Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 116

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Chapter 116

“….”

Adam, who had been quietly listening to my story, suddenly covered his mouth and lowered his head.

His shoulders trembled finely.

“Hah… Really… thank you. Eve.”

Adam’s body shook as his voice broke intermittently. I was flustered by his unexpected reaction, but felt proud at his following words.

‘Adam was moved to tears by the gift!’

It was touching that I had given Adam something useful when he had been receiving strange gifts from the Emperor.

“But why are you crying?”

A single tear had formed in one of Adam’s eyes when he finally raised his head.

Thinking they were tears of joy, I asked with an excited heart.

“I’m so happy that tears are coming out…”

Adam couldn’t even bring himself to look me in the eyes.

Oh my, if I had known he would be this happy, I should have given it to him sooner.

Come to think of it, I hadn’t thought to give it to him when I first met Adam either.

I had thought such items would be unnecessary for a Hero after killing the Demon King.

However, Adam was as delighted as a child receiving their first gift.

What was even sadder was that Adam couldn’t bring himself to open the pendant and just held it quietly.

His touch was as careful as if he were handling glasswork.

“I’ll use it well. Is there anything you need, Eve? If it was okay to give gifts anytime, I should have given them sooner instead of storing them up.”

“A gift? To whom?”

I was completely distracted by the first part of his self-deprecating murmur.

Someone Adam would give a gift to…

I noticed the identity of the gaze that was sharply piercing my cheek and wanted to beat my questioning lips.

Adam spoke with a grin.

…No, I’d rather he didn’t smile.

“Who else could it be. There’s someone I always meet.”

At his blatantly pointed gaze, I stepped back slightly and said.

“Oh, Kyrillos?”

“….”

“Then Iselda! Or um…”

I hit the wall of Adam’s narrow social circle.

When there was no one else to mention, names that were definitely not it popped up: ‘Potato, Ben, Abracxas…’

I blurted out names as if hoping anyone would stick.

“If not that either, then Ahe…”

“Eve, why are you pretending not to know when you know everything?”

“That’s because…!”

Because I don’t want to acknowledge the fact that I’m the only person you would give gifts to.

I thought of the earrings I hadn’t even tried on yet, sitting on the table.

I couldn’t bring myself to wear them and only touched them every morning.

Just looking at them was enough.

Adam’s first gift to me couldn’t serve its original purpose and was relegated to decoration.

“I haven’t even worn the earrings you gave me yet, and you want to give me another gift?”

That would really take away the satisfaction of the gift-giver.

I knew this, but I couldn’t bring myself to use them. I wanted to treasure them as they were.

“Because I want to see what Eve likes.”

“….”

“You gave it to me because you thought I’d like it, didn’t you?”

It was true.

I had gone looking for the pendant while imagining how Adam would react when I gave it to him.

But I hadn’t done it expecting something in return.

The act of someone giving me a gift filled with goodwill was too awkward.

“I don’t have much I can give.”

In fact, there were hardly any useful items while playing 【Dragon Horn Chronicles】.

How lacking must it have been for me to visit the Imperial Palace or Temple just to find a much-needed sword.

It was Adam, not me, who was close to the Temple, and if he wanted, the Temple would welcome him with open arms anytime.

The Imperial Palace went without saying.

Also, there were few belongings of previous Heroes scattered in other villages.

There was over a 100-year gap between me and other Heroes, and Lawrence had disappeared with everything.

Of course, Adam could now afford to buy anything useful with the subjugation fees he had received.

But still…

“Didn’t you say this was also something God gave me?”

“…!”

Only then did I realize I had been mistaken.

Adam was happy because it was God who gave him the pendant.

‘Not because I gave it to him…’

Facing this obvious fact made my mouth go dry.

Hadn’t Adam’s condition improved only after activating the Sacred Relic?

Adam would converse with God, not knowing that God’s identity was me.

My suddenly darkened expression must have been visible to him too.

Adam asked me with worried eyes.

“What’s wrong?”

But now all his actions looked detestable to me.

Then why don’t you go finish your conversation with that God you like so much!

“I’ve delivered the gift God told me to give, so I’m leaving! But why are you following me?”

“Because I like being with Eve.”

Adam lied with a smiling face.

Hurry up and say it’s a lie!

But instead of displaying such a message, the Sacred Relic said something else.

Your Deity is in a good mood.

‘No, I’m not…!’

This damn Sacred Relic. It’s 500 years old and sometimes goes crazy.

I snorted and ran to get away from him.

Surely he wouldn’t think to chase after someone running away.

However, Adam followed closely behind me with a calm face.

“Are we playing tag or something?”

“Ugh…! No! Why are you following me!”

“Why are you running away, Eve? I want to make sure you can never run away again.”

Unlike me who was screaming, his gentle voice echoed through the Demon King’s Castle.

Potato yawned and went outside nonchalantly as if to say ‘here we go again,’ then fell back asleep under the warm sunlight.

“Even Potato is giving us space to be alone together.”

“Wh-what are you talking about!”

How could he come to that conclusion from seeing the same scene as me?

Anyone could see that Potato had gone to find a quiet place to sleep because we were being too noisy.

Adam was really good at fabricating stories with a shameless face after seeing ordinary situations.

Unlike him who spouted strange words while remaining smooth-faced, I was flushed red up to my neck.

This was an unavoidable conditioned reflex.

It was happening because Adam kept acting strangely.

Adam, unaware that he was the cause, poked my neck with his finger.

“Don’t tease me!”

“I’m not teasing you.”

“Liar.”

“You’re right. I am actually teasing you. Our Eve’s ears are red, her neck is red, and here too…”

“Don’t touch me!”

I raised my voice again because of Adam poking at my face.

If I didn’t react like this and just let him be, Adam would touch me without knowing any limits.

I came out strong to fix his habit.

“If you keep doing that…”

“Then what?”

“I’ll touch you all over too!”

I said it trying to sound scary, but Adam burst into laughter.

His face showed no fear at all.

Adam stood next to me with a grin and asked.

“How are you going to touch me?”

He stood crookedly in front of me as I was about to enter the Demon King’s Castle, blocking my path.

Then he bent down to meet my gaze.

“Like this?”

Adam took my hand and brought it to his cheek. Adam’s soft cheek touched my hand.

The boy’s face, still retaining traces of youth, was soft as cotton.

I couldn’t even move my fingers and just followed along as he moved.

Adam blinked, and his eyelashes tickled my fingers.

“Or like this…”

As my hand was about to move downward by Adam’s movement, I screamed in shock.

“I-I won’t touch you!”

How could he tease me like this every single day!

I ignored the tickling sensation and opened my mouth to warn him.

That if he acted like this with me, what would the other young ladies think, just like Kyrillos had said.

“…!”

Just as I was about to speak, I felt a tickling sensation on the inside of my wrist and my eyes widened.

Adam had lowered his head and pressed his lips to my wrist.

It was sudden contact.

Didn’t people kiss the back of hands as a sign of respect?

This must have a similar meaning.

Really…

“Or shall I do it instead?”

Since his lips were still pressed there, every time he spoke, his warm breath touched my wrist directly.

I froze like ice.

I couldn’t even think to pull my arm away and remained captured by him for a long while.

It seemed like he would easily let go if I just applied a little force.

But I couldn’t muster even that little bit of strength in my body.

I’m bewitched.

This is definitely being bewitched.

But looking at Adam’s prettily smiling face, I had to listen to the sound of my heart pounding wildly.

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