227th
Prepare thoroughly, pack light
227 ? Prepare thoroughly, pack light #1
“Elfriede, you didn’t come here to spy on someone else’s house, did you? Didn’t you say you had something to say?”
I quickly asked Elfriede the main point while getting her out of the cabin.
I was worried that maybe I had put in too blatant an attitude of telling people to hurry up and say what they have to say.
I can’t believe I’m being so forceful towards Elfriede.
What should I say? I feel like he’s deliberately trying to act casually when he meets his senior in the military, whom he was so scared of, outside.
You’ve grown up, Hassan.
However, Elfriede’s expression was slightly crumpled, separate from my inner feelings.
“Okay, well. But, I have something to say to Luna. I’d like outsiders to leave out a little bit.”
“what?”
Indeed, Elfriede was a mean and wicked woman. She fought back against me without saying a word.
What are Luna and Elfriede talking about alone?
I felt my lower chest thump, making the curious attitude I had shown until just now seem meaningless.
Did you ever feel like this when a girl found out about your mistake in elementary school and ran to the teacher’s office?
What on earth are you trying to talk about with Luna?
I was very embarrassed.
Because I was sure it wouldn’t be a good thing for me to say.
“You want to talk to me alone?”
“Yeah. It’s a business-related matter.”
Luna frowned slightly as if she was troubled by Elfriede’s words. Then, as if she was convinced by the mention of a business-related matter, she made a short, firm decision, saying, “Okay.”
Because of that, I had no choice but to leave Luna and Elfriede and go outside the yard.
Chitchat, chitchat.
Women’s voices begin to sound faintly from inside.
I wish I could eavesdrop on what they were talking about inside.
However, as a human being, I felt like something inside me would not be able to maintain itself and would break, so I pretended like nothing was wrong and just caressed the potatoes in the yard.
“Potato, grow quickly so I can eat you.”
Buzz.
“Why are you shaking? Am I scared?”
Linger-.
The potato shook off its little sprouts as if it was afraid of being eaten by me.
Have you ever heard of a pseudoscience that says that plants have sensors that read emotional waves, and that when they hear bad words, they can grow toxic?
But, when I looked closely, it wasn’t the potatoes that were shaking, but my hands that were shaking.
I am scared.
I couldn’t gather my wits enough to talk to the potatoes because of my anxiety.
What did Elfriede talk about with Luna?
Hasn’t it been a few minutes since we started talking?
Shouldn’t it be coming out soon?
What on earth are we talking about that is taking so long?
So I was left in deep agony, wondering whether I should put my ear to the door and eavesdrop on the conversation or not.
Until just a moment ago, I was walking through heaven.
It was hell now, as if it couldn’t get any worse.
Just then, the door to the cabin opened with a swoosh.
The one who finally appears is Elfriede, wearing a robe once again.
“… You managed to not eavesdrop? If you were the person I know, I would have thought you would definitely eavesdrop on the conversation.”
“What does he think of me? So, what on earth did he talk about with Luna?”
“well.”
Swish.
Finally, with the hood of her robe over her head, Elfriede disappeared into the darkness of the distant alley.
Only when I could no longer see the guy’s back or feel his presence was I able to return to Luna’s cabin.
Luna was sitting on the jar on the first floor.
She has her arms crossed, and her eyebrows furrow as if she is in deep agony, which is unusual for Luna. What did she hear that makes her look so serious?
I was curious, but at the same time, I was a little anxious about hearing the answer. The two opinions were locked in a tight fight, but eventually one side won, and I opened my mouth.
“What did you two talk about?”
I wonder what kind of story will come out.
“The story of Hippolyte.”
“What are you talking about? What kind of polythene?”
For a moment I thought I had misheard.
Elfriede, who has no contact with Luna whatsoever, comes to visit and talks about Hippolyte, who she also has no contact with?
I had imagined many situations in the yard, but this was far beyond my imagination.
“What Hippolyta were you talking about?”
“I heard you asked me to introduce you to Hippolyte? I didn’t hear the details, but I think you have a request for a Gold Tier adventurer.”
Why do you ask Luna to introduce Hippolyte?
As I was thinking about that, I suddenly remembered that Luna and Hippolyte were working together to subdue the Thieves’ Guild.
Elfriede must have seen Luna and Hippolyte together. Naturally, she could have thought of the connection between Luna and Hippolyte.
Among adventurers, it was common to be introduced to a third party through other adventurers.
“Did we just end the conversation with that?”
“I bought that and a few potions. And I also got some hair here? Ta-.”
Luna has a couple of long, white, silver-colored hairs in her hands, swaying gently.
“He was a nicer kid than I thought.”
“I guess so.”
Elfriede naturally takes a kind stance towards others. It seems that this was the case even with Luna, who was close to me.
“But, Hassan.”
At that moment, Luna, who had been linking arms with me, looked at me. Her emerald eyes, shining under the candlelight in the darkness, were very deep.
“Hassan seems to get strangely excited whenever he sees that girl. It feels like he can’t calm down.”
“What am I.”
“By any chance-. No, no. I should just sleep. I’m too tired.”
Luna started the engine as if she was about to say something, but then quickly slammed on the brakes.
I was curious about what she was trying to say, but I didn’t think it was necessary to bring it up, so I went to bed like Luna.
That day, Luna hugged my waist tightly and wouldn’t let go.
“Didn’t you say it was hot? If you keep holding me like that, I’ll get hot too.”
“… It’s not hot!”
However, Luna, for some reason, was sweating profusely but refused to leave me.
The summer night’s heat and Luna’s warmth combined to make me toss and turn, and I was finally able to fall asleep late in the morning after Luna had fallen asleep first.
* * *
I woke up early in the morning and headed to Hippolyte’s training ground.
I hadn’t slept in a few hours because of the heat and tossing and turning, but I wasn’t that tired, perhaps because I had recently increased my stamina level and Luna’s special salad was having an effect.
“Hassan, are you coming home late again?”
Luna spoke to me as I was about to leave the cabin.
“I guess so.”
“It’s good to work hard, but… I feel like I’m spending less time with myself, so it’s a little disappointing.”
“okay?”
Luna hesitated as if she really felt sorry.
Luna looked down at her feet and wiggled her toes against her sandals, seeming to feel extremely embarrassed even though she said it herself.
Luna is surprisingly not good at expressing herself. It must have taken a lot of courage just to say something like that.
“I also feel sad that I have less time, but if I don’t work hard now, I don’t know what the future will hold.”
“Yeah, I know that too… Hassan, then kiss me before you go.”
“what-?”
For a moment, I was startled and thought I had misheard. What the heck? Did Luna not wake up from her dream? Or was I dreaming?
Of course, that never happened. This was a clear reality.
“Right now, here?”
“Yes, now, here.”
I took a quick look around. Fortunately, this outlying area with its old warehouses and abandoned buildings was sparsely populated.
However, after the release of the elixir material, we received a sudden surge of orders, and we may have unexpected customers, and people passing by on the street may see us.
But you asked me to kiss you in the middle of a yard like this.
If I get caught, it will be a huge risk for Luna, who has pledged her chastity, even if I don’t know about it.
“hurry.”
But Luna spoke as if she didn’t care about such things.
Is Luna broken? Luna used to be passive and defensive about things like this. Since yesterday, Luna’s condition has been a little strange.
Kwuk.
Because Luna was holding onto my collar and wouldn’t let go, I ended up lowering my head and kissing her, half in fear and half in excitement.
I thought it would be okay if our lips just lightly touched each other.
Ssareup, ssreup-.
Before I knew it, Luna’s tongue was gently touching my lips between her soft, thin lips.
Thanks to that, the situation got worse and worse, and eventually I hugged Luna’s waist and our tongues passionately mingled.
“Ha, ha, hot aaan-.”
Even though I woke up in the morning and took a shower, I was sweating from the warmth and excitement of being stuck to each other, but I didn’t care about that.
However, I was a little afraid that someone might see me.
So, when I tried to gently push Luna’s shoulder to catch my breath, Luna surprisingly obediently lifted her head off my head.
Soon he knelt down in front of me and began to untie the knot of his trousers.
“What? What are you doing?”
“Stay still, stay still, Hassan.”
Luna’s attitude was quite overbearing. Before I knew it, she had pulled down my pants and belt, which had become undone, and was even trying to take off my underwear.
However, doing this in the yard was too much for me, no matter how excited I was. So I grabbed Luna’s shoulders and helped her up.
Only then did I check Luna’s face, and she had tears welling up in her emerald eyes.
“No, Luna. Why are you doing that?”
“If this continues, Hassan, I think you’ll disappear far away.”
“What? What does that mean?”
“In my dream, Hassan left me and went far away. No matter how much I called, he didn’t hear me. He ignored me…”
“In a dream? What, why did I do that again?”
I understood why Luna did this. For some reason, I found it cute and smiled, but at the same time, I was worried.
As far as I know, dreams are an expression of the unconscious within a person.
If I had ignored Luna and left her in her dream, I thought maybe Luna was feeling insecure about me.
“Luna, are you worried or anxious about anything these days?”
Nod, nod.
To my question, Luna nodded without hesitation.
“Why? Tell me what’s bothering you.”
“Hassan, you’re changing more and more these days. You seem like a different person.”
I was quite embarrassed. I was changing, I was like a different person? I never thought I would hear things like, “Oppa, you’ve changed.”
Of course, there were many things I could guess.
“If this continues, I feel like Hassan will abandon me and go far away.”
“That can’t be true, Luna. Your intuition was wrong this time.”
“really?”
“Yeah, really. Then, let’s not go to training today and just rest at home together?”
I was very worried about Luna’s condition.
Could I just leave her alone like this? If I had a paranoiac, I could leave Luna in her care. For now, I thought it would be best to stay with Luna until she calmed down a bit.
So I was about to head back to the cabin, feeling like I should just stay home today.
“No, I want to be a coffin. I don’t want to be a woman who holds a man back. It’s just that Hassan seems to be moving forward. I think I was anxious because I felt like I was in my place.”
“Really? I thought the opposite.”
“… I guess I just like Hassan more than I thought. This is my first time feeling this way, so I don’t know what to do.”
Luna mumbled in a rather calm voice.
I could clearly see how much this little girl depended on me.
A girl who grew up without a mother or father, left her hometown, and is now struggling in this distant land.
Can I say that I am everything in the world to Luna right now?
I was no different.
“Hassan, have a nice day today.”
Luna, finally calming down, waved at me.
Luna was feeling uneasy.
I’m not that great of a guy.
Perhaps, Luna’s unique intuition made her realize the bad things I was doing.
There were so many things to consider that I couldn’t even make excuses.
Knock, knock-.
As I was thinking about that, I found myself arriving at Hippolyte’s house.
As usual, I knocked on the door, and a dark-skinned woman greeted me through the door that opened suddenly.
I thought it was Hippolyte.
It was Antiope, seen biting a long pipe and covering her body with leather clothes.
“Ah, Hassan… sir.”
Antiope’s eyes flashed with fear whenever she looked at me, perhaps because of the many events that had happened in the past.
“Um, well, my sister hasn’t come home yet. She suddenly went out last night saying she had an appointment… .”
“Really? Who did you go to see?”
“It was night, so I couldn’t see well. I think it was a wizard.”
He’s a wizard.
Could it be Elfriede? While I was thinking that, Antiope said a few more words.
“Excuse me, would you like to come inside and wait? I’ll be back soon. Oh, oh, I’ll get you some cold ice water!”
Antiope hurried into the house, muttering something nonsense, and began rummaging through drawers.
My eyes were fixed on the leather rider suit that covered her body completely. It looked really hot. In fact, sweat was running down her neck and forehead.
Maybe it was because I had just heard Luna’s story, but for some reason I began to feel extremely sorry. When she finally handed me a glass of ice, I said.
“There, that, Antiope-.”
“Hey, Hassan-.”
Their words overlap.
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