God's family

After talking about life and ideals with Theodore, and giving him a vaccination, in case he is really deceived to death in human society, I have been trying to find a chance to get rid of him after leaving Manlai Forest. Roger felt himself at last at peace with his conscience.

Returning to the place where he lived temporarily, Roger immediately saw the businessman Kanam who was packing up his things and planning to leave with a mournful face.For this businessman, Roger is also very sympathetic and apologetic. Oh, no, because it was later proved that the large group of monsters attacked was not because of his bracelet, but because someone had other plans for the elf village. Therefore, Roger's sense of guilt has long been wiped out, but it is really bad luck that the caravan that pities Canum's caravan will not come sooner or later.

"Master Priest..." Seeing Roger, Kanum hurriedly bowed, a little cowering - the priests of the temple represent the gods, and they are existences that even the nobles need to respect, let alone the gods. civilians.

"...I'm sorry, I kept it from you." Roger coughed lightly, and raised his airs. At least among the elves, he didn't want to be out of the way.

"Where is there, I didn't know your identity before, I, I have offended you so much, please forgive me, Lord Priest..." Kanam completely lost the eyebrows when he taught Roger the way of businessman before, and Roger looked at him. Especially helpless, he had no choice but to interrupt his continuous confession, and brought up a new topic, "Are you... planning to leave?"

"Yes, the goods... have been ruined like this, and there is no other way." Kanam nodded with a wry smile, "Fortunately, the elves gave some compensation, otherwise this time, I wouldn't even be able to earn back the principal... ..."

Roger patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, so scared that Canum almost sat down on the ground, so that Roger had to put on a kind expression and encouraged him a few words, and then quickly retreated.

——Although the identity of the priest is good, I always feel that it is too scary...

After returning to the house, he closed the door behind his back, and saw Lacent sitting by the window, his whole body covered in a black mist of resentment.Roger's footsteps paused, and he reflexively looked at Leon, who was huddled in the corner farthest from Lyonte, fiddling with the trinkets he bought from the elves, and asked silently.

Leon spread out his hands, looking helpless, then jumped out swiftly when Roger walked towards Nexant, and finally heaved a sigh of relief in order to get rid of the low air pressure in the room.

——Because Nexant was seriously injured before, and he experienced an attack by a group of monsters before he fully recovered from his injuries, so he had to take good care of his injuries, and in order to prevent him from having any problems, Leon and Roger took turns caring for him, or "watching" him, in case he didn't recover well.

"What's wrong? You're in a bad mood?" Sitting down next to Lacente calmly, Roger skillfully began to check on his recovery from injuries, and he was relieved to find that they could pack up and leave Manga in a few days. Lay forest.

"You ignored me and talked to the elves." Laycent looked like he was dying of aggrieved, complaining in a low voice, like an abandoned little animal.Even though he is a tall man, he doesn't feel disobedient to make such an expression. It really makes Roger feel the magic of the Creator.

Silently glanced at the scenery facing the window, and found that he could just see the place where he and Theodore had just talked, Roger held his forehead helplessly, no wonder he felt as if he was being stared at by extremely sharp eyes just now, extremely uncomfortable at ease.

"I'm just telling him in good conscience. If the forest doesn't even know it's been sold, I'll feel guilty." Roger shrugged his shoulders in a very irresponsible tone, "After all, although I think Even without me, the elf prince would have gone out of the forest, and I was more like an opportunity, but at any rate, I was one of the culprits who tricked him out of the forest, so I felt somewhat responsible."

Lacent, who was hanging his head in mourning, moved his ears, raised his head suddenly, and once again grasped the key point in Roger's vague words, "Are you planning to leave him behind after leaving the forest?"

"...Please don't use such ugly words as drop, it's just that we disagree with each other." Roger blinked lightly, perfunctory, and then said seriously, "Lensant, I don't want to continue Tracking down the metal shards."

"...Why?" Laycent's eyes, which had just recovered, suddenly became sad again.

"Because I think the water here is too deep. Once you get involved, it's not a fun thing." Roger held Lacente's shoulders and looked into his eyes seriously, "You don't want to go any further. , can you? Curiosity can be there, but it should be enough."

Lacente pursed his lips, but did not answer.

"Your identity is very unusual, right? For example... what is it... a prince, a crown prince, etc.?" Roger didn't intend to hide his guess, and spoke out his reasoning process frankly, " Your identity means that you are a big trouble, and it is a big trouble that you can't get rid of. Now that you have a trouble, don't ask for trouble, right?"

Lacente didn't refute Roger's words, he was acquiescing to his guess, but his expression was still stubborn, obviously he didn't intend to give up, "I don't care about the trouble you said about your identity."

He has long experienced his persistent appearance, and Roger is not surprised by this, "Even the struggle for power in noble families is very tragic, let alone royal power, even if you don't care, it doesn't mean that others can allow you to live Get in the way."

"I won't die."

"...Where did you get this confidence!"

"I don't know, all I know is that I won't die." Laycent remained stubborn, and his invulnerable appearance made it impossible for Roger to continue reasoning with him, so he had to temporarily bypass this topic.

"... Well, putting this aside for now, why do you insist on pursuing the secret of the metal fragment? Just out of curiosity?"

"It's not just because of curiosity, but because of the sense of familiarity." Lacente shook his head, looking a bit confused, "I just feel that I must... must grasp it, must."

"...It seems that you are not out of curiosity at all..." Roger rubbed his hair in some distress, then tilted his head against his chin and looked at Lacente with burning eyes, "Why is there such a thing?" Feel?"

"...Because there is nothing else to do." Lacente's expression and tone were very sincere.

"...?" Roger blinked blankly, unable to react for a while.

"Except for this, I have no interest in anything else." Laycent was extremely innocent, "Finally, there is a goal I am interested in, so I don't want to give up."

"...Are you kidding me?!" Roger raised his hand, and pinched Lecent's innocent handsome face fiercely. Seeing him holding his cheek pitifully with tears in his eyes, he calmed down a little. Take a breath.

——Talk to Nexant, you must not be serious, if you are serious, you will lose!

Leaving Nexant to think for himself—poor guy didn't even know what was wrong with him—Roger walked out of the house resignedly, and kicked Leon, who was sitting outside, stretching lazily. Long-legged, unfortunately fell to the ground.

Glancing at Leon helplessly, Roger rubbed his knees and stood up, feeling that the other party didn't like him very much, and he didn't intend to be troublesome.After glaring at him, Roger straightened his clothes and continued to walk forward, planning to go to the elf shop to see if he could exchange for something of value, but unexpectedly, he was stopped by Leon from behind.

"Lexant said that he feels very familiar with the guy who manipulated the beast."

Although he doesn't plan to get involved in this matter anymore, Lacente obviously won't give up on this, so Roger can't just ignore everything—not to mention, as a polite and good boy, he can't ignore what others say to him straight away.

So, Roger stood still, turned around, and waited for Leon's next words.

"Lexant has never cared about anything, so when he says he is familiar, it must be very familiar. It takes a long time to make an impression on him." Leon fiddled with the leaf flute exchanged from the elves, Jin The red eyes were deep and sharp, "And this is actually the first time for Lacente to leave the capital. I... accepted the mission and have been following him secretly. I know that the only people he really met along the way are You alone..."

"It's not me." Roger frowned and interrupted Leon simply.No matter who you are, you don't like being splashed with dirty water, and Roger is no exception.Like Leon, he didn't intend to tear himself apart because of Lyon's reasons, but he can get along well on the surface, but it doesn't mean that when Leon suspects him, Roger will show something. Have a good face.

Leon stared fixedly at Roger, and Roger stared back unceremoniously. After a while, Leon softened his eyes first, "...if it's not you, then it means that that person must be a nobleman , a nobleman who often visits the palace."

"You mean..." Roger realized something.

"You guessed the identity of Nexant, he didn't intend to hide it from you, so I'll just say it straight." Stretching his waist, Leon got up from the ground, taller than Roger by a head and made Roger He had to take a step back to avoid the fate of his neck being sore from looking up all the time, "For various reasons, Lacente's range of activities has always been in the palace, and he rarely has the opportunity to contact other people on other occasions—don't Look at me like that! Hey! We didn't intend to imprison him! You think too much! This is his own will!"

Roger silently withdrew his gaze of contempt and accusation.

"In short." Leon quickly glanced around and lowered his voice, "In this way, the other party must be human, and he must be a human noble, minister, priest, or lord..."

Roger rubbed his brows in annoyance, "And then?"

"What do you think?" Leon raised an eyebrow.

"I just think my decision to stop here is too correct. People have never fought with officials since ancient times. Since the opponents are nobles, I, a commoner, should retreat..." Roger replied sincerely, "By the way, In fact, I am not a real priest, you should also see it."

"You bastard..." Leon was quite dissatisfied with Roger's statement that he planned to get out of the matter, "I really didn't see that you are the type of person who would be afraid of nobles!"

"...It can only be said that you are blind." Roger spread his hands.

"You have never been afraid at all!" Leon's mouth twitched, "I am also a nobleman! A real nobleman!"

"...Well, I always forget this, the great nobleman of the knight family." Roger smiled, "You should cultivate a noble temperament, so that it will be easier for people to remember this."

Leon took a deep breath, decided not to continue to pay attention to these trivial issues, and returned to the topic of this conversation, "Lensant is stubborn to death, it seems that he won't even listen to your words this time, I think he should be stopped, but he His strength... In fact, I don't even have the confidence to suppress him, so I need your help."

Roger raised his head and silently looked at Leon, who was a lot higher than Laicent. While doubting how powerful Laicant was, he smiled and rejected Leon's proposal, "Do you think I will agree? Help you betray Nexant? Do you have a fever?"

"It's for his own good!" Leon wanted to persuade, but was interrupted by Roger.

"I know you are doing it for Nexant's benefit, and so am I, but our methods are different. What Nexant wants to do is his business. I will dissuade him, but I will not interfere with violence. You can't force me to agree with you Method, of course, I will not force you to agree with me, so, we will return to the bridge and return to the road, you use your method, I use my method, and it is better for no one to interfere." After a pause, Roger still had a smile on his face, and tilted his head in distress, "I thought you would empathize with Lacente's situation, after all, it is said that your father also planned to pack you up and throw you into the knight camp regardless of your wishes Yes, isn’t it? Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.”

"……Do unto others, do not impose on others?"

"Since you don't want to do it yourself, don't force it on others." Roger coughed softly, his red eyes full of calmness and indifference, "Of course, I don't doubt your concern for Nexant. It's just my thoughts, and the matter between you and Laicant should be resolved by you, and I will not interfere."

Leon looked at the young man who was smiling lightly, even sweetly, and suddenly felt a familiar feeling.

——I don’t care much about anything, I don’t care much about anything, as if I’m outside the world and watching with cold eyes.

It's like Nexant, but it's another softer form of expression, so soft that it can hardly be felt.

——Is this the so-called "like attracts like"?