chapter 16
16 – With Doona
In the end, the only clue is a staff that the prince used to break down.
Other than that, the only thing we could confirm was the durability of the broken wreckage and the buildings that didn’t manage to collapse.
“Have you been?”
“Yes.”
As soon as we returned to the rooftop, Lancia ran over and took her into my arms.
Feeling the arms wrapped around my waist, it was new, but I wondered if I was being too childish.
Well, if Lancia doesn’t cling like this, she’ll rather feel empty.
“Siyah, is everything okay?”
“Yes, I was studying math.”
“That’s good.”
“What did you two find?”
“I found it.”
In response to Lancia’s question, she took out her staff, which she had put in her inventory earlier.
“Huh, staff?”
“Someone has crossed over to Earth.”
“Neueng?”
Lancia let out a snoring noise out of embarrassment. Doona, who was next to her, laughed at her and stroked Lancia’s hair several times.
We usually get along like this, but why would I get involved… No, let’s not think about it. Now, other things come first.
“Is it Prince Kaleido?”
“Perhaps it could be someone else, because the staff is just a tool that any wizard can use.”
At Doona’s question, she shook her head in denial.
The prince moves his body himself? Nonsense. Obviously he is strong.
That’s until the middle of the game, and the most difficult character to recruit as an ally is the prince. Even in the game, he has a fatal flaw that he cannot level up or grow.
So, he doesn’t have Ollie himself.
His status is also his status, but he is a guy who sticks to his safety principle. The subject who fell in love with Doona’s beauty, wanted to follow her as a colleague, but was also a guy who had been stuck in the imperial castle the whole time after struggling with his pride.
His tone is noble and elegant, but what is it?
“Shall we find out who is nearby?”
“Well, from the looks of it, it looks like they’re looking for us. Won’t they show up in front of us on their own?”
“That’s true, but…”
“Mister, I’m hungry. Let’s go home now.”
No, to intervene in an important story like this. Well, it must mean that it doesn’t matter who comes to Lancia, who has reached the Demon King with us.
That’s the same for me in my heart, but depending on who comes, the way I deal with it will be different, and I can’t arbitrarily decide what to do in a situation where I don’t know what the purpose is.
To put it bluntly, it could be a paladin who got help from the prince to take Lancia who suddenly disappeared, or an errand boy from the imperial palace who came to pick up Duna because he needed the strength of a hero again.
Or else, it could be a demon who came for revenge.
…Looking at it like this, we have a lot of karma.
“Lancia doesn’t seem interested.”
“Siaya, we might be in a serious situation right now!”
“I don’t care who comes. If you do nonsense, the old man will burn you.”
“Siaya, you’re right, but we still need to be careful.”
What is it, why don’t you deny it?
When I recall the deeds I did to my enemies during my travels, I burned them all with integrity…
I throw fireballs fairly at the enemies in my memory. And, the party members who looked at it with a tired expression.
Oh, sure I acted like a psychopath.
“Dona just in case, run away if the opponent starts a fight.”
“Am I out of power?”
It sounds obvious.
Who is the weakest among us right now?
“A warrior without a holy sword or sacred armor. Besides, there’s no proper sword. They say it’s illegal to carry weapons in this country?”
“But I can fight too.”
“You’re not a hero anymore, you’re a couple. You’ve worked hard to save other people’s worlds. Do you want to raise your sword again?”
Doona’s expression hardened at my words.
Well, after all that hard work, who wants to fight with a sword again? I feel the same way, so I want to organize all the things in my inventory and go on a leisurely trip.
“Look, honestly, you’re sick of it, aren’t you?”
“Sister, this time we’ll do our best!”
“It’s our turn to do our best this time.”
“Yes!”
Lancia lifted her arms, showing off her invisible muscles, and snorted.
Even if she is just a pretty beauty on the outside, if Lancia sets her mind to it, it’s easy for her to lead a person to another world. Needless to say, I’m the one with the highest lethality, and that’s why I’m unsuitable for suppression.
“… It’s not cool to say that with a smudge on her face.”
“Oh, sister! Just pretend you don’t know! I haven’t taken a picture yet.”
“Tell me about that.”
I glared at Duna and Lancia before finally sighing.
More than that, I don’t know where and how it was buried, I don’t know why, I try to rub my face with my sleeve, but soot comes out. It didn’t seem to be erased.
“Mister, then it won’t be erased!”
“Help me, please.”
“Put your face out this way.”
“Yes.”
“Ugh, what’s this all over the place?”
“That’s right.”
She took out a wet tissue from Lancia’s bag and started wiping my face.
Anyway, he adapts to the modern world quite quickly. I’m a person who originally lived in modern times, so I’d say that’s the case, but Lancia was surprisingly quick to adapt.
Could this be the effect of leveling up?
Side!
“hehehehe, I kissed you.”
Taking advantage of my momentary inattention, Lancia lightly kissed her on my lips.
It was cute with a mischievous smile and a face dyed red. Could this be the feeling of an uncle being loved by her nephew, her heart tickling.
“Now it’s my turn.”
“Can’t we go home and do it?”
“No.”
Kkaduk-!
Doona, who pushed Lancia away, bit my neck without hesitation.
As before, the sensation of teeth digging into the flesh and the thrill of pain came up, but the soft flesh that followed licked the wounded area, sending chills down my spine.
I hate this, something feels off.
“Are you going to engrave it again when it’s time to erase it?”
“I don’t like it.”
Sincerely.
“Ah, me too!”
“Stop it, give me your hand, let’s go home.”
Patting the whining Lancia moderately, he reached out his hand to the two of them.
I didn’t want to spend any more time in these burned ruins.
“Mister, let’s eat snacks together when we go home!”
“Please drive safely.”
Both of them lightly ignored my outstretched hand as if it were natural now and dug into their arms.
Yeah, it’s not particularly worn out. What will happen with this much?
“Yes, I will serve you. Ladies”
“Kyaa, lady!”
“This is good as it is.”
What are these idiots going to do to me?
Appreciating the sight being engulfed in flames, we were able to return home just like that.
*
On the screen in the game, a character rolls on the floor avoiding the grip of a large monster.
Bang!
Then, he gripped the one-handed sword in his hand and excitedly cut one leg.
Screaming in agony from being cut by the sword, frowning as I watched the character running nine-to-five into the boss room, avoiding the monster that soared into the sky.
Oh, really…Was the weapon reinforcement lacking? Do you have too much dill? Only then can you physically break it.
“So in the end, who came that day?”
“Well, since I haven’t heard anything about it for over 10 days, I wonder if it was caught in an explosion and died?”
To Lancia’s question, hold the pad in your hand and answer appropriately. Every time I manipulated the pad, the character on the screen eagerly rolled on the floor and was busy avoiding fireballs falling from the sky.
Ugh, this is why soul-type games are so difficult. The patterns of the monsters are all dirty.
“Ah, mister! Roll! Roll!”
“I know, you brat!”
“Someone says I’m a brat. I can’t even play games!”
“hahahaha, my little boy’s liver is swollen.”
hahahaha, who is worse at playing games than me? Are you ignoring me who has Korean blood… No, I have a Korean soul?
It’s ridiculous.
Then, in an instant, my character was turned to ashes by a pillar of fire rising from the ground.
The blood-red letters that said [YOU DIED] Floating on the screen were informing me of my defeat.
I didn’t expect this pattern.
“Oh, give me the pad! Frustrating!”
“Okay, let’s see how well my baby is doing.”
“heheheung-, I’ll take it down at once.”
Confidently declaring a one-tri, he laughed at Lancia who grabbed the pad. I’ll be killed by the mobs before I even get to the boss room.
“Sol.”
“Huh? Is it because of the assignment again?”
“I’m dropping out of that school.”
Doona suddenly hugs me from behind my back.
Something soft that I feel behind my back and my slender arms wrapped around my neck. Lancia likes to hug me from the front, but Duna has been holding me from behind lately.
Until recently, it seemed like we were doing group assignments in the room, but I guess it didn’t go well. Well, I’ve never been to college, but the bad reviews on the group assignments seemed unreasonable on the Internet.
“No way. There are so many kids in the other world who want to learn but can’t. Even after seeing it with their own two eyes, they say that.”
“The other world is the other world, the earth is the earth.”
“Earth wouldn’t be without such children.”
“It’s noisy.”
When I said the right thing, one voice was overheard.
It looks like you came to comfort yourself, but I want to give Lancia a lesson right now.
Ah, that’s not how I do it!
“Don’t only play with Lancia, she plays with me too.”
“Now?”
“…If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have bought a game console.”
“I really like Lancia too.”
“Sia is Shia.”
Well, it’s a natural truth that a child likes games.
Even now, I was preoccupied with the game screen, gritting my teeth, and diligently making the game characters roll. Other than that, it’s a one-tool for rolling without being able to attack at all.
I don’t know if I’ll be able to attack even if I get to the boss room with that.
“Do you want to play with me?”
“…Yes.”
“How much?”
“To the extent that it doesn’t matter if I throw away the whole world.”
“That’s a scary answer.”
Along with a shy voice, the corner of his mouth went up in response full of sincerity.
“Shall we go?”
“Yes!”
Having said this, I have to hang out with you.
Before I knew it, Doona had moved to her seat in front of me and was extending her hand to me with a wide smile.
If I could smile like that, I’d smile a long time ago.
Doona seemed more happy than ever, to the extent that I thought it was a smile only I could see.
*
“Hey. Oh, I can’t help it because there was a report of suspicious behavior. They said they have to go with us.”
“Leave this! I have to find Duna as soon as possible!
“Isn’t this guy dressed strangely and escaped from a nearby mental hospital?”
“There are not one or two people like this in the world, and you should help quickly!”
“No-!!”
The villager from another world was arrogant.
A little too much.