83 – Are You Really Okay?

When Roxer almost fainted several times and his heart nearly stopped,

Camilla, having exhausted all her power and fainted, and Erin, as the youngest granddaughter of the Blessing Guild, had done everything she could.

When Erin supported Roxer with various special materials and alchemical artifacts provided by the Guild of the Fallen, disguised as the Guild of the Abyss.

Erin optimized and adjusted these to Roxer’s body, pouring them into his veins and making his heart beat again.

Thanks to that, Erin endured a week without sleep, taking various magic, alchemy, and medications without rest.

When Roxer’s condition stabilized, he was so exhausted that he fell asleep on the spot.

“You bad jerk…! Huuuh!!!”

Perhaps because of this, Erin shook Roxer by the collar, bursting into tears.

They say people cry sadly when they’re too pitiful.

Despite always bickering, accumulating both grateful and resentful feelings, Erin cried sorrowfully, piling up all sorts of emotions.

Despite trying to stop her tears forcibly, Erin continued to cry, shaking her head.

“…Ugh.”

Roxer silently embraced Erin.

Like consoling a crying child, he sat her on his lap, hugged her, and comforted her as she wailed.

“…Don’t treat me like a child!!!”

As Erin protested fiercely, her actions resembled a wounded kitten crying in his arms.

She tried to resist by kicking her feet, but Roxer still comforted her like a child.

“Even your tiny voice is loud for real.”

“It’s not small!!! Huhuhuhu!!!”

Erin seemed to explode with pent-up grievances, whimpering and then gradually stopping her tears.

“If you don’t want a hug, just say so.”

The problem was Roxer’s words.

Although a joking remark from Roxer, it struck Erin quite hard.

Despite having feelings for Roxer that had built up over time, various upsetting incidents had chipped away at them.

The sight of Miunjeong made Erin feel uncomfortable. She sometimes thought about getting closer to Roxer a bit more, but Rica and Jane were always around him, making it impossible for her to approach.

Perhaps she had tried to rationalize her desire to become closer to him as just wanting to be friends.

“Yikes!!! Ugh… You’re such a jerk….”

Erin couldn’t bring herself to ask Roxer about the strange feelings she had when other girls were clinging to him, especially after she had put so much effort into saving him numerous times from near-death situations.

Upon waking up and going to Roxer, she found him lying in bed with women on either side, as if to indicate there was no room for her.

Realizing the unwanted emotions stirred by that sight, Erin crumbled.

“I… I really hate you.”

“Same here.”

Roxer, without revealing his feelings, sighed in agreement, which made Erin snap.

“Yikes!!! Just shut up!!”

“Huh!?”

She grabbed Roxer’s collar right then and there.

Erin, who had been holding back tears, finally stopped crying and glared at Roxer with swollen eyes.

“What’s so attractive about this guy that I’ve saved him? Seriously…”

“Hmm? Hmm?”

“Shut up!”

“Hmm~!”

“Don’t mimic me!!”

“Hmmhmm~!”

But Roxer had teased her so much that Erin eventually exploded.

“hahahaha! If you cry and then get mad…! Oh, this is harassment, hmm.”

“…You’re unbelievable…!”

“Anyway, I’m hungry. Is there anything to eat?”

“…Ugh… Fine, just follow me.”

“…..”

Erin pouted, clearly annoyed, but gestured somewhere, hinting that she would feed him.

Roxer realized it was probably the way out.

“…Go out in this outfit? Won’t I smell?”

“What? You only smell good…”

Still hugging Erin, he sniffed his own clothes and was taken aback by Erin’s words.

Erin was momentarily surprised by her own unconscious words.

“Smell good?”

“No, I mean, it doesn’t smell bad except for the good scent.”

“…..”

But since she wasn’t one to dwell on such things, he decided to tease her about it.

Intentionally, Roxer pushed Erin’s head down onto his chest.

“Hey!! Heyyyy-!!! It smells!! Heyyy!! It smells like a husband!!!”

The sound of Erin’s voice echoing inside Roxer’s body felt like it was deliberately spreading a sense of discomfort.

No, to those watching this scene, apart from Roxer, it felt that way.

In the middle of the training field, Rockser was inwardly shouting for his wife.

When Rockser asked for a break this time, she reluctantly let him.

“Ha… Ha… Hurry up and change your clothes!!!”

Erin, with her eyes slightly teary, grabbed Rockser’s collar tightly and breathed heavily with a flushed face.

“You have to let go of my hand to change. Why are you looking at me changing?”

“Hmph!!! What’s there to see in such a boring topic!!”

Saying so, she grumbled again.

Thinking Erin had given him the okay sign, Rockser roughly went into the changing room and changed into new pants and a top.

“Are you, are you, are you crazy!?!?! Are you really crazy!?! Are you a pervert!?!?!”

“…No, if you’re going to watch, watch properly… What’s the point of covering your face and peeking?”

Upon hearing this, Erin, with a blush on her face, hesitantly revealed her eyes in a state of embarrassment.

While Rockser received a few examinations after handing Erin’s clothes to the nurse, who looked at Erin with a deeply reddened face.

“Why did I end up with that guy? Seriously annoying.”

She shook her head, attributing her breakdown in Rockser’s arms to mere exhaustion.

However.

“Rockser!! Where did you go!!”

“Jane!? When did you wake up??”

The moment Jane, who had rushed from somewhere, saw Rockser after he finished his examination and clung to him, there was a sudden sense of something dropping in Rockser’s heart.

“Are you okay now? How’s your heart?? Do you feel anything strange??”

“Wait, wait, wait, don’t put your face on my chest suddenly!! People are watching!!”

Jane, who pressed her ear against Rockser’s heart, was shocked.

Rockser didn’t particularly push her away, and Jane, as if it were natural, stuck close to Rockser.

Clutching his arm like more than just a lover.

Jane didn’t sense anything odd and simply acted as she pleased.

“Huh? My heart seems to be beating too fast!? Or is it… beating similarly to mine.”

Perhaps due to some progress among the people, her heart throbbed.

Rockser quickly pulled Jane away, reassuring her repeatedly.

Erin’s expression, watching this unfold, froze in an indescribable shock.

And someone beside Erin, whose expression froze even more than Erin’s, glared at the two with angry eyes.

“Jane!”

The short, forceful voice of a middle-aged man, while not particularly loud, resonated like the roar of a giant beast, shaking the space.

It felt as if the building itself was trembling at his call.

As Rockser turned around, he saw a middle-aged man with white hair, unmistakably Jane’s father, in a neat suit, staring solemnly at the two.

The young man behind, looking at Jane with a pitiful expression, seemed like Jane’s brother or younger sibling.

“Oh, father…!”

Startled by Jane’s widened eyes, Rockser was suddenly grabbed tightly in her father’s arms.

Seeing Jane clinging to his hand, her father’s expression furrowed.

“Tsk, I left you because I heard there was a student worth studying at the academy.”

In no time, the stern gaze of her father fell heavily on Rockser.

In this work, there was no mention of the protagonist’s father!? Ah! Could it be because I just didn’t read the story?

Perplexed by the situation, Roxer decided to greet them first.

“Nice to meet you, sir. I am Roxer, a friend of Jane’s.”

“Tsk. Friend, you say? Even if you didn’t please the head of our family, you would have been cast aside.”

True to form, a cutting remark flew at me like an arrow.

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Then, instructing Jane not to cause a commotion in the hospital, they told her to come see them.

“Roxer! See you later!”

“Hurry back, Jane!”

“Yes…!”

Watching Jane’s retreating figure, Roxer awkwardly waved goodbye with a faint smile.

“Oh my, our grandfather has fallen ill. I am Jejun, Jane’s cousin.”

“Pleased to meet you. Well, if you were a father with a daughter, that would make sense.”

Approaching with a handshake, Jane’s brother extended his hand for a shake, introducing himself.

Seeing all that Roxer had accomplished so far, Jejun held a high opinion of Roxer’s capabilities.

Despite not being in line to inherit the family head position, Jejun, who had been raised in a strict manner, was concerned about his cousin Jane and smiled slyly.

“He’s quite handsome for no reason.”

Seeing this, Roxer remembered the middle-aged charm of Jane’s father he had seen earlier and wondered what was in his bloodline.

“It seems Jane has made a good friend. I’ve never seen that bright side of her before. Especially not with a man.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes, so please get along well with my cousin. Here’s my business card; feel free to call if you need help.”

Smiling satisfactorily, Jane’s cousin handed over the business card of the guild known as ‘Swordsmen,’ which was considered the best in the city.

“Oh… Thank you.”

As Jejun shook hands with Roxer, bidding farewell, something extraordinary, something like a grand romantic drama, was unfolding before their eyes.

“Scout?! Did I just get scouted!?”

Roxer’s mind was blown at the thought of being scouted, a realization that hit Erin like a ton of bricks.

If it was the Swordsmen, one of the three major guilds on par with the Blessed Guild Erin belonged to.

“Ugh!! So it wasn’t an orphan but the daughter of the most secretive guild, ‘Swordsmen,’ that couldn’t be found no matter how much I investigated Jane’s family! No wonder she’s so strong for real!!”

Erin felt like the person she liked was being snatched away perfectly.

“Um… Nothing serious, right? Erin, let’s go eat.”

But Roxer, who was only interested in bickering in the main story and had no knowledge of these hidden details, just mentioned food.

“…I don’t know.”

“Huh?? Why are you suddenly sulking? Did you forget to take your medicine? Or did you take something you shouldn’t have?”

Thanks to Erin’s sulking, they bickered all the way to the restaurant with Roxer.

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