Chapter 519 – IF I Am Alone in Another World 5
Alcohol is involved. Perhaps it was because I had never experienced drinking with people I knew like this on Earth, but I felt something even more special.
When I drank, my father and a doctor were always around, and they forced me to drink alcohol to the limit of my body’s condition. After drinking alcohol to the point where it was almost lethal, they used methods such as the beauty system to test whether they could resist the alcohol.
There is no need for that now. His party mates did not force him to drink. As much as you want to eat. All you had to do was drink as much as you wanted. Paradoxically, that fact had the power to make me dabble in alcohol even more.
“I need a weapon.”
Do-jin, who emptied another glass of alcohol, muttered this. After hearing that, the two people realized that Dojin’s weapon had been broken while exploring the dungeon.
“Do you have money?”
“You know, because something like that happened today.”
“Well.”
They faced the monster parade today. The Monster Parade is the worst event that takes the lives of adventurers who encounter it, but it is also an event that provides great rewards if you survive.
Isn’t this an abnormal phenomenon that allows you to encounter monsters that are normally difficult to encounter in more than two digits in almost three digits? As long as you survived, you would receive several months’ worth of income at once.
Do-jin thought of the gold coins stuck in his bank account. This should be enough to buy one or two good swords.
“Leader- Then, shall I introduce you to a good place?”
“Good place?”
“Yes, I know a blacksmith.”
Orion said that and asked Dojin on a date. Please give me some time tomorrow morning.
Dojin, who happened to have nothing else to do, accepted the offer. Sayoung, who saw that, frowned slightly and said, “Quaang!” She slammed her drink down on the table.
“I need a sword too. Can you introduce it to me?”
“Huh? Sayoung is fine, right?”
“No. It looks like I’ve been using it too harshly lately. It’s about time I need a new sword.”
“Hmm… You don’t like it? I don’t really like Sayoung and I feel like having a one-on-one date with our leader tomorrow.”
Orion said that and clung to Dojin’s forearm. As she sees her uncharacteristically large breasts being pressed down, the veins on Sayoung’s forehead stand out.
Do-jin frowned slightly as he watched the two people fighting for a useless reason. It wasn’t good for a fight to break out like this among party members. You never know what might happen in real combat, and estranged colleagues could have let the other die for personal reasons at a critical moment.
“Take me with you.”
“What? I don’t like it…”
“It’s an order as a leader. I don’t want to see you two fighting for that reason. Furthermore, I’ll just find out on my own.”
“Ah… Well then. If the leader does me a favor later, I’ll take you with me!”
“What is it?”
“It’s a secret – but it won’t be a very difficult request. I guess.”
Do-jin, who thought it was no big deal, nodded her head and agreed to what she said. After getting what she wanted, Orion finished her last drink and stood up.
“Then, see you tomorrow. Leader, Sayoung.”
“Okay.”
“… Get out.”
“Ah, you two are not doing anything strange without me, right? Leader. Be careful. The snake beast is in heat all year round…”
“Hey! Even if you turn it off!”
Orion, who saw Sayoung putting her hand on the hilt of her sword, quickly left the store. Sayoung, who was panting and venting her anger, calmed down as she carefully looked at her Dojin.
“… I don’t think so. Don’t misunderstand what she says. I will kill you.”
“What misunderstanding?”
“Profit-!”
After hearing those words, Sayoung eventually couldn’t bear it anymore and she followed Orion. After she was left alone, Do-jin drank the rest of her drink, finished paying her bills, and headed to her dorm.
There was no way to guess what the two were talking about. Estrus? What does a beastman’s estrus have to do with himself?
Even more so—it had nothing to do with the person who had castrated all emotions. Because he was not a human being, but a sword.
* * *
The next day.
Dojin opened his eyes as soon as morning, finished his morning training and shower, and headed to the meeting place. There, unlike usual, Orion was dressed smartly, and he was also wearing a traditional oriental hanbok, not the clothes one would wear when entering a dungeon.
“Ah, leader!”
“… I’m late. I’m here to do your own business, so what if you’re the last one?”
“The time was just right.”
“The rule is that promises come a little earlier! Don’t you know that!?”
“Yes.”
“… Learn from now on. Don’t be late next time.”
Sayoung, who didn’t expect to answer that she really didn’t know, turned her head in embarrassment. Judging by her eyes, which can sense a person’s body temperature, what Dojin just said was not a lie.
From the thought that I don’t know basic common sense at that age, where and what I did, to the thought that I can only have that kind of skill at that age if I live and train that way, all of those thoughts pass by at the same time.
“Leader – How do I look?”
“What?”
“Isn’t it pretty?”
“It’s pretty.”
“Wow – I was praised by the leader.”
Orion said that and looked back at Sayoung, causing her to burst into laughter. Sayoung, who saw her like that, realized that she was provoking him, but she didn’t have the courage to ask her outright a question like Orion did.
Sayoung, who had been hesitating and stamping her feet for a while, was all she could do to stand next to Dojin, pulling on the hem of his clothes.
“Why?”
“… Don’t you have anything to say to me?”
“I don’t have one.”
“Rotten guy.”
As a smile bloomed on Orion’s face as he saw the two people flirting, he and the two headed to a blacksmith shop he knew.
Dungeon City. It is the largest city in the world and at the same time the most developed territory than any other city.
As a matter of course, such development is bound to have the influence of different races. Blacksmith’s Street was one of them that was completely occupied by dwarves.
Kyaang-! Kang-!
There are numerous shops lined up that hang pictures of shields and swords at the entrance, but do not solicit customers and only play the sound of hammers in the background.
Orion passed by the numerous stores without hesitation and headed to the very back. Do-jin, who was looking around her store and appreciating her voice, lost sight of her for a moment.
“It’s here!”
“Here?”
Dojin stood in front of the store introduced by Orion and heard a sound coming from inside. While the sound of hammers swinging could be heard constantly from the stores near her entrance, no sound could be heard from the store she was brought to.
While there is doubt whether it is a competent store. Dojin, who stepped into the store, made eye contact with the silver-haired busty Lori, who was swinging her feet back and forth inside and slurping down a drink.
“Huh, sir?”
“Ah, Mr. Acrina!”
“What, it’s Orion. What’s going on?”
“You’ve been soliciting customers – is the owner inside?”
“That’s right. Some kind of inspiration struck me last night, so I locked myself in the blacksmith shop, and it looks like I’ve been like that until this morning.”
Orion’s expression hardens after hearing Akrina’s words. She then turned to Dojin and apologized as if she was sorry.
“Sorry, leader. It looks like the blacksmith owner was away for a moment.”
“Are you okay. “I just have to wait.”
“No, that’s… “I don’t know when I’ll come back.”
“… Like that?”
“There were times when I was out of the house for up to a week.”
The blacksmith who would make the sword was away. It’s a very sorry thing for Orion, who brought him here with the promise of introducing him to a sword maker.
But Do-jin didn’t really care. There were many stores. Not only could you buy the sword even if it wasn’t here… Just by looking at the swords displayed here and there, you could tell what kind of skills the owner of this store had.
“Can I take a look?”
“Maybe? Even though the owner here has an eccentric personality, he wouldn’t be averse to a leader-level prosecutor touching his things.”
“Then I won’t refuse.”
Dojin took out a sword displayed on the wall. It was a sword I had been eyeing for a while. The moment he lifted the sword, Dojin realized that the weight of the sword was lighter than he thought.
With this weight, can it withstand the blows of massive monsters? The moment Dojin swung his sword in the air, he realized that his thoughts were completely wrong.
‘… ‘This.’
The sword was resonating with a sound that could not possibly be attributed to its actual weight. The more times I swung the sword in the air, the more Dojin realized about the sword I was holding.
Anything that looks light is just a deception. The actual weight will be much heavier than that. A sword that literally violates the laws of physics, reducing the burden on the swordsman holding the sword and increasing the burden on the opponent facing the sword.
Magic sword.
Do-jin reminded himself once again that this was a fantasy world. Not an Earth ruled by science and technology, but a fantasy world ruled by magic and superhumans.
“—What are you, you bastard, that are touching my sword?”
And at that time, the owner, who had been said to be absent for more than a week, appeared. Do-jin turned his head and saw the heat coming from inside and the owner of the voice…
Report…
‘… ‘Where?’
Even though voices were heard, the owner did not appear. Dojin tilted his head a few times, and a red-haired woman suddenly revealed her face.
“Are you asking? Are you deaf?”
A small blacksmith appeared.
The blacksmith was so small that her face could not be seen without a stool.