Chapter 86 – The Cross of Memories #5

I know it shouldn’t be like this.
As I watched Kate cling to me, I couldn’t help but be gripped by a strange feeling of anticipation.
From the first time I met her, she was a fairy-like nun in appearance alone.

Shining blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes.
The body exposed through the nun’s uniform is absurdly seductive.

Since Kate was looking at my lips, I looked at Kate’s lips too.
When she sees her plump, plump lips, her reason goes numb.
If I moved forward even a little, I would kiss her.

“Monma-sama.”

Kate called my name with her affectionate gaze.

“Yes?”
“Yap.”

This is the moment when I stuttered and answered.
Kate lifted her palm and pushed me against the chest.
I was staggered back by an unexpected blow.

“Why are you pushing me!”
“…I think there will be an accident if we continue like this!”

Kate looked at me with a mischievous smile. A red blush had formed on Kate’s face. She thought it wasn’t just because of the summer heat.

“There’s no need to misunderstand! I just wanted to test Dream Demon’s weakness.”
“My weakness?”

Kate grinned and opened her mouth.

“It’s a beauty!”

Beauty world!
Has this blonde woman finally turned around?
You said you directly tried to find out if I was weak in the world of beauty?
Since she’s a dreamer, of course she’s weak in the world of beauty!
Kate said to me who was making an absurd expression.

“Do you know how much I’ve been mistreated by Hmongma-nim? You can’t be the one who treats healers as healers! They call people tools! That’s why I used my own brain. .”
“So you wrote a beauty world?”
“Yes! I’ve heard that incubuses are weak against beautiful women. To be honest, I’m confident in my body too. If I put my mind to it, I’ll be able to subdue the dreamer at once! Please look here!”

Kate proudly spread her hand at the side opening at the hem of her nun’s dress.
At that moment, I opened my eyes wide at the nakedly exposed white thighs. The fleshy thighs that looked just right were tempting me.

“Kwaaaaak.”

Kate used the magic of collimation.
I reflexively bowed my back.
The erect penis surging fiercely demanded a sudden rush from me.
Hit that cheeky blonde nun with a stick.

“Are you out of your mind?!”
“Huh haha, Nightma-nim is now in the palm of my hand! I made Nightma-sama mad! I can rule Nightma-nim!!”

Kate hopped in her place, probably overjoyed to have pushed me.
At this point I felt the need to give Kate her warning. Because my anger has reached its limit at the sight of him climbing so much.

“Should I just call you a tool bitch again?”
“Oh my Baldur-.”

Oh my Baldur?
It looks like a different world version of Oh My God.
Kate gave her a sneaking glance and she stopped running.

“That, that’s not okay. Call me by name. I’ll do it in moderation.”
“…Under.”

Does it mean that you will not stop doing it in moderation?
It must be that she intends to bully me with the beauty world in the future.
To be honest, if Kate is genuinely flirting with her, she’s not confident she’ll be able to stand it.
Blond hair and big breasts are my tastes that have been going on ever since I lived on Earth.
It’s possible that with a low probability, she loses her temper and attacks.

‘Wait, isn’t that a bitch?’

That blonde bitch seduces me and attacks me. Can I be held accountable?
To be honest, my weakness is that I don’t mind being stabbed multiple times, but Kate’s chastity was one.
If we exchanged deals with each other, I was overwhelmingly at an advantage.
I’ll be able to put a blast into the unopened nun’s cunt virgin cunt.

“Let’s start soon. The weather is a bit hot today.”

Unfortunately, Kate no longer seduced me. Fanning her hand awkwardly, Kate made her way towards her culvert. I stuck to Kate’s side and walked alongside her.
Although there is a feeling that the atmosphere became awkward for a while because of Kate’s irrationality.

At some point, a lively conversation went back and forth between Kate and I. I couldn’t stand it because my mouth was itching to see my old comrades whom I hadn’t seen in a long time. It seemed to be the same for Kate.

“When did you come out of the Evergreen Orphanage? I think you stayed there when I was adopted into the church.”
“Five years ago? They were released when they reached full age. There was no one to adopt them.”
“It may be better to be released than the adopted one. There are also motives who are treated like slaves by their adoptive parents.”
“You’re being harassed? How do you know that? Can you possibly get in touch?”
“Yes. Among my female classmates, there are quite a few people I keep in touch with. We’re exchanging letters from time to time. When the time is right, there are times when we get together as a group.”
“Hoo.”

Do you mean keeping in touch with your ex-brother on a continent without a smartphone?
Even in my previous life, after being discharged, I lost all contact with my military mates.
Thanks to Kate, I was able to hear the stories of my classmates at the orphanage, whom I had separated from. It was mostly about female classmates, but it was very interesting to hear how they went. I heard that there is also a motivation to work as a tailor in the capital of the kingdom.
After chatting to the fullest, Kate and I arrived in front of the grocery store before I knew it.

“…We’re all here! Let’s get the exploration equipment!”

A general store on the way to the underground water canal. It wasn’t a store I usually frequented, but it seemed like it was a store Kate used often. I followed Kate, who opened the store door with a familiar gesture.

“Hello, May!”
“It’s been a while, Kate. Who’s the dreamer in the back? Is he a stalker?”
“Since you’re a member of my party, there’s no need to be wary.”
“That’s right. It’s a strange combination for a nun and a dreamer to have a party.”

The proprietress of the grocer came out and looked at Kate in amazement. Is it because she has Kate by her side? She was the mistress, and even when she saw me, a dreamer, she wasn’t frightened.
Suddenly, I realized that the eyes of the citizens who see us have changed.

When I went to the church because of the water used for the foot washing ceremony.
Even then, Kate and I walked around town together. It seems that the citizens misunderstood me as a dreamer with dark thoughts as I was chasing after Kate.
Were there any citizens who watched me with a stern gaze?

But no one misunderstood the relationship between me and Kate walking downtown today. I was just looking at it with curious eyes.

‘Is it because it’s right next to me?’

The walking position has changed, and Kate, who is talking to me, is smiling innocently.
That was hardly the kind of laugh a person under threat could shed. It means that thanks to the distance, it is not misunderstood by the citizens.

“Demon-sama-! Choose your exploration equipment quickly!”
“I don’t have to choose.”
“Yes? Why?”
“It’s all in the backpack. It’s not the first time I’ve been on a quest to search for underground water.”
“You’re saying it’s not the first time for Mongma-nim? That’s great! Both of us thought it was our first time, so we were a little nervous.”
“If there’s anything you don’t know, I’ll teach you.”
“Then help me set up the exploration equipment-.”

I stood by Kate and helped her pick out her things.

Boots and a raincoat for navigating through leaky water canals.
A lantern to secure sight. Consumables such as preserved food or oil.
With my advice on the side, Kate quickly got her exploration gear all set up.

“Is this enough?”
“Yes.”

Kate gave the grocer’s proprietress a silver coin to buy all her equipment for a lump sum.
FLEX!!
It was the behavior of a nun with a lot of money.
I don’t think Kate will ever come back to the culvert again.
Maybe all that equipment is used once and thrown away?

“I’m ready!! Let’s go to the underground canal!”

Following her eager Kate, I left for the entrance to the aquifer.

*

The entrance to the aqueduct was just below the high walls of the castle. Due to the towering walls, this area was always shaded from the sun. The entrance was a structure with a round hole in the floor, and you could reach the underground waterway by climbing down a ladder.

Standing near the entrance to the underground waterway is a magic shop.
It was a magic shop where Lily, a part-time student at the Mage Tower, worked.
This is the place where I bought the magic book a few weeks ago.

‘Is it Lily’s working day today? Should she go in and say hello?’

I thought about it for a while, but it seemed that there was no need to enter the closed store.
It would be a waste of time if the person inside wasn’t Lily.
I took Kate and passed her shop and arrived at the entrance to the underground waterway.

“You have to go into this hole.”
“Right.”
“The ladder is fine, right? Maybe it breaks while going down?”
“No need to worry. City hall workers do maintenance from time to time. I’ve never had a broken ladder before.”

Kate was terrified as she looked down at the long hole in the basement. For a first-time adventurer, the dark underground waterway was practically a small dungeon. It was a scene quite familiar to me, who had been struggling with underground water.
I smirked at the frightened Kate.

“Can you take a walk in there? Besides, I heard you read books? You can read well in the dark.”

A real exhaust walk with reading!
That’s what Kate told me at the Adventurer’s Guild before we set off.
Because she sincerely said that she would eat this quest raw.

However, Kate’s walk in the aqueduct was bound to be sealed.
If you don’t watch your surroundings, you’ll be attacked by monsters.

“Kueug. I can’t eat it raw if it’s like this.”

Kate clenched her fists indignantly. Kate, who had been staring at the entrance to her aqueduct for a moment, took something of her own from the backpack she was carrying.

Could it be a book?
Contrary to my predictions, it was not a book for reading.

“Mace?”

An iron mace that can be held with one hand!
It was something that came from Kate’s backpack.
Surprised to see that he had pulled out a weapon, not a book, I inadvertently pinched Kate’s cheek.

“Oops! Why are you pinching my cheeks all of a sudden!”
“To find out if it’s a dream or real life. It’s because I can’t believe you’re using a weapon.”

Kate shook her head and pushed her hand away from pinching her cheek.

“Then why are you pinching my cheeks, Mongma-nim!”
“Pinching my cheek hurts.”
“Wow. It must be crazy.”

I had never seen a weapon in Kate’s hand before. Not only when escorting the upper ranks, but also during the giant subjugation quest, he had never held a weapon in his hand.

Could it be that Kate brought her mace specially this time?
Because it’s a quest that helps with promotion?
Holding her mace, Kate glanced at me and opened her mouth.

She said, “Actually, I always carry around a mace. As a weapon for self-defense.”
“What?! But why didn’t you write until now?”
“It feels like we have to fight for nothing when we take up a weapon. It’s just that we’re noticing that we just take a leisurely walk behind us..”
“Did you walk around unarmed on purpose?”
“Yes!”

The shocking revelation made me unable to keep my mouth shut.
Meticulous walking around unarmed to eat quests raw!
Does this blonde-haired nun really have a conscience?
Seeing my astonished eyes, Kate let out a shy smile.

“Whoops! I’m sorry!”
“You know how to wield a mace? Isn’t that heavy?”
“It’s not very heavy because it’s a mace given by the church for nuns. But if you ask me if I’ve ever wielded it… Almost none.”
“Okay. Then take good care of yourself. Don’t go out in front.”
“Absolutely!”

It seemed that Kate was not to be treated as a combatant. At a glance, Kate, who swung her mace in her place, was full of the fragrance of her beginner.
Could it be that I wielded that mace the wrong way and slashed my head?

“Be careful, Mr. Tool.”
“It’s not a tool, it’s Kate!!”

I suddenly missed Rebecca.
That red-haired female swordsman made tanking taste good. Doesn’t that mean I have to do all the tanking and dealing by myself in this underground canal?

“I’ll go in first.”
“Mi, I’ll believe you! Catch me if I fall off the ladder!”

After a while, wearing raincoats, Kate and I finally climbed the ladder and descended inside. Quite a long time had passed since we started, and it was late afternoon. I felt like I had to move quickly to break the totem and go back.

‘Can I go back within today?’