Incompatible Interspecies Wives

70 – Dems Village (1)

When we entered the inn, the members were already eating.

“Vice-captain, are you here?”

I tried to stand up and say hello to our appearance, but I raised my hand to stop them.

“Sit down. Eat.”

At the same time, they noticed each other’s new changes.

I look at me and Ner who is clinging next to me.

Some laughed, some made playful expressions, and some were surprised.

Ner did not let go of my arm as if nothing had happened.

As she said, I asked for something like this, but I didn’t think she would work this hard.

Even when I sat in the right place, she didn’t let go of my arm.

I was holding onto my arms as if they were my lifeline.

There is confusion in Arwin’s eyes as well.

Her eyes turned to my arm, where Ner was holding tight.

It seemed as if she was asking me with her gaze as to why she hadn’t let go of her arm yet.

I leaned over and whispered at Ner’s awkward behavior.

“…I’m fine now.”

“…”

Ner didn’t let go of her arm right away.

Perhaps she couldn’t hear her. She stood still for a moment and slowly turned her head.

“…”

“…”

Her eyes met Kayla, who was following her.

Kayla shuddered at the sight of Ner’s eyes, then lowered her head.

After completing her guidance, she turned around and started to return to her home.

“…Haa…”

Then Ner sighed and let go of her arm.

Then my eyes meet. He said as soon as he asked.

“…It’s okay. I was watching…”

“…”

I was at a loss for words at her acting that was more thorough than I thought.

But, in the end, I easily let go of that thought.

It was all I had to do was thank her for working hard for me.

“Thank you.”

I said, gently pushing Ner on the back.

“…”

Ner belatedly nodded her head.

****

After the meal, exchange light greetings with the members.

After roughing up tomorrow’s schedule, we started going back to the chief’s house.

In my head, there was only the thought of tomorrow’s request.

It was said that several monsterized animals nearby were constantly causing damage.

There seemed to be about 20 of them.

It was a level of quest that could easily be completed if one was not very vigilant.

As I continued my thoughts, I saw Arwin, who was leading the way.

Like her curious nature, she was looking around as if trying to capture all the scenery.

He let out a short sigh.

“Why are you sighing?”

“…”

Arwin looked at me at those words.

A look of strange disappointment.

For some reason, I thought I knew what she was thinking.

“…It’s not as big as I thought.”

Arwin muttered.

I agree with that statement.

There was nothing to see in the village.

At best, it’s only a slight improvement over Stockpin.

I followed Arwin and looked around.

People come into my eyes first than the scenery.

Everyone was looking at Ner’s tail and Arwyn’s long ears.

They were definitely aristocrats, so the interest they led was different.

“…”

I clung to the disappointed Arwin and held her hand.

Push the pod in.

“…Sigh.”

Alwin’s hand, which was stiff at first, gradually loosened up as if he understood my intention.

Our promise was this.

As I said at the hostel, she followed my request well.

I was thinking of doing this just this once while everyone was watching.

“Ah.”

Ner let out an exclamation from behind.

“…?”

Looking at her, Nere shook her head as if nothing had happened.

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On the way to the inn, he revealed his relationship with Ner.

Now was the moment to act with Arwin.

“There is nothing here.”

I said while holding Arwin’s hand.

Her long ears flapped up and down again.

“But I heard there is a beautiful place nearby. Let’s go after the request is over.”

“…A beautiful place?”

I asked if it was her dream to travel the world.

“Have you never heard of Dems Village?”

I tried to hide the identity of the village, but I spoke out of consideration for Arwin’s feelings.

“…”

Arwin stops with an expression of disbelief.

Our linked hands are stretched out.

“…Is this the village of Dems?”

“…”

I shrugged her shoulders, and Arwyn followed me with a softened expression.

Look at the floor and blink.

“…This is…The Village of Dems…”

Arwin bit her lip and said.

“…Then bar-“

– Tup.

I blocked Arwin’s mouth as he tried to follow her.

It was a location that Arwin revealed in disappointment, but she still wanted to hide it from Ner.

Nere, who was following her, asked from behind her.

“…Where is Dems Village?”

I smiled at her and said.

“You don’t have to know.”

“…What, really…”

-Pak.

Ner slapped me on the back and whined.

Looks at me with a pouty expression.

“You will find out.”

I said.

She wouldn’t be very disappointed.

****

“Then go in and rest, Ner.”

“…”

Ner looked at Arwin and Berg as they entered the room holding his hand.

In the back, the chief and Kayla were watching them.

Ner already knew that the two of them didn’t let go of that gaze, but he couldn’t help but feel a bit heavy.

Ner, who was trying to find the reason, guessed that it might be because of memories from the past.

The memory of being bullied by his brothers came back to him.

“…”

However, Ner soon took over his heart.

This is different from back then.

It’s a different situation than back then.

It didn’t even make sense for the three of us to sleep together in there.

“…Yes. Rest, Berg.”

So Ner said goodbye and headed to his room.

I entered the room as if nothing had happened and closed the door.

– Kung.

…And as the gazes on him disappeared, his face relaxed and his eyebrows wrinkled.

“…”

But even that was shaken off.

With natural movements, Ner changed into the clothes he had prepared and lay down on the bed.

There was a window next to the bed.

I finished my day looking at the moon through the window.

“…I crossed my arms with Berg today.”

She spoke in a timid tone.

“…What a strange woman keeps flirting…”

Ner thought for a moment and corrected his words.

“…No, because Berg asked me. But as a friend, can you do that much?”

Ner remembered the moment he had her arm crossed.

My fever rose as I watched Kayla touch Berg’s arm.

It couldn’t have been anything else.

Rather than feeling bad about doing something that showed intentions to Berg, he must have been angry because he seemed to be ignoring his existence.

I was ignored by the other brothers, so should I be ignored by the common people as well?

I couldn’t do that.

I’m angry because I was ignored. Not because someone approached Berg.

“…”

But then, when Berg grabbed Arwin’s hand, he couldn’t explain the discomfort he felt.

Ner let out a sigh and relieved her thoughts as her head became complicated.

A thought flows naturally from her mouth.

“…Why do humans have polygamy?”

Ner blinked her eyes as he digested her words again.

“…”

As if making an excuse for talking to herself, she said looking at the moon.

“…No, because I don’t understand. How can you love two people at the same time…”

Ner had never been so confused with her head and emotions.

Especially since he was left alone, his temperament increased.

Eventually, she surrendered to the load that piled on her head.

She

She decided to go to sleep without thinking.

Ner rolled up her body.

Today, again, the bed felt wide.

****

“…No.”

Arwin muttered.

Her unwavering hand approaches and she grabs her by the wrist.

Arwin tried to tear off that heavy hand from her, but her body, which had become smaller before she knew it, didn’t have the ability to resist that power.

As she was dragged by the hand, she found herself walking in a familiar cave.

The cave I walked through thousands of times.

A cave that was thousands of times harder.

She knew very well what awaited her at the end of this cave that was like home.

“…I don’t like…”

Arwin broke into a cold sweat and shook her head.

She screamed to clear her throat, but no sound came out.

Only faint moaning escaped her teeth.

Her arms and legs seem to have become liquid. Don’t listen

The root of the world tree that appears soon.

The fear is so overwhelming that I am not allowed to breathe.

The pain I’ve never gotten used to is coming.

“Please…! No…! Help-“

“-Arwin!”

In an instant, her eyes flash open.

Her breathing quickened and her body drenched in cold sweat.

My vision is dizzy. The situation is not understood.

Regaining strength to her body, she struggled.

“I hate it…! Stop-“

– Tup!

“-Arwin!”

Something fixed her head.

A face appears before her confused eyes.

A humanoid man with a deep scar on his cheek.

He speaks in a straight voice.

“…Arwin, calm down. Because it’s safe.”

“…Ha…Ha…”

As she exhaled, Arwin checked the man in front of her eyes.

“…Berg?”

“…There is nothing around. It’s just us.”

Arwin’s eyes then looked around.

It was the same dark space, but the scenery was different.

It is neither damp nor damp.

There is a soft bed underneath.

Her warm hand held her cheek.

It was only then that Arwin realized.

He said he had a nightmare.

The pain that accompanied me all my life did not go away so easily.

“…Ha…Ha…”

The World Tree is already in the past, but the memory of it makes me feel heavy.

I don’t appreciate it because it’s over, I curse it because it came to mind.

It was a moment I didn’t want to relive.

Something brushes her forehead.

Berg was wiping her wet forehead with his hand.

“…You had a nightmare.”

He said.

At his calm tone, Arwin gradually calmed down.

The wildly beating heart finds its own pace.

“…Don’t worry. There is no need to do that ritual again.”

He seemed to already know what she was dreaming about.

In the embarrassment of being caught inside, and in the feelings that were stained by dreams, Arwin’s emotional sparks flew.

“…How do you know that?”

“What?”

“…Do you know how easily the elders change their words? They might tell you to come back again.”

“Where do you go back? She is my wife.”

“…”

Arwin hid the fact that he received strange comfort from that light tone.

Her gaze returned to Berg’s scar.

A scar that proves that you saved yourself.

Berg still held her head and wiped her forehead with a nonchalant expression.

… For some reason, she didn’t hate the feeling of being valued by someone she thought was only a short-lived species.

But she swallowed her saliva and seized her reason again.

– Took.

Push away Berg’s hand.

Now, as it was during the day, I wasn’t in the mood to match him.

“…Even now, what about when you’re dead? Did you forget that I still have 1,000 years left?”

“…”

“A mere 60 years of stability does not give me any relief.”

Berg answered lightly.

“Tell me that in 60 years.”

Arwin was at her speechless.

“If you feel uneasy, I will teach you the techniques to live on your own even after I die.”

Berg said playfully.

“…Did you see I beat Gallias?”

Arwin, who had been silent, burst into laughter at his words.

“… Ha.”

He often shows a solemn and scary appearance to others, but often shows a foolish side to himself.

It was after my trembling heart had really calmed down.

This was the first time I had ever shaken off a nightmare with someone.

Before, I always had to overcome it alone.

In that respect, Arwin knew that Berg’s words were of great comfort.

I just didn’t want to let him know.

Berg got up and opened the window.

A cool breeze sweeps through the room.

It was a quiet night, and it seemed like the sound of the waves could be heard from afar.

“This is not the territory of Celebrien, this is the village of Dems. I will be going to see the sea soon, so don’t hold on to useless memories.”

For some reason, Arwin felt free in the night air.

“…Sea…”

One of the places I’ve been dreaming of is one step closer.

Berg says.

“…Let’s change our pajamas first. I won’t be able to sleep again in that condition.”

It was only then that Arwin looked down at his body.

I was soaked in sweat and my clothes were sticking to my body.

Pretending to be unfazed, she immediately got up and prepared to change into her new nightgown.

But she herself also felt her blushing.

Berg, on the other hand, was looking out of her window casually.

After she changed her clothes, Berg climbed back into her bed.

Arwin follows him slowly onto the bed.

“Let’s go to bed now. Calm down.”

Arwin nodded his head.

I tried to close my eyes, but as I lay down on the bed, I was afraid that I would have the nightmare again.

As I was salivating, Berg spoke to me from the side again.

“…Can’t you sleep?”

Arwin did not want to show weakness.

I’ve been like that all my life.

Thinking of the days ahead, he had to save his face.

“…”

But as before, it might be okay with Berg.

She revealed many things that he was already ashamed of.

…Her emotions were messed up in that nightmare.

She might have been shaken a little by Berg’s consolation.

She eventually admitted that she needed help on a whim.

“…Yes.”

“…”

“I can’t sleep. I’m afraid I’ll have another nightmare.”

She tried not to show it, but her voice trembled.

“I’m afraid I’ll go back to that moment when it was hard enough to make me want to die. I wonder if it’s just a dream now that I’m out of there…”

Arwin clenched her fists.

I didn’t want to shed her tears.

It was clear that this situation would eventually become something I would regret tomorrow.

She took a deep breath and swallowed her tears.

“It’s not a dream, it won’t go back.”

Berg said to her.

“I promise.”

Arwin looked at Berg.

“…”

When he said he promised, his heart swelled up again.

‘Because they are a couple.’

It was Berg who even risked his life for the covenant he and his wife made.

I couldn’t trust him more than he promised.

“…I don’t understand you.”

But Arwin whispered.

Consciously, she takes another step back.

It was not an empty word to say that he did not understand.

Elves and humans are very different.

I couldn’t figure out how to do this now.

Berg sighed at her words, then turned her around and suggested.

“You don’t have to understand. Anyway, if you can’t sleep… Let’s talk and sleep.”

“…The story?”

“I heard you wanted to travel the world. Is there anywhere else you want to go?”

“……”

Arwin’s words reminded him of old dreams.

When he was so exhausted that he couldn’t lift a finger, he remembered the many books he had read.

“…”

“Because anywhere is fine.”

She decided to follow Berg’s suggestion.

Anyway, those thoughts were better than thinking of the World Tree.

She remembered something she wanted to see as much as the sea.

“…I heard there is an area in the far north where it snows endlessly.”

“…I’ve heard of it. There…”

The conversation that started like that continued late into the night.

Arwin continued the conversation with him in her comfortable atmosphere.

The conversation continued without any awkwardness.

Arwin never thought that the day would come when he would exchange his dreams with someone.

As I slowly relax like that, the sleep that ran away returns again.

My eyelids grew heavy as I talked about my dream.

Unbeknownst to himself, Arwin fell back to sleep.

Soon, the dream of running and playing in the snow unfolds.

The World Tree was nowhere to be seen.

With a bright smile at the beautiful scenery, Arwin looked around.

As he was spinning around and sprinkling his eyes like that, he found a human male looking at him.

“…”

Arwin also looked at the man with the scar on his cheek for a long time.

Soon, the two smiled naturally.

In this dream where she should feel the cold, she felt the warmth.