Chapter 125 – [Hero] Her Secret
The elven forest is getting closer and closer.
Maybe that’s why I started seeing elves little by little among the people I ran into.
“Wow, it’s an elf…”
“It’s rude if you stare too hard.”
Seria said a word to Yuni, who was muttering strangely, but she was shocked because I was staring at her.
It really didn’t look much different from a person.
Except for the fact that they all have long ears and are pretty and handsome, they really don’t look any different from humans.
“I knew they were a very closed race, but I see them more often than I thought.”
Arin muttered puzzledly as he looked at the elf merchant passing by.
Are you an elf merchant?
Are elves also merchants?
It’s not much to say that it’s a rumor from a rural village, so it might be something I don’t know about.
However, it is a little regretful to see the same appearance as humans in a species that had a little fantasy.
Well, even so, you can’t just remain a child forever.
We were moving to the elven city, Raden, which we must pass through in order to pass the forest of elves.
I think it will probably arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
“Let’s rest here today.”
It seemed that the day was slowly going down, so we decided to camp at a suitable location.
It’s not a forest yet, but it’s getting closer to it, and there are quite a lot of trees growing around.
First of all, I needed branches to start a fire, so I left them to prepare the meal and went to get them.
It’s uneasy that he remains, but that doesn’t mean we can’t keep an eye on Mr. Jeren all day.
“Ah, then me too with Eric…”
“Hero, I will help you. Let’s go together.”
Arin suggested that we go together to collect branches after a long time.
Usually, Arin is more likely to prepare her own meals than to do chores like this, but she is unexpected.
“Uni, what did you say?”
“Ah… No, it’s nothing.”
Uni replied that she made her face slightly regretful.
She seemed to be trying to say something, but unfortunately, the timing overlapped with Arin’s, so I couldn’t hear it properly.
Well, if it was important, I would have said it again, so it probably wasn’t that important.
“Huh, then let’s go. Warrior.”
Arin said that with her pleasant face.
While I was picking up branches, I looked at Arin a few times, and each time I had to quickly look away from her.
He was obviously just picking up branches, but it was because he kept looking lewd.
Maybe it’s because she’s wearing revealing clothes.
It was because whenever she bent down to pick up a branch for no reason, her breastbone was visible and the area between her thighs was exposed.
I try not to pay attention… I was constantly concerned.
When I looked at her one more time, Arin was staring blankly at the branch she had picked up.
“… Scale?”
“Ah, warrior.”
She was fiddling with the grain of the branches, and when I called out in a nervous voice, she smiled and turned around.
“That… Why are you doing that?”
In her eyes looking at the branch, I think I can sense something like a strange desire.
“Ah, I want it to be in good shape… I’ve been staring blankly for a while. Sorry.”
“Good… What is the shape?”
I felt like I would regret it if I asked.
However, I thought I would regret it more if I didn’t ask, so I asked.
“…”
Then, Arin showed signs of worrying for a moment.
Why… Why are you worried? What is it?
“Sorry. Also… I can’t even speak.”
Arin said so and she didn’t come face to face with me.
“… Why? For me, it’s unspeakable… ?”
Oh, I didn’t mean to say that.
For some reason, the words came out without thinking.
“Ah… That’s me… “
“Is that him?”
“Yes?”
Arin’s expression hardened instantly.
And I didn’t miss that look.
“Also… It’s Jeren… ?”
I want to believe it’s not
Circumstances point to him again and again.
As I clenched her fists tightly, I spat out one word at a time.
“With him… Do dirty things… Awesome!”
But I couldn’t finish talking.
A pain as if flesh were being ripped out of my left arm pushed me, and I lost all strength in the middle and collapsed to the ground.
“Hero!”
Falling down, I looked at my wrist.
Two small roses and one large rose.
The rose was getting smaller and smaller as it rode down my arm.
Seria is barely visible, and Arin is noticeably smaller than before.
The reality that had been forcibly averted for so long was approaching undeniably.
“… Warrior!”
Her supporting me, I knocked her off with her hand.
No, I tried to knock it out, but my strength was lacking.
Arin ignored my feeble resistance and hugged me.
“… This… Let go…”
“Hero, I’m sorry… What I couldn’t say was that the hero said he didn’t like things like this, so I put up with it…”
Holding me in her arms, she stuttered and started making excuses.
I tried not to listen, but my heart was inclined to trust her, so I ended up listening to her.
Arin’s story was rather shocking.
“… They say they like being fit and exposed… ?”
“… Yes.”
By the time her pain subsided and my feelings calmed down, Arin told me the most secret things she had been hiding.
“No, what… Wait, then… Maybe in Aseila…”
“Yes… It’s me.”
My head was dizzy for a moment, so I had to put my hands on the floor and use a dragon to keep from falling.
“But, how… No, why…”
“… Because it feels good!”
Arin closed her eyes and sighed.
I was also dumbfounded by her answer.
“Eww… Me too, I was worried a lot! But, but it feels good…”
There were so many other questions I wanted to ask, but all of them were forgotten before her shocking words.
Arin had such a taste?
I didn’t want to believe it, but thinking so cleared all my doubts.
One day, she didn’t wear underwear, and she ended up wearing clothes like this pervert. Like the fact that she was staring at a tree branch with a strange eye…
“… Shi, are you disappointed? I’m sure it is, the hero said he doesn’t like things like this…”
“Wait a minute, Arin.”
I tried to calm her down first, but Arin already closed her eyes and trembled as if she thought I would despise her.
“… It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m weird… There’s nothing strange about the hero.”
“Scale! Me, I’m fine!”
In the end, to bring her back to her senses, I grabbed her Arin’s shoulder and shouted.
“… Are you okay?”
“Yes… ! To be honest, I don’t quite get it, but… That said, I won’t laugh at Arin or despise him. Really. I’ll promise.”
“Warrior…”
Arin was looking at me with her surprised eyes.
To be honest, I still don’t understand.
How could you like something like that?
Of course, isn’t it normal to hate being embarrassed and sick?
But I guess not everyone was like that.
Then… Then I will try to understand as much as possible.
“I, I will try my best. I don’t know much about this… Still, I don’t want to disparage Arin or anything like that. I’m serious.”
I expressed my sincerity as honestly as possible.
“Thank you, warrior. You did a good job talking about it too.”
“Huh… I didn’t know Arin was worried about something like this. Don’t hide it from now on, tell me everything.”
“Yes, I will.”
Arin’s smile while saying that was no different from her old days.
“… Then, warrior.”
“Huh?”
“Excuse me, but can I ask you a favor?”
In the midst of her warm ending, she made a sudden request.
I felt a little uneasy, but I was determined and answered.
“Huh… What?”
Then Arin took out the tree branch she had been looking at in awe before, and she slipped it into my hand.
“Joe, hit me a little…”
“Ah…”
Uh, also…
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“Ah… Joe, a little harder…”
“Eh, like this?”
With an awkward gesture, I tapped her thigh with a branch.
“Hero, even if you work really hard, I’m fine.”
“Ah, yes, I’m trying…”
It was okay, she kept saying, but no matter how hard she tried, I couldn’t hit her.
How could she hit her fellow!
So Arin, who put her arms on her tree and rolled up her legs, looked back at me with a slightly frustrated expression.
“It’s okay if you don’t restrain yourself.”
“No, I want to, but it doesn’t work…” .”
After her momentary hesitation, I closed her eyes and swung her twig at her.
Good!
A subtle level of volume was heard.
“Um…”
“Hey, isn’t it too bad?”
Well, it was a little weak.
But if you count more than this, it will hurt…
“That, just do something else, something else!”
In the end, Arin gave up first.
I cleared my throat as her face turned red slightly in embarrassment.
“I… Then take this off…”
“Oh no! Arin, we have to go back!”
It took too long.
If you stay like this for a long time, everyone will misunderstand!
No, it’s not a misunderstanding.
“Yes? Ahhh!”
Arin also forgot, but she belatedly recalled the fact and turned pale.
We quickly picked up the branches and went back to where everyone was waiting.
“… It’s late.”
Uni, with a pouty face, crossed her arms and looked at us.
“M-I’m sorry…”
“I’m sorry, Yuni…”
She looked at Arin for a moment, then looked at me and stuck out her lower lip.
“Joy. We already ate most of the ingredients, right? Don’t give it back.”
We met each other’s eyes and smiled awkwardly.
