Chapter 42 – Festival and Confession (2)

I spent the night in the crypt. The bodies of the four were put into the dungeon.

On the way back, I clicked the potion in the shop’s general store.

-Minimum potion 30 karma
-Lesser Potion 50 Karma
– Intermediate Potion 100 Karma
-Advanced Potion 150 Karma

‘What was the one I wrote?’

Considering that the effect was shit even after amplification, there is a high probability that it is the lowest grade. But I couldn’t be sure.

“By the way, what’s the store price like?”

It was very confusing, as if it had nothing to do with actual prices.

I clicked my tongue and closed the grocery store.

Continued on the road

* * *

– Paba bread!!

I woke up to the sound of a trumpet outside. Looking out the window, I saw men in red suits blowing trumpets. They were marching in two lines.

‘It’s already a festival.’

Three days had passed since I returned from the dungeon.

In the meantime, nothing special happened. When I came back, Celis was horrified to see the blood on my clothes, and Takara tried to go out alone in the gap, but it was a normal day.

‘I couldn’t make a request for three days…’

After seeing bloodstains on her left forearm, Celis stopped me from going out alone. Even if it wasn’t my blood, Seris’ will was firm.

‘I never thought I’d cry…’

When I tried to persuade him, he shed tears. So I decided to just take a break. It’s not like you’re going to die just by resting for three days.

I came down to the well Kara was washing her hair by the well. She approached her and said hello.

“Kara, did you sleep well?”

“Brother? Yes, I slept very well.”

“Okay? I thought I couldn’t sleep because I was looking forward to the festival, but I’m glad I did.”

I washed her hair beside her, filled a gourd with water, and went up to my room. Until then, Kara continued to wash her hair.

‘It’s a bit excessive.’

Kara and Seris usually wash well. I wash with the soap I bought at the shop window, so I’m cleaner than other people. But today, I’m particularly over-winding.

‘Is it because of the festival?’

That seems most likely.

I washed myself and left the room. No armor was worn. It was a bit like walking around wearing shabby leather armor at a festival.

While waiting on the first floor, Seris and Kara came down.

‘Uh?’

When I saw the two of them, I was a little surprised. The outfit was very different from usual.

Seris was wearing a dress made of a thick navy blue fabric and a thin white fabric. Even though it seemed sober, the colorful dress enhanced her already charming atmosphere.

In the case of Kara, the clothes were a bit bold. It was a red dress that completely exposed her shoulder blades. Kara is still pretty and has a healthy body. When the red dress was combined with it, it gave off a brain-colored atmosphere unlike usual.

But I was surprised for another reason.

‘Ceris bought a dress..? Kara wears a skirt…?’

I was dumbfounded at a situation I could never have imagined.

‘What day is it today? Oh, it was a festival.’

As I was staring blankly, Seris and Kara approached me. Celis lowered her head, and Kara, seeing her blush, didn’t seem familiar with either.

“Brother.”

“Huh..?”

“Uh, how are you?”

Kara asked, the corners of her mouth quivering. Seris next to me also raised her head and looked at me expectantly.

I desperately rolled my brain, which kept trying to stop.

-Hey, when you ask a girl how she is, you always compliment her. How much trouble must he have been trying to dress up? What? You seemed really curious? That means that you should say it’s okay quickly because you’re worried too! Oh so frustrating!!

I remembered Pam, the runaway sister who was frustrated by tapping her chest, and her advice. I opened my mouth.

“They both go really well together. The clothes are pretty, but is it because the person wearing them is pretty? It shines.”

“I’m sorry..”

“Hick..”

The two turned their faces away. Seris’ ears are red, and Kara’s corners of her mouth are curling up.

I suddenly felt a gaze and turned around. The inn owner was looking at us with a pleased expression.

– Order here!

-Yeah~

‘It’s a good time~’ the woman must have muttered as she entered her kitchen.

* * *

We left the inn without having breakfast. It’s natural to fill your stomach with snacks on a day like this.

“Wow…”

Seris and Kara admired the passers-by. For ordinary people, festivals are few days of the year. As such, their costumes were unique or fancy.

“There are a lot of strange clothes… Huh?!”

Seris, who was looking around at the people, stiffened in shock.

“What’s the matter?”

For some reason, however, I wanted to look back. A woman in a see-through white dress was walking.

‘It looks like a stage costume. But is that wearing underwear?’

I’m not sure because it’s translucent. As I watched with my eyes narrowed, my vision suddenly darkened.

“Bo, you can’t look!”

Seris blocked it with her hand.

“Seris? Why can’t I see it?”

“It’s not good!”

Seris exclaimed. I’ve been playful for the first time in a while. She told her questioningly.

“Why can’t I watch dirty things?”

“Yes..?”

“I am not a child, I am a grown man. But isn’t it too much to tell you not to look at naughty things?”

“Uh, that, that’s…”

I hear Seris’ panicked voice. What answer would you give? Started to look forward to said she, who had been stuttering her words for some time.

“Yeah! No naughty things!”

“…What is that.”

“No way!”

There was no logic. I was dumbfounded, so I laughed out loud.

“Brother, what are you doing not following sister? Uh? Why is that person’s clothes…”

“Kyaaak! You can’t look at Kara!!”

“Uh, sister?! Wait a minute, it’s frustrating!!”

“Be patient! Until you can’t see him… Huh? Why, why aren’t you going?”

I slightly opened the gap between Seris’ hand and looked ahead. Just as she said, the woman in the white dress stopped her way and looked at us.

‘…They seem to be smiling.’

Turned on ‘The Wolf’s Pact’.

– Hehe, they are fun kids.

-Mom, those older sisters and older brother are strange.

-…What are those assholes doing over there?

Not only the white dress girl, but also the voices of the people around her could be heard. Among them was Belita.

“…Seris, it’s embarrassing, but can we just go?”

“No!”

“Sister, my neck hurts…”

“Be patient!”

* * *

In the end, Seris released us only after the woman in the white dress left. The people around me were whispering, so I hurriedly got out.

“So, where are we going first, Kara? She abandoned me and worked hard to find out, so she must have decided everything, right?”

She said in a smirking voice. Kara made a dissatisfied expression.

“‘Mr. Kara’. Call me as usual.”

“I see what you do.”

“Wow..! Okay, look forward to today!”

Kara stepped forward with a slightly sullen expression. I smiled and followed him.

“Don’t tease me too much. Kara also worked hard.”

“Okay. Well sir. Mr. Seris.”

“…”

Celis stared at me without saying a word. She ignored her and asked Kara.

“Mr. Kara, so where are we going now?”

“Plaza! The Marquis Lady gave a speech there.”

“Young lady?”

I was interested. I’ve always been curious about what it would be like to be an aristocrat in another world, but you can see it today.

As I walked along Kara, I arrived at the plaza before I knew it.

“What is a person…”

There were usually a lot of people in the plaza, but today it surpassed that level. On the podium, knights stood with their hands behind their backs, and the people in front gathered so that they burst into tears.

‘It’s like some kind of idol concert.’

Well, for commoners like us, there is no other way to see aristocrats. In a way, they are more than idols.

“…”

Seris is staring at me. It’s been like this ever since I spoke her honorifics to her. For some reason, I have a good feeling, so I keep ignoring them or saying respectful things.

“Young lady!”

A word I heard somewhere. With that one word, the murmur grew stronger.

They cheered, chatted with each other, or cried out, “Lady!”

Whatever it was, it was noisy. I looked at the young lady of the Marquis who came up on the podium with a frown.

The young lady of the Marquis was a woman with dark ultramarine blue hair and blue eyes, with a somewhat stiff aura. She feels more like a knight than a young lady.

The young lady was wearing a gorgeously decorated armor, not a dress that suited the atmosphere.

“See? That’s full plate armor…”

I hesitated while talking to Celis.

“…”

It’s because Seris is still staring at me. Unlike Kara, who looked at the podium with her bright eyes, she didn’t seem to be looking at her podium.

“…”

“…”

“…”

“…Okay. Seris, I was wrong. So stop now.”

“Yes, Yoosung.”

Seris answered in her bright voice. I sighed and pointed at the young lady.

“See that armor?”

“Yes. It is a very beautiful armor.”

Seris was amazed.

“I will put that on you someday.”

“…Yes?”

Seris asked as if she had heard it wrong. I said again correctly.

“I’ll put that on you someday.”

Full plate armor.

It can be said that it is an aggregation of all kinds of blacksmithing techniques and the king of armor. In the Middle Ages, a knight in full plate armor was like a tank.

Even if this is not the Middle Ages, its defense will not be negligible. No, it could be even harder.

Because there is such a thing as magic. I’ve never seen it, but I wonder if it can be used to strengthen things.

‘Seris in full plate armor…’

Just imagining it is reassuring.

Wouldn’t it be possible to fight an ogre that I had only heard about?

I smiled and looked at Seris. She was staring at her young lady’s armor with her somewhat bewildered face.

“Ah…”

“Ceris?”

“Yes yes?”

“No, because I was blank. Did you like it that much?”

“Oh, that’s right…”

Seris shyly nodded her head.

“Then look forward to that one day.”

“Yes…”

“Oh, but you have those clothes.”

I pointed to Celis’s dress.

“You bought it for the festival, right? Wasn’t it expensive?”

She asked what she had been curious about. Cerys took one look at my clothes and she replied.

“Um… It was a bit expensive, but we paid a lot of money this time, right? So I liked it and bought it.”

The corners of Cersei’s mouth trembled awkwardly when she said that.

“Tell me honestly. Is it worth it?”

“…Yes, a little…”

Seris’ shoulders drooped. As expected, she was pushed back by Kara and bought it, but she seems to be regretting it after buying it.

“What, how are you? You can wear it next time.”

“Yes?”

“For the next festival. This is not the last festival, and you can wear it at the next festival.”

I said with a small smile. The corner of her mouth went up as she pondered my words.

“Yes. Next time…”

She murmured happily.

– Then enjoy the rest of the festival. More!

After chatting with Seris, the Marquis’s speech ended. The young lady descended from the podium under the escort of the knight.

-Kyaaaaa! Young lady, take me!!

-Don’t go young lady!!

After the young lady left, the crowd grew louder. I couldn’t stand it any longer, so I got out of the square with Seris and Kara.

“Kara, where are you next?”

“Uh? Oppa, aren’t you going to add ‘seed’ anymore?”

Oh, I forgot.

“Yes, Kara. Where is next?”

“Don’t do it. Originally!”

Kara grabbed my arm and shook it.

“Okay okay. So what next?”

“I’m going to see a play next time. This time, a famous traveling theater company is doing a performance related to Sieghart’s song.”

We headed to see a play.

* * *

-Esica!!

– Sieghart!!

The two screamed each other’s names bitterly. The audience fell in love with the excellent acting skills of the actors.

But here is one person who is not interested in the play.

‘Next, see the circus…’

It was Kara.

Originally, she would have focused more on theater than anyone else, but there was a reason she didn’t.

‘Gelato ice cream when watching fireworks…!’

She is checking the plan in her head.

The plan that I worked hard for the past week!

After checking her plan, Kara turned to the meteor.

‘You can do it!’

I made up my mind.