episode_0254

“Ugh….”

Tamiel opened her eyes, slightly furrowing her beautiful brow.

She opened her eyes in the middle of the night, when everyone was asleep.

Tamiel carefully pushed aside the blanket covering her and looked around.

“Here is….”

The place was probably inside a carriage. It was quite luxurious, and at the same time, it seemed very spacious.

That’s because….

“Ugh….”

“Koo-oo….”

“….”

“Kyoo-oo….”

Even if Baekryun, Seollin, Lucy, and Leviathan, and even the divine beast Baekho were huddled together and asleep, there would still be some space left.

Anyway, after confirming that this place was not her hated hometown, Laptia.

Tamiel quietly closed her eyes and checked her body condition.

‘Hmm…. I expected it, but….’

Her body condition is a mess.

Her mana circuits are broken, so she can somehow use simple magic, but….

If she tried to use even slightly more complex magic, her mana circuits would go out of control and her body would explode.

‘…No, the fact that I’m even alive is a miracle.’

She had resigned herself to death.

Being one with ‘Laptia’ was the same as heading down a path of no return.

Nevertheless, since she is alive like this, it would be better not to complain anymore.

After checking her entire body condition, Tamiel carefully got up from her seat so as not to wake the others and went outside the carriage.

The slightly cool night air lightly caressed Tamiel’s skin.

Tamiel, who was feeling the pleasant coolness, caught sight of the sturdy man sitting next to the carriage, guarding the bonfire.

Seeing that figure, a bit of playfulness comes to mind.

Tamiel minimized her footsteps as much as possible and approached quietly and slowly.

“…What are you doing.”

“Oh my…. You noticed?”

“How could I not?….”

“Too bad.”

But he must have already noticed that she had woken up, as he spoke without even turning around.

* * *

What on earth does this girl want to do….

Did she really think she could fool my senses?

Or did she become stupid after almost dying?

After saying a word to Tamiel, who was trying to sneak up on me, I stared blankly at the burning firewood.

As I was doing this, Tamiel gave up trying to approach secretly and walked over with light steps, sitting gently next to me.

“So? What happened.”

“The first thing you ask is that? You have no tact. Wouldn’t you be concerned about me?”

“After 3 years, I’ve just come to accept it.”

“Oh my, really?”

“Do you think so?”

The fire seemed to be getting a little weak, so I put the firewood next to me into the bonfire.

Then I looked at Tamiel.

Tamiel also met my gaze without avoiding it.

“First of all, the kids started a fight, so I fought back. But I don’t really know what happened there. Why they attacked me, why you ended up in that state. The only person who knows everything hasn’t woken up for several months.”

“That’s…, I’m sorry.”

Tamiel nodded and turned her gaze to the burning flames.

“It’s not a big deal. Anyway…. To summarize, the people of Laptia had no choice but to make a choice to survive.”

“Choice?”

“Yeah. A choice. In order to survive the demonic beast that swallows the sea…. All the people became ‘one being’.”

“…One being?”

…Could it be?

That man I met….

“That’s right. The totality of all the consciousnesses of the people of Laptia is him. And he wanted me, who was freed when the demonic beast that swallowed the sea died, to become one being as well. I…, thought it was meaningless. The collective will of Laptia…. was to make the country of Laptia prosper once again.”

“Hmm….”

I don’t understand even after hearing it.

I should just skip it.

“Well, you’ve been through a lot too. Anyway, we’re now leaving Yeomguk and heading to the Central Continent…. to Roman.”

“Roman…. So you’re going to attend the celebration commemorating the subjugation of all the fragments of the Demon King?”

“Of course. I’m the main character, there’s no way I wouldn’t go.”

“Hmm~”

Crackle crackle

The flames burn pleasantly.

As I blankly stare at the flames and listen to the sound, like an ASMR, I feel Tamiel’s gaze.

“Why? Is there something you want to ask?”

“No, it’s just…. Usually in this kind of atmosphere, people make lewd advances, don’t they?”

“Why would I?….”

“Well…. Don’t you like that kind of thing? Or am I just not attractive?”

Shrugging her shoulders, she gathers her big, soft breasts, which look like they’d feel good to touch, with both arms and looks at me.

I stared at her for a moment and then sighed.

“You have no intention of doing it, do you.”

“Oh my, you think so?”

“Yeah. I think so.”

“Yeah. I think so.”

When I said it bluntly, Tamiel slightly avoided my gaze and looked elsewhere, then smiled and said.

“If you overpower me and do it, you might enjoy it more than you think?”

“Are you crazy. It’s not like I’m Abel, a guy crazy for sex…. If you’re going to keep talking nonsense next to me, just go inside and sleep. You’re in terrible shape….”

“Hmm…. Okay, I’ll accept your consideration and go inside now.”

Tamiel got up from her seat and went back to the carriage.

After watching her for a while, I stayed sitting in front of the flames for a while.

* * *

Roman Kingdom.

It was the first country I arrived at when I was possessed by Leon, the protagonist of the game world, and it was also the starting point for abandoning my existing party members and acting alone. Coming back to such a place filled me with mixed emotions. However, in order to avoid attracting attention, I contacted the royal castle through Lucy before arriving, so I was able to enter the town without causing a big commotion.

“Would it be okay to guide you to the royal castle?”

“Ah, I’m sorry, but please guide only my party members separately.”

I shook my head at the person who was guiding our party as he asked carefully.

Because if I came back here, there was definitely something I had to do, I had deeply decided in my heart.

“Do you have business to take care of? Young master?”

“Something like that.”

“Come back soon. It’s uncomfortable for us to be left alone in a place like this.”

“Okay, okay.”

I lightly brushed off Seollin’s grumbling and separated from the party.

Coincidentally, we arrived in the capital of the Roman Kingdom late in the evening.

The festival is the day after we arrived…. That is, tomorrow.

So today is practically free time.

And if it’s free time….

“…I’m back.”

‘Freya’s Haven’

It was a brothel that I came to with the intention of enjoying it a little after coming to this place, but it is a place with sad memories of giving up enjoying it because of Leon’s destructive penis size and leaving with tears in my eyes.

But it’s different now.

Thanks to the Sun Ring, I was able to normalize my penis size, so I’m no longer afraid.

‘…Come to think of it, I think I needed something to come here….’

I haven’t been here in so long that I can’t remember well.

Oh well, whatever.

I have enough money, so it should be fine.

Just as I was about to enter Freya’s Haven, some bulky guys blocked my way.

“?”

“Do you have an invitation?”

“Invitation?…. Did you need an invitation to get in here?”

Ah…, I think that’s right? I feel like forgotten memories are coming back to me….

“Yes, you do. If you don’t have one, please go back.”

“…How do you get an invitation?”

Uh…. I think I had this conversation too?….

I’m sure the next line that comes out here is….

“Do you know how much one invitation costs? A wandering mercenary like you would have to save every penny for 1-2 years to earn that much.”

“Oh.”

“?”

What should I say.

Seeing him say exactly the same words as in my memory makes me feel like I’ve really come back to the Roman Kingdom.

It’s a bit strange to feel that in front of a brothel, but….

“Don’t bother the business and enjoy yourself at another brothel. This isn’t a place for you to come to.”

They did their job as guards well enough.

I want to praise them enough for that.

But that’s that and this is this.

I have to say the lines from my memory too.

“If you try to talk nicely, people always start a fight.”

“What?”

I grabbed the shoulder of the guy who was about to ask back, looking bewildered at my words.

Then I threw him away as he was.

Bang!!!

It might sound loud, but he wouldn’t have been seriously injured.

Because I adjusted my strength appropriately.

Just as I was about to continue the rampage according to the scene in my memory,

“Stop.”

“Ma, Madam!….”

A beauty with mature charm and light purple hair that remains faintly in my memory.

The madam of Freya’s Haven slowly walked out.

“Let that person in.”

“Bu, but….”

“Do you want me to say it twice?”

“…Yes.”

If you’re a mercenary who gets paid, you have to listen to your boss.

The guards looked at me with dissatisfied expressions, but I walked through them casually.

“I am Sir, the owner of Freya’s Haven.”

“I know. My name is…. Sorry, I can’t reveal it due to circumstances.”

“…Hehe.”

At my words, she smiled and led me to a room.

If my memory is correct…. That would be her office.

“Make sure no one is allowed around here.”

“Yes, Madam.”

She told her subordinates that and closed the door, then looked at me.

“It’s really…. been a long time since I’ve seen you again. Hero Leon.”

I knew it, she knew.