episode_0584

“You don’t have to be a prostitute, right? You can just be a reporter… .”

“Because they give a lot of money. I heard that especially in this northern region, there are few applicants for the job, so the salary as a reporter is higher than other places.

Since I have to share a dorm with men, I have to work as a prostitute even if I don’t want to. I thought I had no reason to refuse since I could get more money for it. ”

“Uh… Is that how it works…?”

“And since they provide accommodations, there’s no reason for me to go anywhere else. I only have a year left, but I’m still in my 20s, so I plan to stay for about 10 more years and then move down to the central region when it becomes difficult to continue working as a prostitute.”

“… … .”

“If I think about it, it seems like this job was a good fit for me from the beginning. Although the process was unpleasant, I found a job that suited my aptitude. In the end, this is also a talent I wouldn’t have discovered if I hadn’t come to Silverwood.”

… Well, I don’t know if I should call this talent. If I had to be specific, I think that positive mindset is closer to talent.

Well, it was still an interesting story, so it was good. I didn’t know I would be hearing the IF story from the mouth of a lion.

As a thank you to Alicia for telling her the difficult story, I took out five silver coins and gave them to her.

-Charruk.

“I heard you well. It must have been a difficult story, but thank you for sharing it with me.”

“Thank you, Duchess!”

… Oh, right. By the way, what happened to Aria?

Honestly, I’m more curious about her than Alicia.

In the first place, he was the one who stole the necklace and tried to frame Katarina, and he was the one who persistently harassed Lilith in the original work, and he was the one who almost screwed me over in this world.

“By the way, where is the other maid you were sold with? Is she with the other knights?”

“She took her own life 5 years ago. She never adapted to Silverwood until her last days. ”

“… I asked a useless question.”

“No, it’s okay. We had completely turned our backs on each other by then anyway, so I didn’t really think it was a pity.”

She was sold into prostitution in Silverwood Estate and committed suicide after five years. Considering her personality, she lasted a long time.

In the end, it was exactly the same thing that happened to Katarina in the original work, so you could say it was reaping what she sowed.

Alicia felt like she had brought up something unpleasant, so she placed five more silver coins on her hand. Alicia bowed her head once more and left.

-Clang.

“Hoooo.”

What on earth is this that makes me feel so nervous?

At first, I thought I would just listen to the story and then reveal my identity and see Alicia’s bewildered face, but after actually hearing the story, those thoughts completely disappeared.

He did something wrong to me, but honestly, he didn’t do anything proactively. He spent 10 years in the North, which should be enough time for the pent-up resentment to be resolved.

The girl who really wanted me to leave from the beginning really did leave. There’s no need to make a bad tea bag for someone who’s working hard to find her calling.

Rather, I became more nervous because I was trying to keep an eye out for others so that my identity wouldn’t be revealed. Fortunately, my hair has grown out now because of the wedding preparations, so I don’t think anyone recognized me.

“Are you okay, Release?”

“… Ah, yes. I was just a little taken aback by the unexpected story. ”

… Well, after about 10 years, the invasions of the demon tribes, who lost their focal point called the Demon King, will decrease significantly. If they wanted to hold out in the north until then, there was no need to stop them.

Anyway, with her presence, the job satisfaction of the Silverwood Knights will go up quite a bit. This isn’t a modern society where we can discuss ethical issues.

‘If Alicia had met me in a different way, not at Iria Takari, our relationship might have been different.’

Well, it’s meaningless now that the image has been released.

⁎⁎⁎

“I’m going to change clothes. Don’t look this way.”

“… I don’t see it, Agnes Youngae.”

Two people still have an awkward atmosphere, with a narrow bed between them.

Antonio and Agnes were facing each other, centered on an imaginary line running through the middle of the bed.

-Slurp.

“… … .”

-Clang.

“… … .”

The sound of a thousand and one thousand limbs flowing down. The sound of a metal buckle being released and a belt being unfastened.

Besides that, the sound of each other taking off their clothes quietly echoed through the small hotel room.

If the goal was to avoid paying attention to the other person, there was no need to change clothes at the same time, but there was no room to question it.

For both Agnes and Antonio, the mere fact that their ‘ex-lover’ was changing clothes behind their backs was enough to make them nervous.

-Slurp, slurp.

“… … .”

The soft fabric of women’s bedding was a material enough to stimulate the imagination.

Antonio listened to the sound of Agnes’s dress rustling behind him and carefully imagined her appearance in his mind.

– Slow, slow.

“… … .”

Agnes quietly watched the moonlight streaming in through the window cast a shadow of Antonio’s image on the wall.

They were lovers. It was even possible to say that they were on the verge of getting engaged.

Although they were denying it, they were already lovers in the eyes of others, and if nothing special happened during the battle to subdue the Demon King, they were planning to finalize the engagement under Seraphine’s leadership.

Although he is a prince, he is a member of the royal family with weak rights of succession. Although he is of Viscount origin, he is destined to inherit the title of Marquis Elizabeth.

Since she was someone who matched both in level and heart, there was no need to postpone the engagement. Especially since Agnes was now in her mid-twenties, there was no way to postpone the marriage any longer.

Perhaps, even if it wasn’t a day like today, we might have already started using the tent. If it weren’t for the ‘special incident’ that happened at the Demon King’s Castle.

“… I changed everything.”

“… Me too.”

After briefly checking each other’s clothes, the two of them went into bed preparing to go to bed.

Agnes and Antonio were lying back to back on purpose so as not to cross the line drawn in the center.

Just one day.

Just one more day passes and this awkward atmosphere will be over.

There is no need to see each other’s faces anymore, and there is no need to talk to each other anymore.

In the first place, they were two people who would never have met if they were in the same place. They only met several times because they had something in common: meeting at the royal party, attending the academy, and subjugating the demon tribe and the demon king.

Now that the last thing we had in common was gone, if we had no intention of restoring our relationship as lovers, then the only thing left was a breakup without holding on to each other.

… In other words, this was the last chance to restore the relationship.

“… … .”

Is he already asleep?

Why is it so quiet?

Do you really want it to end like this?

Agnes began to feel anxious towards Antonio, who was not making any noise even though they were lying back to back in the same bed.

Still, I knew that he would come at least once before he left the magic realm, but Antonio still didn’t move.

Even if you weren’t the one coming to apologize first, I was thinking of having a conversation. If only I could at least mention what happened back then.

… I wish we could at least clear up the misunderstanding that it wasn’t a serious fight.

“… … .”

-Slurp.

Carefully.

Agnes very carefully reached out her right hand to the center of the bed.

In a space that cannot be seen under the blanket, to the center where there is a line that you must not cross. Secretly.

I don’t know why. Maybe it was because I just hoped Antonio felt the same way.

If you touch the line that you told him not to cross, it means that he also has something he wants to tell you.

… if it doesn’t reach you, just pretend like nothing happened.

With that thought, Agnes’ hand slowly stretched toward the center and touched the center of the bed, which was the boundary line between the comforters.

-Bam.

It was as if it had been there for a long time. It quietly touched Antonio’s hand.

“… … .”

“… … .”

-Kwak.

Antonio grabs Agnes’ right hand, who has come near him, with his left hand.

Agnes also quietly accepted the feeling without running away or escaping.

“Agnes Youngae.”

“… … why.”

“I know that saying this isn’t an excuse, but if it was not you but Agnes who became the Demon King that day, I would have pointed my sword at you and stopped you.”

“… … .”

“Because both Sera and Agnes are precious to me. I wanted to keep telling you that I didn’t aim my sword at you because I considered you more important than Agnes.”

A dull confession in a bedroom where the two of us lie down together.

That alone was enough. Although she had been waiting for an apology for what had happened that day, in the end, what Agnes also wanted was to hear Antonio’s sincerity.

“… … Yeah.”

It was enough for her to know that he had no intention of ending their relationship.