Chapter 121 (2/2)

I felt like my body was floating in the air.

I closed my eyes tightly. Thinking of the falling impact, I cured up as much as possible. However, I didn’t feel any big shock, except for the force of somebody hugging me tightly.

“Be careful, little girl!”

When I opened my eyes carefully, I saw something red blurring in my eyes. I slowly blinked and asked blankly, “… Carsein? ”

“Yes, it’s me.”

Apparently, he was far away, but I found him holding me with both arms before I knew it.

He said, frowning while breathing heavily, “Who told you to do that recklessly. Uh?

“Oh, first of all, let me…”

“Ugh?”

When I turned my blushing face, Carsein, who looked at me curiously, giggled as if he understood what I meant. After putting me down carefully, he stood, leaning against the wall.

As I was so surprised, I placed my hand on my fast-beating heart and caught my breath.

When I kept breathing in and out, my blush went away and my short breath went back to normal gradually.

Did he notice that I felt much better? Carsein, standing with his arms folded, beckoned to me.

As I approached hesitantly, he gently hit my forehead with a fist and said sternly, “That was your punishment. If you do it again, I won’t forgive you, okay? ”

“… Okay. ”

“Are you all right?”

“Yes. I’m just a bit surprised. That’s all.”

“Good.” Only then, Carsein, who was frowning at me, disengaged himself from the wall. When they found the atmosphere got much better, the squad members, who had been looking at us silently, began to speak one by one.

“Wow, squad leader, you are so fast!”

“I can’t believe you got here at the perfect timing.”

“It’s because I’ve been watching her.”

“Oops! That’s a pretty dangerous statement…”

“Bullshit. Let’s move! Didn’t you tell me we had to get out of here before the enemy’s reinforcement unit came here? ”

After each of them said something, they went silent and checked their equipment.

As we lost three more in between, we have only five left now. Although the Della Palace was not far away from us, it seemed that we had better wait until our ally members got together before attacking the enemy again.

While walking behind the three knights watching around us warily, I looked aside.

Carsein, who was walking next to me silently, asked, leaning his head to one side,

“Why are you looking at me like that? Did you fall in love with me?”

“… Whatever.”

“Ugh? I saved you from getting hurt. How can you respond like that instead of expressing gratitude? Whatever!”

Come to think of it, he was right. As I was so surprised to find myself held in his arms, I forgot to say thanks to him.

“Sorry. And thank you so much, Carsein. ”

“You’re welcome. By the way, don’t you think I was cool a minute ago?”

“… ”

“Don’t deny it. I saw you blushing, little girl.”

“… Oh, we’re here at Della Palace. Looks like they’re fighting now. What should we do? Are you going in right away? ”

When I asked, avoiding his gaze, Carsein chuckled with a nod, “Good. If they are fighting, we don’t have to spare ourselves. Let’s go in right away!”

I and Carsein ran straight to Della Palace to join our allies. The remaining three members of our squad also joined.

How much time passed? Our forces, who had been locked in a boring fight with the enemy, barely reached the second floor of the palace with the closing hour of the drills almost over.

“Hang in there a little more!”

“You should never let them rescue the prisoner!”

Thanks to the achievement a moment ago, the squad members felt better, but he was still hostile to other members. Obviously, he seemed to hold grudges because I provoked him, calling him a coward.

“Got it. Let me respect Sir Giss’s opinion this time and take the small road,” said Carsein, making the decision after nodding.