chapter 2
2 – Something seems to be terribly wrong
About 30 minutes of hugging each other, warriors who don’t think about leaving my arms. Holding her was starting to get tiring.
“How long are you going to stick around?”
“Forever!”
“I have no intention of marrying you.”
“It’ll make you want to marry me, so it’s okay,”
She looked at me with some gooey eyes and gently stroked the nape of my neck.
Is this a threat? I never dreamed that the day would come when I was threatened by a hero.
As time passed, no matter how much I thought about it with a calm head, I realized that without the warrior, as the warrior said, there is no way to properly live in this familiar but unfamiliar earth.
I’m glad I didn’t catch anyone. The moment I run away from this house, I’ll be robbing the pockets of tough people while being chased by the brave.
A warrior who quietly and calmly embraces me in my arms.
It is said that he does not have a holy sword or holy armor now, but he is still a strong man who uses his sword well and has superior magical power. Even so, I have the confidence to run away from this place.
After that, I just sat quietly like this because I didn’t have the confidence to take care of things.
My head hurts, I didn’t want to think about it anymore. It was so daunting in a short amount of time, and I needed some time to catch my breath.
“… Hero, let’s eat first and then talk.”
When your head is complicated, the answer is to eat first. It’s common sense that the brain needs to have something in its stomach to function properly.
“Ah, don’t you say honorifics now? This in its own way….”
“If you kidnapped someone, why don’t you listen to my demands?”
“It’s a meal, wait a little bit!!!”
She eventually couldn’t win over my rain, jumped out of her arms and picked up her smart phone.
Are you looking for cooking recipes on the Internet? I’m definitely good at cooking, so I’m not particularly worried, but I’d like to make a delicious soybean paste stew with tofu, potatoes, zucchini, and red pepper.
Ideally, it would be nice to have well-ripe bachelor kimchi and pure white rice.
Also, I wonder what it would be like to pay attention to your own tone first before taking into account my tone. Seeing him go back and forth between honorifics and casual speeches from earlier, it was clear that he wasn’t used to it either.
“Here, you can choose what you want to eat here! I’ll buy them all!”
“….”
It was only for a while that I bruised and thought about trivial things.
Photos of familiar dishes on the smartphone screen presented by the hero. The name of the dish written in Korean next to it and the price tag ending in a circle. Eventually, I was at a loss for words.
There are delivery apps in this world too. Hey~, I really don’t want to eat tteokbokki, which I ate until I got sick of the first food I ate on another Earth.
No, at least recommend Korean food. I know women love tteokbokki, but tteokbokki is the first food they look for after returning from another world.
“Oh, it may not look pretty, but it is delicious.”
“Do you like this colorful turquoise food?”
“Ah, why mint chocolate!”
“So, do you think this color is normal food? Whoever sees it will say it’s a solo dish?”
“That is the perspective of the people of the Dian continent!”
She glanced at me and opened her mouth as if trying to convince me, but it was after I had already witnessed a grotesque expression that shouldn’t exist in this world.
Besides, there’s no way you’ll know that I’m speaking from the perspective of a Korean born and raised in Korea.
Oh my gosh, mint chocolate tteokbokki, my mother said that if you play with food, your hands and hair will fly off.
Maybe, the fingernails are already gone?
“Ugh… , I do not know!”
“No, what.”
“I’ll make it myself, so eat what I buy!”
… Is this a warrior?
“Now, that’s it! I’ll be back in less than 30 minutes, so look forward to it!”
“….”
It’s like you don’t know my opinion. In an instant, she finished her spell on her own accord, and crawled back into my arms as naturally as it was natural.
Then he buried his face in my chest and started acting childishly.
Now my head started to throb.
Could this be a bad nightmare?
Perhaps I was having distorted visions or nightmares because I wanted to return to Earth so badly. Perhaps, the fact that he defeated the demon lord is all lies, and he may have been enchanted by the demon lord’s mental system.
I really wish that was the case, but the reality is very inflexible.
I was about to ask where I liked it so much, but after realizing that I had heard it before, I changed the question slightly.
“What do you want to do with me?”
“I want to do it, there are so many.”
“Really?”
She hugs my neck and meets her gaze, her eyes twinkling.
“First of all, the two of us study Korean, we want to talk about each other, we eat together at a cool place, we go shopping at an expensive place, we go on a date at an amusement park or a zoo, we want to hug each other all day, we want to get married. , Giving birth to a baby? Can I tell you more?”
“… No, that’s okay.”
I chew on the ordinary but warm wishes that come out of her mouth, and I somehow manage to get a face that looks like it’s going to make a strange expression at any moment.
As if she was genuinely happy, her twinkling brown eyes showed her joy so clearly that she seemed to be avoiding her gaze without even realizing it.
I’m such an ordinary woman now, but I don’t know why they blinded me and dragged me here.
I don’t even know why the goddess dedicated me to her, and there are many things she doesn’t know, but her affection for me is as firm as before, making me think about how to deal with her.
I just wanted to live, so I treated you well, but I never thought it would come back to me this way.
“Oh, I almost forgot.”
She said that all of a sudden when she started pulling something out of her pocket.
Then, she pulled out of her pocket a pair of black leather straps.
Expensive items that look high quality even at first glance. Were there any monsters like that among the monsters we caught? I thought about it, but I couldn’t think of anything, so I frowned.
Strange, I did most of the items and basic financial management.
“Sol, can you lower your head for a second?”
“Okay.”
He shook his head obediently, trying to shake off the doubts that did not go away.
Click.
A gentle touch wrapped around my neck. And, the feel of the end of the leather wrapping around my neck. Apparently, it was a kind of accessory item.
I didn’t expect to receive such a gift all of a sudden-
[You have equipped the equipment, the necklace of binding.]
After catching the demon king, a gray system window appeared in front of me.
What is it all of a sudden, and why is the name of the necklace so strange?
[Owner, recognizing Handuna, player Solasido is bound to the owner as of the current time.]
Owner? Belong to me?
[The condition of the belonging necklace is updated.]
[1. You cannot escape more than 10m without permission from one or two.]
[2. From now on, Solaseado must say I love you to Doona at least once a day.]
[3. Solaseado should hug one or two or more times a day from now on.]
[4. Without the permission of a couple of people, this necklace cannot be removed.]
[Conditions can be renewed at any time, and you can receive If you violate the conditions.]
Even if you read the letters that pop up in front of your eyes once again, the only thing that comes back is the cold reality. A chilling sensation running up my spine plagues me.
Even if he belatedly pulled the leather strap around his neck and tried to blow it, it only caught on his fingernails and did not come off as if it had become one with his skin.
“Kyaa-! It suits you well, it’s pretty!”
Before she knew it, a girl wearing the same necklace as mine and smiling brightly came into her field of vision.
“What did you do again this time?”
“Couple Necklace!”
“Are you now-?!”
Trying to argue, before she could open her mouth, her soft palm blocked her.
“Shh, we both have the same necklace. Don’t you know how hard it was to find a necklace of love that belongs to each other and can be together forever?”
She looks into my eyes and smiles softly. For some reason, it felt like something sticky was pouring out of her again and again.
“Don’t you know how hard it was to find? I worked hard to save it without anyone knowing.”
Since when? You went looking for this cursed item without anyone knowing? It was such a crazy entertainment item, something that didn’t exist in the game. But how did the hero know and get these things?
I suddenly thought that there might be more than this.
“How do you like it? Only you-“
[Delivery!]
“Ah, the meal is here! I’ll bring it soon~?”
I felt something thump in my heart from the back of her as she changed her mood in an instant and opened the front door with her galloping steps.
I think something is seriously wrong with her and me.