Episode 22. Delayed expression of affection has an interest rate of 100 percent (1)
“Really? Did Obama Rufen and brother Chris really accept Prause’s offer?”
Se-Ri asked me once more in disbelief, with her surprised expression on her face.
“Yes. It’s already the third answer. Do you not believe what I am saying?”
“Everything, I don’t even dare! Just… ….”
Seri crossed her fingers and looked at me. There was something I wanted to say, but I was frustrated because I kept hesitating.
But I didn’t rush. I sipped her tea and waited patiently for her to talk.
“Ah then, what should I do with the national letter… ….”
“Gukseo?”
“Ah, ah, nothing!”
She hurriedly waved her hand and evasive. She was puzzled by the fact that she couldn’t even afford to hide her bewilderment.
Honestly, I thought I would be happy without any worries, but the reaction was too ambiguous. Even though I seemed to like it, I couldn’t erase the feeling of regret. But what did the national anthem mean?
“The plan went awry… ….”
“My plan went wrong a lot, too. Originally, I had no intention of solving the problem with my own strength.”
It was because it was easier to ask for help if a problem arose in the future if the problem was resolved peacefully.
Now, I have no regrets about using my strength, but I couldn’t deny that I committed it out of anger. If it had been like this in the first place, I wouldn’t have gone to the Aium Kingdom.
“I don’t mean that… ….”
She looks at Tori as she stretches her tongue and points her chin at the frustrated Se-Ri. When he met my eyes, he let out a sigh as if he had waited.
“Prause.”
“A word of thanks is—”
“As expected, you are a rare madman.”
No, even if you do well, you curse at me.
Anyway, this is all because of filtering.
I let go of his words and sipped my tea again.
“Hey, Prause!”
“What is it?”
“Are there no awards in the future?”
“A prize?”
“Not going to do any overseas activities…… I wonder if it means that you will completely give up on aiming for the throne.”
“That depends on how Chris does it. If he tries to break the pact between me and the Emperor, or kill us, then he will surely kill.”
You have to keep the justification clear.
“So live freely for a while. That is your prize.”
“I didn’t specifically want freedom… ….”
Seri mumbled and subtly puffed out his cheeks. He just kept muttering from earlier, so he couldn’t understand what he was saying at all. Why is he doing this today? Did i do anything wrong?
“A tax collector?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Why do you keep doing that?”
“Nothing.”
“…… Okay. I can’t help it if I don’t want to talk. Anyway, you will have to keep studying. So that I can ascend to the throne at any time. Sometimes I have to show my face to the nobles. Not as a job, but simply as a social network manager.”
You wouldn’t think of this as an outside activity, would you?
If you think it’s an external activity, let’s answer ‘what to do’.
“Well then…… Does that freedom include Prause?”
“…… Me? What do you mean?”
Come to think of it, Princess Se-Ri was a yandere.
If she’s a yandere, she’s single-minded and obsessed with the person she likes, so the guess that she likes me is probably correct.
“That, that… My, I’m Prause…….”
Oh, wait. You want to confess? Here?!
“Prause!!”
Knock!
The door to the office suddenly opened. There stood Urca, her clothes soiled and torn in a mess, crying.
Nice timing, but…….
“What is a string of clothes?”
I turned my head involuntarily at the considerable exposure. He needs to change his clothes. Really.
I said while ignoring Urca, I picked up a cookie and put it in her mouth.
“Why did they become so strong?!”
He comes to me in an instant and hugs me. I hurriedly pushed Urca’s face away. However, it was infinitely insufficient to overcome the strength of her grip on my body. I rub her dusty face against my chest.
“It’s dirty, go away.”
“Urca-sama, if you do that too much, Prause will be in trouble—”
“Go away! What does that mean! When I think of the good atmosphere at that time, I thought I became very close with Prause!”
“… At that time?”
I stopped moving involuntarily at the chilly voice. Se-ri, who was sitting across from me, looked at me and Urca with a straight face. Her eyes seemed to demand an answer from Urca and me.
“Ah… I don’t know about Princess Se-Ri, but I was encouraged the night before I fought Thoreau. That’s what I said because I liked the atmosphere at that time.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Just say that there is such a thing, what are you trying to explain in such detail? Can’t you see his eyes? You’re staring
“Ah~ Why~!”
Urca whimpered and quietly whispered in my ear.
“This kind of thing should be kept in check in advance.”
“Don’t be an idiot, let it go.”
“Ugh! No matter what I say! Ok what! That aside, when are you going to explain it? Prause still smells like that beast!”
“The smell of the beast…… ?”
Se-Ri’s poker face collapsed slightly. Her shoulders start to tremble little by little.
Her bones were about to come. By the time she let out a sigh while holding her pounding head, the warriors entered through the open door.
“Why are you running away, Urca? We had a good fight.”
Iris asked dubiously. Then Urca pointed at Iris.
“You guys destroyed all of my gyms. I won’t fight you anymore!”
“There are limits to training among ourselves. Because every time I fight with the kids, I don’t know if I’ve become stronger or weaker.”
Tina said, pointing at Iris and Maria.
“Still, among those who are called S-class adventurers, I think Urca-sama is the strongest.”
“Oh, yes? Ehehehe.”
At Maria’s praise, Urca shyly brushed her pink hair. The dust drips from her. Go wash up
“Then why are you hugging Master?”
“… Are you afraid?”
“… Will?”
The three heroes questioned Urca at the same time.
“Uh, huh?”
“I am also a master who barely hugs me using the wish ticket. Why did Urca-nim hug Master when she didn’t even have the right to wish? Please explain.”
It was Iris’ question.
“Huh?”
“Was there a special situation where you couldn’t control your emotions unless you hugged Master?”
“No… that’s not…… Place… ….”
“Then why did you hug?”
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“That… ….”
It was Maria’s questioning.
“You’re not trying to monopolize her mentor, are you?”
“No, what are you doing… ….”
It was Tina’s question.
The warriors, who have come close to you, are about to point their weapons at Urca. He’s asking a bloody question with his eyes wide open, so he’s trying to scare me for no reason.
“Now, calm down and go wash Urca.”
“Duke Tori, please stay away for a while.”
“Yes. Are you talking to the ladies?”
“You’re still young to be called a lady—”
“Duke Tori, don’t you hear a lot about being rude?”
When Maria said something, Tori shut her mouth. He glared at me instead. It seemed like you were saying that the kids were doing that because of you.
Certainly, the way I spoke to Duke Tori resembled my filtered speech, with only honorifics added. I was really wrong at home schooling…….
“You… stop.”
In the end, when I intervened, the fierce spirit of the warriors slowed down. I didn’t forget to separate Urca.
“If you’re going to keep talking nonsense, go defeat the monsters on the border.”
They turned away from me instead of saying they were sorry. What, you don’t want to answer?
“If you continue to fight over useless things in front of me…….”
What do you say?
Is there any punishment I can give to the warriors? It’s not like hitting a 14-year-old kid on the butt or calf. In the first place, I wonder if ordinary people would get sick from beating them…….
After thinking for a while, I spat out whatever came to my mind.
“We won’t talk for a week.”
“Prause…… Do you really think that is punishment?”
I felt my earlobes heat up at Tori’s remark. Am I embarrassing even when I say it? Keep it quiet
“You are venomous towards others, but only soft towards your disciples—”
“Ah, that’s not quite right, Master.”
“I think so too.”
“No, that’s right. No matter how much it is, it’s not like that, and Master isn’t at an age to be angry.”
But contrary to Tori and I’s expectations, the warriors were embarrassed and refused. But in the meantime, what’s the deal?
“I have never been upset. I just didn’t want to see you fight.”
“I said this after seeing Urca being held by her master for no reason. Doesn’t it just look like something wrong?”
“That’s right.”
I was positive.
“Eh… ….”
“Eating over 30 years old.”
“What?!”
Urca got angry at Maria’s extreme deal.
“Anyway, don’t fight. There’s nothing wrong with being good, right?”
We had to deal with the demons that came together later, but there was nothing good about having an emotional fight like this.
“Okay.”
In the end, the warriors agree.
I sigh and look straight ahead. The tax collector sitting across from her was quieter than expected.
But I knew that the quieter the yandere attribute, the scarier it is. Because I had no idea what he was thinking before.
“As expected, there are quite a few competitors. Do you think strong women gather around good men?”
It was a sentence I had never heard before. Where did you hear that?
“Master scolded me because of Urca.”
“Huh? Is it because of me?”
Urca points at her face with an unfair face. The warriors nodded.
“As expected, I have to become an emperor…… “
“It’s because you guys found fault with it.”
“What?”
I couldn’t hear Seri’s voice very well because of the noise coming from the side.
“Nothing.”
She just laughed and evaded it.
* * *
“Do rock paper scissors!”
Tina exclaimed. Iris and Maria, each lying comfortably in her own bed, lifted her head.
“Rock, Paper, Scissors?”
“The teacher was angry during the day. That we fight among ourselves If you do this, you will surely end up being hated by your master. So why don’t you make sure to play rock-paper-scissors when you monopolize your teacher from now on?”
“It’s okay. I don’t know anyone else, but I don’t want to fight with you unless it’s sparring.”
“I have no complaints either.”
After the two agreed, Tina raised her fist and raised her fist.
“Okay then, let’s select the hero who will get the right to enter the master’s room with rock-paper-scissors!”
“It’s nice, but… …. Couldn’t we be interfering with Master’s rest?”
“You can even rub your shoulders!”
“Oh. I see Is it okay to make a justification……. After all, Tina acts stupid, but she knows how to approach people better than you think.”
“That’s a compliment…… ?”
Looking at Tina’s bewildered look, Iris and Maria get out of bed. The two immediately raised Tina’s fist in front of her.
“Well then, shall we do it? No body vision? Can’t change after paying?”
Iris and Maria nodded at Tina’s words. The eyes of the three people cross.
“Rock, Paper, Scissors!”
In a very brief moment, Maria’s scissors turned into scissors, and Tina and Iris, who used her fists, were defeated.
“Ah~ coward! After paying, where’s the change?! You said it was forbidden!”
“You guys also paid after seeing what I paid first!”
Maria was smug. Tina purses her lips and frowns, then she points at her.
“What?! That’s ridiculous! Do this again!”
“Right, I have to do this again!”
“Okay. Don’t tell me you’re cowardly this time?”
“Then do it again? Rock Paper Scissors!”
This time, all the warriors, regardless of who they are, see what their opponent gave and immediately change it.
“Ah! What are you doing!”
Even rock, paper, scissors were unusual warriors.
* * *
Smart.
While I was reading Korean written on parchment to check what would happen in the future, I looked at the door at the sound of knocking.
“Who are you?”
“Teacher, this is Tina.”
Tina? Why did Tina come at bedtime?
Did something happen?
“May I come in, Master?”
Tina in her pajamas looks up at me. She slipped her hair on the side behind her ear and smiled softly.
“Is it urgent?”
I asked as I glanced around the hallway. There was no one.
“Yes. It’s urgent. I have a concern I want to talk about.”
“Yes. Come in at once.”
I couldn’t bear to say no to his serious appearance.
I’m not a true disciple, but if the hero has a problem, it’s my job to solve it.