Chapter 36.1

I knew this would happen.

Getting out from the dizzying warp, I frowned at the fine sand caught in my palm.

As expected, Kim Jian wouldn’t warp me to the right place.

‘Where the hell am I…?’

We were at a place I had never seen while playing the game. An exotic scent that I’ve never smelled before stung my nose. Abandoned on the sandy beach where my feet sunk, I looked around hoping that it wasn’t a deserted island.

‘Foreign country?’ I wondered, ‘It doesn’t look like the original setting of the Alfrenheim Empire.’

The Alfrenheim Empire, where the Grand Duke of the North existed, was a country nestled inland where even going southernmost, you wouldn’t even feel the scorching heat. Glancing at the scorching sun, I tapped Adrian on the back as he felt weak and puked from being in the warp.

“Oooh! Woof! Woof!”

Sunlight scattered on his blonde hair, which has been slightly washed off the dye after taking a bath. I scratched my cheek looking at the sand as white as his brilliant hair.

‘Why did Jian send me to this place?’

What was Jian’s plan?

I was so distracted earlier that I didn’t even realize. It was suspicious that Jian knew how to use warp magic. She was a saint, not a wizard.

‘There was no warp in the skills of a saint I knew.’

In the first place, the main character of the game never had a job other than being a saint. Jian’s setting is ‘The saint from another world’.

If I had to recall a job close to a wizard, it was a black wizard that I saw while taking the hidden route to see the Curtis Mary Bad ending.

‘But Edith was the black wizard who appeared at that time, not the main character, Jian.’

“Hiiing. Hiiing.”

“Are you feeling better now?””

He emptied his stomach and approached me. Wrapping my arms around Adrian’s shoulder, I rubbed his head with my palms anxiously.

“Is it because I am nervous? Why are you shaking so much…?”

His body slowly calmed down after shaking a bit because of my patting. I continued, tucking his fluffy hair behind his ears.

“Don’t worry too much. I will definitely protect Rian.”

Because you are my target character…

Adrian was still a crown prince, so he would’ve known how to return to the imperial family once he resolved his insinuations. And even if he doesn’t know how to go back, he can call someone.

If so, wouldn’t they leave me, who was no different from my benefactor, in this remote foreign land?

“Don’t you worry. I will protect Rian no matter what,” I repeated.

Adrian’s red eyes showed trust as he accepted my black heart. I was a bit embarrassed as I laughed awkwardly at his twinkling eyes.

<QUEST> Adrian von Bernhard calms down.

10% of Adrian von Bernhard’s insinuation is lifted.

Remaining insinuation: 67%

The system window indicated that Adrian’s insinuations were being lifted.

‘Oh, has it worked out a lot since then?’

It’s just been a day since I brought him, so it was a remarkable achievement.

“Phew. I’m proud of you.”

I was proud of Adrian, who solved his allusions all by himself without me doing anything special, so I tapped his cheek and kissed him.

Then the disappeared system window flashed again.

<QUEST> Adrian von Bernhard calms down.

2% of Adrian Bernhard’s insinuation is lifted.

Remaining insinuation: 65%

‘Huh? Why do the insinuations go down when I kiss him?’ I wondered.

Surprised, I kissed him again, blinking my eyes confused if maybe the system window just had an error.

<QUEST> Adrian von Bernhard calms down.

3% of Adrian von Bernhard’s insinuation is lifted.

Remaining Implication: 62%

I couldn’t believe a kiss on the cheek was enough. I don’t know why his mind calmed down because I kissed him, but it was good for me. I was so excited that I grabbed Adrian’s face and kissed him like a bird preening its feathers.

Squeeze. Squeeze.

<QUEST> Adrian von Bernhard calms down.

8% of Adrian von Bernhard’s insinuation is lifted.

Remaining insinuation: 54%

The suggestion gauge, which had been going down, stopped moving at some point.

‘Well, I don’t think it’s going down any further from here.’

I licked my lips with regret, and just in case, grabbed the back of Adrian’s head and bit his thick lips.