episode_0023

“Sigh! Sigh! Wake up!”

I quickly opened my eyes to the spirit’s voice ringing in my ears.

“Ugh..”

A golden halo flashing before my eyes. It twinkled and looked like a shining star in the night sky.

“Pretty..”

“Me?”

“Uh…oh!”

In my sleep, I unconsciously did what my instincts told me to do. Then, I came to my senses when I heard a calm voice answering.

“W… female knight…? What brings you here?”

“I came to say thank you for protecting the princess.”

I rubbed my eyes several times to check if it was a female knight in front of me, and it was definitely a female knight.

“But he was still sleeping so I waited until he woke up.”

“You wasted your time because of me. sorry. I couldn’t sleep last night…”

“I didn’t wait long. It was kind of fun.”

“Fun…?”

“The words he spoke while talking in his sleep were quite interesting.”

“Oh.. I didn’t make a mistake, right!?”

“It seems like it happened.”

” If I did, I am sorry, regardless of whether I am sane.”

“It’s a joke. Even if there was a slip of the tongue, it was nothing compared to protecting the princess. Rather, I came to say thank you, so there is no need to ask for forgiveness.”

The female lady was waiting for me in my sleep to say thank you.

In fact, she had no choice but to give up on gaining ratings because she was pushed out by her competitors, but she was glad that she had protected the rear.

“I almost lost my most precious thing due to my carelessness. But you saved it, and I am truly grateful…”

When I saw her bowing her head and expressing her sincerity, I suddenly got up from my seat and faced her.

“No.. I’m glad it was of some help.”

“If there is anything uncomfortable at all, please tell me. The princess asked me to take care of you.”

‘Then… as a thank you, let’s have outdoor sex right away!’

It felt like it was going to come out of my mouth.

Just like the image of the female knight I saw on the summoning app before coming here, her loyal appearance disgusted me. So, it seemed like no matter what request I made to the knight who had received favor, he would listen.

“Is that so.. then there is something I want.”

“What?”

“I want to see the driver’s hands.”

“My hand?”

The female knight was taken aback when she suddenly asked me to touch her hands. However, at my simple request, she took off her golden gauntlets and held them out.

“Not pretty hands…”

There were many wounds on my hands. I couldn’t imagine how much effort he must have put in as a knight.

“Um… can I try it?”

“Just catching it.. It’s okay.”

Although she was a female knight with many scars, her value seemed to shine even more. Isn’t he a knight of faith who wields his sword for someone?

The warmth you feel as soon as you hold her hand. It’s beyond wonderful, it’s ecstatic.

“You have beautiful hands.”

“It’s a hand full of only wounds. These are not hands suitable for a woman.”

“Aren’t these hands that worked hard for someone else? I think that the will to change appearance rather than appearance is beautiful.”

An obvious comment a man uses to seduce a woman. However, my teacher advised me that I should do a lot of those cringeworthy things. It was said that women might frown at it at first, but as they gradually become more proficient, it becomes natural and even high-ranking women are attracted to it.

“I guess so..”

As expected, a loyal female knight. He reacted indifferently, as if my clumsy tail-wagging didn’t work. It was a pointless failure, but I decided to be satisfied with my practice.

“There is something I would like to ask of you.”

“Please tell us as much as you want! I will support your body and be with you!”

“You are not with me.. However, I would like you to stay by the princess’s carriage until we arrive at the kingdom.”

“Ah.. around the carriage.. I understand.”

it’s a shame. I wondered if I could be close to him this time, but it was a vain dream.

“You don’t have to worry too much. I will add one more summoner. Do you know anyone who is good?”

When I looked glum, I guess he thought it would be difficult to stop the carriage alone.

“One more person next to me?”

“It must be hard to fight alone…”

I thought carefully about the female knight’s words. I said that because I remembered the person who reminded me of that.

***

“I thought I didn’t know anything because I was a newbie, but there was this guy who was even more of a snob than my grandfather.”

“You said you would be by my side and protect me. Mr. Hugo.”

“I was just saying that! Me! This summon rating is so bad!”

The man wearing the fedora frowns as soon as he sees me. I was supposed to get points from the female knight at the front line, but she recommended me to a place near the carriage so I couldn’t do it.

‘I can’t die alone~’

Mr. Hugo continued to grumble and fiddle with his pistol.

“Here~ There are a lot of soldiers so it’s safe, so let’s go to the kingdom comfortably~”

“You’re making me drink water.. I want to shoot your head off right now.”

“Haha.. Please take a look at that. Mr. Hugo.”

Afterwards, the convoy continued to advance. As it was a notorious forest, monsters continued to appear and people were injured every time there was a battle.

Fortunately, there were no casualties like in the first battle. Hugo was a skilled gunman, so he aimed and blew away all the incoming projectiles, so I only had to block the destroyed debris.

“Hugo, your shooting skills are a work of art.”

“Of course.. even after all this, he was the youngest shooting champion.”

“Then can you hit what I throw?”

“Heh…just give it a try and I’ll fix it all.”

After using blood magic to create the memorization tool used by Angelica, he threw it into the sky.

Then he immediately pulled the trigger of the pistol and hit the target.

“Oh!”

Even if I threw it again, I hit the memorization accurately.

-Crash.

Then I raised my hands up.

“Were you a vampire…”

It was because I felt the muzzle of a gun on the side of my head.

“I’m not a vampire! I’m an ordinary person who uses blood magic!”

“…Well, if I had seen someone sucking blood, my device would have reacted right away.”

This is Mr. Hugo putting away the muzzle. I sighed in relief and lowered my hands.

“It looks like Hugo hates vampires.”

“I owe those bastards. I became a vampire hunter to pay back the same.”

This is Mr. Hugo, who says he grabbed the gun for revenge. When I first saw him, I thought he didn’t have a dark side because he looked so bright, but in reality, his smiling face was a mask to cover up his sad past.

“Do you also find and kill vampires from other worlds?”

“Just say it. Even if you are not a vampire in my world, I will come and blow your head off.”

“Haha.. No.”

Even though it was a different world, I felt like I had to protect the word of Professor Scarlett until the grave.

“You can see the golden wall!!”

It’s been a week since I left and stayed with Mr. Hugo. The long, long, short mission has finally come to an end.

“Ugh!! Have we finally arrived~!”

Mr. Hugo stretched and smiled. He was so happy to hear the soldiers shouting, “Golden Castle Wall.”

Anyway, after sleeping in the open for three meals a day, fighting, and dealing only with monsters for a week, I was able to arrive at the Golden Kingdom.

“Open the gate! The great princess has arrived!”

As we arrived at the castle gate, the female knight’s loud voice echoed through the castle walls. At her words, the gate opened and many people began to cheer.

As the long procession of guards enters the castle, everyone around them welcomes them by throwing flower petals into the sky.

When we arrived at our destination, the king wearing a golden crown appeared.

“Ahh..! Excellent! Hereby we!…”

After enduring the king’s long and tedious speech, the group of guards entered the castle and were praised as heroes.

“When will you get your reward, Mr. Knight Commander?”

“We will pay you right away for your hard work.”

The woman holding the cigarette pipe and smiling sinisterly even hugged the female knight when she became close with her.

I was envious of the female knight who treated me warmly and had no objection. If I were strong, I would have stood on the front lines and shown my manly side.

Is this what it feels like to lose the woman you love, whom you only heard about? Of course, we were of the same gender, but I couldn’t help but feel jealous.

“Newbie, what is your reward?”

“Me? Just.. I don’t have money haha..”

“Are you trying to get some gold bars? Well, when you first write a book, money comes first. I also remember the first time I wrote it. Phew..”

Mr. Hugo looked at me with longing eyes, as if he was remembering the past. Then he took out small candies from his pocket, looked at them, and smiled at me.

“Newbie, take this.”

I caught the flying candy with both hands and looked blankly at Hugo.

“This is…”

“I was about to throw it away, so take it.”

“Mr. Hugo.. What is this?”

“Try it. Your stuffy body will feel a little faster.”

At Hugo’s words, I opened a piece of candy and put it in my mouth. Then the candy melted and disappeared in my mouth.

And I definitely felt a change in my body. My body became lighter and objects in front of me seemed closer.

“It is a falcon candy with a rating of 30 points. As a newbie, you need to increase your stats more than anything else.”

As Hugo said, I checked with the summoning app and found that my agility had increased by 10.

“Wow..Thank you Hugo! I love you!”

“Ugh..gross. Damn…don’t die in vain. Survive until the end and get what you want.”

“Yes! I’ll use it well!”

“Haha, oh my~ I’m the only one who can help newbies~”

After saying that, Mr. Hugo turned around and walked towards the female knight.

I was alone and just fiddled with the candy bag.

You get stat items here. I couldn’t even think of a dream. It was as if the game had been tricked into giving items to beginners who knew nothing.

Even though I couldn’t work with the female knight, it was the best choice to work with Mr. Hugo.

‘Okay, then I get the blonde sister’s love!’

I came to my senses and approached the place where the summoners were gathered.

“Eveline… Is that door really okay?”

“Uh, this is enough~ I really needed this door because my lab door got blown off during an experiment. Then, I’ll go~ If you need anything, call me again at any time, driver~”

“Thank you. Evelyn.”

At that moment, Evelyn, who had called me ‘brother’, disappeared before my eyes, holding a huge door.

All the summoners received their rewards one by one and then disappeared.

‘Hmm… the line is a bit long… I’d like to go somewhere else and look around.’

The road is long. It seemed like it would take quite a while since everyone wanted different rewards.

I left the line after seeing Mr. Hugo disappear in the distance holding a golden apple.

Anyway, since the reward was only possible if I was alone with the female knight, I decided to wait slowly and look around the golden castle.

“User, is there anything I can help you with?”

While going on an adventure inside the castle. A woman in a golden dress found me and approached me.

“No, there were a lot of people receiving compensation, so I was waiting and looking around the castle.”

“I see~”

As I passed through the dangerous forest with the princess, the beauty I saw for the first time looked at me with good eyes.

“If you feel unwell or are hungry, you can at least eat and return to your original world.”

“It’s food…I was hungry at the time, so it was good.”

As it was a kingdom with a lot of gold, the treatment given to summoners was also special. Since I was preparing food, I decided to go to the restaurant right away.

“Do you know where the restaurant is?”

“I will guide you. Follow me.”