I’m Hunting My Enemy - Chapter 35

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35. Love and Subjugation War (2)

 

Glem silently gathered his hair and twisted it together without answering. Seeing the blue blood dripping down, Ryuie finally had a servant bring a towel.

 

Confessions really do make you see someone differently.

 

‘He likes me?’

 

Ryuie watched Glem intently as he cleaned himself off to the side.

 

Glem didn’t make eye contact again and offered no sweet words. He didn’t particularly try to win Ryuie’s favor or even smile for that matter.

 

Yet he was already convinced without a shadow of doubt.

 

‘How can he be like that?’

 

Ryuie found it fascinating.

 

The next day, Glem acted stiffly as if he had never made that confession that wasn’t really a confession.

 

“I’m going to sell the monster’s corpse, but there’s something I need so I’m taking it. They said I had to tell you, so I’m telling you now.”

 

“Glem.”

 

“What.”

 

“Did I hypnotize you yesterday by any chance?”

 

Glem looked at Ryuie with coldly hardened eyes.

 

Ryuie, who had her chin propped up with both hands, observed Glem intently. Glem no longer avoided Ryuie’s gaze, but he did look uncomfortable.

 

“Hmm. No matter how I look at it, you don’t seem like someone who fell in love at first sight.”

 

Ryuie shook her head back and forth.

 

Glem didn’t get embarrassed like yesterday and replied bluntly.

 

“What would I do with someone who has a fiancé?”

 

“My goodness. Were you such a moral person?”

 

“I keep my word well.”

 

“Then what about what you said yesterday?”

 

Whether you roast me or boil me? Ryuie whispered while spreading her arms and wiggled her fingers like someone sitting at a dining table. Glem said indifferently.

 

“I keep my word well, but it seems like someone else won’t.”

 

“Wow, how mean.”

 

Ryuie chuckled and propped her chin up with both hands.

 

“Pushing the responsibility onto me.”

 

“Call it the right to choose.”

 

“Does it change when you change the word?”

 

“And honestly, I hope you don’t break your engagement vow either.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Glem glanced at Ryuie and corrected himself.

 

“No. Never break it. Live like that for the rest of your life.”

 

“Excuse me. You said you liked me.”

 

“Right. And since I have no intention of things working out, don’t break your engagement vow either.”

 

Glem looked down at Ryuie as if scolding her.

 

‘Why is he suddenly picking a fight?’

 

Ryuie glared back at him just the same.

 

“The reason?”

 

“Are you really confident you won’t feel anything if you meet your fiancé again?”

 

“Of course.”

 

Ryuie, who was about to answer “Obviously,” hesitated.

 

If she honestly looked into her heart, what would be there?

 

Ten years of depth had carved a hole in her heart.

 

‘There’s nothing there.’

 

Glem silently looked at Ryuie. The corners of Ryuie’s mouth twisted.

 

“You’re making me out to be too sentimental.”

 

“No way. If that were the case, I wouldn’t even ask such questions.”

 

If she were someone who purely looked only at her missing fiancé from ten years ago and loved him, Glem wouldn’t need to be tormented by anguish. He could just give up right away.

 

Wasn’t Glem acting like this now because Ryuie went around charming other people as if she had no lingering feelings for her fiancé at all?

 

The problem was that anyone, even herself, seemed likely to be charmed.

 

Ryuie’s eyebrow shape had changed strangely, showing how she had taken Glem’s sincerity.

 

“I didn’t know you were a pervert.”

 

“What?”

 

“Don’t you like getting rejected and having your heart wounded? Kind of like enjoying getting hit?”

 

“No!”

 

Absolutely not, never! Glem jumped up and down and shouted, horrified the moment he was compared to such a pervert.

 

“Then why are you telling me not to break my vow? Otherwise, saying you like me is a lie.”

 

“We could still be together. Do you have to get love in return just because you like someone?”

 

“Of course you should. If you love someone, I should have you. That’s why you like them, isn’t it?”

 

“That’s not necessarily true.”

 

Glem denied it. He seemed like he wanted to say something more, but Ryuie was no longer waiting for Glem’s answer.

 

“I’m not interested in unrequited love. It doesn’t suit me.”

 

“It shows.”

 

“So I’m giving you a chance too.”

 

Ryuie, who had lived only her own way, willingly extended her hand to Glem.

 

Someone who only had feelings in a give-and-take form. Ryuie was someone who could go to ruin fairly, whether it was a contract or interest, without caring.

 

For some people, that might be the greatest love.

 

And that was probably also the reason why Ryuie couldn’t sustain her feelings toward Yosua.

 

Glem felt something was wrong.

 

Usually, people would say that mutual give-and-take love is the most complete.

 

It felt like even such general rules didn’t apply to Ryuie.

 

“Your way doesn’t suit me either.”

 

“That’s too bad.”

 

Ryuie withdrew her extended hand.

 

Since that seemed like it would be the last chance given to Glem, he felt slightly relieved and bitter.

 

News of Glem’s confession spread quickly.

 

“I heard Glem confessed to Yeongae.”

 

“Who’s that?”

 

“That white-haired mercenary who follows Yeongae around.”

 

“That escaped prisoner?”

 

Glem became surprisingly quickly accustomed to the stares and whispers that followed him everywhere.

 

This was because most people reacted as if Yeongae had charmed another one.

 

“Poor young man.”

 

“He’s been here quite a while, so it was about time for this to happen.”

 

“Still, I didn’t expect that guy to fall first.”

 

“His face is most to Yeongae’s taste. She must have put the most effort into him.”

 

“Ah, I see.”

 

‘What effort did she put in.’

 

If you fell in love watching what Ryuie did, you’d be either a pervert or an abuse victim.

 

Ryuie hadn’t done anything worthy of being loved. Not at all.

 

Snorting inwardly, Glem silently did his work.

 

But troublemakers kept flocking to him.

 

“They say the quiet-looking ones are the scariest!”

 

Catsy, who had rushed over eagerly, pointed her finger at him first.

 

“Just hunt monsters, why did you confess there?”

 

“Move before you get stabbed.”

 

Her nails, sharpened like fangs, were as threatening as a monster’s. Catsy trembled.

 

“Ha! This is unbelievable!”

 

“You don’t really like the young lady, do you?”

 

Even Bendam, whom he had trusted, rudely blurted out such words to his face.

 

When Glem briefly stopped what he was doing and looked at him, Bendam seemed embarrassed and stammered.

 

“Ah. It’s just that there are quite a few people who say they like the young lady to win her favor and then take what they want from her. The young lady gets bored quickly, so it’s not very effective, but…”

 

“That’s not a very nice story, so stop it.”

 

Glem pulled out the sword he had tucked under his arm again and carved the beak.

 

In the ‘Traveler’s Hunter’ hunt, the trophy he wanted was the monster’s beak.

 

It was very hard but elastic, and if carved well, it became an effective tool.

 

‘If you don’t maintain a sword properly, it keeps breaking.’

 

Glem, who had grown tired of only using stolen or borrowed swords, decided to make a new one and tame it.

 

After confessing to Ryuie, he himself was carving a beak in a corner of the temple.

 

It was perfect for other people obsessed with rumors to come and watch.

 

“He was a friend with good skills, but it’s unfortunate how things turned out.”

 

“Cheer up.”

 

“Don’t torment him too much, both of you. If he runs away before even entering the swamp, we’ll lose our guide.”

 

“Hehehe.”

 

Others aside, even the Knights were throwing comments as they passed by, so no matter how quiet Glem usually was, his eyebrows couldn’t help but twitch.

 

Shouldn’t the Ducal House Knights only recruit people with serious personalities? Are these really people who have trained in martial arts?

 

Is it okay for guards to have such attitudes?

 

‘Most of all, why is the atmosphere already like I’ve been rejected?’

 

This was the most unfair part.

 

The fact that those people were throwing such reactions meant there had been many people who had passed by Ryuie’s side, which made him uncomfortable.

 

Crack.

 

The direction of the hand carving the beak bent sharply. Frowning, Glem tried to fix the remaining part with the tip of his sword.

 

“Don’t be so hard on him, everyone.”

 

As soon as Ryuie’s voice was heard, Glem immediately stopped his movements and put down his sword. If he tried to carve the beak again now, it would obviously go wrong again.

 

Glem, who had been looking down, only raised his gaze.

 

Today, Ryuie was dressed more splendidly than ever. A dress she hadn’t worn even when arriving at the village or temple was tightly cinching her waist.

 

Her hair was swept up softly with the ends twisted, letting only a few strands flow down, and her white shoulders contrasting with her black hair were dazzling.

 

Around her ears and neck were jewels the size of finger joints, and her beauty, which would have been overshadowed by the jewels’ light if she were an ordinary person, was not diminished but stood out even more.

 

Truly a face with strong presence.

 

Pulling on her lace gloves so each finger stretched to the end, Ryuie slightly pursed her lips.

 

“What’s wrong with someone who’s smitten making an effort? Our Glem is trying too.”

 

“I never did that.”

 

“If you haven’t, then you need to make some effort. What are you going to do if you stay like that?”

 

Ryuie looked Glem up and down. He was in the same disheveled and dry state as yesterday, no different.

 

“If you like me, you should wash up nicely, dress up, and smile.”

 

“Then do you like me?”

 

Ryuie, who had been smiling with the corners of her mouth raised, covered her mouth with a “puff” at those words.

 

Just then, Ryuie, who had come out prettily washed and dressed up, couldn’t hold back her smile and grinned slyly.

 

“My goodness. As it happens, I do? It works out that way?”

 

“Don’t talk nonsense, Glem!”

 

“Um… Sorry to disappoint you since you seemed to have expectations, but the young lady dressed up like this because guests from the capital are arriving today. It’s not to show you.”

 

“I know.”

 

Glem answered calmly.

 

But the gazes looking at Glem became even more pitying.

 

Because he seemed like someone who was expecting while pretending not to be.

 

‘I wasn’t expecting… never mind.’

 

Whether she dressed up or not, his gaze toward Ryuie would be the same, but saying that would only invite more teasing.

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