54th
Hassan, the Morning Star of Sodomora
054 ? Sodomora’s Morning Star Hassan #5
The scroll Luna handed me was a rather old-fashioned object made of very thin sheepskin and hammered together.
Even the seal that sealed it by rolling it up gave off a fragrant scent, indicating that it was a very noble document.
The places that handle these scrolls are usually government offices in this world. Like city halls, or fucking slave management offices, or whatever.
And the scroll issued from such a place is said to be a document containing quite important content.
“What is this?”
“Open it and try.”
Luna said that in a voice that could almost be considered cold. Perhaps because she was usually high-strung, just using that calm voice made her feel fierce.
Luna’s scroll being handed to me. What is it? Could it be some kind of marriage registration document?
With that thought in mind, he rips the seal off the scroll with trembling hands, unfolds it, and quickly scans the contents written inside, winding like an earthworm.
『The rights to the land and buildings in the area of Sodomora West Gate 5th Street are transferred to Luna Noxdotti, a bronze tier adventurer of the Mars Guild. Mayor of Sodomora (in).』
“Oh, what is this?”
“The certificate of title! How is it? Awesome! Now I have my own hideout!”
Luna jumped up and down as if she was really happy. I was surprised and happy too. I don’t know what it is, but when I see something about a building or land, does that mean Luna has become the building owner?
Of course, he was a land tycoon who owned a lot of land in his hometown. But that was like a property that couldn’t be sold. In any case, the fact that a building and land like this were built in the city center is quite remarkable.
“Wow, that’s amazing. What is it? What happened?”
“Let’s go quickly!”
So we left the guild and walked down the street.
Luna’s pace was so fast that even I had a hard time keeping up with her. After all, Luna’s agility stat was more than double mine.
Anyway, we started from the city center and arrived at the area near the west gate of Sodomora. It was a slum full of all kinds of slums and bad vagrants.
I’ve been walking around this Seomun area for quite some time now doing various things, so I’m now quite familiar with the geography as I walk.
Swish, swish.
As I walked along, wondering if the teenagers staring at me and Luna from the corners of the alley were robbers, thieves, or pickpockets, I arrived at…
“It’s right there. The stable.”
It was the stable that Luna and I had previously used when we were painstakingly carving our Moai totems.
You could call it a collapsing wooden warehouse, but no matter what you call it, it’s a place that can never be given a fancy name like a building or a structure.
“That’s right! This is the only place I could buy it with my money. But I paid a lot for it. I spent all the money I had.”
“How much did you give?”
“3 gold! Actually, I borrowed 2 gold… . I bought it right away because I was told that if I didn’t buy it now, it wouldn’t be available again.”
Luna said a few more words, but honestly, they didn’t really register in my head.
What the hell, 3 gold? I can’t even guess how much that is. 3 gold is 300 silver. 300 silver… , even if you buy a bowl of noodles for 3 coppers, it’s a waste. It doesn’t even count.
Anyway, it seems like Luna had more money than I thought.
What did they buy this place for with such a large sum of money? If they dig under this land, will they find oil? I couldn’t help but ask Luna about such things.
“But what are you going to do here?”
“I decided to make a workshop. Here, I’m going to make alcohol, elixirs, and other things!”
“aha.”
Indeed, now that I think about it, I remember talking to Luna about getting a loan to set up a workshop after she became a bronze tier. I thought it would be something that would happen in the distant future, so I was going to just leave it at that. But Luna seemed to act faster than I thought.
Come to think of it, Luna was strangely strong in a way. Was it something that had to happen naturally for a soft girl to survive in the vulgar city of Sodomora?
“Still, there’s a lot to prepare. The exterior needs to be taken care of. The interior also needs to be prepared here and there…”
“Did you just buy the land?”
“Yeah, yeah, that’s it. But isn’t it cool? This is my land! Let’s go in!”
After undoing the rusty chains and padlocks with a clank, Luna entered the dusty wooden warehouse.
“This place is a good place. I have a feeling about it. I’ve been keeping an eye on it for a while.”
Is the terrain good?
When I came to make the Moai statues, I honestly didn’t pay attention to my surroundings, so I didn’t know. But now that I have the chance to look at them closely, I’ve been able to look at every nook and cranny in great detail.
The overall size of the cabin was about the size of a fairly decent studio apartment. It was just big enough to fit a bed, a wardrobe, and a desk, with just a little bit of space left.
I don’t know if it’s enough for a girl to run a workshop alone, but still, this is too old.
There are so many cobwebs, dirty rags, and animal droppings rolling around here and there that it seems like it would take two days of cleaning to just get rid of the old grime.
“Wow, yea, it’s a wolf spider! Yuck!”
At that moment, Luna, who had been looking around the corner, ran over and flipped something over with both hands.
A giant creature runs away in surprise with a thud. As it runs towards me, I jump about a meter without joking.
“Fuck, fuck!”
It was a spider. Shit, a spider the size of the palm of your hand. Was it a tarantula?
Anyway, they were so hairy and rainbow colored that they looked dangerous at first glance, so I didn’t even want to touch them. As I said before, I’m okay with bees, but I really can’t stand spiders. Spiders are fucking scary.
“Hey, hold on so he can’t run away! Hassan!”
“Heeeeek!”
Luna seems to be jumping around trying to catch the guy, but I just want the spider to disappear from my sight. Finally, Luna uses her speed to grab the guy with her palm.
Luna smiles as she lifts the guy’s front leg and holds it out towards me.
“Wow, that’s really big. I’ve never seen a wolf spider this big before. I’m lucky!”
Woof, woof!
“No, what kind of spider noise is that?”
“It’s a wolf spider. Hassan, is this your first time seeing a wolf spider? Anyway, they are used as valuable medicinal ingredients. They are also sold as pets for around 20 coppers. Aren’t they cute? They’re not poisonous and have gentle personalities. It’s just that they’re a bit timid.”
Krrrr, woof woof, woof woof, woof woof!
Shit, I don’t know where you can tell that he’s gentle. No matter how I look at it, that bastard is a beast that’s desperate to bite my neck. He’s an assassin sent by nature.
It’s a joke that such a colorful rainbow spider doesn’t have poison. Anyway, Luna turned the palm-sized spider she caught around and pressed its belly with her finger before speaking.
“Wow, it’s a female! We need to raise her well. Now, go in…”
Then I opened the old jar in the corner, pushed the spider inside, and closed the lid. Only after the spider was out of sight could I finally breathe a sigh of relief.
“Fuck, this is so scary.”
“Hassan said he hates spiders?”
“I’m so scared.”
“The spider is cute. Anyway, if you put a chair and a desk here, install a stove in this corner, and buy a big pot and other things, it’ll look good, right?”
Luna explained her plan, pointing her fingers at every corner of the cabin. To me, it just looked like an old cabin, but to Luna, it seemed like a place to leap forward and achieve her grand dreams.
But since I couldn’t quite understand what the picture was in Luna’s head, I could only nod my head and say, “Okay, that’s how it is.”
“So, you’re not going to be an adventurer anymore?”
“No, but I won’t be making any money for the time being. I’ll probably have to go out and get the ingredients myself. So, by the way, Hassan… ”
Luna was hesitating very much, as if she had something important to say.
“why.”
“That, that, that’s it for now, party with me… .”
“no.”
At that moment, Luna’s face, which had been looking forward to something, crumpled into an extremely sad expression. Her wide-open eyes looked as if tears would soon fall.
“Guraya. You want to party for a while? I like it.”
Luna is a child with mysterious powers to me in many ways. The longer my relationship with this child continues, the better it will be for me.
First of all, Luna is growing rapidly right now. She might even surpass me and become a bus driver soon.
Of course, it’s not necessarily like that, but now I just feel good when I hang out with Luna.
“Hassan, really? Are you partying with me?”
“Yeah, but there’s something else I’m curious about.”
“Huh? Is there anything Hassan wants to know about me?”
“What, what is it? What is our relationship? It doesn’t seem like we’re just party members.”
At my question, Luna blushed and closed her mouth as if she had no intention of saying anything. A brief silence flowed, making the cramped cabin feel huge.
Luna was the first to speak.
“Hassan, what do you wish we were…? What do you wish I was Hassan’s…?”
“Well, uh, girlfriend?”
It was the most courageous moment of my life.
In my life, where I’ve been rejected countless times before I’ve even confessed, isn’t this the first time I’ve confessed?
I looked at Luna with my heart pounding and thumping.
Luna was looking down at her feet with her head down, as if she was too embarrassed to answer. It was cute how her toes wiggled between her sandals.
“Ha, Hassan… Actually, I have something to confess… .”
“…confession?”
My heart sank at the word confession.
Yes or no. Because unless there were two answers, it was certain that something out of the ordinary would be heard.
And such unusual answers usually mean ‘no.’
“…What are you trying to confess?”
Still, I asked cautiously just in case. Luna lowered her head and hesitated for a long time without answering.
“Tell me. I won’t get angry or anything.”
“Last time, when I was on night watch, I prayed to Mother Knox of the Night… ”
“… .”
This seemed to be an extension of the story that Luna had been trying to tell but had been unable to because of unexpected circumstances. Now, there was nothing to disturb, and it was just Luna and the two of them in this small space.
Because of that, I could only look at Luna’s lips with a nervous expression.
“Lord Knox, for the first time in my life, you have answered my prayers. Of course, it may have been an auditory hallucination. It was like I was dreaming while I was sleeping…”
Luna stopped talking again.
“Why, what is it? Keep talking.”
“My, my marriage partner must be a great god. At the very least, he must be a hero who has accomplished his mission…”
I felt like I’d been hit in the back of the head with a hammer.
Luna doesn’t seem to know that the Goddess of the Night, Nox, is her mother, but I knew her identity because I had already met her once.
Luna, her mother, who could have been my girlfriend, so to speak. That mother is not fond of me.
because.
I am far from being a great god or hero.
Because he’s just an illegal immigrant with a non-regular job!!
Is this what parental opposition is like? I feel like it would be a little different. Anyway, other than my parents’ opposition, nothing comes to mind.
But Knox gave me his blessings. Didn’t he like me?
I said to Luna.
“But, hey, we were together yesterday. Regardless of the vow of chastity… .”
Like an ant floating in water desperately struggling to grab onto something, I racked my brain to find a way out of this situation.
Luna answers him.
“…I was only allowed that one day.”
“Is this true?”
I really felt what they meant when they said that a person would collapse from their knees down.
Because I collapsed and fell to the floor as if the strings of a doll that had been supporting my body had suddenly come loose.
“… So you’re saying that you’ll marry someone else someday?”
Luna shakes her head at my question.
“… I don’t like anything but Hassan. I never even thought about it.”
At Luna’s words, I could feel strength welling up in my body again. This was not the time to sit like this.
“So then, how can that hero be?”
Where do they give out certificates? Shit, of course not.
And so time passed.
The next day.
What I heard from Hippolyte at the training ground was quite shocking.
“The certificate will be issued.”
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