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Samaritan of Black Rock Mountain
121 ? Samaritan of Black Rock Mountain #2
Even I had a hard time freeing Luna, who was tightly bound.
Because I had to insist on my innocence while continuously stroking Luna’s back, who was curled up so that not a single strand of her pink hair could be seen, with the blanket pulled over her head.
Swish, swish. Stroke.
“I told you I was just stopping by for a bit on business. I even got some gold coins as a deposit. This is real gold. Luna, do you know what you can do with just one gold coin?”
“… .”
“For one gold coin, you can buy five hundred of your favorite birds. Five hundred birds will have a thousand legs. And a thousand wings. Wow-!”
“… Hehe.”
“Luna, you just laughed.”
“… Oh, I didn’t laugh! More importantly, your hand stopped, Hassan! I told you to stroke it straight!”
Luna would throw a tantrum inside the blanket if I stopped moving my hands even a little, so I had to keep moving my hands.
Luna’s small body rises up in a round shape from under the blanket.
Because of the thick and rough blanket, I couldn’t feel the usual soft and gentle warmth. A wall as thick as a blanket had formed between Luna and me.
It feels like there’s a gap as big as a blanket between Luna and me, not just the physical distance but also the psychological distance between us.
If it’s thick, it’s a thick gap, and if it’s thin, it’s a thin gap.
Some might think it’s just a sheet of paper.
However, since Luna and I had never been on good terms before, this was quite embarrassing for me. I thought we were getting along well and getting closer these days, but for something like this to happen!
Are the countless lovers walking down the street repeating this experience of fighting and arguing in places where our eyes cannot see?
Among them, there must be some who fight for similar reasons as me. So, how do you appease them and try to reconcile them in such cases?
I looked back on the various situations in the media and visual media I had seen so far.
Dramas that I had to watch because my younger sister was higher in the remote control hierarchy than me. Will the experience of watching love stories there until I was sick of them be helpful to me now?
But when I think back, I can’t find a girl in my life who resembles Luna. And I wasn’t the romantic protagonist in the story either.
I guess the story ultimately boils down to the need to use and develop Hassan’s methods just for Luna.
What would Luna do if I got like this?
When I thought about it that way, something immediately came to mind. So I curled my fingers like a pianist and then moved them like a spider and scratched Luna’s back.
Sagrak, sagrak.
Shudder, shudder.
Luna trembled under the blanket as if tickled by the sharp fingers touching her back and sides.
“Hehehehe-.”
Didn’t Luna eventually burst out laughing at that behavior?
But soon he realizes that he is angry and starts growling like an angry beast.
“… Stop tickling me! I’m not joking. I’m really mad…!”
“This isn’t me doing it. It’s barking.”
“Lies. Hassan, you liar.”
“What, what lie did I tell?”
“You said you were studying. You went to the Temple of Venus and came back. I deliberately sent Paranoy first and stopped by the library to go back with Hassan.”
I can’t believe Luna thought of me that much. It was really touching, but my heart still pounded as if my conscience was being prickled.
“I, I told you that nothing really happened at the temple. I went there for work.”
“Lies! There’s no way a man would come out of the Temple of Venus doing nothing.”
“Yeah, but it’s true. It actually happened!”
Passover.
Luna got up and kicked away the blanket she had been covering herself with.
My eyes were swollen and puffy, as if I had been crying all over the blanket, and I felt like my head was going to burst.
Luna cried!
When I thought about Luna crying because of me, my mind went blank and I didn’t know what to do. I felt like I understood why so many stories and media outlets refer to women’s tears as a weapon.
That was a real weapon.
A weapon so overwhelming that it’s hard to even describe it as just a weapon.
My face starts to feel numb as if I’ve been hit somewhere, and my chest feels like it’s stinging as if I’ve committed a terrible sin, and I don’t know what to do.
But now I had to be confident.
I think I have a rough idea of what Luna is suspecting. Whatever it is, what Luna imagined did not happen.
All I did there was get a hug from some powerful woman and get a glimpse of the shiny marble floor.
“Nothing really happened.”
Gugugu.
At my words, Luna’s reddened eyes seemed to open slightly.
Ugh.
He slowly approached me. I was a little confused, wondering what Luna was going to do. He glanced around me, frozen in place, and sniffed around.
“… Really nothing happened?”
“Yes, that’s right! I really went there for work. And I even got some gold coins like this.”
I took out a gold coin that I had kept in my pocket and showed it to Luna.
goldfinch.
It was the first lump of gold I had ever earned with my own efforts. If it were me, I would have treasured it as if it were my life, and would never have given it to anyone.
He decided to show it to Luna and put it on her hand. It must have been to show that he trusted and cherished Luna, but I’m not sure if his message was conveyed well.
“Wow, it’s really a gold coin. It has Jupiter’s face engraved on it.”
Luna’s red, swollen eyes sparkled as she looked at the gold coin I handed her. It seemed that even Luna couldn’t escape the charm of gold.
“… But why are there teeth marks?”
“I tried biting it.”
“Oh my goodness, Hassan! What if I bite Jupiter’s face? I might get struck by lightning from the sky!”
“Oh, really?”
I just took a gold coin and bit into it to feel better. But I got struck by lightning because of something so meaningless. It felt a bit unfair.
If you get your first gold in life, you’ll probably take a bite of it like I did.
No, there’s no way I’m going to get struck by lightning just because I bit a coin. I almost fell for Luna’s pace for a moment, but I quickly pulled myself together.
Anyway, what’s more important to me now is that Luna came out of the blanket and her pent-up emotions are slowly starting to relax.
“I only received 1 gold as a deposit. Does that mean I can receive more after the request is finished?”
I did explain it to you.
Luna just shivered and couldn’t take her eyes off the gold coins like an elementary school student who had just received a Yo-kai Watch as a gift.
“Wow, it’s really gold. It’s my first time touching a gold coin.”
“Really? Didn’t you say this land was worth 3 gold?”
“I’ve never seen gold coins in real life before, since the money was only exchanged through loan documents. Wow, they really are shiny. Wow. A thousand legs-. Wow.”
I don’t know how many times I did “Wow”. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand. I also felt quite dazed by the fact that I still had gold coins.
Luna, who had been looking at the gold coins for a while, handed the gold coins back to me.
I was wondering what I would do if Torajin Luna had been being unreasonable and said, “Then I’ll vent my anger, so give this to me.” But it seems she wasn’t that unreasonable.
“Hassan, if you receive 1 gold as a deposit, it doesn’t seem like an ordinary thing. Is that okay?”
Luna now seemed curious about the content of the request I had received. Should she believe me when I said I had gone to the Temple of Venus for work?
“He asked me to bring him some black spring water.”
“Black spring water? Did you really say that?”
“okay.”
“I don’t think anyone but a very experienced adventurer can enter there. They say there are strange guards guarding it… .”
* * *
The next morning.
Luna and I headed to the west gate, carrying large jars to hold the spring water.
It was quite heavy, as it was a large jar large enough to fit a small child. It would be heavier when it was filled with water.
Still, I think I can lift it easily with my strength level reaching 9.
“…Long live chaos.”
Deering-.
『Name: Hassan Lv. 19
Strength: 9
Agility: 4
Stamina: 6
Task: 282
Grace: Blessing of Chaos》 Shining Hands》 Cloak of Night》
It might be a pretty difficult request, so I saved the task value just in case. If it doesn’t work out, I might have to burn 200 of the task value and beg for help from the gods.
If you don’t have any use for it, you can just use the totem you’ve saved to convert it into numbers.
As I was thinking strategically, Luna, carrying a small jar, turned her head around.
“Hassan, I think we got there first.”
Although it is early in the morning, the West Gate is bustling with parties carrying out various requests as usual.
Although it was a crowded and bustling place, it wasn’t too difficult to find Malko, who was wearing a really funny cone-shaped hat.
“There it is.”
Now that I think about it, I wonder if Malko’s funny outfit was intentional to stand out, just like how singers on stage attract attention with their unique clothes.
anyway.
Malko must have recognized me as well, because he raised his hand and greeted me.
“Kuhahaha, you have an appearance that stands out no matter when I see you. It’s rare to find someone as oddly-looking as my brother.”
“Shit, I didn’t expect to hear that from you. Did you come alone? Kalidur?”
“My brother said he can’t come because his leg treatment isn’t finished yet. So I’m going alone.”
“Hello, Kojangi. It’s been a while!”
Luna waved to Malko, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time. Malko responded by taking off his ridiculous hat and greeting her.
“Whoever is wearing that bone helmet, sister, it’s been a while. You look quite formidable in that helmet. And may I ask who is next to you?”
Malco’s eyes soon settled on the crimson-haired girl who was busy looking around behind Luna.
“This is a very rare nymph. They say that instrument strings made from nymph hair produce a clear tone.”
“Oh, hello… My name is Paranoia.”
“Aha, so this is the nymph who converted not long ago. I am the wandering musician Malko. I serve Mercury.”
As someone who roams the back alleys and underground, he seems to be good at picking up rumors here and there. Even though we didn’t say anything else, Paranoy and Malco exchanged brief introductions.
“The carriage will be here soon, so check everything one last time.”
After carefully checking the condition of all the tools and equipment we had brought, we boarded the carriage with the luggage cart as usual.
“Then let’s depart.”
Phew hehehe.
The carriage soon left the west gate and headed towards a wide plain and a mountain of black rock located somewhere near it.
Rattling, rattling. Rattling.
As expected, the carriage made by remodeling a luggage compartment was not very comfortable to ride in. I was a little worried that the jar containing the spring water might break.
How much more money do I have to earn to be able to buy a fancy carriage of my own?
“But brother, I’ve seen something I’ve never seen before. It’s a pretty sturdy-looking breastplate.”
As the quiet noise continued in the rattling carriage for a while, Malko, who was sitting across from me, spoke to me.
It seems like he’s just now noticing the iron plate armor covering my chest. Or maybe he just has nothing else to say and is just trying to appease my curiosity by talking to me.
Anyway, what the guy said made me realize the heavy iron plate pressing down on my chest.
This is the breastplate I bought during the reorganization period after returning from Pluto’s Labyrinth. It is a lump of iron plate that I bought for a whopping 80 silver.
It was the second most expensive item I owned after the necklace and club, which I bought with the money I already had, 40 silver, the money I earned from selling byproducts like iron swords I got while exploring the dungeon, and 20 silver from Luna.
I don’t know about its performance, but it seems sturdy enough to block one or two arrows that suddenly fly in. However, it’s heavier than I thought, so it seems like it’ll take some time to get used to the weight.
“You look like a pretty good warrior wearing that breastplate.”
“Is that so?”
The design was quite crude, but I was quite satisfied with wearing this iron plate.
As I gradually upgrade my equipment, I feel like I’m developing myself, and I feel a sense of progress. I also feel a little relieved that there is now a thick sheet of iron between me and death.
However, I felt quite sorry that I had received a large sum of money, 20 silver, from Luna.
“Hassan, you fight recklessly, so you have to protect yourself!” said Luna, urging me to buy an expensive breastplate.
I guess I was worried that I might get hurt and die while fighting a powerful monster or the great swordsman Schizo.
If this quest goes well and I earn more money, I should pay back the money I owe Luna and buy her greaves and gauntlets with iron reinforcements for the arms and legs.
Sval, the steel warrior Hassan.
It’s sure to look seriously fucking powerful.
The kids who are chattering in the slums will be running away just by hearing the creaking sound of my armor.
“Fuck, I’m all screwed, you little shits.”
“Kuuuuu, it looks like my brother is already feeling restless at the thought of fighting. Now that we’re almost there, I’ll have something to do soon. I want to test out my new talents soon too.”
“New talent? What do you have?”
“I guess you can look forward to it. Anyway, I see it over there.”
Malko raised his head and looked at the distant horizon. Following his gaze, I straightened my back and met his gaze at the black object in the distance.
As the carriage traveled down the bumpy road.
In the distance, a rocky mountain covered in dark clouds and dark black light was gradually approaching us.
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