episode_0073

“Then I’ll come back!”

“I’ll come back!”

“Yes. Come back”

Early moning. The front door of the inn.

Hiding my yawn, I waved to Selene and Circe.

After adjusting the backpack on their back, they came over to me and left a deep kiss on my cheek before laughing brightly.

“I’m really coming back!”

“Me too”

“Yes. Have a really nice trip”

This is already the 6th real declaration.

Nevertheless, we were busy seeing each other off without hiding our happy smiles.

“Go quickly! You guys are cheating!”

Inside the inn, Sister Amy screamed in protest.

Only then did they stick out their tongues and take a step forward.

“Now… Have a nice trip. Ladies… ”

A light purple woman with one side of her face was disfigured and bowed her head politely.

The old mat she was wearing was falling down.

What’s the fuss in the morning?

Selene and Circe. This is because the so-called new warriors set off on their first monumental mission.

I was a little nervous because it was a warrior’s mission, but surprisingly, the work I did was no different from the work of a normal adventurer.

Even now, I was on my way to slay a plant-type monster called ‘Poisonous Mushroom Hat’.

It is a monster that walks like a human and has a mushroom hat on its head, so they call it a poisonous mushroom hat.

I heard that you need to be careful of spores, but they will be no match for the two who have already become warriors and become stronger.

Nevertheless, it is said that receiving orders and having them carry out such work is a kind of test, a process to check whether they are ready to do the work of a warrior, or at least have the skills.

If you build trust here, you will be able to carry out increasingly important and high-risk missions.

Anyway, since the two of us are going on this mission in private, I asked Amy to bring me a packed lunch from the morning and brought her a packed lunch.

“Haaam”

Because I woke up early in the morning, I felt sleepy.

It makes me yawn a lot, which I couldn’t do in front of my girlfriends.

“Please go inside and sleep a little longer”

Charles, who was next to me, bowed his head politely.

“Umm… I think I will continue to sleep if I sleep now”

“Fatigue is the root of all diseases. Since ancient times, great heroes have had adequate rest”

A surprisingly firm answer came back.

I glanced at Charles, but she lowered her head and didn’t move a thing.

“I’m not a hero or a great person?”

flinch-

Charles trembled slightly.

“Even if you are not great or a hero. Rest is essential”

The voice became a little stiffer.

It felt like he was pouting or a little angry.

After thinking for a moment, I walked inside the inn.

“Then, shall we listen to Charles and sleep a little longer?”

“Yes, please do so”

“Okay, then wake me up in an hour”

“Yes, I will”

The waist is still bent. A head that doesn’t lift.

From the moment I entered the inn and went up to my room on the second floor, Charles stood at the inn door to see me off.

“It’s okay if it’s not that stiff”

I lay down on the bed, vowing to myself that someday I would be completely relaxed.

#

Salvation.

A word that means freedom from any danger and hardship.

Charles was saved.

Yesterday, when Stysia guided her.

The master accepted me as a slave.

‘Let’s go buy some shoes’

Her master’s voice, holding her face and breathing life into her, was still clear in her ears.

Naturally, your gaze goes down to your toes.

Wiggle-

Her feet, which were covered in small wounds, were wearing beautiful shoes.

The owner, who was worried about hurting my feet, took me by the hand and personally went to the shopping center and put me on shoes that fit my feet perfectly.

It’s a slightly uncomfortable feeling that I haven’t gotten used to yet.

When I moved my toes around, the nose of my shoe twitched along with it.

“… swimming… ”

When I looked at those shoes, my face got hot and my breathing became short of breath.

Cute shoes that don’t suit my scarred feet at all.

But the master said, ‘Hmm! It suits you well! ‘He said.

Charles hugged Lily last night and repeated those words dozens of times.

It was so great to see my sister again, and she said something, but to be honest, I couldn’t remember a single thing.

Charles looked intently at his shoes with his face drooping.

‘I don’t want to move’

From about that time onwards, Charles didn’t move anything.

To be precise, it would be correct to say that I no longer wanted to walk.

It’s not like I started feeling lethargic right after my life was saved or suddenly had a chronic illness.

He just didn’t want the shoes his master bought him to wear out due to his own walking.

Fortunately, the owner went to sleep for about an hour.

then

“I don’t have to move for another hour”

Charles smiled brightly.

And she really didn’t move a single step from the inn entrance.

#

Twaaa!

“Quaaa”

Perfect angle.

Decent speed.

Wide range.

A flawless, perfect back smash exploded on Hild’s back.

He was suddenly attacked and fell down the bed screaming.

I reflexively stretched out my hand as if looking for the sword, but it was a pointless action since the sword was already far away.

“Who on earth!”

“I am. You bastard!”

Twaaa!

“It hurts, sister!”

Another back smash.

Hild rolled on the floor and called the inn worker Amy’s name.

With a very heated face, Amy pressed the back of Hild’s neck and slapped him on the back a few more times.

In the end, he was only released when his red handprints on the inside of his clothes drew a map of the continent.

“Do something with your dog!”

“I… I don’t have a dog!”

Sigh-!

“Aaagh”

“It’s noisy, and if you’re the owner, you have to manage it properly”

What on earth does this mean?

It’s sad that I got hit on the back while I was asleep.

You even have to take the quiz!

I quickly get up and put on some clothes.

Let’s go downstairs, following Amy, who is fussing.

Unlike before I went to sleep, the inn looked crowded.

‘uh? ‘How long have I slept?’

Didn’t I say I would only sleep for an hour?

As I put those thoughts aside and rolled my eyes, something caught my eye.

It was Charles, standing at the entrance of the inn, blocking the path of the guests.

She stood with her hands somewhat clasped together in an upright posture, and did not move out of the way even if anyone passed by, remaining as frozen as a stone.

Then, if someone tried to step on his toes, he would glare with scary eyes.

“Now you know why I hit you, right?”

“Ah, yep. Sorry, sister”

“Teach your dog properly before all the customers leave”

“Okay”

I quickly went down the stairs and ran towards the entrance.

“Charles!”

“… !! Master”

When I called her name, her one and only eye sparkled and she looked up at me.

‘It looks like a real dog’

Charles became obedient to me after I declared him a slave. Those clear eyes really looked like they were looking at a puppy.

“What are you doing here”

“Ah… ”

“What if someone gets hurt while standing like this?”

“Sorry”

I just said a few simple words.

Charles quickly became tearful and lowered his head.

“And I said I would only sleep for 1 hour. What time is it now? It’s already been 3 hours”

“Ah… I misunderstood the time… ”

I couldn’t answer that I didn’t realize that time was passing because I was repeating the words ‘You look good on me’ over and over again.

“Why are you standing still in a place like this? Look, people are still passing by like this. What if you get hurt too”

Charles, who hesitated and clicked his tongue, opened his mouth after a while.

“Si… Shoes… ”

“Shoes? Why do my shoes hurt?”

Hild glances at the shoes.

Charles felt his body temperature rising and broke out in a cold sweat.

It was because of the shame and guilt over the feelings I had for my owner.

Nevertheless, a slave cannot lie to his master.

Tears well up and fall.

“Why… Why are you crying”

“I don’t want my shoes to wear out… Because the owner bought it for me… ”

After muttering like that, he bursts into tears.

Hild was quite taken aback by the sight of him, who found it hard to believe that he was the assassin who had cut off Damien’s ankle.

“Ah… No, I’m afraid my shoes will get worn out?”

“Black… yes… ”

Should I say it is pure?

Should I say this is absurd?

anyway…

Hilde hugged her very gently.

I wanted to hug her all in my arms, but since she was a woman and not a lover, she might feel bad, so I only did the bare minimum of skinship.

‘main… My master made me… !’

Of course, Charles didn’t have anything like that…

My heart was pounding as if it would burst just by being held in Hild’s arms even slightly.

My head is spinning and I feel dizzy.

My legs started shaking as if I was anemic and I lost my balance.

“Are you okay Charles?”

Hild was surprised and covered her back. He then squeezed Charles’ scarred hand with his free hand.

“Huh!”

My breath is swallowed hard

“Huh… ”

Charles literally lost his mind.

“What… What… ”

Hilde, who stood awkwardly and hugged the fallen slave, took her to the bed in his room while facing the strange gazes of the people.

“Oppa!”

Lily, who had been waiting in the room, greeted her with a bright voice, and Hild grinned and ruffled the girl’s hair.

“It’s my sister!”

Lily followed Charles onto the bed, watching him lay down on the bed.

“When your sister wakes up, will you tell her that your brother went there?”

“Yes! Wow!”

After covering the sisters with a blanket, Hild turned off the light and went out of the room.

When the surroundings became quiet, Lily looked at the side of her sister’s face and fell asleep together.

And after some time.

“Sister! My older sister said she was asleep so I laid her down here with a princess hug!”

Lily, who woke up, brightly relayed the message.

“Now… suicide… I have to commit suicide… ”

Charles, who was wandering somewhere between joy and shame, looked for his dagger with a face that could neither laugh nor cry.

Of course, the dagger could not be found because Hild had hidden it.

It was a moment when a dark moment occurred for the assassin.