The Sub-Protagonist Is Retiring

70 – 067.Chief of Snow Woman’s Village-3

The snow woman, who only showed a cold and relentless side, suddenly hugged the doll tightly and began to act childishly.

Fortunately, Snowyeo was small, so even if I hugged her strongly, she didn’t hurt that much.

If only there was a problem…….

“What? Isn’t Papa’s body soft and not soft today?”

The tactile sensation was a part that could not be fooled.

I don’t know why the doll moved or why it hid me inside, but it was all futile.

She’s going to end up getting caught by her for her little things.

“Uh hee hee! It doesn’t matter, Yukiko likes a soft daddy!”

I just skipped this.

It seems that beyond mental deterioration, even judgment has gone back to being a child.

‘I really wonder how he became a 8th grade wizard at such a young age.’

[I don’t believe it, but it seems our brains won’t accept it if we don’t accept it.]

If you look like this after being over 100 years old, you must be senile.

Therefore, we have determined that Snow Woman’s age is in the double digits.

Even if the opportunity to learn the truth comes, I will desperately turn away.

I have no doubt that her side will be good for both of us and her for her.

“Papa! Pat Yukiko’s hair!”

“… ….”

“Don’t be grumpy, come on!”

Can I pet you?

I hesitated as 50,000 worries passed through my head.

“Today’s papa is a bit strange, isn’t it? I don’t think I’m Yukiko’s papa…….”

Yukiko’s face was visible through a small gap in her doll’s abdomen.

It was quite frightening to see her smiling viciously with her head slightly tilted.

Yes, what’s the point of stroking the head of a doll on a moving board?

I ran my palm over her blue hair and ran it slowly.

“Heeheehee!”

Yukiko begins to laugh softly as she strokes her hair.

It was a laugh of joy that came from deep within.

Does he really regard the snowman doll as his father?

It was a completely different reaction from people who grumble at dolls to relieve stress.

[I think the shock of losing her parents to her dragon at an early age may have ruined her now.]

‘I think so too.’

Yukiko was widowed before she could receive her parents’ love.

It wouldn’t be strange if she pretended to be fine on the outside, but in reality she had mental anguish that she couldn’t tell anyone about.

When I changed her point of view, I felt sorry for her.

Because a harmonious family was destroyed by a lizard, and he became a 8th-class wizard, refusing the pain of cutting bones at a young age.

‘I fell asleep before I knew it.’

[You must have been very tired. As long as she fell asleep right after waking up…….]

‘Maybe it’s because I’ve lost my strength in an unfamiliar battle?’

[At this rate, even if you reach level 9, you will never be able to defeat Ignit. Even if you increase your strength, if you lack experience, you are just a big scarecrow.]

‘Speaking of that, no matter how much I think about it, there are parts that I just can’t understand.’

[What is it?]

‘Is it really possible for an ignorant child to become a high-ranking wizard? Whether it’s swordsmanship or magic, enlightenment is absolutely necessary to reach a high level. And the foundation of enlightenment is…….’

[Experience.]

‘Yes. In that sense, in the case of this snow woman, there are more than one or two disparate parts. Is it like the power that was forcibly raised using an expedient?’

There is a great price to pay when gaining power that is out of proportion.

It is easy to fall backwards if you jump over the stairs that you have to step on one by one.

Even though Yukiko doesn’t show it on the outside, isn’t she paying a terrible price?

‘I should also go to the secret room in the study.’

[Like that?]

‘Of course you have to take off the doll clothes…… But how do I take this off?’

[Isn’t this body incapable of knowing?]

She has been dragged in by a living doll, but she doesn’t know how to get out.

The zipper that had been open until I came in was locked before I knew it, and there was no visible entrance.

And the doll’s clothes, which were about three times as large as mine, fit perfectly to my body before I knew it.

Like a hero suit.

‘I’m going crazy. It won’t even come off!’

[It seems that this snowman doll was cursed equipment.]

Even if I pulled the clothes as hard as I could, they stuck to my body and showed no signs of coming off.

Even if he wanted to sheath the sword, he couldn’t take it out because Frach was also inside the doll’s clothes.

In other words, there is no means to take off the doll’s clothes right away.

It’s complicated, but for the time being, I think I’ll have to stay in a funny snowman shape.

[Ugh… ! It’s cramped!]

‘Be patient. It’s cramped, because I’m all the same.’

I carefully lifted Yukiko’s sleeping body on my lap and carried it back to the sofa in the living room.

Immediately after that, I quietly headed to the study.

“Ah… !”

[Why is that?]

“The magic tool key is in my pocket… ….”

There was no way to get the key out now that the doll’s clothes were clinging to it.

It was a time when I had to wrap my head around a dead end again.

Wow!

Teeing-!

Suddenly, the doll’s clothes began to shake and the key that was in my pocket was vomited onto the floor.

This makes it clear.

The snowman doll that swallowed me has a self and wants me to know the truth.

I don’t know what the doll’s identity and purpose are.

I wanted to ask the person in question, but the doll couldn’t talk.

It seemed like I had no choice but to find out myself.

‘The key thing has been solved, so let’s keep going.’

[Somehow, once you go in, you feel like you’ll never come out again.]

‘Why does this sound like a recommendation to save?’

[I’m not sure what the contractor is talking about. I meant to be careful with this body.]

‘Yes.’

Clap-!

I put the key into the hole and turned it. Then I heard the sound of the door being unlocked, and the door slid open.

Beyond the door was a set of stairs leading down.

To the extent that the end of the stairs cannot be seen with the naked eye.

When I measured the length, it seemed that there was a hidden space in the basement of the mansion, and I was heading there.

“Wait… ! Where do you think you’ve seen a lot?”

After going down the stairs for a long time, I was finally able to step on the flat ground.

However, I felt a sense of déjà vu while watching the scene unfolding in front of me.

A maze-like stone space with many forks and torches that illuminate the space.

The deep darkness beyond the space was tempting to come this way.

[It’s a dungeon. And this dark and old magic, this must be a place related to the Seven Deadly Sins.]

“Crazy… !”

An ancient dungeon of the 7 sins that is known to be hidden all over the world.

I escaped from the Dungeon of Lust not too long ago, but I ended up stepping into the Ancient Dungeon again.

Is the world trying to take over Bern and me?

I thought the sky was indifferent.

“Still, I know why Yukiko became abnormally strong.”

[I can’t help but think that I made a contract with an ancient devil.]

Yukiko has already committed the mistakes Kang Jun-hyeok will make in the future.

A contract with an ancient demon that must never be broken.

You may be able to obtain vast power, but in return, you will lose something precious to you.

“First of all, I realized the truth, so let’s go back.”

Unlike the Dungeon of Lust, there was a way back here.

First, go back to the village, take off the doll’s clothes, and explore the dungeon with Rin and Rene…….

“Papa~?”

It was when I put my foot on the first step.

I heard Yukiko’s cold voice from the end of the stairs, from the side leading in here.

Did it just happen?

“Papa, are you here? Right?”

“… ….”

“Didn’t Yukiko tell you? You shouldn’t come in here……. Did you come in even though I warned you?”

A tone as sharp as thorns and as cold as ice.

As I felt a calm rage, I took a step back without realizing it.

Perhaps that judgment was correct, the entire staircase froze in an instant.

If I had been a little late, my body would have been frozen too.

But it is too early to be relieved.

“A papa who doesn’t listen to Yukiko… ….”

“Oh….”

“I don’t need it.”

Starting with Yukiko’s short words, the entire space shook.

As the air shuddered madly from the intense death, my instincts clamored for me to run away.

I felt that I could not go back, so I had no choice but to enter the dungeon.

And then Yukiko came down the stairs…….

“Kyahahaha! You want to play tag with me?”

He let out a maniacal laugh as he saw me running away.

I felt like I was out of my mind.

“Okay! Run hard, Papa. If I get caught instead, will I die at Yukiko’s hands?”

“You are finally crazy… ?”

“Yes! Yukiko is crazy about Papa!”

Yukiko blushes like a girl in love.

Contrary to her ecstatic expression, she held an ice knife in her hand.

The knife was sharpened to such an extent that even Yukiko’s hand would bleed.

It seemed like if I was stabbed, I would go to the goal unconditionally.

I can’t even use kendo or magic.

The only way to survive was to run away.

‘What the fuck is this… !’