How to Survive as a Player Chapter 77

#77

Sehyeon just turned his back. The quiet silence returned after a while with a cheer. I felt a presence following me.

The airship was already ready to leave. There was Ruhak in front of the boarding gate of the airship that looked like it was about to depart at any moment. Ruhak’s eyes lingered behind Sehyun for a moment, but that was all.

Ruhak climbed the stairs to the boarding gate. Sehyeon also slowed down and headed toward the airship to match the speed of the Celestial Man.

The way up the stairs made me think a lot. The persecuted Celestial Race and one’s own position between them. Even the current situation cannot be called peaceful.

The reason strong countries exist is to protect the weak. Deep thoughts were buried in the cold wind.

Sehyeon looked back at the scenery of dawn one last time. Then, suddenly, he saw someone waddling below him and stopped. He was carrying a basket the size of my body. He walked to the airway without stopping, as if he wasn’t tired, and looked around as if he was looking for someone.

Looking closely, I saw that it was a frog species that had been grabbed by Lee Jae-young by the collar at the banquet hall. Sehyun went back down the stairs she had climbed and headed toward the airway.

Meanwhile, the frog lowered its head gloomily, as if it had not found what it was looking for. As he approached him, the frog noticed his presence and raised its head.

“Why are you doing this?”

“Frog.”

The frog carefully walked over and held out a basket the size of its own body to Sehyeon. The big eyes blinked clearly. When I received the heavy basket and opened it, I saw that it was filled with various types of rice balls and desserts. The rice balls were all round because they were all tightly packed together.

“Are you giving it to me?”

“Frog.”

The frog held his hands together and nodded. He was barely big enough to fit around Sehyeon’s waist. Sehyun bent down and made eye contact with him. As I gently brushed his head, his big eyes blinked.

“Thank you, I really enjoy it. “Do you like feathers?”

“A croak?”

Sehyun spread her wings, picked a feather with a thick core, and pulled it out in one go. His groans came out naturally, but he was able to bear it. And he held out the feather to his man. The frog looked at it for a while and hesitantly took it.

“Frog.”

It was as if he was saying thank you. When Sehyun smiled, he blinked his big eyes a few times, then lowered his head and turned around. Holding his feathers tightly with both his hands.

Sehyun watched him until he disappeared, and boarded the airship only when the sun fully revealed itself. Of course, holding the basket dearly.

After a while, the airship announced its departure with a departure signal. And as soon as the airship got into an accelerated orbit, Sehyeon had to spend time worrying again in the aftermath of the magic stone wave.

Sehyun’s eyes closed and opened several times as she lay on the bed in the cabin, fretting. On the wall near the door, a Celestial Man was crouching with his mouth shut. The tops of my shoeless feet were full of scars from abuse.

“… The name… What is it… .”

The man’s shoulders shook at the strained voice. Unlike the man, Se-hyeon, she was unharmed from the magic stone wave. Did she even have a rank in the Celestial Race? A thought passed by her in vain.

“… you… Siun… Hey… .”

Yoo Si-un. He was very hoarse. Plus Korean. Now that I see it, his neck is also full of scars as if he was being strangled by something.

“I am… It’s Do Se-hyeon… do. The Archduke… “Where are you?”

“… not… Wow, I’m here.”

Sehyun quietly closed her eyes. It was unknown whether they had been abandoned by the empire or for some other reason, but the fact that they did not come to the banquet together meant that their relationship with each other was not that close.

“… for now… Not there, even on the sofa… Please sit down. I am now… It’s a bit like that, so go ahead and finish it… “Let’s talk.”

Sehyun said, fluttering her wings. Yoo Si-woon’s eyes turned to Se-hyeon’s neat wings. It was clean. Unlike him, the wings were even-grained, calm, and abundant.

“… yes.”

Yu Si-un answered softly. There was no answer from Sehyun. Immediately after that, the sound of even breathing rang out in the room. Yu Si-woon looked at the sleeping Se-hyeon quietly and buried his head between her knees. He had no intention of moving.

But after a while, the door opened and someone came in, and the quiet air changed. Her shoulders suddenly stood up due to the heavy and eerie feeling. When Yu Si-un raised her head, a man with black wings of a slightly different color came into the room.

He passed by Yoo Si-woon and approached the sleeping Se-hyeon.

The moment a cool-looking hand passed over Sehyeon’s cheek, a faint light flowed from the man’s fingertips. The shimmering light disappeared after a while. Soon, the sound of deep breathing echoed around the room.

Yu Si-un, who was looking at this, realized something creepy and raised his gaze. He was out of breath for a moment. Cold eyes were focused on him.

“scram.”

The voice that sounded like it was chewing was scary. Yu Si-un hurriedly opened the door and crawled out. Then he covered his head, crouched down, trembled, and looked at the closing door. As the light disappeared, a hand was seen holding Sehyeon.

The man put his hand behind the limp neck and let the body lie in his arms, gently smoothing its abundant wing feathers and pulling it up. Yu Si-un’s eyes carefully followed the action.

The man gently bit the curved wing with his teeth and only when he heard a moan did he bury his lips deeply and close his eyes. She looked cozy with her man taking deep breaths.

When the eyes opened again, the man’s body also moved. The door closed completely as she stood up, holding her limp body.

After a while, the sound of water hitting my ears subtly spread out into the hallway.

Yu Si-un crouched down again and buried his head between his knees. Perhaps because we were of the same Celestial race, I was able to understand what the man had done. In what seemed like a fleeting moment, the sight of him taking a deep breath and suppressing his emotions.

Yu Si-un’s eyes slowly began to close. What the man did. The desire buried in her restrained touch was different from anything Yu Si-un had ever experienced. Maybe that’s why she somehow felt like she saw something she couldn’t see.

Yu Si-un’s eyes, which had been blinking shut, closed after a while.

The rain-like sound continued for a long time afterwards.

***

When Sehyun opened her eyes, there was no one in the room. The clothes had changed, and the wings, which had been damp and heavy, were now neatly trimmed. Sehyun got up after shaking off his wings and left the room. And he was surprised.

“… Yu, Mr. Yoo Si-un?”

In front of the door was Yu Si-un, crouched and leaning against the wall. I must have been sleeping in that position, but I was startled by the sound of his words, and my half-asleep face was revealed.

“crime… sorry… .”

“first… Come on in.”

Sehyeon opened the door and made way for her. Yu Si-un hesitated and crawled into the room on all fours. Then he again crouched down next to the door, seeming to guess how he had been doing so far.

Sehyun poured some warm water and handed it to him.

“Did our archduke kick you out?”

“Oh, no. It’s not like that… Wow, it must be inconvenient… I’m afraid… .”

Looking at the embarrassed look in his eyes, it seemed that Sehyun’s guess was correct. Sehyun sighed and took a close look at his features. Perhaps not without reason, Yoo Si-woon showed remarkable recovery in just one day. Most of the wounds were gone, and my voice was better than yesterday.

“Let’s eat first.”

Sehyeon pointed to the lunch box packed by the frog tribe. Yoo Si-un, who had a dark complexion, blinked for a long time and only belatedly shook his head.

“Sehyeon… Are you okay… .”

“yes. When I woke up, I felt a little better. Also, we will be arriving in the empire soon, so we will fly at a low speed so there will be less magic waves.”

Sehyun called Yoo Si-woon to the table. And I handed him the rice ball that the frog tribe had packed for me.

“Please sit down and eat.”

“yes yes… . thank you… .”

Yoo Si-un ate hurriedly, as if he had starved for several days. When Se-hyeon, who was worse than him, handed him another one, he picked it up with both hands and ate it in a hurry. In the end, after eating five of his rice balls, Yu Si-un lowered his hand, showing that his hunger had subsided.

“I want to ask you something… “Can you please answer?”

Yu Si-un did not answer. She looked embarrassed and kept her mouth shut, which seemed to have a lot to do with it. Still, Sehyun asked.

“Did you originally know those guys?”

“… yes. Before I came here… I was being bullied. From here… I didn’t know we’d get involved… As it happens, one of them is close to my empire… .”

It was a story worth inferring. The reconnaissance unit sent to expand the land was probably caught in a situation where Yu Si-un, who was nearby, was involved and invaded. Since the appearance of the Celestial Race does not change much, they would have recognized Yu Si-un without difficulty.

“Have we been invaded? “What about the empire?”

“… My empire… Hehehe, what… Ugh… .”

A clear rope shape appeared above Yu Si-woon’s neck. Yu Si-un scratched and pulled at the wound with his hands, trying to survive somehow, but the shape of the rope strangling his neck did not disappear. Accordingly, Sehyeon’s eyes closed deeply.