Chapter 45: Consequences of Ones Choices and Actions (2/2)
“So…she was bewitched?” asked Zelit
“Yes,” Chi-Woo responded “It took advantage of Eshnunna’s desire to live”
“Hating…”
Chi-Woo explained that he had waited quietly for an opportunity to escape rather than resisting when no good could come out of it Those ere present considered his action reasonable given the circumstances In fact, it was a calculative decision that prevented everyone fro with minimum casualties However, soh they could understand Chi-Woo’s decision
“But it’s problematic that you didn’t talk to any of us about it,” said Zelit After all, if Chi-Woo hadn’t been involved today, the seventh recruits could’ve ended up just like the fifth and sixth recruits
“That’s true, but ere all keeping secrets before” Chi-Woo was talking about what had happened at the Shahnaz camp As someone who had concealed such inforuess we couldn’t trust each other fro” Zelit bitterly smiled
“That’s why I said we should just tell everyone You stoppedthat,” Ru Hiana interjected “Lady Eshnunna couldn’t control herself when she was bewitched She didn’t do what she did because she wanted to”
Chi-Woo searched the faces of the heroes around him cautiously To protect Eshnunna, he had to convince the seventh recruits first of his version of the story “Everything turned out well; that’s what ed to save so ot him different responses fro, Senior Hoere you able to achieve that? You are the best, the very best!” Ru Hiana cupped her jaith both hands and ser eyes looked at Chi-Woo like she was seeing a holy h he had warned her to address Chi-Woo more formally It would make sense for him to take Zelit’s side since he had been there when they discussed their suspicions, but he simply looked at Chi-Woo with ad so hard What if so had happened to you…” On the other hand, all Mua Janya did orry
‘Their responses aren’t as bad as I thought they would be’ Chi-Woo anxiously turned to Zelit
“…I understand If Lady Eshnunna was bewitched as Ru Hiana said, we have to take that into account”
Surprisingly, Zelit didn’t protest further Chi-Woo looked at hi forhis personality
That was exactly what Zelit wanted to do; even if Lady Eshnunna was bewitched, there was a lot ot to the botto to Chi-Woo Zelit lived by his personal ned with his previous declaration that he had felt his li with a stellar-syste any event beyond that level That hat had been keeping hi as a hero If he had been the leader of this operation, he would have interrogated Eshnunna till the end, but Chi-Woo was the one in charge this time
Chi-Woo was the hero Zelit had set eyes upon since they were in the Celestial Realm As soon as he landed on Liber, Chi-Woo had done what no other heroes could even atteone on to achieve were ful feats
State more than incompetence; however, it was another story if the speaker behind such words had accomplished the best case scenario above and beyond anyone’s expectations Thus, Zelit considered Chi-Woo a superior hero to him, and it was understandable that Chi-Woo would want to keep Eshnunna alive Chi-Woo reater picture that he couldn’t see
Zelit wasn’t the only one who thought this way, but all of the seventh recruits They had all accepted and followed Chi-Woo’s lead because they acknowledged Chi-Woo’s achievey, veteran e-sport players often dismissed a new coach no matter how passionate they were, but if an expert player with many victories under his belt stated the importance of a skill, the other me the fact that Chi-Woo possessed the World’s Milestone, their thought process was strikingly accurate
“I understand,” Zelit said He understood Chi-Woo’s intentions and concerns “I don’t kno the fifth and sixth recruit would react, but don’t worry about it I’ll talk to theonna do about it?" Ru Hiana piped up “They shouldn’t even have a say”
Chi-Woo was surprised at hoell everyone accepted his story It also ht The hero seemed more like a trustworthy companion than a bother
“Yeah If they remeht notdeal of it,” Someone suddenly joined in the conversation Chi-Woo blinked and saw that it was Eval Sevaru
‘Hasn’t it been a really long ti to the main base camp
“Oh, you’re still here?”
“What, did you think I was dead?”
Ru Hiana was also surprised “Where have you been this whole—”
“I’ve just been hanging around,” Eval Sevaru interrupted and rubbed his belly “By the way, aren’t you guys hungry? Is there anything left for us?”
“There is, but I heard that the re food will only last for a couple of days This includes the food we received from the other camps too,” Ru Amuh answered, which put a frown on Eval’s face
“I suppose it will be better to just starve today”
“I ao to rest Since the forest is now safe, I think it will be easier for us to find food,” Zelit said while getting up Everyone else was also tired after all the work they had done today without having a proper ot up from his chair as well once a couplehadn’t stopped The natives and Eshnunna were busy taking care of the heroes, whose conditions had suddenly groorse They seeet ave out clear orders even in the midst of this chaos Her stern face befitted her reeting thee for food toet some sleep
On his way back to his roohts Zelit had told hireatest result possible in a hopeless situation That ht be the case if one looked at the current matter in isolation In Chi-Woo’s perspective, however, this was only the beginning
In a way, he had done everything he did of his own volition He wondered what repercussions his action radually He couldn’t relax yet He had to be prepared for as to coh, Chi-Woo lay down on his bed
Growl
His sto blankly before closing his eyes He suddenly thought of the chicken he had left at hory…’