The World After Leaving the Hero Party

50 – I miss you – 1

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“Shall we go back now…?”

When it was confirmed that the plague in the elves’ forest had completely subsided, Claire told Leventia and Evangeline, and the two kept their mouths shut.

“Don’t you want to go…?”

It will be hard. That’s because they had to face the sage, who was the evidence of the biggest sin for them, and for themselves for a long time. While helping to stop the plague in the elves’ forest, they encountered the sage several times, but he just treated them as he would treat others.

At least Claire was able to exchange conversations, but Leventia and Evangeline were different.

Their guilt held back their steps toward him.

Like heavy shackles.

“Eva. Are you okay?”

“…yes.”

Evangeline shook her head slightly, twiddling her ear. Some of the elves were quite cold towards her, who hurt their ears whenever they had a chance. And, among them, Ludhi’s gaze is even more so.

Maybe it’s because they know their sins. Leventia let out a heavy sigh, knowing that Evangeline’s younger brother, Ludhi, was also included in the occasional gaze.

“Let’s go back.”

Leventia knew well where they were meant to be.

Not here.

The place to be is the battlefield.

A place where you have to fight monsters with blood and flesh.

From there, continuing to do what the sage said would be the task left to him.

Thinking so, Leventia got up from her seat when a knight entered the barracks where they were.

“Leventia-sama. A letter from the principality sent to Reventia has arrived.”

Puzzled, Leventia received the letter. The seal on the letter is of the Gongwang, his own cousin.

It belonged to Cecile Claudia, who was indebted to her during the journey to defeat the demon lord.

“Why Cecil?”

“Well…”

Is there something you want to ask for? After opening the letter, she read it and let out a heavy sigh.

“It’s an invitation.”

To put it simply, it was an invitation to a birthday party. He plans to have his own birthday party in Leidin, which is famous as a resort.

So, it was a story that he wanted the hero and Evangeline to come.

“hahaha…”

Claire let out a dry laugh. It’s Raidin. A resort famous for its beauty on the continent. Have a birthday party in a place where anyone would say they want to go and rest at least once?

It was a Cecile-like act.

Perhaps even trying to call them out was trying to satisfy Cecil’s pride.

Recalling the girl she met on the way to defeat the demon king, Claire smiled bitterly, and Evangeline shook her head.

Apparently, she treated the sage quite nicely unlike them.

Maybe she knew the jewel called the sage from the beginning.

perhaps.

Maybe only they who were closest to them didn’t know about the blue bird that brought happiness that everyone noticed.

“I’m not going.”

“But you can’t ignore an invitation like this, right? Especially Leventia. You…”

“I’ll go alone.”

“Are you okay?”

“it’s okay…”

Since breaking up with the sage, she hadn’t participated in such an official event. Especially with socialites. How can a person who is jealous of those who are superior to him, tarnish his own honor, and lose his way participate in a social world where he has to adorn himself and show off.

However, this official invitation could not be ignored.

In the worst case scenario, Hyeonu could be harmed as well.

“I feel like I’m only burdening you… I’m sorry.”

“No. It’s okay. It’s my job.”

She smiled lightly and clenched her fists.

During the journey of defeating the demon king in the past, Hyeonu was in charge of all these tasks.

In order for them to focus only on defeating the demon king and saving the world.

He took on all the complicated, troublesome, and sometimes self-respecting tasks.

Wasn’t it herself who was jealous of him and tormented him?

In this way, it was natural for him to do what he did and keep the party going.

Because that was the job of the knight.

After Claire opened the portal and sent everyone back, Leventia headed for the principality. It didn’t take long to get to the principality because it was going through the portal Claire had made for them.

Upon arriving at the capital of the principality, a corner of my heart felt stuck. Meeting Cecile was that much of a burden.

It’s better to train to the point where you’re drenched in sweat.

The more she took reluctant steps, the more Leventia felt dejected.

This place, this street that I walked with the sage in the past, still hasn’t changed.

The warrior party and myself have changed so much.

I ended up stopping in one place while walking on the wide road to the castle. It was a high-end armor store near the castle, and as soon as she saw it, the past flashed before her eyes like a vision.

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“Doesn’t this armor look good?”

His armor was destroyed while fighting Reido, the demon king’s subordinate, whom he met for the fourth time not too long ago.

Since the damage was so severe that even a sage could not fix it, Leventia headed to the principality’s armor store.

Originally, he had to move alone, but Hyeonu, who decided to take charge of repairing the equipment during the journey, followed her, saying that he had to check himself before he could repair it.

Of course, Leventia didn’t like it because of her work in Baekeun Village.

At the armor store he arrived at, he pointed to an armor and said, Leventia was startled after seeing the armor.

It was a silver woman’s armor. It would suit Leventia, who has a slender and strong body.

Armor with feathered epaulettes and a corset that tightly tightens the voluptuous chest. The pelvis cover that covered the wide pelvis was made of the scales of Dralka, a fish monster, and seemed sufficient to shed an attack.

The armpit part is empty, so movement looks comfortable, and at the same time, the holes drilled in quite a few parts showed good ventilation.

“There is some exposure, but that part can be prevented with magic.”

“…is it.”

I don’t know the part related to magic, so I can only do it. Leventia felt bitter as she listened to the sage’s explanation.

Obviously, that is the knight’s armor. Even so, his pride was hurting that he knew Hyeonu better than he did.

how the hell do you know

“Let’s go in. If you can make armor like that, I think this place is the best.”

“I want better armor. Rather than that armor…”

“It’s under-budget. Under-budget.”

Blinkingly, Hyeonu laughed at his bruises as well. Leventia couldn’t bear to turn that smile into a smile.

While she was looking at the armor after entering the shop, Leventia saw an armor.

“…I-how do you wear something like this?”

It barely covered the chest, shoulders, and lower abdomen, covering only the thighs, legs, backs of the hands, and elbows.

It was a truly nasty piece of armor.

All exposed parts are protected by magic, so there is no problem with the defense itself, but this kind of exposure.

How unscrupulous are those who openly wear such armor.

Hyeonu approached Leventia, who was staring blankly at the so-called bikini armor.

“Oh. This is fine too. I have eyes to see. Would you like to try it on?”

“What, what?!”

“This has an intermediate magic barrier and a shield, and here’s a magic stone? It’s got a strength-enhancing spell. Especially here. This part of the decoration.”

It is a decoration like a string that can be worn around the belly button. If you go around wearing this, there will definitely be burnt marks on the lower belly and a strange pattern will remain.

Pointing to it, Hyeonu spoke indifferently.

“This is a decoration with a magic spell to defend against curses. With this one, you can block almost all low-level curses, right?”

“…That’s right.”

“When you put on armor, you shouldn’t simply think about defense and appearance. You have to consider how much you can accept magic, sorcery, and holy power. In particular, some armor may be cursed and you can’t take it off, but rather use it to get better. It can have a powerful effect.”

“A more powerful effect?”

“Depending on the combination, you can use curses. It’s like using armor that can’t be taken off to get strong defense in dungeons that are forcibly disarmed.”

Again, Hyeonu’s teaching began. He was always like this. Although they look similar in age, his knowledge was so rich and deep that it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was truly a wise man.

“…Heh. You don’t have to go to that dungeon.”

“That’s right. Anyway. If you’re going to try it on…”

“Nu, who wears armor like this!”

No matter how good the armor is, isn’t this a bit too much? Leventia shouted at Hyeonu with her face reddened.

“Among those bikini-type armors, there are many good ones. I don’t mean to have exhibitionism, but it’s better to get used to it, right?”

“You always force me to wear slutty clothes!”

“I feel sorry for you who don’t know the beauty of bikini armor. Sooner or later, the day will come when this is adopted as the official armor of the knights? And you have a nice body, so why don’t you try on something like this?”

Leventia let out a deep sigh at Hyeonu, who praised the bikini armor without changing his expression.

But her intentions were a little different.

you have a nice body

Do you like a muscular body built up through long training?

Even if it just seems clunky to you?

These are the words of a wise man, and they will never be lies. Hyeonu, seen by Leventia, was not a person who would lie needlessly, even though he might not speak.

Leventia looked at him gently and turned her head away.

“I’ll tell you, but I’ll never wear armor like that.”

“Yes? So that’s it.”

She agreed so coolly that even Leventia herself was surprised. If I had to recommend it a few more times, I would have pretended not to have won.

Leventia felt bitter seeing Hyeonu immediately pick up another armor.

That armor was also one of the most splendid armor in Leventia’s eyes.

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Just by looking at it for a moment, you have a much better eye than yourself.

Also, you are always perfect.

You are so dazzling that I can’t stand it.

Ahh.

If I could see even a little bit of your lacking side, I would.

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As if haunted by memories from the past, Leventia entered the store. Was it because the continent was stabilized by defeating the demon king?

The items in the store were much larger than before.

What Leventia looked at after roughly accepting the busy clerk’s greetings.

It was none other than the bikini armor side.

“Ah. Customer. You have good eyes as expected. All the armors here are of the highest quality. Especially the bikini series.”

There was a limited condition that only women could wear it, but bikini armor that could be used with various magic, spells, and sex laws was quite a popular item among free knights.

Regular knights can’t wear it easily, and if you take away the disadvantage of revealing bare skin, the performance itself is much better than normal armor.

Levintia silently looked at the bikini armor and reached for one of them.

It was the armor that Hyeonu had recommended before.

Leventia stared blankly at the armor she had rejected back then, and the clerk grinned.

“This armor. It’s a really good armor. It’s light in weight and has a weight-reinforcing effect, so even knights who prefer heavy attacks like it. In particular, next year, the Kingdom’s Flora Knights plan to adopt it as their official armor.”

At those words, Leventia bit her lip.

Also.

You always made suggestions for us.

that I…

Leventia closed her eyes and gripped the armor.

With the heart that I want to reverse the work you recommended and which I rejected.