Chapter 229 – 19. Warrior Party – The Beginning of the Journey (3)

The black hand of the boy with a dark heart touched Fiora’s shoulder as she blankly stared at the flower field.

“Why are you so weak?”

“… ?! Bar, Valdes?”

At the unexpected appearance of someone, she looked at Valdes with wide eyes. At the same time, however, he seemed slightly relieved. It was because the appearance he had shown so far was a boy knight.

“Why did you come out? I went in and didn’t rest.”

“I was going to… But I saw my sister outside.”

“…”

Valdes sat down next to Fiora, who said nothing. Of course, even though he is next to him, he is a one-person chair, not a funeral chair, so he just dragged a chair and sat down. But that alone made Fiora feel at ease.

“… Go in and take a rest.

“It’s been about a week now, but I still think of us as colleagues.”

“…”

“Even though I’m young, I’ve lived a pretty tough life. That’s why I always see people with concerns.”

Valdez speaks calmly, looking at the flower garden where she had her gaze her until just now. Fiora shook her head and sighed.

“Haha, I’m still very immature.”

“Haha. I’m quick-witted, well.”

“…”

“I won’t specifically tell you to tell me. But I hope you don’t suffer alone. You have five other colleagues besides me, right?”

“…”

“Of course, it can’t be helped if it’s because of that colleague.”

Fiora’s body her trembled slightly.

As Valdes said, it was because her troubles were caused by her colleague her, more precisely her her lover her, Jin-hyeok. She glanced at Valdez to see if he had noticed, but Valdez didn’t show it that way.

‘It must have just been said.’

Anxiety caused by people is a common thing.

Fiora ignored it.

As she struggled, Valdes raised her body.

“I’ll just get up. Noona, come back soon. We have to get up early tomorrow, right?”

“… Huh, that’s right.”

After saying that, Valdez turned his back and slowly headed towards her mansion. It was a slow pace, less than half the normal pace. He didn’t even drink, so there was no way he was drunk. Of course, it was because he wanted Fiora to catch him.

And after hesitating, Fiora finally opened her mouth.

“Now, wait a minute, Valdes.”

“Huh? Why is that?”

“You… Have time?”

“Sure.”

The boy smiled and quickly walked back to the chair and sat down. Then he added his words.

“If it’s for my sister, I have to make time that I don’t have.”

“… I think Valdés will be really popular.”

“Ah, me? … I want to say, but it’s a little bit like a mixed demon race.”

Valdez shrugged his shoulders.

Seeing him casually joking about his bloodline her, Fiora smiled lightly.

Even though he had demonic blood, he was a boy who could not be hated at all. Originally, he had no prejudice against mixed-race demons, but if he only had people like Valdes, he would rather discriminate against continental people and look more evil.

“Then… I’m sorry, but can you give me some dating counseling?”

“Dating counseling… Well, a little unexpected… I like it.”

“…”

When I tried to speak, Fiora couldn’t open her mouth.

For some reason, I mentioned her love counseling her because I felt comfortable being with Valdez, but it was very difficult to talk to someone. So, she couldn’t tell anyone until now, and she suffered alone. It was only natural that she would be worried that she would tell such a story to a boy several years younger than herself.

Sensing her hesitation, Valdez casually reached out and grabbed her hand her, which she was holding tight.

Startle.

“Bar, Valdes?”

“Did I mention it earlier? We’re colleagues. There’s a lot of opportunity. You don’t have to rush to talk.”

“… Ha, really… “

Fiora felt her hesitation melt away. She strangely felt better when he held her in his hand.

She was a colleague for the next few months. As uncomfortable as it may be, she decided to give her word to Valdez. Somehow it seemed to me that he would be fine.

“I… I’m in a relationship with the hero.”

“… Uh, that, it’s not Yuri noona… It’s probably Jinhyeok hyung’s side, right?”

“Haha, I don’t like that.”

“That’s right. That’s right. But hyung…”

“… Ha.”

Fiora felt a sigh come out of Valdez’s eyes, which shook violently in panic. And she couldn’t stand it. He sighed, and some people said that things couldn’t work out any more, but there was nothing better to express the frustration than sighing.

“As expected, Valdes noticed. What the hero is doing…”

“Yeah, since I’m a guy like me, I’m close to him, and there are many times when we share a room or stay together. It seems like he says he hides it in his own way…”

“Mmm, that’s a shame.”

“…”

“……Haha.”

Fiora laughed awkwardly.

I mustered up the courage to speak, but it was embarrassing. What the hero Kang Jin-hyuk is doing, his lover who can’t stop it, and the reality of telling Valdez about these things.

But even though she had talked this far, it was ambiguous to stop.

“…It’s frustrating and pitiful. You can’t even stop your lover from cheating on you. Even just now… Ah, no. No.”

‘Really….’

Valdés realized that the idea he had hoped for was surprisingly true.

It was all because of the promise that he refrained from drinking even at a drinking party with his colleagues and beautiful women, and he led the wave at the right atmosphere for tomorrow’s schedule. Except for their party, the only women in the mansion were servants.

“It’s okay?”

“… It’s okay… It’s not… It’s not… “

The sight of Fiora half-muttering with her shoulders drooping made Valdez feel sorry for her.

Through her research her, he knew that she was in a relationship with Jinhyeok. But she was only thinking of a political thing, not a serious love. But now that I see these things, it seems that I really love him.

‘I get it roughly. It’s a little bit, but it’s because he has impure intentions, so he can’t be reckless with the hero.’

Valdez immediately understood her attitude to her.

It helped him plot her her plan in his head her to capture her in an instant. Poor and pitiful of her, but apart from that, Valdez needed her. To neutralize menacing warriors. And to avenge the goddess.

“Sister Fiora.”

“Yes Yes?”

“My older sister is older than my brother… Uh. What do you think is the reason for going around like that?”

“Yeah…”

Fiora opened her mouth with an expression asking what to ask for something obvious. However, when she was about to answer, she had nothing to think of.

“…”

“You don’t know, right? I want to help my sister too. But it’s difficult to help if you don’t know this. And you can never know this unless you’re older or older.”

“…”

“Did you know? First of all, think about that a bit more. Then, whether you continue to consult with me or the other noonas…”

“To Valdez.”

Fiora cut off his words and looked at Valdez.

“I’ll consult with Valdez…”

“Okay. Then, please let me know after thinking about it. I’ll think about a solution accordingly.”

“Yes…”

“It’s late. Let’s go.”

“…”

Valdez and Fiora then walked out of the garden and returned to the mansion without a word of conversation. I climbed the dark stairs. Both had rooms on the 4th floor, but it was the same that there was no conversation until then.

The moment Valdez grabbed the doorknob to return to his room, he heard Fiora’s voice from behind.

“Valdes.”

“Yes?”

“…Thank you.”

“Thank you. Good night.”

“Yeah, you too…”

So the two went into each other’s room.

Valdez, who entered the room and was alone, couldn’t hold back his laughter and laughed. Since the soundproofing magic was well installed in the room, it wouldn’t be a problem to laugh out loud, but I didn’t bother. That was my share after things got better later on.

“Good. Very good.”

Fiora gets along with anyone quickly, but she tends to keep her distance from her. It was difficult for her to get inside her set line her, but if she could get in, she would be able to close the distance in an instant. And the standard of the boundary line included respect.

That she spoke half-heartedly to Valdez meant that Fiora opened up to her.

“Then, shall we look at the warrior’s reaction now?”

Even if it doesn’t seem like it, the hero Kang Jin-hyeok was quite delicate and sensitive. And I was quick to notice about this part again.

A small but big change.

There was no way I would have noticed this.

“Valdes, help me with this.”

“Yes, got it!”

“…”

As expected by Valdez, Jinhyeok quickly noticed that Fiora’s tone had changed.

Not only him, but other colleagues also noticed that the two were up to something the other night. But, except for Jinhyeok, he didn’t care anymore. I just thought that Valdes and Fiora had become closer.

It was because all of them knew about the relationship between Fiora and Jinhyeok. Thanks to that, she knew that Fiora was suffering from various things, but she didn’t have a combination that didn’t suit her as well as the mixed blood of a paladin and a demon. Only Vilma believed that Valdez had started the work.

Anyway, the change in tone only affected Jinhyeok.

That too in a very bad way.

“Today’s soup is a bit salty.”

“……Sorry.”

While eating around the bonfire, she muttered her displeasure so low that only Fiora in the seat next to her could hear it.

“Fiora, I’m very tired today, so can you stand for my night watch instead?”

“…All right.

He said he was tired after fighting only a few monsters and left the night watch to Fiora.

“Is there any need to do that?”

“…That’s it too.”

Fighting over trifles, etc.

Jinhyeok teased Fiora to the point of being absurd even to Valdez. To put it bluntly, Yuri became angry with him within three days. After that, it became quiet again, but Jinhyeok’s gaze at Fiora was unusual.

Eventually, on the night of the fifth day after the first consultation, Fiora consulted Valdez again.

“…I don’t know what the hell I did wrong.”

“…”

“I’ve been thinking about it since then, but I can’t quite understand it. Why the hell is the hero doing that?”

Just in time, it was the night when Fiora’s next non-invasion was Valdez’s turn. She didn’t go to bed, but she stayed by his side of her and continued her complaints of her.

Her expression of her, looking so depressed and tired, made me wonder if she would get tired of Jinhyeok. But still don’t know. Valdez took a peek at her and tried to float her.

“That’s true. I still respected you, but these days, to be honest…”

“…But…But he’s basically a good person.”

“…”

‘Is it yet…. That’s amazing.’

It wouldn’t have been a year since I met Jinhyeok, but I was surprised how much affection he had built up. At this level, it was a normal reaction for most women to break up even if they were angry, or to have an affair.

Clara and Lloyd, who were famous as a fantasy couple in the Kingdom of Ventorino, are almost colorless. Of course, unlike that side, this side was close to a one-way street without Valdez’s tricks.

“Honestly, I don’t know what advice to give you.”

“…Sorry.”

“Ah, sister, there’s something to be sorry for. More than that… Well, anyway. Usually, there’s one best way to deal with things like this.”

“A good way… ?”

Fiora raised her head and looked at him with sparkling eyes. In this desolate situation, the only ray of light that can be seen. He couldn’t help but pay attention.

“What?”

“That… To be honest, this was only used among mercenaries and commoners, so I don’t know if it would work for my older sister or older brother…”

Valdez blurted out his words as if he was not confident.

To Fiora, it sounded like a statement of impunity in case that didn’t work. But it didn’t matter. Even with her subjective view of her, there was no way the proper method would work. I had to do something now.

“It’s okay. I won’t say anything to you even if it doesn’t go well.”

“Ummm… Yeah… So, Jinhyeok-hyung is a bit… Open to women, right? But rather than dating a lot of women, it seems like he enjoys playing with fire all night long.”

At the boy’s words, Fiora shook her head.

She knew what she felt too. He looked like a scoundrel from a high-ranking aristocratic family. None of the women she had met while at the Holy See had developed such a deep relationship. So she was still dating herself, too.

Even when the goddess inside her body her spoke to them, Jinhyeok’s reaction her was close to being angry at meddling in his work.

“So… Ah, what’s the point of asking something like this… “

“… ?”

“Uh… That… Ha ha. Have you tried it with your brother?”

“… ?! Uh, uh, uh?”

“That, that… “

Fiora, who was taken aback by his unexpected remark her, soon calmed down and smiled at Valdez, who was even more ashamed of her own words her. I was so flustered that I couldn’t have asked in a strange way.

“Um… That, so… Oh, yet… ?”