“El.. El? What’s wrong?”
Tom-Well, who went to scout the premises, came back and was sitting next to me. It seemed like I was too worried about Hosane and Sherry to notice him approach.
“Ah, sorry Matthew. Anyways, where did you go?”
“Aha. For a moment, I felt a strange presence.”
His casual words brought great surprise to Hosane. His eyes seemed to ask if it was the presence of monsters. However, Trom-Well lightly shook his head.
“It was nothing. I must have imagined it.”
“But Trom-Well, there’s no way you would make a mistak..”
“Well, sometimes I do. We needed to do some scouting anyways.”
Hosane, who did not want to take any chances, looked extremely worried but Trom-Well simply smiled. Is it really nothing? But at that moment, Trom-Well spoke in the Spirit Language.
-El, do you remember what I said? The existence of a foreign power that seemed to be interested in you.
-Ah, yes. What about it?
-Be careful. The being’s identity will soon be revealed.
We could differentiate whether it was an enemy or friend. Though, what should I do if the being turned out to be hostile? Despite my concerns, Trom-Well simply smiled to cleanse my worries.
-It’s alright El. You have me by your side.
-But..
-Don’t worry. Even if you are seriously injured, the worst thing that could happen is that you are forcefully deported back to the Spirit World. Also, there is no way that there’s a human that is strong enough to kill you. Even if there is, I won’t let that happen so relax.
-Thank you, Trom-Well
-No need for that. As a friend, it’s natural. Also, it’s not like we’re ordinary friends. WE, the 4 Spirit Kings, are no different from family. So you don’t need to say thanks to express your gratitude.
A family… My heart overflowed with joy at Trom-Well’s beaming smile. Those words were something I wished to hear when I was human, but was unable to. How much did I struggle to be acknowledged by my family? But here, I was accepted as family by two people.
If this was a dream, I don’t wish to wake up. My friends from the past world may feel sad, but I do not regret coming here.
‘Be happy, Kang-Jee-Hoon.’
Since the first day Isana and I have joined the Champagne Mercenaries, it has been over a month. When we first started, it was no more than the middle of autumn. But now, the leaves died red have started to fall off its trees as it began to decay. Just seeing the pile of leaves gathered in the road was enough to feel the aura of autumn.
Since the road to Kalmore was estimated to take 2 months, we have only traveled half of the distance. By the time we can meet Marquis Kawell, we will probably see snow.
But I could no longer pass the days in leisure. Suddenly, in one of the bushes sprang out an enormous black shadow as it leaped into the skies.
“Kuwweeeee!!”
“Ack!”
“El!”
Even though I half heard that noise countless times the past few days, I still cannot get used to it. Fortunately, Trom-Well was next to me and he roundhouse kicked the assaulting monster.
