Living as an Unemployed in Another World

148 – 5. Witch Moon (24)

5. Celine (4)

“So, it must have been about four or five years ago. The reason I ran away from the capital and came to the periphery.”

As Gerald spoke with a slightly intoxicated face, Mira leaned on her chin and stared at his face. Come to think of it, I was a little interested in why Jin came to hang out with such a frivolous man and other wild adventurers. If it wasn’t for this situation, she might have listened to his story with pleasure. That is, if he was by his side.

“Are you running away?”

“Huh? Oh, you know that? In the royal capital…….”

Alas, Mira nodded her head moderately. Gerald coughed. The past, in which he became an adulterous man because he seduced the second daughter of a duke, is funny, but it’s not something to be proudly told to others. Rumors are so scary. He continued.

“Anyway, even here, I have to make a living somehow, but the only thing I know how to do is sharpen my knife, so in the end I have to be an adventurer, but at that time I didn’t have the skills or money yet. Rather than staying in the city, I had to somehow find cheap accommodation. The place they arrived at was the Where Jin was.”

“…… How was it? The truth of that time.”

“Huh? Well, he was completely a young boy. You’d probably be surprised if you were there. She was wearing some kind of silky shirt, and her hair was flowing and her face was so white that if she were younger, I would have mistaken her for a girl.”

“… ….”

“Anyway, anyone could see that he looked like an aristocrat or something, so I treated him politely while using honorifics…… At first, you completely ignore people. Even when we run into each other sometimes, there is no greeting or reply, and I feel like I’m as unlucky as I am…… Oh, sorry, I won’t curse.”

Mira stopped glaring at Gerald and looked into her glass as her drink glistened. Her own face, distorted by her ripples, was reflected upon her sleep.

“So…… At first, we didn’t even talk to each other, let alone become friends. But at that time, unlike now, the inn business was doing better. Besides the golden mule, there were several other places around.”

“By the way?”

“I’m completely solo now, but there was a time when I was worried about whether or not to close because the business wasn’t doing well because I was pushed to other places. Her aunt and uncle also sighed, and I didn’t stay anywhere else because it was the cheapest…… Then one day, she suddenly calls me out to a quiet place and asks if she wants to work with her.”

Gerald shrugged his shoulders and vividly described what happened yesterday as if he were talking about it.

“He handed over a piece of silver from where he came from and asked him to listen to whatever rumors he heard while going from one inn to another for a week. Mira, you know, but where is silver money for a beginner adventurer? She immediately agreed and did as she was told. By the time the four artisans did that, they had a lot of silver coins…… So, after about a month, he handed over the silver coin for the last time and told me to spread the story as he told me this time.”

“What was that?”

“What do you think it was? …… Sorry, i’ll tell you I mean, he was collecting stories from me of cheating and cheating b*tches. In those days there was an inn frequented by the city’s guards, whose mistress was reputed to be rude. But again, the wives and families of the guards were possessed by a certain young innkeeper. I don’t remember all of it, but I kind of exaggerated the story and made a mess of it.”

Gerald banged on the table and giggled. Mira thought that was indeed the case.

“I don’t even think he was playing around, and the captain of the guard leads the guards in retaliation and makes the inn a mess, but the cheating wife doesn’t come back. I couldn’t do business properly because I was caught up in it. In the end, the guards who fought at that time were fired or demoted, and other inns were ruined because the guards always came in, so this is what it is like now.”

“… ….”

“Don’t look at me like that. It was me who used the money I received back then to get my armor and a sharp knife, so it was just fine. Anyway, I did as I was told, but that plan was all in his head, right? I was scared all over again, so I didn’t plan on getting involved that deeply…… Still, I was curious, so I asked. What the hell did you do this for?”

Gerald murmured, scanning the pattern on the table with his eyes slightly open.

“Then he replied that he had nowhere else to go unless he was here. I don’t want to get hurt anymore. I don’t want to leave…… So he said he did.”

“So, did you become close?”

“Well, after hearing that, I thought that he was the same person as me, so I started talking. It turns out that we are similar in age, and if we work together for a month, we become somewhat closer. But…… After that, I met Hilda, Janice, and Mr. Sukhbat, and I had people who could be called colleagues, but he was always alone, even if he was always locked up in an inn.”

“… ….”

“Until I met you, Mira.”

Mira finally raised her head. Said Gerald with a grin.

“I’m his friend, but I can’t be his colleague. Because we’re already another party. But you are different. Because we would have told you about our concerns that we couldn’t approach.”

That’s right. It was only then that she remembered that Jean hadn’t revealed anything about her witchcraft, even to this young man she had known for much longer than she did. They were only guessing what had happened to each other from the condition of the others.

“You guys don’t know, but we’ve already seduced Jin into becoming an adventurer several times. If you don’t know anything else, you’re just rolling your head around like crazy. I suggested it because I thought it would definitely be useful in the dungeon, no matter what the position was…… What we couldn’t do in such a long time, you guys are doing now.”

“… ….”

“And now you are more famous than I am. sh*t! At that time, when I went to the dungeon, I should have tried it again somehow.”

Seeing Gerald kick the floor, Mira smiled involuntarily. Only then did she realize. Jin abandoned them not because they were not helpful to the transcendent existence of the witch.

I felt like I would inadvertently rely on it if I stayed like that, I thought I would trust my weakened heart, so we all resisted together like that…… Fearing that he would lose everyone but himself, he was deliberately trying to distance himself.

I vaguely knew about that even before I heard the story. But even so, she was just soaked in the futility of not expecting anything from herself.

But now I know. Her cold face and her tone, those things that are more painful to her than anyone else…… In fact, it is a signal to seek help. No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t come up with an answer, so she had no choice but to throw everyone out like that. That he is still struggling in loneliness.

Just like he did all his life before.

And only they can save him.

There was no more time to hesitate. The spirit of alcohol had already run away. She walked over to her chair, grabbed her overcoat and dragged her chair to her feet.

“Hey, where are you going? We still have a long way to talk…….”

“I am.”

Mira said forcefully.

“I decided to stay by Jin’s side for the rest of my life, until I die. Even if it’s decades later, even if it’s tomorrow, it doesn’t matter.”

“Suddenly…… ?”

“That is my conclusion.”

With that said, Mira hurried down her stairs. Even when she was drunk, she was so quick that every blink of her eye made her go away in an instant and she left her inn before she knew it. Gerald blinked his heavy eyelids, then left alone, shaking the empty bottle and sighing deeply.

“Guy loser, there will be trouble in the future… ….”

※

“Haa, Jin… ….”

“Yes.”

“Kiss me.”

I kissed again. Their tongues intertwined, and each other’s breath blurred their vision. We continued to make love on the bed that was overcrowded.

“Ah, ah! Ahhh, huh! Yep!”

Every time I repeat insertion and extraction, Celine breaks free from her screams and lets out a sweet sigh. When I tapped or pinched the clitoris while it was inserted, the reaction was even more intense. At first, Celine, who resisted by pushing her head with all her might, was now melting herself as she accepted a stronger pleasure.

As you know, no matter how much you are soaked in pleasure, your stamina is not infinite. As for me, after two full nights, her head was fuzzy. Her movements were gradually slowing down, and Celine’s muscles seemed to be getting weaker, having gone over ten times as well. We lay side by side on the damp bed. I pulled the blanket over her and covered her body.

“Dirty…… “

“I have to wash everything anyway.”

When I said that, Celine rolled over and let her moan out as if her tired voice convinced her. She then gently placed her hand on her chest, near her stomach.

“…… Why?”

“…… Curious.”

I paused for a moment when I heard that. Does she really know? No, she probably doesn’t know, since she never revealed this. There is a curse on my heart that I can never shake off. Perhaps, through this ominous aura, she will find me.

……

“Still, afraid?”

“…… Huh.”

I answered. I couldn’t lie anymore. Meeting a witch is of course also scary. But that’s not what I’m most afraid of right now.

The fact that I may not be able to see the people I love anymore, that I have to betray the precious ties I made in this world…… More than anything, I’m terribly afraid.

However, there were no more people who could sit still and tremble. The moment I accepted her heart, I realized. Everyone I’ve been through…… That there’s no way I’d just give up on myself.

Mira, Alphonse, Grace. The faces of the colleagues I left behind come to mind one after another. Plus Gerald, Hilda, Janice…… The inn family, the adventurers, they wouldn’t let me leave on their own no matter what. He will somehow run ahead of me, chase after me, and hug me as hard as he can.

So I have to repay that heart. It’s not enough just to run away. I had to come up with a solution somehow. Yes, for example…….

“Jin?”

I will write you a reply.