Kidnapping the Hero Party

45. Gathering Fog, Swept Emotions (1)

45. Gathering Fog, Swept Emotions (1)

“I’m fine now… ”

The feeling of dark clouds gradually disappears, and it feels like a pure white cloud is approaching.

The aftereffects were gradually being healed within me.

‘… If you look at the guys related to the Church, they will bloom again.’

Hatred of the denomination that used friends as experimental materials.

It will stay with me for the rest of my life.

If you faced a paladin in front of you, you would have to control your emotions as much as possible.

“By the way, Saten.”

“Yes, uncle. Why are you calling me?”

“Are your emotions studies going well?”

studying emotions.

By reading a book, you indirectly experience the emotions hidden in it.

Not everything in the book is correct.

This is the only way for Saten, who cannot experience emotions.

Saten held out a pile of about ten books without saying a word to my question.

“Have you read them all?”

“Yes, I have read them all. It was this book that helped me understand my emotions the most.”

“… It’s a fairy tale book.”

Fairytale.

A children’s story about things that are unlikely to happen in real life.

On the cover of the book, a princess and a prince on a white horse were seen in a deep sleep.

There were even seven short dwarves around.

It feels like I’ve seen something somewhere…

“The title is Sleeping Princess.”

“Yes, it’s about a prince riding a white horse to rescue a princess who ate an apple and fell asleep.”

“… Did Minerva read it from my memory? Saten, where did you find this book?”

“I was stuck in the house last time. Of all the other books, this one was the funniest.”

“… Hmm, that’s right.”

The name of the author written on the cover of the book is Ming Neng Lung Bang.

No matter how much you change your name, isn’t it too obvious?

Besides the duty of writing, Minerva also has to spread knowledge to people.

Well, you can even bring in some of Earth’s culture.

Anyway, the conversation with Saten is more important than the content.

“Saten, which scene in this book was the most interesting?”

“There were a lot of things I didn’t understand, but I enjoyed the last scene the most. It’s exciting to kiss and wake up.”

“Um, that scene… ”

Doing this and that, the prince on a white horse kisses the princess.

Is it the scene where the princess from a deep sleep wakes up?

Snow White.

No, this is the part that can be said to be the highlight of the sleeping princess.

“Why did you find this part the most interesting?”

“It wasn’t all fun, so the ending was the most fun.”

uh?

“Then the reason why I said this book was the most interesting… ”

“It’s the shortest. It’s boring to force yourself to understand things you don’t understand.”

“… ”

It’s not like that.

Saten spoke as if he was displeased.

“There are too many bugs in the book that don’t move without thinking. Insects that move with emotions. You drive out your daughter out of jealousy, and try to kill her by feeding her poisoned apples. I’m really pathetic.”

“You don’t understand the characters at all, Saten.”

“Yeah, I can’t understand the thoughts of the characters at all. I’d rather have magic books containing only theories.”

“… ”

Holding onto something you don’t understand and reading it for hours is definitely boring.

However, in order for Saten not to die, such boring stories were absolutely necessary.

You have to try to get your feelings back.

“Read it anyway, Saten.”

“However… !”

“That way I can teach you magic.”

“… That’s right.”

Saten reluctantly agreed.

What I’m saying is ‘right’.

You have a promise with me, so you don’t say anything.

Saten muttered to himself for a moment.

“Also… rather than books… listen… experience… The experiment… better map… ”

turned his head towards me.

She was expressionless, but she could find the emotion of curiosity on her face.

“Mister, I have to rediscover my feelings, right?”

“right.”

“Then what is the most important thing to find the ‘answer’ in magic?”

“In magic… ?”

Hmm…

Aina shouted to me, ‘The most important thing in magic is the process!’

You have to decide on a goal, calculate in the process, experiment to see what’s wrong, and find the problem.

The answer to Saten’s question is…

“The most important thing in magic is the ‘process’.”

“Right. It’s a process. Calculate and test to see if it’s right. That’s important.”

“But why are you asking me that?”

“Then, wouldn’t studying emotions be the same, Mister?”

“uh?”

To know what emotions this action causes.

Wouldn’t it be necessary to experiment?

Saten pressed me with her mad eyes.

I couldn’t feel any emotions, but at the end of those jet-black eyes, curiosity.

Because that alone makes up the emotionless girl named Saten.

Saten looked at me with intense eyes.

“I need an experiment, sir.”

“… What experiment do you need? If you need materials, I… ”

“No, the ingredients must be uncle. Something I’ve heard and something I’m curious about. Not unless it’s your uncle.”

what did you hear

What the hell did you hear that you are doing this to me?

Saten asked without knowing my dizzy heart.

A question I can’t help but baffle.

“Mister, how do you feel when you kiss?”

“Wh, what… ?”

“The princess in that fairy tale woke up after being kissed by the prince. Even got married. What kind of feelings did you even marry?”

“Even if you ask me… ”

“Maybe that feeling is ‘love’? The kid said so too. The ultimate goal of love is to be kissed.”

So what did someone say to you?

Saten spits out incomprehensible words.

She came up to me in a curious tone and said.

“So, I want to check what it feels like. Can I even think like that? I wonder. Mister, please kiss me.”

“That sounds crazy, Saten. Saying that to a grown-up… ”

“It’s okay, it’s the first thing I say to you. I don’t do it to anyone else. And, my uncle’s goal is to get my feelings to the end. Isn’t that So, give it a try. What it would feel like to kiss, what emotions would it bring.”

“… ”

Saten, who was sitting on the chair, got up and stood in front of me.

My height was on the bigger side than the other kids, but I still didn’t reach my height.

Saten closed her eyes as if asking me to kiss her.

‘It’s obviously crazy. I thought my eyes had changed lately… It’s changed for the worse.’

Minerva seemed to agree with me, and sent me a problem.

It was a very simple matter.

[Perverts, lolicons, s*x offenders. Junwoo Lee has so many words to express. Are you really going to do what Saten wants? Choose.]

[One. Kisses Saten.]

[2. runs away.]

…

If you check the future of number 1, you’re saying that you should see me kissing Saten.

You can never do that.

I checked the answer twice without any hesitation.

‘Hmm… ‘

Exactly, nothing happens.

The only thing I’m worried about is that Saten’s curiosity hasn’t been resolved.

I looked down at Saten, who was quietly closing her eyes.

“… ”

He closes his eyes and raises his head slightly, waiting for me.

Like a prince in a fairy tale, he is waiting for me to do it.

Perhaps because she has a dreamy appearance, she really felt like a princess in a fairy tale book, falling into a deep sleep.

But I.

I had no intention of helping Saten with such an experiment.

No matter how you think about it, the answer was number 2.

quiver-

“mister?”

“I’ll get you some materials for the experiment next time. Experiment with it.”

Well, that would be enough for a cat.

Do the kissing experiment on him.

bang-!

I closed the door and ran out of Saten’s room.

“Where on earth did you get such an outrageous idea… ?”

I can’t understand.

Originally, that’s the charm of a person named Saten, but…

Before I left, I took a peek at Saten’s room.

From there, Saten’s emotionless voice flowed.

– Hmm, sorry. It could have been a good experiment.

It’s creepy…

It’s good to experiment to understand your feelings.

Experimenting with emotions like that is a bit…

‘If it’s an experiment with sound content, I’ll be able to hang out with you.’

Not today.

Leading the body that had become chilled by Saten, I headed to my room to rest.

Her room is on the second floor.

Descending the wooden stairs, I faced the hallway leading to my room.

And there was a little girl I haven’t seen in a long time.

“mister… ”

“Hare.”

Hare did not leave the room for 7 days.

I had lost a lot of weight because I hadn’t eaten properly.

Somewhere with a mature atmosphere, she spoke openly to me.

“I, no more… I won’t bother you… I knew all the things I did wrong… I will make sure that never happens again.”

Can I really trust her?

Hare, who had stolen her wallet, tried to roast Estiya, and threatened her.

Can I trust you again?

‘… Even if you don’t believe in words, you should believe in actions.’

You just have to show your regret.

All you have to do now is to do the right thing.

Forgive Hare ‘for a while’.

I said without raising my doubts.

“… You must be hungry. Follow me into the kitchen. I will prepare the rice for you.”

Eat rice first.

Hare was so hungry that she was as dry as when we first met.

***

The point at which Lee Jun-woo and Ha-re moved to the kitchen.

On the 4th floor of Henencia’s Labyrinth Dungeon, the adventurers were panicking.

Even though it was a lower class, an unexpected existence appeared.

“Ugh, ah-!! Sah, save me-!!”

“Yes, Nelson-!! Henry-!! Everyone, are you all dead-?!”

Again – Again –

Hands holding the severed heads of two men in their hands.

A seductive woman was walking by.

A low-level demon with horns on his head in vulgar clothes.

Succubus.

She overcame racial differences and ascended to the position of the Demon King of Lust.

He was approaching two adventurers with nowhere to escape.

“It’s cute, like a running hamster.”

“Oh, don’t come-!! Yes, let go of Nelson, Hen, and Henry’s heads-!!”

“Yes? why me? They are smiling happily like this, so why did I let them go?”

Again – Again –

The demon king of lust, Rust, walks with the sound of his shoes.

The two adventurers in her hands had happy expressions as if they had no time to die.

Frustrated by being unable to escape, the two men intuited their own fate.

So, I put it into action right away.

“Ugh, ah-!! Lord, die-!!”

“Vengeance-!!”

“I just want to make you guys happy. It’s really too much, you guys?”

Churrup-

Rust flicked his tongue and looked at the beginner adventurer seductively.

And, the moment you make eye contact with them.

“… ”

“… ”

“Dream happy. Cute adventurers.”

Like adventurers with severed heads.

The rebellious adventurers stood still, smiling happily.

I’m sure you’re having a good dream.

square-

Two heads fell to the floor.

Looking at the corpses of those adventurers, Rust smiled with joy.

“Ha ha ha ha ha-!! As expected, beginner adventurers are the best… The younger you are, the tastier it is… ”

Churup-

Rust collected a lot of energy today.

Looking at their corpses with missing vital parts, Rust exclaimed happily.

“I really enjoyed the meal-?”

But maybe it’s because it wasn’t enough?

Rust smelled the other adventurers and roamed the dungeons on the lower floors again.

Lust, the demon lord of lust.

She is…

“I think I will meet a nice man soon. Huh huh… ”

I had an intuition of meeting Lee Jun-woo.