Egret

Judas entered a large, crowded restaurant where he would take care of the news about Turkey.

Soon after ordering food, Uni, who was sitting on Judas' shoulder, leaned back and called him.

"Igret."

“I know. ”

“Yes? What? ”

Baikal, who was sitting at the same table, reacted coldly to his words.

“Looks like he's following us. ”

“You mean the runaway girl? No, why did you follow me back when you said you were going to go? ”

Judas clenches his jaw on the table while being humorous.

The gold lining with a smile came to Cristina sitting opposite her.

“I don't know. Maybe there's something left to say to Lord Chris. ”

Cristina's face is pale on a nasty farm.

“If you do, I'll meet you in person and send you back. ”

Judas, who gently stopped Cristina, who is going to wake up right now, said again.

“You don't have to. If you have anything to say, I'll come and tell you myself. ”

As he said, Uriel continued to wander around the group, pondering what to say.

But I didn't have the courage to say anything.

She clumsily stepped on the back of the well until they finished their meal and stopped by the gutter to get the supplies they needed in the desert.

That's why when I was ready to leave for the Turkey Desert, it was too soon for all the group to detect her presence, even if it wasn't spiritual surveillance.

“What are you hesitating to say? It would be dangerous to chase him into the desert. ”

Sage lowered her voice as she looked concerned.

“Leave it alone. Will you follow me to the desert, no matter how stupid you are? Even if Abel started managing it, it's a big, dangerous desert with Turkey in the first place. ”

Baikal shakes his hand instead of Judas.

In the meantime, Uriel followed the group as soon as Sage and Snow met, and hid himself behind the cart in awe.

Sage opens her mouth again in a steamy tone, looking at the crooked blonde that pops out through the box.

“What if I still follow you? ”

“That's one of them. If your brain is pure beyond ignorance, or if you really want to follow it with your life, ”

Baikal said that before leaving for the desert, he modified the guard with horses in it and the enchantment engraved on his hooves for desert use.

With that, we're all set to enter the desert.

“Stop. Are you going to the Turkey Desert? ”

A soldier guarding the entrance before leaving the city asked the destination of the group.

When he answered yes, the soldier examined their identity.

“Thank you for your cooperation. Recently, there has been a noticeable increase in disappearances in the desert, which has resulted in a decline in the number of visitors to the desert. ”

“Missing persons incident"? ”

“Once it looks like a healthy dune, there are suddenly a lot of swampy topographies, and more than ten death accidents in the sand are reported a day. Besides, traffickers who target women and children are called monks, so pay special attention to this too. ”

When I heard the story, the crowd exiting the city through the door of Turkey was fewer than I thought.

The group slowed down the sand field road leading to the desert and discussed it.

“Huh. The resemblance of the desert is natural, but it is trafficking in human beings. ”

“It's a land that was once destroyed, and once it's in a bad environment. Looks like you're committing a felony with chaos. ”

“And so is the sand swamp. Even if it is a natural phenomenon, it may not be very natural if it has become noticeably more frequent than usual. ”

Sage, who heard the conversation between Baikal and Edan and Cristina, looked at my brother.

“What do you think? Is the sudden increase in sand swamps linked to human trafficking? ”

At the end, everyone's gaze turned to Judas.

He remained silent without engaging in a conversation, pressing on the hood instead of his usual hat.

“Well, I don't know how. Why don't you go and judge yourself? ”

“Yes? But. ”

Of course, it was a tone that convinced me that I would be able to confront the traffickers with a dangerous terrain.

“I'm on a pilgrimage to do that. ”

Uni, who appeared to support his convictions, hovers around with a grin.

Tony reveals himself and says a word.

It's a little weird here.

What is it?

Feeling like the desert isn't like the desert? So, ooh. Sand is not sand!

…… What did he say?

Uni was impressed by Tony's low expression and his eyes narrowed.

"Argh! I've never seen anything like this before. It's hard to explain. Sand is sand. It just flows like a river. Definitely not ordinary sand!

No, that's it. I'll just go see for myself. Igrett is always the right answer.

Tony snorts in response and bites his finger.

At the time of departure, the small grass and rocks gradually filled the rough sandy fields as they moved along the path they had seen in the middle.

Later, only the sand dunes, which were really endless, remained in sight.

The sand dunes that had risen and fallen were dazzled by the sun.

I traveled across the dunes until I was devastated, but I didn't show up because I was looking for mysterious sand swamps and traffickers.

The sun, which turned like a furnace and filled the horizon with sunset, hides its tracks as if swallowed up by a dune.

Shortly before the darkness descended, they arrived at a desert resting place built for travellers and unburdened themselves.

In addition to lodging in a spacious retreat with a shallow oasis, there were plenty of things to do, including barbecuing or listening to a drunkard's song.

Of course, this was also possible with money.

“Commander, look over there. ”

“ ……? ”

As I was preparing for dinner, I murmured with the expression that Baikal was tired of jagging.

“Huh, isn't that great for tenacity? With all due diligence, you can join the Knights. I didn't expect to follow you all the way here. ”

“Pretend you don't know. ”

Edan grabs Baikal's head and forcibly returns it.

A moment ago, Yuriel, who appeared with a camel in his eyes, became a superficial molar bone.

“…… Is there a barley bread here? ”

Even after spending most of the money she brought to buy a camel to cross the desert, she ordered one of the cheapest dishes with lots of dirt on it.

It was also a precious food to eat chewy and hungry.

Uriel stuffs it in his heavy mouth as soon as the bread comes out.

However, barley bread was very hard and tough, unlike the white wheat bread she ate when she grew up as a nobleman.

Uriel, who had been bitten by a single piece of hardened barley bread without water, suddenly choked and rolled away.

“Huge. Cool! * * *.”

I felt a tear in my throat.

The slice of bread that he swallowed without chewing properly through his cough popped out, but he could not stop coughing.

She coughs like a sick person, pounding her chest. A stinger comes out in front of her eyes.

“ ……! ”

As if inhaling the water of life found in the burning hell, Uriel stumbled into his mouth with no mind. I thought I'd live a little longer.

“Phew. Thank you……. ”

Uriel, who was about to give thanks to the man who handed over the vessels with a comfortable face, froze.

“Why are you here? ”

Standing in front of her, Cristina looks down at her eyes, filled with annoyance.

Uriel, who had never thought he would be caught by the father-in-law who followed him, frowned and closed his eyes.

‘Yes! I have to tell it myself once anyway. ’

It was a chance. Uriel replies with a reddish face.

“I actually followed Sir Chris. ”

“Why.”

Yuriel naturally accepted it, even though he was a little annoyed by what he said.

“I wanted to catch the man I really wanted, who ran away from the king's spirit, as Lord said. ”

“ ……? ”

“So I, Lord Chris..... ”

For this reason, it was Cristina who never imagined she was chasing herself.

At first, I stopped breathing as I narrowed my glabella without knowing English.

Immediately, his face, which was as sharp as a piece, became pale.

“What are you doing now? ”

“I love it!”

Tuck.

The fork that someone was holding fell to the ground and rolled.

The group held their plates, spoons, doors, and bonfires, all stiffened as if time had stopped.

Heavy static flowed only between them and their group as other nearby travelers roared and sang.

“ ……. ”

Cristina looks back without even knowing.

When Judas, who was looking at them with a slightly surprised eye, encountered her, she turned her head back.

There was a big misunderstanding.

Cristina opens her mouth with a low sinking voice, barely pressing her expression.

“Hah, what a substitute..... What do you want to know about the first person you met today? ”

“You don't have to know a lot of things to like. ”

“That's ridiculous. Do you know what you're talking about? ”

“Of course! I mean it. ”

“Seriously?”

Cristina burst into laughter.

“That's ridiculous. And offensive. ”

“…… Lord Chris? ”

The laughter of the sheep disappeared.

It was colder than ever.

As I said, Uriel flinches his shoulders, facing the oceanic pupil with unpleasantness.

“I thought you meant it. Then what responsibility can you bear for that sincerity? ”

“Responsibility?”

“You can't even take responsibility for your feelings. Pathetic.”

Cristina speaks with arrogant eyes.

“Answer me. What will prove that sincerity? ”

“That!”

“What can you do for me? ”

I can't force myself to hold someone's feelings. However, it was her belief that in order to reveal this and demand equal love from the other person, she should be able to give him something that was worth it.

Uriel lowers his gaze to the ground without finding anything more to say.

I saw clothes and dirty hands when I burned shabby.

The money fell underwater and was strangled by barley bread without a proper meal.

‘What can I do for someone? ’

Nothing came to mind, as if it were empty in my head.

As long as she goes home, she is just the eldest daughter of a weak family.

It didn't have any special talents or abilities.

As with the other aristocrats, Uriel had nothing to do with himself.

“If you can't answer. ”

“ ……. ”

“I'm afraid so.”

A cold voice touched my ear.

Turning around, looking at Cristina's back, Uriel bites her lips.

Then he stumbled up and left his seat as if fleeing.

Due to Uriel's absence from the scene, the group began to move again, looking at Cristina.

“But you were so mean to the girl you followed, weren't you? Please be gentle about this. ”

“ ……. ”

“Well, you didn't mean it badly. By the way, Cristina is amazing. The affectionate aggression that comes in without cover..... both men and women! ”

Peeing!

Bical, who spoke to Cristina as usual without noticing, grabbed the ball and kept his mouth shut on the blue light rod that passed by.

As I turned around, I saw a magic arrow half-stuck in an iron pot.

“Cloudy.”

“Pee.”

Baikal and Fluvi trembled at the same time.

Cristina, who bowed nervously and turned around, entered the resting place without even eating dinner.

“…… What a surprise. ”

Judas, who sat still and watched the situation twisted in the wrong direction, sighed with a distressed face.

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