152 – Necrosis (3)

“This, let’s calm down. Calm down… Sueup ─ Huu—Sueup─huu—”

As I stabilized my breathing, I felt that my mind was also stabilized. There is nothing wrong with the old saying that the health of the body is the health of the mind.

The sound of the heart, which had been similar to the sound of a running train, became uniform and the fever that rose to its fullest escaped.

The cooled mind and body brought stability to the mind.

“Okay… Let’s think about it calmly…!”

As if an overheated steam engine cooled down and regained its capacity, Innis’ cool and sharp brain shone!

“…What can I do…?”

The worries only returned to the starting point.

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with an answer.

Friendship was a difficult feeling for Innis, who hadn’t really made a single friend with Lilia until he met her.

But love love?

How to measure psychological distance.

To solve this problem, it was more comfortable to challenge high-level magic in the rare era.

I remembered the two people who had hugged Iba earlier.

‘At that time, I was too thrilled, so could I hug you…? No, then it must have been obvious. Besides, I couldn’t stand it…’

I’m sure he was making unpleasant breathing noises, and his body was uncomfortable unlike before. Imagining the scene, Innis stuck out his tongue in disgust.

Just as sweet things are sticky, so is love. The more you love, the more you get sloppy.

Sometimes, while having a meal, I can overhear chatter from the table next to me. There were many love stories, as is usually the case with the high-spirited age group. Even the Devil Catching Demon couldn’t win against love.

[I was dumped before I even confessed~ Ah, annoying! Did you push too hard?]

[You must have found out that I like Jiji, right? Mr. Ha… Did you show too much?]

[I’m going to go around… I tried to make an appointment for this evening, but I got stuck.]

[That’s why you should have kept a reasonable distance. It was at a level that even the most ignorant bastard would notice right away. How awkward would that have been?]

Conversations like this.

‘I’m not going to do that… I’m not going to make Eba feel awkward…’

Wait, unchanged?

Innis thought for a moment about what he had done. Even in Ilios right now.

Making an appointment for dinner, kidnapping him to a hotel room, flirting with him by asking if he would touch his buttocks while drunk, then making an appointment to meet his parents face-to-face while rubbing his head against his chest, etc…

“… Huh?”

It was definitely not something to be done between friends.

Thinking about it again made me feel ashamed. Would I be happy if I had only shame? I was scared and angry at times.

It was embarrassing.

He was afraid and ashamed of what he had done, so he was afraid to look at Eva. She did the same to herself. Her anger seemed to rise just by looking in the mirror.

‘What have I been doing?’

No, what were you thinking?

I thought, ‘If it’s my best friend, this much would be okay…?’ She did so and she gradually crossed the line.

‘Oh, oh, oh, what. What if they think I’m a light woman?’

I’m the only one who does this! I wouldn’t do that to Lilia! Even if she is a friend, she only did it to Iva!

She didn’t think Innis would have any other friends anyway, so she was worried for nothing.

But she herself was serious.

‘No, I have to make up for it. I have to somehow get my image… Iba to like it…!’

At this time, she passed by a corner of an accident where a handful of flashing memories were busy.

It was a novel I read in a corner of the newspaper one day.

An entertainment novel written for housewives so that they do not spend the rest of their time doing housework.

Innis usually doesn’t enjoy writing except for magic papers, but at that time, maybe it was because I didn’t have a friend to talk to while eating. Poisonous eyes went.

The heroine, who is a witch, asks a business man to escort her and gradually becomes entangled. It was a common, if common, love story with such content. There were a lot of parts I didn’t know since I watched it from the middle, but I still remember that it was fun.

Especially, the female lead left a deep impression on me.

A femme fatale with her unique charisma that seizes men, approaches her slightly but never deeply, and makes her partner approach her, not herself.

She has a slightly cold demeanor. She usually feels distant, but she is a charming woman who sometimes shows a cute side.

“This is it.”

Innis succeeded in coming up with the attitude she should have.

Whether the result will be successful remains to be seen.

**

“Innis. Where have you been?”

As soon as Innis returned, Lilia asked anxiously.

“Uh… Let’s catch some breath. Huhu, I got motion sickness from moving earlier.”

“…? I see.”

Something was different from usual, but it didn’t seem to hurt, so Lilia didn’t care.

“Then you’re fine now, right? Uh… Right, Joe?”

Eva asked in a strangely cautious manner.

It was because I guessed that the reason Innis left the place was because he was angry. She must be unable to forgive her friend for disappearing after making up a lie that she died without saying a word.

“Yeah. It’s okay. Never mind.”

Inis replied in a voice that seemed cold at first glance.

As soon as I made eye contact with Iba, she smiled.

Innis thought to himself.

‘Okay. It’s the perfect attitude!’

“Ah… I see.”

Eva thought to herself.

‘He’s very angry.’

It was a pleasant dream time.

She thought about banging her head again, but gave up because moving her body was too much of a hassle.

It was also a time when indolence grew bigger than guilt.

“The world tree was being kept as a sacrifice…? My sister took the place of the shrine maiden I was going to do…? That was the reason I left the forest… Besides, my sister is a prophet…? Threatening Mr. Iba. This…? What is this… Ah… Ah… Ah…”

Layla trudged along with her dazed face as if the other side of the story had also ended.

“Oh, that was quite an interesting story~”

“You didn’t mean to be funny…?”

“It doesn’t matter what your intentions are, I enjoyed it~”

Minerva, who had walked with the Prophet, clapped.

“Okay! Let’s rest now!”

“What?”

Eva immediately frowned and showed her displeasure. But she didn’t say anything more, as if she didn’t have the strength to actively catch her horse’s tail.

“Oh, why are you like that~? Resting is also an important procedure~? There are a lot of things to do, but everyone is tired~?”

No one could argue. The dark circles in the eyes are like a curtain, and the breath is rough. Her clothes are full of dirt and dust, and there are traces of dried sweat.

Exhausted. There were no other words to describe it other than this. There was no need to count the majority of people who had not slept for several days and nights, and those whose stamina reached its limit.

“First of all, let’s sleep and think~ Originally, it’s better to eat and sleep~ To be honest, I don’t have the energy to cook~ Of course, food is in the bag that I hung on a broomstick~”

Minerva snapped her fingers.

“That’s why I’m calling for a broom, but I think it’ll take a long time since it’s quite a distance hahahahaha~”

Lilia, who suddenly opened her eyes, called for a broom. Innis was like that too. Layla reached out her hand. However, everyone’s expression was not very good.

“… Far away.”

“Is that so?”

Lillia murmured, and Eva grinned as she looked at her Stella.

“Is it my fault…? If it wasn’t for me, everyone would be caught there and executed. Execution! Live or die, that was the question. Are you blaming me?”

“Of course I’m joking. Joking. Damn. If it wasn’t for our Stella, I would have been the same as the World Tree.”

“Ha, did you say you’ll forgive me for nothing? Eat this.”

Stella raised her middle finger as she saw Eva start to babble again.

‘Our Stella…?’

Innis was a bit nervous about Stella’s instructions. And then, what is the relationship between the two? If you’re a demon king candidate, why are you so close to the hero candidate?

I love him, but there are still many things I don’t know about him.

“Still, there is a possibility that the elves will come after you…”

“Then you can stand watch and be vigilant.”

In the end, Iva must have agreed to rest, so she answered the Prophet’s worries.

“Only vigil? You’re so anxious. I’m going to cast a vigilance spell… Ah, a wand.”

Lilia scolded her and rummaged through her pockets hanging from her thighs, but all she could see was dust.

“The Holy Sword and Holy Lance were also taken away… I’m going to be scolded by the Pope’s grandfather…”

Wiz muttered in a melancholy voice, as if he had just remembered that. Stella patted her on the back beside her. It was a sight that I wanted to comfort someone as I was in the same situation, but the two of them were originally like this.

Those who were taken away had an infinitely light attitude, but this was a surprisingly important issue.

The holy spear and holy sword are not simple treasures or weapons. It is a weapon that is also a symbol of humanity in this era.

Of the weapons stolen by the elves, at least two of them had to be returned.

“Damn it… The more I think about it, the more my bones hurt.”

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There was a mountain of work to be done in the future. So, paradoxically, the break right now was urgent. Considering the hardships he would face in the future, it was necessary to save even a little bit of strength now.

“…Okay. Let’s rest. Thinking about it makes me tired.”

Lillia murmured, pressing her hands to her temples. Lila, who saw that, followed her and pressed both her temples with her hands.

“Then, who’s going to be on the night watch?”

“Me.”

I heard a voice volunteering without hesitation in a position that no one wanted to do.

“I’ll do it.”

It was Eva.

“…What? Hey Iba. Who is the most tired person here?”

“It’s fine. Some people are the most used to being tired. Has anyone here stayed up all night as much as I did?”

“But…”

“Stella, I know you’re worried. But it’s just putting the right people in the right places. You won’t sleep for a thousand days anyway, so what’s the problem? You can change them later.”

Stella couldn’t answer.

“And. I was planning to spend the night inside the World Tree for a year anyway. Compared to that, this isn’t too much trouble.”

It was quite a joke, but no one laughed. Eva looked at Stella, tapped her on the nose, and laughed.

“…Anyway! Everyone lies down. Rest, rest! The kids sleep so they grow taller!”

“Because you’re the best kid here?”

Lilia timidly raised her voice, but she couldn’t refuse the favor.

“Kyaa~ Then I will lie down first~?”

“Kyaaat! Master!”

“Uh, uh…?”

Minerva fell to the ground, gurgling like an immature child. Layla and the Prophet were the victims. Minerva’s arms as she dived to the ground caught them by the neck and forced them into a companion crawl.

“…Ah, that doesn’t work…”

“Please release this, I…”

Not even a few seconds later, Minerva’s right breathing sound was heard. It was proof that he was tired.

“…It’s embarrassing.”

Seeing that, Lilia sighed heavily. The seduction of her rest was sweet indeed. Lillia couldn’t stand it either and she lay down on the ground.

She didn’t even have a sleeping bag, but she was happy to be able to rest like this. Lillia cut her head with her arm and spoke to Eva.

“I’m going to rest first, Master. If you’re tired, tell me right away, okay?”

“Am yo am yo.”

She answered slightly intrusively, but without saying anything, Lilia closed her eyes.

I still have a lot of work to do, but I finished the urgent task right away. Is it because of that? She had a blade of reassurance floating around her. It cut her tension.

Soon afterward, she too fell asleep. Into a sweet swamp that she could easily fall into just by closing her eyes.

Now everyone started to lie down on the ground. Even Lilia, who preferred her classy bed, fell asleep without a word, and no one else could complain about her bed.

She was on the road, but she quickly fell asleep.

Except for one person.

‘…I can’t sleep.’

It was Innis.

‘I have to sleep… That’s the way to help Iva… I have to help her with the stamina she gained from this… I have to get her to like her… Ah! Oh no. Let’s not think When you have to sleep, you can’t even think about this… Careless… Just think about sleeping…’

Rather, such miscellaneous thoughts were the cause of her sleepless nights, but she was trying her best in her own way.

A long time passed after everyone fell asleep. I heard shaky footsteps. The sound of careful footsteps. It was so small that I couldn’t hear it if I wasn’t paying attention, but it was as clear as the sound of my heart to Innis.

‘Eh…? Who, who…?’

The identity of the footsteps that I sneakily confirmed was none other than Iba!

Iva was slowly moving towards Innis.

‘Eh, huh?! Why did you come this way…?’

Sir, are you trying to indulge my defenseless body…? Oh, what a bee! Because I planted painful memories in him several times. To punish him for melting himself with the sun’s fire…

Such an ulterior motive to show the hot taste (metaphorically) to the opponent who showed the hot taste…?

‘Wow!! Wow!!’

He didn’t open his mouth and let out a soundless clamor. She was pretending to sleep hard and was preparing herself inwardly.

However, Innis’ light-hearted prediction was misguided.

“Hey.”

“…”

“Hey, hey.”

“…”

“Hmm~?”

Suk, slowly reached her hand toward her chest and grabbed it by the chin.

“…What are you doing, bastard. If you want to touch it, talk to it and then touch it.”

“What, you were awake.”

The person he was heading for was Stella, not Innis.

“My dear Stella. You know I love you…?”

“Take the point.”

“Help me.”

Eva lowered her eyes miserably.

“I’m sleepy.”

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