I’m Hunting My Enemy - Chapter 33

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33. Absurd but Convincing (4)

 

Glem was so flustered that he even stammered his words.

 

“Wh-why should I.”

 

“You’ve had quite a lot to drink.”

 

Benito said nonchalantly.

 

“You know where Yeongae’s room is, don’t you?”

 

“…How am I supposed to carry her there? Did you forget about the engagement vow?”

 

Benito looked back at Glem with puzzlement.

 

“While Yeongae is sleeping, you can touch her as long as the other person doesn’t feel lustful thoughts.”

 

“…”

 

“Didn’t you know?”

 

Suddenly, Glem felt as if his feet were stuck to the ground. His tongue felt the same way.

 

If you don’t like someone, you can touch them.

 

But.

 

It felt as if someone had defined him before he even knew himself.

 

Yes. You tried to pretend otherwise but now you’re in trouble! You like Ryuie, don’t you?

 

To feel lustful thoughts looking at a sleeping person, how shameless.

 

What are you going to do about this, Glem?

 

His head was buzzing as if someone was lecturing him.

 

Benito stepped aside as if telling him to go ahead and try.

 

Glem really didn’t want to approach and lift Ryuie up right now.

 

Suddenly, this situation felt too shameful.

 

Benito watched Glem who wasn’t moving at all, then shrugged his shoulders.

 

And as if to show off, he lifted up the sleeping Ryuie and held her in his arms.

 

The fact that Benito was holding Ryuie was proof that he had no interest in Ryuie whatsoever.

 

But just seeing Ryuie quietly resting her head against the priest’s chest made Glem’s stomach turn.

 

‘Damn it.’

 

‘Damn it damn it damn it.’

 

Benito even lightly adjusted his hold on Ryuie as if weighing her.

 

Conscious of Glem’s gaze piercing him like a knife, Benito added.

 

“They say feelings of love are hard to hide.”

 

“Shut up.”

 

“It’s not even a sin, so why hide it?”

 

“…”

 

Benito even started humming a tune.

 

“Unpredictable, when you fall in love at first sight. There’s no helping it. To take my love away without any effort. How unfair of you.”

 

Glem barely suppressed his desire to punch Benito.

 

This was the first time he’d ever wanted to hit someone this badly.

 

Glem spoke to Ryuie’s maid who had entered with Benito.

 

“Don’t tell anyone.”

 

At the threatening voice full of force, the maid nodded helplessly.

 

That expression wasn’t one of fear but rather an excited look of someone caught up in someone else’s romance, making Glem even more miserable.

 

* * *

 

Ryuie, who had been forcibly put to sleep and then awakened, declared.

 

“Death penalty.”

 

With disheveled hair and sullen eyes, Ryuie shouted once more.

 

“I said death penalty!”

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

“Did you sleep well, miss?”

 

As Ryuie pressed her head with both hands, gentle hands pulled her arms away.

 

Due to the engagement vow, all the maids who could touch Ryuie’s body were married women.

 

This was because Ryuie, who still had a precarious hold on morality, had no interest whatsoever in married people.

 

The maids who already had children easily handled Ryuie’s tantrum.

 

“We’ve prepared yogurt and honey for breakfast.”

 

“We also brought some fruit to clear your head.”

 

“I didn’t drink enough to collapse. You brought a priest who used a prayer of rest without being asked. That’s illegal.”

 

“It can be used without consent for treatment purposes.”

 

“Is that what he said?”

 

Ryuie snorted. The talk of execution was half a joke anyway, but it was true that she was that annoyed.

 

“That priest is also arrogant.”

 

Ryuie said as she shoved her feet into her boots. The boots that came up to her calves were fastened with buttons without any gaps.

 

“When will the list of priests I requested from the capital arrive?”

 

“Since we sent it with the ducal decree, it should arrive when the other nobles do.”

 

When priests are formally ordained, they send their personal information to the capital.

 

Originally, this was requested to investigate Ohen, not Benito, but now she wanted to check on Benito as well.

 

‘He’s strangely irritating.’

 

Ryuie hated waiting.

 

Every moment she had to exercise patience made her want to shoot something.

 

Because of someone.

 

As she finished putting on her boots and was putting on her coat, Ryuie muttered.

 

“It would be nice if that kid would use some of her power.”

 

“Oh my. You can’t be like that with the Saintess only when it’s convenient for you after rejecting her.”

 

Ryuie’s lips curved up crookedly.

 

“It was a mutual rejection.”

 

“How can there be mutual rejection? One side rejects because they don’t like the other.”

 

“I’m telling you it was mutual.”

 

Ryuie, perfectly dressed for hunting, flicked her hair that was tied up in a ponytail.

 

“Actually, it might be better that she’s not helping.”

 

“Of course. Even if you’re Yeongae, you shouldn’t try to use the Saintess for personal matters.”

 

“No. That’s not why. I hate it when people reject something and then try to change their mind later.”

 

Ryuie walked out majestically.

 

The temple was quite bustling today.

 

It wasn’t simply because building construction was in progress. Fires were lit here and there, and the sound of knights checking their equipment was loud.

 

“Good morning, miss.”

 

“Report.”

 

“The mage on guard detected the ‘Traveler’s Hunter’ returning from the northwest.”

 

The ‘Traveler’s Hunter’ would leave its nest for days at a time when it went hunting.

 

Since it was a monster that wouldn’t come down to the ground unless it was at its nest, they had to prepare and wait in advance.

 

Originally, such large monsters should be subjugated by the governing nobles, but it seemed the small territory couldn’t dare to attempt it.

 

For Ryuie, this was welcome news.

 

“Shall we take it down while we’re at it?”

 

To relieve stress as well.

 

Ryuie, who was going to pick up firearms, spotted Glem among the knights.

 

“Hello, Glem!”

 

Seeing Ryuie even waving her hand, Glem hurriedly fled the scene.

 

“Why is he acting like that again?”

 

“He apparently said he wanted to follow along on yesterday’s hunt. The knight commander sent word that he’s rearranged the deployment.”

 

Catsy, who came with parchment, said. As she received the changed deployment chart, Ryuie commented.

 

“How surprising. I thought he was only interested in the swamp?”

 

“He’s probably following along because of you, miss, not the swamp.”

 

Catsy let out a loud snort as if it was an all-too-obvious ploy. Ryuie also smiled faintly.

 

“Ah. That’s nice. A handsome man who cares about me.”

 

“You’ve always preferred openly expressed affection, haven’t you, miss?”

 

“Clumsy isn’t bad either.”

 

Ryuie showed a rarely generous side.

 

It was cute how he lingered just at the right distance to be noticeable. Would Glem’s attitude really change once he became aware of his own feelings?

 

It was a very important point to watch.

 

“Advance!”

 

The knights, having completed all preparations, began to move.

 

Since this demon had stronger divine power than ordinary priests, the priests were assigned to rear support rather than attack.

 

Benito, who remained behind as well, waved his hand carelessly.

 

“Have a safe trip, Duke’s daughter.”

 

Ryuie deliberately pretended not to see him. She was still annoyed about last night’s incident.

 

Just then, Glem suddenly stepped between them as if blocking their interaction.

 

“Did you hear from Bendam?”

 

“Why are you suddenly bringing up my subordinate?”

 

Ryuie, slightly surprised, reflexively responded.

 

She wouldn’t even acknowledge his greeting earlier. Glem raised his eyebrows and warned.

 

“There are suspicions of division among the priests. If they’re humans who turned into demons, they might know more details.”

 

“…”

 

“Until now, investigation has been difficult because the temple wouldn’t allow access and was uncooperative, but you… well. Why, why are you looking at me like that?”

 

Ryuie just stared intently at Glem as he rambled on with interest.

 

Glem, somehow feeling creeped out, frowned and stepped back.

 

“Why are you looking at me with such chilling eyes.”

 

“Mmm. I should say it’s lovely.”

 

Ryuie leaned forward with a sinister expression.

 

Glem, feeling even more disturbed, covered Ryuie’s face with his palm.

 

When Ryuie, who had stopped just before touching, deliberately made kissing sounds, Glem’s complexion grew even paler.

 

“Stop it.”

 

“Embarrassed?”

 

Ryuie giggled.

 

Glem, who had been letting out suppressed sighs through his teeth, suddenly dropped his palm.

 

Then Ryuie, who was still pouting her lips, and Glem’s faces met directly.

 

“Don’t.”

 

Clear eyes reflected Ryuie without wavering.

 

Like a pair of mirrors, the same red eyes rippled as if invading each other.

 

His face, devoid of any playfulness, stole the laughter from Ryuie’s lips.

 

“What.”

 

As soon as Ryuie’s lips moved again, Glem suddenly changed direction and accelerated his large palm as if striking down.

 

Ryuie reflexively stepped back at the sudden strike.

 

It was truly a split second.

 

The palm, which had slowed down as if by magic, folded as if capturing and trapping a moment of wavering from Ryuie’s face.

 

Then Glem’s face appeared again over the back of his hand, with the corners of his mouth quirked up.

 

“Fool.”

 

Though she had teased many people in her life, Ryuie had rarely been teased herself, and a hollow laugh automatically burst from her lips.

 

Glem deliberately made a teasing expression as if showing off. While he had been so disgusted when Ryuie did it, perhaps driven by revenge, Glem also pursed his lips once and made a kissing sound.

 

“Ha.”

 

Ryuie experienced being speechless and dumbfounded for the first time. And the cause was Glem of all people!

 

Perhaps embarrassed by his own actions, Glem quickly turned around and ran away right after teasing her.

 

‘Don’t let your ears turn red then.’

 

Thanks to his white hair, even his earlobes were clearly visible.

 

Thanks to that, Ryuie, who had been about to get angry but felt deflated instead, subtly twitched her lips.

 

‘What do you call a situation that hurts your pride but is funny.’

 

That was exactly how she felt right now.

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