When I returned from Carnaden's quest, many new faces wandered the streets. I knew they were new players without even asking who they were.
It was strange to wander around with a nervous face.
But what was interesting was that the existing players beside the new players described it as a tourist guide.
Maybe I'll stick next to him for a while. The new players barely came out of the training camp and didn't seem to have much equipment, but Carnaden will support them on his own, so there's nothing to worry about.
How long has it been since I entered the city?
“· · · Can I see my face once the night before I leave? ”
Irisha, who was moving quietly without a word until she came back, said.
"Got it. I'll do it."
Yoohyun nods calmly at her pitifully shaken voice.
"Then... I'll go now."
With that, Irisha bows politely and disappears. The group stares at her back with a complex snowflake. It's because I think my feet will be tied if I stay like this.
“Well... let's go back to the inn anyway! Brother, I'm starving! ”
Gil Yumi walked away with an awkward smile.
Most of them knew what was going on that night, so the group remained silent and headed to the inn. I seemed to be referring to the words themselves in case something went wrong.
Yoohyun walked with a bold expression.
“You're not hurt, are you? Well done, everyone. Umm · · ·? What's wrong with you guys? ”
Upon arriving at the inn, Lanslet is glad to see you with a lively voice. But that too for a moment. As the atmosphere stagnated low, I opened my eyes and wondered.
“Did something happen? Did you fail the quest?”
“The quest has been completed successfully, so there's nothing to worry about. ”
“But what's wrong with the atmosphere? ”
“That's · · ·. Sister Lanslet, can we eat first? I'm postponing meals because I think it's best to stay at the inn. I'm hungry. ”
"Uh-huh? Okay."
In Lute's words, Lancelet nods as if she had no choice but to enter the kitchen. After a few seconds, I hear a blazing sound. Yoohyun told the group.
“Everyone must be exhausted, so go unpack and come down. ”
“Yep.”
There wasn't much luggage in each of them anyway. It wasn't a quest that I had planned for a long time, so I had little to carry, but the biggest reason was because of Percy.
Percy has a subspace. Every time I opened it, I needed magic power, but it was worth enough. I was able to store more items than just carry them, and most importantly, I didn't have to carry them myself.
In addition, food can be stored fresh, so it was a great advantage to have a nutritious meal wherever you went.
While it is monsters who threaten expeditions, it can also be food and water. No matter how strong a man may be without water and food, he may die from hunger somewhere in the maze.
After a short wait, the group came down to the ground floor in a comfortable setting. At the end of the day, Lancelet also brought out the soup that was boiling, whether he expected the group to return by today.
While keeping the dish on the table, Lancelet glances at her and stands in the corner, looking at her, Yoohyun says. It's a story she should know too. He's the innkeeper.
“In a few days we'll be leaving Carnaden. ”
“You're leaving? You're my only guest? If you go, my inn · · ·? ”
It's like Yoohyun's group is going to die right away, but he knows it's a joke. In the first place, she doesn't live in an inn. Maybe it's a hobby.
In fact, Yoohyun's group has never seen another guest while he was here. That didn't mean Yoohyun was paying too much. Cheaper than any other inn.
Lanslet blurred his face as if it was a pity to taste again.
“· · · Is that so? Leaving? That's a little too bad. ”
“I'm not leaving right away today, so don't look at me like that. ”
“Are you leaving because of the mobilization spirit? ”
“That's how it goes. ”
She is quick to notice as well. Lancelet nods and smiles bitterly.
“Okay, then I'll refund you the money I paid in advance. ”
“Thank you.”
To be honest, I didn't have to give it back. I was thinking about renting the inn too cheaply. But when I saw her face, I felt the urge to give it back.
In the first place, she wasn't meant for money, so of course she was.
“Lanslet, what do you do when we leave? ”
“Umm · · ·. What should we do? Just fold the business? ”
I think it might be too light a decision, but · · ·.
When he saw Yoohyun's expression, Lancelet laughed and said.
“I opened the inn that I had closed for years in the first place because I asked you to take care of it. I don't think I had to. ”
Who made that request? I didn't think Iris would do that. Then it's another fairy, but there was no fairy that came to Yoohyun's mind.
I don't have any hostility, so I'm keeping it quiet.
If you care too much, you don't have to investigate.
*
I had to wait about four days for Roberia and the Gateway to connect. The next morning, Yoohyun left the inn to confirm that the gateway is connected to Roberia.
To see her face as promised with Irisha.
Where should we go? When I think about it, I didn't decide where to meet. So Yoohyun, who was thinking for a while, decided to go to the guild once. She was always there.
The road to the Guild was pathetic. It must be because the expeditions have lost their reason to go to the Guild recently. You don't need to find a quest in the Guild now that the subjugation of Kuwaro is underway under Carnaden's command. Yoohyun felt rather like this street.
Because it was nice to refine your feelings once again before meeting her.
Yoohyun, who arrived at the guild at a speed that was neither slow nor fast, was able to confirm that the door was open. Let's go inside carefully. I can't see anyone. No one is even in front of the Quest Board.
But there is a miracle. I turn my head along the miracle, and it was always the room where Irisha invited Yoohyun. Where I had a light cup of tea and shared a sausage. I heard a sound in it.
· · · It must be in there.
At that moment, Yoohyun also sat down in his chest and headed there.
Irisha was waiting inside as well.
“Are you here?”
“Yes."
Yoohyun is astonished. He knew exactly when he would come. On the table were two teacups of smoke. Irisha smiles softly.
“Somehow Yoohyun would have come at this hour. ”
“Is that so?”
Is it that the idea was read? Yoohyun sat in front of her with a bitter smile. How many times have I sat here and faced her face? Yoohyun felt that the black tea she had boiled was used somehow. I think it was sweet before.
There is no story. Yoohyun and Irisha stare at each other quietly.
Yoohyun can see the pupil sitting calmly inside Irisha's long eyelashes. However, weak vibrations cannot be hidden. She was shaking with her calm face disguised.
Yoohyun dared to speak to her like that.
“I'm leaving tomorrow. ”
“Is that so? · · ·. ”
Yoohyun felt her hands trembling while holding a cup of tea. She quietly lowers the cup of tea on the table and raises her head.
Then he shook his lips and hesitated while trying to say something. Yoohyun decides to wait quietly until she has the courage. What are you trying to say?
She put her fist on her chest and said with strength.
“I've decided to accept Karnaden's offer. ”
“· · · Is that supposed to be the priest of the temple again? ”
“Yes.”
I thought I was lucky, but somehow Yoohyun felt bitter. Because she decided to be a priest.
She is competent. She will also do well next to Carnaden. Carnaden will like her just as Lorelai loved her. The competent priest was forced to be loved by the fairy.
In particular, Yoohyun was convinced of it because he knew that the priests of the temple were not well assisting Karnaden at the moment.
Priests seemed to be trying, but they were not producing results as opposed to trying. When the crisis comes to the dungeon, I don't know what to do.
That's what Karnaden wants Irisha for. Given her ability to demonstrate in Lorelai, it will probably help resolve the dungeon situation now.
“Can I ask you a favor? ”
“If that's what I can do for you. ”
Yoohyun nodded. I don't know what you're trying to ask, but it won't be difficult. Irisha was such a woman. But what Irisha asked for was an unexpected story.
“Can you tell who Yoohyun was before he came to this world? ”
“· · · That's a mistake. ”
Yoohyun felt it was difficult, even though it was an easy request. He was a person. I thought about it, but somehow I felt empty in my head.
At least the first thing that came to mind was the death of the family. I opened my eyes and saw the white ceiling of the hospital, after which news of my family's death from the accident came to me in turn.
I think about what happened before, but I have nothing to tell Irisha about it. I felt like I was living a dry life like this.
This is why, when other players wanted to get back to reality, what they were trying to do was adapt to the world more than anyone else.
It was like an escape for Yoohyun. A place to start over without forgetting everything.
There is nothing left of Yoohyun on Earth. The landscape of an empty house freezing cold. Yoohyun hated it horribly. All that remains is the artifacts of the deceased's family.
From there, Irisha wakes up and hugs Yoohyun's head, as if it were a shame.
“I'm sorry. You must have reminded me of a hard memory. ”
“ · · · · · · · · · ”
Yoohyun said nothing. I just felt like a fool myself. I came to tell her it was the last time, but it's being stroked. Her arms were warm. The feeling of vodka on the face was warm enough to remind me of my mother's arms.
· · · I can't really hate her.
Yoohyun smiles deeply and slowly drops her. I felt like I would hold her in my arms all day long if I kept doing this. Maybe I'll put everything down like this.
Yoohyun said.
“I'm sorry, but can I ask you something else? ”
To be honest, it was hard to tell who you were. It's hard to talk to her that long. So Yoohyun wanted to do something else.
Then Irisha laughed shyly as a girl.
“So can you just stay for me tonight? ”
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