I said Iād squeeze out my wallet, but Iām not that strong on alcohol. I didnāt drink enough to lose my identity, and I have to go home on my own feet to the outhouse.
Me and Priscilla came back out of the palace after cutting up in various places and parting with Falgana, who was somewhere hoarse but lonely looking at her purse. Priscilla stopped me as I tried to enter the entrance.
ā⦠Her Royal Highness Sister Wangā
āHmm?ā
ā⦠sorry again. And thank you.ā
āWhatās wrong with being changed?
āNo⦠I thought I should tell you when I canā
āOh well.ā
I feel my distance from Priscilla has shrunk more than before I had a drink. Thatās why itās a shame that this situation has come to pass.
Entering the outhouse with bad thoughts. Then it was Raini who rushed down to me first.
āWhat are you doing! Master Anisās idiot. Ah!
āOhhhh!?ā
It was a rush or a full-blown disease! Keep it up Raini hugs me to my dovetail as much as he wants, and Iām morose of the shock. Wow, my stomach is going to repeat itselfā¦!
Raini lifts her collar neck and tightens where she is about to squat. No heart, or is it my fault Rainiās crimson eyes look shitty?
āAre you stupid to go out with patience or something when you say that you are in an attacked emergency!?ā
āUgh⦠hey Raini⦠Shitā¦!
āAnd it stinks of alcohol! Have you been drinking!? What are you really thinking!? Are you stupid!? Are you stupid!? Are you stupid?!?ā
āWait! I vomit! I vomit!
I screamed unwittingly, shaken back and forth. If the boulders rock me so much, Iām gonna throw up!
It was Ilia who stopped Raini where he was close to reading seconds until I threw up. That Iliaās gaze was also cold outā¦ā¦
āRaini, letās calm down. You idiot⦠you know, itās normal for Anisphere to do strange things.ā
āBut!ā
āYou just have to leave the rest to Master Uphilia. ā Thatās why Master Uphilia is here. As soon as I got back, I told him to show his face. Please wait in your private room.ā
āā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ Yesā
I guess Yufi is even angrier that Raini is at this rateā¦
Huh, I smiled at Priscilla, who looked worried or showed some sign of sorrow, and I slapped her on the shoulder.
āThanks for hanging out with me, Priscilla. I wanted to get some info on the Adventurer Alliance, so Iām glad to hear it.ā
ā⦠Yesā
For a moment, I was Priscilla with a face like, āWhy,ā but it still doesnāt taste good to say here and now that it was Priscilla who invited me. Thatās why he immediately realized my intention to delude me with my body that I took him out.
Well, I need to see Yufi for now. Before that I turn my gaze to Ilia and Raini.
āSorry, can I get some water and get dressed firstā¦ā
āUffi, itās me.ā
I went straight to Yuffiās private room after getting some water and dressed for sneaking. Take a deep breath, get your breath ready, then knock, and speak up.
ā Go ahead.
I open the door because I heard Yufi reply. As I went inside, I saw Uffi sitting on the chair.
Yufiās gaze turned to me as I closed the door behind my back. Uffi, staring at me with a stream, said nothing, and, dunno, slapped his desk with his finger, pointing to the opposite seat with his jaw.
(Iām so angry at youā¦!
This is me, I mean sit quietlyā¦
I sit across from Uffi without turning my back. Where I took my seat, Uffi put his legs and arms together and looked at me jizzily.
ā So, what do you want to say?
āOh, Iām sorryā¦ā
Yufiās intimidation is amazing. As I accidentally shrunk my shoulders, I first uttered words of apology.
Then Yuffiās eyes narrowed. Its mouth draws loneliness and smiles. But my gaze remains cold. Totally under pressureā¦ā¦!
āHehe⦠If I were your sister-in-law, what would you be apologizing for? I donāt know what to do.ā
⦠unsavory. When Yuffi calls me her sister, itās a sign that sheās seriously angry. No, I sure canāt help but think it was a detour this time, but you think it was really necessary, or that it turned out, but you want to make sure it works outā¦
āSister-in-law?
āYes, sorry to go out with your patience right after they targeted my lifeā¦ā
āā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ haā
When he manages to utter words of apology, Uffi turns off his smile and exhales a heartbroken sigh.
ā⦠Do you know how worried people were?
ā⦠Yesā
āIt may have been necessary, but itās just a detourā¦. So, what happened?
āUgh.ā
Are you going to ask me what happened, not what or what? Maybe youāre saying that Yufi also assumes that I had to go outside because something happened to me.
I think we need to talk about Priscilla, but thereās still a little alcohol left, and for once I want to set aside time to sort it out, too.
ā⦠anise?
āSomething happened. Because I could see what I wanted to see in the Adventurer Alliance. But talking about the content⦠I still canāt sum up how to talk about itā
ā⦠to the point of becoming. Looks like he was drinking too.ā
Giro, and Yufi stared with her narrowed eyes, so I shrink again.
It was Uffi staring at me for a while, but he sighed and missed his gaze.
āThe investigation has just begun, but the raiders threw up. As Annis guessed, they were from the Aylene Empire.ā
ā⦠wellā
āI hear Anis already expected it. The Adventurer Guild, whatās your business?
ā⦠it turned out that way, I guess. Iāll talk to you tomorrow, okay? I need time.ā
āOkay. And Anis, stay away from the palace for a while. As for the magic city, Iāll leave it to Count Cyan until things settle down. Iāll finish one of these raiders first. Thatās good, right?
āOf course not.ā
I donāt think thereās going to be another raid soon, but Iāve never been more alert.
ā⦠So weāre talking privately from hereā
āOh, that?
Even though I was about to finish my sermon, Yufi stares at me with a more rugged look than I just didā¦
āWere the drinks delicious until you were patient?
ā⦠oh, you know, itās, you know, weāre dating, we really need toā
āIt was a holiday. Night is the day we can be together, if nothing happens.ā
āYesā¦ā
ā⦠youāre jealous of the crowd with me, right? Anis.ā
Yufi, who slowly took his seat, comes to my sight. With his hands on his jaw, he peers into his eyes from close range.
Iām sorry, and I snort and Uffi smells. For a moment, I thought I had narrowed my eyes and my face was fixed and I mouthed it, or my lips were bitten sweetly.
ā⦠donāt you think what a terrible person you are to leave me alone and walk flirtatiously for alcohol? Anis.ā
āNo, you know, Ufi⦠how this can be a difficult and profound situationā¦!
āIām away from the palace for a while⦠thatās good, right?
I didnāt just laugh in my eyes. The smile of Uffi, who said it with a smile, just seemed like the grin of a carnivore, no matter where it came from.
ā⦠general laziness⦠my head gangsā¦ā
The next day, it wasnāt until around lunch that I could move. Uffi woke up at his usual time and climbed the castle, but I couldnāt get up under the influence of magic depletion and hangover.
He manages to pull through his tired body and takes to the dining room to fill his stomach complaining of hunger. At this time, I want to put the leftovers in my stomach. Iāve been making hungry noises since just now in search of nutritional deficiencies in my body.
ā⦠Dear Anisphere?
As I stepped into the dining room, Ilia, who was in the dining room by chance, found me and circled my eyes. Itās what I was walking on the wall with no strength, so Ilaria rushes right up to me and gives me a hand.
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āMorning, Ilia⦠Sorry, Iām hungryā¦ā
If you tell me, Iāll take you to your room.
ā⦠because if I were in that room, I wouldnāt be able to calm down the other wayā
āWhat?ā
If I stayed in my room, Iād remember last night, and I wouldnāt be able to calm down the other way. Iām sorry I pissed you off, but yesterday Yuffi was unrelenting. Half way through, I was also unconscious due to lack of magicā¦ā¦
I shake my head to the left and right to erase the memory that was about to come back. Ilia pulled me up to my seat in a sigh as I trembled to try not to piss me off in the future, and let me sit in the chair.
āA snack will be served, please wait a momentā
āSorry, that helps.ā
Dropping Ilia off towards the kitchen, I plunge into the table and item.
Iām not sleepy, but I donāt want to move. It smelled good sniffing my nose as I was round as I stuck it at my desk. Itās the soup and bread that Ilia brought on the tray.
āGo ahead.ā
āThanksā¦ā¦ā
I woke up and then prayed before my meal and I carried the bread into my mouth in chisels. Will it be the rest of what I prepared this morning? Still, if you chew the soft bread, the sweetness spreads through your mouth.
Drink the soup and Iāll exhale. The sweetness of the vegetables in the ingredients is tiring body friendly. Cut the bread straight into bite sizes and soak it in soup.
āLooks like you were squeezed a lot last night, huh?
ā⦠Shut upā
āYou deserve it.ā
I chew a thousand pieces of bread, frowning at Ilia, who calls out to tease me. Every time I felt my vitality come back to my body just lazy.
ā⦠what happened with Priscilla?
āNgu.ā
I almost caught the bread in my throat by accident. I rush to pour bread in with soup.
ā⦠I knew youād notice?
āYeah, somehow.ā
To be honest with you, I didnāt think you could delude me. Thatās why I was going to tell you everything tonight.
āPriscilla was looking a little strange too⦠because I remember her a littleā
ā⦠what about that Priscilla?
āIām in Charneās care. Charne woke up, and Iām fine now, though. Just in case.ā
āOh wellā¦ā
When I think of Priscilla, I exhale naturally. How should I have been dealing with Priscilla and how should I face Priscilla in the future?
I donāt know why Iām forgiving Priscilla for just my presence on the boulder. If this is irrelevant to me, I think so.
ā⦠youāre the sameā
ā? What?
āIām twisting my head desperately for someone else.ā
ā⦠I wonderā
āThatās right. However, Anisphereās care can only be directed at those who need it.ā
āI donāt mean to be such a fan.ā
āI like people. I just know I donāt need to point that kindness at anyone.ā
Soon Ilia had started preparing tea. Take a breather after eating bread and soup while watching it sideways. By the time my meal was finished, Iliaās tea had also been prepared and offered to me.
ā⦠if so. I guess I was too late to reach out this time.ā
āWas it too late,ā
āYeah. It was too late to reach out. I canāt help it, but⦠I think thereās something more I could have done.ā
āThatās⦠thereās no choice.ā
āCanāt help it?
Ilia came back to me to say that nothing was wrong. Thatās so unexpected, I look at Ilaria blinking my eyes.
āAt all times, the only person Master Anisphere reaches out to is someone he can no longer help himself with. Like me, or Master Uphilia, or Raini. Thatās why you reach out directly until thereās really, really nothing you can do about it. So donāt worry, if you want to help, you just have to reach out and help.ā
ā⦠since I canāt help it, can I? Is it arrogant that I wanted to help before that?
āThatās greedy, I say. Besides, you indicate when you will be able to live on your own before someone saves you. So that everyone can live directly and without asking someone for help. So youāre always doing what you can. Besides, there is one thing that is missing from the Anisphere.ā
āWhatās missing?
āThatās how you have us so you donāt have to reach out for someone. So rely on me. Thereās no way you can save everything by yourself.ā
To Iliaās words, I lean against my back with the cup on my desk unexpectedly. Cover your face against the ceiling with your hands, and then divulge what an unspeakable voice.
You donāt have to save me by myself, if I want to, you just have to raise your voice to save me. When they say that, unspeakable emotions come in.
āā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ right, thanks. Ilia, Iāve lost sight of you many times.ā
āIt must be because Iām not used to relying on someone. You can count on more people.ā
āYou had to let me rely on you. Iām feeling a little better.ā
What Priscilla did is not acceptable. No matter how much I like Priscilla, no matter how much I decide for myself, Iām sorry to the people who care about me.
Still, I donāt want to feel bad about what I want to save. There are conflicting opinions, and I canāt deny it if they say itās a detour. Still, I still want to believe in people.
If nothing like this happens, we can work together even if it happens. What I can do to build such a relationship. Thereās a lot to be done, but letās get rid of it one by one. Because that must be the shortcut above all else.