episode_0254

“Welcome to the right place, lady! What happened─”

Saeng.

Despite Mina’s greeting, Harnier immediately locked himself in his room as soon as he returned.

Actually, there is a lot to do.

After returning from the first day, I had to discuss with Mina and prepare for tomorrow.

If you compare the first day’s schedule and the next day’s schedule, they are polar opposites.

Unlike today, when there were many events in which the fiancée could directly participate in some small way, from the next day, Karcein will perform most of the competition alone.

So this time was really, really important.

I had to make special preparations, different from the women who crossed Karsein.

I had to firmly impress this on the ladies who looked at their fiancées as inferior and looked down on other men.

But I can’t even think about that right now.

no. Because I couldn’t think like that.

“The first meeting was a contract for mutual purposes, but I want to remain in a good relationship with you until the end.”

In that one word.

Harnier flinched and trembled, saying “ugh…

My face looks like it’s going to explode.

My heart is beating like crazy.

The heat engraved on my entire body was so intense that there was no separate fireplace.

Until the end.

That means… with me…

“Kyaaa…!”

-Puck, puck!

Harnier, lost in her happy thoughts, pounded her pillow like crazy.

‘Oh my.’

When I saw my young lady’s unusual reaction, I immediately followed her.

I never thought I would hear such good things.

Mina, who was listening in the bedroom, smiled sinisterly.

What on earth happened today?

Mina, who had been away for a certain period of time to prepare for the next day, was likely to become quite curious.

‘What is certain is that it went in a good direction?’

Otherwise, there’s no way such a reaction would have occurred.

Mina nods.

So what she had to do here was to accelerate their relationship.

“Lady. Do you like it that much?”

“Mina, Mina?!”

“You are so defenseless. You fall into happy thoughts without even locking the door. I’m telling you this because I heard something from you. Even if it was a confession, did you receive it?”

“Well, it’s not like that…! Me, I…!”

oh. What a beautiful sight this is.

Harnier wakes up in shock, hugging a pillow and talking gibberish.

Mina smiled sinisterly and silently asked for a straight answer.

Then, Harnier stood up with a face about to explode and began to push Mina out of the room.

“Okay, that’s okay! Well, I want to be alone for a bit right now… Please leave. Quickly!”

“Yes? no. Miss. You can tell me a little bit.”

“Minaaa…!”

– Sweet.

Harnier whined and kicked Mina out.

This time I locked the door tightly to prevent anyone from coming in.

-The first meeting was a contract for mutual purposes, but I want to remain in a good relationship with you until the end.

“Ugh… What should I do…”

His voice played endlessly.

In the room, screams buried in the pillow occasionally came out, and the pillow I was hugging was crumpled several times and shriveled up the next day.

Harnier that day.

I had trouble sleeping several times at night.

***

Before we knew it, it was night.

As the first day of the martial arts competition came to an end, it was time to end my day.

But I didn’t fall asleep; I stayed awake.

Since I returned to my accommodation at midnight, if Harnier found out about this, he might start nagging me.

Still, it’s something that has to be done.

Is there a way to get a clue from Harnier but not ruin this relationship with her? I had to find out about this and that.

‘It was true that the experience level was definitely influenced by Harnier. Even if you deliberately step on a trap and catch a monster, the scenery doesn’t improve much.’

I even went out far to catch monsters other than trap mobs, just in case. But, it was the same.

That level of experience has never been received all at once.

Even if it was a sub episode, it was the same. There was no experience to rise to level 7 in one go.

I guess this makes it clear.

Harniega??? I am the one who raised my level to increase my stats.

But there are still many things we don’t know.

Also, even though I know this, I don’t know how to plan next.

I don’t know how to get any clues.

It has not been confirmed what this mysterious stat means.

It would be forbidden to hastily touch the beehive.

“Is it time to go back?”

Since this is a field with a high degree of risk, it would be better not to be bothered.

“In the end, this sub-episode was nothing special.”

This place was a little far from the stadium, and was a place where a small number of mobs were constantly spawning in the game.

As such, when I stepped in, some kind of sub-episode popped up, so I wondered if it was related…

▶Sub episode. Demonic beast sweep IV in the outskirts is in progress.◀

[Demon beasts eliminated: 30]

In reality, there was nothing else to say other than to catch the demonic beasts.

Since there was no mention of the number of targets or when they would be completed, there was no reward.

Just as I was about to turn away.

-Tuk.

“Wow.”

IC. I almost fell.

What on earth did I step on…

“Hmm?”

Something caught on my shoe.

The corpse of the demonic beast was not placed here. It wouldn’t be strange if it were loot, but the mobs that spawn in this field don’t have such loot.

But something is at stake…

-Tiring!

▶Sub episode. Reward for Demonic Beast Elimination IV will be given.◀

…Then that’s right.

“Young, it’s a game I don’t like. What kind of reward are you giving like this? Oh.”

With an irritated voice, he lowered his posture and picked up the object stuck on his shoe.

Well… I half expected it. No information was provided.

I sighed and walked away.

“Hmm. Is the verification finished?”

“…! Talpon.”

“I’ll tell you in advance, I’m not following you. I hope you don’t misunderstand.”

“What is the misunderstanding? That won’t happen.”

I’m so glad there aren’t other characters in this situation, especially people who would freak out if they found out I was here.

“Rather than that, what about you? Why are you here?”

“Hmm…”

Talpon looked around for a moment, and after confirming through his smell that no one was there, he held out something to me.

“This is a letter from Lindell.”

“Wait a minute, if it’s Lindell…”

“Okay. One of the four western tribes that survived at that time, just like us. Since I had to talk about this, I had no choice but to come to you. I have information about the stranger.”

“…!”

It was a worthy story.

I immediately took out the letter and read it.

The first sentence began with a greeting from the Lindel tribe leader.

At this symposium, the story was widely spread to Westerners, and I expressed my gratitude by revealing that my judgment had greatly improved the awareness of Westerners.

Then we got into the main topic.

It also included a vague message that I had heard from Talpon and Pollux that I was related to the Kingdom of Wederos, and it seems that considering the circumstances, they decided to give me that information.

and.

There was a mention of the prophet I had longed for.

『The prophet who suddenly disappeared. About half a year ago, I appeared in Lindell.

But… the condition wasn’t that normal.

Unlike when I was active as a prophet, I didn’t look like anything.

It was so serious that I thought some beggar had come.

Unlike the last time I saw him, his skinny body was devoid of any flesh, and all his bones were visible.

I was getting hurt here and there to the point where I was wondering what on earth I was doing.

Then, when the wound recovered and I woke up, I stopped eating and drinking completely.

First of all, his eyes were dead.

It’s as if all the vitality has been drained.』

‘Is this… a bit too serious?’

Normally, if you say your body is broken, that’s all you will understand, but this didn’t seem to be it.

If you just listen to the words, you can tell that something big happened.

It also takes a huge psychological toll.

Continuing, I read the text.

『We, Lindell, wanted to help this man because we were indebted to him, but after sleeping for several days and waking up, he suddenly went somewhere again.

I couldn’t even ask him where he was going.

But the prophet remembers his last appearance.』

It is said that the stranger who came from somewhere other than here kept repeating those words and showing his devastated face.

“I… failed, you say?”

***

…Failure.

What did you fail?

I kept thinking about it on the way back to my dorm, but I couldn’t figure it out.

As I scratched my head, Talpon started crying.

“It doesn’t seem like the content was very helpful.”

“…I’m not sure. Is this helpful or not?”

There was no conclusion to the point that even that could not be distinguished.

“I’m sorry for saying this in the midst of such a complicated situation, Karssein. I also want to ask you something.”

“What is it?”

“Did you see anything suspicious in the stadium?”

“Do you mean it’s suspicious?”

“I’m asking you if you’ve seen anything with those eyes. Anything is fine, so please tell me.”

Referring to them as my eyes…

The power of the Kingdom of Wederos. It means you haven’t seen anything with this.

“I didn’t see anything in particular. Why?”

“…Hmm. I guess so.”

Talpon, who placed his hand on his chin for a moment, lowered his hand and said he thought he had made a mistake.

“I have to go back now. Just in case, it would be best to never mention that you are a descendant of the Kingdom of Wederos.”

“Why?”

“Perception has improved because of you, but the reason why the empire excludes westerners is not necessarily because they are barbaric.”

He continued speaking, pointing with his finger near the corner of his eyes.

Because it has “power. They don’t know.”

“…”

Although it was short and concise, it was easy to understand.

For the imperialists, the power of the West is uncharted territory.

Since it has the power to defeat a demonic beast, it must be scary.

Among them, Wederos will be considered even more dangerous.

“What. You’re a smart guy, so I don’t think you could have guessed that at all, but please be careful. If this comes to light…”

“I know. It would be very dangerous from the empire’s point of view.”

The rest is very obvious.

After briefly checking the contents of the letter I had read, Talpon returned with the letter burning as if he were putting into practice what he had just said.

“Ah. I forgot.”

-Sure.

“I should have asked this.”

Maybe it was because thoughts about the Prophet along with the Kingdom of Wederos occupied my mind, so I remembered this too late.

Well… that’s it.

Anyway, I can’t chase after Talpon anymore.

-Tiring!

▶One of your family members will come to you randomly!◀

▶Complete the conversation with the random family member.◀

Exactly, because of this instruction.

On the first day of the Yellow Dragon Martial Arts Competition, it is decided that one of the family members will come to visit.

The moment you go against this, someone in the family will notice that Karssein has disappeared, and intimacy will decrease in proportion to the time delayed.

Since Another Plan, the core of Chapter 3, is always being activated, such a thing should not happen.

As I walked toward the dormitory, Inyoung was revealed.

…It’s not quite random, even though it was chosen at random.

▶The target the player must meet has been decided!◀

▶The person you will meet is Isabella, Duchess of Bagland.◀

The luxurious envelope in one hand was more annoying than ever.

It reminded me of the sports day when they once tried to give me pocket money.