Transmigrated into the Gacha Game I Abandoned for 10 Years-Chapter 198: Afterword (5)
Kim Hyunwoo was briefly stunned by the situation that had become a mess in an instant.
“Wait, I can go back?”
“Thank goodness.”
“I didn’t even know that…”
Seeing the heroes let out a sigh of relief after hearing Kim Hyunwoo’s explanation, he also sighed and spoke.
“I already suggested we get married, so where would I go leaving you guys behind? So don’t worry.”
“If the Master says so.”
“Because it’s the Lord’s words.”
The heroes nodded in agreement, each in their own way.
Having confirmed that the heroes who had been acting like they were suffering from PTSD were now okay, Kim Hyunwoo soon asked with curiosity.
“So, why were you standing in front of Loria’s door? And what about Aria?”
As soon as Kim Hyunwoo mentioned going back to his original world, he recalled the heroes bursting in, and Rin, who seemed to hesitate for a moment, spoke.
“Actually, I came here because there’s something I wish the Lord would decide.”
“You wish me to decide? What is it?”
“It’s about who will have the wedding ceremony first.”
“Ah.”
Kim Hyunwoo sighed at Rin’s words and couldn’t help but lick his lips as he spoke.
“So it’s about who will have the wedding ceremony first…?”
“Of course, we will follow the Lord’s words. And we won’t have any complaints or argue about this order.”
As Kim Hyunwoo muttered these words, the heroes immediately spoke up.
He looked at the heroes gathered in front of him.
They all seemed to agree with Rin’s words, but at the same time, they were looking at Kim Hyunwoo with a mix of anxiety and uncertainty.
Kim Hyunwoo could tell that if he started setting the order now, the heroes would express their dissatisfaction with their whole bodies, even if they didn’t say it out loud, so he spoke firmly.
“Really?”
“Really…!”
“…Even if Rin is last?”
At Kim Hyunwoo’s subtly teasing words, a look of disbelief appeared on Rin’s face.
“U- If that’s the Lord’s will, then… I will follow it…”
Rin looked like she had received a huge mental blow, stumbling slightly.
Seeing the tears welling up in her eyes, Kim Hyunwoo quickly spoke up.
“It’s just an example, just an example, I’m not actually saying I’d do that.”
“Is that so?”
Unlike Rin, who had regained some vitality, the other heroes were looking anxious again, and Kim Hyunwoo began to seriously wonder if they were all going to suffer from mood swings.
‘It’s obvious that deciding who goes first for the wedding ceremony won’t work.’
Seeing Rin’s reaction, Kim Hyunwoo realized that as soon as the wedding ceremony began, the mental state of the other heroes, except for the one getting married, would likely collapse instantly. He was deeply thinking about this when-
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“My lord! Where are you, My Lord!”
Kim Hyunwoo looked outside the door, feeling puzzled by the urgent voice calling for him.
Soon after, a knight entered through the door with an urgent expression. Upon seeing Kim Hyunwoo with the heroes, the knight hesitated for a moment before slightly bowing and urgently speaking.
“My Lord, there’s something you need to urgently check! Skeletons with blue bones are outside…!”
At the urgent words from the knight, Kim Hyunwoo gave a puzzled look and tried to approach the terrace.
“There’s no need to check, loser!”
“…Aria?”
Before Kim Hyunwoo could approach, Aria appeared on the terrace, climbing up a massive bone hand. Kim Hyunwoo gave a puzzled look and called her, but ended up staring blankly at her.
It was no wonder, because the outfit Aria was wearing was a bright blue dress, unlike the usual clothes she wore.
Kim Hyunwoo, still staring blankly, soon looked down.
Below, skeletons with blue bones were efficiently blocking the path to the Lord’s castle, and at the end of this blocked path, a massive public wedding hall had been set up.
“Let’s have the wedding ceremony right now!”
“No, this suddenly?”
Kim Hyunwoo’s tone was one of surprise.
However, Aria wrapped her arms tightly around Kim Hyunwoo’s neck before he could leave for the terrace.
“I can’t let the others get married first!”
With a confident smile, she tried to pull Kim Hyunwoo outside to the terrace.
“Ahh!”
However, just as expected, the heroes, who weren’t going to stand by and let Aria do as she pleased, immediately grabbed Kim Hyunwoo.
“Who do you think will let that happen!?”
“Absolutely not!”
They began to pull him back, preventing him from being dragged away by Aria.
And thus, the tug-of-war began.
However, Kim Hyunwoo, the ‘rope’ in this tug-of-war, was…
“Guys, guys, I’m going to die! S-stop-! Cough-”
He muttered while struggling in pain.
In the end, the heroes’ tug-of-war continued until Kim Hyunwoo passed out.
Two weeks after the chaos caused by the wedding ceremony settled down.
Though two weeks wasn’t a long time, it was more than enough for Lartania to accomplish many things.
The Lartania territory, which had been shattered by Arthur and Loria, had recovered sufficiently in just two weeks, returning to its former state.
Territory: Lartania
Territory Development Level:
7019
Territory Population:
[Humans: 59,244]
[Beastfolk: 1,082]
–Secondary Buildings–
[Magical Engineering Research Institute]
–Subordinate Buildings–
▪︎ [Engineering Power Plant]
▪︎ [Magical Engineering Weapons Research Institute]
▪︎ [Magical Engineering Refinery]
–Owned Buildings–
[Lord's Castle LV5↑]
[Castle Wall LV5]
[Residential Area LV9↑]
[Forge LV9↑]
[Barracks LV9↑]
[Tavern LV8]
[Market LV6↑]
[Wood Processing Plant LV9↑]
[Restaurant LV5]
[Leather Processing Plant LV9↑]
[Stone Processing Plant LV8↑]
[Trading Post LV7]
[Secondary Castle Wall LV5]
[Inn LV7↑]
[Administrative District LV6↑]
[Paved Road LV5]
[Tertiary Castle Wall LV5]
–External Buildings–
[Mercenary Guild LV1]
[Magic Tower Branch LV1]
[Blacksmith Guild Branch LV1]
–Owned Forces–
• [Regular Soldiers: 1,000]
• [Swordsmen: 500]
• [Guards: 700]
• [Apprentice Knights: 200]
• [Beastfolk: 1,084]
‘At this point, the recovery is about 70%… Well, considering the mercenaries, it’s basically 100% recovered.’
Kim Hyunwoo smiled in satisfaction as he looked at the notification window that appeared before his eyes.
“It’s been a while, and your complexion has really improved?”
At the voice coming from the front, Kim Hyunwoo naturally closed the territory interface and looked at the Mysterious Merchant.
Without him realizing, she had already seated herself in a chair opposite Kim Hyunwoo, smiling naturally as she spoke.
“It’s been two weeks.”
“I’ve seen you every few days though.”
“Every few days?”
“Yeah, I stopped by Lartania a few times to watch you. You were quite the sight, really squeezed dry.”
Kim Hyunwoo, hearing the Mysterious Merchant’s cryptic laugh, clicked his tongue and frowned as he spoke.
“You’re more of a pervert than I thought.”
“I’m not a pervert, I just couldn’t visit because you were busy every time I came.”
“I had plenty of times when I was alone in the office, you know?”
“You should speak clearly. Your heroes…no, your wives are always under the desk.”
“That wasn’t my intention, but honestly, I’m tired too.”
Kim Hyunwoo said, wiping his face as if feeling a little dizzy.
Two weeks ago.
After he and Aria hastily held the wedding ceremony, Kim Hyunwoo had been squeezed dry every single day.
…In fact, it wouldn’t have been so hard if he was only squeezed by the people who had the ceremony back then.
Because only five people had the ceremony back then.
However, the problem was that after the wedding ceremony, the heroes who hadn’t participated began to get depressed, so he had to take care of them as well.
Currently, Kim Hyunwoo was being squeezed several times a day, both as a spouse to the heroes who had the ceremony and as a comfort to the heroes who had not.
“I don’t know if I’ll die from this.”
“Don’t worry, you won’t die. You have so much Ether in your body, you’ll never die unless you want to.”
“…That’s the best news I’ve heard so far.”
The Mysterious Merchant, watching Kim Hyunwoo speak with a self-pitying laugh, chuckled and tossed something to him.
“Eh-”
Kim Hyunwoo, startled but instinctively catching what the Mysterious Merchant had thrown, realized it was a transparent orb and spoke.
“…What’s this?”
“I told you, right? It’ll let you travel back and forth between here and there.”
“…Is this it?”
“Yeah, the usage is simple, just think about it strongly, it’s not difficult, so there’s no need for me to tell you. Just try using it.”
Kim Hyunwoo looked at the orb with a puzzled expression as the Mysterious Merchant spoke.
“Well, I’ll be going now.”
The Mysterious Merchant stood up with a satisfied smile.
“Already?”
“It’s not already, I’ve been busy fixing the world that Loria destroyed. Anyway-”
The Mysterious Merchant, who began to disappear starting from the tips of her toes, immediately after standing up.
“-Now that your work is done, live however you want. Take it easy.”
She waved her hand and disappeared, saying she’d see him again when things calmed down.
“……”
Kim Hyunwoo, who had been staring at the orb the Mysterious Merchant gave him, turned his gaze to Lartania, visible beyond the balcony.
Unlike the ruins of a year ago, Lartania had now become a bustling metropolis, with people’s voices never ceasing.
“…Should I go back…”
With a mixed expression of nostalgia, Kim Hyunwoo alternated his gaze between the streets of Lartania and the translucent orb given to him by the Mysterious Merchant.
How much time passed like that, he wondered.
“Master!”
“…?”
Kim Hyunwoo looked down and saw Merilda calling him.
She, with her silver tail swishing, was holding a wooden basket and pointed somewhere with her finger.
“Ah.”
Kim Hyunwoo, realizing she was pointing to the huge meadow of flowers to the east of Lartania, remembered the idea he had discussed with her.
‘…We decided to go flower viewing.’
Kim Hyunwoo looked at the other heroes standing behind Merilda.
Rhien, who was having an argument with Aria.
Shadra, speaking seriously with Charyll, and River, who was awkwardly blushing while listening.
Loria was patting Lani’s head as she packed cooking utensils and talking to her.
Elena and Rin, like Merilda, were looking at Kim Hyunwoo.
He, looking at them all.
“Wait, I’ll be down in a minute!”
As he said this, he was about to leave the Lord’s office and looked at the transparent orb in his hand.
And then.
“Master! Let’s go quickly! The forsythia flowers have bloomed a lot!”
“My Lord, if we go now, I’ll show you something fun-”
“No- I mean that’s not what I meant, you fool!”
“Yes, you’re the fool! You blockhead!”
“Eek…that’s a bit-”
“Still, if we do this, it’ll work better-”
“…Wow…”
Thus, in the third drawer of the office desk Kim Hyunwoo had left, the transparent orb given to him by the Mysterious Merchant sat quietly.
As if it would never move from that spot.
Quietly.
