Chapter 162 – [Hero] Aseila Found Again
The next morning, I felt a little guilty when Yuni asked Seria for advice on the security issue with a blank face.
The most pitiful thing was that I couldn’t remember any of the advice I heard that day, so I had no choice but to follow Uni’s words.
Seria’s gaze, pathetically looking at me with eyes that knew that would happen, was very painful.
But honestly… No one would be able to concentrate in such a situation.
I comforted myself like that.
“Then what shall we do, Eric? If you can’t hear it, I think it’ll be okay, even if it’s a little dangerous.”
“Hmm…”
After hearing Seria’s surprisingly realistic advice, we were contemplating whether we should listen to Aseela.
If the city was still there, I honestly didn’t really want to go there.
Wasn’t it a very unpleasant city?
“In my opinion… Oh, it’s just my opinion, so take it as a reference. I think it’s better to stop by just in case…”
“Then let’s hear it.”
Uni also says so, but I can’t mess up the party’s supply with just my personal impressions.
“Uh? No Eric! Even if you don’t do what I say…”
“No, I’m sure you’d better do that.”
It wasn’t just because Uni said that.
I also agreed to the necessity to some extent, and in fact, wasn’t that reluctance because of the commotion related to Arin?
Funny thing is, she’s already taken her away and I don’t have to worry about her being taken away from her anymore.
“… Okay.”
Uni looked at me with a slightly apologetic face, but I didn’t know why.
We set our destination in the direction of stopping by Aseila.
Until I got to Aseila, I tried to keep myself out of touch with them as much as possible.
The sight I saw then will never be forgotten in my mind.
Seria’s and Arin’s academic ability, and his superiority beyond comparison to mine…
Damn, you don’t have to worry about this.
Aren’t Uni and I living happily anyway?
The reason why Yuni didn’t look as happy as the girls was definitely a difference in personality.
Yeah, it’s just because she’s the kind of person who rarely lets out her moans.
However, when I think about it like this, a moan that resembles Yuni keeps swirling in my head.
That… Who was it?
At first, it was Gingamin, but the more I listened, the more I felt that her voice resembled Uni.
But there is no unity.
‘Cause she’s always by my side
Anyway, with these thoughts filling my head, I was in a daze until I arrived at Aseila.
“We’re almost there, Eric.”
“Huh? Ah yes…”
“… Is it really nothing?”
Yuni looked at me worriedly.
She tried her best to hide herself, but she couldn’t hide it from her either.
I calmed her down by laughing at her awkwardly.
“Sorry, it’s really nothing, so it’s okay. It’s just that I have a lot to think about these days…”
“Is it because of those girls?”
Uni asked sharply for a moment.
I was a little stumped, but I tried my best to change the subject.
“Hmm, that’s right…”
However, it seems that she did not work well with Yuni.
She looked for a moment in the direction they were with eyes that could not understand the meaning behind them.
Even if I want to make an excuse that it’s not like that, why should I? Thinking of that, I shut my mouth.
Well, could it be that it should escalate to such a serious situation?
Under such precarious circumstances, we arrived at Aseila.
“You may come in.”
Aseila’s guard, dressed lightly, inspected our luggage and waved us in.
Aseila I found after a long time.
It was still a city full of unpleasant air and pleasure.
However, people’s eyes became a little sharper.
Right now, the city is under lockdown or, if not, the pressure has been put on in some way.
However, it was still a decadent street.
People still roamed about the city, almost naked, in see-through clothes.
“It’s shallow.”
“It’s a bad city after all.”
Seria and Arin exchanged such words and walked down the street without showing any signs of being intimidated.
When I think about how everyone was hesitant on the first day, they look very different.
Rather, they were showing a degree of composure to observe and evaluate the people of the city.
“You shouldn’t see this, Eric.”
“Ah, yes…”
In comparison, we were still walking awkwardly averting our eyes.
To be more precise, only Yuni was walking confidently, and I followed her instructions and walked with her eyes slightly down.
“What are you going to do with your accommodation, Eric? To the same place as last time?”
“… Huh.”
Anyway, there won’t be a big difference between there and other places.
Then, like last time, it would be wise to choose a lodging that is more focused on lodging.
Didn’t Jeren also tell you the other day?
Other hostels have a service where they invite other women or men to enjoy various lewd things.
I couldn’t bear to use a place like that.
With that in mind, we went to the lodging we had stopped by before, but it must have been that the management policy had changed a little in the meantime, and this lodging had finally introduced such a service.
“… I do not need it.”
“Hmm, I see. So two rooms, no catering service. Is that correct?”
“Yes.”
Whether he didn’t recognize us or he just didn’t care, he greeted us in his usual manner.
The owner gave me and Jeren a key each.
It seemed like she said a word or two to Jeren, but she stealthily overheard it, so it seemed like she was talking about something only the two of them knew.
I don’t know what he was talking about, but it didn’t sound like a good story.
“Keuhehe, the speed is slow. Let’s talk next time. I’m a bit busy right now.”
Saying that, he bit the shopkeeper and went upstairs to the room.
“Let’s go up too.”
“Huh…”
Even if you ask me anyway, he won’t answer.
We gave up trying to dig out more details and went up to the inn.
Smart.
While I was concocting future plans with Yuni in my room for a while, someone knocked on the door.
“Huh? Oh…”
When Yuni woke up in surprise, I looked at her with her puzzled eyes.
“Eh, Master Ertina!”
“What?”
Ertina.
She came to this city
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“… I have heard of it, but it is a terrible city.”
“Yes…”
Ertina looked slightly displeased.
Well, there was no city like this before, so her reaction is understandable.
We must have felt this way at first too.
“Did I have to stop by a city like this?”
“That, because of the supply, I had no choice…”
After saying it for some reason, it sounds like an excuse.
I really had no selfishness…
“Ha, yes. Because that’s none of my business… Anyway, as you expected, it is true that I followed you. I’d say it’s an achievement… I wanted to see a change.”
Still, she went on with what she wanted to say before we could even speak.
“First of all, congratulations, Uni. You have improved a lot.”
“Oh… Thank you.”
She smiled at Yuni.
Uni laughed shyly, but whenever I saw her innocent look, I felt better too.
“And you too… It’s a little bit better, but it seems to be a lot better.”
“Ah yes… There have been some achievements these days.”
It’s all thanks to Sarah.
Hearing that excitement is the driving force, I tried various things with Uni.
It seems that the result was quite large enough to be noticed by Ertina.
I’m glad.
“To grow up so fast without anyone’s help… After all, you seem to be a warrior.”
“Ah… Go, thank you.”
Doesn’t she know that Sera knows about this power?
I thought for a while whether I should tell you this.
“You seem to have something you want to talk about.”
Come to think of it, this person was an elf who was very good at reading our emotions.
Hiding the reaction in the first place was unreasonable.
I finally told everything I had been talking about with Sara.
“Sera? … It’s strange. Why does she know what even the hero didn’t know?”
Ertina narrowed her eyebrows as if she was curious, but she couldn’t come up with the right answer because it was a fact that even she couldn’t understand.
“I think something happened while I was sleeping, I’m sorry. I can’t help you on this.”
“Oh no! Are you okay.”
It’s true that she had some expectations, but she’s not too disappointed as she didn’t mean to say it in the first place.
Reading my reaction, she smiled slightly.
“Is it so. Anyway… Are you planning to stay in this city for a while? If I get a chance, I’d like to tinker with Yuni’s spirit art a little more.”
“Hey, isn’t there a spirit here?”
Yuni was surprised and asked her.
Come to think of it, this area was a place without spirits.
Because the land itself has become demonic, it has become a place where spirits cannot live.
“The spirits are reluctant to come because it’s almost like the demon realm, but they refuse to come, it’s not that they can’t come. I guess I’ll have to learn how to drag them by force.”
“Ah…”
Yuni looked a bit flustered.
Although it seemed that she was a bit repulsed by her words about bringing her by force, Ertina persuaded her that her spirit did not have an ego.
Eventually, Yuni looked at me with her face of her hesitation.
The face seems to have already passed, but it seems to be waiting for my permission one last time.
Yes, there is no need to stop.
“I will stay for a few more days.”
“Are you okay? If your schedule gets messed up because of me…”
“Okay… It’s okay.”
Could the demon lord swallow the whole world just because he was a few days late?
Perhaps Ertina wouldn’t have been leisurely looking for us in such an urgent situation.
“Is it so. Actually time doesn’t mean much… Anyway, maybe I can help you a bit more. Uni, let’s refine our skills to be sharper and more lethal.”
“Yes yes!”
Ertina talked with us a bit more and then went back.
Before she went, she left advice not to trust the other Four Heavenly Kings too much, but she probably noticed that I was worried after listening to Sera’s advice.
Yes, no matter how favorably we treat her, she is our enemy.
… Then what about Ertina?
Can she be trusted?
We still haven’t come to a conclusion on this matter.
The only thing that was certain was that we would be staying in Aseila a little longer.
