I’m Not Doing This With A Friend

Hans awkwardly cheered for his complete recovery in an uneasy tone.

After a while, he scratches his cheek and looks sorry.

“But what should I do, Captain? Something really urgent has come up, so I don’t think I’ll be able to attend this group assignment… … .”

“What?”

“I heard that my grandfather’s ex-lover passed away. I think I need to go pay my respects right now. Really sorry!”

He began to run back the way he came, speaking quickly. Without even a chance for me to catch him.

And what I say while looking back for a moment.

“ah! Please leave my name out of the assignment! “I’m sorry but I couldn’t be with them!”

I stood there blankly for a long time, feeling the absurdity of what had disappeared.

hey. If you’re your grandfather’s ex-lover, you’re just strangers.

* * *

I waited for ten more minutes, but in the end, the talking potato never arrived.

I expected that the group task would be difficult. But I didn’t think that all three of them would be making modifications.

I looked up at the sky with a faint expression.

okay. Life is lived alone.

I thought it would be better to complete the assignment alone and leave out their names when submitting it.

I started climbing the mountain with a half-empty heart.

The road at the beginning was well-paved because there were a lot of people coming and going.

Come to think of it, it’s been quite a while since I’ve climbed a mountain like this to dig up medicinal herbs.

In the past, I would often go out to dig up herbs with my mom.

After I started living at my aunt’s house, my aunt tried to stop me from using it, saying it was dangerous, so I could only touch the herbs I had paid for.

Still, She brought me most of the herbs I wanted… ….

My aunt and uncle were both very good people.

Although he tended to treat me a bit too much, She treated me like his own child, even though I was a member of the military family.

If I had lost my parents earlier, I would have definitely called them Mom and Dad.

She actually tried to add me to the family register.

In the end, it was canceled due to various reasons.

I climbed the mountain while thinking about various things, and before I knew it, I was halfway up the mountain. The reason I was able to tell that it was halfway uphill was because of a sign with a large warning sign.

The signpost posted a warning to be careful when entering the area as this is an area infested with demons.

Starting with the sign, there was a barbed wire fence that controlled access.

I glanced at the sign and then went inside.

In the first place, most useful herbs are grown using mana as nutrients.

In monster habitats, the density of mana in the air was high, so there many good herbs grew.

Therefore, to get a good score, you had to enter the monster habitat.

That may be why Professor George insisted on making it a group project even though it could be done alone.

As soon as I entered the barbed wire fence, I heard the sound of leaves being stepped on somewhere in the grass.

“Is it Malgam by any chance?”

I looked around, but there was no one. It seemed to be a small mountain animal.

I was hoping that the talking potato might have arrived late.

Anyway, Malgam was a very catchy nickname.

From now on, you are a horse.

After making that decision in my mind, I began to search for medicinal herbs in earnest.

From now on, I needed to concentrate. In this place where all you can see is green, you have to distinguish the herbs.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to find one.”

In fact, there was no way I wouldn’t be able to find a good herb in such a large area.

But the reason I said those words was to make it easier to find herbs.

It’s called the secret snout of destruction.

Sure enough, as soon as I spoke the words, the herb I had been looking for  a long time came into view, as if a magic spell had been cast on my eyes.

“No, that’s Dao Tranto, a plant from the Tranto family!”

I opened my eyes and started looking at Dao Tranto with excitement.

This herb is rare and has no particular use, so it is often treated as a street weed.

An herb that no one wants to buy or sell.

However, with the preparation method I developed, I was able to transform Dao Tranto into something amazing.

Antiperspirant.

For reference, the area where I used antiperspirant was ‘there’.

Everyone will agree that this is the part that causes the most concern on a sweltering summer day.

A place where flesh comes into contact with flesh and a particularly large amount of sweat is expelled.

On days when you wear gray clothes, it is the only place where you can see the dark colors and steal everyone’s attention.

Yes.

It’s Ogeum. I’m sure no one can think of another part that starts with ‘bran’.

After carefully digging out the herb without damaging it, I held it and looked at it with loving eyes for a long time.

I came up here to meet this lovely thing.

Even so, I don’t know how difficult it was to not have this.

There was no demand and no supply, so no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get it.

I was so moved that I was about to talk to the herb when I heard an urgent voice behind me.

“It’s dangerous, Lien!”

Before I could understand exactly what the words meant, something exploded with a loud noise. Dark red blood splatters everywhere.

It happened in an instant.

I rolled my eyes and looked around to understand the situation.

The corpse of a monster that has been torn into pieces and its original shape is unrecognizable. And Carsion widened his eyes in surprise.

Carsion moved in front of me in the blink of an eye and suddenly hugged me tightly.

His scent enters the tip of my nose.

Pure as unpolluted water. But at the same time, it was a dense scent that felt like it was immersing me somewhere and I couldn’t get out.

Is there a scent that suits him better than this?

“… … “You’re not hurt anywhere, right, Lien?”

I was smelling his mind-boggling scent, but I finally came to my senses when I heard his trembling voice.

Is he crazy?

I pulled away from Carsion, who was holding me tightly.

Carsion, who had fallen helplessly from the push, looked at my face and was slightly embarrassed.

“On Lien’s face… … .”

It seemed like he was referring to the drops of blood splattering on my cheek.

I quickly wiped the blood away with the back of my hand.

This is because Carsion lifted the sleeve of his uniform as if he was going to wipe the blood from my face.

Trying to wipe the blood off with a pure white school uniform shirt. It’s also the blood of a monster that can’t be easily erased.

How foolish are you?

“Kaon, why are you here?”

“Lien, why did you come in here alone?”

He rarely looked angry at me.

I felt absurd for a moment, but when I thought about the fact that he was worried about me, my mind calmed down.

I used my thumb to gently press his narrowed eyebrows, just like before. However, his eyebrows did not straighten as quickly as before.

“Kaon. Why do you keep looking like that? “Do you think I came in without any plan?”

Carsion lowered his gaze and pursed his lips. He had a lot to say, but he didn’t seem to dare say it out loud.

“I applied monster repellent. “It was also made by improving an existing one, so its performance is twice as good as the existing one.”

I pointed at the monster’s shredded corpse.

“He wouldn’t have attacked me even if you hadn’t come forward.”

At my chin gesture, Carsion’s face turned thoughtful as he turned his head and saw the monster’s corpse.

He suddenly starts shooting magic at the corpse.

When there were no traces of the shredded body, he finally stopped the spell. A huge pit was dug where the monster’s body was.

“I can’t believe you see such a terrible thing right in front of your eyes. “I’m sorry, Lien.”

hey. That one is even more terrifying.

I was about to say something, but I suddenly changed my words when I saw Carsion’s proud face.

“I don’t care about monster corpses, so you don’t have to worry.”

“But Lien should only see good things.”

I tilted my head with an interested expression on my face.

“for example?”

“… … “My face?”

under? This was an unexpected boldness.

I smiled and brought my face closer to him.

Carsion steps back as if embarrassed. But I didn’t care and moved closer as he went back.

“Hmm, really? “Then is it okay for me to look at you like this all day?”

“You’re so nice… … Ah, no, more than that!”

Carsion shouted, looking into the distance with a heated face.

If he makes eye contact with me, he reacts as if something big is going to happen.

“Did you just come in believing in a monster repellent? “If there were no other group members, you should have called me, Lien.”

“As I said before, it’s okay because I applied not just a repellent, but a monster repellent that I improved myself. “I even brought a poisonous needle to throw at monsters if you dare.”

“but… … !”

“Are you saying that the monster repellent I made is unreliable?”

Carsion’s eyes widened as if he didn’t expect me to think that way. he quickly lowers his head from the sky and looks at me.

“It’s not like that!”

As expected, I  had a taste for teasing. I shrugged lightly before his expression became even more distorted.

“know. I was just playing a prank. Rather, tell me now. “How did you find out about this place?”

He hesitated and curled his long eyelashes down.

“… … Actually, since you said you had a group project today, I was just checking to see if there were any men in your group.”

“However?”

“But one came and left quickly, and the other didn’t even come. In the end, I was worried because Lien was climbing the mountain alone… … .”

The corners of Carsion’s eyes drooped sullenly.

“I’m sorry if I offended you.”

Oh my, be kind too.

I slowly reached out and stroked his pink hair.

“It’s okay, relax your expression, Kaon.”

Because I look at your face, I feel sorry for everything.

* * *

I was with Carsion and was busy gathering herbs without even realizing that he was next to me.

I didn’t expect much because it was a mountain behind the school, but there were more precious herbs than I expected, so I didn’t have time to sit still and relax.

Not only did I solve the problem, but my herbal medicine collection also seemed to increase.

I even almost screamed with joy when I discovered the Dao Tranto colony.

The thought of coming back next time and collecting them all makes me feel reassured.

1. happy.

Unable to hide the happy smile that automatically appeared on my face, I frantically picked herbs.

After a while, something fell on my face.