episode_0003
by fnovelpia“Oh…the facilities are better than I thought?”
A candle that threatens to go out at any moment illuminates a room that is smaller than expected, and a rustic wooden window shakes in the wind.
The shabby but seemingly soft bed made me feel excited about my first night in a new world.
“First, let’s sit down and talk.”
When I took off the hood of the robe I was wearing while sitting on the chair, revealing my bare face, Elisias, who was leaning against the wall, looked at me with sparkling eyes.
“What is that expression on your face that says you saw something strange?”
“No, um… that’s right, it’s amazing… It’s not right to judge others based on their appearance, but based on your appearance alone, you seem very um… how can I say it, delicate… ”
“So does that mean something doesn’t match the image you see?”
Elisias nodded as she roughly understood what she was saying and answered while scratching her cheek in embarrassment.
“When I saw your tone and actions in a short period of time, I thought that the owner of the face under that robe was a very cruel person.”
You might think that if a person who is incompetent and looks like he would just read a book in his closet is not surprised when a knife is held to his throat and speaks in a somewhat unlucky manner.
I’ve lived through all kinds of hardships, so I can’t do anything about my natural way of speaking and acting, but it’s very unfair that it doesn’t suit this face.
In the first place, what are the actions and speech patterns that go well with this face? While I was thinking that, Elisas sat down on the chair opposite me with a confused expression.
Seeing that, I felt like I wanted to make fun of him, so I clicked my tongue and shrugged my shoulders.
“You know, you shouldn’t judge people just by their looks, you innocent girl. Is this a bad noble who judges others based on their appearance?”
“Well, I didn’t do that! never! In the name of Elisias, Louis, Vienna, and Grindea!”
Elisias was embarrassed and made a fuss with a bright red face, and I thought it was a little cute as his already transparent face became even redder.
Elisias glanced at me for a few seconds, then turned his head and snorted as if he had no intention of doing so.
“Hmph! By the way, I’m not happy about being a girl. I look older than you?”
Are you discussing my age now?
I used my age and her age based on where I lived.
“Hot! Should you call me brother? Do you know how old I am?”
I thought it was outrageous that a guy who must have been born when De
I am originally a 27-year-old job seeker.
I don’t know how old this body I’m possessing is originally, but since I’m born anyway, wouldn’t it be okay to say that my age is 27?
While Elisias was showing off his unnecessary age, he was stroking his chin and thinking a little.
“One column…”
Teens?? Does this age make you look that young? I couldn’t hide my embarrassment and she carefully examined my expression.
“Ha, early 20s?”
Elisias changed his words based on guesswork, and I burst out laughing.
“Puhaha! Oh my, I’m grateful that you look at me so young… but it’s more than that, I’m already 27 years old. This person”
“Autumn, Spring and Autumn?”
What is this MZ-like reaction? Oh, by the way, it must be a difficult word for her because it is a Chinese character for the place I was staying.
“Age, I’m talking about age.”
Elisias slapped the table with her palm and jumped up from her seat. Her eyes widened in shock, and she couldn’t even close her mouth.
“2….27 years old???”
I feel a little heartbroken by the fuss and fuss, but I also understand that over-the-top behavior.
In the world of the game, because of the monsters, no one is older or alive for a long time unless you are a merchant or an ordinary citizen, and there are not many young people who are said to be the support of the country, so people in their mid-twenties are truly treated as middle-aged men.
Well, in fact, even where I was, there were many people who were treated like uncles, so I didn’t want to pay much attention to them.
“So, come on! hurry! Is it okay if I say, ‘Onii-chan~?”
“Ji, are you mocking me now! ”
Elisias is shaking with his fists clenched, and his reaction is so cute and funny that I think teasing him will become a habit.
“Now! hurry! Oh, la, bunny?”
Elisias stopped trembling and lowered her head. A black shadow appeared on her face, and she slowly placed her hand on the sword at her waist.
“Hey! Is that a bad habit? This nobleman is always looking for a sword! Is that Elisias, is that the pride of nobility?”
“Ugh…Ugh!!!”
I waved my hand as I looked at Elisias grinding his teeth in anger at my words.
“I understand! First, take a seat, because we still have a lot to talk about.”
Elisias seemed to have calmed down a bit, took a deep breath, and sat down again. Satisfied that the somewhat awkward atmosphere had eased, I cleared my throat to get to the point.
“First, let me ask you one thing.”
Elisias nodded solemnly at my words.
“How well do you know about dungeons?”
Elisias’ eyes wavered slightly at my question.
You may have only heard of the “Dungeon” in name, but have never actually explored or experienced it.
[Dungeon] Monsters poured into the place called [Dungeon], which suddenly appeared in each area, and many lives were lost.
I don’t know what caused it. It’s just one of the game’s settings, but their purpose was clear.
For the prosperity of the species, mammals called humans were excellent bodies for conceiving the children of monsters, and that is why they craved the bodies of humans.
Since they cannot stand by and watch this, the kingdom begins recruiting adventurers to conquer the hidden dungeons in each region, and decides to grant enormous wealth and honor to those who conquer the dungeons.
If I were to explain to her in detail what I know about the [dungeon] up to this point, even if I stayed up all night, it wouldn’t be enough.
“Except for the fact that it is full of monsters, and there is a relic at the very bottom…”
The relic that appears when you clear a dungeon, and in the item window, it has mysterious powers. He explained that, but there was no detailed information after that.
When I saw Elisias trailing off, my prediction that he didn’t know about the dangers of [dungeons] and monsters in this world was correct.
“Elysias, the mission you received from your father is to investigate the ecology of the monsters that have proliferated and bring back the artifacts from the bottom of the dungeon, right?”
Elisias raised her eyebrows at my question and nodded quietly without saying anything.
What a foolish father he is.
It is said that this was a mission given to Elisias in the hope that he would gain experience through adventure and grow into a child worthy of a noble family, but while playing the game, I felt that it was unreasonable and excessive.
Even though Grindea has a fighting power that is incomparable to others, the only support he received was a bag of gold coins and a few potions.
In fact, it would have been meaningless if I hadn’t just twisted the prologue episode.
He probably thought that his daughter would be able to complete the task as easily as running errands like going to the grocery store, so he was being foolish.
“Going to a dungeon is not as easy as going to the convenience store in front of your house.”
“Convenience…point?”
“Sorry, I explained it based on my standards. To make it easier for you to understand, it means that I can’t just go there if I want.”
Elisias opened his mouth slightly and nodded as if he finally understood. I took a breath.
“Ha… Dungeons are dangerous in the first place, and they are hidden in various places in each area and are difficult to find with the naked eye, so there are not many informants who know about them..”
“But…don’t you know?”
Of course, I know not only the location of the dungeon, but also the interior, the hidden dungeon, and even the locations of all buildings and areas.
“Yes…but…you know? Even if you want to go to the dungeon, the area is full of monsters, and you have to kill all the remnants to enter the dungeon, right?”
I know everything, but the reason I don’t tell her right away and talk around it like this is because I really want her to give up and go back.
“Is that so…”
Elisias muttered timidly, but never showed any signs of giving up.
“The inside of the dungeon is more like a labyrinth and there are stronger monsters. And if you get caught by monsters there, it won’t end normally.”
I intentionally conveyed it to her with a bit of exaggeration that was not an exaggeration in order to scare her even more.
Perhaps the threat had some effect? She shrank a little and looked at me quietly with trembling eyes.
In fact, it is possible to conquer the dungeon by herself.
However, that was when she was a character in the game world, a character I could directly control.
I just felt it on my way.
The world in the game has now become reality to me.
That means I don’t know what kind of skills Elisias, a human I can’t currently play, has.
No matter how high her basic stats are, will she be able to play an active part in this place that has become a reality, even though she has no combat experience?
“Your father, Grand Duke Grindea, thinks that conquering dungeons is too easy, and of course he knows very well that your family is powerful. But the reality is different.”
Elisias’ eyes were glaring at my words.
Perhaps it was because my father’s story came up, but I took a deep breath at his reaction.
“I think I need to let you know the reality… I’m saying it doesn’t end with you… dying.”
When he spoke in an unsuitably low voice, Elisias looked nervous and swallowed his saliva.
“What does that mean…?”
“First, let me tell you why the number of monsters has increased rapidly. The monsters here aim to reproduce and prosper”
Elisias took an attitude of listening to my story with an interested look on his face.
“Uniquely, they have a crazy gene that allows them to breed no matter what species they mate with.”
“Mating…Mating? What does that mean?”
I said a word that I thought was quite embarrassing, but Elisias nodded as if it was her first time hearing such an unfamiliar word.
I’m saying it as literally as possible, but you don’t understand this. It’s not even sex education for my young daughter. What is this?
Let’s understand, the other person is an idiot who doesn’t know anything. If there’s something they don’t know, I can tell them step by step from now on.
“Now, to put it simply, the act of creating a child is called mating, and the act of mating that creates a child is called mating! End of explanation!”
I’m embarrassed to even say it.
Elisias didn’t seem to know whether she knew how I was feeling as my face heated up and I didn’t know what to do, but she still just tilted her head.
“My mother told me that if a man and a woman hold hands and whisper that they love each other all night long, the stork will bite them?”
“Oh my… mother….”
He lamented, took off his glasses, and ran his palm up and down his face.
I was well aware that Elisias was taken advantage of in games due to her lack of knowledge about sex, but I had no idea it would be to this extent.
The stork asks, and I am a child who even believes in Santa at Christmas.
“If that’s true, the stork must be the busiest guy in the world?”
I shook my head, sighed, and just looked up at the ceiling.
“I don’t know what to do with this…I’m really confused…”
“Just show it! Is it difficult? It would be nice if I could help.”
In “?”
I was leaning on a chair, tilting it back and forth, and was in a daze when I suddenly heard a strange sound and almost fell.
I couldn’t believe my ears and slapped my cheek when I heard that nonsense sound. I felt a tingling sensation, so I thought it wasn’t a dream.
“That mating thing! If you tell me directly—!”
When I look at those bright, lively eyes, unlike any other time, many dark feelings continue to stir.
I was thinking about feeling bad, but I soon came to my senses and threw a honey chestnut at Elisias.
“Aya! He, you, now, me, I… Did you hit me?”
“Yeah man! You, you idiot!! uh? There’s nothing I can’t say! Kak! Are you scolded?”
Elisias looked at me with a puzzled expression for a few seconds and then blew air into her cheeks.
“Issing…I’ve never even been hit by my father…Anyway, why is your face red?”
“That’s it! Ai, what were you saying?”
My face is hot.
I was so excited that I started talking so much that I forgot the topic and intention of the conversation.
“About the reason for the sudden increase in monsters…”
“Yes! That!”
He snaps his fingers, clears his throat, and opens and closes his mouth repeatedly.
Looking at those innocent eyes, it becomes obvious that I would have to spend a lot of time explaining things.
Since I had no choice but to explain it at eye level so that she could easily understand, I smiled brightly as if I were a child.
“Now~ Listen carefully, the monsters want a child so~! That’s because they imprison other races that invade their territory [in the dungeon] and force them to bear children for the rest of their lives! Okay?”
“Hmm… If that’s the case, then the stork is definitely busy like you said… He also has to take care of the monsters’ children…”
“The point is not there…”
I don’t know why things turned out like this, but now I’ve decided to deal with Elisias in a way that will let things happen.
“Anyway! That mom could be you, is that okay? Anyway, isn’t it okay to hold hands with a monster and whisper that you love it?”
Elisias, who was thinking deeply, sighed.
“That’s right…”
I think my intentions were finally conveyed accurately. Even if I say something nonsense, it should be easy to understand.
“At least, if you are not going to take this risk… Go back to your own world, this is my last warning to you…”
Elisias was silent for a long time at my firm words.
Are you at all shaken by my words? However, those upright eyes seemed unwavering, like a strong pine tree standing tall.
“I’m sorry, but that won’t work.”
Rather, I cringed at the words he spoke calmly.
“Ha…yeah, whatever.”
In fact, I know she won’t be swayed by a word I say.
I’m sure the Elisias I know are like that, talking about what it’s like to be a noble’s mission and trying to fulfill their responsibilities until the end.
It was my fault for wasting precious time and asking, but I just couldn’t understand.
“Let me ask you just one question.”
“What is it?”
In response to a serious question, she raised her finger to her chin, tilted her head, and asked.
“What on earth is that noble’s mission that makes him so obsessed with this mission?”
I was truly curious and asked her.
As a person of the 21st century, a person who has lived in a society where everyone is equal, I could not understand the pride and mission of that proud nobleman.
In response to the question, Elisias just smiled with a small smile. And then I received an unexpected answer.
“Actually, I don’t know the answer to that question.”
“What, what?”
It was a short and simple answer, an absurd answer that seemed so obvious and confident.
“I was always told to behave like a noble, and I learned the elegance, behavior, and etiquette that suited that. That is simply the pride of nobility. They say that if you are a son of a grand duke, you have to do this.”
I couldn’t help but bite my lip when I heard her words with a lonely smile.
“You already know, right? Unfortunately, I am not smart… I am several times more intelligent than others, so even with that education, I was unable to understand the pride and mission of a nobleman.”
She spoke in a heavy voice, closed her mouth for a moment, closed her eyes, and continued speaking.
Because of “, my father was very disappointed in me, and he didn’t even let the public know about my existence…”
Elisias, who was breathing lightly and crossing her arms, closed her eyes for a moment.
” Because of this lack of service, the servants and nobles of other families also thought of me as a stupid child and did not expect much from me. ”
Elisias cautiously opened his eyes and looked into space.
“I am not the daughter of a nobleman.”
As I was looking at it, I felt uncomfortable and strange.
“Then why? Why are you throwing everything so hard to complete that mission?”
If she wasn’t pushing ahead with pride and mission as a noble, what was it that motivated her to move forward into a future full of difficult events?
I thought about that several times while playing the game.
I thought the main character, Elisias, was foolish, wondering if he could just run away.
If you have already shown yourself to be irreversibly disappointed, even if you try the same failure, you will end up dismissing it as “I didn’t expect it”.
Even I was like that. But she couldn’t figure out why she was so obsessed with her mission.
Instead, I cursed her for such a foolish look.
All you have to do is run away and give up so that no one can expect anything more.
“Why…why?”
Her voice cracks as she explains why she wants to know even though she doesn’t know it.
“I guess I’m just doing this because I can’t let down the expectations of my father, who believes that such an unreliable daughter will do well…”
He uncrossed his arms and turned his gaze from empty space to me.
“I want to see my father smile as much as he suffered because of his ugly daughter.”
Elisias smiled with a small smile, as if he was embarrassed. It was the first smile I had seen since coming here.
That smile was not a smile filled with fleeting reasons such as the mission of a nobleman or the pride of a grand duke.
It was the smile of a delicate daughter who just wanted to live up to the expectations of her beloved father.
“That’s why I can’t back down easily! Because that is not a noble’s mission or pride, but only my mission! But…”
The smile was so dazzling that I just lowered my head.
I felt like I didn’t deserve to see that smile.
Just as if you were always in a dark room and then saw the dazzling sunlight, you would squint your eyes.
“You… why are you crying?”
Why, why, at this moment, does the hateful and longing voice that was locked on the other side of my memory come to mind?
At some point, a clear drop of water fell from under my heated eyes.
[I was a fool for expecting… from you.]
That voice that laughed at me and pecked my haggard chest and pierced my heart. I thought I had forgotten it, but that voice was still tormenting me.
“No, it’s just… it reminds me of the old days.”
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