Please Do Not Abandon the Adopted Heroine

122 – Snowy field_3 / Uninvited guest under the blanket late at night

The gist of Ha Hyun-dal’s argument was valid.

“Why did you pick something like that up in the first place? The holy sword is the will of the goddess. If you get eaten by that, you’re just a fool playing in the hands of that fucking goddess b*tch. Fix that? Do you think that will be easily possible even with the first full moon? throw away. just.”

“That can’t be said, Ha Hyeon-dal. “No matter what, Eugene is a talent who will immediately become a force in the Magic Tower.”

“Human Resources? No, that would be a fucking bomb. “Do you have any idea how hard it was for me and those Sanghyeondal b*stards to rescue a b*stard who went on a rampage in the middle of the empire and got into a hell of a mess?”

“Well, thanks to your reckless behavior, we saved the trouble of finding Eugene, so let’s be generous this time.”

“I’m not criticizing the Empire, I’m talking about you, you crazy b*tch.”

“ha ha ha!”

“That guy grabbed the holy sword at such a young age that he couldn’t even learn how to use it properly. It’s not just about catching it. It means that he came to swing the holy sword in the snowy field as if he were breathing. “It’s like it’s been encroached or something.”

“what? “Are you worried about Eugene?”

“Am I crazy?”

Ha Hyeon-dal frowned.

“And you’re the one who’s going around, Manwol. Fuck you. Whether I search for that or not is none of my business. Rather, if something happens, it’s a hassle to deal with it, so just leave it alone.”

“… Let me die or not… … “I’m sorry, but that’s not possible.”

Manwol smiled bitterly. As the Sanghyeondal children climbed onto the stage chattering and casting their next spell, a cold Eugene caught my eye.

“You know Eugene’s mom, right? Jeondae Manwol. “I owe a little bit~ So I also have a position.”

“It sounds like a debt. “If you want to repay, you should go visit her while she’s still alive, or when will you realize that there’s no point in repaying a b*tch who’s already behind you?”

“It’s my heart.”

“I assure you. “When he wakes up, that little boy will do something.”

“We found it too late. “There’s also the fact that we haven’t been able to catch Eugene running away desperately for the past few years.”

“I heard it was in the northernmost canyon for quite some time. Isn’t that a devil’s cave that we don’t dare approach? Even if he didn’t have the holy sword, he probably wouldn’t have been in a sound state of mind. “Give up.”

Ha Hyeon-dal beat the candle persistently, but Man-wol just listened, playing with her hair and thinking about it.

“… … Hmm. Still, if there is someone Eugene recognizes, wouldn’t we be able to walk there?”

There weren’t many people I could think of.

Eugene’s acquaintance. If you narrow the scope to blood relatives, the options become narrower than the eye of a needle.

“okay! “I’ll have to ask the DC family.”

***

“DCZ… ? droughty… ?”

It felt like I muttered that in my sleep.

Why did the DC family suddenly come to mind?

Was it a dream?

It must have been a dream.

But my memory is too vague.

I don’t even remember what I said or who the other person was.

What was the dream in the first place?

Didn’t someone say ‘the DC family’?

… It won’t work. My head hurts.

By the time I took a deep breath, all my memories had already volatilized. The unpleasant aftertaste just leaves a bitter taste in your mouth.

“…… who is this.”

Waking up early in the morning was almost like an unusual event for me.

Of course, it was a problem that had to be taken into account if you were punished for falling asleep without going to the bathroom with the excuse of being thirsty or being inconvenient, and in my case, I also had to consider uninvited guests, so the girl from the fox tribe who came every day was that problem. He was the main character.

“Cecil… Cecilia… ?”

There was no need to identify the culprit who was digging under the blanket in the early morning. As usual, I called the name of a regular customer in a half-asleep voice.

Cecilia, who came to visit at this time, would curl up in my blanket and sleep without saying a word. Sometimes she would stay until I woke up, but most of the time, it was her implicit behavior pattern to wake up just before sunrise and quietly leave.

Even though I sleep in the dark, I can’t help but wake up when a warm tail touches me.

Cecilia’s eyes are clearly outlined even in the dark without any light. Although it is a characteristic of the fox tribe, there are times when there are surprises.

But somehow something was a little different today.

Cecilia’s eyes, which were almost amber, had a strangely different color.

… No, isn’t it Cecilia in the first place?

As I squinted and looked closely, there were bulging eyes closing the distance along with a sweet breath.

“No matter what, you wouldn’t immediately suspect a stranger who came to see you in the middle of the night, wouldn’t you? It’s discrimination, discrimination! the opposite!”

“Undine… ?”

“You have such a pretty and cute Jeongsil, who are you looking for?”

“hmm… Are you Undine? ?”

“reaction! Watch your reaction! What is that look! No matter how much you sleep and wake up, doesn’t your expression look great? joy!”

It’s such a tension that you never get tired even on a late night like this. Yes, being energetic is good to see in many ways.

But other things aside, it wasn’t a very common occurrence for Undine to visit me at this hour.

“What’s going on? Cecilia hasn’t arrived yet… ”

“‘yet’?! ‘Not yet’! “How often do you come here and use that expression so casually?”

About five times a week… While estimating the number of times I had fallen asleep, I thought that telling the truth would discourage Undine, so I quietly reduced the number.

“Two or three times a month… Was it?”

“one month… In the same bed two or three times a month?! Ugh… … ! Heh, heh! This won’t work. “No matter how generous and generous the royal family may be and turn a blind eye to, there is a limit!”

It’s a wide generosity… In the first place, as you said, if you can’t be honest more than once or twice a month, isn’t that a problem?

“Rather… “What’s going on today?”

“… To you, teacher, am I someone who needs something to happen to come to me…? ”

In the darkness, I couldn’t see Undine’s expression clearly, but I could feel the gloomy atmosphere. She spoke to me carefully, even though she was muttering.

“I woke up while sleeping.”

“Hmm.”

“master.”

“… Why the name suddenly? “Did anything bad happen while you were sleeping?”

“… … hug me.”

“… … uh?”

“hug me.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Undine flew into my arms. He starts squeezing his voice like a whine or a tantrum. I could feel even the slightest stubbornness or tenacity in the force that pulled me so tightly that it took my breath away.

I forgot… It’s a match… .

It was literally just asking for a hug.

I almost misunderstood.

I decided to calm down my pounding heart to the point of giving me a headache and accept the light first.

“Did you have a strange dream?”

Undine buried her face and nodded without answering.

“So, I told you to stop reading the strange book you got from Cecilia before going to bed. “They say that if you read a lot of books with red labels before going to bed, you will have strange dreams.”

“Why do you call a good dream a strange dream?”

“… “That may not be a good dream, but rather a dark dream.”

“I don’t think so… Isn’t it possible to have delusions in a dream…? I made a big mess of the teacher as I wanted. My heart pounded. My heart pounded. Please understand my efforts in keeping a dream diary for five years to achieve lucid dreaming, which is number 14-1 on my bucket list. . Huh… ”

“It sounds really strange when you say it while crying.”

Undine hugged me tightly with all her might, as if protesting. I was in an immobile position, unable to do anything, and I had no choice but to struggle desperately to keep my ribs from being crushed. Even with the power of my blood relatives, I might have already been cut in half if the opponent had been Cecilia.

“I had a painful dream.”

“Did you get hit in your dream?”

I expected the answer to be of course no, but the answer Undine came up with later was strange.

“… little bit. But that’s not why it hurts.”

“He’s a bad guy. “Did someone hit you in your dream?”

“… … “Innim”

“hmm?”

“… … master.”

Did I hear it wrong? But Undine could hardly raise her head.

“I had a dream when we met again.”

“… … … ah.”

“So I woke up feeling sad and heartbroken.”

“… “You saw a bad guy, right?”

“It’s not like that.”

“Do you not like it if I agree with you?”

“… … … … Huh.”

“Undine.”

“… … Yes?”

It was closer to whining than an answer. Even though it was an undine, it was rarely used like this on a regular basis.

Silver hair with a sweet shampoo scent does not feel cold, but rather like pure white sugar.

I patted her on the back and gave her a suggestion that suddenly occurred to me.

“Would you like to go out for a quick night out for a change?”

“Let’s go play… ?”

To what extent have your eyes adapted to the darkness? Looking closely, I could see that there were tear marks left around Undine’s eyes.

“play… “Is it more of a joke than a joke?”

“… … … .”

“I suddenly had a dream. Is it because of those warriors during the day? Wouldn’t it make you feel better if you got into trouble? I’ll show you something fun. “Cecilia, let’s go together.”