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    … You shouldn’t say things like, “I’d rather be a skeleton or a zombie.”

    -Tick, tick, tick, tick…

    ‘Gewooo… .’

    ‘Ehehehehehe~!’

    I was already starting to feel nauseous at the sight of all kinds of undead monsters rushing in from all directions.

    Skeletons, ghouls, banshees… Even the types of monsters were diverse. Skeleton archers, ghoul warriors, banshee mages, etc.

    As expected of a demon world, even a single mob has its own way of dealing with it. Of course, whining doesn’t make the monsters swarming in front of you disappear, so you just keep your mouth shut, recite magic, and swing your sword.

    -Ppagakak!

    “Ethan, take care of the Ghoul Warrior first! I’ll take care of the Banshee Mage!”

    “Okay, release! Luke, can you take care of that group of skeleton archers first?!”

    “Confirmed, Prince Blackwood!”

    However, as they continued to fight like this once every two hours, the synergy between the three of them improved noticeably. To the point where they were on par with Agnes Nalilia, who had tried to match their synergy in this way several times.

    Ethan is up front, I am in the back, and the quick-moving Luke is in the middle, supporting both sides from time to time.

    After walking for half a day, fighting all day long, night fell on the Demon Realm.

    “You must never let your guard down. In this hell, demons will constantly come at you day and night.”

    “… If I had known this would happen, I wish I had contacted you a little earlier. It would have been much better to advance together with the brave guy than to break through like this on our own. ”

    “I haven’t had time to contact you two for a while. I tried to tell you about it at Baramgol Hill a while ago, but Miss Lilith didn’t seem to be in a good mood, so I couldn’t tell you. ”

    “… … I see.”

    I couldn’t help it. At that time, I really thought that Sei and I were going to break up forever, so my mind was in turmoil.

    But I somehow managed to get the last feather of the wind bird and say goodbye properly, so I don’t mind now.

    The first night in the Demon Realm. Since I didn’t have any fuel to light a campfire, I used up my magic power to light Sally’s flame. If I had used Mana Blast earlier and used up all my magic power, I would have had to go through the day without a fire.

    There were three people who were chewing and munching on the dried meat they took out from the bag, with the blazing sally in the center.

    “I will be on night watch. You two, sleep well.”

    “No, I think it’s better to take turns… .”

    “Since it’s only three hours anyway, it’s more efficient for me to go alone rather than dividing the shifts. I can stay awake for exactly ten days without sleeping, so you two can get some rest.”

    “… Three hours?”

    “… You said three hours?”

    “The water will come back in three hours, so you won’t have time to sleep for long. Also, any more rest is too much of a luxury to reach the third blockade where the hero is. This is the maximum time to break through the Roman gates within a week, so please understand. ”

    “… … .”

    “… … .”

    I think I fought six or seven large-scale battles today, and I have to do it again after only three hours of sleep?

    That too, for a whole week?

    “… Ah, crazy.”

    -Thud.

    “Release?!”

    Just imagining it was a terrifyingly long journey, with no sleeping bag or tent, just a body lying next to a campfire.

    ⁎⁎⁎

    The Demon Life, Day 1.

    -Thump, thump, thump…

    “… … .”

    “… … .”

    “The removal is almost done. Just hang in there a little longer, both of you. ”

    “… What the fuck, you’ve been talking about that for three days now… .”

    “… Release, calm down.”

    … I almost hit Coruk on the back of the head without thinking.

    At this point, I started to wonder if he was just saying such nonsense periodically to tease me.

    The two people who periodically spewed swear words out of my mouth seemed to have become indifferent to it and did not specifically point it out.

    “I’m sorry. I was so tired, so in a moment… .”

    “It’s okay, of course that could happen.”

    “I don’t think it’s particularly rude either. If you feel better about using violence on me, Miss Release, I won’t stop you. ”

    “… No. It was my fault.”

    Even so, I wasn’t trash enough to hit Luke on the back of the head for talking like that. Aside from that, it’s true that I was really shitty enough to die.

    Even in such an extreme situation, Ethan was amazing for not swearing at me and just comforting me. No matter how immature he was when he was young, he still received proper noble education, so I guess that’s what makes him noble.

    It was definitely different from the etiquette of a noble lady that I had learned through rote learning for three months.

    ‘Ethan is Ethan, and looking at it this way, Luke is also at a ridiculous level, to be honest.’

    Luke, who acts as a guide while getting ridiculously little rest compared to Nana.

    Unlike me and Ethan, who only rest for a whopping ‘three hours’ a day, she was on night watch during that time and didn’t even sleep.

    I wanted to stand watch for you for a day or so, but my body was too tired to keep up with my mind. I would wake up, eat some nutritious food, walk, fight, walk, fight, walk, and then when night falls, I would eat some nutritious food again and go to sleep. It was a repeating routine. Who would have the time to take care of someone?

    Even though he was a guide, he was not excluded from battle, so he had truly absurd physical strength. Or maybe, as Luke said last time, he had an odd habit of falling asleep one side of his brain at a time.

    ‘…Maybe I’m the most useless among them all right now.’

    He also lacks stamina, has little patience, and although he is somewhat strong, he is not as strong as Eddan. Although he is fast, he is not as fast as Luke.

    As I was walking along, looking at the floor like a zombie, after finishing the self-objectification that brought about some emptiness, those passionate words came out of Luke’s mouth once again.

    “Here we are, Miss Lilith, Prince Blackwood. Over there, soon… .”

    “Ah, shit, Luke. If you tease me one more time, I’ll… .”

    “Release! Ethan! How have you been?”

    “Uh… ….”

    I suddenly came to my senses when I heard Natalie’s voice while feeling tired. When I raised my head, I saw a female prosecutor with a brown ponytail waving at me while looking at me.

    Starting with her, familiar faces like Thomas Nagy, Joe Shaggy, and Seraphine came into view one by one.

    “I’m sorry. I wasn’t lying this time.”

    “… Oh, no… . I’m the one who’s sorry, Luke… .”

    Oh, shit.

    I really want to dig the ground and go in.

    ⁎⁎⁎

    The warrior party I met in the Demon Realm was truly a salvation, like an oasis in the desert.

    A week-long journey without any proper meals or rest was enough to drive a person half-mad, and in that sense, the ability of the Geummyeongjo Segi Gyeol was able to maintain the mental strength of the team members even in this situation.

    “Allow, allow, allow… .”

    “… Take your time, Miss Release. No one will take it away from you. ”

    “Oh, you seem to be really hungry… .”

    I could hear Seraphine and Serista muttering something next to me, but I just ignored them and focused on the food in front of me.

    It was the first proper meal I had in a week. Even the menu was the Korean home-cooked meal I had missed so much, so it wasn’t strange for me to bang my head on the table.

    “You’re really good at eating that strange food. Have you ever tried anything other than what the warrior made?”

    “You must have been very hungry. You must have been so picky about food you’ve never seen before?”

    Donggeurang-ttaeng, stir-fried kimchi, soybean paste stew, stir-fried anchovies, braised short ribs, and even egg sausage.

    Only after I emptied a bowl of rice with that incompetent rice thief did I finally feel at peace enough to have a rational conversation.

    “Okay, thank you for the meal, warrior.”

    … I was so embarrassed that I could barely utter a word of thanks.

    “That’s good. I’m glad you like the recipe.”

    “Yes… … .”

    “… But how do you eat such unfamiliar food so well? And how did you even use chopsticks in the first place… .”

    “… Okay! Since we’re all here, shall we start the meeting in earnest? ”

    Agnes was cut off and the meeting quickly began.

    By the way, Ethan and Luke seemed to have chosen to sleep rather than eat, and they woke up from a short, deep sleep while I was eating.

    “Ethan, how are you feeling?”

    “… Thanks to you, it’s not bad. I’m indebted to you again. ”

    “What are you doing? Rather, I feel more sorry for calling you all the way to the Demon Realm.”

    “Well. I’m worried that it might seem like you’re just adding to the hardships you’ve been through so far. How many times have you fought each other in the Demon Realm so far?

    I came running because you said you needed help, but in reality, even if it weren’t for us, weren’t you guys able to handle it on your own? ”

    “Well, if you say so, it is, and if you say no, it is not… .”

    “… What does it mean?”

    Ethan, of course, and I too, can’t help but wonder what kind of nonsense it is that he’s making.

    “In the future poem I wrote a while ago, you two appeared.”

    It was Seraphine, who was watching for an opportunity to speak next to the warrior, who cleared up the doubts about the remark he had made.

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