episode_0191

“thank you. “Yum!”

Rebecca came closer and moved her mouth to eat the meat on the fork.

I knew how to take a fork and eat, but I didn’t know how to eat the meat directly from the stick.

“… … .”

While I was happily looking at Rebecca who was taking it well, I met Thalia’s gaze.

She, like Rebecca, was drinking… .

Gulp gulp-

She drank the entire drink in an instant, poured a full glass of alcohol into the empty glass, and started drinking again with a frightening force.

Gulp gulp-

“… … .”

There was no reason for her to speed up her drinking out of nowhere, so this was clearly jealousy.

Dipping meat for Rebecca was something I did without much thought.

‘Am I an asshole?’

If I had known the situation would turn out like this, I would have just quietly drank alcohol.

I wanted to ignore the signals Thalia was sending me, but I couldn’t continue to pretend not to notice that blatant attitude.

“Uh, Commander? Commander, I think you drink too much. Please drink while eating meat. If you boil it well, it will be soft and delicious.”

“Um, I guess so?”

Awkwardly, he dips the meat on his fork and brings it to her mouth.

Thalia took the meat and ate it with a wicked smile.

“Yum.”

Just like Rebecca did, playfully saying “yum.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Rebecca and Erintina’s gaze became strange at our actions.

“Why does it seem like you and Commander are very close to Suhan?”

Erintina eventually said something that cast doubt on our relationship.

“There’s no reason not to become close when we have time together. And we’re drinking buddies.”

Thalia answered indifferently, even though she knew Erintina was suspicious.

“Drinking buddy? “He’s been drinking and suffering from a hangover lately. Was that what he was drinking with the commander?”

Rebecca reacted to the term drinking buddy.

“We used to drink together since Suhan lived next to my barracks.”

“He stayed next to the commander’s barracks?”

“Hey, didn’t you hear what I said?”

“I heard about the monster wave being resolved, but I only heard it vaguely. “I usually don’t talk about myself very much.”

“Then I guess I can’t just stay still. So, how did Suhan end up staying next to my barracks? .”

As Thalia began to explain, the delicate atmosphere eased and the topic naturally changed.

It almost got into trouble, but Thalia handled it well.

Of course, it was ironic that she was the one who created this situation.

“assassination?! Wow, didn’t he tell you how dangerous it was?”

When Rebecca heard that I was in danger of assassination, she dug her fingers into my side.

“Ugh! It hurts. “I think he’s being assassinated now.”

“Hmph, if the Commander didn’t tell you, you weren’t going to say anything until the end, right?”

Is there no reason to talk about such things?

When I didn’t answer, Rebecca sighed.

“Oh, I’m glad it was resolved without anyone getting hurt. Thank you, Commander. “It must have been annoying, but you took such great care of me.”

“I didn’t do it to be greeted, so it’s okay. And thanks to that, I was able to cut out all the rotting parts, so it was a good thing for me.”

Since I needed to stop talking about the past and start planning for the future, I decided to change the topic of conversation.

“Let’s talk about something more important than that now. Although the monster wave is over, I don’t think this is the end of all attacks. “Commander, haven’t you ever thought something was strange?”

“It’s strange… . When I think back to when the monster wave exploded, I wondered where all these monsters had appeared. It’s not that we haven’t done anything. “We controlled the population by steadily reducing the number of monsters.”

Nevertheless, when the monster wave broke out, I was surprised by the unexpected number.

“There is over 60% of the land that humans cannot enter. “No one knows how many monsters they might be producing in that 60% contaminated area.”

What happens in places we cannot see will be beyond our imagination.

Monsters at the current level are referred to as ‘waves’, but as time goes by, they may not even fit into the wave axis.

‘After the tutorial, an abnormal phenomenon occurred. ‘Because boss monsters are attacking our land in earnest.’

After the tutorial, the main scenario will proceed in earnest.

This means that the events that will occur in the future are a truckload.

“I think the reason the monsters haven’t attacked us so far is to completely drive a wedge in.”

“Are you saying you were gathering your strength and preparing?”

“Yes, I think Monster Wave tried to mess with us once before going into battle in earnest.”

“I guess they wanted to see what our level was.”

“you’re right.”

“Hey, that was a taste?”

Erintina also seems interested in what I have to say.

“huh. They are the lowest level monster unit sent to check our level. “The monsters you will face in the future will be stronger than them and will not be weaker.”

“Then what should I do? “It’s a very dangerous situation.”

gulp-

Rebecca also swallowed her saliva and asked a question, probably because she was paying attention to what I was saying.

“Instead of letting them fight on our land, we should go into the contaminated area and fight.”

“ah… ! “That’s why you decided to create a special forces unit.”

“okay. This is not a choice. “It’s something you must do to survive.”

Everyone drinks a glass of alcohol.

This may be difficult to accept without drinking alcohol.

I had no choice but to say something more bitter about it.

“The deeper you go into the contaminated zone, the stronger the guys will come out. Because the ecosystem itself is like that. “Do you know that those who are pushed out in turf wars are bound to come out more and more?”

“know.”

“If you go into the contaminated area for purification, monsters you’ve never seen before will suddenly pop out.” “Then it’s very dangerous.”

“If we just leave it alone because it’s scary, the guys who have made all the preparations will come out and trample on the remaining human lands.”

“no way.”

Rebecca gritted her teeth in resentment.

“I won’t let that happen.”

“We have to attack aggressively to survive.”

The best defense is offense.

“We need to make them think that they need to defend our land, not invade it.”

“I will do it! don’t worry. Believe me.”

Rebecca puts her arm around my shoulder and thumps her chest with her other arm.

“Yeah, that’s what you have to do. “If you don’t do it, we’ll all die.”

Rebecca and the other children have the ability to save this world.

The SSR, summoned to save humanity, can be said to have been created in such a way by fate itself.

It may be harsh, but humanity could not survive without clinging to them.

“Hey, since you put so much pressure on me, I suddenly feel scared.”

“Are you not confident? “If it’s the Rebecca I know, there’s no way that would happen.”

“Huh, of course I’m confident. men and horses! “Someone gave me this opportunity.”

Rebecca held out her fist, and I bumped my fist into her fist.

“Well, are you two going to be strong alone?”

“The commander cannot be left out either. Now, just make your fists and hit each other like this.”

When he subtly asked me to hug him too, I couldn’t just leave him alone so I bumped my fist to let him know.

At my urging, Thalia clenches her fists awkwardly and bumps them together.

Once with me and once with Rebecca.

Erintina, who saw this, did not remain still.

“me too! I want to do it too. “You won’t wear it because I can’t join the unit?”

“You have some qualifications too.”

Aren’t you actively helping me with my work and helping me build a top position?

So, of course Erintina had to be included as well.

“So you weren’t going to do it on your own? Clench your fist right now.”

“Whew, are you doing it? yap.”

Kongkongkongkong!

Four fists clash with each other.

Erintina’s small fist collided with me, the commander, and Rebecca, one after the other.

“Something about this feels good!”

“I’m just saying this to encourage you to cheer up.”

“It looks like there’s something there. And do you feel like you’ve become really close?”

It wasn’t anything special, but I burst out laughing when I saw Erintina, whom I liked so much.

Seeing you like it so much makes me think this is it.

“Let’s drink. Let’s drink.”

Since we couldn’t continue having serious conversations, it was time to drink again.

This time, everyone drank while eating snacks in moderation, and I also remembered that I almost got into trouble, so I did my best to stay safe.

It was around the time when everyone got very drunk and became irritable.

It also happened while Thalia left the bathroom to smoke a cigarette.

Rebecca surprised me with a question.

“I wish you were honest, but you two slept together, right?”

“Cough!”

“???”

My first thought was, how did you know? I was thinking about it, and I think I thought about it, but I also wondered if I should get out of the way.

However, he had no intention of hiding his relationship with Thalia in the first place.

“I’m a little quick-witted, right? But Su-han is not the kind of person who tricks anyone. “The way he behaved toward the commander was somewhat similar to mine.”

“Is this real?”

Erintina’s eyes widened as if she had been struck by lightning while drinking without thinking.

“I don’t think you two have any intention of hiding it?”

I didn’t hide it because I didn’t intend to, but I didn’t think it would be discovered so quickly.

I thought he didn’t show it, but it seems he was helpless against Rebecca’s sharpness.

“oh! Looking at your face, does it look like it’s real? “How did the commander find you…?”

“What, I’m not qualified to do that?”

“No, that’s not true… It’s not just anyone else, it’s the Commander! “Wouldn’t you be this surprised if you were me?”

That’s right.

I also never thought I would have a relationship like this with Thalia.

I watched Rebecca’s reaction carefully.

There’s no way you’d feel good if you noticed, right?

“I want to ask you how it happened, are you okay?”

To explain the situation briefly…

“Maybe while drinking?”

Alcohol could be the reason.

“Ah… Commander, you can’t help but drink.”

Of course, we didn’t become like that entirely because of alcohol.

“Something like that is because we communicate well with each other.”

“Of course it is. Because the commander is not the kind of person who gives his heart to just anyone. Do you know if there are one or two men who have shown interest in you so far, Commander? There is no precedent for success. “They all got rejected.”