i am reincarnated in modded game World95.00%

chapter 38

After I literally crushed the golden knight in the duel, he was left dispirited in a corner of the training grounds, and Lize and Claudia were openly teasing him and sitting in the shade to rest for a while.

"Hey, Erica? Why are you here so early? Who's next to you? And why are your eyes covered?"

Erica, who had gone on a city patrol with Iris, returned. And she had a naughty girl by her side.

Not only was there still a long time before she would return from patrol, but Iris, who had gone out with her, had suddenly brought back a girl we had never seen before, so we looked at Erica with bewildered eyes.

Instead of clothing, the woman was wrapped in rags. Her calves were covered in dirt, and even her face was wrapped in cloth, barely revealing part of her lower body.

'Wow, she's still pretty.'

However, as expected of a woman in a world full of mods, her whole body was covered in dirt and rags, and only her lower body was barely visible, but her nose, mouth, and jawline were enough to show that she was pretty.

But in this world, men's common sense has changed so much that they don't even care if women have such eye-catching appearances and wear clothes that are extremely revealing.

"It wasn't me who was being picky. It was the kid who was being considerate of us."

Erica was holding the girl's hand and carefully guiding her step by step. The girl also followed Erica's lead and took her steps obediently.

"And there was a reason I brought you to the Knights. First of all, I wanted to feed you some bread and soup since you hadn't eaten anything for a few days."

"There was a situation? You haven't eaten anything for several days? What do you mean?"

"I'll explain later. For now, I'll take this child to the restaurant. Or, you can ask Iris, who will be back soon."

The two figures soon disappeared into the castle. Lize, Claudia, and I looked at each other with bewildered eyes, wondering what on earth had happened outside.

Of course, the answer didn't come out just by looking at each other.

"Have you ever brought someone to the Knights like that before?"

"No. It never happened. Now that we know for sure that magic on the castle is safe, it doesn't matter, but back then, I thought if you ate it for a long time, you'd die. How can we feed something that makes us anxious to others?"

"We were so busy taking care of ourselves that we didn't have time to take care of others. Now that you, the newbie, have killed that pig, we can breathe a sigh of relief, but before that, it was really hard."

Claudia clicked her tongue as if it was irritating just thinking about it. Well, that guy's personality had changed even more than the game, so she could roughly imagine how much he must have suffered under him.

"When I think about killing that pig, our newbie suddenly feels special. What do you think, newbie? Should I hug you again? We didn't get much time because Erica dropped it right away. Huh?"

Lize spread her arms with her signature smile. The oil wrapped in a thin sleeveless dress rippled between her arms. I glanced around. Lize burst into laughter at my reaction.

"Don't be shy. If you want a hug, you can tell me anytime, anywhere. Oh, and in case you forgot, does that still apply to the part where you said you'd do anything for me? That literally means anything. You can tell me anything."

"Erika nagged you so much about saving some dignity, but you still can't get over it?"

"So, you don't like it?"

"...."

I kept my mouth shut, and Lize poked my cheek with her finger while smiling as usual. Claudia looked at us with an expression of inexplicable delight.

It was so true that I couldn't just flat out refuse. You don't like it? No way. Unless you're a homosexual, what man in the world would dislike that kind of physical contact?

Furthermore, Lize realized that I didn't reject her outright and that her body was definitely reacting to her, so she began to approach me more and more boldly.

Sooner or later, something happened. Either on my side or on Lize's side.

'... ... The story has already started to get twisted, so it might not matter.'

Ever since the commander of the Golden Twilight Knights came to watch over me, such thoughts kept coming to my mind, and my already shaky self-control began to waver even more.

The main reason I've been pushing away physical contact with Lize up until now is because I don't want to mess up the story, but I kept thinking that since one thing has already gone wrong, any more actions might be pointless.

I'm not stupid either. I've noticed a long time ago that Lize has feelings for me that go beyond a fellow knight. If I think about it, it's been like that ever since our first duel.

Now that I've dealt with the permanent resident and done a lot of things here and there, I kind of understand, but when I first saw it, I still wondered why he did that.

"Enough teasing about newbies. So, are you going to wait until Iris comes?"

"Of course not."

Claudia and Lize exchanged glances. Before I could say anything, they each grabbed one of my arms and dragged me into the castle.

It was only after I arrived at the restaurant that I realized where I was being taken.

What if you told me in advance?

It's been three days since Erica brought the unidentified girl to the castle.

The girl explained everything about herself, from the fact that her name was 'Inerma' to how she lost her eyes.

'I don't think there was an NPC like that...'

Even when I tried to recall my memories, nothing in particular came to mind.

No matter how much the mod changes her appearance, her essence does not change. Just like how Lize's personality is 180 degrees different from the original, but she still uses ice and a pair of daggers as her main weapons.

What this means is that they are either not particularly important NPCs or they are humans who do not appear in the game at all.