아기님 캐시로 로판 달린다-191화(191/353)
☆ 제191화 ☆
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Kiiiiiiii!
With a final scream, the massive body collapsed with a thud.
The giant, hairy spider leg shot up into the air before Ruatisha’s eyes.
“Ugh…….”
How disgusting.
Ruatisha turned around.
She saw the monster, impaled by several ice pillars, unable to fall and dead.
“I defeated them all, a…”
Ruatisha snapped her mouth shut.
She almost said ‘that phrase’.
That legendary phrase that revives even the dead.
‘Did I defeat it?’
The moment those words come out, the opponent you thought was dead will definitely rise again.
“Let’s go quickly. We have to go before the gate closes.”
Sidrian grabbed Ruatisha’s hand and pulled her along.
“Do you know which direction to go?”
“Yes. This way. We can trace back the path the Spirit Beast took.”
Ruatisha looked in the direction Sidrian pointed.
But no matter how much she looked, she couldn’t see anything.
‘Sid must be able to see it.’
Anyway, that’s good.
As Ruatisha hurried her steps, Sidrian frowned.
Then, he turned his back to her.
“Get on.”
“Is it because I’m too slow? I’ll go faster.”
She acted like she was fine, but the Seal was still activating, so she couldn’t get on Sidrian’s back.
“Your ankle is really swollen.”
“Ah…….”
Ruatisha looked down at her ankle.
It was completely swollen from twisting it when she rolled off the cliff earlier.
“It’s okay. It doesn’t hurt much.”
Ruatisha tried to push Sidrian away but stopped.
“Hey, what’s wrong with your back?”
The fabric of his clothes was completely torn. And red blood was seeping through.
‘He definitely wasn’t attacked by a monster.’
“It’s nothing.”
Sidrian quickly hid his back from Ruatisha.
“Let me see.”
“…….”
“Sid.”
He reluctantly turned around again.
Ruatisha quickly lifted his clothes.
“……!”
A sharp breath was involuntarily swallowed.
“It’s okay.”
“It’s not okay! Your back is completely, completely…….”
Ruatisha couldn’t bring herself to finish the sentence.
As if he had been hit several times with a blunt object, his back was covered in bruises and blood.
Blood was streaming down from the torn skin.
“…….”
“It’s okay.”
“…….”
“Don’t cry.”
“……Hic.”
“Our master looks pretty even when she’s crying.”
“……Are you kidding me in this situation?”
When she said, glaring slightly, Sidrian smiled and rubbed Ruatisha’s cheek, which was wet with tears.
“I guess so.”
“…….”
“I think I’m still happy in this situation. Seeing that the Seal is still activating.”
Ruatisha looked at the red lines flickering on Sidrian’s left cheek.
‘I heard that this Seal is usually dormant, but it activates when Sid feels relieved or happy.’
Thinking about it again, it was a really cruel spell.
“Are you happy when you come to this strange world? You don’t know when and where a monster will pop out.”
Sidrian looked at Ruatisha as if she was asking something obvious.
“You’re here.”
“…….”
“A world without you was more terrible.”
“……Are you really an idiot?”
Sidrian’s finger brushed Ruatisha’s wet eyes.
“I’ve seen a lot of people cry. Strangely, I don’t know what to do when you cry.”
Ruatisha stopped talking and looked at him.
Sidrian’s face, smiling in embarrassment, was strangely clear in her eyes.
At that moment.
– Mama!
A youthful voice echoed in Ruatisha’s head.
‘No, why are they calling me Mom again……? The monsters are dead.’
Was it not the sound of monsters calling her?
– Geez……. Sorry for interrupting the good atmosphere, but it seems like our baby is in a hurry…….
– First, put up a stealth barrier.
– It seems like the baby sensed the danger you’re in, Mom.
Baby? Mom?
It was full of incomprehensible words, but Ruatisha put up a stealth barrier first.
The light that spread from her fingertips swirled around Sidrian and Ruatisha.
It was as if a fairy was scattering stardust and flying around.
– My power doesn’t work on scams, so I won’t be able to feel your presence.
– But if I see you, the story will be different.
Hiding your presence alone will be much better.
‘Since the monsters are so big, we can find them faster and avoid them.’
Ruatisha grabbed Sidrian’s hand tightly before he could tell her to get on his back again.
“Let’s hold hands like this and go, okay?”
“……Okay.”
Sidrian said, turning his head slightly. His cheeks were a little red.
‘……Why is he blushing?’
Ruatisha’s cheeks also got hot for no reason.
– Damn it…….
Oh, come on!
Ruatisha glanced at Sid as she walked.
‘……Do you like me?’
Can I ask that?
Ha, I should have dated at least once instead of just working in my past life.
Then I would be able to say something cool now.
What did the female lead unnies [older sister/term of endearment] do in this situation?
A passage from 〈The Princess Hides Her Power〉, which I had just summoned and read, came to mind.
That unnie definitely did it to the Northern Duke she liked…….
I think she splashed water on his face and shouted, ‘I watered the flower!’
“…….”
Ruatisha gave up getting dating tips from romance fantasy novels.
Even she, who had never been in a relationship, knew that wasn’t it.
‘Hoo, what should I say to seduce Sid for sure?’
Ruatisha was glancing at Sidrian when.
“Be careful.”
Sidrian grabbed Ruatisha’s shoulder tightly and pulled her towards him.
There was a small stone where Ruatisha was about to step.
“It’ll hurt more if you step on it wrong when you’ve twisted your ankle.”
Sidrian said, looking indifferently into the distance.
Ruatisha’s face turned redder.
‘What is he?’
So close.
Sidrian’s chest touched her right cheek.
Ruatisha glanced up at Sidrian.
He was still looking ahead with an indifferent face.
‘……Is he doing this without any intention? Just to keep me from stepping on a stone wrong?’
Wow, they say the innocent are scarier.
That was exactly right.
Ruatisha suppressed her disappointment and moved away from Sidrian, as she couldn’t walk like this.
Sidrian glanced sideways at the receding warmth.
Ruatisha, whose ears were red, was only looking at the ground.
“…….”
His gaze went to the sky for a moment and then came back.
‘Cute.’
“Do you understand, Captain? If you show too much that you’re trying to seduce them, they’ll get turned off!”
“When the carriage comes, hold them safely, and the Captain walks on the carriage road. But if it’s too obvious, it’s annoying. It just looks like a cheap trick.”
“Pretend you’re not! Pretend you have no intention at all! Indifferently! Like a fox! Okay?”
“I understand.”
“Um, Captain, have you ever met Surah outside the hideout?”
“…….”
“Tsk, that’s why Surah thinks I’m a playboy. Just give up……. Eek!”
‘He’s ruined it.’
Sidrian frowned.
He was clearly trying to seduce Ruatisha as he was taught.
‘Rather, I got seduced.’
Seeing Ruatisha’s face flushed like a flower and her lips pursed, his heart was pounding so hard it hurt.
The two inexperienced boys and girls were holding hands tightly, racking their brains to seduce each other.
And the Spirit Beast Actsheraken, who was watching the scene, laughed heartily.
‘Ha……. It’s like a song.♬’
For a while, the two walked in silence, hiding when they saw a monster in the distance, and then moving forward again.
Their hands were still clasped together.
Ruatisha opened her mouth, feeling awkward for no reason.
“I saw you were very familiar with combat earlier. Of course, you were when you invaded our castle. But it was something more than that…….”
Like someone who has been fighting continuously.
About 5 years from when Sidrian left Paeraton Ducal Castle until he came to the Imperial Palace.
What kind of life did he live during that time?
“……I thought you wouldn’t go back to the Imperial Palace.”
Until he was caught by the Seal, and until he was sold as a slave because of the Seal.
Everything that happened in the Imperial Palace would be a scar for Sidrian.
“……There was a time when I thought that.”
Sidrian replied slowly.
He was sold as a slave by the Empress’s confidant, and at first, he decided to take revenge.
But the nightmare of the continuous Seal broke his heart and his will.
The thought of going back and taking revenge had long since disappeared.
He just wanted to die.
He just wanted to die and end this pain.
But.
‘I met you.’
“I had a reason to go back to the Imperial Palace.”
“Reason?”
Ruatisha tilted her head.
But Sidrian just looked at Ruatisha without saying anything.
She was about to ask more.
“We’ve arrived.”
At Sidrian’s words, Ruatisha turned her head with a bright expression.
A red sphere could be seen in the distance.
It was the gate.
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‘Finally!’
Her heart was pounding like a drum.
She wanted to run to the other side in one breath, but it was impossible because her ankle was throbbing.
‘Let’s not be careless.’
Fortunately, there were no monsters around the gate, but things always go wrong at times like this.
I suppressed my urgent heart and moved forward with vigor.
“When we go back, let’s go to the Duke’s mansion first, take a shower, get treatment, and eat a lot of meat.”
“Okay.”
“I’m going to eat a lot of sweets too. I’m going to ask them to put a lot of chocolate frosting on a chocolate sheet and sprinkle ground chocolate on top.”
“That sounds too sweet.”
“I feel like I need to eat something so sweet that my teeth melt.”
Sid smiled as I pouted my lips.
“Okay.”
“Don’t be surprised even if Ixion cries. He doesn’t look like it, but he’s actually a glass cannon [someone who is powerful but fragile].”
“Glass cannon?”
“He has a weak heart like a glass cannon.”
“…….”
Sid’s eyes became disrespectful for some reason.
“It’s true.”
“……Okay.”
“Ares is going to be very angry. Hoo, Ares is the scariest when he’s angry.”
“He has a reason to be angry.”
“Calm him down from the side.”
“……Okay.”
“I should stay away from Zion for a while. I don’t really want to tell Grandpa. Does he already know?”
“Why Grandpa?”
“What if my grandpa gets shocked and collapses?”
“……Duke Tarenka?”
Sid’s face said, ‘That grumpy old man?’
I glared at him.
“My grandpa is gentle in body and mind.”
“…….”
“He’s gentle.”
“……That, no. What you don’t know is medicine.”
Hmph, you’re the one who doesn’t know, Sid.
How delicate is my grandpa?
He’s a sickly, beautiful middle-aged man!
I have to take him for a walk every day and give him candy after he takes his medicine.
“And Dad…….”
I paused for a moment.
“Dad.”
My nose tingled.
I’ll see him soon when I go back. So it makes me feel even more like this.
I want to go to Dad soon.
I want to be hugged and act spoiled.
I want to cry and blow my nose.
I want to be patted.
Even if I get scolded for causing trouble, I want to be hugged in Dad’s arms.
“You’ll be able to go soon.”
I nodded at Sid’s words.
It was already in front of the gate.
– Mama! Mama!
The voice I had been hearing since earlier echoed even louder.
A voice full of joy.
‘What is it really?’
I was curious, but getting out was the priority.
I asked Actsheraken.
“Can I just go in? Do I have to do something more? Or is it not safe to go in?”
– It’s an open gate, so you can just go in.
– No, rather, the gate will want to take you out.
My face lit up at those words.
“That’s what he said!”
“Okay. That’s good.”
Sid nodded with a smile. His face was also full of relief.
Because of that, the Seal became stronger.
“Let’s go out and find a way to undo the Seal. There must be another way.”
– Don’t…….
“Let’s go quickly.”
Sid gently pushed my back.
“Okay!”
I moved forward with energy.
As I was sucked into the red sphere, the blood-red space greeted me.
It was terrible when I first came in, but now I was rather happy.
I turned around.
Sid’s figure was faintly visible as if a curtain had been drawn.
“Come in quickly!”
But Sid smiled and didn’t move.
“Sid?”