Incompatible Interspecies Wives

10 – Reward (2)

“Are you kidding me?”

I asked him as I set my freshly filled glass down on the table.

There was no longer any room for drunkenness to interfere.

It was a topic that should be shared with sober mind.

“You want to go there and fight, risking your life just to get a werewolf girl?”

“Not just a werewolf girl, but a girl from the Blackwood family. Nobility.”

“What makes a difference?”

“Everything changes.”

“Hyung-“

“Berg. Listen. It’s not that I don’t have an idea.”

“…”

I am speechless at Adam’s calm tone.

Sometimes, Adam hyung had this side.

The nonsense also makes it seem like there is a plan.

I get the feeling of being stupid if I refute hastily.

I frowned and scratched my eyebrows, then looked at my older brother with a sigh.

I waited for his explanation.

Adam passed the time by snapping his fingers on his glass for a moment.

He seemed to be organizing something in his head.

With a low voice, he spoke seriously.

“…Berg. The war is coming to an end.”

“…”

He too slowly put down his glass.

-Tak.

“Whether it’s the warrior party or the demon king, one side will come to an end. And as the war ends, great changes will follow in the country.”

My heart fluttered weakly when I heard the words of a party of warriors.

“How does your brother know when the war will end?”

“I know. Show the situation Trust me.”

Except for the unavoidable news, I turned my head from the news about the warriors.

There must have been something he could be so sure of among the information he missed.

“…We should think that the hero wins and prepare for the future. Because if the demon king kills the hero, there is no hope anyway.”

I wanted to change the subject from the story of the warriors.

Especially in the story of them dying.

“What does that have to do with getting Blackwood’s daughter as pay?”

“It’s because we are obsessed with this war. If the warrior party wins and the war ends, the number of monsters will drop explosively. And if that happens, we will be in danger.”

“What’s the risk? Then you just have to find something else to do.”

“It’s not a problem to have nothing to do. There will be people who are uncomfortable with our existence, the mercenaries themselves.”

“…The mercenaries existed before the Demon King appeared.”

“There has never been a mercenary group as large as ours.”

“…”

“And nobles don’t look down on such armed groups. In particular, those of us who only exist as humans will be more vigilant. Can you stay still when you know that there is a group that will take your place by force? Us with duke-level armed forces somewhere?”

“Isn’t that going too far?”

“No. I can be sure. You already know that there are nobles who don’t look down on us. Even if it isn’t, there’s nothing wrong with preparing for it.”

This time and again, I am easily persuaded by him.

I stopped giving meaningless rebuttals.

“…So?”

“That’s why I’m saying that I’m going to set foot in Blackwood the moment I get the opportunity. It’s good to be more connected with other families. If you can’t win, why not be on the same side? We must look to the future after the war, Berg. That way, including the mercenaries, the members’ families are safe.”

The more you listen to the explanation, the more you understand.

In fact, not only the mercenaries but also the families raised by the members of the mercenaries must have played a part in Adam’s decision.

If you only think about safety, dissolution is not a bad choice.

In the far future, if you are attacked by nobles and your life is in danger, you can just scatter as you first gathered.

But the reason we don’t talk about that possibility is probably because the situation has changed a lot from when we got together.

Adam was not the kind of person who would abandon the members who believed in him and followed him.

As he thought of the crew members’ families, he seemed to have no choice but to think about the future.

“…It’s really done.”

Adam hyung giggles at my sarcasm and asks.

“So come on?”

For some reason I was ashamed to admit it, but I revealed my trust in Adam.

“…Really good.”

Release the strength and tension on both shoulders.

“If my brother does that, then what?”

This time, too, I finally fell for his words.

Simple enough to collapse the previous refutations.

“You were always going to do what your brother said in the end, but you were always arguing.”

“…You must have done something stupid once or twice.”

As if the serious talk was over, Adam picked up the glass he had put down on the floor again.

I also picked up the glass I had put down and sat down in the chair again.

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I sighed and asked.

“When you say you’re going to stretch your feet, you’re thinking about getting married, right? I’m not going to take the daughter of a noble family and use her as a servant.”

Adam nodded his head.

“Of course not. That’s why the relationship is strong.”

“I heard that it is quite difficult because it is a heterogeneous marriage.”

“…”

“Have you met the other person?”

“Ner Blackwood? Yes i saw Although it was from a distance. I have never seen such a pretty woman.”

I burst out laughing.

“Keuk kuk. That’s great. Well, congratulations bro.”

There is a momentary silence.

“…..”

“…..”

Adam gave me a long look instead of answering.

I didn’t notice his gaze as I was enjoying my drink again.

“…?”

But in the silence that followed, I expressed my doubts.

Looking back at Adam, he raised his glass and shook it slightly.

“This is an expensive drink.”

Whenever Adam asked me for a favor, he fed me expensive alcohol.

I blinked and looked at my brother.

Then he slowly set the glass down.

“…”

Gradually, the thread of what his request might be.

And the more I did, the more I shook my head.

“…You are talking nonsense.”

“Berg.”

“If you’re going to do it, hyung does it, why are you doing this to me?”

“You do it. It is an important marriage.”

“So brother, do it! In the first place, the leader, hyung, should do it!”

“Hey dude, I must be… cheating on you.”

Adam hyung confidently uttered absurd words.

A despondent laugh bursts out at the unexpected answer.

Looking at my smile, he pushed harder to see if he had strength.

“There are so many women running towards me, so what do I do? I can’t refuse. But you are different, Berg. You haven’t even looked at the countless women who seduce you, have you?”

“It’s okay.”

“I know. That you will be good to her wife You’re kind, caring for people, delicate… You just don’t talk much, there’s no one to break free from when you fall into it. You are perfect for maintaining a solid marriage. Besides, I already told you that if you accept, you will be my opponent.”

“…”

Adam raises his voice for a moment.

“Hey! My older brother said he would find a good wife for me, but why do you keep doing that?”

“Your brother is my parent? I’ll figure it out on my own.”

“You said that for 3 years.”

“…Whether 3 years or 10 years, I do it myself.”

Adam asks after scratching his head.

“Ha, Berg. I didn’t mean to say this, but…”

“…?”

“Do you hate women?”

“…”

I looked at Adam coldly.

He also clicks his tongue at my reaction.

“…No, it’s because I cut out all the women who said I like you. What a waste of a handsome face. Look at his expression, are you going to hit him? Anyway, if it’s not like that, why are you so desperately rejecting it?”

“…”

“I heard that a beautiful aristocratic wife will be born, but you are the only one who hates it.”

Instead of his words, I kept erasing the person who kept lingering in my head.

Put the sake into your mouth, and enjoy the bittersweet feeling on the tip of your tongue. Taste the sensation as it travels down your throat.

There was no response like that.

A long silence follows.

“… Ha.”

Adam also seemed to give up.

Until he quietly whispers.

“…Does this have something to do with why you ran wild in the slums?”

“Cool!”

The alcohol goes in the wrong direction for a while.

A burning pain runs down my throat.

I continued to cough.

“Cool! Cool…! Cool!”

Adam gave me a pat on the back.

I asked, calming my cough and averting my eyes.

“Ha, bitter…What are you talking about?”

“…How many years we’ve been together, I couldn’t have guessed that much. I don’t know what it is, but it must have been a woman’s problem.”

“…”

I jumped up from my seat.

“…After. You drank well.”

“This was an expensive drink, man.”

“I’ll pay you back later.”

Setting the glass down on the table, he shook his head.

I knew that such a vehement reaction might seem like a tacit acceptance of past speculation, but I couldn’t help it.

I started to leave my brother’s residence.

“You are sick too.”

Adam said. As he said, the intensity of attacking his heart is different.

I did not slow down my pace.

“Berg. You are the right one You have to do it.”

Adam hyung’s voice kept coming through my ears.

“For the sake of the children…Let’s ask. You take care of the kids as much as I do. You can do anything for them.”

Adam hyung said the last thing to me who responded endlessly with no response.

“…Can you still remember the other person?”

‘Don’t forget me, Bell.’

“……”

My steps stand firm.

A little heartbreaking.

“Ha…If it doesn’t work out, I’ll give up too.”

Adam takes a step back. But for some reason, I couldn’t say that I should give up the request right away.

Maybe it was because he understood why he pushed for this marriage.

Anyway, Adam’s judgment was always right.

I didn’t even know I was hesitating because it was certain that it would happen this time as well.

I closed my eyes again.

Recently, there are fewer days when I really think of Cien.

I had no idea what her warmth felt like.

Nevertheless, she causes a great stir in me.

I hate to admit this fact.

I really didn’t know that the time had come for me to let go of the past.

You may need to sort out your neglected mind.

Because now it doesn’t hurt as much as before.

It was clear that she, too, would have let me go by now.

It was 7 years.

Seven years have passed, not one or two years.

“…Give me time to think.”

I couldn’t make a choice, so I left Adam’s house.

Perhaps the moment had come to cast off the curse.