I Can’t Run Away From the Girl Who Saved Me

85 – Mask (4)

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The Inquisitor believed my foolish lie.

When she said that exposure to demonic energy for a long time often causes strange diseases, I let out a faint sigh of relief and laughed.

The more I know, the more I wonder if the word poison is used precisely for situations like this.

In a slightly relaxed atmosphere, she slowly approached behind me and spoke, trying to get out of my sight.

Well, how many people would bother to lie to a heresy inquisitor directly under the Pope?

Just because someone was smart didn’t mean they wouldn’t be easily fooled.

Right now, Maria, who was called a genius, was always getting into trouble for being tricked by me, and Alice, who made fun of Maria for being naive, was always crying and crying because she was fooled by my pranks.

Looking back, I was quite a mischievous child when I was young.

“I understand your situation well. If you are in such a state, I understand that you want to live in this forest without people.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

“It will be uncomfortable if I stay for a long time, because you will have to keep avoiding my gaze.”

“… But,”

It was definitely difficult to ask the other person to leave right away.

This was especially true in situations where I knew that the opponent had overwhelming power over me.

Fortunately, even though she was deceived by me, she showed signs of understanding my situation first.

Contrary to my first impression that something was going on, she seemed surprisingly innocent.

“The problem is, I also need a place to stay tonight. “I don’t want to camp in a forest full of demonic energy.”

“This is not a particularly good place to sleep…”

“Is there an empty room in that cabin you live in? “I know because I went in earlier.”

“B-but, there are no blankets or beds.”

“No need, I just need to close my eyes for a moment. I won’t be here for long. I’ll be leaving tomorrow morning before you even open your eyes, so I’ll ask you a favor. “Even if I don’t have furniture, I want to at least rest under a roof.”

She made a request to me without any hesitation.

It was a difficult request for me to accept, as I knew the true nature of this curse, but I wasn’t sure if I could refuse.

Isn’t she even standing behind my back?

Although I couldn’t see her clearly and only for a moment, I could feel that she had a power comparable to Sylvia’s.

Of course, she might not be stronger than Sylvia, but it was clear that she would at least be overwhelmingly stronger than me.

“…You really came from the Goddess Church, right?”

“Do I look like an armed robber?”

“…”

“Ah, you shouldn’t have looked at me properly.”

She let out a hmm sound and seemed to be slightly worried, but then she opened her mouth.

“It’s natural to be wary of strangers. It’s not a bad thing, and in today’s situation, it’s actually rather wise. No, considering your circumstances, it might be quite natural… So I won’t blame you. I won’t force you. I can only ask you a favor.”

In a surprisingly polite manner, she asked me.

Even though it is a situation that should not be accepted, I guess I am still stupid for not being able to sternly chase away someone who shows this attitude.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I was offering pure favor or kindness.

The goal I need to achieve right now is to survive until the moment I meet Sylvia again, but it was more like trying to figure out which would be more helpful to my survival: chasing her away or accepting her.

When the curse manifests, she will easily kill me.

If I pursue her and pursue her, the result may be the same.

Of course, judging by her attitude, there is little chance of her suddenly becoming hostile towards me…

“…Give me time to think about it for a moment.”

“Yes, of course.”

I wish she would at least follow through on her threats.

Then you would have accepted her without any worries.

No, why am I thinking like this?

It would have been better if she had been threatened. It would have been as if her heart had been inclined to accept her from the beginning.

I don’t know.

Because of her polite manner?

Or is it because of the image of the huge religion called Goddess Religion?

Isn’t it a feeling of atonement for killing those five people who might have been her subordinates a few months ago?

Or, is it because the gaps in her that are gradually becoming visible somehow feel unfamiliar?

Perhaps it is because of my longing for Sylvia, whom I may never see again, and the empty loneliness brought about by her absence.

I couldn’t figure out her exact cause, but honestly, I had already noticed that her hostility towards me having her back had decreased significantly.

“…”

Mr. Sylvia.

What would Sylvia do?

Ah,

Now that I think about it, isn’t my current situation exactly the same as what Sylvia experienced?

I suddenly felt like my eyes were wide open.

After a carriage accident, the day I barely reached her cabin with the help of spirits.

I am alive now because Sylvia saved me.

No matter how much the spirits helped me, I would have died if she had refused to help me.

Moreover, she had hundreds of reasons not to help me, and she had no reason to help me.

As I feared, her curse transferred to me, but I could confidently say that the time we spent together afterward was overflowing with happiness and value that were well worth the hardship.

No matter how serious the situation is, if you can help, it can have a huge positive result.

I definitely learned something from Sylvia.

Maybe if she were by my side now, she wouldn’t have told me to help her.

I nodded slowly and opened my mouth.

“I will go into the cabin first and go into the room. “Interrogator, please sleep in the living room.”

“Let’s do that. “I won’t even go near your room.”

“Yes,”

“Thank you.”

I straightened up, raised my head straight ahead, and walked slowly toward the cabin.

She followed me, a few steps behind me.

When I arrived in front of her cabin, I stopped her by extending my hand without looking back.

“Welcome to the falling down tree house.”

“… Oh, I’m really sorry about that.”

When she repeated her exact words, she apologized to me in an embarrassed voice.

Am I crazy to suddenly make a joke like this?

I was a little surprised myself as a mischievous and teasing remark came out without my knowledge.

However, she was surprisingly a person with a good sense of teasing.

I answered with a sheepish smile to ease the situation.

“hahahaha, it’s okay. “I will go in first, so please count slowly to thirty before coming in.”

“Yes, of course.”

After entering the cabin, I quickly ran into the inner room.

If I had known this would happen, I should have hung the door. I regret it, but it was already too late.

I went into the deepest corner of the room filled with darkness and crouched down, worried that an accident might happen.

I touched something warm and soft next to where I was sitting.

“Oh?”

“Meaning.”

It was Pia.

It seems that he has been hiding next to me this whole time.

“Oh, sorry Pia… I forgot.”

I hugged Pia and said,

“Don’t turn on the lights, let’s just stay like this. “Even though it’s cold, there’s nothing I can do about it today.”

Pia trembled as if she understood and curled up in my arms.

I placed Pia’s body on my lap and gently buried my face in her curled arms.

“I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep because I’m this uncomfortable.”

At that time, there was a sound like a knock on the wall outside the cabin.

It would be a signal to come in.

“I’m going in now. Are you fine?”

Perhaps because the door was open, her voice could be heard so vividly.

I spoke loudly.

“Yes, but please stay away from the inner room!”

“I understand.”

Cheokkeong Cheokkeong,

The sound of steel boots trampling on the wooden floor was heard.

I had heard somewhere that the footsteps of a knight wearing proper plate armor sounded scary on the battlefield, and indeed, it was a footsteps that made one feel a heavy presence.

The sound of footsteps stopped quickly, and soon the sound of a large piece of metal being lightly placed on the floor was heard.

It seemed like he was taking off his armor.

No matter how weak I am, I thought I was being too careless, but from her perspective, I might not have been careless.

Even if she were with her bare body and I had her armor on, I would probably lose to her.

“Thank you for your consideration.”

“Ah, yes. Good night.”

Me and her said good night in each other’s space.

Is it because I was surprised by something so unexpected?

I quickly fell asleep while holding Pia tightly.

When she opened her eyes in the morning, as promised, she had disappeared without a trace.

“… Was it okay if I didn’t talk about her subordinates?”

When she disappeared, she was the first thought that came to mind.

Her mission is to investigate the demons that abound in this forest, but she also has to look for several missing people and her subordinates.

I don’t know much about the missing person, but I’m sure he’s probably dead.

But at least I know about the whereabouts of those subordinates, and maybe I should have told them.

At the very least, maybe they should have told us the location of the grave so that we could at least pay tribute.

“It’s okay, it’s already in the past. “For now, let’s just think about Sylvia.”

I thought so.

Until she came back at night.

“I’ll ask you a favor today, just like yesterday.”

“… It’s definitely just one night.”

“I just said it was night. “I didn’t say it was just one day.”

She is naive?

Ha, I was naive too.

Perhaps the green woman had noticed this situation in advance and handed me the twig.

I sighed and muttered very softly.

“I wonder if Sylvia felt this way when I said I wanted to stay longer.”

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