Pseudo Resident’s Illegal Stay in Another World Chapter 145: Hassan And An Ill-Fated Relationship From The P

༺ Hassan And An Ill-Fated Relationship From The Past (3) ༻

“Pftttt— hahaha—!”

Elfriede, the elf, laughed uproariously all of a sudden.

She didn’t even care about how her face looked and simply opened her mouth wide, bursting into laughter that made her appear quite carefree, like your typical macho man.

However, her laughter didn’t quite match the atmosphere that had montarily frozen at the sound of her glass being put down.

As a result, people simply blinked in confusion, wondering what the hell had just happened.

So might have even tried to recall if there was anything amusing in the recent conversation.

After laughing for a while, Elfriede wiped away the tears flowing from her crimson-red eyes with her finger.

“Oh, sorry. I laughed a bit too much. I can’t rember the last ti I laughed like this.”

It didn’t seem like a particularly noteworthy action, but due to the unique charm inherent to the elves of Alfheim, what Elfriede did appeared rather graceful.

It made understand why many adventurers aspired to be Elfriede’s worker bees.

Of course, I had no intention to retake that old job of mine at the mont.

Elfriede, after calming down her laughter by quite a bit, spoke up again.

“Hassan? Was he that kind of guy? I almost thought he was different from the Samaritan that I know of.”

“Ah, do you know sothing about my Samaritan brother, Miss Foreign Adventurer?”

In response to the innkeeper’s question, Elfriede’s red eyes quickly scanned the inn. It felt like our eyes had t for a mont and I hastily lowered my head.

What the hell is going on here?

I wanted to leave this place quickly. Or maybe hide in a mouse hole and avoid this calamity.

“Hassan of Samaria. Did you just ask if I knew sothing about him? Well, I guess not many people know him as well as I do. He’s actually not as barbaric as you might think. He even knows how to handle a fork and a knife.”

Buzz— Buzz—

“Not as barbaric, you say?”

“Calling a barbarian not barbaric? Isn’t that like a fish not living in water?”

“That’s a lie. I’ve seen him tear apart at with his bare hands. He wouldn’t be a barbarian if he knew how to use those forks and knives!”

Elfriede’s statent caused a stir in the inn; as if the room itself was shaking. Elfriede, who seemingly was enjoying the reaction of the people, narrowed her red eyes and continued on.

“I don’t know about him being a murderous killer, but he’s certainly a heinous criminal. Does everyone know that he’s from the Desros Arena?”

“…T-The Desros Arena?”

The innkeeper trembled as though he had just heard sothing quite shocking.

“The Desros Arena—?”

“If that’s true… then it explains why he fights so well.”

“If he’s from the Desros Arena, then the rumor about him being a disciple of Kairos must be false. These two things are fundantally incompatible.”

Buzz— Buzz—

Each person threw in a word to show off what they knew about the illustrious arena as if the previous ice-like atmosphere had been splashed by warm water.

Even Luna, who was sitting in front of , spoke in a quiet voice while directing her question toward .

“Hassan, what is the Desros Arena—?”

Damn it!

I didn’t expect that na to co out of Luna’s mouth too. It felt as if a cold hand was going through my insides.

Fortunately, it seed that Luna wasn’t trying to interrogate but genuinely didn’t know anything about the place.

It’s not like I was actively trying to hide it, but I also didn’t go around boasting about my past either.

In the beginning, when I just arrived in this world, I wasn’t imdiately enslaved by Elfriede.

The first ones to discover were the rciless human hunters known by the na of Desros, and they used like an enraged monkey in their own arena. Nothing good ca out of those days of despair and agony, and I honestly didn’t want to recall any of it.

There was truly nothing good about those days.

“Miss Elf, when you say Desros, do you an that horrible place?”

“Yes, no other place in this world is as dreadful. Hassan— not only is that guy from there, he was also the one to set it on fire—”

“S-Shut up, you foreign species!”

As Elfriede continued speaking, soone in the inn shouted at the top of their lungs. The sudden outburst drew everyone’s gazes toward the corner of the inn.

There, stood a young girl, she was wearing ash-colored robes and appeared to be around sixteen years of age.

Her short scarlet hair had a glossy sheen to it, forming a halo-like ring on top of her head.

Her face was milky white, and she had short pointy ears.

It was a nymph.

It was the proselyte nymph— Paranoy.

Paranoy stood timidly in the corner of the inn with a trembling body.

“Hassan, looks like Pranoy ca first!”

“Uh, um, yeah.”

Why did Paranoy suddenly appear? I couldn’t understand this sudden twist of events.

Slide—

“Ha—”

A wrinkle appeared between Elfriede’s brows as she looked at the petite nymph.

“I didn’t mishear, did I? Kiddo, what did you just say?”

“I-If, if you dare to plot against Mr. Hassan, I won’t forgive you—! Mr. Hassan is the epito of a barbarian who doesn’t even know how to use a fork—!”

“What? Mr. Hassan? Well, well… This city is really strange. All sorts of weirdos are appearing after each other. It must be the air, I guess.”

Rumble—

Elfriede pushed her chair back and stood up before confidently facing Paranoy, who had confronted her first.

There was a noticeable difference in height between the two.

A youth goddess-like elf.

And a petite, ditch-water nymph.

Whether they resembled each other or not, these two races had clashed with each other for dominance in this continent for quite a long ti.

Elfriede spoke up first.

“What are you? Maybe… no, it doesn’t matter what you are. What is your relationship with that punk Hassan?”

“I-I can’t t-tell— hiyaaaaa—”

Paranoy’s words trailed off. The reason was that the wicked and cruel Elfriede grabbed her cheek and pulled her upward using her hand.

To think that Elfriede, who was so much larger in size, would resort to violence against a much smaller child-like Paranoy. Elfriede, indeed, was a wretched bitch down to her very core.

“I-It huuuuurts. L-Let go, please—”

“They say that staffs made from a nymph’s bones can enhance the magical output of a mage.”

“Hii-iiik! T-Those are nymphobic remarks—!”

The frightened nymph scread and thrashed around, but since she was caught by none other than Elfriede herself, she could do nothing and was eventually lifted up in the air.

Elfriede grabbed Paranoy’s cheeks and pulled her closer to touch the nymph’s ears.

“He-hiiik! Hiiiiikkk!”

“Wow, this is my first ti seeing a nymph. You’re even cuter than I first thought. Should I take you ho and raise you? I still have so spare leashes.”

At this rate, Paranoy might end up separated into “Para” and “noy,” and beco a staff to be wielded by that wretched elf.

“H-Hassan, Paranoy is getting attacked! We should help her!”

Luna pounded on the table to urge to take action, but honestly, I was too scared to do anything at the mont.

Even after experiencing so much in the past month, the fear that had been etched onto my psyche after slaving under her for two years had yet to fade away.

I knew better than anyone here how strong Elfriede truly was.

If she so much as flicked her finger at soone like , I would burn up and turn into charred ashes. If I were to confront her, I would need at least Hippolyte by my side, wouldn’t I?

I felt sorry for Paranoy, but I hoped nothing would happen to her in the end. That was my thought at that mont.

“Hiiik, m-my arm is sticking ouuuttt—! P-Please stop—! Lord Plu—, no, M-Mr Hassan, help ee! Hiiiiiik!”

“What? Hey, why are you being so dramatic? I didn’t pull you that hard. Y-You’re making seem like the bad guy here.”

“Hiiiik!” ”

The nymph scread as if she were about to faint while the elf held onto her arms, ears, and fingers. And in the midst of all that, sothing or soone quickly darted out between them.

“Stop it! I have claid Paranoy first! Respect the order!” “

It was none other than Luna.

Luna sprang out in front of Elfriede.

Holy fuck! The thing I feared the most actually happened. The reason I put a silly cloth on my head in the first place was to prevent such a thing from happening.

This place was truly hell. But what did Luna an by claiming Paranoy first and that Elfriede should respect the order?

There was too much information swirling in my head to handle, so I decided to stop thinking altogether.

“What an interesting tavern. These troublemakers keep popping up from every corner. It’s probably because they don’t know how strong I am, right?”

Elfriede turned around and glanced at her colleagues.

“It’s a blow to my pride. Delphina, did you promote us properly?”

“Well, I did. But there are fools everywhere. Elfi, isn’t this also entertaining in its own way?”

“Alright, I’ll let it go. Here you go. Nymphs are rare, after all. They shouldn’t fall into the hands of bad people.”

Elfriede swiftly dropped Paranoy to the ground, causing her to exclaim, “T-Thank you!” and hide behind Luna’s small fra.

However, it didn’t seem like hiding behind the weakest-looking barricade in the world would improve the situation for her.

“And what about you? Do you also happen to know that Hassan?”

Ssk—

Elfriede’s red eyes scanned Luna from head to toe.

“Bronze…? But you have quite an interesting appearance. What kind of bone do you have on your head? Are you trying to hide your face? It seems like you’re insecure about your appearance or sothing.”

Elfriede’s relaxed expression was dripping with arrogance. Like the typical high-level adventurer, she didn’t consider Luna a worthy opponent.

However, Luna, who had defeated Hippolyte and experienced various events, seed to know no fear as she shouted out loudly.

“I, I am Luna, daughter of the Great Night! This thing isn’t for hiding my face, it’s an amulet mask, you idiot!”

“What? Luna?”

Frown—

Elfriede’s expression twisted abruptly. I knew very well that it was the expression she made when she was genuinely pissed off.

Usually, Elfriede’s ultimate move, whipping soone with her trusty whip, would co out at monts like this.

She got angry after hearing Luna’s na. For what reason exactly? I couldn’t understand. And then, her expression slowly relaxed for so reason.

“It suits you. You guys suit each other well. So, you’re that Luna. You seem to go well with Hassan.”

“…R-Really? Thank you. You look pretty too. Your hair is so shiny. Can I have a strand of it while we’re at it?”

Luna spoke as she twisted her body and caused the bone helt to rattle. She must have been unaccustod to sudden praise like that. However, Elfriede raised her voice as if she had heard none of Luna’s words.

“Don’t thank , you loser. This isn’t a complint. It ans losers like you two go well together!”

Swoosh—

Clearly enraged, Elfriede retrieved a small black leather tool resembling a flyswatter from her waist. It was her whip.

It was the whip she used to beat people and turn them into her slaves. Was she really going to whip soone wildly with that hateful thing?

I, Hassan, could endure being struck by it any number of tis. But Luna couldn’t. That was why I forced my shivering legs and immobile body to move toward the two.

Hah? Another one? So kind of ambush?”

Elfriede adjusted her posture, seemingly prepared to attack.

However, I paid no attention to her and approached Luna to hide Paranoy and Luna behind my back. Fortunately, I had a broad back, fucking damn it!

“You—”

Elfriede narrowed her eyes as she looked at . After the two years we spent together, she, too, must have recognized just by looking at my physique.

That was why I no longer thought I needed a cloth to cover my face. So I took it off and revealed my features to her. So of the onlookers who silently watched this chaos started murmuring to themselves.

“So the Samaritan was here all along.”

“And he’s from the Desros Arena—”

“What’s going to happen now?”

“I don’t know, let’s quietly watch the show. Innkeeper, bring so more beer here.”

Amidst the tumultuous commotion and rumblings of the people, Elfriede’s red eyes intently stared at .

This was indeed an ill fate of mine.

It was an inescapable and wretched fate that not even the term “ill fate” could fully describe.

“So, you’re the famous Hassan of Samaria, huh?” “

Elfriede asked in a tone that made it seem like this was the first ti that we had t. But as she said, would there be anyone in this world who knew as well as she did?

She clearly knew that I wasn’t strong at all and that I was a cowardly and timid person.

Elfriede must be well aware of the fact that… even though I stood confidently before her right now, my heart was filled with trepidation and anxiety.

“So, you’re doing pretty well these days, huh? Going around with petite girls. Of course, they’re not as pretty as , but still…”

Did Elfriede always have this self-assuredness about her beauty? No, she wasn’t that kind of person. Not in the least.

Perhaps it was just in my head, but today, Elfriede seed strangely fixated on her own appearance for so reason.

It had already been so ti since I parted ways with this Bitchfriede. It wouldn’t be strange if she developed peculiar quirks or habits during that ti.

But I still had sothing to say to her.

“…L-Luna is far prettier than you!”

“…That can’t be true. Don’t lie.”

“It’s not a lie. Luna has a far kinder personality than you too.”

“…I said, stop lying!”

“H-Hassan— There are so many people around—”

Tighten—

Luna grabbed onto my back tightly as if she was embarrassed to hear praise for her own looks in front of others. Elfriede’s pupils got narrowed even more at that.

However, now that I’m standing in front of Luna like this. I can’t think of any way to salvage this situation. Is there really no way?

Whether the nymph hiding at the very back knew about my circumstances or not, Paranoy shouted again.

“I believe in you, Mr. Hassan—! Please scold that wicked foreign species—!”

“…Scold ?”

“Mr. Hassan is the Samaritan who returned from hell! The chosen great warrior! He can defeat a scoundrel like you with a single blow—!”

Also, she didn’t forget to yell at Elfriede to her heart’s content.

“E-Elf—! Get out of our continent—! T-This land has always belonged to us, nymphs—!”

Elfriede’s expression was becoming more and more contorted as Paranoy continued on with her blabbering.

I felt like the world was turning bleak before my eyes. And then Elfriede opened her mouth to speak to .

“Hassan, it must be nice to be popular like this. But I’m not free enough to deal with you, and you’re not even close to being my match.”

Elfriede’s pride was as great as that of a purebred cat.

She still wouldn’t bother dealing with insignificant pests. It seed that aspect of her hadn’t changed a bit.

Thank goodness for that. I inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and spoke up.

“Well then, how about we part ways here on good terms? No need to see each other’s faces anymore.”

“But my mood has soured for so reason. So, let’s just go all in at once. I’ll give you a fair fight.”

The red pupils of the elf flickered like maddened flas at this instant.