I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

36 – The Dwarven Mine

After Kir left,

Due to the information she gave her, the kingdom of Arjen secretly silver-plated her army’s weapons, bought holy water, etc.

I was fully prepared for the Necromancer’s invasion.

Of course, it would be easier to prepare if you received support from another country,

As a result, if rumors spread that we are preparing for a war against the necromancer, the demon king will find out that there is a spy inside the demon king’s army.

If that happens, Kir’s safety cannot be guaranteed.

Edwin knew that well, so he was preparing to make sure that the information was not leaked by making security even more thorough.

“Haaa… Not enough…”

Edwin was sighing while sweeping his forehead while examining the items needed for the battle with the Necromancer.

“The amount of silver required for silver plating is not enough, and no matter how much holy water I collect, it is not enough to fight a great battle…”

“Can’t I get it from the black market?”

“Yes. Not to mention the black market, even if you scrape all the silver that will be made into silver coins at the mint, it’s not enough to gild all the weapons that soldiers use.”

In just two weeks of starting preparations for war, all silver in the kingdom of Arjen was exhausted, and the amount of silver available on the black market was limited, so there was no other way.

If the necromancers gather the undead in one place and attack, I can stop them alone, but

If I were to disperse the undead and dispersed them, I would have no choice but to be alone.

“In addition, as the price of iron ore on the continent has risen due to the war with the demon king’s army, it is now difficult to obtain even weapons easily.”

“……”

“Haaa… If production resumes in the Dwarf Mine… I think it will be solved to some degree…”

“Dwarf Mine? What’s going on there?”

“I don’t know what happened, but for some reason, since last year, the production of all minerals from the mine has stopped. People from other countries, including our kingdom, have been sent to find out the reason… But you know the nature of dwarves.”

“You know…”

They are a very selfish race who only want to do their own thing without thinking about listening to the words of other races with only their pride dirty in their stubbornness.

Three years ago, when I heard the information that the demon army was invading the Dwarf mine, I went to help them, but was stopped at the doorstep.

I let it go as it should, but they also prevented themselves from blocking it well.

Surely last year, even when the countries that traded with the dwarf mines sent people to find out about the production halt,

I could have kicked him out because of some problem and pride.

“So, by the way… Carlos…”

Edwin doesn’t say a word and looks at me with a sad look on his face as if he’s asking for something…

*

In the end…

The wagon bound for the Dwarven Mine, joined by Lucia, Irene, and Clara, left Argen Kingdom and headed for the Dwarf Mine.

Clara went as an envoy to the Kingdom of Argen, which had been trading with Dwarf mines for a long time, rather than going to a warrior party…

“…Clara-sama.. That’s my seat…”

“Lucia sits down every day~ Give it to me today~”

“But…”

Lucia and Clara throbbing each other to sit next to me…

At least Irene sits across from her and looks out the window and doesn’t seem to care about her,

It seemed that the sneaky glances did not even turn off his interest.

“Hero, Lucia always sits next to me, so can I sit next to you just this time?”

“Ah.. Yes…”

“Did you hear that? Lucia?”

When Clara asked me while holding my arm tightly, I had no choice but to answer.

After hearing that, Lucia went back to her seat and sat down with her head down.

“Hero, if you go to the inn where you are staying tonight, they say the lamb steak is so delicious?”

“That… Is that…?”

I can’t hear Clara’s words well…

I held my arms so tightly that her arm was lodged between her breastbone, making it hard for me to even answer properly.

“Isn’t this the first time I’ve eaten alone with the warrior without my brother?”

“…..”

“Ah~ I wish we could travel together like this every day~”

“…..”

While Clara was preoccupied with her words, I secretly tried to remove her arm, but each time I tugged on mine more and more, so I couldn’t get it out of her breastbone.

Even though Lucia always sits next to me, she just sits,

Somehow, the moment her carriage was shaken and even touched her skin, her face turned red and she couldn’t even speak for a while…

As if Clara hadn’t had anything like that, she held on to her hand and skin, as well as the breasts of her half-exposed dress.

“Hey… Princess? Now take this arm…”

I couldn’t stand it and tried to pull my arm out as I spoke, but…

“Yes? Why? What’s wrong?”

She’s obviously Clara, as if she’s asking me what’s wrong, with her arm around her own breast bone…

“The more you look at it, the uglier it gets.”

It was then.

A word from Irene as she stared out the window and watched without a word…

“Now… Did you tell me? Commander Irene?”

“Yes. It’s hard to tell if she’s the princess of a kingdom or her back alley prostitute.”

“What?”

Even when we first set off, the atmosphere of discussing what to eat on the way to the Dwarf Mine and having fun talking about the special products from there is gone,

The atmosphere froze in an instant as sparks broke out between Irene and Clara.

“Ah~ You seem to be envious of our Irene too? But what? I don’t think this would work with Irene’s size?”

Clara’s sarcastic tone…

Irene looked back and forth at Clara’s torso and then at her own, then frowned and turned her gaze back to her window.

Quad Deuk. Kwaduk

“Irene… The window…”

Starting with Irene’s hand gripping her window, the ice spreads around…

“Yes? What’s wrong?”

Irene looks at me and says with a face that she won’t let go if I say one more word…

In the wagon, sullen Lucia…

Clara smiles as she wraps her arms around me..

Irene eats Clara and covers the inside of the wagon with ice..

I felt envious of Roman sitting in the driver’s seat at the thought of sending him to the Dwarf Mine in this desolate atmosphere.

*

The Dwarven Mine was located not too far from the kingdom of Argen, and it was a distance that could be reached in two days at the earliest by taking a wagon from the capital.

So today, I stopped by an inn in a village that is halfway to the Dwarf Mine and is famous for the lamb steak Clara mentioned…

It was not easy to enter due to the wagons that were tightly packed from the entrance.

“Hero, I think I need to find a parking spot, so would you like to go in first?”

“Can I help you? Roman?”

“Ah! It’s okay. Shall I try driving a wagon or two? Ha ha ha.”

So Roman started wandering around looking for a place to park the carriage, and he got off the carriage and walked the streets looking for an inn.

“Welcome.”

As I entered the bustling inn, the owner greeted me and moved his eyes up and down.

I was looking at our outfits and atmosphere…

“Are you a guest who made a reservation at the Merchant Guild?”

“Yes. I would have booked one triple room and one single room.”

In order to keep our going to the Dwarf Mine a secret, Edwin reserved an inn under the name of the Merchant Guild.

I also had to thoroughly deceive my identity wearing high-quality silk clothes that merchants often wear, not the armor I usually wear.

“Oh! Welcome! I was worried about what to say when he came.”

“What is that…”

“Originally, I received a reservation thinking that the construction of the single room would be completed as scheduled, but that… The construction was getting longer… It wasn’t ready yet. Aigoo… What should I do with this…”

“Yes!!?”

Obviously, Edwin said yesterday that he reserved a single room for me and a three-person room for the other three women, so sleeping would be no problem…

If this is the case, should I sleep in the carriage today…

“Perhaps… you don’t know each other…”

“It’s not like that…”

I couldn’t even guess what the innkeeper was trying to say until now.

“We are dating.”

Out of the blue, Clara’s words come out…

“Whoops! It’s just fine! A three-person room is a three-person room, but there are two double beds, so four people can stay, right? How can you even sleep like that…”

If there are two double beds…

I mean I have to sleep with one of these three…

“No. I’m out…”

With Clara, the princess of a kingdom,

Irene, the commander of an empire,

I can’t bear to sleep with Lucia, who doesn’t know anything because she’s just innocent. I just wanted to go outside,

Clara tugged at my arm as I tried to get out and she stopped me…

“Yes! Does not matter!”

“Wow…”

“Shh!”

Unknowingly, I almost called Clara her princess in a crowded place, but

Fortunately or unfortunately, Clara’s index finger was blocking my lips and I didn’t make a mistake.

Instead, Clara, who received the key from the innkeeper, grabbed me and led me to the room assigned to me on the second floor.

I came to my senses only when I entered a room with two double beds.

“Princess! Something seems wrong… I’ll sleep in the wagon. So…”

“Ah~ Hero, if you go to the wagon alone and sleep, how can I sleep peacefully?”

“But… how can I… in this one room… I’ll either go by carriage or I’ll get another inn.”

“Didn’t you see it earlier? Is it crowded with people? Other inns will do the same. And what should we do if the hero is sleeping somewhere else and is attacked by the Demon King’s army?”

“That’s… Lucia and Irene here…”

“How are you two? Shall we stay in the same room as the hero?”

No matter how much the demon king’s army invades…

At least one of the Four Heavenly Kings can be stopped with only Lucia and Irene here…

Clara didn’t want to listen to me, so I cut her off and asked Lucia and Irene next to me.

“I… I don’t care…”

“I don’t really…”

When Irene answered as if it didn’t matter whether she slept or not, the corners of Clara’s lips seemed to go up even more.