I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party

31 – The Five Desires (2)

Five desires and seven emotions (2)

I’m not bragging to be honest, but I’m pretty good looking.

As a wizard, I am not only intelligent, but my life as a porter has also made me have a solid physical beauty.

Yes, I am handsome. One day I became convinced of that.

The middle of the journey to the magic tower where Millia is located to reunite the party members of the warrior party.

“Jim, if you’re having a hard time, would you like to run away with me?”

“Uh, um… ….”

While the hero was away, the saintess made such a suggestion.

Isn’t this a temptation to be honest?

Recently, I thought there were a lot of whisperings with the hero, Esmeralda, but it seems like they had a conversation about me.

That’s right, the two girls consulted about their fresh feelings.

“If Jim likes it, the two of us run away together to a place no one can reach.”

Saint Irina gave me a proposal to run away at night.

Wow, that’s a really attractive proposition. No, really, if it wasn’t for the saintess, she would have been fooled.

It was a matter she would have pondered if being with her hadn’t caused her physical pain.

In a sense, wouldn’t her side be more dangerous than a warrior’s party?

And I haven’t met the demon king yet. You have to meet him, talk, and come to a conclusion.

“Jim. Can’t we?”

“Uh uh… ….”

But looking at this side with teary eyes like that, it’s disgusting.

It is an eye that seems to fall into you.

Isn’t it okay if I put up with the pain for a little bit? Just like this, the two of them ran away, built a house on top of the hill, and gave birth to thirteen children. ….

“Ahahahahaha, what are you two talking about so much fun?”

While drawing such a rosy future, Esmeralda, who thought she was away, appears and talks to her, and she returns to reality in an instant.

She was dangerous.

I thought I was being brainwashed.

What kind of mind did you think of such an offer positively?

I am afraid of my complacency.

“Irina?”

“Whoops, I was kidding.”

Wow, that was really dangerous.

I didn’t even know it was a joke and almost took it seriously.

Yes, I was the only one who was sincere.

The cost of making you shed bloody tears will surely be repaid someday.

I secretly hid my tears as I watched the two of them look at each other and smile amicably.

***

I can’t let my guard down.

That was Esmeralda’s latest state of mind as she started her journey.

I was able to have a sincere conversation with Irina at the Vatican and reach a friendly conclusion.

Yes, now the Celestial Church is really cooperating with Esmeralda.

This can’t be a good thing.

Right now, even Irina has set the goal of receiving the burden after the subjugation of the demon lord, and is holding it back well.

No, I thought so.

“hahahaha, Irina too? It makes me sad when you joke like that.”

“Whoops, I’m sorry. Warrior.”

However, Irina was not an ordinary bet. He was secretly playing tricks behind his back.

[Note: You are in the second stage of brainwashing. Over time, you will naturally regain your sanity.]

Irina was secretly controlling Jim’s mind. Considering that she has reached the second stage of brainwashing, it seems that she has been secretly putting drugs for a long time.

Esmeralda felt fortunate to know that the effects of brainwashing were manifested in the surface psyche.

The power she didn’t know about, the [Emerald Tablet] Effect.

What would have happened if it wasn’t for this?

Did Jim and Irina escape?

‘If it’s that b*tch, it’s still there.’

Esmeralda looked at Irina, who was still looking at her with a big smile, and responded with her bright smile.

‘And that bastard too.’

And then, I looked at the baggage that seemed to fall for Irina’s thread a moment ago.

No matter how much he was influenced by brainwashing, seeing how he got caught up in it like that

“Jim, did you prepare all the items you said you were preparing?”

Esmeralda’s thirst.

“Of course. It’s not that far from the Magic Tower of Glachies, but I prepared plenty just in case.”

However, Jim dutifully unpacked the luggage he had prepared and began to explain each one in detail.

It’s been a while since I did a job like a porter, so my eyes are shining.

He was so stupid he didn’t even notice what he was craving.

I seem to be getting less intelligent as time goes by.

“Ah, yes… …. Good job.”

In the end, Esmeralda was speechless at the sight of it.

“Whoops.”

Irina, who was smiling ecstatically at the sight of such luggage, was more frightened than usual.

***

Dag-dak-dag-dak.

Jim has been driving the horses of the carriage for the first time in a long time. He used to be a porter and only carried a backpack, but now he doesn’t have to.

Because it is a safe zone.

What could be called a threat in passing through the empire, and even on the road to the mage tower?

It wasn’t cold today, it was moderately warm, and the wind was cool, so Esmeralda, who was sitting in the back of Jim’s carriage, gave her a yawn.

“I’m sleepy… ….”

The army of demons that I had to encounter many times while going through the fortress city.

The corps commander we met on our way to Jim’s hometown (not).

From the Celestial Church, where he went to heal his wounds, to the crisis of Galil.

For Esmeralda, who has gone through such a difficult journey, the present moment is bound to be boring.

Of course, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t love her peace.

She is dealing with the demon lord and the dragons in order to create this kind of peace.

‘Still, it doesn’t suit my temper because I’m just trying to stay still… ….’

However, even when she lived in her countryside, she lived every day of her life to the fullest.

When I open my eyes, I run to the fields to work, and come back when the sun goes down.

At first glance, she seems to have worked like a cow, but she also felt rewarded in her own way.

It was because the harvest from her field was good as much as she worked for a long time.

“Hero, are you bored?”

“… ….”

And there was only one person who could accurately see through Esmeralda’s psychology. Irina, a saint with a strange personality who likes to bully others.

“Irina, what is your intention?”

“It’s a ulterior motive. Are we friends? It’s not unusual to enjoy leisure time with friends.”

I can’t believe it.

The sight of him smiling openly and innocent like that is even more so.

Esmeralda glared at Irina, her eyes wide open.

Right now Jim is holding the reins in front of me, so I don’t have time to watch the situation this way, but it won’t do any good to draw attention with a loud voice.

Esmeralda asked Irina, lowering her voice.

“So? What are you going to do?”

“This.”

Irina smiled broadly and showed Esmeralda one of her items.

“…… Book?”

“Yes!”

Esmeralda, who was trembling and preparing to fight back, belatedly noticed that what Irina had handed to her was a book, and let go of her guard.

“What book?”

She knew that Jim had prepared many miscellaneous things, but she did not know that among them was a book.

Is this for leisure?

No, if you think about it, Jim and Millia used to read each other’s books exchanged, so there was nothing strange about it.

‘Well, not too long ago, she received a book as a present from Milia, right?’

Then this must be a gift prepared for Millia.

“Reading will be good food.”

“Hmm… ….”

Esmeralda looked at her Irina suspiciously, but once she accepted the book she held out.

[The Knight and the Tentacle Dungeon]

“… ….”

“… ….”

She is Esmeralda who is frozen as she received the book.

And Irina smiles as she stares at Esmeralda.

“…… Irina. How would you like me to react?”

“Shouting shyly and being shy isn’t bad either.”

“No. What do you see me as Do you think I am a teenager?”

Esmeralda quietly put down the book Irina handed her to her.

There was nothing to panic about.

Even the moment she accepted the book in the first place, she didn’t completely let go of her guard. Of course, I didn’t expect that her Irina’s trick would be this way, but.

“I’m sorry.”

“Huh.”

Irina got her unexpected reaction, and she pouted her lips and returned to her original position, her gears praying silently.

Was she bored too?

Esmeralda glared at Irina as if she were a madwoman, then let out a deep sigh and looked at the scenery beyond her carriage.

She could see trees planted close together across the well-maintained road.

That’s all I could see.

“… ….”

Esmeralda’s gaze turned to the book she had put down for an instant.

She knows.

This is Irina’s real goal.

If she can’t stand her curiosity and opens her book, I’m going to use that as an excuse to bully her.

It’s nothing to see through that much.

“… ….”

Glance.

But she keeps going.

It must have been Irina’s plan to leave her book as it is without retrieving it.

Esmeralda turned her head to look at Irina.

She was still praying.

With her hands held together politely and her eyes tightly closed.

‘My reflexes…… It doesn’t matter if Irina puts her book back in her place before she wakes up.’

Reading a book has already been confirmed.

Esmeralda has now come to calculate her own physical abilities and her reflexes. After checking the angle of her Irina and the condition of her eyelids, Esmeralda finally reached out her hand.