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Once again, a brilliant light shines in Lucius’ eyes.

… I think this is enough.

Letting out a small sigh, he sat up and turned his back on Lucius. Just as he was about to walk towards the nameless man.

“Thank you… .”

Lucius’s thanks could be heard from behind.

…what is there to be thankful for?

A small feeling of guilt began to creep up inside me. I bit my lip.

Although I had no obligation to comfort the warrior in the first place, it was this guilty conscience that made me say a few words.

Of course, that doesn’t make the fact that I messed up the warrior’s purpose disappear.

I let out a small sigh.

I’m not sure what kind of expression I’m making right now, but I’m sure it’s not a good look. But I can’t ignore what he says.

With his back to Lucius.

“What.”

After giving a short answer, he walked towards the anonymous person.

For some reason, the anonymous person had a somewhat dissatisfied expression on his face.

I was curious about that, and was about to ask why. With good timing, Myeong spoke first.

“… Haven’t you been talking to the warrior for too long?”

“Um… .”

He tilted his head with a subtle expression.

… how should I react to this?

As a disciple, I can understand to some extent that I would feel jealous of the teacher who teaches others… but I never dreamed that he would say it so directly.

Well, this is also anonymous, if you ask me… .

He let out a small sigh and patted the nameless man on the shoulder.

“Please forgive me for this.”

“…”

Glance- He rolled his eyes and looked at his disciple who wasn’t answering.

As if he didn’t like my answer, Myeong-un stuck out his lips and gave me a look full of discontent.

Well… what do you want me to do?

He placed his hand on his forehead and opened his mouth again.

“Isn’t this the last time I’ll be with them anyway?”

“Is that so?”

“… So, you really intended to stay with them?”

The anonymous expression brightened noticeably, and in contrast, this time I pouted.

If I hadn’t happened to run into the warriors on the carriage in the first place, they and I would never have ended up together like this.

Of course, we rode together in a carriage and headed north together. If it had been just that, our meeting wouldn’t have been this long. But for some reason, the warrior asked me to spar with him, and various incidents occurred, so our relationship became long.

But that’s over now.

There is no reason to stay with them any longer, and I remind myself of the purpose of my coming here.

Wasn’t it to get the scabbard of that mean disciple who was smiling so innocently in front of me?

So if I leave this gloomy cave, my relationship with them will end there.

When I thought about saying goodbye to them, I felt strangely happy and the corners of my mouth went up.

Now I can finally relax a little.

“Huh huh… .”

For a moment, they looked at each other like that, smiling like fools for different reasons, making a somewhat comical appearance.

Lucius, who had come to his senses completely, and Elia with red eyes came out and approached the nameless man.

“Huh?”

He looked at Elia with an anxious expression, tilting his head slightly.

… Isn’t it time to break up now?

Elia, who received my gaze like that, pursed her lips slightly.

“… Where are you going now, Harang?”

He asked me about my next destination.

…Should I answer this?

Thinking about it alone made my head hurt a little, so I turned my gaze to look at the nameless person for help.

The nameless man nodded slightly and opened his mouth.

“I won’t be seeing them again, so it’s okay if I tell you, right?”

When he said that he had nothing to do, he was curious about the strange laughter that came out of his anonymous voice, but he soon put it aside and nodded.

“Hmm… I see.”

Surely, as the anonymous person said, this will be the last time I’ll be with them, so I think it’s okay to tell them.

“It seems like we’re going to the ‘end of the world’.”

Elia and Lucius’ expressions were subtly recalled by my answer.

I’m anxious.

Not caring about my reaction, Elia asked me again as if to confirm my answer.

“… ‘The end of the world’?”

“Hmm, that’s true… but what’s the problem?”

Upon hearing the definitive answer that it was indeed the ‘end of the world’, Elia and Lucius looked at each other for a moment, then smiled incomprehensibly.

My anxiety grew. And, as if to repay my anxiety.

“That’s great!”

Elia clapped her hands and raised the corners of her mouth.

“We have some business there too!”

“What.”

“Can we go together?”

My whole body froze like stone, my eyes snapped open as if they were going to burst. I screamed inside.

…Why are ominous guesses never wrong?

If I could go back in time, I’d grab my mouth to tell those guys where to go.

… It’s awkward.

As you know, the thing that I and Anonymous are looking for is the scabbard that Lily introduced. And there is no way that the scabbard that Lily introduced, who is on the Demon King’s side, would be normal in the eyes of the hero Lucius.

Anonymous also showed a similar reaction to me, but somehow he came to his senses faster than me. He opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

“No… Why are you going there…?”

“Uh… .”

“Didn’t ‘the end of the world’ already get purified by Lucius and Elia? ”

“… That’s true, but.”

That’s a question I’m really curious about, too.

What do the warrior and the saint have in common that they go back to a place they’ve already been to?

My guess is that he wants to see the place again, which has a beautiful view that lives up to its name, ‘the end of the world’…

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Elia, waiting for an answer.

Elia’s eyes rolled at the burdensome gaze. Lucius let out a small sigh, took a step forward, and opened his mouth in Elia’s stead.

“Camilla asked me to do something, so I’d like to find an item.”

“… thing?”

Lucius’s words made me flinch – my body trembled.

No way… No, no way. I shouldn’t have such ominous thoughts anymore.

After calming down my anxiety alone, I shook my head slightly. Lucius frowned slightly, wondering how I had interpreted his reaction, and opened his mouth again.

“… And I want to repay the help I received from you, Cheonharang.”

“Repay‥? Why…?”

I’m confused… .

So to speak, I was the one who bothered this guy, and now you want to repay me?

“Didn’t you teach me, who was lacking?”

“… No, that’s-”

As I was dumbfounded and my mouth was open, Lucius bowed politely.

“Please allow me to accompany you… .”

“Please!”

At the sight of Lucius, Elia also bowed.

… I can’t just reject you outright like this.

This is besides the fact that I’m not good at refusing requests. If I were to refuse these requests here, I’d probably be a weirdo.

Isn’t that right?

The destination is the same, and as Anonymous said, we are going to a ‘relatively dangerous place’. How can we refuse the strong support of a warrior and a saint?

Moreover, the purpose for which they ask for companionship is truly special.

Although I had no intention of doing so, and in fact, my actions were like that. Isn’t that what they call repaying the favor of being taught?

To reject this is morally and as an unknown teacher wrong.

He took a deep breath, placed his hand on his forehead, and approached Lucius.

“… Okay, straighten your back.”

It’s starting to feel burdensome to see a warrior and a saint bowing down.

“Thank you.”

Lucius gave a small answer and straightened his back. And the face he saw was smiling faintly, as if he had achieved his goal.

Looking at that expression makes me strangely annoyed.

More than that, what should we do… .

I already had to do the somewhat daunting task of finding something I didn’t even know what it looked like, and now I had to find it while avoiding their eyes.

In short, the difficulty level has increased exponentially.

Suddenly, my head started to feel dizzy, so I staggered towards the nameless person and hugged him as if I was falling down.

“Ugh… .”

“… Master? Why are you doing this?”

The nameless one had a somewhat comical expression on his face, with the corners of his mouth going up and his brows furrowed.

I don’t really want to go with you, but I think it’s good that you’re close to me.

I felt a little better at that anonymous expression, smiled slyly, and opened my mouth as if sighing.

“It’s nothing… I’m just here because I feel comfortable in your arms, so don’t worry about it… .”

“Product is… .”

The anonymous mumbled a few words and then raised the corners of his lips as if they were about to burst.

I felt bad for some reason because I could hear the stupid laughter, but I didn’t have the energy to say anything.

I thought I would be alone with Anonymous by now… How did it end up like this?