Chapter 7: …Why are you coming out here? – 1

Chapter 7: …Why are you coming out here? – 1

“Haa…”

*The ground is going to cave in. Do you hate it that much?*

“Of course! If this happens…”

I recalled the image of Elena in my head.

As you can tell from the fact that she’s the head of a dark organization, Elena is quite a cold and ruthless person.

At least, that’s how she was after she started her activities in earnest.

Because she was thinking of eliminating all the corrupt and dirty things of the past under the cause of ‘creating a more developed and successful world’.

To be a little more specific, it was a cause that was a little too big in scale, to eliminate all the existing forces and reform the world under her influence.

And that’s why she worked behind the scenes in the original story to make the war happen.

So that the Holy Kingdom and the Empire, and other small human nations, would join hands and fight against the Demon King, and the monsters called demons and monsters.

Of course, she doesn’t have the power or time to gradually destroy all those forces.

That’s why she induced them to destroy themselves by fighting each other.

…That’s how it happened in the novel.

I don’t know why Elena made such a plan, and what kind of person she was in the past.

Elena appears in the novel in the very late stages.

It was a situation where the hero and the Demon King had already fought and only fatal wounds remained for both sides.

Therefore, Elena’s role was to be the mastermind who whispered the truth to the hero, who was happy that he had defeated the Demon King, asking if he had been deceived.

Literally, a twist that decorates the ending, and the true final boss.

That was the role Elena had.

“…But, now that I think about it, if I just do something about Elena, wouldn’t the war itself not happen?”

Suddenly, I had that thought.

In the first place, that dark organization itself is a group of people who agree with Elena’s ideology.

…To be honest, when I see the corrupt state of the Empire and the Holy Kingdom, I understand that there are so many people who want reform and change in the world, but anyway!

In other words, if I just fix Elena’s ideology or thoughts, this world will become a peaceful world where wars don’t even happen in the first place!

“Isn’t that a business worth trying…?”

*I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I don’t recommend it.*

“…You don’t even know what it is?”

*From a rational point of view, the world will not change because of you alone. Just stick to that strong person or stay as far away as possible. You only have two options.*

…Hearing the system’s provocative truth, I somehow wanted to try it more.

I don’t know, but if I’m with Elena, I won’t die because I’m not protected during the war.

…Instead, I could be quietly assassinated by Elena without anyone knowing if I rebel against her.

“Well, Elena seems to like me. After all, I did business without changing my expression…”

*…Where did the person who accidentally bit their tongue and reacted like they were going to die go?*

“That’s because it was an unexpected pain! I knew when the pain would come at any moment! The situation is different!”

*It’s hard to understand… I originally thought that humans were easy to understand, but there seems to be a counterexample.*

“You can know the depth of ten fathoms of water? You can’t know the human heart! There’s also a saying that. That’s it.”

It seemed like the system was trying to make more objections, but I neatly ignored it.

I already have a lot to think about, so why bother having this unnecessary argument with the system?

Wouldn’t it be better to think more about what to do with Elena in the future?

…

…

……

“Hmm, I’m screwed. There’s no answer.”

Of course, reality wouldn’t change even if I thought that.

Elena is already interested in the potion I made.

…I think she thought my potion could be of great help to the military power of the dark organization she runs.

In other words, all that’s left in my life now is to accumulate death flags one by one.

The best situation is to persuade Elena not to start a war at all, but… the existence of the dark organization that Elena runs was a secret until the ending.

So much so that I’m calling it the ‘dark organization’ because its name isn’t even known.

In that situation, you suddenly know Elena’s identity and the existence of that dark organization? I sincerely have the confidence to have my neck cut off by Elena on the spot.

“…Screw it. Well, it’ll work out somehow.”

I’m already dead anyway, what’s the difference if I die one more time.

Will I die if I get caught up in the war a little?

Rather, if I appeal to Elena about the potion’s performance, Elena will like it and protect me.

That’s how I always set a deliberately light and optimistic mindset.

…If you look at the world as it is, seriously and maturely, you’ll only get more hurt.

“Now that I think about it, today’s business is over?”

*…Since you came, I recommend buying other daily necessities. There’s nothing to eat or drink at home.*

“Ah. Now that I think about it, I skipped a whole day yesterday?”

Recalling the fact that I had naturally forgotten, I moved my steps to the inside of the market.

…No, I was going to move.

If someone hadn’t called me from behind.

“There, stop. I need to check your identity for a moment.”

A prickly voice. And sharp green eyes. …And contrasting soft brown hair.

Unlike Elena, where my memory was hazy, I could immediately tell who it was.

“…Me?”

“Yes, as the commander of the defense force, who has the duty to manage the city, I have the duty to search for unidentified people. Cooperate.”

She even said her rank, so it’s definitely her.

The person who helps the protagonist in every way next to the hero protagonist, the heroine in the novel,

And Christie, the only daughter of the Duke’s family in this empire.

…But why are you coming out here?

It was Christie, who is described as being busy all day and having fewer days in the capital.

She’s called the commander of the defense force, but in fact, she’s the commander of the emergency knight order, and she’s been teased by readers.

As such, incidents such as rebellions were happening almost every day throughout the imperial capital… so there was definitely no possibility that Christie would be in the capital in broad daylight.

…At the point where the novel started.

“…If you don’t comply with the order, I can subdue you with force. Come quickly.”

“Okay…”

In other words, it meant that she could be in the capital enough now, slightly before the novel started.

…I’ve already gotten involved with two of the main characters today.

And with the two people I wanted to avoid the most.

‘I’ll somehow manage Elena, but what about Christie…?’

Unlike Elena, who is the head of a dark organization, so there will be problems if I get involved with her openly,

The reason why I don’t want to get involved with Christie is… because Christie is the only character who officially dies in the story.

Not even because of battle, but because of the imperial family of the empire she believed in so much.

Thinking about it, I felt strangely sorry for her and kept looking at her.

…I didn’t like the fact that I had to look up because she was a lot taller than me.

“…Is there a problem? Why are you looking at my face like that?”

“I was wondering what the person who arrested someone who was freely walking around looked like.”

“I just eliminated the problem of an unidentified person. …There’s no need to be too upset or scared. There’s only a simple test.”

I nodded roughly at those words and turned my head, and I felt that Christie was somehow restless.

…And then one setting came to mind.

‘Due to the aftermath of being exposed to swords and martial arts since childhood, she is very interested in cute and adorable things. She surprisingly hates gifts related to swords or battles.’

Christie likes cute things.

And my appearance now fully meets the conditions of that cuteness.

‘Maybe it’ll be easier to deal with than I thought…?’

Christie’s gaze, which I glanced at, was still fixed on me.

***

While the girl who sold the potion was racking her brains over various things, the woman who bought the potion quietly left the center of the capital and headed to a dark back alley.

There was a merchant there who bought the potion for the first time the day before.

“I’m sorry, I was a little late.”

“It’s okay. More than that, I wonder if that girl will be out today…”

“Ah, about that. I think it’ll be okay.”

“Yes? But you might be able to receive healing without a priest! It will definitely be a big help…”

“I met her. While coming here.”

The woman said that to the merchant and showed him the potion.

At that sight, the merchant sighed in relief.

“That’s a relief. I was worried that Elena would miss this opportunity…”

“I appreciate your dedicated attitude for the cause. I found something and someone I’m interested in.”

“If it’s a person… are you talking about that girl?”

“Yes. She’s quite… interesting.”

The woman’s eyes, saying that, were shining quite softly.

…To the point where he had the illusion that he could see a hint of possessiveness that he didn’t know where it came from.