Chapter 43 – Master and Disciple (3)
The 7 members of the subjugation team, which was formed to subdue the demon lord, were made up of only the best, one by one, as befits the talents carefully selected from the Altma Kingdom…
Chow!
“Keoeouk?!”
“Suddenly what is this!!”
Compared to the seven, the swordsman and hero, who had reached a level that could be called a monster, suddenly changed in front of his final destination and started swinging his sword at the subjugation party, so he was unable to respond properly.
Although belatedly, the punitive force counterattacked with Auror-infused maces, swords and spears, and powerful magical spells, but only weak resistance.
The warrior in his heyday knocked down his members one by one, dodging or parrying every attack that came his way.
“Eww…! How many places did it break in the process? Fuckers… I’m sure they’ll dig it up a bit.”
At least I killed the healer first and it ended easily.
The black-haired young man spit out curses at the corpses of those whom he had believed to be his comrades, and inhaled the potion he had prepared in advance.
All these actions are not the result of the hero going mad or betraying his comrades, but for his own survival and revenge for the previous round. The warrior felt relieved, but also felt a sense of wonder.
Until now, without exception, I started from the very beginning, so why did I go back to the day before this time? Is it different because it’s the last loop? Thanks to that, he was able to take revenge right away, so it was convenient, but…
The warrior thought about it for a while, but in the end, without finding a clear answer, he began to shake off useful items from the body of the subjugation party.
The hero who finished all the work was looking down at the fainting woman who would make him the sole survivor of the Demon King subjugation party.
She surrenders herself to a sense of betrayal and ruthlessly kills the members she thought were her colleagues, but she is a woman who couldn’t bear to kill them.
After tying her up with the rope he took out of her inventory, the hero headed for her audience room where the demon king would be waiting.
“…”
Roden, who woke up early in the morning because of an old dream, thoughtlessly muttered the fake name of a false old lover that he had been thinking about for a long time.
“Philia…”
* * *
Roden and Loxia, who had breakfast at home after 15 days, spent time cleaning out the clothes they had laid out the previous day and the dust that had accumulated while they were away from home. Received.
“Whoa…! It’s a bit late because we’ve been collecting as much stuff as possible from the nearby markets and merchants as well as our guild. This is all the ingredients we can deliver right now.”
“Since I just placed an order yesterday, I’m grateful that you brought me this much. I can last about a week with this amount, so please deliver it again until then.”
Roden, who handed over the money bag while placing a new order, added a word to her staff.
“Ah, then I want you to get me some glass bottles too.”
“Yes! Just trust our Holm Merchants. See you next time.”
After the staff left, the two people who gathered the ingredients went straight down to the basement and worked on mixing herbs and medicines, then poured the obtained results into an automatic blender in order.
“It’s time to get back to work.”
Roden, who gave a line that felt like a third-rate villain, looked at Loxia as she held onto her lever and nodded her head.
“Shut up~!”
As she closed her eyes and pulled her lever, her automatic blender slowly moved. This is the moment when I started to fulfill my role after almost 15 days.
“I’ve done more than half of it now. If I just boil the pot the next morning and do the finishing touches, I can open the shop again tomorrow afternoon as scheduled.”
“There will be many guests tomorrow, right?”
“Perhaps it is. Just this morning, some adventurers snooped around the store.”
While continuing to chat, the two of them simply washed the beakers used for work to roughly finish it, and decided to go upstairs and make dinner.
The menu is fried rice. The main is eggs.
Roden, who had been eating again after a long time in a port city, couldn’t throw away his lingering feelings and brought quite a lot of rice from the market there.
At first, I started by unpacking three servings of rice stored in a jar.
First, Roden cooked rice first, waited for a while, and then Loxia poured an appropriate amount of cooking oil into the heated frying pan.
“Master, please put the green onion now.”
“Huh.”
After Roden put in the finely chopped green onions, Roxia stir-fried them to create green onion oil.
Whirik Whirik!
She then poured in her egg wash and stirred with her spatula to make her scramble. Then she naturally mixed it with the green onion, and after frying it to a golden brown, drove it into her corner and looked up at the owner.
“Master, where did you put the soy sauce?”
“Here.”
“Thank you.”
Chii profit!
The girl, who was given her soy sauce by Roden, mixed the boiled soy sauce into the scramble on the other side of hers, adding a pinch of salt as well.
“Master, please put the rice on now.”
“Hyupcha!”
Roden added her three servings of freshly cooked rice, and Roxia immediately raised her spatula, mixing all her ingredients and seasonings evenly so that they could be well mixed, and cooked the fried rice with exquisite skill enough to lightly coat it with the scent of fire.
“I only told you about fried rice once during my vacation, but you already cook it well…”
“It’s only because the owner taught me well. Now that it’s all over, sit down. I’ll remember it soon.”
Living together with her has recently allowed Loxia’s talent for cooking to blossom lately.
As of her present, whenever she cooks her ideal dish, which is not the kind of menu she has ever made at all, Roden is assisting her as she is now.
Soon after, two bowls of bright yellow fried rice, slightly different in size, were placed on the table. The two of them raised the tableware side by side.
“Bon appetite!”
“I’ll eat well.”
The savory egg fried rice with just the right taste of fire whets your appetite the more you chew.
Simply put, it is very delicious. Much more so than, for example, works by Roden. In proportion as he enjoyed his mouth, his mind was disturbed.
I thought the smell was different… I’m glad I learned how to teach, but I can’t stop feeling resentful.
“Master, you have a bad expression. Doesn’t it suit your taste?”
Opposite her, the girl, who had caught the owner’s subtle expression like a ghost, spoke cautiously.
I wonder if she doesn’t like my cooking, she said with a hint of concern.
“No, no. The fried rice Roxia made just now is delicious. I mean it. Just comparing it to what I did made my face look like this. Personally, I prefer to cook it myself, so I was confident in my cooking, but I felt like I was overtaken at once. I heard it.”
“Something is missing.”
“Don’t worry, it’s just because I’m still narrow-minded.”
Roden ate his rice, reflecting on his pettiness.
Oh well, it’s delicious Later, when I grow up and open a decent restaurant, I will be able to live on for the rest of my life.
He admired Loxia’s cooking skills again, finished her meal right away, and started cleaning up after herself. Naturally, Roxia tried to help her master, but this time he was half-forced to sit her down to rest.
Not long after, Roden returned to the girl who was sitting with the washed dishes turned over side by side.
“Thanks to you, I ate well this time too.”
“I’m glad you liked it. Next time, let’s cook together like now. Master.”
“OK.”
Caught lightly like a puppy in the arms of her approaching owner, Roxia gently stuck her head out. It seems to be asking for praise.
When Roden came to his senses, his hand was already on the girl’s head.
It was a natural flow, like an apple falling by gravity and being placed on a human head under a tree.
As a side note of hers, the current Roxia had returned to her demon form, and she subtly tilted her head and guided Roden’s hand to her own horn.
“Is it okay if I touch the horn again? What was the reaction like yesterday…”
It was crazy.
“Ahaha… Yesterday, I was a bit surprised because it was the first time I had the experience of someone else fiddling with my horns like that, but the feeling of gently scratching my horns was subtly cool.”
Roxia, blushing and gently stroking her horns with her own hands, gave an easy-to-understand example from her glowing face.
“How can I say it? To make it easy for the human owner to understand, it’s similar to the feeling of gently scratching with an earpick. It’s not exactly the same, though.”
“It’s an expression that touches my heart.”
“Right? So… Just one more time… How are you?”
She didn’t hate herself either, but if she said she wanted it, there was no reason for Roden to distance herself.
“Oh, don’t touch it too frantically like yesterday, and it will feel better if you slowly scratch it from the far end to the other side.”
“Keuheum! Hmm. I’ll be careful.”
Roden, who heard the word ‘freak out’ from Loxia’s mouth, cleared her throat a few times to hide her embarrassment, then started touching her horn with only one hand.
Just like the night before, the subtle slickness that could only be felt on her roxia’s horns and the echo when she gently scratched it with her fingernails were exceptional.
“Huh…”
Roxia, closing her eyes and concentrating on her senses, involuntarily let out something similar to her moan.
The demon king’s horns, which I cut off a long time ago, were just like iron rods. Are demonic horns completely different depending on age or gender?
Roden thought of the horns of the previous demon kings, which were tucked away in the corner of her inventory, but she slowly touched Loxia’s horns.
As always in the world, the good times passed in an instant. As he slowly distanced himself from her girl, Roxia only slightly blushed at her, thanks to her moderation unlike the previous day.
“Huuuuu009 How can I say it, it feels so refreshing. Master, I didn’t know such a good thing until now… I lost half of my life.”
“I’m glad if you felt good. Shall we do it again next time?”
“Yes, I think it would be nice if you could touch my horn someday when we’re alone like this again.”
The story of the horns was finished at that point, and the two turned the topic around and talked a little more, or spent an appropriate amount of time strolling around the darkened outskirts before ending the day.
The next day, when the potion shop reopened from the afternoon as scheduled, the day passed without hesitation as he waited in advance and dealt with adventurers who visited the shop as soon as they finished their mission with some adventurers.
Again the next day. It was quite busy with more guests than usual, but it was relatively relaxed compared to the previous day.
By the time the store closes gradually. I saw the twin sisters approaching from afar. If there is something different from usual, it is the Suin who accompanies him next to him.
“Hmm, I haven’t visited any potion shops so far, but it’s like this… You’re Mr. Roden, right? Nice to meet you.”
The cat-type beastman looked around the store while muttering, and his eyes turned to Roden.
“My name is Junoa. I’ve been partying with them for a while now.”
Soo-in, who introduced herself as Junoa, held out her hair-covered hand, and Roden readily took the other’s hand and shook it lightly.
I’ll explain it again, but it’s a hairy hand.
Unlike mixed blood, the pure-blooded beasts of this world do not have the appearance of humans with only animal ears and tails.
It is a beastman whose skeleton is similar to that of a human, but basically has an appearance very close to that of an animal.
