Chapter 55 – [Hero] Creaking
And a few more days passed.
It was such a peaceful day that I wondered if I had ever moved so comfortably.
After all, it is a street corner leading to the capital, so there are no monsters or bandits to be seen, and people who pass by occasionally pass by with a light bow.
Maybe it’s because this wagon is a noble’s wagon.
Gradually, I think that I don’t have to keep vigil.
There will be very few opportunities to move comfortably like this in the future, so wouldn’t it be better to take a break at such a time?
So I decided to listen to everyone’s opinions.
Should I stay awake until I reach the capital?
“Vigil? I’m fine without it!”
Uni was unconditionally in favor.
Even on the first night the two of us were traveling, my mouth came out of my mouth at the sound of the night watch. It still looked annoying. Well, where is the person who doesn’t.
“I’m a little uneasy, but it sure seems safe this way. Will it be okay?”
Arin showed a bit of concern, but in the end she voted yes.
She says it doesn’t matter because she wakes up early anyway.
Does it wake up early because it serves the goddess of dawn?
Seria and Uni tipped off, but she said that they spend the last night together almost together. If this is the case, wouldn’t it be like standing vigil twice? I felt a little sorry for some reason.
“It’s definitely a safe route, hero. Please do not forget your identity. You never know when evil monsters will try to target the hero.”
On the other hand, Mr. Jeren gave sharp advice, not to be vigilant.
Well, we’re not here to play. Rest is good, but it’s always better to be prepared for danger.
Hearing his words, my opinion slanted in the opposite direction again.
Shall we listen to Seria’s opinion?
Neither she nor she seemed to like the vigil, so I think she would agree, but then she’d better think of them and take a step back.
I’m sorry for him, but let’s follow their opinions this time.
“I, I… Jeren Ny… I think there is some truth in what you say.”
Seria glanced at him as she spoke, then she was startled and then she awkwardly finished her words.
She tilted her head at something different from her usual tone, but she turned her head away as she crossed her arms.
Why?
Anyway, she’s against it too.
The opposite of what I expected came out, and I was a little taken aback.
Two votes for and against.
If so, should I decide?
“I didn’t know you two were so interested in night watch.”
Unexpectedly, Arin tossed her words to match her coldness.
Even I, who had been lost in thought for a moment, raised her head, wondering if I had heard her wrong.
“There is nothing worse than dying in your sleep, right? I understand your heart, but I think you need to be more careful in times like this.”
“That, right… ! There’s nothing wrong with being prepared, yes, I think it’s good to leave a night watch as well.”
Mr. Jeren, who refutes right away without hesitation, and Seria, who speaks somewhat gibberish and makes excuses.
I couldn’t find the usual intellectual appearance.
“Um…”
Arin looked at Jeren as if he wasn’t satisfied with the answer.
Were you dissatisfied with the lack of vigilance?
Well, I don’t think I’ll be in a good mood if I have to stay up all night and wake up earlier than others.
So, is it right to not do it?
This time, I think I should be considerate of Arin and allow her to rest.
“Hmm, after hearing that, it seems like you’re right! If you get sleepy anyway, you can sleep in the carriage.”
But before I could open my mouth, Uni nodded her head and changed her position.
“UNI?”
Arin also glanced around, as if she was taken aback by her sudden change.
“Huh… But what if demons attack you while you’re really sleeping? It’s okay because you can sleep to the fullest while moving anyway.”
“Ha…”
Arin let out a deep sigh as she listened to Yuni, who had completely solidified her thoughts.
“All right. So, let’s just stay awake. Will you be okay, warrior?”
“Uh? Huh…”
I was thinking of saying let’s go in the direction of not doing it, but it can’t be helped if this happens.
It’s not like it’s a substitute, but Arin’s night watch order should be put last.
With that promise, she ended the temporary meeting.
“I ate well, Yuni.”
“Yeah, today was delicious.”
Arin and Seria finished the meal first and thanked Yuni, who was in charge of the dinner.
It wasn’t explicitly decided, but as long as there was nothing special, Yuni made dinner.
The reason is simple, because the only person in our party who has learned to cook is Yuni.
There’s no way that the two of us who grew up in the magic tower and the church had never cooked, and I hadn’t even gone into the kitchen much.
Mr. Geren… I’m not sure She’s never asked, but somehow she seems capable. Surprisingly, he knows a lot about what he can do.
However, since Uni likes to cook, and he didn’t express any desire to do it, she just left it as it is.
“Huh! Leave the dishes there!”
Yuni nodded her head proudly.
Actually, we would like to do the dishes ourselves, but Uni insisted, saying that it would be better for her to do it herself.
And in fact, Uni does not do it herself, but the spirit does it instead.
If you put it in water, the spirit will clean it up for you, and you don’t even need to dry it as the water drains away immediately after you take it out.
It was a job that really specialized in lyrics.
If you marry Yuni, housework won’t be difficult…
I had a sudden thought.
Ah, no, of course I’m not at the stage to think about that yet!
“Warrior? Her face is red, is it okay?”
“Uh? Oh no. Are you okay.”
It looks like her face is all over.
I rubbed my cheeks and tried to erase the imagination from my mind.
After me, Yuni, and Jeren finished eating, Arin cleared his throat and focused our attention.
Ugh, are you going to do that again?
Except for Arin, all of our eyes met for a moment.
“Then everyone, now that you’ve finished eating, a little bit about cultivating the right consciousness for a moment…”
“I-I’m tired, so I’ll go in first.”
“Seria, you can’t go.”
“Yes? Why me… ?”
Seria, who tried to escape by carriage first, was caught.
“I am concerned about the condition of the wagon. A lot of nice words…”
“So are you.”
“Whoa…”
Mr. Jeren was also caught.
Arin… Arin has become strange… !
I hadn’t done such a terrible sermon before, but these days, I’m doing this every night for some reason.
I wonder if hearing Seria’s story wasn’t the root of the problem, but seeing that she does this every night saying that she doesn’t have to worry about me, I wonder if she’s worried the most.
Seeing as I didn’t say anything else, I don’t think there was anything to be concerned about, but I wonder if this is a religious instinct.
To be honest, I don’t think this kind of sermon is very useful, but I decided to keep her words in my heart for Arin’s sake.
“I-I hate… !”
“UNI! Where are you going!”
“It’s the same story as yesterday anyway!”
However, Yuni jumped up, shuddering at her as if she was fed up.
“What are you talking about, the subject is different! Yesterday was about the right power of the right spirit, and today…”
“Heh, I don’t know, it’s not fun!”
“Jae, that’s not funny… ?”
Uni said that and she ran toward me.
“Come on, let’s go!”
“Huh? Uh, where?”
“Hurry!”
Suddenly, I ran away with her, led by her hand.
It’s the same as being in the middle of the street anyway…
Arin was shouting for her to come back, but Uni couldn’t hear her, so she ran fast.
Even as she held my hand and ran, Yuni continued to smile as if she were happy.
“Ha… Ha… Won’t you come after me?”
“I don’t think I could have done this…”
I’ll be back soon anyway, so was there a need to run away?
Well, since she was still like this, she remembered running and playing in the mountains together when she was young, so it was fun.
“Hehe, I just wanted to run with Eric’s hand after a long time. Don’t you remember the old days?”
I guess she was too.
But wouldn’t it be a bit too much to ruin Arin’s sermon just for that…
I thought, but when Uni heard that, she nudged my cheek in displeasure.
“Hmph, Eric is still on the third day. Are we on day six?”
Did Yuni and Seria keep listening to that while we were sitting in the driver’s seat?
For some reason, hearing that made me feel a little pity.
“And… Because everyone keeps getting ahead…”
“Huh?”
“No, nothing. Hi-Hi.”
She seemed to be muttering something, but she couldn’t hear it.
Seeing her easy-going smile, she doesn’t seem to have much to worry about.
She’s become like this, so she can’t help it.
She should go in after playing with Uni for a while.
“Mmm.”
But she had nothing to do.
We are not children, and we are past the age of playing in the dirt.
Above all, there was no room for such a game on the neatly maintained road.
“Will you get scolded if you ruin the road here?”
Judging from Uni asking that, she must have had similar thoughts.
Seeing that the floor was so flat and well-groomed, it seemed like something would happen if I called an earth spirit or something.
“This is a less interesting place than I thought.”
Yuni grumbled, refusing her stay.
It was.
Well, it’s not a place that was created to surprise you in the first place.
“Oooh, then I’d like to get some rest.”
Yuni said so and flopped down on the ground.
“Ah, lying down like that is dirty, Yuni!”
“Nature is not dirty. The dirty ones are us humans!”
“Huh… ?”
I tried to get her to her feet, but I was stopped by her strange words.
What else are you talking about?
“The spirits did.”
“Do the spirits say that?”
You could tell, they.
Without saying anything to me
Is it because I’m not really a spirit slayer?
“Huh. They say that only humans destroy and destroy nature.”
“Don’t elves build houses out of wood too?”
“Uh… Is it?”
In fact, you may even ask me. Just because I heard it
When would I have seen a different race like an elf again?
“I don’t know either, hehe.”
She quickly abandoned her claims of hearing from her spirits.
Thanks to this, she knew that the spirits were more radical friends than she thought.
I’m not even a Elementalist, so you’re not harming me just because I’m running them, right?
For some reason, I was a bit uneasy, so I decided not to call the spirits as much as possible in the future.
“I thought Seria would follow, but he doesn’t.”
“Seria? No way.”
If you don’t like her because of her personality, you’ll openly cover her ears, but she’s not the type to run away like this.
“But I hate to hear it. Ah, but I was somehow calm for that kind of thing.”
“Okay… ?”
Is it something helpful from the wizard’s point of view? Or is it a story that resonates with her?
Either way, it has nothing to do with us.
“By the way, Eric.”
“Huh?”
“Is things going well with Arin and Seria?”
“Uh, uh, huh?”
I was at a loss for words at the sudden words.
“It seems like you two are getting along well these days… You’re not talking about secrets without me, are you?”
“Oh no! It could be!”
Ah… Am I right?
Come to think of it, they were all things that I couldn’t tell Yuni about.
So she never talked.
“Sorry, Yuni. It seems I’ve been a little neglected these days.”
“… No. Because I gave everyone a chance.”
Uni stared at my left arm and answered.
“Opportunity?”
“A chance to share Eric with everyone!”
Not understanding what I was talking about, she let out a small laugh of her own.
“Everyone wants to get along well with Eric, so I’m sorry if I monopolize it!”
“It’s a monopoly, if anyone hears it, they’ll misunderstand.”
“Hee hee, right? But at first, everyone thought we were dating and couldn’t approach it.”
“Uh? Did you?”
This is the first I’ve heard of it.
Both Seria and Arin were awkward at first, but I only thought it was because we had just met.
There was such an inside story.
Somehow, starting from one day, I thought that the three of them suddenly got better. It seems that they have been able to share their feelings with each other openly.
Rather…
Did you only know that we were dating?
I was embarrassed and looked away.
“Oh, why are you running away?”
Then, Yuni grabbed my face with both of her hands and put it back in front of her.
“Oh, that…”
As I looked at her squarely in front of her, she felt ashamed to become more conscious.
“Euhehe, you care about the word dating.”
Yuni smiled maliciously when she realized why I was shy.
“Then… Do you really want to do it?”
“Uh? What… Cast?”
Yuni just smiled quietly.
Then she said nothing more and slowly approached me while holding my face.
At this rate, her lips to me…
Bean.
But before her lips collided, their foreheads collided first.
Yuni stepped back behind her and touched her forehead, stinging her tears.
I guess it hurt more than I thought.
“Ooh, stupid…”
“Uh, is it my fault?”
“Fool!”
Uni grunted for a while, then she held out her hand to go back.
“It’s over now, let’s go.”
“Somehow, I feel sorry for Arin.”
“Hee hee, go and apologize.”
We held hands and headed back to the wagon.
“Huh? Are you quiet?”
“I guess it’s already over.”
We talked in whispers and moved closer.
“Ah, Arin.”
Uni looked at Arin first and she waved her hand lightly.
I glanced at him to see if he was angry.
Arin crossed her arms and closed her eyes.
Signals that her body is uncomfortable are leaking all over her body.
The other two are nowhere to be seen.
“Hey, are you angry too?”
Yuni whispered as she tugged at her sleeve.
If you’re going to worry about that now, wouldn’t it have been better not to run away… But she didn’t bother to talk.
For some reason, I feel like that might not be the reason.
