25.NTL Fantasy
by Afuhfuihgs
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“Is that… the truth?”
“Yep.”
I rushed straight to Yuna-ssi and explained with a happy heart.
What did I explain?
That we can return right away if we just have the resources!
Earth has now been conquered to some extent. But it’s too early to be satisfied. The world is so vast, and there are countless worlds. Shouldn’t a great conquering monarch spread their power and enrich their people?
Condition: Leave a mark in another world (1/1)
Reward: Skill Cooldown Reset Ticket, linked quest ‘Conquer Another World’ unlocked.
The condition is to leave a mark in another world, which is an incredibly vague condition, but it seems to be fulfilled if I make someone a maid.
Thanks to that, the quest was cleared, and as a reward!
“I received a Skill Cooldown Reset Ticket, no less.”
That’s not all.
A linked quest has been unlocked.
To be honest, I haven’t paid much attention to items or quests for a while, so I’m not particularly excited, but wouldn’t it give me something useful as a reward for living in this other world? Like an item that allows me to call home… or an item that allows me to summon my pet here….
Or not….
“Heeung… Well, it’s good, but it’s sudden.”
“But doesn’t it make sense? It makes me advance into another world, and if I do something in that world, the reward is a Skill Cooldown Reset… which means I can declare territory! I think it’s a pretty reasonable order.”
“Then it might be possible to declare territory and build buildings.”
“Of course. Maybe it’ll even be possible to contact the modern world. It’s territory of the same country, so wouldn’t there be something?”
“It’s better not to have such expectations.”
Hmm. I see. You’re so cold.
Still, Yuna-ssi seems happy too, as she’s wearing a small smile.
Being able to return is precious. I want to see Sora-nuna and Sonya-ssi soon too. And Seohyun too.
“I’ll declare territory first. Hmm… I should at least consult with Larnar, right?”
“Do as you please.”
It’s just common courtesy. It’s Larnar’s land.
“Let’s go right now.”
We have to go for dinner anyway.
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“…Yeah. It was wrong.”
Lloyd, who had been lying in bed after hearing shocking words from Larnar.
He barely managed to get up and muttered.
Yeah.
It was a wrong relationship from the start.
To demand marriage from a woman whose family was massacred by the worst pervert called Baron Amar, and who was in danger herself along with her territory, under the pretext of knightly power.
Even he thinks it’s something only trash would do.
No, beyond trash, he’s no different from Baron Amar in the first place.
Because he’s proposing marriage in the same way.
It’s natural that she hates it.
If you threaten someone with their situation and demand marriage, any affection they had will disappear.
Therefore, her acceptance of the marriage is by no means because she likes him.
It’s just a choice she made because Lloyd is better than Amar.
“So… after that bastard came… that’s how it happened….”
If you think about it, Yuen’s affair is all because of Lloyd’s own choices.
He made her lose all her affection, so how could she resist the temptation that came her way?
Objectively speaking, Yuen is handsome and has a good body. He’s also very capable.
Even their first meeting was quite novelistic.
He’s not some prince on a white horse, but he suddenly appeared in a dangerous situation, defeated the enemies, and saved her.
It’s no wonder she, who was surrounded by enemies, fell for him.
“Ha….”
A sense of futility washed over him.
I should have just stayed by her side,
Quietly, I should have just protected her.
Then who knows? Maybe they would have truly loved each other and ended up together.
Even if a guy like Yuen came along, maybe they would have kept their loyalty and looked only at each other.
“Let’s leave….”
He regretted it, but it was already too late.
The saying that regret is always too late, no matter how early, feels especially poignant today.
“I can’t… bear to see her face anymore.”
Larnar will probably feel the same way.
Since he showed her such a sight, it would be awkward for her to be with Lloyd.
Baron Amar… Yuen will stop him.
Even if he can’t stop him, someone with that much skill should be able to run away.
So I can’t stay here any longer. I’m not needed.
Lloyd suddenly got up and packed his clothes.
He’s made up his mind, so all that’s left is to execute.
He left the house and headed to the office of the vice-captain, Siesta.
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“Huh?”
“I’m going to declare territory here.”
“No… I mean… what are you talking about?”
The words Yuen uttered at the dinner table were enough to raise questions.
In the first place, Larnar is a woman who doesn’t even grasp what stats or skills are.
It’s natural that she doesn’t know, since she’s lived in a world without the concept of ‘games’.
Still, Yuen and Yuna explained diligently.
Fortunately, thanks to the piecemeal (?) explanations she’s received so far and today’s heartfelt explanation, she seems to have understood to some extent. She nodded.
“So… you were serious about telling me to build a country.”
“Yeah. You’ll create and rule the country, and I’ll just skim off the cream.”
“….”
He says things that would make you lose all affection, but strangely, it doesn’t.
What could it be?
“Once I declare territory and can build buildings, Amar will be nothing. Of course, I can wipe him out now, but if I bring in modern weapons, then what….”
If I could bring just one Ah-heuk, I could conquer not just the continent but the planet.
If I could pretend to cooperate with each country and rip off their armies, I could make huge profits without lifting a finger.
Of course, that’s a thought I can only have because I don’t know how messed up the current Earth is.
“Amar….”
Larnar’s expression darkened.
It was as if a forgotten nightmare had resurfaced.
Amar is nothing to Yuen, but Larnar, the victim, probably feels differently.
“There’s no need to be anxious. Should I wipe him out right now if you’re so worried? I can go with Siesta.”
“Sie…sta?”
“Yeah.”
“…Come to think of it, she said she was going to interrogate you.”
“Yeah. It’s over. And she became my maid.”
“???”
Larnar tilted her head.
‘Didn’t he say that a maid is only possible with mutual consent?’
She couldn’t understand what causal relationship led to Siesta, who loves Lloyd, becoming Yuen’s maid.
“Anyway, that’s how it is, so don’t worry.”
“….”
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“What… the hell…?”
Lloyd, who was walking to Siesta’s office in the Knights’ building, was shocked by the sight of the blood-soaked hallway.
He rushed over and saw pieces of flesh scattered everywhere, and faces with gruesome expressions lying around.
“Sie… Siesta!!!”
He had a bad feeling and kicked down Siesta’s door.
He was afraid that Siesta might have been killed too, that she might have become a victim of this situation.
“….”
But fortunately, that wasn’t the case.
Siesta was wearing shiny new plate armor and polishing her sword.
“…You’ve arrived.”
She turned her head slightly to look at him.
Not the usual enthusiastic eyes, but eyes that seemed to hide and suppress all emotions.
For some reason, she looked beautiful today.
Her slender jawline and high nose are zoomed in on today.
Is it because I gave up on Larnar?
The woman who was always by my side finally caught my eye.
“What the hell happened? Why is the hallway….”
“It was Yuen’s doing.”
“What…?”
“More importantly, I have something to tell you.”
She got up and approached him.
The emotions she had been suppressing returned to her eyes.
Anger, sadness, fear, and so on.
Countless emotions surfaced.
“Why… did you do that?”
“What?”
“Why did you do that to me?”
“…What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“You knew, didn’t you? My feelings. What I was feeling.”
“….”
“You knew everything and ignored me.”
Siesta closed her eyes tightly.
“You were greedy for something you couldn’t have, you reached for something you couldn’t reach. In the end, you didn’t realize that you would lose everything, and you didn’t even glance at the happiness right next to you.”
Even a fool knows.
How she feels as she says these words.
“This is the result. The young lady lost everything… the knights died… and I… Keuek…”
“…I’m sorry I didn’t see you. But right now, this horrific scene is more important. The dead knightsㅡ,”
“Aren’t you going to ask me?”
“What?”
“You’re not going to ask me if I’m okay until the end.”
“But you….”
You look fine.
Shocking words flew at him, who swallowed those words.
“I was raped. By that man.”
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