How to Survive as a Player Chapter 194

#194

Sehyun was currently smiling so sadly that it was scary. Also towards Ruhak. Every time the smile turned towards Ruhak, Euncheong and the heroes turned their heads to avoid Sehyeon’s gaze. I cleared my throat several times.

As always, the words came out with a smile.

“What, naive?”

If I said three more times, it would be the hundredth time. The reason why Sehyeon asked this was because in the past, when Ruhak talked about my childhood, he used the phrase ‘I was quite naive.’ Of course, there was a reason why Sehyeon was repeating these words like a parrot.

This was because there was an order to change the position of the rear supply unit where Sehyeon was located. It was in front of the front line and right behind the crown prince’s troops. In short, it was said to be the location where Nellus’ gaze directly reached.

I could tell without looking back who had ordered it. Even the title was grandiose. Join the armed ranks to prevent the loss of supplies in case of an external attack.

Thanks to this, Sehyeon was now walking while receiving glares from the knights who glanced behind her. At one point, he even walked backwards to receive questions from knights.

“Hum, hum… . You… Who is your father? Aren’t you doing something high?”

“I do not know. “Let’s see which noble bastard he is.”

“Under imperial law, nobles who create illegitimate children as well as members of the royal family are subject to execution. Don’t you know this?”

“How do I know that? I’ve never met a noble person before. Ah, I heard you lived in the mountains and then came down.”

“Huh, have you seen something this outrageous? “So you don’t know the law?”

“yes.”

“Wow.”

Most of the articles were curious about Sehyun’s identity, and many actually asked many questions. Every time that happened, Sehyeon had to spit out the words that he was that bastard’s illegitimate child. All of this happened in just one day.

And in this process, Sehyeon learned that gold is a very sacred area for the Cheongeum tribe. Most nobles and royals born with return lineage were born with blond hair or golden eyes, where black was seen as an ominous symbol.

Perhaps that’s why the knights were particularly reluctant to see Muan, who had black hair and eyes.

Muan also originally had brilliant blonde hair and golden eyes. That was certainly the case until the species changed.

As I blinked my eyes in thought, I felt someone’s gaze again. Sehyeon sighed and raised his head and looked ahead. Where he moved his gaze, there were golden eyes. Nelus himself, who brought Sehyeon to this point.

‘also.’

Our eyes met for a moment before someone grabbed the tip of our chin and our heads turned to the side. In his frightened vision, there was Ruhak looking down at Sehyeon in a scary way.

It was like this all along. Every time Ruhak caught Nellus’s gaze, he grabbed Sehyeon’s head and turned it towards me, as if stealing his gaze. The crown prince’s gaze, which had been fixed each time, was quickly withdrawn.

It was a gaze mixed with many complex emotions. In fact, Nelus still had no doubts that Sehyeon was a nobleman.

No, it could have been something that couldn’t be defined.

“I’m not going to watch it, so just let it go.”

Sehyun sighed and pushed Ruhak’s hand away. The hand that was holding his chin was released only after slowly rubbing the area below his delicate ear. The gazes of the knights who were glancing at Sehyun also cleared their throats and fell away.

Sehyeon also had to sigh deeply.

In the end, that night, even as the sun set and the punitive force prepared to camp, Sehyeon had to look at the knights an unknown number of times. Later, whenever anyone spoke to him, his first words would be, ‘I’m an illegitimate child.’

Maybe that’s why no one spoke to Sehyun when it was time to eat. The day was already dark. Perhaps because it was a dense forest, night came faster.

“Make sure you eat well!”

Soldiers’ cries erupted from all over. At those words, both mercenaries and soldiers moved to eat. Of course, there were people who did not receive food and instead filled their meals with beef jerky or other food they brought.

Sehyeon was also one of that group. Sehyun pretended to take out dried fruits and rice balls from her inventory, grabbed a tree, sat down under it, and started eating. Ruhak, Euncheong, and the heroes did not eat. No, what they ate was different.

Pills.

It was the ‘meal’ that the retainers ate at the pagoda. It was a lump-sized pill the size of a thumbnail, and was a type of combat ration containing all the nutrients. This was food prepared by vassals who were unable to travel with food if they stayed inside the pagoda for a long time.

Of course, Sehyun hated it very much. He had a lot of opposition. This was because the heroes replaced their meals with that whenever they had the chance. Even in the empire, outside of the tower, vassals would fill their meals with pills in the name of training.

As long as this is the tower, the heroes will not give up their pills even if they are stopped. It was like an iron rule for them.

“Someone’s coming, Lord.”

At those words, Sehyun looked up from eating. As soon as he finished speaking, noisy footsteps came near the campsite where Se-hyeon was. The eyes of everyone in the camp turned to the strangers holding torches.

Those who stormed into the campsite were three young men. They looked around the campground with anxious looks on their faces. It seemed as if he was looking for something.

“What’s going on?”

When one of the lesser knights came forward to ask, a man holding a torch came out and scratched the back of his head, expressing his embarrassment.

“Oh, I’m sorry you’re eating. This is the top team of ‘Remendia’ who joined the end of the punitive force around afternoon due to the delay in supply of supplies. It’s none other than a child we take care of at the top who went out to check on Sophie, but apparently she got lost and didn’t come back, so I was looking for her.”

“kid?”

“Yes, yes. He is a boy of this height, but due to unfortunate circumstances, he is very skinny. There are many wounds on his body, and all of our upper-level family members are very worried that something may have happened. How venomous he appears to people he meets for the first time… . If you see someone like that, could you please let us know at the top? “Please, please.”

The man continued to speak in a desperate manner, groveling. Even though he is skinny and full of scars, he is so full of venom that you cannot easily approach him. The man characterized her child like that.

“Okay, I’ll send it to you when I see it. The Crown Prince is in front of you, so don’t go there. “I will take a look later, so stop and go back.”

“Yes, I’m sorry… . Please do me a favor, sir.”

“I will make a promise on my honor.”

As the knight spoke, the torch that had been lighting up the area soon began to move away with urgent steps. The torches receding towards the end of the line. The people’s gaze, which had been focused on the torch, soon slowly withdrew. Sehyun tried to do the same. If Euncheong hadn’t suddenly kicked up and ran out.

“Euncheon?”

The sight of Euncheong running away in a hurry was unfamiliar. Although it was only a short time, Sehyun clearly saw the wide-open eyes trembling with confusion as if they were nailed somewhere. The place Euncheong was heading was in the pitch-black darkness, where the torchlight was gone.

It was only too late that Se-hyeon quickly got up and ran after Euncheong. However, an arm stretched out along the way firmly grabbed Sehyun’s waist and blocked it.

“Let go… Let go. “Let it go.”

“There is nothing to chase. “It’s something you have to solve yourself.”

“Maybe not.”

Sehyun, who was pushing Ruhak’s arm away, felt his feet floating and reflexively grabbed Ruhak’s clothes. The arms wrapped around his waist supported his body tightly.

Meanwhile, Euncheong’s appearance had completely disappeared into the darkness. The attention of the surrounding mercenaries and knights who noticed the commotion suddenly focused on where Sehyeon was.

Sehyun, who was looking in the direction where Euncheong disappeared, finally dropped her head on Ruhak’s shoulder with a sigh.

I wanted to ask many questions, such as what I saw that made me rush to him so quickly, if it was someone I knew from the past, and if so, why he had such a scary expression.

Even more so because it didn’t seem like a good sign. But in the end, those questions lingered around countless times before quietly disappearing. Euncheong did not come back that day.

This night, when I had no choice but to go to bed while waiting for Euncheong, couldn’t have been so ominous. It was an uncomfortable bed. Despite this, Sehyeon had no choice but to try to sleep.

Still, it will come back. As always.

Sehyun, who was in a light sleep, suddenly opened her eyes when the cold dawn air seeped through the sleeping bag. The surroundings were still dark. As soon as he realized it, Sehyun fumbled for the seat next to him. All he could touch was cold dirt.

Even before I went to sleep, Ruhak was definitely by my side, but I don’t know where he went, but now I can’t even feel his presence.

Sehyun, who was shaking her shoulders in the creeping early morning chill, noticed the shadow under her sleeping bag and got up.

When I looked up, there was someone kneeling with a shadow on his face. A man with neat gestures wearing solid armor.

It was Euncheong who disappeared last night.

“… “Euncheong.”

For some time now, Euncheong has given off an air of honesty. Euncheong didn’t even flinch despite Sehyeon’s call.

However, when Sehyeon fully stood up, his dry lips opened, breaking the long silence.

“Do you remember the request you made to Rod?”