135 – What happened there – 2

Of course, as the wise man said, it wasn’t that they didn’t subdue bandits and thieves.

But rather than that, it was also true that he focused on killing monsters and getting better equipment and medicine.

The level of caring for the suffering refugees could be left to the nobles.

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Just by defeating the demon king, people can have hope.

The most important thing is to defeat the Demon King.

It is unavoidable.

I had been ignoring it.

However, the wise man said that what they had turned away from was necessary.

“Thank you thank you!”

Among the refugees, the mother, who had been crying because there was not even a handful of food to feed her child, holds the child’s hand and expresses gratitude while weeping.

To her, the sage casually presented Cyron.

“Huh? Why?”

“At times like this, a warrior must step in. Say something.”

“…Hey. You really are. You did everything.”

“Cyron. I couldn’t have done it if you didn’t believe in me.”

And, while planning and leading all this, the sage did not assert himself.

Reputation doesn’t seem to care.

The important thing is to be a warrior.

All he wants is to put an end to chaos and help people.

and.

All I had to do was defeat the Demon King.

Even if he gets good equipment, he distributes it to Cyron and Claire rather than using it himself, and he himself uses equipment that can be easily obtained from the store.

Eating also buys cheap ingredients and makes delicious dishes.

No beds, no maintenance.

While in charge of the overall life itself, Hyeonu did not grumble a word.

he was the same

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Just like when you were a warrior.

but something else.

Unlike back then, no one in the party persecuted him.

Even when a dispute arose from time to time, Cyron quickly intervened with her bright demeanor and enthusiastically supported him.

Is that why?

The party was able to quickly defeat the Demon King’s subordinates.

One day, while helping others like that, he attacked the devil by defeating the devil’s men much faster than during Claire’s warrior party.

The sage suddenly spoke.

“I have somewhere to go.”

“…Where are you going?”

“It’s nothing special. I think I need to get teleportation skills. I can’t use your portal every time.”

“Have you been using it like that until now?”

When raiding the devil’s subordinates, or when catching bandits.

Or stealing the wealth of corrupt nobles and distributing them to the suffering people.

In addition to that, Hyeonu requested a portal whenever he had a chance, and Cyron accepted it with a smile.

But now, teleportation that can move by itself?

The sage spoke calmly to Cyron and Claire who were puzzled.

“From now on, I have work to do by myself.”

Cyron’s face was full of worry.

But that was all.

She immediately smirked.

“Well, if it’s you, you’ll do well on your own. Where should I go?”

“The Cursed Wilderness.”

“Uh… are you really going to be okay?”

“It’s okay. Trust me.”

“You always trust me. Okay. Shall I open the portal?”

“Then thank you. Hey. Thank you for trusting me.”

“You say everything.”

Cyron smiled leisurely and raised his hand.

“You’re my friend.”

“Huh.”

Lightly raised hands and hands meet. With a high-five, Cyron opened the portal, and the sage went right into it.

The friendly atmosphere just before slowly subsides.

“…Claire. Shall we have a drink?”

“…….”

nod

After the new warrior party was formed, Claire’s condition was getting worse.

Sairon, who took her to the tavern, ordered a drink and said something.

now.

The story Claire least wants to hear.

“It’s easier than you think.”

At that, Claire couldn’t bring herself to speak.

‘If I had known about Hyeonu…’

Had it been.

He could have done well.

and.

no one would have been hurt.

no one

.

.

.

Now, about half a year has passed since I first met the sage.

The corpse of the destroyed demon king was scattered in front of their eyes.

“Really half a year… Does this… make sense?”

“There’s nothing that can’t be done. In the end, you just need to know how.”

The sage who produced such tremendous results did not seem to have changed much. Like I just had to do my job.

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Just like when he defeated the devil’s subordinates, he calmly inspected the devil’s corpse and took his loot.

“Okay. Then, you’ve worked hard. See you next time.”

He said calmly, as if we were going to part after going out for drinks in the neighborhood.

Since the Demon King has fallen, there is no reason for the warrior party to be maintained.

So he’s leaving.

Now that the demon lord has been defeated, this ordeal will be over.

While Cyron laughed bitterly, Claire urgently shouted.

“You!! Where are you going!!”

“Well…? There’s still a lot left to do.”

Hyeonu smiled and spread his arms. The white moonlight shining through the broken buildings.

The sage with the soft light on his back resembles the glorious savior from the legend.

“There are still many people to save, and many to kill. The world is still in chaos. I…”

“Why did you…”

“Because it is necessary.”

The moment the sage finished answering with a single word and was about to use teleportation, Claire shouted again urgently.

“Then we…? If we break up like this… what should we do now…?”

“Wouldn’t it be fine to just do what you want to do? If you don’t have anything to do, go to the northern battlefield. They say there’s a shortage of manpower there too.”

Bring out a story like reality. Northern battlefield.

The words start to get complicated.

“Then friends. See you next time.”

That dealt a decisive blow to the complex.

friends.

See you again.

Words he never said to himself in real life.

Let’s take care of each other and see you next time.

Although the sage leaves now because he has work to do, he will not deny the relationship.

“Ugh…”

The complicated stomach turns over and becomes a concussion.

Claire was about to pass out under tremendous stress, but instead of teleporting, the sage pointed his staff at her.

“ah…?”

The soaring stress slowly begins to diminish. The crushing headache disappears and the tight heart begins to stabilize.

However.

Her heart felt like it would break knowing that this couldn’t happen in real life.

“You’re so mentally weak. Claire. Why don’t you do some mental training?”

He smiled, softly, spoke with respect and affection, and gently stroked her hair.

good night.

pleased.

And it’s sad.

The sage laughed mischievously, whether he knew her intentions or not, and turned around and left.

And, Claire finally shed the tears she had endured throughout the journey.

With that, the ordeal was over.

The three mirrors were shattered and a door that did not exist before appeared at the end of the large room.

“Let’s go.”

When I went inside with the two of them, there was a fragment of a gray jewel. As Hyeonu said, when he took the debris, a door to the exit on the first floor appeared.

“Are we the first to come out?”

It’s strange. I spent almost half a year, but in reality, only an hour or two had passed.

I think it’s true that the tower is really out of time.

“But you guys are fine…”

The Lily Knights near the entrance, and Lacey, who took a look at Gwaltayrak, who was guarding the surroundings with them, received a bucket of water from one of the Lily Knights.

When she quenched her thirst with it and tried to pass the water bottle to Claire.

Lacey saw that her face was white.

“this.”

Did the wise man prepare for this? How many numbers did you see ahead of you?

Lacey hurriedly took out the finest tranquilizer from her pocket. When she put it into Claire’s mouth, her tired face started to turn red.

However, it seems that the stabilizer alone was not enough.

“Cyron. If you don’t mind, why don’t you hand over the tranquilizer to Claire?”

“…Hmm.”

Without saying anything, Cyron placed his share of tranquilizers on Lacey’s hand.

But her expression didn’t look good.

“What’s wrong with your face?”

Lacey frowned slightly.

He stepped back from Claire’s past and observed their condition.

Cyron, Claire, and Hyunwoo.

The party of these three succeeded in defeating the demon king in only half a year, using really extraordinary methods.

This amount of time could be said to be an overwhelming record that far exceeded the records of past warriors.

No matter how much they knew the future, most skills and stats were sealed, and even their roles were changed.

As such, he would not have been able to properly exert his power in reality, but the reason why he exerted that much power was probably because the connection between the party members was so good.

Why is it that the relationship between the two doesn’t seem normal?

“What happened?”

Anyway, I couldn’t know the details because I just stepped back from the warrior party and watched them as a sponsor.

However, from the outside, Cyron’s warrior party was perfect.

It’s not just linkage or combat power.

Their reputations, their deeds, and even their results.

He saved countless people and annihilated many evils.

But why are they saying this?

“It’s hard to explain with my own words. Claire. Why don’t you say it yourself?”

The emotion hidden in Cyron’s pleasant voice was ‘contempt’.

It had to be.

Even Cyron knew that the warrior party ignored and harassed the wise man.

However, since the journey of defeating the demon lord was so difficult, I tried to ignore it, saying that it was unavoidable.

No, apart from that, Hyeonu had said it himself.

There is no fault of the warrior party.

It would have been difficult for them as well, so they had no choice but to do so.

but this is something

Was the journey difficult?

not.

Did you have difficulty meeting and defeating enemies?

not.

Did you have any discomfort with sleeping, eating, or anything else?

Of course, it wasn’t as comfortable as when they lived in their own homes, but it wasn’t to the extent that they complained.

okay.

Everything was perfect and fast.

As much as that, it was unacceptable that the warrior party relieved their stress to the wise man, saying that the journey of defeating the demon king was difficult, as Hyeonu had said.

Claire could sense the hostility in Cyron’s voice.

Unbearable shame and humiliation. Then, stained with guilt for Hyeonu, she slowly raised her head and looked at Cyron.

“…I know too. That I did something I shouldn’t have done to Hyeonu. That I shouldn’t have become a hero. But… Do you have any reason to say such a thing?”

The two of them stared at each other before they knew it and narrowed the distance.

Their hearts collided and twisted here and there, close enough that their breaths could touch each other, but they didn’t care about that.

No, I couldn’t care.

Because turning a blind eye here is tantamount to defeat.

“Because I bullied my precious friend for no reason.”

okay. There is no reason.

Hyeonu not only planned the strategy and found the way, but also took care of all aspects of life during the trip.

As if it were your own pleasure.

But wouldn’t it have been at Claire’s party?

It can’t be.

Yet he suffered.

“So, wouldn’t I also be entitled to blame?”

“…precious…”

“Of course, I’m not the first to the wise man. Veronica is hard to beat. And the two of them are also a couple I like. Anyway, I still have pride in thinking that I won’t be the second or the third.”

back.

Cyron goes one step further.

The bumping breasts naturally contorted even more, but she growled without hesitation.

“I hear you didn’t even stop Leventia and Evangeline from harassing the sage? You said you could help him but didn’t? Hyeonu would have been a little more comfortable if you had helped him. No, if you had entrusted him with full power… .”

“…..”

“I think I know better since I played the role of a warrior. At least that you did something wrong.”

Claire inhaled.

Because I envy that confidence right in front of my eyes.

I was so jealous that I could confidently reveal that I was friends with him.

I was stunned by the boldness of being able to support hanging out with other women.

and.

No matter how much I knew it, I couldn’t stand that honesty that blindly trusted the sage.

Because I hate it.

“…You knew about Hyeonu, so you were able to do it so easily.”

Emotions are mixed.

Rough, violently stirred, muddy and dirty.

The moment when Claire, dominated by that emotion, is about to pour out her inner thoughts with a twinkle in her eyes.

“…why are you guys fighting again?”

The bewildered voice suppressed Claire’s thick and dirty emotions at once.

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