Chapter 268 – I Got a Bit Dirty Playing Santa Yesterday

There is a breathing method that I usually use when I can’t sleep. I could fall asleep easily with it on, but today was a little different.

I closed my eyelids, lay on the cot, and thought about it. Why can’t I sleep and toss and turn?

Even the day before the competition, my heart didn’t feel like this. Certainly, tomorrow was the day to go to the headquarters of the Demon King’s army. Still, the fact that there was a battle was the same as usual.

All over

While I couldn’t sleep, I heard footsteps approaching from outside. The flat, straight steps stopped in front of my tent, and soon after, a scarf called me.

“Sarah, are you sleeping?”

It was also Siegfried.

Hearing his voice, I raised my upper body and answered.

“No. Is there a problem?”

“Uh? Didn’t I wake you up?”

“It’s okay. I was up.”

“Okay? Then go in?”

“Come in.”

The dark tent became bright for a moment, and Siegfried entered through the closed door. He came in comfortable clothes, not plate armor, and asked as he approached the pillar supporting the roof.

“Excuse me, can I turn on the light?”

“It’s okay.”

“Yeah, thank you.”

Widely

Immediately after speaking, the magic lamp on the pole lit up. A faint yellow light lit up the room filled with supply boxes.

“Sorry. I need to sleep.”

Siegfried, whose red face must have been drunk, apologized again. I shook my head at him.

“No. It’s okay. But what is it?”

“I just wanted to talk.”

“Are you talking during the night?”

“Oh no?! Why is that?!”

Siegfried, stunned, looked at me with his red face even more blushing. His gaze was directed toward my chest, but he hurriedly turned his head away from me.

“Don’t talk like that, really!”

“I am fine.”

“I’m not okay, I!”

Having said that, he sighed and looked at me with a faint smile on his face.

“Sera.”

“Yes, sir Siegfried.”

“Uh, so…”

“I said it would be fine if I was on duty at night.”

“No, little! Oh, that’s it! I’m going to sit down, so get out of the way.”

“Yes, I understand.”

At that command, I got up on a cot I made from collecting boxes. Then, facing Siegfried, I looked down at him.

7 years have passed since I met him. My height, which had been small enough to reach Siegfried’s stomach, had grown to the contrary. In addition, his breasts, which had barely been able to get hold of a lump, had grown to the point where he glanced at them.

Just like now

“Oh, hey. Stand, don’t stand sit down. Sit next to each other.”

“Is that so.”

It happened on purpose because I wanted to see such a reaction. Having achieved my goal, I sat down on the bed without hesitation.

Siegfried sat down next to me and looked at me.

“Sera.”

I wasn’t the only one who had changed from when we first met. His face, which had been laughing like an idiot, became full of tears, and the shadows under his eyes increased.

He looked at me with an emaciated face and asked while rummaging through the pockets of his trousers.

“Sera. Do you want to eat this?”

Siegfried took small, distorted pellets from his pocket. He held it out to me and continued talking.

“This is candy. I’ve applied for a supply list for you. Eat.”

It was not as clean as a glass marble, but as a crushed and broken candy like a raisin. In a way, the condition was so bad that it could be called a lump of sugar rather than candy.

“Thank you.”

However, at the forefront, candy was treated as a luxury item. If he hadn’t held the position of a hero, even if he applied, he would have been ignored by the superiors.

“Thank you for this food.”

I reached out to Siegfried, and he dropped pieces of candy into my hands. I put it in my mouth without hesitation at all.

“Ha!”

“Uh, you can just eat slowly.”

“No. It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Unlike the first time I ate it, I rolled the hard candy in my mouth without biting it. Although the shape was distorted, the taste was the same as back then.

“How is it?”

He asked as he watched me eat candy.

“Is it delicious?”

“Yes, it is delicious.”

“Would you like more?”

“I would appreciate it if you could.”

“Okay. Then, uh uh…”

He couldn’t finish his speech properly. Still, he finished what he was about to say with a deep sigh.

“Tomorrow, after the battle, I will request supplies again. Then, then, let’s eat with me.”

At the word tomorrow, the candy-rolling tongue hardened. Even the sweet taste only felt fishy for a moment.

Perhaps noticing my reaction, Siegfried hurriedly got up from his seat and said,

“Oh, nothing! Then I’ll go! Sorry! You disturbed my sleep!”

“… No.”

“Did I say something useless? Sorry! Ah, then I should sleep now too! Uh! Tomorrow, see you tomorrow!”

So he left the tent.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow was the day of the final battle of the Kingdom Army. But that wasn’t the only thing that upset me.

Before going to bed, the old man gave an order. The moment the hero defeats the demon king, kill him.

He despaired when he bit off the demon king’s neck, and hoped when the demon king thrust his sword into his chest. May Siegfried die instantly.

However, he did not die due to the effects of various magics, including paralysis magic that eliminates pain. Even while he was dying, his blood was flowing like a waterfall, and he talked to the demon king.

I wished we could talk a little longer. Or I thought it would be nice if I could close my mouth right away. In any case, he didn’t want me to shoot an arrow at Siegfried.

Despite my wishes, the power in his voice was gone. The sound of the words, which had become small like a flame on the verge of being extinguished, completely disappeared after the demon king.

The warrior is dead The moment I thought so, I fired an arrow. Arrowheads flew through the air and pierced the back of his black head.

Fuck!

The sound he made as he cracked his skull and neck bones was no different from when he was hit by others. Nevertheless, the sound of breaking was especially loud today.

I lowered the bow I was holding and approached him, who was prostrated helplessly. His legs were heavy. I thought I had had enough rest when I lay there faking death. Had I known this would happen, it would have happened a little later.

As I walked without thinking, his body was at my feet before I knew it. He sat down on the floor in front of him. Then, with both hands, he carefully lifted the arrow-studded head.

Yesterday, Siegfried gave me candy and smiled. But as he smiled at me, an arrow grew in his mouth. His open eyes were also focused only on the empty space, not on me.

He is dead No, he killed. I killed I killed him

“… Whoops!”

The Demon King, who thought he was dead, suddenly coughed. He continued to move his bloody neck and look up at me. Those cold blue eyes. It was the last time I met his eyes while talking to him.

Thinking about that made me hate the demon lord. I didn’t like the guy who had the last conversation with Siegfried. Cutting off his arm or stabbing him in the chest was utterly unacceptable.

However, the thing I didn’t like the most here was myself.

The Demon King was just the head of the enemy army, but I was Siegfried’s closest aide and friend. But I killed him with this hand.

I grabbed the arrow I had shot with my trembling hand. It looked like it would hurt him if I pulled it out. To keep his head from shaking, he broke the arrow with both hands.

Pop!

I threw the broken one to the side and put him on my lap. However, the arrow shaft that had been broken remained and pierced his thigh.

I ignored it and stroked his black hair. Like the day he killed the first person, like the day he stroked my hair.

Whoops, puck!

At that moment, I felt as if someone kicked my back. The shock pierced my skin, passed through my bones and flesh, and continued all the way to the center of my chest.

“Cheer, whoa!”

The now fallen Demon King coughed out bloody coughs, just like he did earlier. Unbeknownst to me, his head was lowered.

Then something like an arrowhead came out of Siegfried’s mouth and pierced my chest.

It was. This was natural. Just as the hero who defeated the demon king became useless, I who killed the hero became useless.

I remembered the day I first met him. He couldn’t decide anything without instructions. I thought that even a hero was no different from me, but I was the same.

I was just a tool no different from him. Also I was like him.

“… Her!”

He squeezed his blood-filled lungs and laughed.

Had I known this was going to happen, it would have been better to save him and run away together. In order to die together, I wanted to stake that hope. Don’t talk like an idiot.

“Mina! Self! Eat breakfast! Wake up!”

Thump thump!

“!”

I woke up hearing the voice of the chief nun. It must have been that I was thinking about the old days and fell asleep before I knew it.

“It’s Mina. Ruler?”

I heard the voice of Zeke, no, Jiheon from the side. I stood up with nothing on and turned my head. There he was, wearing a tracksuit.

“Are you awake? Let’s go eat now. Sausage and vegetable stir-fry this morning.”

“…”

“By the way, is the rice good here?”

“… Black”

“Minah, what’s wrong?”

Tears suddenly flowed. Seeing that day, Jiheon came to me in a panic.

“What’s the matter? Why are you crying all of a sudden? Huh?”

“Ji Heo-eon…”

I was older and taller, and I buried my head in the chest of the man who approached me.

“What?”

At first he was embarrassed too, but then he hugged me and asked in a soft voice.

“You had a nightmare. Yes? Are you okay. Are you okay. You’re awake now It’s over.”

Then he patted my back with a warm hand. The feeling of the warmth of a hand touching my trembling heart began to calm me down to some extent.

“Oh, wait.”

Jiheon, who seemed to have remembered something, did not sweep me with both hands, but with one hand went through the pocket of his sweatpants.

“This. Yesterday I was playing Santa and I got a little bit dirty.”

As he said that, what he held out was a candy wrapped in transparent plastic. He took off the candy wrapper himself, put it in my mouth and asked.

“How is it, is it delicious?”

“… Sniff”

“Oh no, don’t cry. Huh? Don’t cry, Minah.”

“Hey, Mother Superior.”

“Why is that, honey? Uh? What about Mina? Mina, doesn’t she eat breakfast?”

“Yes. Minah is not feeling well.”

“But. Yesterday I went outside naked in a miniskirt, and it must be painful. That crazy bitch.”

“… Yes?”

“Oh, didn’t you know? We installed a new CCTV outside there. Hey, Mina’s breasts are really big. I envy you, hey.”

“Sister!”

“Are you okay. Erased everything There are only one person who saw it, two, two, three…”

“Why is it growing?!”

“Ahahaha, kidding, kidding. I erased all records yesterday. Are you okay. Oh right. I should have told you to meet me with this. Too bad.”

“Sister!!!”