The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

44 – Advance

After setting up the tent, we looked around the island together. The horse was just walking around the exploration site and island.

Contrary to Arya’s expectations, there were no special places such as dungeons or caves on the island. It wasn’t that big of an island, and it was like a small uninhabited island in a resort, so I didn’t have high expectations in the first place.

But Aria said that it would be different if she was Principal Nelson.

“My treasure chest….”

With that aria behind, we returned to the tent and decided to have lunch. It was planned to light a fire and grill the meat in the evening, so we took out the food we had brought from the restaurant from the warehouse, shared it, and jumped into the sea.

I didn’t notice it when she was wearing her school uniform, but Luna’s feminine figure in a swimsuit made me glance sideways.

While we were playing in the water, we entered the forest and, after being invisible for a while, brought a wooden harpoon that Kane made himself.

Kane and Lakar dived into the sea and used harpoons to catch fish and clams, and I used magic to play with Luna and Aria on the tube.

As a joke, I used space magic to make Arya dive from a high place. Surprised Aria burst into tears and was scolded by Luna and Aria for a while….

Having a really good time, we played until we were exhausted and returned to the tent.

Is it because it’s an island, or is it because it’s so much fun that time passes quickly. The sun was setting so quickly that it became dark in an instant.

Waiting for the sun to set, Kane lit a campfire she had prepared in advance. In the meantime, the remaining members put the pork prepared by the maids on wooden skewers made by me and Lakar and fixed it with stones so that it would not fall over around the campfire.

The meat being cooked while dripping oil from the heat gave off a delicious smell, and I took out the cool honey beer I had prepared in advance and handed it to the members.

A blazing fire, deliciously cooked meat, fish and clams caught by Carne and Lacar during the day. There’s even a cold honey beer.

It really was a perfect evening. The Messiah members did not doubt anyone.

After the meal and tidying up, we sat around the campfire and soaked in emotion while immersed in the silence of the night, the stars densely packed in the sky, and the blue moonlight.

Around the time when everyone was deeply immersed in their own thoughts. Arya, who couldn’t stand her boredom, opened her mouth abruptly.

“At first I thought Luna and Ross were on some kind of relationship.”

I looked at Aria again asking what strange things she was talking about.

At the reaction of the two of us, Arya waved her hand, saying it was a misunderstanding.

“No! I don’t mean that. Since they’re both blonde and shy, I thought they were distant relatives!”

I could see Luna let out a sigh of relief at Aria’s explanation and glanced sideways at me, but I pretended not to notice and wiped the honey beer off her chin with my sleeve.

“I thought so too at first. The two of them are very similar.”

Arya smiled at Kane’s unexpected support shot and shrugged her shoulders.

“It can’t be related, you know, I’m a commoner.”

At my words, Arya nodded her head with an ah.

“Come to think of it, you didn’t even know where everyone lived, did you? Still, it’s the same club! Why don’t you take this opportunity to tell me about yourself!”

Seeing Aria looking at me with her eyes shining, probably bored, I thought this was a good suggestion, so let’s nod her head and look at her members. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

“Okay, then I’ll do it first.”

Throwing the firewood piled up next to her into the fire, Kane went first.

“I am Kane Van Youssef. He is the youngest of seven siblings in the Duke Yusef family south of the capital.”

I was surprised by Kane’s words. It was strange that he belonged to a duke’s family, unlike his sickly-looking skinny body.

Does the duke’s family not give food well? Seeing that you eat pork and fish today, it doesn’t seem like you hate eating.

“Well, even if you’re from a duke’s family, you’re actually an bastard. He is the son of a family. I’m the only one in my family doing alchemy. The people in my family don’t understand that I do alchemy, so we don’t get along very well.”

Is it because of the atmosphere created by the moonlight and the campfire? Carne poked her burning branches with her firewood, confiding her own domestic affairs as if she didn’t care.

“I have always wanted to be independent at home. No matter how well the family treats them, the bastard is always on the outside, right? That’s why academy life is fun. Well, it might be more fun to meet you guys.”

Seeing Kane smile awkwardly while saying that, I understood a little why Kane was so interested in camping.

When Kane finished her words, she turned her attention to La Carre, who was sitting next to her.

Receiving that gaze, Lakar put down the glass of honey beer next to him and opened his mouth with a serious expression.

“I am Lakar Strain Jr. The second child of the strain family. The 3rd year combat club has an older sister named Ramine. Under her, she has a younger sister with an age difference. Well, my family is located in the west of the capital, so it’s easy to get there by using the portal twice.”

Lakkar looked up at the sky for a while, thinking of something to say, then turned his gaze to me and said.

“Since childhood, my dream has been to become a knight. A loyal knight who is loyal to his lord and willing to give his life.”

I didn’t know why, but when I saw Lacar giving me a burdensome look, I avoided his gaze by pretending to take out a cookie from the storage room.

Take out a cookie and offer it to Luna sitting next to you. Luna smiled and picked up her chocolate cookie.

After Lakar finished speaking, the turn naturally passed to Aria, who was sitting next to her.

“I am Arya Baldwin! The only heir to the Baldwin House! Everyone has heard of Bald Snow Mountain, a famous resort in the north, right? Our family is under that snowy mountain! You can use about 4 portals!”

Raising her arms, Arya smiled lovingly at her crew.

“Everyone, if you have a chance to come to the north, make sure to stop by Bald Snow Mountain! If you come to my family to play, I will show you the delicious food and scenery of the north!”

After saying that, Aria pondered a bit, then smiled and added her words.

“I don’t have any big goals. An archmage like Principal Nelson?”

Everyone smiled at Aria, who is dreaming a bigger dream than anyone else.

Let Arya turn her head to Luna’s turn. Luna cleared her throat and opened her mouth.

“I am Luna Grace…. He is the fifth youngest of the Grace family. I entered the academy because I wanted to research a cure for sick people in the Faculty of Magic.”

Let Luna’s words end. As if she had been waiting, Arya made a fuss about her.

“Wait!!! Isn’t the Grace family one of the 3 nobles in the East?”

“Yes…. That’s right.”

At Luna’s answer, Arya looked at me with her surprised eyes and shouted.

“Oh my God! Luna is the 3rd generation family guarding the eastern border!!! That’s amazing!!!”

Aria made a fuss, but I couldn’t say anything like a mute who had eaten honey. The 3 nobles of the East….

It was a force that had appeared in the novel before. I didn’t catch the detailed settings for the 3 nobles. I just wrote that I was annihilated by the demon king’s army….

The eastern border is destroyed by the church, and the demon army appears on the continent. In order to inform the continent of this fact and buy time for defense, the 3 nobles of the east did not run away and fulfilled their duty on the spot.

All the nobles in the east gathered in one place and fiercely confronted the Demon King’s army…. In the end, all of them are massacred.

Their sacrifice became the reason why Emperor ‘Bella’, who had earned time, recruited his army and formed Roel’s warrior party.

The fact that the three major nobles were exterminated was a device that made even corrupt officials aware of how serious the situation was.

Like Ross, for the sake of probability, he created consumables called the three nobles.

When you are pressing your eyelids with your palms in an unexpected situation. Luna gently tapped my shoulder.

I inadvertently raised my head and met Luna and her gaze. I stared blankly at Luna’s gaze, embarrassed, until I struggled to look away from her.

I let out a deep sigh and turned my gaze to the members who were looking at me.

“Well, I’m a commoner, so I don’t have a family name. Just ross. I live in a small town a day away from the capital. Thanks to Roel, the senior in the 2nd year, I was able to enter the school on a special basis…. I’m lacking, but I’m also the manager of the messiah club.”

Let’s sweep the face once in the complicated head. Arya asked, her eyes shining.

“So, what is your dream?”

That word was a question that seemed to penetrate the confusion in my heart. Funny enough, Aria’s question left her confused mind until now, leaving only one promise.

I slowly turned my gaze to Luna and answered Arya’s question.

“To protect what is important.”

In a corner of my mind, there was a complacent thought. Even if I stay still, I feel complacent that Roel will solve everything according to the flow.

Many people died and were injured as it flowed. Roel will also lose a lot…. In the end, there was an expectation that Roel would kill the demon king and reach a happy ending.

So there was always a hesitation in my heart. I want to blame Bella, but I put up with it for the sake of the ending. He hesitated for a long time about saving the villagers of Destin who were about to lose their lives in the attack of the mutant orcs.

But the flow I knew has already changed. Ross, who has an inferiority complex, has members who are like his family, and he met a teacher who believes in him.

Just as the Ross inside of me met me, who made me feel inferior, and chose to move forward rather than resent or seek revenge.

I also decided to choose to move forward to protect my precious things.

“What! Did you drink honey beer and get drunk?!”

“Ouch, it’s cheesy!”

Kane and Aria played around by holding hands. Unlike the two of them, Lakar and Luna were smiling at me.

Erasing the remnants of anxiety and complacency that remained in my heart, I looked at the members and said as if I was determined.

“It will make everyone happy.”

The members who supported me when I was collapsing, Roel and Principal Nelson who always believed in me.

And Ross, who is watching the story we will write inside of me.

I chose to move on for their happiness.

“Absolutely.”

Even if it is the path of defeat.