It was clear that he was quite disappointed in …
He didn’t want to see my face. Thinking like that, a corner of my heart beca heavy…
I trudged back to my room. My head was blank. That day, I spent the whole day locked up in the room.
When I was eating and drinking in bed with the covers completely pulled over , Mary, who couldn’t bear to see like this, asked a question.
“… Vice Commander, did you do sothing wrong to His Excellency by any chance?”
“No… Why do you think so?”
When Mary was asked to confirm, I asked back unevenly, with only my head sticking out of the blanket.
No matter how much she gets paid by yer, it’s too much to be sure that I did sothing wrong right away!
Mary added with a clear-voiced laugh, perhaps amused by my own pursed lips.
“If His Excellency did sothing wrong, he wouldn’t run away like this. Rather, he would sit in front of the Vice Commander’s room on his knees.”
Correct.
Mary’s reasoning was perfect.
I was speechless and fell silent. Mary comforted .
“But His Excellency will be angry soon.”
“… Is that so? I hope he didn’t run out of love for …”
I murmured my words. If I was normal, I wouldn’t have cared so much about what happened anyway… but I cared very much about what I had done.
Mary, who didn’t know a bit about my feelings, laughed once more as if it was outrageous.
“Does His Excellency not have an attachnt to the Vice Commander? It doesn’t make sense.”
“I made a mistake…”
“His Excellency doesn’t run away from people he’s not attached to. Rather, he lets the other person go.”
That’s what it was. Just thinking about Tragula’s case, didn’t he spend a year in exile?
But when it beca , he couldn’t see the situation so objectively.
yer ran away because he couldn’t let go. I’m the only one who can use attribute conversion…
Shoveling was yer’s specialty, but now we beca more alike as we were together.
Seeing that I was depressed, Mary realized that the situation was more unusual than she thought, and she comforted .
“You have ti until you go back to the dungeon, right, Vice Commander? By then, His Excellency will be back… If you et over ti and talk calmly, the misunderstandings that have accumulated will be resolved.”
“I hope so… Thank you for comforting , Mary.”
“Well. I shouldn’t have asked.”
“No.”
“Don’t worry too much. The Vice Commander is special.”
“Haha…”
I chuckled bitterly. I knew very well that I was special to yer. Rather, there was a bigger problem because I was special.
But Mary was right, too. Maybe it was my greed that made want to et him now and apologize. I can’t wait to shake off the debt feeling in my heart…
Let’s wait for yer for now.
That’s what I thought as I got up from the bed where I had been twisting the pillow all day.
***
No matter how much the Black Night unit was an old expeditionary force, it was much harder to attack a chain of dungeons than it would have been for a physically younger expeditionary force.
I thought they’d go around a dungeon or two and co back soon…
But no matter how long I waited, yer never ca back.
In the anti, the break of the special unit was also over. It was ti to go back into the dungeon.
“Vice Commander, I think it’s ti…”
It was enough to make Sevi cringe.
It wasn’t anyone else, but whenever I had a hard ti in the dungeon, Sevi, who was grumbling, urged to go in…
I certainly couldn’t wait for yer forever. Because the Demon King will not wait for us.
The first thing to do was to level up the special unit. I nodded my head dimly.
“Yeah, we have to go now.”
Only then did the expressions of the special unit brighten up. I guess I’ve been acting weird for the past few days.
I tried to smile brightly and said jokingly.
“Since you asked to go so enthusiastically, Sevi, I’ll trust that you won’t ask to rest in the dungeon.”
“No way!”
Sevi shouted. Then Julieta and Nova laughed as they watched us talk
“You made do it because you knew this would happen!”
Nova shook his head solemnly.
“No. You have the longest work experience, Sevi. You’re the oldest among us in the Black Knights.”
“Of course. Originally, such things are supposed to be reported by the second-in-command. If the Vice Commander has a Vice, then it must be you, Sevi.”
Julieta also smiled and complinted him. When the two of them said that, Sevi also didn’t have a second word.
Jeanne and April laughed quietly. It was much better than the depressed look on my face that had been hanging in the air earlier.
This was all thanks to the trio who spoke with more exaggeration than usual. Earlier, the gloomy atmosphere was evoked by my self-consciousness, but it was made much better.
I was proud of them.
I patted Sevi on the head. Sevi gave a small sigh and shrugged, pretending not to know anything.
I’m sure I acted in an immature manner. How dare I let my personal feelings get in the way of the troops…
August gave a subtle look as he watched . He looked like he was sorry, but didn’t know what to say.
After yer left like that, August ca to apologize.
But it had not been August’s fault. It would have been better if he had kept the secret, but I was also guessing that he would’ve never been able to hide it.
But it was just too soon, and not a very good ti.
I readily received August’s apology, and there was no regret left for him.
I didn’t think yer would avoid to this extent.
‘Phew.’
I shook my head from side to side. Surely, there was no ti to waste. I just got ready to enter dungeons.
Things went smoothly.
The supply and troop organization had been prepared in advance without my daring to do anything about it, and the most important thing was the dungeon list and the growth direction of the troops.
I didn’t hesitate to organize the dungeons from A to C, as I did from ti to ti.
It was a sha that I hesitated and missed one dungeon, but… It was well within the scope of what we could cover if we worked that hard.
Of course, it might be a decision that the unit would appreciate.
Ti is dicine, and if you’re busy spending your ti going around the dungeon like crazy, you’ll understand the complexity of true feelings.
The scattered emotions and my lost mind…
The clues to my relationship with yer, vague and unseen now, might finally be found then.
I encouraged the special forces to head for the dungeon.
***
“Do you want to stop by Nokentoria Castle this ti, just to resupply and go back to the dungeon right away? Or…”
“I’ve been trying to hold back my voice asking of when we’re going to rest so far… Well, it’s been about two months. I endured it for a long ti…”
“H-how long are we going to continue?”
Sevi grumbled. I and all the other troops burst into laughter.
I was actually thinking of going back to the castle for a long ti this ti. My relationship with yer had to recover…
Hiding such an innermost feeling, I cleared my throat and spoke naturally.
“The trend of levels going up was faster than expected. If the trend continues, we’ll be at a steady level of 60 before next year’s results eting.”
“Those words…”
“Yeah. It ans I can afford a few days. Since Sevi wants it this much, shall we take a break?”
“Yes!”
“Wow!”
Jeanne’s face turned red and she shouted with joy as Sevi raised her hands and shouted.
It was the first ti Jeanne had ever shown such a blatant reaction. All the eyes of the special unit were focused on Jeanne. Jeanne smiled awkwardly and embarrassedly and bowed her head.
Sevi looked around at the other expedition mbers and was confused.
“That’s why I have to talk to you just once. If I hadn’t told you, Vice Commander, I’m sure you would have pretended you didn’t know and gone right into attacking the dungeon, right?”
“You’re quick-witted. How did you know?”
“Hmph. It’s easy to figure out.”
After poking and prodding like that, I soon returned to Nokentoria Castle.
At this ti of year, everyone was busy closing dungeons. We remained at the castle, where the few expedition mbers and the servants welcod us.
Vince, the butler, approached in a panic.
“Vice Commander. The Black Night Unit is waiting for you.”
“Not the leader, but the Black Night Unit…? Why?”
“That’s…”
Vince was at a loss for words. I was at a loss as to where to begin.
That’s when the Black Night Unit flew at from afar. The sight of the old knights in black armor rushing towards like a herd of buffalo was intimidating.
“Vice Commander!”
The title of Vice Commander resonated desperately in Nokentoria Castle.
The trio ca out wondering and whispered while alternating between the Black Night Unit.
“Why is the Black Night unit desperately looking for the Vice Commander?”
“Did the Vice Commander borrow sothing and not return it?”
“There’s no reason for the Vice Commander to borrow anything. His Excellency gives her everything.”
Aigoo.
The children seed to be still children. I glanced at the trio and turned my head to the approaching herd of buffalo and asked.
“So what’s going on?”
“His Excellency, please stop His Excellency!”
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