I’m a Hero, but I Gave Up Saving the World

35 – Conversation with Kwak Dong-soo

“You shit. How have you been? I really wanted to see you.”

“no… What are you, those horns? It’s just like a demon.”

“Oh, the ignorant bastard guessed that again. Yes, Kwak Tong-soo. I have the power of the Dragon King—”

“Get out of the way, warrior! I will defeat that demon!”

The elf Tiffania suddenly appeared and interrupted the reunion with friends.

Tiffania, who was second in the party after Serena in terms of magic skills, enjoyed using nature-based attacks like an elf.

A thick tree trunk pierces the ground and comes swaying like tentacles.

If it gets caught, it will suck up its nutrients and die in a miserable way, but when Misha rushes at it and strangles Tiffania, the tree trunk stops.

“My child, recognize your master.”

“Keugh… ! Hey, let go of this! I’m not like a master… ! Bar, I will definitely get my hands on freedom… !!”

“Is it for your mother who died because of your childish mistake?”

“?! uh, how did you know that? Did you read my thoughts?”

“Because my mother passed away early, I didn’t learn what I needed to learn. We elves are a large family with the world tree as our coordinate. We are all connected. When you grow up enough to see the coordinates, you too will realize that your heart and mine are one.”

“what… I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

“Let me explain it simply. It means that Misha’s owner is also yours.”

“So! ugh… !! I have no intention of leaving anything like Master!!”

“Stop resisting, child. In my eyes you are like a newborn baby. What can a newborn baby do with his own stubbornness? Do what your parents tell you to do.”

“this… let go!!”

“Misha’s master is the only one who can bring freedom to the elves. Obey your master… ”

“please! Let go!!”

Tiffania felt an unknown fear from Mischa’s pressure that she couldn’t escape no matter how hard she struggled.

Tiffania, who was born with a talent that doubles others, was a perfect warrior with sincerity and did not hesitate to study theory and gain practical experience.

The reason he succeeded in rising from being a slave to being an elf in a warrior’s party was because of his excellent skills.

To be honest, I’ve never been pushed against the same elves.

Because Tiffania’s ability was so superior.

However, the power that Misha radiated reminded Tiffania of an unknown monster that could not be found even among all her rivals in the past.

Most of all, looking into her eyes, I was overcome with the urge to feel cozy and fall asleep without thinking, as if I had returned to my hometown.

But once I fell asleep, it felt like I would never wake up again.

“My child, fall asleep in the arms of the World Tree.”

“stop… please… ”

“When you wake up, you will know who your master is.”

“… … … … … .”

Tiffania couldn’t resist any longer and slowly closed her eyes.

In the dream, she was standing in a meadow under a night sky in which a meteor shower fell. In the distance, he saw the sacred tree he had only heard about, the World Tree. She felt a strong urge to get closer to the World Tree. It seemed that there would be the freedom that I so dreamed of.

Tiffania walked and walked without stopping. Toward the World Tree… .

I still don’t know how Tiffania will change after waking up from her dream, but at least she was a child sleeping in Misha’s arms.

“I’m sorry, my elven child, for being so noisy, master. Misha will educate you well.”

“I’ll leave that guy up to you.”

When Mischa teased and comforted Tiffania, she exuded a force like a charismatic queen, not a slave showing off her idiotic beauty.

I can roughly predict what kind of personality that guy would have been a thousand years ago.

“Then, now that the obstruction has been removed, shall we talk to the shithead for a while?”

“Hey, what are you talking about?”

“Yeah, fuck Rome. Are you our friend? let’s talk with friends Just the two of you.”

I stared at people with eyes telling me not to meddle.

He left instructions for Misha to stop him if anyone tried to follow him, and walked with Dongsu.

“Hey, hey… Uh, where are you taking me?”

“Shut up and just follow me.”

My destination was our house where I lived.

A loess house built by kneading mud myself.

Thankfully, it’s not destroyed yet.

“Come in, you asshole. It may be shabby compared to your splendid villa, but I lived here for three years.”

“Wow… Do people live here?”

It was not unreasonable for Kwak Dong-soo to say such a thing.

Because I had never formally studied architecture, the house I made clumsily was a visual beggar village that would be more appropriate to call it a hut. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is used to avoid obesity.

“ha ha ha. that it came alive No one is giving me a house, and I have no money to buy a house, so what should I do if I build it and live on it hahahahaha.”

“No, no matter how true it is… Hey, are there bugs eating the wall?”

“Uh, that’s how mud houses are.”

“you… Didn’t you really hate bugs?”

“right. I was the type of person who couldn’t sleep in that room even if only one bug came out. But, I got used to it. There’s no way. Because of you, all the means to earn money have been blocked.”

“… … … … .”

“At first, there was a house where I was a homestay, but one day I went back and all my things were thrown in a landfill. ha ha ha. I asked why, so if rumors spread that you are close to me, you will be taken by the hero and you will not be able to live in this village? ha ha ha. He even threw salt on me when he turned around. ha ha ha!!”

“… … … … .”

Even thinking about it now, it’s a really hot memory.

Time weathers the past, but why do I still feel like the salt they sprinkled remains on the back of my head and stings my scalp?

Among the items discarded in the landfill at that time was a diary I had been using since I was 10 years old.

By the time I ran to find it, it had already been incinerated.

“If I had that diary, I might have thought of my childhood when I had fun with you, but now, strangely, why do I only think of the things you did to me?”

“Hey, wait a minute. That… Can I ask you a question?”

“Tell me.”

“That’s in your head… Are they horns?”

“Yes.”

“Then you became a demon… Will?”

“You said it earlier. I ate the dragon king’s spinal fluid and got that power.”

“… … … … … .”

He had the same servile and sly expression he had when Kwak Dong-soo asked for a loan.

He’s like a model of the weak and the weak, so he may have instinctively noticed that he shouldn’t be fooled easily even though he doesn’t know how strong the Dragon King is.

“Why did you do that… You said that once you become a demon, you can never come back as a human? It will turn humans into enemies, is that okay?”

“ha ha ha. what are you talking about shit Humans were originally my enemies. Ever since you said, “Everyone who is friendly with Faust is my enemy.” I do not remember?”

“no… big. Did I?”

bang!

I unknowingly hit the table.

Kwak Dong-soo was startled when he saw the table crumbling like chips.

I got really pissed off for a moment.

“Is it? Rani fuck rom. Because of that, I struggled for several years.”

“Ah, this high school student is obama.”

“Is the high school student Obada? ha ha ha… this kid ha ha ha… ”

Seeing that guy’s impudent face, as if he didn’t know anything, reminded me of old times.

“You know that even if you paid the money back in the first place, there would be no reason for me to come here, right?”

“Hey, hey. When are you talking about it? Slightly real.”

“Jjojan? No, I lent you money from when you dropped out of college and whined that you had no money. Do you know why I am like that? I did it because it was disgusting to see you whining while telling my family that you were my friend. Even though I knew you were wasting that money playing with a girl at a bar, I endured it again and again and went to your house to lose my money for the last time and ended up like this.”

“No, how much did you lend me? How condescending?”

“what? patronage? fuck for real When you borrow money, you say that you will not forget it for the rest of your life, that you will be the first to pay back my money. Wow, no matter how different people go into the bathroom and when they leave, isn’t it too much to do? I resent God for how a bastard like you ended up living next door to me and my fate was twisted like this.”

“… Oh, I want to hear it, so it’s hard to say. That’s what I’m going to say.”

“what? What do you mean?”

“Yeah fuck really. Oh, do I look like a real hogu? Hey, it was really hard for me too because you kept telling me to pay me back?”

“… what?”

“I had a harder time. You just lend me money and it’s over, but I have to endure your constant attention, and I have to please you, really. ah… I’d rather not borrow money.”

“No fucking rom, then don’t borrow it.”

“No, don’t lend it.”

“??”

“The more I think about it, the more unfair it is. How many years do you have to pay respect for just a few thousand loans? It’s because I didn’t say anything, you really are… What do you do with your social life because men are nothing but bowls?”

“… … … … … .”

“I’m patient because I’m kind, but if I were like everyone else, I’d have already grabbed him by the collar a few times.”

“… … … … … .”

“And speaking of which, even after coming here, what is that? If I’m a warrior, you’ll figure it out on your own, huh? You have to crawl on your own and have that taste. You openly ignore me, but I also have face. How are you holding back? did i bully you? So, did you apologize to me?”

“… Apple?”

“uh. If you had borrowed some money first, ignored people, noticed them, and apologized for that, I could have reconciled with my heart. In a way, it’s your fault.”

“… … … … Ahh.”

“Whatever… Even now, I feel a little relieved when I talk to my friends like this.”

“… what is that hand?”

“A handshake asking for reconciliation or something, my friend. Well, honestly, I can forgive you for everything you did wrong. You, too, don’t dwell on the past and shake it off like a cowhide. You say you buy hardships? I think I studied life once at an expensive price. Forget everything with this handshake! Let’s stop reconciling, my friend.”

“… … … … … … .”

Kwak Dong-soo’s expression was relieved after he said everything he wanted to say.

A smile spreads across your face

In the friendly outstretched hand, there seemed to be no hidden intention other than what the person himself said.

I slowly withdrew my hand.

“Five. Did you finally understand, friend?”’

“yes.”

“Are we reconciling?”

“yes.”

The moment when Kwak Dong-soo and my hands were close enough to touch,

“Really?”

“no. You fucking bastard.”

It turned the track and immediately stuck a bamboo stick into Kwak Dong-soo’s face.