Chapter 20 – Thanksgiving (3)

“Ugh…….”

Waking up with a hangover, I gulped down the water I had placed on my desk. Even then, the hangover didn’t go away, so I sat for a while, frowning.

Then, suddenly, he realized that a hangover was also a pain, and he used his ability to replace the pain with pleasure.

The deep headache that was covering my head immediately disappears, and I feel a refreshing pleasure sweeping my entire brain. The scent of peppermint pierced my nose and I felt it deep in my brain.

Waking up with the refreshing feeling of washing my brain with bleach, I picked up my watch and checked the time.

It’s still 5:50 in the morning. It was too early for sunrise. After roughly removing the gob from the bathroom, I started running around the city.

The clean-up of last night’s festival hadn’t been finished, and vomit and garbage were dumped all over the city.

I came back to my room sweating a bit, took a shower, wiped off my sweat, and changed my clothes.

By that time, the inn restaurant was bustling with people coming down for breakfast.

Day 2 of the festival.
A date with Seoyoon was scheduled for today as well.

* * *

“Late.”
“Ahaha, sorry.”

He woke up early in the morning, warmed up briefly, washed, put on her clothes on her, and waited for Seoyoon, who hadn’t even woken up yet.

But what would you do in a different world where you can’t even find a smartphone, a TV, or even a book to read?

Sleep was people’s most accessible pastime, and so was I. Closing her eyes her for a very short time caused her to sleep for over an hour, and in the end, she didn’t wake up until Seoyoon finished all her preparations and came out.

“Where is the man who sleeps late on a date?”
“Even if you’re sorry.”
“…… I’m just watching you this time No soup next time.”
“Okay, thank you.”

I thanked her Seoyoon for accepting her apology and looked her up and down. She, too, felt my gaze on her, and unconsciously, she was tucking her hair behind her ear on her.

“Did you tie her hair up? Pretty.”

“…… I just tied it up because it was hot.”

“Matches well.”

She was the one who usually wore her hair down with her straight hair, but today she had her hair in a half ponytail in a braid.

Her hair, which was braided behind her, was like a laurel wreath worn by goddesses.

‘I also put on makeup.’

Knowing how much of a waste it is to wear makeup in a different world where cosmetics are hard to find, the fact that she dressed up to look pretty came as a great impression.

Compared to that, what did I do, I didn’t do anything. I was a little embarrassed by that fact, so I took her hand her and walked ahead.

“I decided to guide you today.”

“…… Yes.”

“You can look forward to it.”

I led her to her city her.

* * *

It is said that in the distant past, there was a Colosseum where humans fought against humans in another world. But as time went on, it became rare to see humans pitting each other against each other.

Making slaves fight among themselves and then watching them from a safe place is all about feeling superior.

I’m better than those guys
I am a slightly better human being.

It was for the sake of such a slight sense of superiority, but the problem was that creatures inferior to real humans appeared.

A monster with no intelligence.

Furthermore, since they had intelligence inferior to humans and physical abilities superior to humans, it was only natural that their duels would be more fun.

“It’s fucking big…….”
“I know.”

The two came to the heterogeneous Coliseum. Today’s match featured a giant monster, a 5-meter-long ogre and a 10-meter-long giant salamander.

It is said that both were caught alive in the upper levels of the dungeon. In other words, both of those monsters were enemies we would have to face someday.

“What do you think? Can you catch it?”

“…… I don’t know unless I try. That especially salamander.”

Saying that, Seoyoon pointed to the Salamander walking around with all four feet on the ground.

“Can I kill it by freezing it?”

“…… Wouldn’t it be undetected if I sneaked on this street?”

“Um…….”

Soon after, the ogres and salamanders clashed. It was more than twice the size, but the ogre had a weapon in his hand.

It was said to be a club made by carving out the World Tree, which is said to have stayed there for over a thousand years. Whether it was real or false, the club, which was randomly swung, did not scratch the Salamander’s body even when it collided with it.

Salamander endured a powerful club with his bare body that could crush even a thousand-year-old giant tree, and attacked the ogre with his weight.

The ogres were also formidable, but the difference in size between the two was more than twice, and thus the difference in weight was more than ten times.

Even an ogre who claims to use a little strength must be strong enough to be stronger than an opponent ten times his weight, so holding on to the salamander was the limit.

When the ogre’s defeat was half confirmed, Seoyoon closed her eyes and concentrated.

At the same time, after a while. I saw the Salamander pause with a groan. The ogre, a hunter, did not miss the chance.

Soon after, a club swung with all its might struck him in the head, and the Salamander, hit in the vitals, fell down with his tongue sticking out.

When Salamander’s defeat was confirmed, the wizards subdued the ogre with magic and transported the two monsters to prison.

People couldn’t believe the result that the ogres had won and went mad.

“Fuck! It’s a scam! Where is this!”
“It’s manipulation! Why did you suddenly stop!”

When there is a duel, there is also gambling. This world was no different. Even more so, the ogre was an underdog to match its size. The dividend is doubled and a little more than half…….

Seoyoon, who caused such a catastrophe, opened her eyes with a nonchalant expression.

“Failed.”

“That, is it?”

“Yes. The defense is stronger than I thought…… Stopping for a moment is the limit.”

Unlike the lower level monsters that are simply physically strong, the upper level monsters tend to be a bit more magically powerful.

Of course, it was only natural that the Salamander had resistance to the ability of Seoyoon, a monster who magically spews powerful fire.

And that also meant that I or Eunha had to directly defeat that monster.

‘…… Is that possible?’

I unconsciously fiddled with the handle of the sword at my waist. He was frankly unsure. He is a human being who is reluctant to deal with someone who is about 20cm taller than him.

Dealing with a 5-meter-10-meter monster was a difficult thing to do with common sense. The problem was that the people of this world were able to do such difficult things…….

‘I do not know.’

I got up watching the game that was over. There were still many places to go. The festival was in full swing, and it was a time when there were plenty of things to enjoy if you had money.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes…”

He grabbed Seoyoon’s hand. Her hands were somehow warm. I wondered if she only became hotter by using that ability.

“It’s okay? Can you hold on?”

“…… Are you okay. Not yet. I’ll talk to you if it’s difficult.”

“If you think you can’t stand it, tell me. If you’re in a hurry, go into the back alley…….”

Puck, Seoyoon’s fist struck my shoulder.

“…… It’s a joke, a joke.”

“Let’s go.”

However, Seoyoon ignored me and started walking in front of her. She couldn’t even go to her next store because she tried to placate her.

* * *

“Well, it doesn’t always come! A circus made entirely of wizards!”

A circus made entirely of wizards.

Dazzled by the phrase, we headed straight to the circus tent. After paying an excessively high fee for an ordinary circus and going inside, the circus started shortly thereafter.

[Nice to meet you. Audience!]

As if it was not a prestige that all of them were wizards, as soon as the performance started, our bodies started to tremble from the powerful sound-amplifying magic that rang in our ears.

The magician who caught our attention flew through the air, suspended on a very thin rope, and whirled around to create a wind that circulated the potentially hot air inside the tent.

‘What kind of magic is this…….’

Then, a goblin appeared who was juggling several balls while riding on top of the ball, and a wizard who appeared afterwards shot flames like arrows and pierced all the balls rolled by the goblin.

The sparks that went out seemed to be heading towards the audience, but were scattered in the air by the wind wizard who was flying in the air, and disappeared as a bird in the air.

My impression of seeing it was just that.

‘It’s not too bad, but something is ambiguous…’….’

The wizards, who didn’t seem to have put much effort into it, began to gasp.

Soon after, the show ended when the wizards, who had used magic a couple more times, were so tired that they couldn’t even raise their heads properly.

After receiving the cost of ten movie tickets on Earth, I complained a little when the actual screening time was less than one-tenth of that.

“No, what is this…….”

However, the reaction of the people around him was different.

“You can pay money to see magic.”
“It would be nice to see you again next time.”
“Arthur, tomorrow the word will spread again and you won’t be able to find this seat.”

After listening to them and thinking for a while, I finally understood why they reacted the way they did.

‘…… Hey, this was a different world.’

To modern people who are accustomed to all sorts of fancy CG, magic is no more than a magic show performed by a magician or a cheap B-grade movie suffering from lack of budget.

But they weren’t from another world. They would have never seen a film shot on camera, let alone computer graphics.

“It’s fun.”
“…… Really?”
“Yes. Is it fun?”

Fortunately, Seoyoon seemed to like this cheap magic show. I looked at her and left the tent.

At the same time, the ship started sending out signals. I met Seoyoon’s eyes. She didn’t express herself either, but she noticed that she was slowly getting hungry.

“Let’s go eat.”

I said that and led her to her restaurant her.

* * *

We had lunch at a ridiculously expensive restaurant. At her store her, one meal is the amount Seoyoon earns per day.

It was unavoidable. The Great Thanksgiving was a national festival, and any restaurant was full of customers because of it. In the end, the only seats left were these high-end restaurants…….

“It is delicious.”

“If there is no taste at this price, you have no conscience.”

“It’s okay. It’s not that expensive either.”

“Two days’ worth of pay gone?”

“If you want to earn, you can earn more easily.”

“…… That’s the case.”

Even though Seoyoon spent her money on her own her, she didn’t care.Haha, from her point of view, it’s no different than a few swings of her hand her, and her money her is pouring out.

Even she could have earned more than that money. I just adjusted it to prevent the market from collapsing after taking too many magic stones.

‘Nowadays, I don’t even worry about that…….’

Thinking of that, while Seoyoon and her were walking down the street, someone blocked their way.

“Hey, do you look good? Are you a couple?”

“…… No, what kind of quarrel.”

I naturally reached for the hilt and hesitated when I saw the opponent.

“Nice to meet you, hey. How are you?”

Hanyoung and Yangachi’s party were standing there. Hanyoung looked at the two of us holding hands in turns and smiled.

“Did you know that the two of you would be like that?”

“…… Long time no see.”

“Oh, it’s been a while. How have you been? Did you level up?”

“No, not yet.”

“…… Yet? Why?”

Hanyoung stroked her chin as if that couldn’t be the case, and she fell into thought. I told him the truth, his former colleague.

“…… What? Are you still hanging out on the 3rd floor? Why?”

“Well, if you go up quickly and end up in danger…….”

“Are you sick?”

“…… Yes?”

“No, are you sick? Why are you still doing that on the third floor?”

As he said that, he took out a silver-plated plaque from his bosom her. It was a high-level adventurer’s hand that was given only to adventurers who had reached level 2.

“We leveled up right away.”

Then, the nameless bullies standing behind them also took out their cards. They also had the same advanced adventurer hand.

In other words, we were far behind those who left the party right away.