There Was a Porter Who Would One Day Be Called a Prophet

171 – Suspicious Movement

“That’s a good thing. I had to tell Durandal about this as well. I wonder if he’ll be so surprised when he sees me that he’ll fall asleep.”

Aria was ready to open the door at any moment.

‘Who are you trying to soak now?’

I stopped him by his shoulder and quickly locked the door.

“Hmm? Why are you blocking it?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know that? Do something with those breasts before you open the door.”

“What is this?”

Aria looks down at her own barely covered chest.

No matter how much he was a man, wasn’t he too lacking in self-awareness?

Aria’s current appearance could not be considered healthy, even to say the least.

There is only one shirt on her chest, but all the buttons are blown off and it cannot function properly.

Because it was so thin, if you look closely, you can almost see the pink color through it.

It’s so bad… No, it sounds very sensational.

I tried to straighten my gaze and explain.

“Think about it. What would a warrior think if he saw me in the same room with a woman with a bare chest from the morning?”

Still, the way party members have been treating me lately is breathtaking.

If I had to buy something and just talked to the clerk, he would stop me and criticize me just because I was a woman.

So far, Thalia and Rayna. These two were the main group, but after the last visit to the orphanage, even the warrior joined the ranks.

And it wasn’t just a scolding. How can I say that it feels like someone is being squeezed?

‘It was like that just yesterday before I left the mansion….’

This happened at the entrance before I headed to the imperial palace.

-If a woman comes up to you and talks to you, what does she tell you to do then?

-Hero. You know very well that won’t happen to me.

-What did you tell me to do?

-….

-Please answer.

-A fox-like wife is waiting at home….

-You definitely should. There are no children like rabbits yet. Come on time, ‘you’.

Spooky.

Even thinking about it now gives me goosebumps down my spine. When the life in the hero’s eyes disappeared even for a moment, I realized that a person could actually die just by looking at them.

“Indeed. Was it something like that?”

Aria looked at my expression and spoke as if she realized something. For some reason, he looks strangely angry.

“What that means is that I don’t want Durandal to see me hanging out with other women. Isn’t that what you’re saying?”

This evil bug is real.

“Don’t worry. I will definitely clear up my misunderstanding.”

-Mr. Ian? I think I just heard a woman’s voice inside….

“Look at this. Misunderstandings are still piling up, aren’t they?”

That was when Aria spoke confidently and placed her hand on the doorknob.

-Rumbling. Slowly. Slowly.

“….”

Aria flinched when she saw the doorknob constantly shaking and quickly withdrew her hand.

At the same time, a voice was heard from outside.

-Why did you lock the door? Are you doing something I shouldn’t see? Open this door right now.

The hero’s voice was very calm, but that made him even more anxious.

-Rammer! Slowly! Slowly!

Because it didn’t go well with the doorknob that was shaking as if it was about to break.

“Well… Was Durandal always this impatient…?”

Aria turned to me with a frightened expression upon seeing the hero’s reaction for the first time.

It’s because you don’t know. He was scared from the beginning.

I thought it couldn’t go on like this, so I approached the door and talked to the hero.

“Hero. Before I open it, there’s something I’d like to ask…”

-First, open the door.

“Aren’t you angry…?”

-….

Why am I anxious because there is no answer?

-Tues. It didn’t work.

The answer that came back a beat late made me lose all courage to open the door.

As I was hesitating in front of the door, a warning came from the other side.

-Please stay away from the door.

“Why did the door suddenly open…?”

Nevertheless, I steadily kept my distance from the door.

-Ujik. Sigh.

After a while. The part right next to the doorknob started making strange noises and distorting.

-Kwasik!

A pure white hand suddenly popped out of the hole created by the pieces of wood flying in all directions.

Stutter. Stutter.

The outstretched hand looked around and soon stopped at the doorknob.

-Click.

With the sound of the lock being unlocked, the door that had been blocking us and the warrior opened.

“If you just opened it, it wouldn’t break.”

Soon, the warrior walked into the room.

“….”

“….”

Is it because I feel a threat to my survival?

Kkook.

Aria and I stood close to each other without any thought about who went first.

I’m scared and searching, but what should I do?

In the current situation, being a man was useless.

The warrior who was staring at us opened his mouth.

“You’re so amazing. You bring all the women in this situation. I think that’s the extent of your talent.”

There wasn’t even a trace of emotion in the words she spoke. The pitchless tone, along with her dull expression, only aggravated her anxiety.

“Uh, Durandal…? Calm down first.”

At Aria’s courageous words, her warrior’s eyes turn to her. To be exact, slightly below her face.

I soon saw the light in her eyes fading away.

That person is a hero who saves the world.

If anyone sees him, they will think he is the leader of the Demon King’s Army.

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“So.”

Soon, the hero looks at me. Now, my completely dead pupils captured my frightened appearance.

“Who is it again this time?”

What is this feeling of feeling like I’ve done something wrong even though it doesn’t seem like I’ve done anything wrong?

I quickly opened my mouth.

“Hero, calm down first and listen to me…”

“I’m listening. Please speak.”

Sigh.

The warrior said so and placed his hand on his holy sword.

When Ian saw that, he got scared and unknowingly put strength on her arm holding Aria, and her warrior’s brows narrowed accordingly.

“You knew how to hug me like that.”

I don’t know why, but I could tell that he was very upset.

“Do something! They say it will help clear up misunderstandings!”

I had an ominous feeling and held Aria in her arms.

“Ah, I see…! It’s Durandal! It’s Kairis, who’s been with you since you were young!”

“…What?”

When Aria revealed her identity, emphasizing the time they spent together, the warrior’s body flinched.

“As expected, unlike anyone else, I recognize you right away…”

-Sereung.

Before Aria could finish speaking, a sharp-looking sword body caught her eye.

“…Durandal?”

“Impersonating the Crown Prince of the Empire is a serious crime punishable by summary execution.”

A warrior who pulls out the holy sword without hesitation.

“Get away from him. If you don’t, I’ll cut you.”

I glared at Aria with cold, salty eyes.

If you say so, then yes.

“Why, why, but it’s not like you…”

Aria’s trembling ran through her body as if it was her first time seeing the hero like this.

I agree with his feelings. Anyone who could see the hero’s eyes right now looked somewhat dangerous.

Impersonating the crown prince felt like just an excuse to point the sword.

‘Is there nothing we can do when it becomes like this?’

-Cow wow.

“Ji, what are you trying to do now?!”

“No matter how much you think about it, you are the problem here. Accept it humbly.”

If things continue like this, neither of them will be able to avoid the hero’s punishment. What should I do if my country needs to survive?

I did my best to push away Aria, who was clinging to me.

“You coward…! And yet you can truly call me my friend!”

“Yesterday, you threw yourself to save me! Is it difficult to do it once? Is it difficult to do it twice?”

“After hearing that, I’m starting to regret that choice more and more!”

“That’s all just to scare you, idiot! He’s a hero in name and character, but are you really going to cut him?! Get away!”

At those words, Aria glanced at the hero.

The corners of the eyes are trembling.

Hands shaking.

Even with pursed lips.

“….”

Aria felt it instinctively. The warrior’s words are not empty words.

Even if it doesn’t take her life, she knows that if she separates from Ian now, somewhere in her body will also fall together.

“Is that what you’re saying even after seeing that appearance?”

Wow.

“Hey, let go! Won’t you let go of this?!”

“I absolutely can’t do that. Actually, I was feeling lonely trying to go alone, so please give me a companion on the way to the underworld.”

At that time, when we argued with each other and the limits of friendship were renewed.

“You seem to get along really well.”

“….”

“….”

“Are you saying I don’t even care?”

The hero spoke in a cold tone and pulled the holy sword to his chest.

“Good. I will hereby hold you guilty of insulting the imperial family according to imperial law.”

“Now, wait!”

Aria stopped such a hero.

“What is it? Even if it’s not done now, it’s no use. The sword of the Empire doesn’t waver or go astray.”

A hero who says something plausible.

No, but it looks far from that. It’s just full of personal emotions, isn’t it?

As the hero aiming her holy sword got closer, Aria hurriedly began to lick her mouth.

“When I was eleven!”

Stop.

“Didn’t Gilbert lure us away from training and go to the festival?”

At that moment, the tip of the warrior’s sword, which was said to be unwavering, shook, and Aria did not miss the contradictory sight.

“Do you remember the prize shop we stopped by that day? You made a mistake in controlling your strength and ended up popping the ball. The owner of the store told us to ask for it, but we didn’t have any money at that time. Because Gilbert had gone somewhere and left us behind. Weren’t the two of you restless and shaking until you came back!”

Aria sells the past like a rapid-fire gun in order to survive.

Then the warrior’s expression became filled with puzzlement.

“How could you do that… That’s something only Aria and I know…”

“I said it was Kairis!”

When the signature line came out, the warrior lowered the holy sword he was aiming at.

“Really…? Are you really Aria…? No, what does that look like…”

The warrior was astonished to see his friend, whom he had known as a man his entire life, appear as a woman.

“First of all, why don’t we do something about that holy sword…”

Then the warrior, who looked down at the holy sword in her hand, shifted her gaze to Aria and spoke.

“…Get away from Ian first.”

The hero had not yet sheathed the holy sword.

***

At the back of the store where Ian was drinking at the same time.

“It’s a failure again… This is why I can’t trust humans.”

There, someone was spitting on the floor and complaining.

His identity is Barmond. It was a demon who wanted to assassinate the crown prince by instigating the witch doctor Dirke.

“As expected, I have to step forward here…”

“Well, I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Who are you?”

Barmond hurriedly takes a fighting stance when someone talks to him who was hiding his presence.

Then a man walked out of the darkness.

“Whoa, calm down, buddy.”

“Demons…?”

Once Vermond confirmed that the opponent was the same demon, he relaxed his guard.

“Those horns… What business do the scouts have to me?”

“Well, there’s a special task entrusted to us by our captain.”

The horns of the said demon were split in the middle.

Barmond looked around him and asked.

“Then Deimos is here too?”

“Why are you looking for someone else’s captain? Why don’t you worry about your own captain?”

When the man mentioned the captain, Vermont’s face crumpled.

“Oh, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Didn’t you say your captain went to prison and was replaced? So… He was now a Tiermis?”

“This bastard…!”

Unable to ignore the insult to his superior, Agritsa, he rushed at the man.

“I’m so impatient.”

The man, who easily dodged the fist that Vermont swung, stepped on his knee, grabbed his outstretched arm, and pressed it to the ground.

“What are you going to do if you do a lot of reconnaissance and get information? This is what these guys are actually doing.”

Barmond, who was lying on the floor, gritted his teeth and resisted harshly.

“These traitors who came back from the dead…!”

“Well, you’re right. That’s why I go around scouting like this. But.”

Cow wow.

“If you’re going to say that, why didn’t you at least show some results? Don’t you know that every time you kill, our reputation goes down as well? If we had run, we would have caught you a long time ago.”

“….”

Barmond could not bear to refute the man’s words.

That’s right. If they hadn’t been labeled as traitors, they would have been the ones in charge of reconnaissance.

“Ugh….”

“What’s wrong? I just came today to stop you from doing such nonsense.”

“What do you mean…?”

“What? Are you really planning on fighting a red lion? Are you being overpowered by me too?”

“….”

“Please be thankful. I saved your life this time.”

The man who said that released Barmond.

“It would be better to go back sooner than that. I heard that that b*tch, Tiermis, is really upset because of you right now?”

“Damn it….”

Barmond, who was swearing, disappeared and the man was left alone.

“No matter how much you didn’t tell me, you still haven’t figured out who the core members of the warrior party are? They really are quite capable.”

Then he muttered with a serious face.

“Anyway, even the Red Lion is stepping forward, so it’s getting harder and harder to touch… Like.”

The man couldn’t control the trembling of his hands just thinking about Gilbert.

“I should at least suggest to the captain that the plan needs to be modified.”

With those last words, the man also disappeared from there.