Chapter 192 – [Hero] The Truth
Someone shook me awake.
“Um… Scale?”
Usually, it was Seria or Arin who woke me up at times like this.
Because we have to wake us up during shift.
But this time it was neither of them.
“… It’s me, Eric.”
“Yu, Uni?”
Uni was waking me up.
Why is Yuni waking me up when she should wake up with me?
For sure… I slept first
Could it be that he hadn’t slept until this hour?
Then what in the meantime…
“Oh…”
It smelled of her from her.
Normally I’m not her scent.
This smell, incomparable to anything like that… It’s a man’s scent
The smell of a man other than mine.
“… Now it is our turn.”
“Yes…”
But I couldn’t tell her about it.
How am I supposed to accept this smell that is much stronger than usual?
A man from her so far… There is only one reason why it smells like chestnut flowers.
“… Whoop, whoop.”
I could feel my fingertips trembling.
Is it exciting? Or anger?
“Go out… Crab.”
I answered and looked at Yuni’s expression, but she wasn’t looking at me.
As if avoiding me, she slightly turned her head away.
We left the tent without a word.
Unlike usual, the clean outside scenery welcomed us.
“I put it away beforehand. Because it doesn’t look good.”
“Thank you.”
Then why didn’t you normally do it?
I had such a question for a moment, but when I thought about it, I thought that she had never gotten up before me and prepared like this.
Yuni then said that they had time to return to the tent and sort out the situation.
There’s no way Seriana or Arin came in for shift and only woke up Uni.
At least if I woke up either of her, it woke her up, not her.
Then… Should I assume that Uni put me to sleep first and that she hasn’t slept until now?
If you look closely, you can see that he looks a little tired.
“Uni, are you tired?”
“Uh? Oh no, I… I’m fine.”
Uni, perhaps surprised by my sudden question, replied as she stuttered her words.
After this, the conversation stopped for a while, and Yuni hesitantly spoke to her.
“… Does it look like that?”
“Little…”
“I see.”
Yuni slightly lowered her head, wondering what she was thinking.
And I had to see
On the back of her bowed head, something white was lightly pressed.
Pounding.
My heart started beating fast again.
Of course not mine.
So, then also… Yuni and that man…
“… Eric.”
“Ahh, whoa… Whoa…”
How far have you been?
I feel like I smell it all over my body, did I finish it after all?
Or, or not yet there?
I wished for the latter, but deep down I wished for the former.
A warped wall that hopes that her beloved will struggle with her embraced by another man.
I am… Because of this wall, she was sacrificed.
It was so sad and exciting at the same time.
“It’s grown. If… Do you want to do it?”
“Uni, it’s okay…”
Would.
I want to hug her right now and claim her as mine.
A mark that only I can leave… Want to leave
“Right now if you want…”
“Oh, no. Next time… Let’s do it next time.”
If my imagination is right, she wouldn’t have had a good night’s sleep until now.
If you have a relationship with that man in any way, whether compulsory or consensual, and continue to do so until they return, waking me up now… What Uni needs right now is sleep.
“Aren’t you more tired than that? Why don’t you close your eyes for a second?”
“Eric…”
She looked at me with a complicated expression.
It was stupid.
From saying that, it’s a premise that the two of them were already awake at the same time.
“… It’s okay.”
Yuni lightly bit her lip.
Maybe she was expecting me to be angry.
Why did you mix your body with a man like that? He might have wanted to tell her clearly that Yuni was mine.
But even though I know… Couldn’t say that
Because then I really don’t think she will commit her affair anymore.
Then I don’t think I’ll be excited anymore…
“Sorry. Then wait…”
“Okay, take a break.”
Yuni lay down on my lap.
At the end of her gaze, I was there.
“Eric, actually I…”
“Are you okay. Because everything is fine… Take a break first.”
Please don’t reveal yet.
I’m so sorry and I’m afraid to say it, but… I am…
“Whoa…”
I sighed so much that Yuni, who closed her eyes, couldn’t hear it.
Why the hell did I have such a castle?
Should it be considered that Seria or Arin induced it?
It didn’t seem like there was no effect, but it seemed insufficient to say that it was only because of it.
There seems to be some other reason.
For example, this pattern.
I slowly rolled up my arm and looked at the pattern engraved on it.
Two flowers that are barely visible, and one flower that is slightly smaller than before.
Is the flower of Yuni that has become smaller, blooming somewhere else as much as it has shrunk?
What was her pattern like?
I want to check, but I can’t because Uni is wearing clothes that cover her shoulders.
She’ll wake up if I reveal this.
I stared blankly into empty space as I gently raised her hand and brushed her uni’s hair.
Her hair stuck together and did not fall easily.
My hand, as I was sweeping it, came to a halt as it bumped into her tangled hair.
After several days of dawn, we arrived at the next village.
***
“… Did you fight?”
“Oh, no.”
“I didn’t fight.”
Ertina, who appeared after a while, said this first.
Did she see this atmosphere as awkward after a fight?
“As we get closer, there will be more fights, but for now, please restrain yourself. Soon we will enter the territory of demons. There… You never know what will happen.”
As she said, after this city, it is the territory of demons.
In other words, this city is a kind of frontier frontier.
Maybe that’s why the city felt more like a fortress.
It also feels like there are more soldiers than civilians in the city.
We also met face-to-face with the lord of this city, and he wished us good luck and asked us to hear good news.
Since he is in a position to fight a direct battle, he probably wants this war to end as soon as possible.
It’s the same for all of us.
Uni went out to train with Ertina again, and I was left alone in the room practicing hard.
When he was taking a break after completing a round of divine power operation, something unexpected happened.
“Uh…”
My body didn’t move.
No, to be precise, I couldn’t get up from this spot as if I was being held by something.
Looking down at my body with anxiety, something like a black vine was wrapped around my body.
This… How?
“Is it late. It’s too late.”
Soon a familiar voice came from the window.
This voice…
Ruella with blue-green hair was coming in this way from outside the window.
I can’t imagine attacking so openly… !
It hadn’t happened in the meantime, so it seems that he was careless.
Yes, this place is right in front of the demons’ territory!
It’s not strange no matter what happens.
I bit my lip to check the firmness of the vine.
Thick and hard
But it’s not to the extent that it can’t be broken.
I put on my holy power and applied my strength to cut it off at once.
Wood deok! Crackling!
“This at once… It is getting stronger after all.”
“What do you mean? Did you intend to kill me here?”
I quickly picked up the sword lying next to me.
“… I can’t wait any longer. Even if I kill you, the Demon King…”
I wonder if I felt anxious when I saw that I had arrived right in front of the territory of the demons.
Ruella seemed to be worried that the demon king would die and was trying to deal with me in advance.
Can you win this time?
But the situation is different from last time.
Seria and Arin were in the next room, and Uni and Ertina were right below.
Would you attack me under these circumstances?
“You know what? Right now, this room has been sealed so that no sound leaks out. No matter how much you shout, no one will come.”
“You can rip that barrier.”
I heard that a curtain of something magical is covering this room.
Is this the barrier she was talking about?
There’s no way they wouldn’t notice this barrier anyway.
They must be doing something outside as well.
I must quickly break the barrier and join them.
“Do you think I will leave you alone for a while?”
“Apart from that time… It will be different.”
She’s not confident, but she bluffed and answered that.
Luella slightly frowned at my appearance.
“As expected, we have to sprout in advance before it becomes more dangerous…”
Are you thinking of killing me
I thought about how to block her attack and at the same time tear the barrier.
She will never miss the gap where I tear the barrier with my holy power.
However, in order for us to win, I must break the barrier and join my party members.
We watched each other’s movements and maintained a state of tension that seemed to burst at any moment.
In such an imminent situation, someone knocked on the door.
Smart.
“… Who?”
Louella muttered in a momentary embarrassed voice.
Is the barrier broken?
No, not broken. There was no change in this situation, where some magical energy enveloped the room.
Then who is that?
Unexpected even by Luella, the third person… ?
Smart.
“Is there no one there? Then will I go in?”
Rattle!
The third person who opened the door that should have been locked… It was Sarah.
She looked up at Louella, who was putting on her puzzled expression as she flicked her tail.
“Oh my, this is amazing. Why are Luella and the hero in an empty room?”
“… Sera.”
Are there two of the Four Heavenly Kings?
For some reason, I felt that the situation would become more serious, so I tightened my grip on the sword.
