Chapter 340 – Under the Stars -1-

Even when Ceria had some free time, it was difficult for her to sit quietly.

What exactly is the problem?

The girl thought alone, thought again, and thought again.

Her head was cold and she was uncertain, so she did not have the courage to grab her tired sister and ask her a random question.

“Ummmm…”

From realizing what Gerritz Electra did to clearing my mind and coming to terms with it.

Even after completing all the procedures, the time given to me was too much to worry about.

After she reported to the Academy and issues regarding her attendance were dealt with.

She chased after her busy sister and helped her with chores, but she was clear that there were limits to how much she could help.

There were many times when she was in a daze like she is now.

A few days like that.

As the formalities her sister awaited in her capital city were completed.

She decided to stay at Electra’s estate for the time being and prepare for her funeral.

The moment she returns to the mansion that once contained her body and takes her first steps, I don’t think I will ever forget the awkward silence that comes over her whole body.

‘···I feel uncomfortable.’

The mansion where Electra’s characters lived was neatly cleaned without a single trace of blood.

I didn’t realize that such a terrible thing had happened.

My sister personally saw the situation with public officials from the empire.

She doesn’t know what kind of situation she was in.

She just felt bad seeing the mansion she used to live in have evaporated.

Her father’s concubine, who raised her voice when she encountered him, and Ritz Electra, the crab who tormented her to death, are no longer there.

In her childhood, it was an environment she had longed for and only dreamed of.

The girl’s heart was not as happy as it should have been due to her poor nature.

She simply finds her stability and happiness in the arms of her older sister, her pillar and reason for her own life.

“Seria. It’s late today, so should we go to sleep right away?”

“Huh!”

It was a gloomy mansion with no noise other than the sound of the clock or the bleating of livestock coming from the estate.

Her sister didn’t say anything or promise anything, but she just lay down on the bed.

She bid her goodnight and closed her eyes.

“···.”

Ceria opened her eyes in her dark room and caught a glimpse of her Lily.

Her eyes are closed and her chest moves up and down as she breathes softly.

It seemed like he was already asleep.

‘What should I do…’

What should I do next?

On the day when the vicious accident occurred at the hands of Geritz, her motivation for trying to have a place alone with her sister was to relieve the emotions that had risen spontaneously.

That time when it seemed like she wouldn’t be able to get through the day unless she somehow came up with an answer.

Now that I have overlooked that moment.

With a more depressed and dry mind.

She asks herself again.

‘Do I… Really like you, adventurer?’

The moment you lie in bed and calmly bring up your family.

A surprising change has begun.

Her heart pounded and Roman’s face began to pop into her head.

‘Why?’

Is there a reason? What is the great reason that everyone can understand? What is the solid basis for the pounding heartbeat?

What does it mean to have feelings for someone of the opposite sex in the first place? Isn’t this an anomaly that arises as material and mental debt accumulates?

– Can you do it?

He remembered the large hand that had been pressing his head to calm him down in the dungeon.

– Let’s go secretly together. Keep it a secret from Lily.

I remember the playful smile she gave me when she exchanged her fist greeting with hers.

My whole body was itching to feel the sensation that started with her thoughts.

“···.”

This is in the end.

It was a question that couldn’t be answered unless she had to wrap her head around it and face it.

*****

“Can I carry you on my back?”

The moment she spit it out, heat rose to her face.

‘I committed it!!!’

After throwing out her words, her mind becomes pale and distant.

Her own experience and improvisation are very limited in the current situation, so here are a few things Rike told me during a past slumber party.

That’s where the remark came from.

Roman was momentarily taken aback by Seria’s request.

She changed her expression and came over smiling.

“Get on your back.”

“···Ji, really?!”

Did she not expect permission to be given in the first place?

Ceria, who seemed to have forgotten she had said she had a cramp, jumped up onto her landscaping stone.

That transparent behavior made me laugh and give my back to her.

“It’s such a great thing to be given a piggyback ride.”

“Then, will you excuse me?”

She feels a small hand on her shoulder and her hair tickling the back of her head.

Compared to Alice, Ceria’s height would be shorter by a very, very slight difference.

Ceria’s weight was so similar to Alice that she could not tell the difference.

“Where should we go? Once you have the reins, give me an order.”

“···.”

“Are you going into the mansion like this?”

“Well, that’s not possible…!”

Ceria’s voice trembled in embarrassment, as if she had done her job but had no detailed plan.

She didn’t even know that she already had eyes looking at this place.

The girl shook her head vigorously.

“Then, shall we go out to the estate for a walk?”

“···Yes.”

Ceria expressed her affirmation through her cooing voice as if it was okay for her to head outside.

Leaving her mansion at a leisurely pace.

Walking on a dirt road with no one around.

Sabak. Sabak. Sabak.

“”···.””

Except for the Electra Mansion, the lights were off in all the households except one or two.

The road below was dark, like the maw of an animal with outstretched fangs.

It was okay.

No problem.

Shabby torches scattered sparsely.

The night sky was filled with stars, flooding like a river and lighting up her eyes.

“Adventurer. Isn’t it heavy…?”

Where on earth did you come up with that question?

It makes me wonder if there is a manual that applies to all worldviews.

I laughed at the fact that all women, whether in my past life or my current life, ask a common question when they are piggybacked.

“Am I the lightest person I’ve ever carried?”

Are you satisfied with the typical but truthful answer?

I can feel Ceria’s grip on her shoulder gaining strength.

Conspiracy-!!

When Yeongji Min’s livestock made a noise, Seria comforted her closed lips.

“A frontier is a frontier, right?”

“Compared to the capital, that’s true. Still, I’m familiar with it.”

“Adventurer… Aren’t you from the capital?”

We spent most of the first day talking about each other in bed.

Although the lovers in the mansion knew about it, Seria did not know the details.

“It wasn’t a territory, it was just an unknown village with no name.”

“Ah… From there, you went to the capital.”

There are very few successful adventurers, but if you look at the story, it was a very common situation among adventurers.

“I was just 15 years old when I moved to the capital and became an adventurer. It’s amazing how much time has already passed…”

“Do you miss it?”

“I don’t miss it.”

As she answered immediately, the sound of Ceria laughing softly flowed into her ears.

Seeing Seria wiggling her feet, I think being carried on my back felt a little more comfortable.

“Oh!”

“What’s the matter?”

When Seria let out a small exclamation, Roman suddenly stopped moving his legs in front of her.

“Oh, no. It’s just a place that reminds me of the old days…”

“Is there a good place?”

“···.”

While Ceria remained silent, she looked around her, but there was no place of note.

If there is one, it is a road carved out to climb a low hill.

“If we go up here, we’re going up the hill, right? Shall we go up?”

“!”

As I turned to face her, I felt Ceria startle.

“Don’t go?”

“Are you okay.”

It was a place that even Seria had never imagined.

She came to the estate and did not go out, but followed her sister in her mansion and helped her with her work.

About halfway through, the girl who clearly remembered what the top of the hill looked like muttered as she recalled the past.

“Her older sister said she would succeed as an adventurer and come back, but the very next day she left. She was scared and at a loss as she didn’t know when that day would come, so she ran away from home alone.”

“Is it here?”

“Yes···.”

It’s not far from the territory and the roads are well-made.

Wouldn’t this be the perfect place to run away from home with a young mind?

“Miss?”

“I don’t miss it.”

Only the object of exchange has changed.

As the same conversation as before continued, Seria smiled.

“But it worked fine, so it’s not like this, right?”

“I didn’t go in right away… I stayed here until night. I got scolded a lot when I went back.”

“It won’t be easy to wait still, but Ceria has always been exceptionally persistent.”

As if she had nothing to say in response, she carried Seria, who was drooling, and climbed to the top of the hill.

An open space appeared.

It was truly a work of art to only see a sky full of stars.

“Actually, it was cold and scary at night, but I didn’t plan on going back right away. I packed two apples in my clothes with the intention of staying here for a few days. Or I was thinking about running away.”

“Hoo.”

“I’m really a fool who can’t be saved, right? I should have brought money with me.”

“That’s cute. If you grow up in a mansion, you have no sense of the value of goods. That’s what the nobles’ education style shows in the first place.”

I reclined in comfortable silence and absentmindedly looked at the cluster of stars.

Seria, who was on her back, saw the sea of ​​stars spreading out, and Roman was also looking at the same stars.

“At that time… I needed time to catch my breath and prepare my mind to endure until my sister came.”

“You had a hard time. I may sympathize with you when I say this carelessly, but it must have been so hard that you really died.”

Ceria blinked her eyes at Roman’s words.

The girl purred and opened her lips towards him, who could only see the back of his head.

“Unlike her ex-sister, she was just at the mansion.”

“Lily, she went through a lot of hardships during her days as an adventurer, but that doesn’t mean she can comfort herself by comparing herself to Ceria. What does it mean to know who is having a hard time and who is having a less hard time?”

Something. It was intuitive.

It seemed to the girl that if she had just a few more words with this man, she would know her own feelings completely.

“Adventurer.”

“Huh?”

Ceria’s face, which she had been dropping without putting it on, tilted slightly.

The ball stuck to Roman’s back.

“Do you remember when you asked me if I really wanted to be an adventurer?”