Chapter 73 – 73. Octopoda Octopus’s Dream (9)

– One –

“Yes, Mr. Estrus. Ask me anything.”

Demosi replied with a smile.

“Yeah~! Demosi-unnie and Octopoda-oppa~ do you intend to live with us~?”

“Well, at least if we were given a room just for the couple, we’d love to live together.”

“Yes, I am of the same opinion as Democy.”

The Octopodas nodded and answered without hesitation.

“Aren’t we a bit strange, or don’t you like us~?”

“There are certainly some parts that are difficult to accept. However, I don’t think you guys will harm or suppress us. We haven’t met in less than two days, so we can’t say we know you well.”

Octopoda looked back at Benison and Estrus in turn.

Finally, he looks at Ada and connects her words.

“However, we believe in the saintess, and most of all, in the goddess. Seeing that you two are your guardians, even if you don’t believe in you, you believe in the goddess and the saint, so you can be willing to be together. Also, it’s safer than here. I can’t possibly imagine where a great abode could be on the continent.”

“Neither do I.”

As soon as Demosi agreed, Estrus’ smile grew wider.

“Okay~! Then I’ll work hard with you~ and make a room for the two of you~! Now we can both build a house proficiently~♬ This is a house we built ourselves~♬”

“We will help too.”

“I’ll help you with anything, so just leave it to me.”

“Yeah~! Let’s make the house bigger together~♬”

Estrus was excited.

However, before ending the conversation like this, Estrus must have something to say to them.

“But~ Demosi-unnie, I actually have something to apologize for~”

“What, what do you want to apologize for, Estrus-sama?”

“Yeah ~ Actually, if ~ sister and brother don’t live with us, I was going to slit her throat and kill her~”

“Yes, yes?!”

Octopoda hides Demosi behind her back.

Demosi and Octopoda had goosebumps all over their bodies.

They looked at Estrus, who naturally said terrible things, in terror.

Estrus hurriedly shook his arm and made an excuse.

“No, no~ I don’t think about that at all right now~♬ Even if we just said we wouldn’t live together~ For a while, we would have followed Unnie and Oppa~ but we wouldn’t have followed them around to kill them or to secretly watch over them~ Just the two of us, traveling well Did you go through something dangerous? Well, you must have been worried about that and followed me around~?”

Estrus bows her head.

Then he raises his head and apologizes.

“Yesterday in the carriage, I told you that Ada-sister was with us~ At that time, I just heard that Ada-sister was here and went somewhere else~ Or Ada-sister, if you say you don’t live with us just by looking at her face, then I’ll kill you.” For a while~ I’m sorry.”

The Octopodas were able to calm her down a little with her words.

Demosi parted her lips, which were not easily separated, and asked Estrus a question.

“Perhaps, was that a decision to protect her saintess?”

“Yeah~! Maybe they’re Regal’s subordinates~ I kept watching with that kind of suspicion~ But no matter how I look at it, I can’t see any sign of that, and I really want to believe in my mother and Ada unnie~ So those thoughts disappear~ Do you have?”

“Well, what’s the point of talking like that, Estrus-sama? Even if you don’t apologize to us, you’re just thinking that in your mind anyway. Even if you didn’t say anything, we wouldn’t have known.”

Estrus tilted her head.

“Huh~? Didn’t I have bad feelings for Demosh unnie and Octopoda oppa~? Surely I should apologize~?”

“Huh… I don’t think it’s hard to understand Estrus-sama’s morals.”

Estrus smiled brightly.

“Heehee~♬ Just now we’ve become family members and friends~ Shouldn’t friends be like that~? Will you teach me?”

“Ah… Are you… Friends?”

“Yeah~! Oktopoda oppa and Demosh unnie are our friends~ As friends we should get along well~ If we do something wrong, we should apologize~! I know like this~ Am I wrong~?”

Demosi grabs Estrus’ hand.

Her eyes were wet with emotion.

“No. It’s not wrong. None of the words of the Goddess are wrong. A bright and pure person… There’s nothing wrong with that word.”

“That’s right. We teach our children that, but we can’t get along with our friends that way. I don’t even apologize and move on. As an adult, I’ve lived like that while being immersed in the world, and I live like that.”

Octopoda’s eyes were not very different.

They felt an inexplicable, overwhelming feeling towards Estrus, who retained the innocence of their childhood.

Because she knew her past and her former job, and because she knew her misfortune and pain, her innocence was even more touching.

“Hihi~♬ Then it’s done~! I apologized for having bad feelings for Octopoda oppa and Demosh unnie~ Since we became friends, I’ll never do that again~!”

“Yes, I accept your apology, Master Estrus.”

Octopoda happily shakes her head.

Democy smiled and agreed.

“Then, in commemoration of becoming friends, I have a favor~ will you do it~?”

“What is it, Estrus-sama?”

Estrus always makes the same request.

“Some friends call each other by sticking the word ‘Nim’ together, or not~?”

“Uh, isn’t it?”

“Then how should I call you?”

“Eh, Estrus.”

“Right~! How should we call ourselves?”

When she suddenly mentions herself, Benison widens her eyes.

“Benison.”

“What about Ada-sister?”

“That, sir, the saintess’ older sister…?”

Confusion lingers on the faces of Demosh and Octopoda.

Ada smiled lightly at them.

“Just feel free to call me Ada.”

“Oh, um… Is it okay if I call you that?”

In fact, Octopoda wanted to ask if it was okay to commit such rudeness.

But this morning, I committed an example of spying on their privacy.

It felt inappropriate to point out a minor rudeness when he had already committed more rudeness.

“Of course, Mr. Octopoda. No, it’s Octopoda. It’s okay if I call you like this? Aren’t our ages similar?”

“That, yes… Well, I know that too…”

“Then there’s nothing wrong with being comfortable with it? Do you prefer to be called older brother or something like that?”

“Oh no! Absolutely not!”

Seeing Octopoda jump up and down, Ada chuckled.

Democy laughed too.

“Demosy-sama. Can I call you Demosh-sama too?”

“Of course, Ada.”

“Hehe. I now have two friends whom I call unnie. Besides, I also have friends of the same age. It’s a very happy day.”

Looking at them, Benison rolled her eyes.

The quick-witted Estrus didn’t miss it, and she captured it.

Estrus asked, wrapping her arms around his waist.

“My dear, what do you have to say?”

“U-Um… Nunna, what should I call Miss Octopoda and Lady Demosh…?”

For Benison, who is not so shy, this warm place was awkward.

Contrary to his usual bawdy appearance when he was being trained by his assistant, he was a timid and quiet man.

“Oh my God, come to think of it, how old is Benison? The Blessing of Immortality is really good, but I can’t guess his age at all, so it’s a bit inconvenient at times like this.”

Judging by the title, it was clear that Benison was the youngest.

However, if the exact age was not disclosed, it was very difficult to estimate the age of the participants, even roughly.

“My birthday hasn’t passed, and I’m still nineteen…”

“Sir, you were a teenager!”

Demosh looked at Estrus like a thief.

It would be a lie if it were not mixed with feelings of jealousy in that gaze.

Although feeble, it was clearly real.

“Can you call me sister, Benison?”

“Yes, yes, Demoshi is blind…!”

“Oh, oh, oh…!”

A woman in her thirties is overjoyed when a young, handsome man, a little over half her own age, calls her older sister.

One good example proving that fact was the demosi of this moment.

Hearing that Demosh was called his sister, his face flushed, he jumped with joy and was at a loss.

“Kuh, keuh! Hehe!”

Octopoda is a little uncomfortable.

Demosi quickly captures the joy.

But whenever she relaxed, the corners of her mouth twitched as if they would rise.

“Oh, Octopoda brother…?”

“Keu, keuheum! Is that, me, tongue, hyung?”

“Yes, yes…”

Even Octopoda seemed happy when Benison called her that.

This is because, since my hair was shaved before reaching middle age, I had never heard of the title ‘hyung’ from younger men.

No, he was more familiar with titles such as older brother, older brother, older brother, uncle, uncle, and even grandfather.

So when Benison called him ‘brother’, he felt better inside too.

“If you are comfortable with that name, please continue to call me that, Bennison. Thank you.”

“Yes, brother Octopoda. Please take good care of me!”

Their names have all been sorted out.

Estrus just watched them with a smile.

Of course, it was a happy smile.

“Um, Octopoda, Demosh. Actually, I’d like to apologize.”

“Ada, what’s on your mind?”

Democy was a woman who was quick to adapt.

A new title for Ada, instead of ‘saint’, seemed to stick well to her lips.

Perhaps, she was jealous of Estrus deep down.

“I encouraged Estrus and Benison to work hard so that if they saw a talented person who would become our ally, they would try to recruit them somehow. Estrus approached you because I encouraged them. This is it. I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you earlier…”

“Ah, no, that’s not something for Ada to apologize for, isn’t it? Wasn’t she just trying to survive from the Regal or the Cult, though she may have concealed an intentional approach?”

Ada’s apology rather upsets Octopoda.

He seemed to need some time to adjust to the current atmosphere.

“Still, because of my request, your lives were threatened without you even knowing it. Had things not gone well, you might have been seriously injured or killed in a sudden attack by Estrus. .”

“That…”

Ada bows her head.

“I’m truly sorry. I didn’t take into account how sensitive Estrus is for my safety. You can’t imagine how surprised she was when she apologized to you earlier.”

“No, Ada-sister. It’s okay. It worked out without incident, right? And it’s true that we need to be careful so that it doesn’t happen again, but on the other hand, I don’t think Estrus’ response was wrong or excessive. These are tough times, right now. Silver.”

“That’s right, Ada. So I hope you don’t worry too much about it.”

“Yes…”

Ada bowed her head heavily once more.

And he looks back at Estrus.

“Estrus. Thank you always for taking my safety so seriously. But before you decide to hurt anyone else for my own safety, unless it’s unavoidable, would you please discuss it with me?”

Estrus tilts his head for a moment.

“Um, if it’s unavoidable, is it the case of people who are determined to kill us or take us to Regal?”

“Yes. I will trust Estrus’ judgment in such an urgent situation that such people will escape and bring in a larger group.”

“Yeah~! Okay~! If it’s not those kind of people~ I’ll catch them well and tie them up somewhere~ Shuk~ Shuk! ?”

At Estrus’ request, the Octopoda couple all nodded heavily.

All traffic control has been completed.

He also sorted out the heavy topics.

They are all ready to become friends.

“Hee hee~ Then to commemorate that we all became friends~ let’s have a party~!

“I like parties too, Nunna!”

Benison and Estrus raise their hands excitedly.

“Oh my gosh, then we need to prepare food for everyone to enjoy together. I don’t know if the liquor I’ve soaked has ripened well.”

Ada smiles.

“Isn’t it?! There’s also distilled wine here, Ada-sister?”

Demosi loves to drink.

It was because she hadn’t enjoyed a proper drink since her carriage trip with Octopoda.

“Of course! I made it myself! Well, so this liquor…”

Ada whispers something in Demosi’s ear.

“Eh, Eek?! Is that for real, Ada-sister?!”

“Shh! You saw it yesterday, that one.”

“That, if that’s it…?”

Whisper.
Whisper.

Ada speaks into Demosi’s ear and tells her something.

Demosi’s eyes widen to the size of a lantern, glancing at her octopoda.

Her gaze occasionally passes his lower body.

The corners of Benison’s and Estrus’ lips twitched.

In this space, Octopoda was the only one who couldn’t hear the conversation between the two of them.

“…Really?”

“Sure. I vouch for it.”

“Then, I’ll ask you…”

Demosi’s face turns red.

Ada looks at her with her pleased eyes, nods her head, and disappears into her kitchen.

Looking at Demosi’s blushing face, Estrus and Benison were saying through their expressions, ‘We all know why you’re making that face~’.

After reading their expressions, Demosi’s face grew redder.

“I-I don’t know…?”

Octopoda senses something cool about her and calls for Demosi, but she disappears without saying anything to help her get ready.

He looks at Demosi’s back with a puzzled face.

“Uhhhhh. Octopoda oppa~”

Estrus approaches with a smirk.

“Why, why do you do that, Estrus?”

“When the party starts later~ Don’t say anything, just accept and eat what unnie gives you~♬”

“Yes, yes? What do you mean?”

“Yeah, oppa is my wife, so I took care of it~♬ hehe~♬”

No one told him the truth.

In the midst of everyone bustling, only Octopoda was left confused.

– 2 –

“Hey~ It’s spinning~ Round and round~”

Parala Rock!

Estrus spun in her place, her arms wide apart.

He flutters the hem of his skirt, standing on tiptoe on one foot and spinning around.

She has an extraordinary talent for controlling her body, and even in her state of intoxication, she is able to perform these dangerous stunts without difficulty.

“Wow~! There are two Nunnas! Hehe~! Nunna is pretty!”

Break-break-break-break-break-break!

Benison was spinning in her place, crawling on all fours on her floor.

Perhaps it was thanks to Estrus’ teaching assistants so well.

In situations where his true nature was revealed more, he seemed to prefer quadrupedal walking to bipedal walking.

“Good job! Good job! Good job! Good job! Good job! Good job!”

Match! Match! Match! Match! Match! Match! Match! Match!

Ada was clapping her hands to the beat of Estrus and Bennison.

She, too, had her eyes wide open.

Her eyes, unlike usual, had a somewhat decadent edge.

She hadn’t yet loosened her tongue, but the limpness of her body was noticeable to her.

“Nung-kid moosh… I, I am~!”

Octopoda was raising her glass, looking into the air.

His tongue was twisted and his eyes were moist.

His cup was empty.

And nowhere in the direction he looked, there was no demosi.

“Oppa~ Poda oppa~♡”

Demosh sat next to Octopoda, hugging his forearm.

At her feet was a large, empty wooden cask.

It seemed that they had completely emptied one of the kegs.

Perhaps, overwhelmingly, Octopoda drank a lot.

It must have been because Demosi enthusiastically filled his glass.

“Hey~ Yayap!”

Tall.
Fault!

Estrus stops spinning.

Stumble for a while.

Soon, he stood upright in his place.

Damn!

When she claps her hands loudly, her messiness subsides in an instant.

“Ada unnie~♡ Let’s do that once~♬ How to say hangover~♡”

“Haa~ Estrus~ That’s not a sex method for liberation~ It’s not hymen regeneration surgery~ How many times have I told you~?”

“Hee hee~ If you understand what it is, there’s no problem~ Come on~ Come on~♬”

Ada sighs and says her prayers.

Aaaaa

Light penetrates between them.

“Heehee~♬ I woke up a little bit~!”

Estrus smiles contentedly.

“Ugh, uhm!”

“Oh, how delicious!”

The Octopoda couple are embarrassed and flustered.

“Beep! Keeeeeing!”

Bennison falls to the floor, banging his head and covering his eyes with his hands.

He seemed to be less sober on his own.

“Hey~ Octopoda oppa~ I have a question~♬”

“What, what are you curious about, Estrus?”

His twisted tongue came right back.

“But what do scholars do?”

“People who research, explore, and verify scholarship.”

Octopoda reflexively replies.

“Then~ what do you do with research, exploration, and verification~?”

“Hmm. Should I explain it easily?”

“Yeah!”

Conversing with Estrus, Octopoda learned of her level of intelligence.

So, I also realized that adjusting the level of difficulty for customized explanations is essential.

Of course, the same was true of Demosi.

“Once you know a certain fact, finding out whether it is always right or sometimes right is called inquiry and verification. It is also possible to find the truth that penetrates already known facts at once. All of these processes are collectively called research.”

“That’s right~! Octopoda oppa~! Thank you for the easy and detailed explanation~!”

Estrus was satisfied with Octopoda’s answer, and could easily understand it.

“Why do you ask that all of a sudden, Estrus~?”

Democy was still emitting a hoarse voice.

“Huh~? Ah, yeah~! I heard that people who are called scholars~ when they learn something new~ they have to verify that it’s correct~ and they tremble~! Heehee~♬”

“Yes, true scholars are usually like that, right?”

Estrus’ smile deepened.

“But~ why don’t you demosi sister and octopoda brother~?”

“Yes? What do you mean? We didn’t verify?”

Octopoda seemed a little irritated by Estrus’ words.

For a man with great pride as a scholar, it was a word that was difficult to pass easily.

“No~ If you hear something new from someone~ don’t you have to verify that it’s correct~?”

“Of course! You cannot truly accept a proposition made by someone with authority, without verification, without verification!”

Ada’s healing spell doesn’t blow away all drunkenness.

To put it in an analogy, it was a situation where only the tip of the nose of a person who was intoxicated with alcohol was put out for a while.

They were currently in a difficult situation to make a proper judgment.

Estrus had been waiting all afternoon for this situation and was aiming for it.

She was a true predator.

“But why~? You don’t verify what mom said~?”

A sudden silence fell in the hall.