episode_0135

CXXVII.

The street that is always the busiest and most crowded in Evergreen.

This is Evergreen’s merchant district, a bustling area befitting the character of the Evergreen Academy and the local area.

A high-end restaurant located in the Evergreen commercial district.

In the uppermost, most prestigious seats, one man and eight strikingly beautiful women sit, silently waiting for their food.

If you look a little more closely at this group, you will see that the man was staring blankly at the sky outside the window as if he had lost his mind, and the women were exchanging glances with concern for the man.

―… … .

– Try something!

-That’s right. Clown Sister. I feel bad for my brother, what should I do…

-Shall I go and cut up that ungrateful old man?

-Oh my? That’s not right.

―Really… … . They are such utterly stupid beings!

-That’s why humans!

-Ahh… … . Proof.

―… … .

-jester!

-Clown Sister… … .

-Mr. Clown?

-Why isn’t our clown sister saying anything?

– Clown Sister?

-Hmm… … .

-Poor witness.

It was a time when many thoughts were busily exchanged between us through our eyes.

Drumroll-.

The uncomfortable silence is broken by the sound of a chair being dragged across the floor as a sultry woman with red, luscious hair sways as she leaps from her seat, and all eyes are drawn to her.

The red-haired woman, who was receiving the gazes of the women who could not coexist with worries and expectations, strode toward the man who was looking at her with curious eyes.

and,

Wow―.

Burying the man’s face between the woman’s violent breasts.

“self.”

She called the man that in a sad but affectionate voice.

“Huh?”

“Want to touch my chest?”

“… Yeah.”

The top floor of a high-end restaurant.

The only room-type space with all sides closed.

Because it was such a space, the method suggested by the clown was truly effective.

All the worries and complex and subtle emotions that cannot be expressed in a single sentence disappear,

‘Inner Peace!’

Peace and tranquility well up within me.

“self.”

“Yeah.”

The woman smiled faintly at the man’s answer, which he gave instinctively with a slightly dumb face while rubbing his elastic and attractive chest, and carefully opened her mouth with her lips pressed against the man’s crown.

“Are you sad?”

“Huh?”

The question of whether you are sad.

In a way, it was just a playful question that a lover could ask while poking each other in the ribs.

But just as the woman asking the question had difficulty asking it, the man also had a hard time answering with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

He just kept opening and closing his mouth while moving his lips.

“Are you sad?”

At the man’s ambiguous answer, the wide table falls into heavy silence again.

This time, the same woman broke that silence.

“Yeah. I’m upset. So you’re upset too. Right now.”

The woman who asked the question was the first to answer her own question in the affirmative.

“Yeah. I think so.”

“It’s also unfair.”

“That’s right. It’s so unfair. We ran so hard. Damn it.”

The man muttered like that and also showed a hollow laugh.

“But honey.”

“Huh?”

“Regret… it?”

“Huh?”

The man is again speechless when asked if he regrets anything.

The man thought.

Do you regret it?

Maybe that was what I had in mind.

He is also human, so he may have thought, ‘I shouldn’t have come forward!’ while feeling angry.

but,

“No.”

The man answered firmly no.

Dealing with the intermediate demons was something he had to do to survive.

Tracking down Nitas and his men was also advantageous for the subsequent battles, and it would increase his chances of survival during the Demon King’s invasion.

In other words, it was something I had to do to survive.

But above all, the reason why the man said he had no regrets is,

“Brother!!!”

You could tell that the voice that ran up the stairs without stopping, panting for breath, was a big part of it.

“Gray Oppa!”

Gray was certain that he would never regret the decision he and Arcana made to wake that young child from a never-ending dream during that time of suffering.

Wow―.

Gray gently accepted Catherine who was rushing at him as if she was flying towards him. He stroked Catherine’s head and patted Catherine’s shoulder as she panted for breath.

“Where are you going, Oppa?”

“Huh?”

“That stupid grandpa said! My brother might go far.”

“Was it?”

“If you don’t go… . No?”

It was hard to say no to Catherine, who looked up at me with tears in her eyes and asked me earnestly.

“So… … .”

“Gray!!”

The top floor of this fairly expensive restaurant.

Places where ordinary beings cannot enter are particularly noisy.

Perhaps the nobles below are gossiping and badmouthing us.

The main character of this uproar was Lina, who was slightly smaller than Catherine but had great confidence(?).

“How did you know?”

“That’s because the clown master told me!!”

I can’t help but laugh at the sight of him puffing out his chest and answering with pride.

“I see. Welcome…? Wait. Why is the clown the teacher? Not the witch?”

“That’s because the clown teacher always explains it in detail! Gray and at night… … Sob sob!”

“Hohohoho. What on earth is our cute Lina talking about?”

“Ouch! Ugh, ugh, ugh!!”

Even at that level, it’s impossible not to understand what they’re talking about. It’s a forced gag order that you can tell without even hearing what’s going on.

“… Anyway, why did you suddenly come running and make such a fuss?”

“Gray left the dorm?”

“Oh? Right.”

“Me too!”

“Huh? You too?”

“I’m going out too. My mom used to say that even if you hate everything your husband does, you have to sleep in the same bed to keep your lower body in check.”

What kind of person was your mother? She must have been a very enterprising woman.

Although a playful atmosphere was created because of Lina, everyone was looking only at my mouth. Each woman had her own charm.

“For now.”

A gulping sound is heard from somewhere. It must be Catherine.

She still had a hard time leaving Evergreen Academy, let alone going to another country.

To be honest, when I arrived at this restaurant alone a little while ago, having been called out to me anxiously, my group was the one who was more surprised than anyone else.

“I’m thinking about buying a house. I have training and personal things to take care of, so the academy is inconvenient in many ways.”

“Hing… … .”

Carefully placing a hand on Catherine’s head, who was shedding tears,

“Evergreen.”

As soon as I said those last words,

“Really?!”

Catherine looks up at me with such intensity that her tears, which seemed ready to fall at any moment, scatter into the air.

“Yeah. I’ll look into it. Money… … . Sorry, but I’ll have to ask Toppuri for it.”

“Everything I have is already yours, Master.”

Two-horned says things that are very likely to be misunderstood without the slightest hesitation. Well, it’s not like he’s wrong.

What are you talking about?

The training period has been over 100 days. What happened during that time?

If you ask me this knowingly, are you already a true pervert? You want to hear the full story?

It’s already wrong. Anyway, the author’s description of the 19+ content is really the worst.

Oh, there’s a funny anecdote about the two-horned owl.

When I asked him to give me his official name, because the name Toppung seemed too playful, Toppung started to cry and said,

“Are you taking away the name the master gave you?”

He asked back, which embarrassed both me and Arcana.

So, I kept calling him Toppuri until now, and I was more satisfied with my name as a dragon than with myself.

Anyway, with that 100% misleading line, Toppup put down the bag with a ‘thud!’ sound on the large round table where the food hadn’t arrived yet.

“Woong?”

May, who was the most curious, quickly ran over and opened the pocket.

“Wow, wow! Our two-horned son is rich!”

Add admiration to admiration.

“What is it?”

When the clown asked about May’s actions of praising the two-horned horse and then admiring it again,

“This is a Mithril coin. Clown Sister. This space is full to the point where the pockets are full. Tens of millions of gold, right? Sister.”

“A place for the master to stay. It must be spacious. I will buy the entire Evergreen.”

No, it’s a two-horned beast.

There’s no need to do that.

“Do you have any shortage?”

“Huh?”

“It feels like Evergreen alone is too small to serve the master.”

No. It’s wide. Wide enough.

“Then, while we’re at it, let’s go west to Alfonso.”

“No. Stop it.”

We decided to explore the area around Evergreen’s residential area, after trying to dissuade the excited Toothless from his quest to conquer the continent.

Actually, the first candidate I thought of was the rare of the two-horned dragon.

Honestly, where can you find conditions like these?

In a location that is difficult for most people to reach,

Even if it is a rare dragon, it is impossible.

There is no need for special security because of the guardians guarding the lair.

The problem was that Rare was stuck in the Killite Mountains.

The Kilite Mountains are roughly shaped like an ‘ㅗ’. They are used as a border between the Clitean Empire, the Sumerian Kingdom, and the Akkadian Kingdom on the western side of the continent.

Below the ‘ㅗ’ shaped Kilite Mountains, the Clitean Empire is located to the south, the Sumerian Kingdom is located to the upper left, and the Akkadian Kingdom is located to the upper right.

But the problem was that the top of the two horns was located at the northern tip of the ‘ㅗ’ shape.

At the northwestern tip of the continent.

A continent with teleportation magic.

You could say that distance isn’t an issue since there’s a Dragon Lord there, but that’s not true.

It is not easy to teleport using space magic circles, but rather for individuals.

Just a little while ago, when Toppup came out of the dormitory by magic, it wasn’t for nothing that he moved to the Evergreen Merchant District.

Furthermore, the demons and the fallen dragons that escaped in the past used to form barriers that hindered teleportation. Then, even the Dragon Lord would not have the strength to try to fight them. If he teleported to a place where the spatial coordinates were scattered, there was no way to know what would happen.

Of course we have May.

However, moving with May’s magic, especially moving large numbers, becomes quite difficult the further the distance.

There is no need to take away Mei’s power, which is one of the most important forces, before even starting a battle.

If, by any chance, the fallen dragons or enemies around the Killite Mountains set up teleportation obstruction magic right before the Demon King invades, it will be difficult to respond immediately.

Evergreen is the best in terms of geographic advantages and various lifestyle aspects.

“Then where are you not going? Oppa?”

Catherine nodded vigorously in response to his question, unable to hide her fear.

“Oppa, you’re the best!”

Catherine’s lively behavior made us smile like mom and dad.

“Hey! Don’t hug me secretly! Get away from me!”

Oh, except for Lina, of course.