I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party

18 – Hero Esmeralda (7)

Hero Esmeralda (7)

The commander of the 11th corps of the Demon King’s Army, Eleven looked at the scene unfolding before his eyes and thought.

‘This is an illusion.’

It makes no sense otherwise.

A world where red rain falls. All the forms that Eleven’s eyes see are sharpened, making them hesitate to even step out.

But that didn’t mean I couldn’t stay still. The red rain falling from the sky was hot molten iron, and flying in the wind was a cool anticipation instead of coolness.

Kang!

So Eleven had to wield his sword against the pouring raindrops and the raging storm.

Yes, this is the sense that everything in this world returns with malice towards you.

He had to wield his sword in the hell he had built.

***

Chang!

With a clear sound, Eleven opened her eyes.

Only then did he discover the blue flames surrounding him.

All of the disparate sights he felt were embodied by this spark.

An outrageous ability that affects both the body and the mind.

Eleven swallowed dry saliva.

What he has experienced so far is a kind of illusion magic.

However, the fact that the fantasy can affect reality makes me think about where the end of the road is.

“Hoo-wook… …. Whoop…….”

However, in the end he survived.

He came out of that hell and stood in reality again. That speaks to the difference in capacity between him and Jim.

Eleven glared at the fallen Jim as if his strength was exhausted. It was as if he had consumed all his strength and exhausted himself with this one ability.

The hero has already fallen, and so has Jim. Nothing can stop him now.

“… ….”

As Eleven approached Jim holding the sword with the missing tooth, he alternately looked at the sword and Jim with cool eyes.

‘What am I here to do?’

The scenery of hell he experienced. That alone was no reason to spare Jim.

It’s sure to be a threat.

He has already become Jim’s enemy. He swung his sword at him and wounded him.

However, that’s why Eleven took the sword with a calm mind.

“This, too, is only a shadow.”

Eleven remembered her mission. He remembered his situation.

I remembered what Lilith had said.

Yes, he is a soldier who would lay down his life for the Demon King.

And his mission is to help Jim escape.

“The mission is a failure. But, Lilith’s aide. I understood, albeit belatedly, what you said.”

Eleven turned around, retrieving the sword she had swung in front of Jim’s neck into the scabbard.

“For the time being, I will not have the face to see the Demon King again.”

I became hostile to Jim.

In this situation, if you try to lead him to the Demon King’s Army, there will only be a backlash.

I didn’t believe what the demon king said, what Lilith said, what he said was special, so I messed up.

Eleven turned around, leaving behind the fallen hero and his luggage.

As I passed by, I saw blue flames forming on the warrior’s wounds. It was burning beautifully like a sacred fire, not the slimy flame that used to entangle him.

“It’s full of unknowns.”

I could see the wounds where the flames touched were healing.

Yes, Jim is saving the hero.

As Eleven, I couldn’t figure out the reason. Who the hell is he Whose side is he thinking of?

Eleven went back with self-condemnation for her situation, which had fallen behind the times and was gradually being pushed out as an old man in the back room.

***

“uuu?!”

When he opened his eyes, as expected before going to sleep, a tremendous muscle pain dominated his whole body.

Damn warriors, I didn’t know because you cheered me on with a kind tone, but now that I think about it, there is no forced march like this.

How can a person only think of himself? Doesn’t the idea of caring for the weak porter even exist?

“…… You’re awake.”

“Ah.”

For some reason, I could see the figure of the hero right in front of me. A pink delusion unfolded in my head, wondering if I had even entered my tent for a moment, but when I looked closely, I was sleeping on the ground.

After belatedly looking around, I finally caught my eye on the figure of the warrior.

His whole body is wrapped in bandages, and there are quite a few of them.

I don’t know if it wasn’t properly wrapped in places or if it was just that severe a wound, but I could see bloodstains staining the bandage red.

“…… Was there an attack while I was sleeping?”

“I guess you don’t remember.”

“I feel like I had a nightmare…… Could it be that I was sleeping until all this chaos broke out?”

“… ….”

Esmeralda was silent for a while, staring at me.

I don’t know if it’s contempt, wariness, or just tiredness. Maybe it’s because I’m tired. Because it looks difficult just by looking at it.

After that moment of silence passed.

Esmeralda responded with her usual bright smile.

“He stood up for a moment, then hit his head and passed out.”

“Ah… ….”

Am I an idiot?

Listening to Esmeralda’s words, it seems that there was a demon raider last night.

Looking at Esmeralda’s wounds like that, it seems that she was a very talented person, but I must have been sleeping at the time.

If I had run away at that time, Esmeralda wouldn’t have been able to come after me……. How can I explain this to Vice Admiral Lilith?

This might be really thrown away this time.

“Anyway, I’m glad you’re all right.”

“Ah! Ji, thanks for watching. Warrior…….”

If I was hit in the head and passed out, it must have been a fierce battle, and whatever the inside story, the hero fought while protecting me, so it’s only right to thank him.

Let’s say thanks with that thought in mind, Esmeralda, the hero, smiles. It was different from her usual bright smile, so it looked human.

Well, I’m the only non-human bastard here.

That’s what it means.

“That… …. If you don’t mind, can I help you bandage it?”

“… ….”

Since earlier, I’ve been trying to tie a bandage on the other arm with one hand, but seeing it fail frequently, I’m all frustrated.

The warrior wanted to look at me with one glance, but he obediently held out the bandage and the wounded part.

It must mean leaving it to me.

“Mr. Jim.”

“Yes, warrior.”

I was silently wrapping a bandage on the wounded part, and the warrior started talking to me as if he was bored.

“Honestly, it feels good to be fiddling with a girl’s body, doesn’t it?”

“Yes. Oh no?! Isn’t it?!”

“No…… Puch. Oh, please rewind this one too. It didn’t work out because I was trying to do it alone with an injured body…….”

“No, of course.”

“This way, not that way.”

I lose my eyes for a moment at the hero’s prank, which I didn’t normally see.

I hadn’t thought of anything, but after saying that, uh, what is it…….

Honestly, I feel like I’ve benefited. It’s surprising that such a small and soft body can produce such strength.

After wrapping the bandages, I was able to recall once again that the battle last night had been quite intense.

Not just the arms, but the waist, shoulders, inner thighs and mid-body.

There is no place without scars.

And starting with the arm, then helping to wrap the bandage on the thigh and waist, I didn’t feel bad like the hero said.

Hey, how can you not have any flab on your waist?

Since the warrior is strong, I wondered if he had abs, but when I gently touched him while wrapping a bandage, this part was as soft as the rest of his skin.

“Uh, then next… ….”

When I finished wrapping the bandage around my waist with my head slightly lowered so that the hero wouldn’t see my blushing face.

The remaining part was a long sword cut from the shoulder to the waist on the other side.

This is a situation where you have no choice but to see your naked body in order to put on a bandage.

The man does not avoid Jim.

“Oh, I’ll take care of this.”

“Yes… ….”

No, don’t do that.

Can’t you just let me do it? I’m good at bandaging. I am the one who passed the medic exam with 100 points.

“Jim, I know it feels good to touch a girl, but don’t cross our line, right?”

“I didn’t feel good.”

“Was it bad then?”

“…… There was a sense of gain.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“Then you must be well aware that overexertion leads to anger, right?”

“Nothing.”

That’s why I’m stuck here right now.

“Because I am also a woman, it is embarrassing to show my naked body. You know?”

“Of course.”

“Then why are you staring at me instead of turning your head quickly?”

“Aha!”

I turned to the warning given by the hero with a bright smile.

The human heart is so cunning.

Until now, I had never seen a hero as a woman.

When she touches her skin like this, she realizes that she is quite a beauty.

“Jim, could you please stop imagining things with strange expressions?”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

“No, that, ha… …. That’s Okay. Turn your head properly. I’m doing it while looking at you, so I know it right away when I turn my head.”

“Is it possible or not?”

That’s right. She wasn’t as brave as Tina, but she had a good sense of humor. I hope she doesn’t think about getting caught.

Anyway, the sound of taking off clothes is particularly audible, but isn’t this my fault?

“Mr. Jim.”

“I was thinking of mountains and seas, fields and rivers.”

“No, because it was an excuse. I’ve done more than that, so you can look back.”

“You mean already?”

“Mr. Jim must have meditated for a long time, thinking of mountains, seas, fields and rivers. Did it come to mind so clearly? Do you not even notice the time passing?”

“Yes, it was a beautiful view.”

“… ….”

Nature is a beautiful thing.

Aren’t humans and demons also part of Mother Nature?

***

Esmeralda quietly checked her luggage. She had doubts about what had happened last night, but whether he was really trying to help her.

He himself was obviously mortally wounded, but when he came to his senses, the biggest wound had long since healed.

I thought that if someone healed my wounds, it would only be Jim.

‘But I don’t know who he is.’

That’s why I had to be vigilant.

Now Jim’s overall estimated level is higher than hers.

So I deliberately took a break to see how Jim would turn out.

For example, making them wear bandages.

[Note: Looking at you skin-to-skin, I think that a woman is a woman. It is a beast.]

However, the usual baggage was correct.

No, should I say it’s a burden that doesn’t hide its s*xual desire more than usual?

Esmeralda looked at the contents of the comment and felt that her face would explode from ripening red.

She feels strange because Jim keeps thinking about it.

She finally decided to stop looking at her and bandage her alone…….

[Remark: I’m imagining the shirt sliding down her shoulders as I hear the rustle. Listening to the sound of the hook dropping, I am imagining the two peaks that would have been freed from pressure.]

‘No, this pervert?’

In that brief moment, Jim was even more blatantly thinking of her naked body.

She wasn’t smart just because she couldn’t be seen. Her Jim’s superficial psychology was clearer than Esmeralda’s thought, so she didn’t know what to do with the current situation, and her face only turned red.