i am reincarnated in modded game World92.86%

chapter 39

'… … What is that?'

There was nothing in particular to do, so Lize, who had been blankly looking out the window in her room, opened her eyes wide and looked down.

It was because he had seen the new recruits and Inerma leaving the castle on their own at this late hour. The sleep that had been creeping up on him suddenly disappeared. Lize immediately jumped up from her seat.

Judging from the fact that Inerma went ahead and the newbie followed, it was not the newbie who suggested that they go out. In other words, it was the blind woman who persuaded the newbie first.

'How dare you try to flirt with the man I had chosen first without any morality?'

I didn't know why those two were going out, but the fact that a man and a woman were going out at this hour of the night was a problem in itself.

For example, if you're just wandering around outside like that, you might suddenly make eye contact in a secluded place and end up having outdoor sex right there.

Lize, who had a fantasy of how Erica would mercilessly slap her on the back if she heard her say something crazy, followed the two of them and jumped out the window.

It was the beginning of a stalking.

"...."

I was taken out for a night walk after receiving an unexpected offer, but I had nothing to say inside, so there was no way I could open my mouth once I got out. We walked and walked quietly without saying a word.

Even though she clearly couldn't see ahead, Inerma walked on as if nothing had happened. I was nervous that she might bump into something, but it seemed like it was a needless worry.

Because it was quite late, the streets were extremely quiet. The only thing that illuminated the path was the slowly setting moon.

"Where are we going now?"

"There's nothing set in place. It's literally a walk. I just wander around without a destination."

With that, we fell silent again, and the walk eventually led to a small forest inside the city. It was the forest where the moon-hanging tree I had told the knight commanders was located.

The night forest had a rather eerie atmosphere, but I didn't care at all. It was a forest without any monsters or anything. There was no reason to be afraid of it.

The reason people are afraid of these places is because of that creepy feeling of not knowing what's going to happen, but I already know this is a safe place, so there's no reason to be scared.

If something different from what I expected pops out here, then it'll be a little scary from then on.

I glanced to the side to see if Inerma might fall over. To my dismay, she was following along well.

He was in a strange position, with his head turned to the left, showing me only the back of his ear and the back of his head.

And yet, strangely enough, he walked straight ahead without falling or staggering.

I thought so too, and walked. Surely he wouldn't suddenly start screaming and running at me with his limbs twisted like in some horror movie.

"… … Newbie knight."

When I entered the forest and felt like quite some time had passed, Inerma opened her mouth. She still had her head turned to the opposite side. I stopped walking, wondering what she was trying to say.

"Aren't you scared?"

"Are you scared? What?"

"The actions you have taken so far."

"...?"

Inerma also stopped walking. But he still looked in the opposite direction from me until the end.

"I don't really know what that means."

"That's true. Aren't you scared of the things you've done so far?"

I thought back carefully on the things I had done so far.

I defeated a human butcher with a single sword in prison, fought with Lize during the entrance exam, and single-handedly defeated a headless armored cavalryman.

I think these are the three things I told Inerma.

The story of killing the lord using a book possessed by a demon was not something that could be told to an outsider, so it was kept quiet, and naturally, what happened after that should also be kept quiet.

Oh, did you tell me about that golden knight that you beat up? I don't know because it wasn't me who told me, but Lize who bragged about it.

"Why are you scared of that?"

"These are things that could lead to death. Isn't it natural to be scared?"

'Is that so?'

I thought about my words for a moment.

Of course, when I first realized that the Bella Mode was applied, I was honestly anxious about having to go after a human slaughterer that had been greatly enhanced by the enemy enhancement mode.

But it was ambiguous whether I could call that fear.

It was an action I had already done thousands of times, and it was an opponent who had the entire relativity formula in his head. So, as long as I didn't make a mistake or get off track, there was no reason for me to die.