Incompatible Interspecies Wives

87 – Mercenary Talks (3)

“…Wait a minute.”

While sitting in the corner of the restaurant with her wives, seeing Ner’s unsettled expression, he apologized for a while.

The ring suddenly disappeared.

It’s not that there aren’t any suspicious parts.

I left my wives alone for a while and headed for Baran in the distance.

“..?”

But before I can move my steps, my hands get caught first. I turned around and saw Ner lightly grabbing my little finger and not letting go.

“Why?”

“…Ah.”

After making her point, she lets go of her hand.

Shakes her head from side to side.

She bowed her head again in silence.

“…”

I burst out laughing at that figure.

I feel like I’ve come a long way.

It was enough for me to show guilt over the loss of the ring.

It’s still in the friendship stage, but I didn’t want to be angry with the person who will be on my side in the future.

Even though they contain important meaning, in the end they are just objects.

The ring was not an important item to the point where he became angry and annoyed at the fact that it had been lost and strained the relationship.

Again…If my suspicions are correct, it wasn’t Nere’s fault either.

I took it back and headed for Baran.

He was continuing his meal with his lover with a smile on his face.

I smiled at his happy expression.

“I hope.”

“Ah, vice-captain.”

He wipes his mouth, gets up, and introduces his lover to me.

“…This is my sweetheart. Bess, this is the vice-captain of the Red Flame Team.”

“…”

I hope that the lover has changed again.

I don’t know where my last lover went.

I thought I said it was a serious meeting at the time.

Whatever it was, it wasn’t something I would meddle with.

I was only polite to Baran’s lover and led him to the side for a while.

I looked around and lowered my voice.

“…Wish. Please ask the children to find out one thing.”

“Yes. Just talk.”

“…”

Maybe I’m thinking too much.

But maybe it’s because I came from a slum.

When things disappear…I think of theft first.

“The wedding ring disappeared when Ner was washing. Find out if the village children stole it.”

Children are innocent and pure, but sometimes they are very clever.

Of course, all these doubts stemmed from my childhood.

I also stole a lot of things when I was young.

In the first place, until my wives came in, my house was also used as an exploration cave for the village children.

I emptied the house a lot, and running around only drinking bottles was like a lung, so it naturally became their playground.

Perhaps some children know our home better than my wives.

Of course, I may be wrong.

It could just be that her ring has been rolled around the house.

That’s why I couldn’t tell Ner what I was thinking. I’m afraid I’ll just have a bad perception for my children.

But if I had to question it, my first guess was that it was a prank by children.

“…Is your wedding ring missing?”

Baran looked up at me in surprise.

Rather, he took the situation more seriously than I did.

“…That’s why Ner’s expression looks bad.”

I turned my head and looked at Ner.

With her pricked ears stretched out, she was having a quiet conversation with Arwin.

“…Still, it’s nice to see that the fortress seems to be getting closer.”

While doing so, Baran spoke to me.

“This is not the old Nere. She’s so disappointed with the loss of her ring.”

“…”

It was true that they became close, but to some extent Ner’s acting during that time must have fueled her perception. Just like the last time I was angry with the Myoin woman in Dems Village.

“So, how about the vice-captain?”

Baran then asked abruptly.

“…?”

“Isn’t the vice-captain tied up with them for our sake as well? The one who pushed women away like that.”

“…”

He asked with a mischievous smile.

When I see Baran sometimes, he thinks as deeply as Adam hyung.

It is my arrogance to think that everyone knows nothing.

“Chief Joe’s traveling here and there is also because in the end the vice-captain wants to get along well with his wives-“

“-Yes, it is.”

I cut Baran’s joke and spit out the answer he wanted.

Baran grinned and looked at me.

“…So what?”

He went back to the first question.

I look at my wives.

I answered him honestly.

“…It’s getting better and better.”

Baran chuckled.

With his laugh, I end the situation.

“Anyway. Let me ask you a favor.”

“Yes, vice-captain.”

And before leaving, ask about the future.

“Did you know that the mercenary meeting will be held soon?”

“…Don’t lie.”

Baran’s smiling face hardens.

I clicked my tongue and shrugged.

Move to the end of that.

I went back to my wives.

****

While Berg was away for a while, Ner had doubts.

As there is no ring anywhere in the house, the scope of her search increases.

Ner was looking at the person in front of her eyes.

She clearly knows that she shouldn’t be like this, but she has no choice but to ask out of desperation.

“…Arwin.”

“… Huh?”

Arwin, who was looking at Berg’s back, turned her head.

Ner asked with hope.

“…Did you not see my ring?”

Arwin stared at Ner for a while and then replied naturally.

“…I didn’t see it. I stayed in my room until Berg came back.”

“…”

Ner knew in her head that she was right.

However, unless her ring has feet, she cannot disappear for a moment.

There were only herself and Arwin in her house.

How can you not have the slightest doubt?

“…Isn’t that a good thing?”

“…Yes?”

The two whispered a secret story.

“You were uncomfortable. To do something with someone I don’t even like.”

“…”

Ner couldn’t answer Arwin’s words.

Ner himself knew that she was right.

She used to be like that. She also had a lot of tea.

…But before I knew it, Ner was lightly biting his lip.

Arwin didn’t seem to have any malice, so she couldn’t even throw up.

Ner’s eyes turned to Arwyn’s ring.

Arwin is connected to Berg by a ring.

She can’t do that herself.

Arwin added as she couldn’t take her eyes off her like that.

“…Now that it’s like this, take off the ring.”

“Yes?”

“Is it because I feel sorry for Berg? But you don’t have to force yourself to do something you don’t want to do. Grab the opportunity when it comes.”

Ner thought for a long time about what to say.

Finally she says.

“…First of all, I think it’s a story to think about after finding it. Now I need the ring again.”

“…”

Arwin did not respond to her words.

Ner looked at Arwyn for a long time as she kept her silence.

“…The berg is coming.”

She said.

Ner also looked at the approaching Berg.

And every time he saw him, his desire to find the ring grew stronger and stronger.

****

After the meal, everyone returned home together.

Ner then rummaged through the house for a long time.

Berg told her not to, but Ner wouldn’t listen.

My heart keeps pounding in my empty ring finger of my left hand.

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I still don’t know if it’s sorry for Berg, or guilt, or something else.

I didn’t even go out for a walk at night.

Instead, like an idiot, he searches places where the ring is not supposed to be.

And even after doing that, the ring didn’t show up, so her heart only grew more frustrated.

“…Where are you going…Really…”

While I was kneeling on the bathroom floor and sweeping the floor, a quiet voice rang from the living room.

It was Arwin and Berg.

With concentration, Ner’s perky ears could pick up that little sound.

‘…Berg.’

‘Huh?’

‘…Ner seems to keep looking for it like that.’

‘…That’s right.’

‘…Maybe I need to lighten the burden?’

‘A burden?’

‘Because Berg is still wearing the ring of Nerwa. Maybe that’s why I’m looking for something like that.’

‘…You want me to take it off first?’

‘…Then Ner might feel better too.’

“…. Oops…”

At some point, Ner’s fists, which were tightly wrapped in his fists, were shaking.

I know it’s consideration, but why can’t I get rid of the thought that Arwin is doing something stupid?

My heart beats fast.

Feeling sharper, she scanned the bathroom floor, which she had seen hundreds of times.

“Ner.”

Berg appeared behind Ner before he knew it.

Ner turned around and looked at Berg.

He shook his head with a sad expression.

“Let’s stop and go to sleep. I’ll try something.”

Ner’s eyes quickly scanned Berg’s left hand.

He was still wearing the ring with himself.

“…Let’s go first, Berg. I am…”

“-Stop it.”

Berg squatted down and placed a hand on Nere’s shoulder.

“…You look so surprised. I told you, but you’ll find it again. Relax today, let’s think about tomorrow.”

Soon his hand gently ran down his arm, supporting her elbow.

Raising her from her condition, Berg took her Ner out of her bathroom.

Ner trudged along following Berg’s lead.

Going towards the master bedroom… I passed by it.

Berg stops in front of her room.

“…Go in and sleep, Ner.”

From Berg’s back, Arwin could be seen entering the master bedroom.

Again, that slimy feeling.

Since losing her ring, her mood has been bottoming out.

-Ssukseuk.

Berg soon stroked Ner’s head lightly and turned him around.

Ner momentarily turned around and tried to grab Berg’s hand.

But Berg, who couldn’t catch it, went into the bedroom.

“….”

– Kung.

As he closed the door and entered the room, Ner was overcome with emptiness.

What are the two of you doing in that room?

…No, Arwyn will push away Berg… But perhaps he treats Arwyn more preciously, who still has the ring.

He didn’t say anything, but he might be disappointed with himself for losing the ring.

As much as he had many habits of taking off his ring, and as he had complained several times that the ring was uncomfortable, he might think he deliberately threw it away.

Maybe he’s thinking that he’s finally here.

“…No.”

She murmured.

The momentarily determined yellow eyes shine in the dark.

She slowly killed time, sitting odokani on the bed in the room.

.

.

.

She sits like that and the bright moon rises high in the sky.

Ner always talked to me when the moon was like that, but not today.

She just opened the window and waited for the wind to cool down.

“…”

Ner noticed a blue bird nearby.

An awkward bird watching her with her black eyes even in the middle of the night.

An overbearing scent flowed from her body, which was not in a good mood.

After a while, the bird chirped and flew away.

Ner let out a sigh and rose slowly from her seat.

It seemed the time had come.

She looked all over the place all day… But couldn’t find one.

If it was possible, she would have searched from there.

“…”

Ner was standing in front of Arwin’s door before he knew it.

Even this place was a space she and Berg repaired.

Pushing open the wooden door filled with memories with Berg with her empty left hand… Ner looked into her room.

A simple room with not too many luggage.

Ner entered the space lightly as if it were his own room.

Then, cautiously, she began to rummage from place to place.

I know of no reason why Arwin stole the ring.

But if she was going to find out why, she wouldn’t have searched in the kitchen or the basement today.

After looking around for a long time, she finally stops in front of Arwin’s luggage box.

Even this is opened without hesitation.

If she says there is a ring here, what will happen to her in the future?

If you tell Berg that Arwin stole the ring… Will Berg, who will be disappointed in Arwin, end up looking only at himself?

“…”

As the night progressed, only heavier thoughts seemed to fill her head.

Ner soon killed her emotions and rummaged through Arwin’s luggage box like her doll.

Books and clothes. Underwear. Some coins. Bookmark.

…Berg’s World Tree Leaf.

“….”

Ner looked at the leaves of the world tree for a while.

As she gazed blankly at the leaves of the world tree, she smelled the scent of the leaves.

I feel the cold leaves with my lips.

Then she shook her head and put her leaf back in the box.

“…?”

Just then, something cold and hard came into her hand.

Ner held up the small bottle in her hand.

A clear liquid inside a transparent bottle.

“…”

Ner looked around at the liquid she had never seen before.

The sticky liquid that ran down the transparent wall flowed down like tears.

Like wine in a wine glass.

“…Uh…?”

An impure thought ran through her head.

Under other circumstances, she might not have thought this way.

However, if you see a bottle carefully placed in a box in a corner space, what would you think differently?

What else could be the liquid that needs to be hidden like this?

No matter how different we try to think, we keep coming to the same conclusion.

Ner instantly recalled a few words Arwin had said the other day.

When Berg went out to fight and risked his life, Arwin, who spat out cold words, could not be forgotten.

‘If Berg dies here, what will happen to me? Is it free as it is?’

‘If I feel sorry for the death of a human I haven’t spoken to yet, that would be hypocrisy.’

‘Maybe it’s for Ner that the Humans die here.”

On top of that, the words she said to herself.

‘…I hope this married life ends early for you too.’

“………..”

Doubt, like a spark that clings to a straw, only flares up after seeing this bottle.

But doubt was doubt.

There is no basis to judge that it is poison.

It’s not something that can be questioned. You can’t excuse yourself for sneaking into the room.

Still, her doubts did not diminish in size.

It is only after seeing this bottle that Arwin’s words seem to match.

Arwin said he couldn’t love Berg.

Arwin said he wanted freedom.

Arwin was said to be the last gateway to Berg’s freedom.

Ner shook his head and burst out laughing.

Anyway, that’s nonsense.

“…”

That wasn’t an idea that could be ruled out.

For elves, short-lived species may not mean anything.

He was afraid as if a stone had been placed on his chest.

Ner didn’t know which choice was the right one here.

– Mulberry.

Ner opened the bottle and carefully sniffed his scent.

“…”

A liquid with no odor.

Obviously, it wasn’t cosmetics.

At the same time, it did not conform to any poison she knew.

It was an unknown liquid.

After thinking for a long time, Ner eventually took care of her illness.

No matter what, this is unsettling.

I thought there would be nothing wrong with putting it away.

After looking around the room for a long time, Nere finally left Arwin’s room.

I couldn’t find the ring.

Instead, she found a bottle of a strange liquid.

“…”

Ner looked at the bottle for a long time, then moved to his cellar.

After searching the house all day today, I also found a corner to hide something.

In one of those spaces, Ner had hidden the little bottle.

For fear of Germany. Maybe Arwin had strange intentions.

The first theft in life.

Ner didn’t want this to become a big problem.