episode_0045

I turned my head slightly and looked at the man called Lucius, and my brow furrowed in discomfort as I faced his face.

… it is truly blatant.

A man who seemed to have been created as if deliberately to contrast with the nameless, with bright silver hair and clear blue eyes like Elia.

The impression was that the eyes were round rather than sharp….

Instead of his eyes being bright and lively, they were covered with dark circles.

Of course, his appearance was also decadent, but his seriously tall height really stood out.

Clearly, Elia was also quite tall… .

Standing next to the man named Lucius, she appeared to be just a woman of average height.

-Gulp

… How tall is he?

His size is as big as his height, which naturally creates a sense of intimidation and makes me look down for no reason.

I slowly walked next to the nameless man and grabbed his sleeve, bringing his ear in front of me.

“… Anonymous! What’s so big about that guy?!”

“Teacher, you can ask me that… .”

Anonymous made a somewhat bewildered expression and took a step away from me, nodding his chin.

Hmm, what’s over there?

When I glanced in the direction that the anonymous person was pointing, Elia was looking at me with an expression that seemed to be holding back laughter.

What…?

Rain, are you laughing at me? How dare you? On the subject of a saint? Me?

With that worthless energy… Ah, it’s more than being anonymous, so can I be insulting anonymity?

Then… with just that mediocre energy to look after it?

anyway.

He must be an ignorant worm who doesn’t even realize the gap between himself and his opponent, despite having energy that doesn’t even reach my knees.

Well, the history of the man next to me was worth reading, but that’s about it.

It’s useful.

That person also has a deep spirit that is different from his appearance of age, but he is very lacking compared to me.

Are you laughing at me on that topic?

“Profit!”

How cheeky! Those brats need to be punished!

‘I tried not to take this out!’

With his eyes tightly shut, he reached out to his waist to grab the wooden sword.

“Master, there are many eyes watching here.”

“Yeah… .”

Anonymous grabbed my wrist and shook his head, and I watched him with a bewildered expression.

Hmm, by the way, ‘there are many eyes watching’.

I was joking, but does this mean that this guy won’t hesitate to cut me down if he has to?

Ugh, I don’t know whether I should be happy about this or scold him harshly…

As I was looking at the nameless man with a subtle expression, Elia came and stood in front of us, leading the large body.

“Lucius? Should I introduce myself?”

Elia raised the final note of her voice as if she was urging a child against Lucius, who was about a foot taller than her. Lucius sighed and scratched the back of his head as if he was used to Elia’s behavior.

Ugh, it’s just so weird to see a guy like that being swayed by a woman…

Well, thanks to that, the size that had been intimidating started to feel like a big teddy bear.

Of course, I likened it to a teddy bear, but that’s just a metaphor, not a cute one.

What kind of nonsense is this, that a guy is cute?

Oh, of course, excluding anonymous ones.

Originally, in the eyes of the master, no matter what the disciple does, he looks cute.

As I stroked the nameless man’s head with a vaguely pleased expression, the nameless man just looked at me with an expression of incomprehension.

Lucius, who had been looking at Elia with tired eyes for a moment, slightly bowed his head toward us.

“… My name is Lucius, one of Elia’s companions.”

“Ugh… I feel like something is missing… .”

Elia shook her head slightly, let out a small sigh, and then looked straight up at the nameless man.

“The name you mentioned before was Anonymous, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Then, the person next to you… If you don’t mind, what is your name?”

Hmm, I’ve already exchanged names with Anonymous.

If it were me, I wouldn’t want to give these annoying guys their names, I would have given them something else…

I would like to applaud this anonymous act once again.

Well, we’ll be together for a while, so it’d be easier to just use our full names like anonymous.

I put my arms on my waist to make myself look as big as possible and tilted my head up to look at Lucius.

“My name is Cheonharang.”

My heart always starts pounding whenever I introduce myself.

He raised one of his arms, which had been on his waist, up to the sky and pointed his index finger.

“I will cut down the sky.”

“…”

In the uncomfortable silence, only the awkward, anonymous sound of applause could be heard.

-Clap clap clap

“Teacher, you are awesome.”

“…”

Hmm, why is there no response?

When I first introduced myself to Anonymous, his eyes lit up… .

Thanks to that, my face started to come back to me, but I shook my head and shook it off.

First impressions are important, so you need to have a confident expression at times like this.

I am not ashamed.

Yeah, really.

…

I opened my mouth, and a moment that seemed like an eternity passed.

I glanced over at Elia and saw her smiling awkwardly.

As I said before, I’m not ashamed.

…maybe.

As I was looking at the distant mountains to forget the past for a moment, I heard Elia’s awkward laughter in my ear.

“Ahahaha… Then can I call you Cheonharangnim?”

“Um… .”

He squinted his eyes and rubbed his chin.

To be honest, it’s a bit awkward to be called by my name… .

It wouldn’t be good to show it and build a wall.

I thought about it for a moment, but the answer came to me faster than I thought.

First of all, we should make it our primary goal to build some level of relationship with them.

When I put together the stories I heard from the anonymous person, the tall man next to the saint must be a warrior.

In the long run, it is detrimental to insist on being at odds with the authors.

… Of course, externally, since we’ve joined hands with the Demon King, there will come a time when we will have to confront them, but when that happens, it’s important to become friendly with them in order to explain the situation and resolve it as amicably as possible.

Above all… .

I opened my eyes and looked up at the sky.

Someday, in order to achieve my goal, I will also need the saint before my eyes.

He tilted his head, one corner of his mouth raised crookedly.

“Whatever you want, do it.”

“Thank you.”

Elia smiled faintly, as if she was satisfied with the answer.

That sight was so refreshing, I glanced back at Mumyeong and saw that his gaze was directed at me.

Hmm, why are you looking at me and not Elia…?

Come to think of it, Lily didn’t show much of a reaction either.

When I think about the things that anonymous people did to me when I was living in the cabin, I guess it’s not like I don’t have an interest in sex…

…Do you have any unusual tastes?

Just as I was seriously wondering about that, Elia continued speaking.

“Then, Harang? I’ve been wondering about something for a while now… .”

“What is it?”

“Do you have any titles other than those of the Empire?”

When I heard Elia’s words, my eyebrows naturally furrowed.

Title? Are you talking about nobility?

Woof- A nobleman?

For some reason, he suddenly felt bad, thinking about the nobleman who had traumatized Moo-myeong in the village he had visited before.

The tone of voice that came out was naturally aggressive.

“You’re not a noble, so why on earth do you think so?”

“Oh, I’m sorry if I offended you… .”

Elia flinched at my somewhat sharp answer and immediately lowered her head.

Even though I have a last name in the first place.

Looking at the wooden sword on my waist or my untidy hair, it wouldn’t be easy to think that way… .

Elia straightened her bent back and continued speaking.

“Of course, I thought that way because of Harang’s last name-”

“Again?”

“A tone of speech that seems familiar when dealing with subordinates… .”

“… That’s definitely misleading, … No, more than that, ‘rang’? What else is there?”

Elia pursed her lips for a moment, then opened her mouth, caressing her slightly flushed cheek.

“Well, this may be rude, but… , I think looks were the most important thing… ?”

Why are your cheeks red… .

No, more than that.

“Appearance?”

“Huh? Of course, Harang is cute, ahem! Isn’t she beautiful?”

The words he spat out before coughing were extremely jarring, but I decided to just ignore them and move on, because I felt like digging into them too much would make my head hurt.

No, am I more beautiful than that?

As a question naturally appeared on his face, Elia, who saw it, added with a look of bewilderment.

“Didn’t you know?”

“… Don’t flatter me too much, it won’t make me feel better.”

Even if you look at the anonymous person right now, he has a Western appearance, so what do people around him think?

To the people here, I’m just someone with a strange appearance.

As I looked at Elia with a displeased expression, thinking about that, Elia hit her chest as if she was frustrated.

Suddenly, my gaze shifted to ‘that thing’ that was moving greatly.

… it was an act of God.