.
Cream, who is extremely obsessed with her own things, tolerates Choco’s behavior like that? Hmmm, if I figured out the reason well, how could I possibly try it in someone else’s hands?
“Write.”
[Hee! Sorry!]
At that moment, Cream stepped on the advance. When the land split apart, I instinctively apologized.
“No, that’s not it.”
[Huh?]
“Nearby.”
Ah, I was so preoccupied with the conversation that I wasn’t properly detecting the energy around me.
The setting sun mountain range was definitely a perfect place for ordinary people to come and put their necks out. Cream was climbing the mountain proudly without any cover.
There were countless hunters in this mountain range who lurked in the shadows, watching her for each other, aiming for her as her prey. Well, it looks like half of them just got away with the Crimean show of force.
On the contrary, there were also those who were stimulated by that action. Kreureung. A low cry sounded, but soon two shadows rose from the front of Cream.
[Ow.]
[Hero, be careful!]
Drake is considered the highest among the subspecies of dragons. And a two-headed bear the size of a house that is not inferior to its momentum.
Perhaps they sensed Cream’s strength, instead of fighting each other, they were revealing their hostility to Cream. A monster that can only be caught by running raids in units of knights.
However, even facing such an adversary, what appeared in Cream’s eyes was annoyance.
“Here, there are too many, intrusive, crabs.”
Cream, who has a sense that is incomparable to mine, must be feeling the whole area right now. Two monsters in the foreground. And, among them, numerous beasts aiming for fishermen.
This place was a paradise for monsters of all kinds. The feeling of annoyance in Cream’s eyes soon turned into annoyance.
“Quickly, let’s finish.”
The next moment, as Cream raised his sword, two monsters roared and charged.