Vol 7 Chapter 49

Though his voice grated here and there, even this much could be considered a great effort given Kion-hyung's fiery temper.

"Ah... understood."

iL Drel quietly left after looking at them with an expression of great concern, not knowing why their High Priest was so angry. Once iL Drel disappeared, Kion-hyung began pointing accusingly at Lucrecian again.

"You, you bastard. You fraud. Should I take your coming here as meaning you want to die by my hands today?"

"You're still as hot-tempered as ever. Haha. I can't do that since I'm a proper guest who came at this hyung's invitation today."

Both Kapros and Kion-hyung were taken aback by Lucrecian's verbal skill that instantly dragged Kapros in, when there had never been any invitation.

"K-Kar. You?"

"No, I..."

"Hyung, you weren't hurt earlier, were you? Since this is a temple after all, you should get treatment if anything's wrong."

As Lucrecian cut off Kapros's words with an eye-smile and patted his shoulder with overly familiar gestures, Kapros was about to ask if he had gone crazy, but the reaction came from elsewhere.

"You're hurt? Where?"

"Don't force yourself to say you're fine. All the potions you just bought broke when you collided with that thief, didn't they?"

Between Kion-hyung, who had instantly forgotten his anger at Lucrecian and turned worried, and Lucrecian, who was smiling like a fox while saying words to incite hyung, Kapros could only sigh with a throbbing headache.

"You move aside first. Hyung, I'm fine so don't worry."

"What do you mean fine? Did you really collide? I can use pretty decent recovery skills now if I want to, though not quite as good as Lugh's priests."

"I said I'm fine."

As hyung seemed about to strip off his clothes to check for injuries himself, Kapros spoke with frost-like firmness before pointing at Lucrecian.

"I just met him in passing too, so just let it go since you know what kind of person he is."

"Are you really okay?..."

Though Kion-hyung calmed down at Kapros's assurance, he muttered without completely shaking off his worried look.

"Sigh. I told you to wait and go together when I finished my work, but did you have to bring along such a rotten tail when you couldn't find any other tail to attach?"

Rotten tail... Though it was such a unique way of referring to someone that Kapros wondered when Lucrecian had heard such words before and thought he might get angry, his expression remained perfectly normal as expected.

"You're not going to leave even if I tell you to get out of here, are you?"

At Kion-hyung's question, who seemed to have found some composure now, Lucrecian nodded with a deflated expression.

"Since I'm here because of this hyung."

"Ah, right. Fine then, sit there and shut up."

"Hyung, have you finished your report..."

When Kapros asked the question he had originally wanted to ask to divert hyung's attention as he was about to turn slightly hostile again, hyung turned his gaze this way.

"Ah, yeah. All done. So I won't have any schedule for a while unless someone calls me somewhere. What about you?"

"I need to go back to Torelit now."

"To Torelit? Again?"

"I have someone I need to report to there too."

"Hmm... I see. Then I'll go with you."

After saying that, hyung carefully opened his mouth while slightly gauging Kapros's reaction.

"You don't dislike having hyung come along, do you?"

What nonsense. When Kapros let out a small laugh conveying that of course that couldn't be the case, hyung grinned and patted his head over his hood.

"Then our next destination is decided."

"Just a moment. I'd like to come along too."

"What?"

Kion-hyung turned back with a demon-like frown toward Lucrecian who had been listening with interest from behind before raising his hand to interject.

"Hey... you fraud. I think my ears must have heard something wrong just now. What did you just say?"

"Since I wasn't talking to you, you must have heard wrong. I said I want to go along too."

Lucrecian answered with innocently wide eyes as if he couldn't understand why Kion-hyung was acting this way, then turned to Kapros and repeated the same words again.

"...You want to go with me?"

"Yes."

When Kapros slowly questioned back while watching Kion-hyung mutter 'Ah... can't even have a conversation while beating up someone barely as old as my youngest brother...' as he clenched and unclenched his fist, Lucrecian agreed.

"Why?"

Kapros asked again, implicitly asking why someone who said he still had one quest left would insist on following where he was going. Lucrecian opened his mouth with an expression suggesting why he needed to ask such an obvious thing.

"Because it seems fun. Haha."

"..."

"Kar, you saw that? This bastard is that kind of bastard!"

No, hyung. I already knew that...

Though he knew, he was still someone whose thoughts were completely impossible to grasp. Kapros pressed his throbbing temples and tried to gather his thoughts.

"Aren't you doing your quest?"

"I have one left but it's nothing special. If I have to do it anyway, is it strange to want to do it in a fun way?"

If someone else had said it maybe not, but it's plenty strange when you say it. When Kapros stared at him intently conveying that meaning, he showed an unreserved smile as if planning to deploy a charm offensive using his magnificent face. However, that smile only made Kapros feel more uneasy.

"You... what are you scheming..."

"That's too harsh. I'm just always playing the game with the intention of enjoying it pleasantly, yet why does everyone I meet say the same thing about me?"

Even his expression of such blatant disappointment seemed to hide a hundred snakes inside, making it feel completely untrustworthy. But separate from that, his words about just wanting to enjoy the game pleasantly were probably true. Based on previous experience, Lucrecian merely had a face and attitude that seemed scheming, but wasn't actually someone who did such things.

'His eyes only show interest and nothing else.'

Finally, Kapros gave up thinking complicated thoughts and looked at the ceiling. What did it matter anyway? If he was someone without any particular schemes, there was no need for him to worry about it.

"Do as you please."

"I will."

"Kar!"