episode_0065

It was gorgeous.

Linda’s fist quickly struck the body of the snake-shaped monster.

Agnes’ rapier stabbed what appeared to be a weak spot several times in an instant.

Flora’s fireball flew towards the monster and exploded with a pop.

And finally, when Kylon drew a beautiful arc with his sword, the monster instantly became tattered and showed signs of exhaustion.

I could see this as something fascinating, wondering if this was the power of the warrior party, but in the end, it was their fight, not mine.

In the end, I realize that I am excluded because I have no abilities.

No matter how much you tell me that I can stay still, in the end, if I realize that I am left out because I can’t do anything, the feeling of vainness ends up existing.

Even if it hurts, I can endure it.

Even if you die, you may not die.

The blood could also heal others.

But now that self-harm was banned, all I could do was ‘not die’, so I didn’t have the strength to get in there and put it together.

Yes, the problem was that it wasn’t specialized in fighting.

I was the only healer in the warrior party, but I wasn’t even allowed to be a healer, so I was just a protected civilian.

So I felt left out and empty.

-Kuwaeeek!

A monster that appears only in the mid to late game revealed its sharp fangs.

It was as big as an anaconda that you would only see in the Amazon, but seeing it dig into the ground while doing so was truly terrifying.

Are they trying to dig up the ruins of a sacred place? As I was thinking about that and watching them fight, it felt like the voice of God I had heard before tickled my ears.

To pray. To raise your prayers to heaven.

It seemed like he was saying that if you believe in yourself and pray to yourself, you too can gain strength.

But the moment that method seeped into my brain, I narrowed my eyes, wondering if it was okay to use that method.

No, you promised. I decided not to cut myself.

No matter how much you try, it won’t happen.

While I was thinking that, the hand holding the Morning Star twitched.

I thought about leaving this Morning Star and taking out the dagger hidden under the width of my skirt.

But in the end, nothing was done. My thoughts stopped in my head, and in the end, I could only watch their fight from behind in bewilderment.

Why do I feel so lonely even though we are all together?

What is it that I hate so much about being in a safe place without fighting that I have to feel this way?

They say they don’t know people’s hearts, but I never dreamed that it would be mine.

Oh God.

If you really exist and can give me strength, would you please hear this prayer?

I sincerely hope they don’t get sick.

Even with this, I would like to help.

Put your hands together and pray.

I must have heard the voice of God, and there was no reason not to believe in God.

So, I desperately closed my eyes and prayed towards Kylon in front of me and towards the other heroines.

But because I couldn’t meet the conditions, my prayer never became a reality.

In the end, if you don’t break your promise to me, Kylon, you will continue to be alienated. I looked at them with this thought in mind.

*

A day after the battle ended, we arrived at the second village. Unlike the last village, I could see that this was not a village made of wood, but a village made of stone.

Looking around on the spot, Kylon cautiously opened his mouth.

“Let’s do some maintenance here and then leave again tomorrow.”

Among the heroines who were not too shaken by the sudden encounter with the monster, Flora slightly raised her hand and asked him.

“Kylon, do you have anything to do here?”

“Yes. This is originally a passing road.”

Kailon, who answered her question by nodding, decided to spend some time on his own and left her to disperse.

At first, Linda and Agnes didn’t want to separate, but Kylon told them that they had to do something personally, so they couldn’t win and started walking separately.

Everyone went somewhere, Linda was thinking about buying new clothes and headed to a clothing store, and Agnes seemed to be interested in accessories and headed to a jewelry store. Finally, Flora groaned and seemed to decide to go into the inn first to rest.

Left alone, I looked around and glanced at Kailon.

Now that everyone is gone, is it okay to follow Kylon? Or should I just follow Flora and go to the inn first?

As I was thinking about something I wasn’t sure about, Kylon grabbed my arm and led me.

“You follow me.”

“Uh, huh?”

“You said you don’t want to wear clothes with open thighs. Are you okay with that outfit now?”

Oh right.

I had forgotten that after being ripped off by a monster, the left arm of the saint’s attire that tightly wrapped my body was blown off, and the side thighs were open, leaving the garter belt visible.

In fact, although the skirt looks pretty when worn, in the end, it doesn’t fit my body well, so if I don’t look, I have no way of knowing whether it is visible to others or whether it is well hidden.

So I completely forgot that my thighs were visible to others.

Realizing that fact through Kailon’s words, I lowered my face and helplessly followed his lead.

The place we arrived at was the repair house. The blood had already been removed by Kylon with cleansing magic, so all that was left to do was repair the arm properly.

After dropping off some clothes at a repair shop, Kailon headed back and looked around the village.

He looked like he was looking for something, so I tilted my head and looked at him.

“… Kylon, what are you looking for?”

Then, Kailon glanced at me for a moment and answered quietly.

“Black market.”

By black market, I narrowed my brows as I wondered if he was referring to the hypnosis tool I was looking for before to try out Flora first.

Wait a minute, you said you couldn’t teach before, but why is this a black market all of a sudden? Are you sure you’re not looking for a hypnosis tool?

A lot of thoughts went back and forth, but as someone who has never played the game before, I don’t know what is sold on the black market and what I need among the items sold there, so in the end I had no choice but to ask again.

“What are they selling there? ?”

“Hmm, a hypnosis tool to use on Flora?”

“… Before, I said I couldn’t be a teaching assistant.”

“That’s because I don’t like it because I’m dealing with a sober kid and I’m in a relationship with a parent, and hypnosis listens well without anyone being unhappy.”

“… … Wow.”

It was an answer that could not help but be horrifying.

I think I was told before that I couldn’t use it because I had some kind of mental defense, but I also thought that I was really fortunate.

“But why are you suddenly looking for it again? You couldn’t find it when you were in the royal capital before.”

“Originally, I thought it was just not in the royal capital at all, but seeing that the monster I saw this time appeared at this exact time, I thought it wouldn’t be strange if there was a black market at any time, so I’m looking for it.”

“… What about the Flora Mesgaki concept?”

“Ah, that. … The game hero’s personality doesn’t match my personality, so I quit because he doesn’t act like Mesugaki, and I’m just going to use hypnosis… ”

Kailon also seemed to have a lot to worry about.

First of all, then Kylon is lying too?

Even though he said he wouldn’t be able to teach as a teaching assistant, isn’t he immediately teaching the other kids except Agnes? Isn’t it a teaching assistant who does sadistic things to a child with masochistic tendencies?

Isn’t it also a teaching assistant to manipulate the mind of an otherwise healthy child with hypnosis?

Hmm, Kylon is also a secret liar.

As soon as that thought occurred to me, I felt my eyebrows raise.

And the corners of his mouth seemed to go up, so he tapped his arm with his elbow and spoke.

“Hmm, hypnosis instructor? Who was it that said I couldn’t be a teaching assistant?”

“… … .”

“You don’t like lying, so I guess Kylon also tends to lie?”

Before, I was very hesitant and thought that I was a sinner, but this time, I said it, thinking that it was good to be able to release my own resentment and other deep-rooted emotions that had built up.

Then Kailon let out a sigh mixed with sighing.

However, looking at him not being able to say anything, I could see that he was proving that he had nothing to say this time.

“… Veronica.”

“Huh?”

“Why are you acting so lovely?”

“No, wait a minute.”

I was trying to tease him, but Kylon’s hand immediately wrapped around my waist.

I glanced around to say that someone else had seen me and to leave, but this area was now an alley, so there was no one watching.

Rather, I was trying to win after what happened before by teasing me for being a liar, but what on earth is so lovely about it?

“You look really pretty when your voice tone goes up.”

“… Crazy.”

I wondered if that was the cause.