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Two full days had passed since we left Blackwood Manor.

Two days have passed, but nothing special has happened during that time. Fighting bandits or monsters that we encounter on a daily basis is no longer a special thing.

To begin with, yesterday and today, I spent most of my time moving around, except for the time spent eating and sleeping.

Of course, I don’t plan on living my whole life wandering, but I decided that it would be better to stay as far away from Blackwood Estate as possible. I don’t know if Ethan changed his mind after reading my letter or not, but in any case, if I stayed near Blackwood Estate, there was a chance that we would run into each other someday as time passed.

In order to avoid meeting Ethan, who had gotten married and started a family without my knowledge, even by chance, I needed to move as far away as possible. If possible, to a place where Ethan and other people could not contact me.

If I get involved with the connections within the Academy, there is a chance that my news will naturally reach Ethan. The fellow swordsmen, the warriors, Natalie, and Karaham are people I should especially avoid, and if possible, it would be better to avoid meeting the people around them.

It wouldn’t be a problem if I ran into anyone other than Ethan again someday, but it was better to stay out of sight as much as possible until the main characters graduated.

‘Now that I think about it… .’

Did I use Clean after I slept with Ethan the day before yesterday?

I don’t remember doing it… I think I forgot because I was so out of it.

Since leaving the mansion, there hasn’t been a situation where I could do it, of course. Anyway, I realized it, so even if I write it down now, I won’t get pregnant… .

‘… Maybe I should just not use it.’

First of all, the day we started our relationship was the day I narrowly avoided a dangerous day, and if I used contraception again, I would feel like I was erasing my last memories with Ethan.

Above all, I was so busy moving that I didn’t feel like getting off my horse, taking off my pants on the street, and doing something weird.

‘Even if by some chance I do get pregnant… I guess it won’t really matter now that I’m out of the Academy.’

If you really do have a child, then just accept it as fate.

Well, in the first place, it’s not like anything would happen if you didn’t use contraception just once.

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-Thump, thump.

“… … Hmm.”

The next day, a full day after Lilith left Blackwood Manor.

Prince Blackwood, who had been learning horsemanship from his father and was pursuing her, discovered traces of dead bandits at the entrance to a mountain path outside the territory.

“It’s chilly. It’s starting to rot. It’s been at least a day.”

Passing through the deserted mountain path, it was easy to find the corpses of people killed by monsters or bandits, but that wasn’t why Ethan stopped.

Five men of varying physiques but of strong build. And when he noticed that they all had been hit by similar weapons, he paused for a moment to examine the wounds on the bodies.

“A wound that is not deeply stabbed. However, the skill is capable enough to accurately aim for a vital point and stab it.”

The weapon used was probably a dagger, and of all the people Ethan knew, the one who handled the dagger best was Lilith, so he naturally thought of her.

Moreover, even though he searched his pockets just in case, there was not a single coin left, and nearby, there was a pile of luggage that was presumed to be the luggage of bandits, scattered on the floor.

He even figured out that the release had been passing through the area, killing bandits and stealing wagons and horses that had originally been loaded with cargo before moving on.

“… If I hadn’t learned horseback riding like my father said, I would have been in big trouble.”

I never thought that he would run away and secure transportation in just one day. Did he really want to get away from me that quickly?

Or is she running away because she thinks she might see the fake fiancé she created in her head?

Either way, it was time to chase after Lilith, who had left a day earlier, so Ethan followed her, following the tracks of horseshoes left on the ground.

“Wait, release.”

-Dagdak, dagdak, dagdak… .

“… If I catch you this time, I won’t miss you again.”

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… I suddenly feel like I have chills.

While riding the Jeraon 2, I suddenly felt a cold air enveloping my body, causing me to flinch slightly.

‘Is it a little cold today? There are still a few days left until spring.’

Well, I packed a few extra sets of clothes, and with Sally and Say, I wouldn’t have to worry about the heat or cold.

Once I got out of Blackwood Estate by the fastest route, I had to decide which direction to move in. In this fantasy world, if I thought about the security of the Republic of Korea and moved along the wind and water, I could really become a part of nature like the wind and water.

‘If it’s a place I’ve never been to before, not connected to kids going to the academy, and has a lot of floating population, so it has good facilities like accommodations… .’

Still, since it was a game of life, several candidate locations came to mind, and I turned my attention to one that I thought was pretty good.

Iron Horde, the village of craftsmen.

A town that is moderately far from the Blackwood Estate and has a blacksmith guild, so it purchases a lot of monster materials.

The presence of the Blacksmith Guild means that it deals with weapons and armor, so it would be a good idea to use this opportunity to get some new equipment. For now, I was planning to seal my magic for the time being and pretend to be an assassin to avoid being noticed.

In that sense, the Blackwood dagger was a bit of a conspicuous piece of equipment for outside use. What kind of assassin would wield a dagger with the Duke’s family crest engraved on it as a weapon?

‘I’ll get a new dagger that I can wield lightly, and maybe some new leather armor. Oh, but I think I’ll stand out a bit because of my chest, considering I’m an assassin…’

… Well, let’s think about that later. In my previous life, in the island country across the water, there were kunoichi with big breasts who would come out whenever they were bored, so I guess there could be plenty of big-breasted assassins in the fantasy world too.

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After setting our destination as Iron Horde, I and Jeraon 2 ran almost in a straight line to our destination.

Even during that time, I encountered bandits and monsters as if it were a daily occurrence, but to begin with, it was nonsense that my skills would cause problems.

Anyway, why are there so many guys who take women for granted and attack them just because they’re walking around alone? In the martial arts world, there’s an old saying that says to be careful of women, children, and the elderly, but it seems like there’s no such thing in the fantasy world.

Or maybe it was just because the average human level in the world of Yagame made the dickhead work so hard. Of course, the result was that the real head on his neck fell off.

When a battle arose, I didn’t really avoid it. Every enemy I encountered in the wild was like an experience point to me, and now that I had a horse, I collected anything of value and sold it to the next town I visited, in order to gradually increase my income.

Even if it wasn’t a luxurious mansion like Blackwood Mansion, the more money the better if you wanted to buy a three-story house in a safe area later on.

So, I and the Jeraon 2 traveled to the western part of the empire after running for almost five days.

You could tell that you had arrived at the Iron Horde village by the smoke rising from the brazier that was visible from afar.

‘I was a little anxious when I first left the mansion, but now that I’m walking around like this again, I feel a little excited.’

In fact, this was my first independent travel experience in the world of 『Luminor Academy』. The external exploration classes I took at the academy were not of my own free will, and I had to always take Ethan with me on other outings.

A new area that I reached for the first time through my own thinking and decisions.

I’m only planning to stay here for a little over a year, but who knows? If things go well here, I might just settle down and live there.

To get a feel for the town, I got a room at an inn that came with a stable, and then lay down in bed in broad daylight to relieve my accumulated fatigue.

-Thud.

“Whew, I’m tired… .”

My butt is sore from riding a horse all week. I guess I’ll have to let Jeraon rest in the stable for a while.

If I had any energy left in my body, I would have stopped by the Adventurer’s Guild to check for work, but I didn’t have the strength to do that right now. I was so tired that if I closed my eyes, I would fall asleep right away.

“Let’s rest for today and start looking for work tomorrow… . Anyway, if I’m going to disguise myself as an assassin, I’ll have to get my gear from the craftsman’s street… .”

As I lay in bed quietly muttering about what I had to do tomorrow, my heavy eyelids slowly closed and I fell into a deep sleep without even eating or bathing. That was the first day.