episode_0087

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Jiing.

After finishing the dungeon, I came out of the portal with my colleagues.

I saw fishmen crowded into the square.

A spectacular sight that draws everyone’s attention.

Aquinas, who was puzzled at first, laughed when he realized the reason.

“… is it. Did everyone gather to congratulate us?”

The first party to conquer an impossible dungeon.

We will be recorded in history.

The leader of that party is I, Aquinas.

Aquinas held his head high and raised his voice.

“I, Aquinas and my colleagues did it!”

She held up the bronze statue she was holding in her hand.

Loot from the last room.

It was a bronze statue of the full body of Ilar, the master of Micah.

“I proudly declare this to the world! Our Aquinas team succeeded in conquering a dungeon that no one has been able to achieve!”

Hehe, now it’s time to hear enthusiastic cheers and applause.

However, contrary to expectations, the reaction was cold.

There was no cheering.

“What is he saying?”

“Why are you so confident after failing to attack?”

“I don’t think they realize they were deceived?”

Cheers erupting from all directions.

derision.

Insulting mockery.

Aquinas was perplexed.

“Uh, what happened? Why are they like that?”

At that time, a person was seen in the crystal spheres installed throughout the square.

That’s Naru Kang.

He was still circling the dungeon.

“It wasn’t our attack… ?”

Only then did Aquinas realize that he had failed, and his face turned red.

A fishman approached, cleared his throat, and opened his mouth.

“It’s noisy, so please come down.”

“Sorry, sorry!”

Aquinas disappeared from the stage as if running away with his colleagues.

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“Aaaah!”

Aquinas woke up, kicked off the blanket, and jumped up.

“Damn it! Why again?”

Why did the events of that day, so embarrassing and shameful to death, appear in my dream?

Even though a few weeks had passed, my face still felt hot when I thought about that time.

“It’s all because of that bastard Kang Na-ru!”

I try to rationalize it by criticizing the strict person.

Still, in the end, I bit my lip because I thought I had done something foolish.

“I should quickly erase it with another adventure.”

If you achieve something that you can boast about to the world, it will naturally be forgotten.

In about three years, it won’t even come to mind.

‘I am Aquinas, an extraordinary adventurer whom everyone respects.’

As a consolation, I picked up the clothes I had taken off and put them on.

Now, this is your own lounge in the guild.

I woke up in the late afternoon after sleeping briefly in only my underwear.

“Ah, I found it! Aquinas!”

As I straightened my clothes and left the room, a guild employee came rushing in.

“So, a customer has arrived!”

“Guest?”

The employee whispered in my ear with a flushed face as if some great person had come.

“Don’t be surprised. Naru Kang from the Thunderfield Guild has arrived. I’m waiting for Aquinas in the lobby right now.”

“Gasp!”

Aquinas was shocked and covered his mouth.

‘Uh, that bastard… ?’

Are you here to win your bet?

A sudden fear rose up.

“I, I, say there isn’t one!”

“Yes? Why?”

The conditions of a pitiful bet made a few weeks ago.

Buy me food.

Do whatever your partner tells you to do for a day.

Follow the adventure for a month.

The content is truly childish.

‘I can’t do this even if I die!’

What does a renowned adventurer like himself do under whom?

If you fulfill your bet, not only will you suffer shameful humiliation, but the world will laugh at you.

Kang Na-ru’s Jjolttagu.

“Anyway, say that! I don’t have any, so go back!”

“I said you were already there?”

“You idiot! I quickly went and checked again and they said it wasn’t there!”

He was about to push the employee’s back and hurriedly jump out of the hallway window.

Suddenly, lightning struck.

“Aquinas.”

A familiar voice suddenly sounded.

“… … ”

Aquinas became thoughtful and looked blankly toward the source of the sound.

In front of the stairs going down to the second floor.

There was a person I never wanted to encounter.

He was the first to conquer the Fishman Dungeon, which was impossible to conquer.

He was a man who stood on the queen’s side and served the highest honor in suppressing the rebels.

“You were here.”

He approached with a creepy smile.

***

After work, I headed straight to the Snowcloaks guild.

That was the guild to which Aquinas belonged.

‘If you go to the guild and ask, you’ll be able to find out where she is.’

Aquinas is an adventurer that everyone knows, so he will definitely keep his bet.

Time for me to walk around with a limp.

At that time, she was often mentioned first in Queen Isabella’s mouth.

That’s how good his performance was.

There is nothing that ruins a famous person’s reputation more than if they don’t keep their promises.

For adventurers, trust is life.

Even if they are afraid, they will definitely try to protect it.

“Hmm? Are you by any chance the hero Naru Kang?”

When I entered the Snow Cloak Guild, the guild members and staff immediately recognized me.

Some wrinkled their foreheads,

“Why did the Thunderfield bastard come here?”

Some people were surprised.

“Oh! Naru Kang is visiting our guild!”

He quickly ran out to the guild leader and greeted me.

“What brings you to our guild?”

When I briefly explained that I had come to briefly collaborate with Aquinas, they were delighted.

“It’s helpful to both guilds! Hurry and bring Aquinas!”

Oh dear.

The face of the Snowcloak guild leader was so excited.

It looks like you’re doing something great.

It’s not that big of a deal, it’s just cool.

Anyway, the guild leader invited me to go up to Aquinas’ room.

He told me to have an in-depth conversation there.

So I went up the stairs and saw Aquinas standing in the hallway on the third floor.

I smiled and waved.

“Hey, Aquinas.”

“Gasp!”

She was frightened and fell down in her seat as if she had seen a ghost.

“Woman, why did you come here?”

“Why did you forget our bet?”

“Huh!”

“Why are you playing? Are you sure you don’t want to do it?”

Aquinas flinched and quickly corrected his expression.

“My, when did I say I didn’t want to do it? I’m angry because you suddenly came to me without saying anything.”

She stood up and shook off her cloak.

She spread out her voluptuous breasts.

“I waited for several days and he didn’t come, so I decided to go instead.”

“Luckily I remembered.”

“Of course! I’m the kind of person who always sticks to what I say!”

“Good. Then, shall we go out and have dinner together?”

“Um, dinner?”

“Did you forget your bet? You decided to buy me food first. I’m going to get it today.”

“Ah… ”

She immediately starts crying.

He followed me silently with his shoulders drooping.

“Where should we go? I should go to the most expensive place possible.”

I was excited at the thought of getting a free meal.

I went in search of the most expensive and delicious restaurant in the royal capital.

“This is our first time eating together. Well, we didn’t know each other very well all this time. I learned about it thanks to the Fishman Dungeon.”

“I shouldn’t have known all along… ”

Aquinas, who was sitting across from me, looked down at the table and sighed.

He looked listless the whole way here, and he still seemed weak.

I understand how she feels.

It’s going to be so hard for me to mess around with myself from now on.

It was fun to watch her devastated expression as she was forcibly dragged away.

“I’m buying the food now, so it’s over, and it’s just a day to pamper me. If you go on an adventure for a month, he’ll go with you, but if you tell him to do something strange, he won’t listen. Be sure to know.”

“Do whatever you want. And there is that day. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, bring all your party members and give a one-day instructor at the academy I attend.”

“Daily instructor?”

“The kids are going to compete next week, and I need some guidance from seasoned adventurers.”

“Are you kidding?”

Aquinas could not keep his mouth shut, saying it was absurd.

“Do you know how much the lecture fee is? There are three good-breed war horses. There are many other things to take care of. But you want to do that for free?”

She expressed her strong disapproval.

Anyway, if I tell you to do it, you have to do it.

Because I lost the bet.

“I said it. Teach the kids. You don’t plan on breaking it, do you?”

“Ha, but… !”

“The tongue is long.”

“Qu… !”

She bit her lip in exasperation.

The food came out just in time.

The table was quickly prepared in abundance.

“I will eat delicious food.”

I smiled and picked up the spoon.

***

Aquinas chewed his lips and just watched Naru eat.

I had a lot of things I wanted to say, but I held back.

I was angry.

‘It’s humiliating to have to obediently follow what a competitor says.’

But I can’t not keep it.

‘shit… !’

It was then.

I felt eyes on me from all around me.

It was not the gaze of just one or two people, but of many people.

Aquinas glanced around.

The restaurant customers were looking over and whispering.

“Those people are the warrior Kang Naru and the Empress of Adventure Aquinas, right?”

“Two tycoons sitting down to eat together, what is it? Did something big happen?”

“I don’t know, but the fact that those two people are together means that something important has happened that will be recorded in history. We may be watching a scene from history right now.”

“Isn’t the kingdom being threatened by an evil entity?”

“Anyway, those two people are really cool sitting like that. The atmosphere it gives off is amazing.”

“Did you think that too? I thought it was an amazing sight too.”

“Large.”

Aquinas cleared his throat elegantly.

She adjusted her posture, sat down, and immediately picked up the spoon.

After eating a spoonful of meat soup, he suddenly smiled kindly at Naru.

“This family’s food is good.”

What has already happened.

At this point, I didn’t think it would be a bad idea if it was rumored that I had a close relationship with Kang Na-ru.

Hanging out with Naru was beneficial to himself.

‘Jjolsik, I will look after you.’