Chapter 197

Chapter 197

Shin Nara looked down for a moment.

According to her memory, Leeha was a person who excelled in surprises, such as disbanding the Rising Sun, and killing Igor, but lacked the level or stats.

‘But he’s a man of good faith. To the extent that he risked his life for someone he didn’t know.’

So whenever Shin Nara thought about Leeha, she felt her heart flutter.

It was not an exaggeration to say that Leeha was the only user that Shin Nara, who knew a lot of NPCs but lacked the relationship with ‘users’, trusted and gave her peace of mind.

Nara decided to confide everything to Leeha.

“Can you hear me out? What I did after that day.”

Shin Nara took out the note from that day and opened it. Leeha understood what it meant to get back what she had left in the Holy Grill.

“Who was it?”

“At that time, do you remember that we were able to pick out two suspects thanks to Leeha-ssi?”

“Yes. The two most obvious ones from the top 10 rankers were the assassin and dancer-”

“That’s right, Madame Ju is convinced that the assassin ranked number 5, ‘Crazy Clown’ Petyr.”

“5th place, better than Nara-ssi.”

“That’s right. And that’s not all. I’m familiar with his notoriety.”

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Even though she only mentioned his name, Shin Nara’s face darkened. Shin Nara was ranked 6th. In other words, it meant that the possible suspect had a higher level than her.

‘Moreover, his job is specialized in assassination and infiltration. The level is not good enough, and the match isn’t good either.’

Leeha had heard of the ‘Crazy Clown’ before. In the first place, the quests given by his Vocational Academy were operations such as assassination, destruction, and espionage.

‘If one wanted to play a stealth action game, the best job would be an assassination.’

Is it that kind of thing again this time? While Leeha was thinking, he heard Shin Nara’s voice again.

“I couldn’t dismiss it as a joke, and once we identified the suspect, I couldn’t log out anymore. The NPCs did not trust me-”

“Guards? Royal Guards? What about the NPCs who protect the king?”

“They didn’t believe me, saying that it didn’t make sense to have such a note in the king’s bedroom in the first place.... ”

“What? Can they do that?”

“That’s why I thought I needed proof to convince them, so I went to Lotzac.”

“Lotzac!”

Leeha suddenly felt like a bell rang in his head. Who was Lotzak?. He hid the betrayal of the former generation of the Three Musketeers in the second Human-Demon war.

‘Of course, they hid it- In fact, all the NPCs who knew about it got their memories erased with magic.’

It could be said that the reason NPCs like one-armed ‘Lepanto’ wandered around becoming a beggar were all because of Lotzac. When he heard the name of that person again, Leeha felt a tingling sensation.

“Do you know him?”

“N-no. I have heard of him a few times while doing quests. Isn’t he the Mage Chief?”

“That’s right. The Royal Palace Mage Team can monitor the entire palace. Using earth magic and elemental magic-”

“Ah! Like a CCTV?”

Shin Nara nodded her head. In other words, if she could secure evidence from the mage team, she could persuade the guards to take a firm defense.

Of course, given that she was having a hard time now, Lotzac might have been uncooperative.

Shin Nara’s face darkened even more as even Leeha kept his mouth shut while thinking.

“Hu, huhu......”

“N-Nara-ssi?”

“I’m going crazy. I’m so upset and it’s so hard.”

Tears didn’t flow in Middle Earth. However, it was as if Leeha could see transparent tears flowing down her eyes.

“Nara-ssi......”

“Huhu, huhuhu-”

Shin Nara sat next to Leeha and leaned on his shoulder. Leeha was so flustered that he couldn’t do anything. What should he do in this case?

As Leeha remembered Shin Nara’s usual self, who had a cheerful and sassy personality, the current situation flustered him even more.

‘Uh, hmm....... When I see it in the movie, I obviously should raise my arms- s-she wouldn’t suddenly slap me on the cheek, right?’

Leeha carefully raised his arms onto Shin Nara’s back, who was crying without any tears. Shin Nara’s body twitched for a moment as he touched her hand, but that was all.

Rather, Shin Nara’s hot breath and large bump pressed on Leeha’s arms even more. Leeha was even more perplexed.

“Do not cry. It’s okay.”

Shin Nara, who had been holding her breath for a while, opened her mouth again as Leeha patted her back and consoled her silently.

“It’s okay for me not to be able to sleep. I’d rather it be hard on my own. I’m sorry for my friend who got involved, and I am also anxious that something would go wrong and Middle Earth would change! Because of me, because of me who didn’t succeed in one quest, I’m afraid I have to avoid other users as well, – huhuhu.”

“Nara-ssi......”

Patting Shin Nara on the back, Leeha was startled by what she said.

To be precise, he was amazed at the responsibility she had for the game Middle Earth.

She was just a user who enjoyed the game. However, has this ‘place’ of virtual reality, which was more realistic than reality, put the blame on her?

‘To think that one’s choice, one’s play, affects the whole game- and thinking about all the other users that would suffer from it-’

Is this what a top 10 ranker is?

No, she was closer to an NPC than a user, is it the weight that the first user to receive a knighthood should bear?

He was surprised by the words that were a mix of responsibility, worry, and sadness, but he could clearly see the warmth of her heart contained in those words.

In this situation, there was only one thought that came to Leeha’s mind.

“If you’re okay with me, I will help.”

“What?”

Shin Nara carefully raised her head. There were no tears, but the tip of her nose was red and Leeha looked at her crying face and said.

“I will help you if you don’t mind. If Nara-ssi believes in me... I can bring more reliable people than me.”

“You will? Really...Will you help me even though it’s a quest in which you don’t have anything to gain?”

“I will do it if it would stop Nara-ssi from crying.”

“What? What-”

“So don’t cry.”

Leeha reassured Shin Nara in a calm, slightly slow tone.

She knew that Leeha did not move just according to profit, but what did his words mean?.

‘Maybe Leeha-ssi......?’

A red blush appeared on Shin Nara’s face. Of course, Leeha did not have the same ‘meaning’ as Shin Nara thought. It was because he saw in her the image of his mother, a woman with a sense of responsibility and willingness to sacrifice herself....... Without knowing each other’s thoughts, they held each other for a while.

Leeha pressed the accept button that appeared in front of him. To gather people, he had to move fast.