episode_0009

“Wait! ray! Wait!”

Ray storms out of the conference room and hears a voice calling him from behind.

Let’s stop and turn back. Drain, who was out of breath, was trying to catch his breath.

“Haa..haa..fast..”

“You are slow. I need to build up some stamina. Do you want to train together starting tomorrow?”

“Ah.. no! never! Not to that extent!”

When Derain heard the word training, his complexion turned blue and he shook his head.

There’s no need to decline that much. If it were Ryuk, he would have said yes and asked to do it right away.

At first, I said I wanted to give up because it was difficult.

Now, he actually woke up early in the morning, completed all the basic training, and was waiting for me.

“Ray..”

“Ah. Why, why are you calling me?”

Without realizing it, I started thinking about Ryuk again.

These days, my mind has been filled with thoughts of Ryuk.

‘No… Ryuk will come someday… no, just a little while. I’m the one leaving… I can’t do this.’

I tried my best to turn my head to erase the image of Ryuk from my mind.

The more I tried to erase it, the clearer and clearer I saw Ryuk’s image in my head, perhaps out of repulsion.

“Phew.. why did you call me.”

“Ah. There is that…”

After calling Derain, he couldn’t speak properly and just wiggled his fingers.

It was frustrating.

If it were Ryuk, he would have confidently said what he wanted to say.

Ah… I started thinking about Ryuk again.

match!

“Why! Really?!”

“It’s nothing.”

It wasn’t until he hit his face with his fist that Ryuk’s thoughts were slightly erased.

“Well, really..? Well.. there I am.. Ray.. these days.. with that beginner..”

“Ryuk.”

“Uh..huh? What?”

“I’m Ryuk, not a beginner. He too is a man with a name. Don’t call me by my job name.”

“…I understand.”

There’s a cool name called Ryuk. You call me a beginner.

It was a nuisance.

“That.. Beginner.. No, Ryuk. That person… I think it would be best to get him out of town quickly. The villagers are also… dangerous… That hero… is also strange… I guess that person called Ryuk… does strange things to the villagers…”

bang!

I hit the floor hard.

It’s not far from the conference hall.

There was a chance they would come here wondering what happened.

I couldn’t forgive Derain’s words.

“What do you say you know about Ryuk!”

“Le.. Ray? Why.. get angry..”

“Noisy! Ryuk is not just me. Be kind to your mother and the village people! And be nice! I’m not the type of person who would ever do something like that!!”

Although I didn’t know exactly about Ryuk.

Every morning after training, we practice at the training ground. Or, I saw Ryuk helping the villagers with my own eyes.

There was absolutely no personal emotion involved in that act, and it was an action born out of good intentions.

“How much Ryuk helped the villagers! Don’t just stay at home like you and use your parents’ money in the name of research! Be kind! Good! You’re a hard worker! And incredibly handsome! What is it that Ryuk is worse than you? Participating in a rare event just because I am a villager!”

My anger didn’t go away.

Even though I don’t know anything about Ryuk.

They say he’s a strange person and needs to be kicked out of the village.

If someone else had said that, I would have said I understood.

It wasn’t dry. To say something like this just because Ryuk is in the village, even though he has never met him.

It was just annoying.

“This is strange..”

“Still!”

“But! Ray you! Normally, you weren’t even interested in men! How much I care about you until now..!”

“Interested? what? Speak to the end! That way you can understand… no. it’s okay. but. Because I’m not going to talk to you anymore anyway.”

“..what? no. ray. Does it make sense that we don’t talk just because of that newbie?!”

I told you not to call me a beginner.

Also, Ryuk was called by his job title rather than his name.

If Drain wasn’t my friend, I was so annoyed that I would have pulled out the great sword on his back and attacked him.

“What’s the fuss?”

Just then, Ney appeared, and the hand that had been slowly moving behind his back could not go any further and lowered it.

“It’s nothing… dry. I’ll do whatever you want. Mom… I’m going to talk to Ryuk today. Ask me to get out of town.”

With that, he returned home without saying a single word.

On the way back, I tried to meet Ryuk to soothe my distraught mind.

“No.. no way..”

There was a woman in front of Ryuk.

His face was covered in a cape, so I couldn’t see it in detail. I could tell by the slightly visible face.

‘Yes, it’s pretty..’

So much so that I can’t even compare myself.

Even with a cape underneath, her chest puffed out.

‘Ryuk… would like a beauty like that. I too… am confident that I can contribute… W-what are you thinking?!’

I quickly returned home, covering my red face with both hands at the thought of a strange thought.

After that, time continued to pass, but the thoughts did not disappear from my mind.

‘As expected… does Ryuk like pretty people… or people with big breasts…?’

Her large breasts were barely visible even through the cloak.

‘You have a pretty face… and big breasts… that’s against the rules. Foul!’

I looked down and looked at my chest.

Probably not as much as that woman. Big breasts caught my eye.

‘Me too… I’ve never heard that it’s small…’

My mind was complicated.

To think that Ryuk is being taken away by someone else. I hated it so much.

So, do you like Ryuk? I don’t know that either.

He was handsome and kind.

You might fall in love with this alone.

I wasn’t.

It just doesn’t fall on the face.

So, what is it that bothers you?

I thought about it again. In the end, the answer was not found until Ryuk returned.

We all ate together, and Ryuk, who had been watching us all the time, realized that the atmosphere was not good and hurriedly disappeared into his room.

“So Ray… are you going to talk today?”

“Yes… I have to do it.. that way. Ryuk prepares his heart and goes out of town tomorrow.”

“Mom, you don’t have to worry, right?”

And it turns out, I had to tell this story too.

Stop being angry earlier.

I never wanted to send Ryuk out of the village.

I had something to say, I had to say it.

“….I’m not a child anymore. Because I’m an adult… I do what I have to do.”

“I understand. Mom believes in Ray.”

I believe it… I don’t know.

What exactly does my mother believe about me?

Let’s get lost in thought again.

“Hey… Hey, come to your senses.”

Ney woke up.

“What’s going on?”

“..Mom believes in Ray.”

“Yes.. I heard it.”

“Okay.. So, you can do whatever you want. If that’s Ray’s choice.”

Ney gently placed an object in my hand.

I opened my hands. Inside was something square and round.

This… this…!

“Uh, Mom!?”

“Don’t worry. Because this mom also tricked dad with this. Ray also has a pretty face and big breasts. Achieve what you want. Instead… you shouldn’t have children yet.”

“Ah…ah…”

Language has degenerated.

What should I say?

I couldn’t think of it though.

Have you already covered your body with a towel? I went into the shower room carrying the black underwear I had bought with the intention of doing so but had never used.

Shaaaa-

Let the cold water fall on your head.

My excited mind cooled down a bit.

My heart is pounding.

My head just got cold. My heart, which started beating like crazy, did not cool down.

In fact, he became more violent, as if he had a premonition of what would happen next.

I was getting excited.

When I first saw Ryuk’s face, I thought, Is it okay for the world to have someone with a face like that?

I doubted it, but without realizing it, I had a strong desire to keep looking at his face.

Maybe that’s why. Even though it was my first time seeing him, I brought him home.

Although it was not something that could be called sane.

I couldn’t leave him alone.

Even after that.

He trains hard every day without missing a single day.

Even the sight of him sweating was enough to make my heart pound.

Unlike Dry, who always ignores me because I don’t know anything.

Ryuk was kind in every word he said.

If there’s something he doesn’t know, I tell him, and if there’s something he doesn’t know, I tell him.

A relationship where people help and support each other.

Wouldn’t it be like this if you had a lover? I even imagined it.

Definitely.

No matter how difficult his training was, Ryuk never gave up even in times of crisis.

When 10 wounded mushrooms surrounded him, he tried to save them, saying it was dangerous.

Ryuk did not give up until the end.

I did what I could. That sight was so cool… and respectful.

To the point where I wish I could stay here for the rest of my life.

“Ah.. me. You liked Ryuk..”

The moment you realize your own heart.

My lower abdomen started to itch a little.

And one system notification appeared before my eyes.

Tiring!

[Quest: Ray’s Heart]

You have your adversary (player) in mind. However, the people in the surrounding villages do not like Daejeok very much. If we continue to remain in the village like this, great harm will be done to the enemies.

So, get your adversary to reach level 10 quickly.

Reward: Opponent’s favorability.

In case of failure: opponent dies.

“Large.. deficit? Are you talking about Ryuk? I’m sure mom… they are warriors…”

Although I heard that many things have changed since the cataclysm.

This is the first time I’ve heard that even the word used to refer to them (players) has changed.

“More than that…”

Nei already knew that I liked Ryuk.

So, give it to me. Don’t have children…

Because today could be the last night.

Don’t make a choice you’ll regret.

Hehehe. Hehehe.

After stopping the water, I wiped myself clean with a towel and put on the prepared underwear.

I felt like my attack power increased just by wearing this.

Go out and drink alcohol that you don’t even know when you bought it.

It was a drink that I promised myself that if I ever got a boyfriend, I would drink it together.

This wasn’t enough.

To get him.

Ray goes out of the groove.

I headed to the place where the only alchemist in town was located.

After getting a few items, I went ahead and prepared.

“If this is the case.. it will work.. it must work.. because it is the first and last chance..”

Rei promised again and again, purchased the items, and stood in front of Ryuk’s door.

and.

smart.

I knocked on Ryuk’s door.