episode_0061
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The sight of the green ceiling filling up the sky made me feel like I was in a prison, even though it was clearly outdoors.
No, that sentiment may not be wrong.
The forest, with tall, dense trees blocking every space, was a natural maze created by nature and a prison that did not let intruders go.
Unexplored areas, flood damage.
Having set foot again in this land where the ancient losers are still active and not asleep, we moved forward, paying attention to the presence of monsters.
We have returned to this land we once left.
After wading through the bushes, Sarah found a monster from a distance. She held her breath and pointed to the white-furred monster with her hand.
The white-furred monster is called a rabbit squire, and it is a monster that serves the higher-ranking rabbit knights and rabbit kings.
The level varies from person to person, but on average it is around the early 40s.
Since it was a monster that Sera could easily defeat, when she gave the OK sign, the beast’s maw suddenly appeared out of thin air and swallowed the servant’s head.
-Kwasik!
With such an ugly sound, the white rabbit’s fur begins to turn red.
The rabbit’s head, which was flinching as if in a final struggle, stopped moving and fell limp, and the mouth that swallowed the rabbit’s head disappeared.
“What about the new demon?”
“… At first, it was difficult to summon to the exact location, but now I’m used to it.”
Over the past few days, I’ve been focusing on raising Serah’s level in preparation for the upcoming attack by devil worshipers.
Demons will follow orders when offering tribute, even if the summoner is of a lower level than they are, but there is a limit to that.
Since a lot of mana is needed to maintain a high-level demon, you need to narrow the level gap with the demon to at least 10.
To ensure a smooth hunt, I made a contract with a few new demons by offering honey and some of the items I had collected so far.
Agari, who appeared in the air a little while ago, was also one of the demons that Sera had newly contracted.
It was definitely called the Mouth of the Void.
As Sarah said, it is difficult to use because you have to input the exact coordinates in your head, but it is a very powerful demon.
Contrary to its name or appearance, the rabbit seed had a higher defense than expected, so defeating it with one blow was not an easy task even for a warrior of the same level.
Thanks to the newly contracted demon, Sera’s level rose to 43 by successfully defeating powerful monsters.
After hunting monsters alongside her, I also rose from 51 to 53.
“As expected, flood damage is good. The supply and demand of experience points is very different from that of a normal dungeon.”
While muttering that, I looked at the item stored inside my inventory.
[Hermes’ Feather]
It was all thanks to this item that we were able to come to Suhae, far from the royal capital, at this important time.
Hermes’ Feather consumes mana only in registered locations on the map and transports the owner to the designated location.
As the distance increases, the amount of mana consumed increases, and only one person who possesses the Feather of Hermes can travel.
I solved this limitation by moving Sarah to the miniature garden and then summoning her after arriving at the sea of trees.
This item was originally only available at the auction house and was one of the reasons why I tried so hard to enter Noble Street.
It was an item I didn’t know how to obtain other than the auction house, so I was wondering how to get it, but I never thought it was in Lang’s warehouse.
It was a happy miscalculation.
Speaking of miscalculations, it can also be said that it was a happy miscalculation that Sarah’s growth rate was faster than I expected.
Is it because the other half is not human but a demon?
As I watched her skill in dealing with demons improve day by day, I wondered if she would one day overtake me.
When I told her that while praising her, Sarah gently raised the corners of her mouth and nodded.
“Even empty words are good to hear.”
“I mean this sincerely. If you keep going like this, you might one day surpass my level. Even if that happens, can’t you forget the good things I did for you in the past?”
“There’s no way I could forget it. How can I catch up with Felt’s level in the first place… .”
“Is your growth rate as fast as mine? If the devil sleeping inside Sera awakens, it might become stronger than me.”
It’s not an impossible story.
It’s a little different from Sarah, but there were certainly cases where her level suddenly increased for some reason.
“It seems like what’s inside Sera is a very scary demon, so then she might suddenly become a higher level than me.”
“No, but… .”
Sarah, who suddenly stopped speaking, remained silent for a while, perhaps imagining such a situation.
It’s just a story on the same level as ‘What would you do if you win the lottery?’, but she seemed to be considering the situation quite seriously.
As the silence becomes longer, it’s that time when you open your mouth to say something.
“… If that happens, no matter what I do, Felt won’t be able to rebel against me?”
“… Huh?”
“I don’t have to send it to that single parent bitch or that cow bitch, I can keep it by my side forever. Let’s stay together without going anywhere.”
“… … .”
As Fiona froze in shock at the eerie words that sent goosebumps down my spine that day, Sarah said with a faint smile.
“… I was kidding. Don’t be so stiff.”
“Ah, yes… .”
joke.
Just kidding… .
He said it was a joke, but why did it not feel that way at all?
Perhaps due to their mood, Sarah and Terezina, both smiling faintly, seemed to overlap for a moment.
I promised myself that no matter what happens in the future, I will at least maintain a higher level than Sarah, and I followed after Sarah as she left to find her next prey.
*****
“I moved my body a lot today, so I’m going to cook some meat, right?”
Sarah nodded to Felt’s question.
Felt, who wandered all over the continent in the last episode, had experience hunting various monsters during his wanderings, so he was very skilled at handling meat.
Sarah actually didn’t like meat dishes because she hated fatty foods, but she liked the dishes Felt made.
Anything felt and eaten was good.
Even though I had quite a bit of resistance to eating fairy cuisine, I ended up enjoying it.
For Sarah, eating was just a matter of replenishing necessary nutrients, so in the past, taste was not something to consider when choosing a meal.
It was after living with Felt that I began to feel the pleasure of eating.
I never imagined that eating delicious, warm food with someone I like would be such a happy experience.
If I hadn’t met Felt, I wouldn’t have known until the end that happiness like this existed in the world.
When I tried to say that thought out loud, I felt embarrassed for some reason, so I couldn’t say it out loud, but inside, I kept expressing my gratitude to Felt every time I ate.
Perhaps Sarah considers Felt like her mother.
Of course, it is not a vicious mother like Terezina who preys on her daughter’s body, but a mother used in a universal sense.
Sarah, who had been trying to survive by avoiding her biological mother, was not used to being protected by someone or receiving unpaid favors.
There were several times when I wanted to be pampered as much as a child would by his mother, but it rarely worked out as I wanted.
I couldn’t be pampered, so I expressed my apology instead.
Felt received so much.
Even if I sacrificed my body, I have given so much that I cannot repay it all… .
It’s too shameless to settle everything by barely letting me smell the body odor.
I don’t understand why you like that in the first place.
The smell coming from someone else’s body would just be unpleasant.
‘… ‘Does Felt’s body smell different?’
It may not be any different based on common sense, but when I look at the nape of my neck where sweat beads like jade beads form, I think, ‘Maybe…’ I couldn’t shake the thought.
In the end, perhaps overcome by curiosity, Sarah walked up behind Felt, who was preparing food for a while, hugged his body, and buried her face in the back of his head.
“… Serah?”
Felt also flinched, perhaps embarrassed by the sudden skinship, but accepted it without any particular refusal or resistance.
The scent of felt that Sarah felt was no different from the smell of ordinary sweat.
It’s natural.
Even though she was a beautiful woman, her structure was no different from that of an ordinary human being.
Although she clearly understood it in her head, the more she smelled Felt’s body scent, the more a strange feeling that even she could not explain began to sprout in Sarah’s heart.
My face is hot.
Even though I was afraid that this would be discovered due to my pounding heart, I couldn’t leave Felt’s side.
Unable to move away from Felt’s side or attack her like this, Felt put down the kitchen knife in his hand and turned to look at Sarah.
“Oh, no… .”
Sarah, who finally regained her sanity, saw Felt’s blank expression and unknowingly took a step back, wondering what she would do if she were despised.
Felt, who smiled kindly at Sarah, took a step forward and fell into Sarah’s arms.
“This way, you can smell it while looking at its face.”
“… … .”
Seeing Felt burying her face in her chest as if she was okay, Sarah paused for a moment, then leaned down and buried her face in the back of Felt’s neck.
Even though Sarah had been entrusted with the kidney, I felt a sense of security and warmth as if the child was being held in its mother’s arms.
How great would it be if you could make this cozy feeling your own?
I can do as much as I want as long as it lets me smell.
If you told me to have children, I would have had any number of children.
‘If there was strength… .’
Even if that were the case, oppressing Felt, your benefactor, by force and making it your own is something you should never do.
Can not be done.
You should never do just that.
It has to end with a joke.
Desperately ignoring the devil’s whispers that continued to ring in her ears, Sarah closed her eyes comfortably in Felt’s arms.
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