episode_0160
by fnovelpiaAssis is very thin on many things.
Emotions too.
Desire too.
Will.
Some call her a pretty doll.
It cannot be denied, but that is only half true. In some ways, AS also has desires just like others, or perhaps even more than others.
For example, like now.
The special glowstones that fill the ceiling of the underground city of Doomheim emit warm sunlight. Sunlight pours down throughout the city, announcing the morning.
The honest dwarves start their day at the blacksmith shop as if they had made a promise after a simple breakfast.
Ding ding ding.
An orchestra playing a minor key.
A strange harmony that cannot be heard by dwarves who listen to it every day.
And for some, it was just an alarm bell that forced them to wake up.
Although he doesn’t remember it, Assis loved to sleep since he was a child. Taking a nap in a bed warmed by the warm sunlight was one of the few pleasures in life.
When everyone else is up early in the morning and out and about, sleeping in alone can’t help but feel better.
But the sound of Doomheim’s forge does not allow Assis to sleep in. The iron clanging against his eardrums was impossible to hear, no matter how much he wanted to.
“Um… .”
Assis tosses and turns in bed.
Frown your eyebrows as delicate as willow leaves.
I don’t want to get up.
I want to sleep more.
Please stop.
“Wake up. The sun is high in the sky.”
However, Karami shatters Assis’ remaining hope.
What are you talking about the sun in an underground city where you can’t even see the sky?
Assis felt a vague sense of foreboding in a memory that did not exist.
A crowd of maids rushed to wake her up.
The habitual lie that the sun has just risen and lunch will be here soon.
Before, Karami could only make noise outside the area due to the cold, but not anymore. He was right next to the bed, making noise.
“Wake up.”
“Ugh… … .”
Assis turns his back and pulls the blanket up to his head.
Just 5 minutes.
I don’t expect much, so please just give me 5 minutes… .
I try my best to resist by covering my ears, but it’s no use. Karamiga flaps the blanket vigorously and does everything it can to disturb my sleep.
“Wow. It won’t happen even like this? Even like this? Even like this? Even like this?”
“That… Maan… … .”
“Oh, stop? How dare you stop when the master orders you to? I can’t. Just say it. I’ll make you lose all your sleep.”
***
Breakfast is always included in Torvarne’s meal.
Even Torvar, who is busy maintaining the furnace, is a person who makes sure to eat breakfast unless he is extremely busy.
The atmosphere wasn’t very good.
Torvar was originally a quiet person, and Perka felt uncomfortable being with him. All she did was eat her food in silence and get up.
There was no denying that the stiff dining atmosphere had become lively after Karami and Assis arrived.
“What are you doing? Not eating.”
“… … .”
A dining table decorated with a vase of blue ice roses.
Assis just stared blankly at his plate despite Karami asking if he wasn’t eating.
As the cold began to ease, he was able to eat bread and warm soup on his own. In fact, except for the few days after Assis arrived in Doomheim, he ate everything on his own.
Such Asis doesn’t move a finger. His lips, strangely protruding, subtly hint at his displeasure.
“No. Is it really that bad to wake up from sleep?”
I had been keeping in mind that Karami had forced me to wake up.
“If Miss ASIA wakes up on her own, I won’t have to wake her up. Or did you plan on just sleeping all day?”
One of the few things Assis learned while living with Karami is that if he argues with Karami, he will only be the one to suffer.
Even the emotionless Assis felt something boil inside him when he saw Karami’s tantrums…
“… … Sigh.”
I calmed my mind by sighing.
It’s better to just not deal with it.
As Asis continued to ignore him, Karamido had to change his policy.
‘You must have been really upset.’
I didn’t know Assis’s desire for sleep would be this strong.
Here it seems that some coaxing is needed.
“I’m sorry. Please calm down, I’ll give you some nap time later.”
“… … .”
“The soup doesn’t taste good when it’s cold. Okay. Okay. ”
“… Ah… … .”
Karami is waiting with the soup on the table. Asies seems to refuse, but soon opens his mouth to receive it.
I glanced at the affectionate smile on Karami’s lips, then looked away when I made eye contact with him.
Torvar, who was watching the fight, cleared his throat.
“Ahem. Do you guys have any plans to go out again?”
“I’ve been traveling a lot lately, so I’m going to stay in Doomheim and rest for a while. Why, what’s going on?”
“Recently, reports of dragons appearing have been circulating throughout the continent.”
It’s been a while since Assis defeated the Orc King. Skadia has been flying around the continent, stirring up various places in search of Assis.
Fortunately, Doomheim is an underground city, so it is safer than other cities, but you cannot be at ease.
“There are no immediate problems, so we’ll move on, but if Doomheim is damaged, we won’t just sit back and watch.”
The masters have some idea of the cause of the current situation.
Assis is a dragon-like slave brought from the lair of Skadia, and he travels the continent in search of her who has disappeared.
After spending time with Assis, I think it was the right thing to do to bring her, but she is ultimately an outsider. If she causes harm to Doomheim and the dwarves, I will send her away.
“I know.”
Karami answered indifferently since it was something he already knew, but there was someone else who was angry.
“You all are going too far. How can you say you’re going to kick me out so easily?”
Perka glances at Torvar with eyes filled with disappointment.
“No one but your father knows how pitiful your sister is. Then shouldn’t your father step in and stop her?”
“It’s none of your business.”
“Father is so immature. Well, that means he must have been guarding the furnace when Mom passed away.”
Perka got up from her seat and roughly cleaned up the dishes before running out of the house. Torvar didn’t pay any attention to Perka leaving and just continued to eat his soup in silence.
“The dining atmosphere is a bit grim, isn’t it?”
Karami wiped the corner of Assis’s mouth. Assis accepted the touch as if it was nothing special.
“Okay, Miss Assis. If you’re done eating, would you like to go to Perka?”
“Why…?”
“If kids at that age go astray, there’s no end to it. It would be good to have someone to stop them from going astray. Wouldn’t it be better for Miss Asies to be a woman rather than me?”
Is that so?
Assis tilted his head, but soon nodded.
Assis doesn’t like seeing anyone sad.
Especially since I have known Perka for a long time.
I left the house and looked for Perka.
Not far away, Perka was sitting hunched over, hugging her knees.
“Perca.”
“Sister? What are you doing here?”
“Rami… follow me. Perca is crooked. Perca. If it’s crooked… it won’t work.”
Perka burst into laughter at the honest confession that was completely free of any embellishment.
It would be a lie to say that I don’t feel frustrated when talking to Assis, but there is no one better to talk to than her.
Because he conveyed his true feelings without pretense or lies. Thanks to that, Perka was able to convey his feelings without hiding them.
“It’s not crooked. I just… don’t understand. Does that person have no sense of family? It’s clear that he hates me and my mom. ”
“Torvarga…? Perka…?”
“There’s no other way to explain it. I don’t know why I got married and why I had a child.”
Assis’s head tilts at an angle.
Currently, Assis is learning emotions one by one, like painting various colors on a blank sheet of paper.
The small dots on the white background are blemishes on the jade.
No matter how small it is, it is visible.
The same goes for emotions.
Unlike before, I can now sense hidden emotions in the other person’s eyes, tone of voice, and intonation, no matter how subtle they may be.
What Assis felt from the conversation between Torvar and Perka was not something like disgust.
Especially from Torvar.
What should I say… .
It’s difficult to explain in detail.
Even though it is my own opinion.
Because that was a feeling that Assis couldn’t define yet. It was an unknown feeling.
If I had to make a comparison, it would be similar to what Karami sends to herself. If you just accept that feeling, your heart will feel fluttery and at ease.
But why does Perka think that way?
It was something that Assis could not understand.
But one thing he could tell for sure was this. Assis patted Perka’s head.
Just like Karami did to her one day.
It was awkward at first, but the touch was gentle.
“Sister?”
“Torvar… I don’t hate Perka.”
“Yes?”
“Because, Torvar is Perka’s father… ? Because… .”
Perka’s eyes widened in surprise.
Then, phew, laughter erupted.
He just laughed out loud.
“Why are you laughing?”
“No, no. I never dreamed that there would come a day when I would be comforted by my older sister.”
Surely it was Assis who comforted me and not someone else.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that I’ll suddenly like Torvar, but my negative feelings have eased.
On the contrary, Assis’ expression became subtly sharp.
“… … I’m not stupid.”
“Ah~ Of course. My sister is not stupid. I know very well. ”
“Perca. I hate it.”
Thorazine Asia.
It took Perka some time to free her mind.
***
A nearby city beyond the borders of Isenggar.
Time has stopped in the bustling city.
People were frozen in a posture of desperate flight from something. Their hideously crumpled expressions vividly conveyed the horror they had encountered.
The huge shadow cast over the city is that of Skadia.
The experienced knights fought against the Skadia raid, but it was useless. They froze in a brave pose without even touching the scales. That was all.
Only one person remains: the lord of the city.
He was lying flat on the floor.
Kwajik!
As the giant foot covered in ice scales moves, human-shaped ice statues shatter and scatter.
Even though the people he had been laughing and talking with just a moment ago were killed in vain, Yeongju was unable to do anything. He held his breath and trembled.
“I ask again. Is there no princess of Prysian here?”
Skadia, who had created the disaster, asked.
Yeongju barely managed to open his mouth, enduring the pain that felt like his lungs were freezing.
“We don’t know. I just heard about the Kingdom of Prysian.”
“Really?”
“Really! I swear to God, I’ve never heard of or seen a princess!”
In the frozen world, only silence flows.
In the dry cold, Yeongju couldn’t even swallow his saliva.
“That’s right.”
“Yes!”
“I see… Then die.”
“… Yes?”
Oh my.
Without even a moment to question, the lord became a part of the decoration like everyone else, lying face down with his head slightly raised in a comical pose.
Scadia ascended into the sky without any hesitation.
It was already the fifth city that Skadia had frozen. But nowhere was there any trace of Assis.
If you search the world, you will eventually find it, but by then Assis’s beauty will have faded. I already felt the curse weakening.
There can be no more delay.
We need to find Assis right now.
To do that, you need the help of an election mirror.
The mirror is broken, but it can be repaired.
Skadia knows a race that is incredibly skilled at crafting and repairing things.
Dwarves are dwarves who live hidden underground.
Skadia soared towards Doomheim.
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