Incompatible Interspecies Wives

68 – Formal Appearance (3)

After a full day’s running, Chief Joe settled down on a plain.

To set up camp and prepare meals, it was better to rest when the sky turned yellow.

Arwin looked at the 20 or so crew members preparing for camp.

We continue to work in an atmosphere where everyone is laughing and throwing jokes.

“You are the one who cooks. I did it last time.”

“What do you do after burning everything? You do it.”

“Yai-san, it’s a burden…! You know I can’t cook…!”

They threw their eyes at him and Ner, and exchanged blows.

Arwin clearly felt the difference between Elves and Humans while watching such members.

Maybe it was the difference between a short-lived species and a long-lived species.

Human people found fun in doing something.

It was so different from the laid-back elves.

It may be their characteristic to faithfully fill every moment as they live a short life.

“…”

That said, Arwin didn’t feel that it was bad.

I thought that these characteristics were their strengths.

She

As much as she was confined, it was even more so for her seeking stimulation.

But Arwin, who was sitting near the members, suddenly felt a subtle discomfort.

It is not comfortable to rarely look at yourself.

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It wasn’t a big inconvenience, but it made me want to leave the seat.

She stands up and moves her steps to find a more comfortable place.

It was after Ner had already moved somewhere.

“Arwin, where are you going?”

Someone looked at her and asked.

Looking back at her, there was Baran, Berg’s aide.

“…Yes.”

Arwin answered briefly.

Baran said in response to her answer.

“Don’t go too far.”

Arwin nodded her head.

Perhaps because of her memories of the past, she was reluctant to limit herself, but she didn’t forget either.

You’re not completely free yet. That she is Berg’s wife.

But Baran didn’t have to worry from the start.

Arwin’s destination was fixed.

She looks around the wide plain and finds her destination.

A short distance away, Berg was training his sword.

Ner was also sitting nearby watching him.

Even if she didn’t like Berg, she felt most comfortable around him.

It was the same with Arwin.

I had no choice.

In this unfamiliar plain, the place I was most familiar with was by Berg’s side.

She approaches him slowly like that.

Every time I see him swinging his sword, I think of the World Tree.

“…”

Arwin’s eyes turned to the scar on his cheek.

He was a Berg who never blamed himself even though he had suffered such an evil for himself.

I kept thinking that he was a truly unique person.

I didn’t know if Berg was unique, or if everyone outside the Celebrien estate was like that.

It hasn’t even been two months since I went out.

Arwin made a conscious effort not to get lost in the idiosyncrasies of anything.

Anyway, even that singularity was temporary, something that would leave him someday.

“…Ner.”

Arwin approached Nere, who was sitting and looking at Berg.

Ner looks at Arwin in surprise for a moment, then replies.

“Arwin.”

We only exchanged greetings lightly like that.

Arwin sat carefully next to Ner and watched Berg together with her.

Arwin’s eyes turned to the world tree leaf hanging from Berg’s neck.

“…”

And looking at the leaf, which was much better than before, she frowned involuntarily.

It was as if the leaves were telling them that someone was happy to be by Berg’s side.

“…I heard the story of the world tree leaf.”

At the same time, Ner spoke in a whisper.

Ner’s eyes were on the necklace hanging around his neck, like Arwin’s.

“…It represents Arwin-sama’s condition and mood.”

Arwin looked at Nere and replied.

“…Yes.”

“…I used to see leaves…”

“Because I left the territory.”

Arwin spit out the reason for the question he didn’t even ask.

I didn’t want Ner to misunderstand.

Arwin has yet to gain true freedom.

He had to leave Berg’s side to find the complete happiness he wanted.

There was no way to live a happy life by the side of Dan Myeong-jong as a collectible.

So, the change in the leaves wasn’t because of Berg, it was just because of the World Tree.

That’s what Arwin said to himself.

I wanted to tell him so that Berg wouldn’t be mistaken.

Ner nodded quietly at her words.

“After…”

Berg sighed and lowered his sword.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead with my wrist.

“Why don’t you look around?”

Then he spoke to Arwin and Nere, who sat and looked at him.

Turn your head and make eye contact.

“…Sigh.”

Looking at him smiling at the same time, Arwin averted his gaze in a strange feeling.

It was the first time in my life that I felt this way.

That feeling keeps happening like this. I thought it was comfortable, so I couldn’t look into the eyes of Berg, who had approached me.

Arwin suddenly thought of how many people could smile just by his presence.

It was difficult for her to understand the kindness he showed her.

He didn’t do anything for me, so how could he be able to give his heart so unconditionally?

‘They’re a couple.’

Arwin kept his mouth shut at the sound of the voice.

Are you doing this for one reason?

Then she felt really stupid.

Anyway, the fate tied to the arranged marriage, the covenants that were spouted at that time, why are they so anxious to keep them?

Now Arwin has even forgotten what he said while marrying him.

Berg soon began to clean up his training by lightly driving his sword into the ground.

It wasn’t until he turned his head away from him that Arwin could look at Berg.

“Let’s go back.”

He said with his back turned.

Arwin and Ner stood up at his words.

****

Ner has been strange lately.

When I came to my senses, I was approaching Berg before I knew it.

Even when I was walking alone, whenever I felt that the seat next to him was empty, I would visit Berg.

I wondered where he went when he disappeared from sight.

In addition, whenever he got up and moved somewhere, he had the urge to ask where he was going.

Until then, she did not do it with her own consideration.

Instead, I secretly rolled my eyes and kept a close eye on his back until it disappeared.

This tendency seems to have grown stronger since that full moon.

Ner had been accustomed to Berg’s scent, so he felt awkward if the body odor didn’t blow.

As one more sense awakened, the vacancy had no choice but to feel bigger.

“Now, it’s up to the vice-captain.”

Twenty mercenary members sat in a large circle with a fire in the middle, continuing their meal.

The largest and most delicious meat among them is given to Berg.

Even in their seemingly comfortable atmosphere, the hierarchy was clear.

Berg naturally accepted the food that Baran handed over and immediately handed it to Ner.

“…Kya.”

The members admire his behavior as if making fun of him.

Ner looked at the members, the bug, and the food with disoriented eyes.

Emotions keep swirling over such trivial considerations.

I don’t want to think about it… But it really seemed like we had a pair.

It seemed like he would take his side no matter what.

He feels an inescapable reassurance and warmth.

“…”

Ner’s wandering gaze finally turned to Berg’s face.

Just like it was all day.

As I stare at him silently like that, I feel another gaze.

At the end of that gaze was Arwin.

They exchanged glances with Berg between them.

“…”

“…”

The exchange of glances between the two ends only after Berg’s head turns toward Arwin.

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After dinner, it was time to go to bed.

Today was the day Ner slept with him.

At Berg’s request, the bed was divided into two.

One is Ner and Berg’s bed. The other is Arwin’s bed.

Ner felt a small relief in the fact that he was not the one sleeping alone.

“…?”

Then he questioned the relief he felt alone.

He didn’t know why he had just been relieved.

‘…Because it’s cold.’

She thinks to herself.

And then, ahead of Berg, I entered the wide bed.

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Deepening night.

Ner woke up from a sleep that never came.

Of course, Berg was lying next to him.

I feel a little regret.

She recently got to know him and had a short conversation before going to sleep, but since Arwin was there, she couldn’t do that today.

In that sense, I wonder if sleeping like today wasn’t really that bad.

She inhaled deeply the smell of Berg instead, and at the same time let out a deep sigh.

“…Why are you sighing?”

At that time, Berg, who had only thought he was asleep, asked.

Ner asked, shaking his body.

“…Wasn’t he sleeping?”

A whisper that Arwyn couldn’t hear as he slept.

For some reason, Ner seemed to be doing something bad.

And that fact brought unique fun.

“…I can’t sleep today.”

Berg whispered.

“Is it because I don’t drink?”

Ner smiled.

He even let out a small laugh so Arwin couldn’t hear it.

She immediately looked at him and thought.

I don’t know much about Berg.

Curiosity toward him was emerging one by one.

“…Why do you like alcohol so much?”

Ner asked.

“…What?”

Berg asked back as if he couldn’t hear.

“…”

Ner wets his lips, slowly attaching himself to him.

Then, accidentally bringing his breasts to him, Ner pulled away in surprise.

“…Ah…!”

Berg, on the other hand, responded that nothing was wrong.

“…”

Even Ner, who was ashamed at first, slightly pouted at his reaction.

As much as she didn’t let other girls approach her, why didn’t she waver as if she’d hugged hundreds of people, even though she was the first woman she was?

But Ner put his thoughts aside and joined himself again.

His body odor is getting stronger.

Ner pretended not to be able to smell the scent and whispered in his ear.

“…Why do you like alcohol so much?”

Berg pondered for a moment before replying.

“I think I got better after eating.”

“Really?”

Ner continued to talk about small things, and only then did he begin to feel the end of the day.

From before, she had to talk and fall asleep, but she tended to be comfortable.

She was talking with Berg the same things she had said while looking at the moon in the past.

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“Since when have you been drinking?”

Ner asked, curious about Berg’s past.

“…”

But he was silent on this question.

Ner lifted her head, wondering if he was asleep in the lengthy silence.

At that action, Berg turned her head and said playfully.

“…Do it yourself.”

Realizing that the conversation was over, Ner frowned in regret.

“…Well, even though you said you couldn’t sleep.”

Ner pulled her body away from the regret he felt for being connected.

She too closed her eyes as if not to talk any more.

She was puzzled as she saw herself feeling upset over insignificant things.

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But as she closed her eyes like that, something stroked her hair.

By the time Nere opened her eyes, Berg had already closed her eyes, adjusting her posture.

“……”

It was after her anger subsided, as well.

****

“…The smell of salt.”

Ner murmured as he looked at the village visible on the hill in the distance.

Arwin asks from the side.

“Do you smell salt, Ner?”

Ner nodded.

“Yes. But it will be hard to tell Arwin-sama apart.”

Bunz, the newest member of Chief Joe who entered the village earlier, waves his hand.

It was after the barrier gate that surrounded the village was opened.

Leader Joe entered the village naturally.

Like Nerdo Arwin, he looked around and admired the new space.

It was not a village made up of only one tribe.

The various races mixed together, and I looked up at them as I entered.

“…Ner Blackwood…”

Someone whispered in the crowd.

Ner naturally rolled up his tail.

Every time I met a new person, it wasn’t so nice to have my identity exposed with my white tail.

She lowered her head, carefully avoiding her gaze, and in an instant, one of her fingers rested on her chin.

“…Berg.”

Berg retrieves her hand and speaks to her from her side.

“…It’s okay.”

He seemed to have already figured out what she was worried about.

“…”

Ner’s heart felt much lighter at his words.

I remembered that there was someone who sincerely told me that his tail was pretty.

She nodded and looked up.

She took a deep breath.

Someone shouted in the noisy town.

“Chief!”

Then someone rushed out to follow the call.

“Huh?”

Ner is surprised to see the race of men presumed to be Yijang.

Long rabbit ears.

It was the Myoin tribe.

Berg naturally got off his horse and approached the chief.

A young woman with the same long ears also followed the chief.

Berg said hello first.

“This is Berg, the vice-captain of the Red Flame Team. I came because of a request.”

“Ah! Welcome! I am the mayor of this village, Rocks. I thought the vice-captain of the rumored Red Flame Team would come personally…”

“Rumors?”

“Isn’t it the red yeomdan that has been getting the most word of mouth lately?”

But Ner couldn’t hear their conversation.

The reason she was surprised to see the Myoin tribe was no different.

Because there was one story that caught up with them.

The Myoin tribe as promiscuous as the Humans.

Ner’s eyes didn’t want to fall away from the Catwoman woman next to the head of the village.

The woman’s eyes were already scanning Berg’s body inappropriately.

“…”

For some reason, Ner was slightly uncomfortable with her existence.