Chapter 232 – 19. Warrior Party – The Beginning of the Journey (6)

“Your sister is a born mercenary.”

“Is that a compliment?”

Sasha tilted her head and then suddenly started laughing.

“Hehe, what were you doing here anyway?”

“Just taking a walk.”

“Really? Didn’t you come to see Yuri over there?”

Valdez smiled and waved his hand. I meant don’t say nonsense. But deep inside, he couldn’t help but be surprised. Sasha wasn’t good at anything except fighting, but she was oddly nimble. That too, in a slightly different direction.

“No way.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I think you two go well together. Just tell this older sister.”

“I’m really talking nonsense.”

The two walked away from the garden while exchanging such nonsensical small talk.

As soon as breakfast was over, there was no way he could envy the warriors enjoying tea time with the king’s family. They both knew very well that this was a kind of entertainment. Of course, I don’t know Yuri, but I don’t know if Jinhyeok thinks so.

“By the way, what are you here for? Are you looking for me?”

“No, I take a walk too.”

“Are you bored?”

“Hehe.”

Seeing Sasha sticking out her tongue and laughing, Valdez smiled heartily.

At the very beginning of the trip, he became best friends with Fiora, but now it was Valdez who became friendly with all of the party members to the point that it was meaningless to discuss such things. Except for the secret relationships like Vilma and Fiora, they were generally similar, but Sasha’s case was a little different.

When Valdez distances herself from her, trying to figure out how to let her know her secret her and enlist her cooperation her, Sasha is especially attached to him.

Sasha was very interested in him, starting from the conversation he had with her at the contest. Her swordsmanship and appearance her had a lot in common, so she could n’t stop paying attention to her.

“At least sparring with Arsha-noona.”

“Uhm, I don’t get along with him in a strange way.”

“Well, the two of you aren’t very close.”

Sasha shrugged her shoulders to show she didn’t care. The lively and sociable Sasha often talked to and clung to Arsha, but she was oddly reluctant to Sasha.

“Is Vilma’s sister a library?”

“Because I live there.”

Vilma liked the Castle Kingdom’s library quite a bit, but she was spending her free time there.

‘I’m sure there are more books in the Imperial Palace or the Mage Tower, but are there any books that are different?’

She was puzzled, but she didn’t care much. Anyway, Vilma was still doing her job well. The work of telling the information I found out from the women in the party, and the work of blocking the access of others when he is with the target. This alone did my part.

“So you found me?”

“Hehe, not really.”

Fisik, Valdes laughed and headed to the gymnasium with Sasha.

A gymnasium reserved exclusively for the royal family, but with special permission. Of course, there were guards, but no one else was seen. It was just the right place for sparring lightly without bothering.

“Come on, let’s go!”

As soon as he was ready, Sasha lunged at Valdez, kicking her on the floor.

“It’s not too urgent!”

Tung!

The wooden swords for sparring collided and made a dull sound.

“It’s okay, because I knew you could stop it!”

Valdez laughed bitterly at the sight of her twinkling eyes.

Whether it was because she was a daughter or because of her her talent, her blood her was strangely boiling whenever she sparred with Sasha. Thanks to her, she had a hard time adjusting her skills to her. I don’t know if it’s just one or two fights, but she often asked him to fight.

It was good to make excuses and say no when she was homeless, but that was difficult when she was staying in a mansion or village. She was a lovely daughter, but in this she puzzled him.

“Aren’t you thinking too much?”

“I can’t afford that, heck, where are you!”

Thud! Tung! Taang!

The sparring between the two ended only after exchanging wooden swords over a hundred times.

It wasn’t about winning or losing. Sasha was so bummed with fighting spirit that Valdez only cut it off properly. She was the one who complained about incomplete combustion, but Sasha also accepted it meekly, thinking that someone might get hurt if she did this.

“Haa, I want to fight…”

“Why don’t you fight with your brother?”

“Jinhyeok? Umm…”

Sasha drool and looked around. She spoke cautiously, lowering her voice.

“Honestly, Jinhyeok is strong, but against Dalian…”

“Isn’t that a lot lacking?”

“Yes.”

Kang Jin-hyeok was strong.

A holy sword that boasts overwhelming power against monsters and demons. Divine power constantly rising to the point where one could believe that it belonged to the Pope or a saint. Thanks to the blessings of the goddess, the body has been trained to be several times more efficient. Swordsmanship received intensive training from countless strong people.

But that was strong as a hero, not as strong as a swordsman.

Without the Holy Sword, Jinhyeok’s strength plummeted, and he could not handle his divine power properly, and he could not bring out the advantages of his body and only pushed forward with his strength. Finally, until the swordsmanship was insufficient.

It may look splendid and great in the eyes of commoners or nobles who don’t know much, but it was far short of the real strong people. The biggest problem was that the person concerned couldn’t admit it.

“I don’t know if it’s because my expectations are too high, but… No matter how much I think about it, I can’t seem to reach my father.”

Valdez’s mouth twitched at his remark that came out of nowhere.

“That’s because Pedro-nim was a warrior of a different level. A genius among geniuses. A swordsman among prosecutors.”

“Isn’t it?! You think so too!”

Sasha’s face brightened at the praise of her father, who was like a father, and she was overjoyed. Seeing that, Valdez felt good too, but now he suppressed his emotions of her.

“My real sister really likes Pedro.”

At Valdes’ words, Sasha was cutely shy.

“Hehe. I’ve never seen her before, but I’ve heard a lot about her from her mother her.”

“…”

“Even if he’s my biological father, you know him. So… Ah, an idol! That’s it!”

“You said you applied for the warrior party because of Pedro.”

“That’s right. Even if I’m not a hero, I thought it would be nice to be a member of it. Hehe.”

Sasha had a proud expression on her face as if she were doing her job her. She seemed quite happy to be a companion of the warriors. Valdez was also happy to see her like that, but on the other hand, he felt bitter and apologetic.

‘I’m so sorry. I’m going to break this party after all. I, who was that respected warrior.’

It was unavoidable, but I still felt uncomfortable.

“By the way!”

“Yes?”

“How long are you going to call me sister?”

“Uh?”

“We’re not even siblings. It’s not like we’re a few years apart. Just call me Sasha.”

Sasha looked at him with a smile.

However, it was the same for Valdez who was confused about the title.

“I want to do that too…”

“Is it because of Jinhyeok?”

“Right.”

He nodded dissatisfiedly.

At the warrior party, except for him, the other six were all around the same age. There are a little more Vilma, but it’s a doggingaegin level. In the end, they decided to talk comfortably without caring about each other’s age.

The problem was Valdes. Other people didn’t care much, but when he tried to let go, Jinhyeok showed signs of discomfort. On the other hand, Yuri, Jinhyeok’s older sister, showed a little awkwardness. For now, since he was in a situation where he had to pay attention to Jinhyeok, Valdez decided to call others his older brother and sister his.

“My brother says genealogy is twisted, but I don’t know what genealogy is.”

“The place where Jinhyeok lived was pretty strict about his age.

At her words of incomprehensibility, Valdez shrugged.

“Well, it’s a little different compared to other people.”

Valdez’s age is known to be around 17. The youngest, Arsha, was 22, so there was a difference of at least five to nine years from the others.

“Hmm, so how is it?”

“…? What’s that sound all of a sudden?”

“Reminiscent, older.”

“Suddenly?”

“I must have brought up the story of Yuri earlier.”

“Yes?”

Valdez glanced at her with her eyes asking what she was talking about.

In his personal opinion of him, he still wanted to keep some distance from Sasha. It was because he was afraid that if he became too friendly and later learned the truth, there would be an excessive backlash. He could even give the feeling that he had been tricked.

Contrary to Valdes ‘wish her, however, Sasha did not hesitate to intervene with him.

“Yuri really likes the word ‘older sister’.”

“That’s because my brother doesn’t call me sister.”

Valdez replied bluntly. He didn’t know much about glass yet, but he had a rough feeling. He wasn’t sure if he liked older people, but he certainly didn’t seem to like younger people.

He likes to be called older sister, but apart from that, despite his handsome appearance, Yuri has regarded him as a good younger sister since they first met. Yuri’s eyes, expression, and even the way she speaks. His sharp eyes were assuring that.

“Hmm, then what about the others?”

“…”

“There are three of them besides Yuri.”

He gradually became annoyed with Sasha.

It’s been less than a month since we started traveling together, so I couldn’t figure out why I was suddenly interested in dating. It was awkward to pretend to be a young boy who was not interested in dating when he had not been able to properly resolve his sexual desire for his for 15 days.

“… Why three?”

“Uh?”

“Sasha, there are four of you.”

“…”

Valdez intended to change the subject by causing Sasha to laugh. But she didn’t get the expected response.

“Uh, uh, that, I, I…”

‘… What?’

Sasha blushing and her flustered.

Cold sweat ran down Valdez’s back his. It wasn’t a reaction she didn’t want, but it was what she called the worst reaction. In her head her, a scene was drawn in which the demon king and other women looked at her like trash.

“Hey, Sasha… Sister?”

“Th-ah, sleep, hold on… I mean… Mi-sorry!”

It was faster for her to get her body up and run away than he said it was her prank her.

Alone, Valdez grabbed Apao by the head. If something had to do with Sasha, nothing would go right. From the sudden appearance, to the dropping of ethylene, to this day. It was a moment I didn’t want at all in a situation where I was in trouble because of the divine power.

“I’m really going crazy…”

In his opinion his, Sasha’s feelings were her longing for her father her, not her love affair her. Imperfect, but instinctively feel closeness to blood relatives. That is, with a high probability, she was mistaken because of her unfamiliar feelings to her.

With a heavy sigh, Valdez trudged out of his arena with weary steps. The guards guarding the surroundings looked at him with very bad eyes, but he neatly ignored them. It might have been because of Sasha from before, but just because they were half demons, they had been looking at me like this from the beginning.

As I was trudging along without energy, Vilma approached me from the other side.

“Valdes!”

“Haha, what’s up?”

“…? Why are you so low?”

“It’s just that. So why?”

“That, that’s…”

Vilma quickly turned her head and looked around her. Seeing that only a few guards were away, she lowered her head and whispered in his ear her.

“That, that…”

“What is that?”

“…Want to do….”

The face of the black magician turned red.

She was so cute that the corner of her mouth she went up slightly, then she went down again thinking of Sasha she had just seen. Still, she was glad to find herself again.

“Let’s go to your room.”

“…Yes.”

The two of them naturally headed to Vilma’s room. Most of the rooms assigned to the hero’s party were clustered nearby, and it was not very special for Vilma to experiment with this and that with the help of Valdes, so no one doubted it.

“It’s been quite a while, isn’t it?”

Valdez sat comfortably on the bed as if it were his own room in his. Vilma, on the other hand, sat a little farther away, hesitant and awkward.

“Yeah, Valdez-nim was busy… And he noticed.”

“Why are you looking at me?”

“Are you asking about that? Fiora has been visiting Valdes-sama’s room often lately.”

“Ah.”

He shook his head.

Come to think of it, he often entrusted Vilma with lookout. That is, inevitably, either she was hanging around Valdez’s room, or she had to pretend to be doing something. In addition to the short meeting of secretly talking here, if you meet for a long time, there is no doubt that you will be suspicious.

“About two weeks?”

“It’s the first time since the day after the tour started, so it’s probably right.”

“I remember it well.”

“… That, ha, how could I forget that.”

Vilma recalled the third kiss she shared with Valdes. She was equally thrilled with her two experiences her at the hotel, but also very excited to sneak in between her night shifts. So much so that her belly her gets hot.