episode_0015

The clear, bright light coming in from the window is now turning yellow.

I turned the last page of the book I brought with me and closed the cover.

When I felt a little tired and my stomach was crying out for food, I took out the pocket watch I bought at a watch store from my pocket and checked the current time.

“PM…5:30…let’s leave for the next destination…”

I yawn and put the watch back in my pocket.

When I turned to the side, before I knew it, Elisias was sleeping on her stomach, with her arms resting on her back. Seeing her so relaxed, I let out a sigh in shock and shook her by the shoulders.

“Let’s go, wake up Elisias.”

“Mmm…”

Elisias, who is very tired, frowns even more at my call.

What a wonderful dream I’m having, but there’s no sign of waking up.

From that small mouth flowed drool calling for his father and mother.

Looking at that, I felt something sad, so I went up to the librarian and borrowed a blanket, and carefully placed the blanket over her shoulders.

As I sat down again, the novel [Weak Knight] she had been reading before caught my eye.

I carefully took the book and quietly turned the pages and read.

A romance story full of common, banal, and predictable clichés.

As Elisisas said, it was about overcoming weakness, hardships, and adversity for the sake of the princess he admired.

“What is so fun about this…”

As I was turning the pages, I noticed that one of the pages in the middle half had a small fold at the end corner.

I opened the page and read it, wondering if Elisias had folded it.

“Who do you love? Speak, you enigmatic person…”

Among the princess’s lines, I saw a sentence with familiar content, so I recited the phrase on the page without even realizing it.

A knight who answers the princess’s sad questions while crying.

“I am—”

As he was about to read the knight’s answer, Elisias suddenly woke up from a sweet dream, looked around, and sighed with a regretful expression.

“Are you awake?”

In a half-asleep state, Elisias looked at the blanket falling from his shoulders and adjusted his disheveled appearance and clothes.

“Hmm…just arranging the flow of mana is enough.”

“Puuuut, you’re laughing. Are you hungry? To the point where you can eat your own hair.”

When Elisias burst out laughing and responded to the nonsensical excuse, he hurriedly removed the hair he was biting into and sat down again.

Elisias’ ears turned red, as if he was embarrassed for showing off his unkempt appearance.

“I’m sorry for making you look so funny…Did you give me the blanket?”

I quietly looked at Elisias, who was holding on to the falling blanket.

“Yes, you can return the blanket to the librarian over there”

He stood up from his chair and pointed to the librarian who was getting ready to leave work.

“Let’s go, I roughly organized the books”

“Ah, yes…”

When he got up and was about to walk toward the exit, Elisias stood up, holding on to the blanket he was covering with an incomprehensible expression.

As I returned the book I was reading and went out to enjoy the chilly evening air, Elisias followed me.

“What, didn’t you return the blanket?”

“Ah, yes…it’s warm because I’m covering it with this.”

I clicked my tongue as I watched Elisias smile slightly and answer in a low voice.

“You’re a girl. What if I don’t return the library items just because I got a little cold? Go and return it quickly.”

At my urging, Elisias waved his hand furiously.

“Oh, no! At first, I asked if I could purchase this blanket, but the librarian told me to just take it since it was my first visit in a while!”

I felt strange as she said something I didn’t understand, but I thought it wasn’t a big deal, so I turned around and walked away again.

“You know Ilicia I saw last time? I’m going to go see him now.”

“Are you talking about the woman I saw last time? For what reason?”

Elisias frowns and asks in a sharp tone next to him.

“Should I say that he is a teacher who will improve your abilities? Since that guy is also on the strong side, it would be good if you had a teacher to teach you practical experience.”

Elisias finally relaxed his frown, crossed his arms, and nodded in agreement.

“Hmm… I could definitely sense the composure of a strong man from that sly expression…”

After nodding and roughly responding, I opened the door to Anzulus Labia, which I had already arrived at.

“Oh, you came again today as always?”

As soon as I open the door, a bald man welcomes me.

I don’t know what this body does or what job it has, but one thing is certain: I’m a regular here.

His attitude toward me had been kind from before, and when Elisias pointed a sword at me, he tried to be the first to intercede.

“What, the girl from last time came too? Hey…how did it turn out so well?”

As we entered the restaurant, Uncle Guile greeted us at the counter with a sinister smile on his face.

Uncle Guile wasn’t the only one who welcomed us.

“Oh, little one! Did you come to eat?”

Ilicia was waving at us at the table across from Uncle Guile’s hospitality.

The muscular man next to him looked at me with his brows furrowed in an unchanging manner.

“Hmm…don’t be too cautious…Illisha, I have a favor to ask you. Can I join you for a moment?”

When I invited her to join us, Illisha tilted her head for a moment, then smiled and nodded and took a refreshing sip of the alcohol in the oak cup.

“Well, it doesn’t matter… I guess I should have a drinking buddy?”

“Sister, sister!…No…If you don’t mind, hey kid, so what do you want to talk about?”

Illisha hit the muscular man’s shoulder with her fist with a rotten expression and raised her hand.

“Laboille, you idiot, ask about that later. Owner! Give me this oak barrel of alcohol!”

I pulled out a chair to make room for Elisias, then pulled out my own chair and sat down next to the man.

The muscular man’s name was LaBoille.

Since it was an extra character who dies during the main story of Illisha and Elisias, it wasn’t even given a name, so I didn’t know about it, but I was a little surprised that it had such a name.

“Laboeil…what a cool name?”

It was my first time greeting people properly, so I felt a bit awkward, so I asked with the intention of trying to break the ice.

“Yes! My name is La Boille Gran Sanche! how is it! It’s more manly than your girly name, right?”

I almost got angry for a moment, but I tried to ignore it because it wasn’t my name in the first place and I thought it wasn’t worth the emotional effort.

“La Boille…did you say Gran Sanche? This guy is like a city administration bastard.”

Elisias, who was next to me, got rather angry and glared at La Boille with scary eyes.

“What, what? Municipal miscellaneous?”

As La Boille asked again, wriggling his eyebrows, Elisias continued speaking in a voice I had never heard before.

“A name is the most important and beautiful thing that parents give their children in anticipation of meeting them. How dare you…try to make fun of a name like that…”

“Now, stop fighting for a moment!”

Is this something to be so angry about?

When I saw Elisias moving his hand to my waist, I was so shocked that I tried to move my body to somehow calm the situation down.

-Big!

Illisha hit LaBoille hard on the chin with the oak cup she was holding with an expression as if she had eaten a bug.

LaBoille fell off the chair and collapsed, and Ilicia laughed as I was unable to accept the situation.

“Sorry, sorry, this guy is so foul-mouthed. I’ll tie it well, so don’t hate me too much, but you’re still my close younger brother, haha!”

Although Illisha spoke with a bright smile, I felt completely overwhelmed by the expression on her face when she looked at LaBoille.

“Laboeil…I know you’re worried, but let’s not cross the line, right?”

Illisha glares at LaBoille with torn eyes.

Those eyes were similar to the fear that a predator would have when hunting its prey.

LaBoille looked scared, nodded, got up from his seat, and bowed his head to me.

“Sorry, sorry!”

“Oh, no…it’s okay, it’s okay.”

LaBoille then quietly sat down on the chair, cleaning up the fallen chair and the surrounding area.

While he was sitting quietly in his seat with a wrinkled appearance, Uncle Guile put down a huge, heavy-looking oak barrel on the seat next to me.

“Hey everyone, don’t make too much of a fuss in the restaurant, because it will ruin your image… Rather than that, I’ll exclude the cost of today’s drinks.”

Uncle Guile clicked his tongue and tapped the lid of the oak barrel with his hand.

“En? Why?”

“Here, you heard from these two guys?”

When I asked again, Uncle Guile smiled and patted my back with his hand.

” I was in trouble, but thanks to you, I survived. I especially brought you your favorite drink, so drink as much as you want today!”

Uncle Guile stepped down from his seat. Hearing those words, Illisha laughed brightly and happily, as if she had caught the idea, and ripped open the lid of the oak barrel with her bare hands.

Elisias looked at Ilicia, who was pouring alcohol, with a curious expression.

“Oh…you mean this is alcohol…”

“Have you never tried alcohol? I ordered wine last time.”

“I only ordered that because it was in the instructions… I have never drank alcohol, because if I am distracted, it is difficult to prepare for an unexpected situation.”

I nodded as if I understood what she said.

She certainly never drank alcohol of her own volition, even in games.

However, there were many cases where they were force-fed as part of an event.

I handed the oak cup filled with alcohol to Elisias.

“In times like this, wouldn’t it be nice to have a drink every once in a while? Let’s have a toast”

“Haha! I like your mind, kid!”

Illisha smiles brightly, hits her knee, and raises her glass.

We clinked our glasses together as if to reminisce.

“So, Illisha, I have something to ask you.”