chapter 381
381. How to Prepare an Engineering Team Before Raiding (2)
“It’s been a long time.”
“Yeah, it’s been a while…And your goddess too. Hecate. It’s been a while. How have you been?”
“I haven’t had a comfortable time since I was expelled.”
“That must have been difficult.”
Do you know each other?
What on earth is this person? No, it was a person before that?
Knowing Hecate means that she is hundreds of years old.
“Hello.”
“Ah, lady, welcome to my mansion. By the looks of it, is Yohan…A lover?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Perhaps it was because this was my family, but she seemed uncharacteristically nervous. There’s no need to be so nervous.
Although the position is somewhat like that of an in-law, there is no one here who can act as a mother-in-law.
…What would her grandmother think?
First of all, since you are my grandson and daughter-in-law, I hope you treat me well.
As she stood there blankly thinking about that for a moment, Karina took my hand. She seemed a little nervous as she seemed to have more strength in her hands than usual.
Yo, Johan, come in.
“Don’t be too nervous.”
“We’re not such bad people.”
“There is no need to be nervous, saint.”
“I can’t help but be nervous since it’s my in-laws…”
It’s cute.
“Let’s go in and talk. It’s obvious what happened, but shouldn’t we still talk about it?”
Edmund opened the door and led us inside. I took Karina and entered a mansion that still resembled an old castle.
The mansion was the same as when I first visited. Well, there was only about a day in a month here, so if you think about it, less than a week had passed.
What will the grandmother think when she sees her grandson returning after a few days?
I walked after him, thinking about useless things. As I walked down her hallway, the power in Karina’s hands grew stronger. It seemed like it was because of this eerie and strange energy flowing through Quartz Street.
“John’s family… Is a bit unusual.”
“It hasn’t even started yet.”
“Yes?”
“Nyeongan.”
You seem scared to speak.
“Kya?!”
I hugged Karina’s waist and looked up at her ceiling as she was starting to fall out of surprise.
As expected, Lorna was looking down at us with a welcoming smile.
Karina seemed surprised because her black eyes made her look like something out of a horror movie. It’s a bit surprising to see people not even blinking at the sight of zombies but being surprised by something like this.
“Yo, yo, John…”
“Gunu?”
“…This is my lover.”
“Respect?”
“Karina. “She is my great-aunt.”
“Oh, you’re my great-aunt?”
Why is embarrassment so cute? I suppressed the urge to tease her even more, grabbed Karina’s waist and lifted her up. Karina naturally fell out of my arms and smiled awkwardly, unlike usual.
“Oh, hello…”
“Nyeongan~”
“Well, my name is Karina Kalon…”
“Narika Roncal?”
“Yes?”
“He says everything backwards.”
“Upside down… ?”
“Rokkugeo.”
“Great aunt…”
“Come talk to me.”
“Rona. “We have some urgent work to do and would like to pass by. “Could you open the way?”
“Yes.”
Fortunately, my great aunt, or rather Rona, obediently opened the way.
It’s more of a phenomenon that occurs unconsciously in the first place, so we erase it consciously… But for some reason, Edmund, who was quietly observing the situation, said to me with a happy smile.
“I’m impressed that things are going well without me.”
Make a fuss.
“Now, follow me again. If you want to get back quickly, shouldn’t you get your work done within an hour or two? “We know what’s going on outside, so we’ll tell you as soon as possible.”
“Thank you.”
“Will we save our face if our successor is overthrown by a brat who knows no business ethics? Of course, we will support this project as much as we can.”
It’s a good thing I received the inheritance.
If I had taken the stance of “I will take care of it without receiving the inheritance,” I think I would have been making regrets and looking for a way to return by now.
But if you go back, do you go back 12 years…?
Wow, that’s terrible. Still, it’s nice to be able to see the kids when they were younger… But then you’ll get in trouble again because of their age.
“John?”
“It’s difficult.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s nothing.”
“Come on, come in.”
“Isn’t this the lounge?”
“The founder helped us take some of the children of the Quartz family out.”
…Quartz brings people out?
Should I like this or not.
Edmund opened the door straight away, as if there was no time to wait. Beyond the door that opened with the sound of scraping hinges, a lounge that was no different from before appeared.
The lounge is no different from before.
So there’s someone pounding her head into the wall over and over again, a woman in a straitjacket rolling around on the floor, my biological grandmother fiddling with a doll in the corner of the room…
“Yo, John? “What the hell is this place… “
“Calm down, Karina. “They are all good people, even if they are a little strange.”
“Why do you only gloss over the word ‘good’?”
“…Actually, I ended up having a conversation once.”
“Just as our successor said, they are good people.”
“No!”
“Kya?!”
This time, without fail, Karina’s soft body was pressed against my body along with a scream. Pe Min, who had bent her neck grotesquely, looked at me with a sinister smile and asked.
“Are you my girlfriend?”
“Yes. “My…Lover.”
“Cute! Nice to meet you! I’m Paymin! “It’s someone who lives here!”
“Yes, yes…Nice to meet you.”
Karina smiled awkwardly and accepted her greeting her. Fe Min seemed happy that she was received by an outsider, and she began to hum her joy, shaking her body like a roly-poly.
“Oh my god, I can have fun dreams today~”
“You shouldn’t be this happy. “You’re going to have to go outside.”
“Huh? Am I outside? You shouldn’t make jokes like that~”
“The head of the family has also given permission to lift your straitjacket.”
“What do you mean?”
Fay Min looked at Edmund as if he really didn’t know what she meant. Edmund cleared his throat a few times and began to give supplementary explanations in a calm voice.
“This world is in crisis. It’s to the point where we have to step up. But you know, right? What I am saying is that if the head of the family steps forward, others will come too. So, some of us have to help solve this problem.”
“There are other kids besides me, right?”
“If you have to fight foreign forces, the number of entities that can go out is limited.”
“Uhm~ If that’s the case~ I’m going~! “There is no softness?”
“Of course. This is the matriarch’s order.”
Did you even give an order?
Well, I didn’t think that the head of the family, who married someone from another world, would turn a blind eye to a situation like this.
“I’m not the only one taking them, who is it?”
“I’ll only take about four.”
“In the enemy’s territory?”
“If you take too many…You know?”
“It’s so eye-catching, right?”
“That’s right.”
“If there are four people, does that mean I can choose?”
“You can decide. Still, I can’t remove Paymin, so I’d like to ask for your understanding on this part.”
What on earth is it about Feimin who released the straitjacket to make such a noise? When I looked at Feimin with doubt, he smiled brightly at me and asked.
“You won’t abandon me, right?”
“Okay.”
If you look at the fact that they are deliberately trying to send him out, it must mean that his fighting skills are outstanding even within the family. From my perspective, it was not a bad choice. The problem is the other three people.
Who should I take?
I slowly glanced around the lounge. I saw a few more people, but since I don’t know them, it’s hard to choose. Grandma…
“Grandson, you’re coming in three days.”
“Grandma. On our side, it’s been almost five months.”
“Ha, grandma?”
Ah, is this also a bit surprising? Well, I can’t help but be surprised to hear that a girl who looks like Milia’s age is my grandmother. I stepped aside slightly and introduced my grandmother.
“Karina. She said, “This is my grandmother.” “The teddy bear held here is my grandfather.”
“Oh, hello?”
How cute is Karina’s flustered appearance today? I saved her image in a corner of my head and smiled at her.
“Time flies… By the way, I heard you came to request support?”
“Yes. Grandma. Would you like to come with me?”
“Grandson, I don’t know if I can be of help.”
“No. “I need her grandmother’s skills.”
If I combine my abilities with my grandmother’s, maybe…
“Then one more person wins the bid. “There are two left.”
“Hurray! Outside! Outside!”
“One person will be Vulcan.”
“That’s a good choice. The last one is…There is someone I would like to personally recommend, would you like to meet him?”
“Who are you?”
In response to my question, Edmund hesitated for a moment, glanced at Feimin and the grandmother, then sighed and said their names.
“…I’m Hazel.”