Maybe another couple might be born. This thought made me pleased, so I smiled. I’ve lived my entire life as a single, but I wasn’t jealous of them. I thought it would be nice if good things happened to people.
Now that I think about it, after I was born as the Spirit King, I’ve already gotten acquainted with 3 couples?
Amongst them, the one that had the most influence on my life would most definitely be the Elwien and Ifrit couple. After Ifrit ceased to exist, the timing was still a little bit off, but the relationship between the two existence had some hope for development. Also, I had actively stepped forward to push them into becoming a couple.
But… Do I really have to call Ifrit my mother? Well, Elwien didn’t require me to call him ‘Dad’, so it should be ok. However, it was still worrying. Even though their actual age is several thousand years more than mine, but it was hard to call someone mother when her appearance wasn’t very far off from mine.
If I looked at it that way, then Elwien’s appearance didn’t look too old either. I had easily accepted him as my father without much complaint. Even though I was blackmailed, I had acknowledged him as ‘father’ instead of ‘big brother’. Does this mean his charisma is extraordinary? Maybe, the fact that he was the previous Elqueeness might have influenced me strongly.
‘Hmmm, did Elwien look at me as his son since we fall into the same category? Is it because I was the future generation of Elqueeness?’
Even if his personality stayed the same, when he became a god, he probably couldn’t resist being drawn to an existence with the same constituent of water. Maybe it was like the draw of a bloodline? Now that I could make that connection, I felt very good about the relationship.
When Harold was able to get out of bed, the party planned on departing early in the morning. In the end, their plans were delayed by several days, but they had received an unexpected source of income. (The Cerberus’ leather was more expensive than they thought)
It had been more profitable than heading towards East Gate, so no one complained.
The city people hadn’t been able to use the South Gate for awhile, because of the monsters. As a thank you, everyone tried to treat them to dinner, so they couldn’t leave easily. It was an uncertain situation for them. They tried to refuse adamantly, but they kept receiving several baskets of bread. They were also given hard to get alcohols from people. I felt this world had more compassion compared to Korea.
“We are mercenaries. We just did our job. These kinds of treatments are inappropriate.”
“Oh my, aren’t we all alive because of you mercenaries? You guys are heroes, who did a task no one was able to do. Instead, we are ashamed that we can’t do more than this for you all. Let us at least treat you to dinner.”
Countless number of people had expressed their thanks this way until now. They could accept it once or twice with good grace, but it became burdensome after awhile. Hosane maintained a polite smile, then he softly declined the offer.
“We’ve already received treatment in excess. Our party is heading out at an early hour, so I’ll just receive your heartfelt thanks for now.”
“Huh huh…gracious me. I feel bad about it.”
The man was at a loss, but in our arms, we’ve already held a handful of cookies and breads he had made. Even then he felt it was inadequate, so he wanted to give something more. The party members didn’t want to accept more yet they couldn’t coldly reject him. They were in a bind.
However, after a brief moment, well-dressed people showed up in front of the inn we were staying in. The people around us had a frightened expression, and they started to slowly exit from where they stood. There was a blond man in his 20s on a white horse, and he was handsome in his own way. He was approaching them with ten armored men .
