Cardboard Houses Do Not Tear

82 – Hills and Crossbows

“Huh.”

As I took a deep breath, the smell of dirt filled my nostrils that were full of alcohol.

Good night.

Today was a good night, as the alcohol that went over my retinas and reached the top of my head filled everything I saw with pleasant emotions.

And then, I was in a state of refuge to spend that good night without being f*cked.

Of course, after I was taken away, there were literally waves of alcohol from all sides.

Breaking note, farewell note, reunion note, farewell note for reunion, even a glass thrown at him saying, ‘It’s annoying that there are so many women around him.’

I didn’t pick up the last shot glass and threw it back to Vieri, but after receiving all the glasses, it was hard to come to my senses.

That’s why they pretended to go to the bathroom and escaped.

Although I can’t stay very long, at least I have to go a long way from tomorrow.

I had to take a break for the sake of my stomach.

That’s why I was reciting the chronological table while breathing.

“Mr. G-House, can I talk to you for a moment?”

The prianian squad leader managed to find me.

I wondered if she was following me, but I don’t think she would.

And even if that’s the case, I’m not a person who can do anything about it.

So, I greeted her with a smile.

“If you don’t mind getting drunk, sit across from me.”

There were many places for her to sit in the small empty lot piled up with useless goods after the war.

Squad leader Priyanian, dressed in a courtesy beige overcoat, sat on the box opposite me with his hands neatly together.

The atmosphere was quite suitable, so I decided to ask the business first.

“What are you doing?”

“G-House said he was quitting the mercenary corps, right?”

I wonder if my words were a bit sudden, so I came to ask again.

I nodded.

“Have you decided where to go?”

“I’m going to college in Britian.”

At the appearance of such an unexpected place, she lost her words for a moment.

But instead of saying things like ‘Why are you going there?’, She asked something else.

“Are you quitting your mercenary job now?”

I shook my head at the look on his young face, even with a slight hint of anticipation.

“When money runs out, I have to go back to work.”

Even if you can rebel against the Death Knight, you can’t help the hunger that cuts through her.

If you don’t want to starve to death before you go to your thesis, you’ll have to pick up the knife again someday.

Then the prianian squad leader looked at me and said.

“Then don’t quit the mercenaries.”

“Yes?”

“The life of a free mercenary is not very good. People look at them the way they see bandits and hoodlums, and it’s hard to get a job. Rather, maintaining a affiliation-“

She stopped her words. And I knew why the squad leader stopped her.

“Squad leader. Didn’t you think that wasn’t the case even though you said it a moment ago?”

Which mercenary group in the world would grant a affiliation to a mercenary wandering around alone?

You don’t know what kind of accident the mercenary will cause.

“……”

She knew it herself, but instead of answering, the captain of Priyanian took a small paper bag from her overcoat. It was something I took from Turk yesterday and gave it to me.

“You haven’t opened it yet.”

“Because no one was around. And for some reason, I felt anxious that I shouldn’t open it elsewhere.”

With those words, the prianian squad leader opened the paper bag.

And his expression hardened even more.

“……”

“This is a farewell gift. I didn’t mean to give it to you.”

I said scratching my cheeks. I knew that such a reaction would come out, but seeing it in front of my eyes was a bit embarrassing.

“If you take it or burn it, at least you won’t have to carry a bag full of food, and the number of mysterious nominations will decrease slightly.”

Maybe I can leave the North now and be free, but that has nothing to do with me.

“And no more pointing a crossbow in the back of a stranger’s head.”

“Mr. G-House.”

“It was a lot of fun. Squad leader. I am happy to be able to greet you personally like this.”

To be honest, I would be lying if I said I didn’t regret it.

It’s because the first meeting was quite irritating, so we stuck together a lot in our own way, and didn’t it prevent an ice pick from getting stuck in the back of the head a few days ago?

But there was no place for her to step into my work.

I don’t know how long it will take to go to submit my thesis. What might be

There is no bad taste in catching and leading others like water ghosts in the work of setting out on a dark road with only one clear conviction.

I started to sober up, so I prepared to get up. I’ve been away from her for too long.

“Do you have anything else to say?”

Then the prianian squad leader opened his mouth.

“… The reason Mr. House wants to go to Britian’s University is that he’s not going to learn something, he’s going to find it.”

I listened over and over again. Because there is no need to deny it.

“Because it doesn’t make sense for a mercenary who had only been fighting in the north to go to a university in the south all of a sudden. So let me ask you something.”

Prianian’s squad leader hesitated for a moment before asking.

“Is it related to what I said the other day, to be reached?”

“……”

It is sharp. I didn’t know that she would remember my words this much.

I didn’t answer.

Then the prianian squad leader opened his mouth.

“I can’t reach it, but I don’t know what the object I need to reach is. I think I can help.”

“Yes?”

I held her back at her words that seemed like she was going to blow up her whole life.

“The squad leader is saying this because he doesn’t know, but this isn’t an easy matter to talk about.”

“I didn’t say it that simply. So, I will ask Mr. Ghouse.”

Prianian Squad Leader, who put the paper on his leg, asked me.

“When we had tea the other day, Mr. G-House said he didn’t want to forget me.”

“If you say that, people will misunderstand you.”

“There are only two of us here. So answer.”

At those powerful words, I nodded.

“I remember saying roughly the same thing.”

“Then the next question.”

Suddenly turning the direction of the conversation to 20 questions, she came up with an out-of-the-box question this time.

“You don’t want to forget, don’t you want to lose?”

“Yes?”

Aren’t they both the same thing?

Not wanting to forget literally means not wanting to forget.

Is it wrong to not want to lose because you literally don’t want to lose?

While her head froze at the sudden question, she hurried her answer.

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“Answer me, Mr. Ghouse.”

“I don’t know.”

At my filter-free words, she said with a smile.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a squad leader smile sober.

“Look at that. Going all the way to the South alone without knowing that? It’s good if you don’t get lost along the way.”

“No, this has nothing to do with that, does it?”

“Then answer me. Do you want to forget me or lose me?”

For a person like me who is soft-hearted and good-natured and can’t speak harsh words to others, this was the worst request.

How could you say such a thing in front of the person in question?

“……”

So while the mouth was forcibly sealed, the prianian squad leader opened his mouth.

“Mr. G-House. Do you remember what I said the day we drank at the parade ground?”

Sadly, next to forgetting I was good at remembering.

“Yes. The squad leader said that instead of stacking and reaching, you shoot and drop.”

“So, let me make a good suggestion to Mr. G-House.”

The prianian squad leader suddenly stood up and approached me.

“Squad leader?”

“Shh.”

I kept my mouth shut.

When our eyes meet, just like when we first met, the delicate scent blowing from the corners of my mouth entangles everything in me.

The prianian squad leader whispered quietly to me.

“I’ll shoot whatever you want and drop it.”

“Do you know what you mean by saying that?”

“From the time I gave my shackles as a gift, it became a pretty irrelevant issue. Mr. Ghouse.”

The atmosphere became strange. It doesn’t suit me.

“Then the prianian squad leader.”

“Prianian.”

Stained red by the moonlight, she said, holding up the watch that had been fixed at some point with her left hand.

My contract was until midnight today,

That time has long since passed.

“Now I am no longer your squad leader.”

“Then Miss Prianian.”

“You are overflowing with unnecessary manners. Mr. Ghouse.”

I felt as if those boldly open blue eyes were trying to eat me.

Adamantly, the eyes of Miss Priyanian were more frightening than the death knight’s naturalization now.

Even though her right hand was obviously still, it felt like it was getting closer to my collar. ‘Persimmon’ announced the crisis.

―If you do this, you will really be eaten.

I don’t know what being eaten means. As a warning from a ‘persimmon’ that came to mind after a long time, I opened my mouth first.

“That. Let’s do this.”

“What?”

Now, the words have become shorter. I’m scared mom

“If you really want to come with me.”

“If you want to go?”

Okay, 5 more seconds.

During these 5 seconds, I remembered one way, recalling what she said to her.

She’s good at shooting and dropping.

Because I’m good at slowly building things up.

If I become her support on the floor, Miss Prianian will be able to further shorten the path to her goal and my thesis.

It can be said that it is a trick that can be a win-win relationship without each other being a burden to each other.

I originally intended not to do this, but this is Miss Prianian’s fault. I mumbled inwardly and opened my mouth.

“Be my crossbow, I will be your hill.”

Then she started to panic.

“Do you know what that means?”

I don’t know what I was thinking, but there shouldn’t be any more misunderstandings, so I decided to explain in a bit more detail.

“A simple analogy. In order to get what each other wants, let’s make a contract to exchange what we do best. Miss Prianian.”

“It is what you do best.”

“I will help you achieve what you want to achieve. You help me with what I want to achieve. In the meantime, let’s go together.”

There will be quite a lot of difficulties in lodging or something like that, but what can I do when a reliable crossbow shooter helps me with one skill.

If things don’t go well, I’ll have to go homeless.

Then, for some reason, Miss Prianian looked slightly disappointed.

It’s probably because it seems like you’re hitting an iron wall with almost unconditional favor.

But for me, it was the utmost courtesy.

This is all she did on her own, and to be honest, I’d rather shoot a crossbow well and have a pretty partner.

“Don’t look at it that way. I can’t fully trust anyone without a contract.”

Whoever it is.

“Even between us?”

“Why do you say that between us?”

Then she took a step back.

“You are a squad member, and I am a squad leader.”

Aha, such a concept?

“Time has passed.”

“I heard it was a contractual relationship.”

“Yes. A relationship that hasn’t even been stamped on the contract yet.”

Her cheeks turned red. What else did you think

“The subject is missing again.”

“Consider it a small mistake, Miss Prianian. Now, let me ask you just once.”

She

She was sitting on the box, so she was at eye level with hers and mine.

Obviously, if I had been standing, I would have been a little taller.

-First of all, shoot it down, and catch the prey in my line of sight.

For some reason, I remembered what she had said.

As the wind began to blow, my entire field of vision was dyed red with moonlight-soaked prianian hair.

Perhaps she is like me.

I looked at her and said.

“Do you want to come with me?”

She looked at me and said.

“Of course. Mr. Ghouse.”