episode_0247

Around noon.

Swordsmanship Guild.

Barbaroi had an axe on his shoulder.

“Where do you want to get a massage?! A corner of the Swordsmanship Guild is fine!”

Sian pondered Barbaroi’s suggestion before refusing.

“I don’t want to be seen by others.”

Barbaroi scratched his head and turned around.

“Is that so? Follow me!”

Sian left the Swordsmanship Guild with Barbaroi and walked straight south.

When they reached the end of the market street, an inn came into view.

Sian’s eyes widened.

“Here…?”

A classically built building. It was in no way inferior compared to the expensive inns in the central area.

Barbaroi shrugged his shoulders.

“I live here!”

Sian narrowed his eyes.

‘It looks awfully expensive.’

It felt secluded since it was a little away from the market and inn area.

Even so, it didn’t seem inconvenient for transportation since the inn wasn’t too far from the main road.

Sian followed Barbaroi into the inn.

The inn was warm enough to make the cold winter weather seem out of place.

The lighting was just right, neither too bright nor too dark, the hall was spacious, and the tables and chairs were luxurious.

More than anything else, he liked the inn’s comfortable atmosphere.

‘I should have stayed here instead.’

Sian swallowed a small regret. He had already settled in an inn in the central area, so he couldn’t move his lodging here.

“Follow me!”

Sian went up to the second floor with Barbaroi.

Rooms were lined up on both sides of the hallway.

Barbaroi stopped in front of a door in the middle and grabbed the doorknob.

“This room will do!”

“I, is it okay to just go in like this?”

Sian asked, flustered.

Barbaroi grinned.

“I’m the owner’s proxy!”

“You’re the owner’s proxy of this inn?”

“That’s right! The owner is a high-ranking explorer and has left me in charge for a while to visit his hometown!”

A faint hint of longing passed through Barbaroi’s eyes.

Sian silently stared at Barbaroi.

Why did he only think of him as a simple, headstrong warrior?

He must be a person with emotions.

His curiosity about this man grew a little more.

Creak.

The door opened, and expensive-looking furniture could be seen inside the room.

Barbaroi pointed to a chair.

“Sit down.”

Sian sat on the chair with his back facing him.

“Where are you tight?”

“Shoulders. My back is also a little stiff, but it’s okay. I’d like a shoulder massage today.”

“You have to take off your armor.”

“I will.”

Sian leaned his sword against the chair and took off the plate armor, placing it on the table.

The dry task, devoid of any excitement, was completed.

Her lower body was still clad in plate armor. Her upper body was in a thick medieval padded jacket called an arming doublet.

“Are you ready? I’ll start!”

Barbaroi shouted loudly and put his hands on Sian’s shoulders.

Twitch.

Sian’s shoulders stiffened.

He didn’t show it, but he became tense at the fact that the man’s thick hands had touched a part of his body.

“Relax!”

“Ah, I understand.”

Kkuu-uu-uuk.

The man’s fingers pressed down on the tense shoulder muscles through the thick arming doublet.

“Uhm.”

Sian’s forehead furrowed. The stiffened muscles screamed.

“It’s tight all over. Relax your body.”

“Ah, I understand.”

Sian calmed himself after a few deep breaths.

Kkuu-uu-uuk.

Kkuu-uu-uuk.

The pain gradually intensified as he pressed on the tense areas with pinpoint accuracy.

Sian endured it. This level of pain is nothing.

After a while.

Sian’s furrowed eyebrows slowly began to smooth out.

How should he describe it?

He felt a warm sensation as the muscles relaxed. It was similar to the sensation of a sweet fragrance entering his body.

However.

Compared to before, it was as faint as grains of sand.

Sian closed his eyes and tried to sense that feeling.

Kkuu-uu-uuk.

As Barbaroi’s thumb pressed down hard on Sian’s trapezius muscle.

“Hooo-ooo-ooo.”

A soft sigh escaped from Sian’s moist lips.

It was so unconscious that even Sian, who sighed, was embarrassed.

“S, sorry.”

“Not at all! It’s a good sign! You can exhale deeply as if you’re driving away bad energy! You don’t have to hold back!”

“I, is that so?”

Sian was relieved to hear the voice from behind. Because Barbaroi’s voice was still loud and clear.

Barbaroi’s two hands massaged his shoulders, loosening his muscles in earnest.

Sian was a little dissatisfied.

‘It’s uncomfortable.’

It was difficult to fully feel Scar’s touch because he was wearing a thick arming doublet.

What if he took off his arming doublet?

Sian shook his head, denying the thought that came to mind.

There’s a tunic underneath the doublet. It was a matter of aversion to have their skin touching each other with only one piece of clothing in between.

Even if the maze city was liberal, he couldn’t let himself be influenced by such a culture.

Still.

‘It’s nice.’

Soft and respectful touch. A hand that doesn’t feel burdensome courtesy or hostility slowly loosened Sian’s tense areas.

“I’ll massage your back too!”

Fingers came down from the shoulders and pressed down on Sian’s back.

“Ah, no need to do th-”

Sreuk.

The sound of fabric loosening leaked out subtly.

Sian’s body stiffened, and a light blush spread across his cheeks.

Under the doublet and tunic.

The cloth covering the embarrassing part had loosened a little. Probably because of the strong massage.

“Th, that’s enough. It’s enough now.”

“There’s still more! Hold on a little longer!”

“Ah, no, that’s not it.”

Sian, flustered, tried to lean forward to get away from Barbaroi, but the man’s hand grabbed Sian’s shoulder like a rock.

“Take a deep breath!”

Sian’s cheeks turned even redder.

“S, Scar!”

It was a problem that he had only tied it loosely with a cloth because he didn’t like the stuffy feeling on his day off.

Just as Sian, unable to bear it, raised his hand to push Scar away.

“Ah!”

Sreureuk.

Bouncing.

Sian’s doublet suddenly popped out forward.

The outline of his heavy breasts was revealed enough to make the thick arming doublet look pale.

Sian covered the chest area of the doublet with a bright red face.

“…”

An awkward silence fell between the two.

Barbaroi stepped back.

“S, sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

Sian replied in a calm voice. But his earlobes were as red as tomatoes.

“Scar? L, let’s stop here.”

“That won’t do.”

“What?”

A firm answer came from behind. Sian slowly turned his head to look at Scar.

Barbaroi opened his mouth.

“If there’s something coming, there must be something going, right?”

Sian’s expression turned cold.

Could it be.

Was this Scar’s true nature?

To humiliate people and extort money by taking advantage of their weaknesses?

“Do you want a reward? How much do you want?”

Barbaroi scratched his head and turned around.

“I want you to massage my shoulders too.”

“…”

Sian was taken aback.

“Shoulders?”

“Are you the only one loosening your muscles? I’ve been sparring until just now! This is unfair!”

Sian realized then.

That’s right. Scar had been having intense sparring at the Swordsmanship Guild.

And he was the one who came to ask for help first.

“Hoo. First, go outside and wait. I’ll fix my clothes.”

“No! Do it now!”

Scar demanded stubbornly.

Sian hesitated, unable to do either, and sighed deeply.

“Hoo. Okay.”

“Good!”

Scar took off his sweat-soaked tunic in a flash. Sian’s eyes widened.

“Scar?! Suddenly taking off your cl, clothes?! That’s indecent!”

“It’s because of the sweat!”

Scar didn’t care at all about Sian’s gaze, wiped his body roughly with the tunic he took off, and then threw it on the bed.

Scar’s scent lingered around his nose. It felt like the room was filled with Scar’s smell.

Sian endured the embarrassing feeling and stood behind Scar, who was sitting in a chair.

Because he had taken off his tunic in a flash, his broad back was revealed as it was.

Gulp.

Sian swallowed hard. He didn’t know how he ended up massaging Scar’s bare skin.

To have to massage a man’s shoulders with the cloth covering his chest loosened.

He was sure he would die of embarrassment if someone came into the room and saw this scene.

After hesitating for a while, Sian slowly put his hands on Scar’s shoulders.

‘It’s hard.’

The muscles were hardened like stones due to the intense sparring.

Sian put strength into it and pressed down on Scar’s shoulders.

“I, is this how you do it?”

“Put a little more strength into it!”

“I understand.”

Sian mustered his strength and massaged Scar’s shoulders.

Scar sat in the chair without saying a word.

‘That’s strange.’

He’s been sexually harassing me all along.

Why is he being so quiet now?

Sian massaged Scar’s shoulders while thinking about this and that. Since he couldn’t do it with normal strength, he naturally moved closer to his body.

Then.

Thud.

Sian’s heavy breasts bumped into Scar’s back.

“…”

An awkward silence lingered between the two once again.

Sian immediately stopped moving.

How could he make such a ridiculous mistake?

‘M, my breasts are on a man’s ba, back…?’

His head was dizzy.

He didn’t know whether he should apologize to Scar or get angry.

At that moment.

Barbaroi, who was sitting with his back turned, shouted loudly.

“Ah… the baby must be happy! Sian would be a good mother!”

“…?”

Sian stood there blankly for a while.

‘The baby must be happy? A good mother?’

“Ah.”

He understood.

Sian’s face turned red in an instant.

“Y, you!”

Sian clenched his fist and gently struck Scar’s shoulder.

Thump!!!

It was a transparently honest statement. If someone else had said this, he would have taken it as vulgar harassment, but the other party was Scar.

The first meeting was so impressive that it didn’t feel strange.

Still, it was embarrassing.

“Th, that’s it! I can’t do it anymore. Get out.”

“Okay! Take your time and come out.”

Scar jumped up and left the room.

Left alone, Sian slumped down in a chair and covered his face with both hands.

It was the first time he had rubbed bodies with a man to this extent.

Scar had left the room, but his scent still filled the room.

The valiant touch still remained on his shoulders and back like a brand, warming his body.

“Haaaah.”

Sian unconsciously let out a sigh. It was a hot and seductive exhalation.

Sian rubbed his face a few times and slapped his cheeks.

As expected.

Wasn’t his chillingly cold eyes just his own illusion?

He could have been mistaken.

He had come to the heart of the Eastern Alliance, which was no different from an enemy country, so he must have been on edge.

Sian shook his head and smiled.

He was relieved by Scar’s sexual harassment. He had discovered an unexpected aspect, but the person himself was no different from the beginning.

“That’s right. Scar is Scar after all.”

* * *

Jeong Yu-shin came down to the first floor of the inn and sat down.

His heart was still pounding.

‘Crazy, his breasts popped out there?’

His heart dropped when Sian’s flat arming doublet suddenly popped out during the massage.

Originally, he was going to ask him questions while massaging him.

While camping in the maze.

He had run into the Hero when he had just woken up.

He was going to probe him just in case he had realized his disguise.

But because a large pair of breasts appeared, he postponed all his plans.

The most worrying thing is one thing.

‘Will he come again next time?’

It was an opportunity to gather information about the Hero, so it was a bit of a shame.

Clang. Clang.

Sian came down the stairs with the sound of plate armor.

“Sian, have dinner before you go!”

Sian shook his head.

“My companions are waiting.”

“Is that so? Okay.”

Sian hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth.

“I, I’ll ask you again later! Thanks, Scar. Then.”

“Uh…?”

Sian quickly said what he had to say and left the inn like the wind.

Jeong Yu-shin blankly looked at Sian’s back and scratched his head.

“He’ll do it again later?”

Sian, who was walking quickly down the street, slowed down.

The massage was good. It was quite an embarrassing situation, but it was caused by his own mistake, so he had nothing to say.

Next time, he should buy underwear instead of a cloth breast cover to prevent such an accident from happening.

‘Underwear.’

Sian’s face turned red.

Come to think of it, it was embarrassing.

To have to choose underwear while being conscious of men.

‘Let’s calm down. Th, this is just a massage.’

Sian walked down the street again. While thinking about what kind of underwear to buy.

She didn’t realize it, but a faint blush was blooming on her face.