Abandoned Retired Warrior Decides to Return to Farming

After dancing with Serin for a while in the backyard of the inn, we returned to our room.

I had to go in and out of the bath once more because of the rain and dirt, and when I came out, Serin was already out of bed.

“Hmm, mm…

I shook it once, just in case, but there was no sign of waking up with sleep talk because I was tired.

No, at least I wash and sleep. The bed is dirty with dirt and rain.

He’s even wearing shoes. is it american

“Heh heh. I am the owner…”

Serin, with her belly flat, drooling with a sinister laughter.

I thought about just waking it up, but then I quit.

I changed her pajamas and wiped her body with a water-washed towel.

After that, he finally covered Serin’s neck with a blanket and turned off the light.

If you look at it, you’ve suffered a lot because of me today, so you can take a look at this.

In my mind, I too wanted to stretch out on the bed like this, but now I can’t.

I got the sword hidden under the bed and left the room.

“It’s still a long way from the light.”

By now, it was well past midnight.

When I came out of the hallway, all the lights were off, and the window was filled with darkness as well.

Still, there was work to be done.

Perhaps the most important thing that happened today.

A problem that cannot be postponed until tomorrow and cannot be skipped over any longer.

So I decided to go find her, but

“Oh my, where are you going at night like this?”

Apparently, it was the same on the other side as well.

A familiar voice was heard from the stairs at the end of the hallway.

When I heard that, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Without having to turn his head, he could tell who the owner of the voice was.

“I’m going to meet Kael here. Whoops, it’s a coincidence.”

“·················ogue.”

“How is it? If it’s okay, come up and have a cup of tea.”

At that moment, I slowly looked at her.

Aerith, she was standing there looking at me now.

I couldn’t find any coincidence in the figure that had been waiting for someone for a long time.

She was wearing the same clothes as on the first floor.

*

Shortly after meeting in the hallway, Aerith invited me to her room.

Ripple-

She poured tea into a teacup in front of me.

Then he sat down with me and began to fill his teacup as well.

“To be alone with Kael at such an ambitious time is like a secret meeting, and I’m excited.”

“Hey, there’s nothing exciting about being with this uncle.”

“Oh my, am I serious? If in doubt, would you mind touching my heart?”

Saying so, she looked at me with her hand on her chest.

He smiled mischievously with that bold joke.

Ha, there was no such appearance at all in the original. As I was living with the village kids, I was completely dyed.

When I answered with a sigh, she chuckled as if she understood.

“Then eat it before it gets cold. Oh, will you drink this time?”

“Hey, the saint is behind you.”

“Whoa, but what about fun things? Making fun of Kael.”

She grinned as if to take revenge on what she had done on the first floor earlier.

Even though I smiled bitterly, I relaxed a little at her usual appearance.

As I drank the tea, she also put her mouth to the cup without a sound.

Aerith quickly put down the teacup and looked out the window.

“By the way, Kael. It was still a long way from dawn, but where were you going?”

“It’s just that I couldn’t sleep well. How about Aerith?”

“Yeah, I was on a walk too.”

Lie, Aerith was clearly waiting for me a while ago.

But she continued to speak as if she would not allow the questioning.

“It’s kind of frustrating because I’m only in the inn.”

squeak-

Aerith said, refilling my half-empty mug.

Come to think of it, since she came to town, she never left the inn.

Because there was Mary’s crystal ball and Aurelia’s watch at that time. There was nothing she could do for her own life.

“I think so. Sorry for not being considerate.”

“Whoa, why are you apologizing, Kael? It was all because I was afraid I would get hurt.”

Aerith turned her gaze to the window again.

There, I could see the Imperial Palace where the banquet was held today, but I felt like I was deliberately avoiding my gaze from before.

“Come to think of it, did you enjoy the banquet?”

“yes. It’s a little different from the original plan, but well, there was a good harvest nonetheless. Lucia also said it was fun.”

“Yeah… I’m glad.”

Hearing my words, Aerith shed an uncomfortable smile.

I pretended not to notice and switched the topic.

“Aerith, let’s go to the market together tomorrow.”

“yes?”

“I don’t even have Mary’s crystal ball anymore. Besides, Aurelia won’t be able to pay much attention to the security because the Demon King is coming soon.”

Until I open the door to the lab, Mary won’t be able to get out.

First of all, there was no mage who could dispel Lucia’s magic, and there was no fear that Mary would be caught in the laboratory for a few days as it was a normal day.

So you won’t be spying on us with your damned crystal ball any more.

Above all else, Aurelia is also concerned about the demon lord who is about to attack, so the monitoring will be neglected.

If you only wear the robe well, and Lucia casts a spell to obstruct awareness, there shouldn’t be a problem.

However, Aerith’s face, which had been smiling calmly the whole time, was hardening for the first time.

It seemed as if the mask he had been wearing was peeling off one by one.

I continued to scratch the mask without stopping until her true heart was revealed.

“Since coming to town, the four of us have never been together. As much as we haven’t been able to, we’ll buy some clothes tomorrow and eat some delicious food.”

“·················ogue.”

“Besides, Lucia also wants to play with Aerith. Isn’t it?”

Aerith’s expression gradually darkened.

She kept her mouth shut, blatantly refusing to speak.

Even after seeing her expression, I did not stop pretending not to know.

“Lucia was like that. The time you spend with me, Aerith, and Serin is exciting and exciting. It must be so good to be with you.”

“······stop.”

“Of course, there is plenty of time we can spend together in the future besides tomorrow-”

“-Please stop it.”

She couldn’t stand it and gave a firm warning.

And he looked at me like he was tired and smiled.

“You’re just asking the question openly, do you have to talk like this when you already know everything before your intuition is resolved?”

The voice I always heard, the smile I had always seen, there was still Aerith in front of me.

But now it all seemed unfamiliar.

dozens of times. She had seen her thousands of times and was nowhere to be seen.

What was unfamiliar above all else,

It was the stench she was exuding.

“The smell of blood is the same.”

Unlike the first floor, it was in a narrow room like this, so I couldn’t get confused any more.

At the very least, she might have changed or washed her clothes, or maybe she had no intention of hiding it in the first place, she was the same as she was on the first floor.

I thought that there was no way Lucia couldn’t take on my job, but if she was with Aerith, that was also an explanation.

Still, I wanted it to be an illusion, and I wanted him to tell me it wasn’t Aerith.

“If I could hide it, what would I do? Aren’t you sure you came when you came to me anyway?”

“But I wanted to be wrong. If I had just said it wasn’t Aerith, I was going to believe it.”

“Huhu. Would that make a difference? I’m sure you’ll still have doubts. Besides, I told you before.”

Suddenly, she leaned towards me and approached me.

And he pressed his lips to my ear and whispered.

“Illusion, no.”

At that fishy whisper, I involuntarily took a breath.

“It was. And they called it the blood of animals.”

“Oh, did you? But that’s what the staff said.”

“············”.

“I never said a word like that out of my mouth. ”

Having said that, Aerith parted her lips and looked at me in front of her.

“Fufufufu. Right?”

A growl was heard from her mouth.

It was a playful tone with a smile as usual, but I couldn’t laugh as usual.

Now that laughter was endlessly dry.

When was it? Since you came to the city? Or was it the intention of doing this when I first came to the village?

Whatever her purpose or since when, the priority was to stop now.

“Let me help you. Aerith.”

“·················ogue.”

“Then stop right now-”

“-Ahahahahaha!”

The first laugh you hear.

As usual, he grabbed his stomach and smiled without covering his mouth.

As if mocking the situation itself, he didn’t even pay attention to my gaze.

It wasn’t the voice of a saint, a heroine, or Aerith.

I felt an alien fear.

“Call! You are suddenly making a strange noise. That’s why Kael-san came here to get revenge.”

Aerith’s eyes looking at me narrowed like a crescent moon.

“Even if I said that, he wouldn’t stop either.”

She pulled something out of her robe and placed it on the table.

There was a hand ax soaked in someone’s blood.

“Then where shall we start talking? Whoa, can I have some more tea before that?”

“·······Aerith.”

“It’s probably going to be a bit long. Then I’ll omit the first part… Oh, of course, will you listen?”

At the lips of Aerith who said so while looking at me,

“Ahaha… It’s fun, isn’t it?”

A broken smile was drawn.