Spoiler: Their first drinking together Late after the meeting. Meyer called me to the office separately. He lifted an unopened bottle of wine between the lighted fire in the dark and asked. “I appreciate your contribution to this, how about a drink?” I answered promptly without any room for thought. “I like drinking. One drink is not enough.” None of Meyer’s things are inexpensive. Of course that alcohol will be the same. And I wasn’t a foolish person who missed the chance to drink expensive alcohol. Of course, there is usually a problem when a boss asks for a drink late at night, but the story changes a little if the partner is Meyer Knox. It was famous that Meyer Knox was light in that way. There were so many women who tried to seduce him, who was famous for his Black Knights and even had the title of Grand Duke. It was hard to count the women even if I mobilized all the extremities of my limbs even if I knew their faces and names. Of course, everyone drank a lot. ‘That’s why the rumors that I’m Meyer’s lover are inappropriate.’ The point that would be a problem here was that the rumors of me being his lover might get more intense, or that I, who got drunk, loosen the bar and make a speech mistake. I know that this world is actually a game world, and that he’s the core of the Demon King. If I let it out without realizing it… ‘But that’s not gonna happen…’ I was a heavy drinker, and Jun’s body, which I came in, was also well drunk. I didn’t get drunk. I don’t know if juju is engraved on the soul or if it’s a common point between Jun and me, but I was glad that I didn’t have to do anything like abstinence or moderation. There was a glass of wine. One more drink went back and forth. Soon the bottle was bottomed out, and Meyer took out another bottle. As expected, it was expensive and delicious alcohol. How many cups have come and gone like that. At this point, Meyer’s mouth, which had been shut so far, began to open. “Wipera… I didn’t know he was like that in the first round.” Whether the alcohol was moderately high, his murmuring voice was more loosened than usual. However, since his face was fine, I might have mistaken that he would never get drunk if he had not opened his mouth. I moistened my lips with alcohol and responded. “No wonder you don’t know.” “Because in the past, he was a man who cared for his colleagues. I knew Wipera…. he was such a guy.” I was wondering why he invited me to drink separately, but I guess he wanted to talk about his feelings by borrowing alcohol. There’s also a reason why I have to be the one who drinks. ‘He can’t tell anyone about the first and second rounds.’ However, it was unexpected. There was no mercy for him to condemn Wipera and spear troops. Since it was a hand that didn’t hesitate a little, I thought Meyer wouldn’t care about Wipera’s work at all. ‘Then again, he didn’t look good in the conference room.’ Of course, it was a serious situation, so I thought there was just a weight, but it seems that he was thinking about Wipera’s work more than that. A little embarrassed by Meyer’s unexpected humanity, I drank more alcohol. ‘Until then, he had the image of a dungeon closing machine, or the strongest man in mankind…’ Suddenly, the humanity that didn’t exist springs up. Wouldn’t he be like that? Meyer is drinking. I thought he was a human weapon with a strong body and heart from birth, but I felt sorry for the fact that he was also a human being. Surely. That is the weak side of the strongest man in the world. At this moment, it was only for me. On the other hand, it was funny. If that man I sympathize with grabs my neck and gives strength in his hands, I’ll leave this world directly. Who feels sorry for whom. Isn’t it like a mouse thinking of a tiger? At the absurdity, I smiled and muttered alone. “Don’t worry too much.” “How can I not care.” Meyer stared at me with an expressionless face. Is it my delusion? The golden eyes with fever shone as if they were longing for an answer to something. With my fingertips, I gently touched the entrance of the glass and smiled. The scent of red wine stuck in the glass was sweet, but it was also reminiscent of the blood puddles that had been seen countless times. “Dungeons are, frankly, too harsh for a normal human being to endure, aren’t they? I don’t know what kind of person Wipera was in the first place, but it’s not strange that he went back.” It was not uncommon for expedition members who could not stand in and out of the dungeons to change like the Wipera. It is easy to belittle people’s lives when they go around the dungeon. Although the death rate is low, you have to keep walking through the danger of dying if you let your guard down. A place where people who were close, colleagues, die without knowing. It also took me a long time to get used to such a place. Perhaps, he had managed to withstand the world of the game as a defense mechanism. Treating people with the sense of playing games, entering dungeons, killing monsters, killing people… ‘Thinking so, I’m in danger too, right? I have to be careful.’ The most important thing is not to cross the line. The temptation of the devil always appears in front of humans, but that does not mean that everyone holds that hand. I said it in a snap. “Of course it’s not weird, not that it’s right. That’s what you said. He can’t be forgiven for doing that. That’s right. Not everyone takes the easy way out of the sacrifice of others. That he made that choice is…” I paused for a moment. My mind was fine, but my tongue took it away from me as if I had enough alcohol. “Because he’s a weak man without convictions. Yes. It’s because he’s not a strong man after all.” Whatever the end of the first round was like, it would never have been good. The ability to raise it like that is bound to betray you at the crucial moment. I glanced at Meyer’s large, rough, scarred hand on the table. The clenched fist was about to clench too much. Did I feel sorry for that? I reached for Meyer’s hand without realizing it. I comforted him by patting his scarred hand, which was much bigger than mine. “Your Excellency doesn’t have to pay attention to the circumstances of those who are not strong. Forget it.” After everything is over and Meyer, who killed the Demon King, becomes the emperor, he has to look at the people, so all the weak should be looked at, but now it is a long way off. To be exact, there is no room or room for that. He’s a man who has to focus on being stronger than anyone else. Meyer glanced at my hand over the back of his. After so little silence, Meyer suddenly opened his mouth. “What if.” He covered the back of my hand with his other hand. I was embarrassed to see the warm heat in my ears and the distance that he had suddenly moved closer to. But what made me even more confused was the uneasy heart of Meyer Knox that I faced for the first time in my life. “If I am not as strong as you think I am… What would you do if I were not as strong as you expected?” “What?” “You’ll be disappointed, won’t you?” Meyer lowered his head and grinned. “You’ve chosen me because I’m a strong person. You might want to go back to Fabian.” Meyer’s golden eyes, which said so, shone like an animal aiming for its opponent’s weakness. Before that, the loose mind soared as if it had poured cold water at that moment. I was wondering what he was saying… In the end, he was trying to see if I had any lingering feelings for Fabian. Come to think of it, Meyer and I need to be business-friendly. However, we were not close enough to reveal each other’s weaknesses. ‘You’re a wicked man…’ At first, I thought it was just drinking, but he might have created this situation to talk about it on purpose. Besides, I also drank a lot. It is clear that he was going to let me talk about my feelings with a drunkenness. Whether I will betray him, or not. It was a waste of my heart’s calories that I felt sorry for him for a while. ‘What a merit to be frozen to death.’ But I also understood that Meyer kept looking at me. Although I might have been betrayed, I was Fabian’s dog. No matter what I was inside, I couldn’t be as loyal to Fabian as I looked on the outside, and it was natural that Meyer could not trust me easily because I would have seemed blind to Fabian until just before I joined the Black Knights. In addition, Meyer was hiding the grave fact that he was the Demon King’s core. As he had a secret that cannot be easily shared with anyone, he will have to be cautious about having close aides. ‘Cause he’s found out I’m useful, and he’s measuring how far he can trust me…’ Then I had to buy his trust more actively. Only when he confides to me that he has magic power can he pursue his future strategy. After organizing my thoughts, I sighed. Then I opened my eyes and raised my voice annoyingly. “As the leader always says, if I lie, everything appears on my face, so I’ll just tell you openly. Are you kidding me now?” Meyer’s eyes widened, as if he didn’t know I would get angry. I struck him with momentum. “Disappointed? Back to Fabian? Just because I changed the expedition once, you’re branding me as an ungodly human being?” “I don’t think so.” “If not, you wouldn’t have asked me that question in the first place. You asked me that question because I was Fabian’s dog? Because dogs don’t change owners?” “Jun.” “Did I tell you that? I hated being called that.” “…” “I just did my best as an expedition member, but I don’t know why everyone was so mistaken.” Meyer’s mouth shut. I knew it. In this case, flippers, or angry strategies work better. If it were the usual Meyer, he would have noticed that I was excessively angry, but he was confused at an unexpected state whether alcohol had entered or not, and he only sweat. “… I’m so sorry I told you that when I first met you.” “I’m generous unlike you, so I accept that apology.” “…” “Then why did you ask that question all of a sudden? Did you do anything? Did you sacrifice your expedition members like the Wipera? Is that why you’re playing like a player?” “It’s not… That.” “Then that’s enough.” “Enough?” “Of course, the leader first made the proposal, but in the end I also considered it and accepted it. I chose it because the leader met my conditions.” I leaned against the back of the chair and said softly. Still, one hand was held by Meyer. “We’ve already got on a boat. The leader must defeat the Demon King anyway. It’s useless to make a weak sound. If the leader was not as strong as I thought…” I made eye contact with Meyer and said clearly. “I can make him strong.” Meyer stared blankly at me as if he had never heard it before. “Are you…? Me?” “Why. You don’t think I can do it?” I grinned and asked provocatively. His physical specs don’t matter because I’m looking at them blankly, and if it’s a problem, it’s the mental part….. I chose Meyer, knowing that he was a time bomb that emerged as the Demon King. As far as I’m assuming the worst, there wasn’t much that could make Meyer upset me. “I always do my best as a member of the expedition. The best thing is to support the leader perfectly. So even if the leader suddenly says that he doesn’t want to fight the Demon King, I’ll kick the leader’s ass and send him to Uranus, so don’t worry. I’m losing and roasting like this here because of the back.” Meyer still couldn’t believe my nonchalant attitude. He only fiddled with my hand as if it were a flower. How much he fiddled with it, my hands were worn out, and I thought they would be uneven. I kept my hand still and dampened my throat with a glass of wine. My mouth was dry as if it was because of the continuous shooting. I sipped my liquor and glanced sideways at Meyer, who was much softer than before. Doing something wicked about drinking and talking about people. To keep people’s hearts clean. ‘Let’s drink together again…’ However, the liquor in my mouth was so sweet to say that, and Meyer’s handsome face sitting face to face was not bad with a sense of comfort. ‘… I can drink with you again at least once.’ I changed my mind like flipping my palm. If I could drink a few bottles of this kind of liquor for free, it was tolerable. But that doesn’t mean I’ll forgive him for everything. At the end, I said bluntly, pulling out my hand still held by Meyer. “You said you’d let Jun Karentia’s name stay in the history books.” “… Yes, I did.” “You’re not lying, are you?” “No.” “I can’t believe it when I see you talking weak.” I grumbled. At first, I pretended to be angry, but at this point, I felt a little sincere. Meyer smiled softly. It was a vain smile, as if the worries so far were useless. “You are… You are a really strong person. It’s the same.” “… It’s as if you know very well what I was like in the first round.” “Of course I know. So wouldn’t I have gone there to save you? It was a pre-recorded talent.” When I tried to assassinate Meyer in the first round, my heart pounded whenever Meyer said he remembered the day of the first round. Fortunately, what Meyer said had nothing to do with assassination. “I don’t remember which performance briefing it was… but I happened to hear Fabian’s expedition having a meeting on which dungeon to attack. Oh, just in case, I didn’t mean it. You guys were just talking too loud.” Meyer’s eyes, reminiscent of the past, faded away. “It seems that they were thinking about two dungeons, but you strongly insisted that you must attack the dungeon that everyone says is impossible.” I remember. When I had to speak with my face like a meeting, I was somewhat backed up. But there were times when I couldn’t. It was at that moment when I tried to pass through a special dungeon with good items. “You were clean while other members of the expedition were ignoring you as a support type wizard. To me, the scene was very impressive.” I did. I, who doesn’t even fight monsters properly, was completely dismissed and asked what I was doing… Thinking that Meyer was looking at it, my face heated up with shame and embarrassment. “… Although my opinion was not accepted in the end.” “What about it. It’s the second round anyway. At that time, I thought I’d like to work with you….. I didn’t know we’d be together like this.” No wonder. Meyer must have been watching me since then. When I think about it, the dungeon I claimed at that time… I definitely remember that the Black Knights attacked it. I thought it was a coincidence, but did he listen to me and attack it on purpose? Since there was a treasure in the dungeon that was attacked like that, it would have been worth paying attention to. Either he’s lucky, or he thought I knew something. So he came to recruit me in the second round… Just as the butterfly’s wings could be a typhoon on the other side of the world, it was impossible to know how life would flow. “And you also have the first memory… I feel very reassured. I’m glad you became my vice.” Does such a guy pretend to be drunk and sway people? One of my eyebrows swung up. “I didn’t know that being a vice-commander and treating you without being disappointed was included in the opportunity to accept leaders’ drinking habits.” “Haha.” “Next time, don’t look at people like this. Okay?” “Okay. Okay.” Meyer raised his hands as if he had lost because of my grumble. Then he shook the hour hand. “I will trust you completely from now on.” You’re lying. You didn’t tell me you had magic. However, I thought he would let me know after some time. For now, I decided to settle for just turning the cards one by one. “I’ll do everything you want as far as I can. If I could kill the Demon King… I can give you the throne.” You’re joking, right? The leader of the expedition team that kills the Demon King becomes the emperor. If I were to stand in such a position, the backlash would be ridiculous. In the first place, the position of emperor is not that easy to hand over to others. But Meyer’s low voice didn’t seem like a joke at all. He looks like he has no regrets about the appointment as emperor. Last time, the words that Axion had shed rang in my ears. <Your Excellency sometimes… Sometimes life’s goal seems to be to close the dungeon. To be honest, I wonder what he’ll do after he closes the dungeon and finishes the Demon King.> Axion saw it right away. As long as he kills the Demon King, this man will burn everything and crumble like the white ash left over. For him, wealth and power are all secondary purposes to killing the Demon King. Thinking about it like that, I didn’t know what to say. “… You’ve been drinking so much that you’re talking nonsense now, but I don’t know if you’re going to wake up and regret it.” “No regrets.” “Whew.” I sighed at Meyer’s stubborn response, which seemed to be a swarm. Come to think of it, it’s very late. My eyes slowly closed, whether it was because of alcohol or time. I stood up from my seat. Of course, I didn’t forget to take care of the remaining bottles. I’ll drink this alone later. “I’ll be on my way.” “I’ll see you off.” Meyer also stood up from his seat. As if he was drunk, his body was twisting. Maybe it was because his body is big, but the movement was threatening even if he stumbled a little. If he falls towards me like that… Just thinking about it will lead to a terrible disaster. I’m already suffocated. I desperately dissuaded Meyer. “That’s enough. Looking at the condition of the leader, it seems that it wouldn’t be enough for him to take me to the bed. Go inside and rest.” “Just to the door.” I can’t stop him because he’s so close. Why is the room so spacious, and I was nervous every time Meyer took a step. That’s how a moment of eternity has passed. In front of the door, I looked back at Meyer with a sigh of relief that I had arrived safely. “Take a good rest. I enjoyed the wine.” “And then you took my wine. Was it not enough for you to drink today?” “You shouldn’t have pretended you didn’t know?” Does he feel better when he points it out? People. Sometimes it’s better to pretend you don’t know! Meyer leaned on the door frame at an angle. Now that he’s leaning somewhere, I’m finally relieved. “You’re a great drinker. Today is my defeat. I’m totally caught.” “It was self-inflicted.” Meyer’s eyes bent and smiled. It was clear that he considered my bone-in advice as ridiculous. By the way… ‘He’s really big because he’s standing so close…’ I didn’t know because we were usually facing each other at a distance, but now, even though he was standing at an angle, his gaze was too high to make eye contact. Rough cheeks. Shaded eyes. A strange silence fell between us. His breath, which was scattered over my forehead, had the scent of alcohol. When I realized it, my heart beat fast for some reason. … Is it because of lack of alcohol? As expected, I should go back to the accommodation and have another drink. At that moment, Meyer’s disheveled mane-like black hair hung over me and tickled my forehead. I reached for his hair without thinking. I was just going to put the bangs that had been parted at an angle behind his ears. But before my hand touched his hair, Meyer’s hand stopped me. As if he hated me touching his hair. It was obviously a sensitive response. I only blinked because the situation was not fully understood. Meyer, who belatedly recognized his behavior, let go of my hand. The arm that was held in that short time was a little sour. “… I’m sorry. I was sensitive.” “No. I didn’t have a circumstance, either.” I laughed so hard. Well, if the situation was the opposite, I would have wondered what this was. Even if my boss touches my head, I might think it’s funny, but how embarrassing it must have been for his subordinate to touch his head. I crossed the line. I must be drunk. Going into the accommodation and having another drink is a cancellation. I was embarrassed, so I quickly said goodbye. “Good night, then.” “… You too.” Meyer opened his lips as if he wanted to say something, but eventually didn’t say anything. I could still feel Meyer’s eyes as I walked down the hall. At the moment, I wondered what expression he was looking at me with, but I didn’t want to check at the same time. So I finally passed the hallway without looking back. Meyer is not that heavy of a drinker unlike Jun who drinks wine like water lmao. And to think he later on gave the liquor warehouse key to her lol. Spoiler: 2nd time drinking - green brigade total annihilation The mental state of the survivor of the Green Brigade was more serious than expected. Not only did he start self-harm, but he also began to experience physical hallucinations and auditory hallucinations. He was no longer able to serve as an expeditionary force. He didn’t seem willing to do that at all of all. Melancholy can easily infect the surrounding area. The Nokentoria Castle, subdued with melancholy, was quieter than usual. “Jun Karentia. Do you have time in the evening?” “What? I have time, but…” “Then why don’t we have a drink together. I feel like drinking today.” I agonized over Meyer’s suggestion for a moment. If I drink with Meyer, I can drink expensive alcohol that I can’t even imagine, but I’ve been worried about the many recent kisses and other incidents. I wanted to avoid being alone with Meyer secretly. However, the power of expensive alcohol was great. The scale of the mind eventually leaned toward alcohol. Besides, I don’t think I can stand a day like today without drinking. Of course, that’s probably why Meyer called me. Unable to speak out as usual, Meyer began to open his mouth after drinking a few drinks. A sigh escaped beneath his articulate hands that stroked down his face. “Green Brigade Commander Umbra was a… Good person. She was indecisive, but she knew she would make a decision when she had to.” Meyer’s eyes were blinded for a moment to recall his colleague. He chewed on my words as he shook his glass, then suddenly chuckled. “I know it sounds like the same thing I said about Wipera before, but I’m telling the truth.” “I heard. She saved a new member of the unit and sacrificed herself…” I retorted, recalling the story about Umbra that I heard during the memorial service. Umbra was one of the two elite members of Meyer’s elite that I didn’t get to meet because they were on an expedition to conquer a dungeon. I’d never heard of Umbra in the first round. I asked carefully. “… Is it a different result from the first round?” “As a result… It’s similar. It’s harder because it’s similar.” Meyer had another drink. The color of his face was distant as if he was not drunk at all, but looking at the end of his slightly dull words, he seemed to be getting drunk. “It was a complete failure in the first round. There were no survivors. So I closed the dungeon.” “… If you had known that, why didn’t you go there yourself?” “I couldn’t. The dungeon opening times overlapped.” Meyer laughed bitterly. I thought long and hard about when the unit was sent. Just before Meyer and I met. I asked with a sense of wonder. “If it’s time for the dungeon to open… Is it my fault?” “It’s not you, it’s me. I’m the one who gave the order.” “… That’s why it’s because of me. You wanted to meet me in the dungeon, right?” “…” Meyer poured alcohol into an empty glass without answering anything. Unexpectedly involved. A feeling seized me in the chest. I also gulped down the alcohol. I hoped the hot fire burned this body, but even when the alcohol went over the esophagus, my heart was still stuffy. “At first, I wanted to bring you and I wanted to enter the dungeon. But, bring a support-type wizard who will be in the dungeon out of nowhere? The second thing that looks suspicious is not enough… It’s not trustworthy. Perhaps the variables could make you hostile to the Black Knights and hinder the merging… Rather, that’s fine. If you died or something…” It might be too much, but I understood his concern. Looking at Axiom alone, his first impression of me was not a very good one. I wouldn’t have even had a chance to show him my abilities. I counted just in case. Meyer’s unexpected command. A supportive wizard who looks useless at a glance. A creature with little contact with Myer Knox… Moreover, it was questionable whether those who received Meyer’s orders could have entered the dungeon as quickly as they accompanied him and rushed his feet. What if he didn’t? In fact, if Meyer had arrived a little later, I would have been killed by the cyclops. As soon as the second round started. It is now a meaningless assumption, but the mere thought of it was creepy. “Just a moment’s hesitation makes it easy for people to die. I was afraid you would, too. As you know, I honestly don’t trust others that deeply. It’s one thing to appreciate someone’s abilities. The most important thing is that I don’t feel comfortable unless I take matters into my own hands.” Meyer fiddled with the glass. The drink rolled under his big hand was the same thing in my hand, but it looked unusually smaller. Meyer spoke in a clear voice, as if facing his sin. “Yes. I gave up on Umbra. In order to defeat the Demon King, to produce more definite results…” He had no doubt that I was worth picking up at the expense of his elite member. Maybe he’s brainwashing himself like that. For one’s already lost load is beyond one’s control. Isn’t his constant search for usefulness from me, or his impatience with my death also to be confirmed that his choice is not wrong? “… Was it impossible to not send the Green Brigade to the dungeon?” “There was no other expeditionary force that could match that level dungeon in that situation, and… Honestly, it’s not the right thing to say in this situation, but I sincerely thought that the Green Brigade could lay down the dungeon.” Meyer recited a confession quietly. It was less about telling me, and more about reflecting on what he could not believe alone. “I didn’t send the Green Brigade without any thought. It was a dungeon that I attacked once, so there was information… I trained the Green Brigade to match the level of the dungeon, and gave them sufficient support, including holy water. I also told them a strategy. It was perfect. I didn’t even doubt that they would come back alive this time.” But it failed. It wasn’t Meyer Knox’s fault. That doesn’t mean I know everything there is to know about the world. But as a “player,” I was different. I understood why Meyer’s assumption was wrong. There are some dungeons where the difficulty rises as the second round comes. In game terms, it just increased the difficulty to account for skill and stun lore… In reality, the story would be different. It’s too hard on the players who have taken over, the members who are not the inheritors. The dungeon that the Green Brigade was aiming for must have been such a dungeon. I thought for a moment whether to tell Meyer about this. It’s hard to understand just by knowing the first round information. However, seeing Meyer suffering for not knowing the answer raised my sympathy. Yes. If I want to raise the special unit, I’ll have to think about it at least once. I was heavily dressed. “In the dungeon… There are dungeons that increase in difficulty the second time. It’s a kind of mutated dungeon.” “How do you know that’s true… No, if it were true…” “The dungeon that the Green Brigade entered was probably one of those dungeons. There was nothing the Commander could do about it. You did your best as the Commander.” Meyer’s mouth closed tight. Silence filled us heavily. Meyer stared at his reflection in the glass for a long time. What is he thinking? After a long time, Meyer opened his mouth after organizing his thoughts. “But the best wasn’t enough. In the end, the entire Green Brigade was wiped out with the exception of one man…” Meyer smiled bitterly and clicked his tongue. Self-mockery seeped thickly into the sigh that flowed from his lips. “Maybe in the past I instinctively knew that would happen. That’s probably why I only trained the Green Brigade and didn’t let Axion and August join the Green Brigade… If I were to lose them as well, it would be a big blow to the Demon King war. It’s selfishness at its finest.” “… I think it was an inevitable decision as the leader of the expedition.” It was both consolation and sincerity. If I were in the same situation, I would have acted like Meyer. “You’re kind.” “I’m objective.” Meyer’s word, “kind,” remained like pieces of glass. I had no choice but to retort to what he had said. Meyer tapped the glass lightly with his fingertips, thinking of something. It was an action that was meaningless to him, but even if the drunken Meyer lost control of himself for a while, that glass could not only break as it was, but it could also explode with too much impact. I watched the glass nervously as I was within the radius. Fortunately, the glass escaped Meyer’s grasp unbroken. Meyer sighed and simmered. “Perhaps there was a way to keep Umbra alive and the Green Brigade alive while allowing you to join our side as well. But that was the best I could do at the time.” “…” “I still don’t regret my choice of you. No matter how many times I have to do the same thing over and over again, I will come for you.” Meyer’s eyes shone with a firm determination that would never change. Watching Meyer, I was curious about something I hadn’t thought of before. Why in the world did Meyer choose me to take the risk of losing Umbra and the Green Brigade? Before he and I met, he hadn’t even known I could be this useful. I mean, it was the same thing with me, having a memory of the first time. There was a question that could not be resolved just because he had noticed me in the first round. ‘I knew something was wrong… Maybe I gave away some important information in the first round?’ I bit my lower lip well. It would be best to ask Meyer why, but today was the memorial service for the Green Brigade. The time was not good. There will be an opportunity to speak up later. Because Meyer also wants to know how I know about mutant dungeons. Thinking so, I moistened my dry mouth with alcohol. Meyer was not to be outdone and poured himself a glass. His self-mockery filled the glass. The drinking party with Meyer has always been his own. It gave me autonomy in that I could pour my own drinks, but it was not good in that it was difficult to control myself. Meyer had exceeded the amount of alcohol possible at the last drinking party. This is no better. I reached for Meyer’s glass and stopped him. “You’ve had too much.” “I still have a long way to go. I think it’s okay to drink more when I have mixed thoughts.” Meyer smiled bitterly. His grip on the glass was firm. I couldn’t help it with my strength, and I advised him. “If you have mixed thoughts, don’t drink and talk. Do you know that’s why you called me to drink together? I hope you can fit in with my thoughts.” Meyer’s honey-colored eyes, like whiskey, spread to embarrassment. It was as if he had never thought about the fact that he could share his anxiety. “You… You have a talent for bringing out wishes in me that even I didn’t know I had.” “It’s because the Commander is too strict with himself. There are too many standards you set for yourself. You don’t want others to look down on you, you don’t want to reveal your true feelings, you don’t want to admit your sorrow… In this way, you start to go around in circles, and in the end, you lose sight of the essence of what you want.” “…” “So, what’s that thing that’s been messing with the Commander’s head?” Meyer couldn’t answer easily and hesitated. I don’t know what he’s thinking, but if Meyer had to deal with it alone, it would have festered 100 percent. In the past, I wouldn’t have worried about it, because I would have never doubted that his steel-like heart, the Grand Duke of Iron and Blood, would never be clouded by guilt. But Myer Knox, who I had been watching from the side so far, was different from what I knew. In reality, he was not irresponsible enough to let go of the sinful feelings that sprang up in his mind. It was just a form of self-protection that he seemed indifferent to his surroundings. If he wasn’t attached, there’s no way he’d be careful about the spearman unit incident or pay attention to me about Nova’s affairs. It was clear that he probably defined his responsibility and kindness as weakness and should not be exposed to others. And now that he has made up his mind, it will be very hard for him to say what he really feels. But he had to. There was nothing good about accumulating negative emotions in his mind. Even more so because I never knew when, where, or how he would explode. I persuaded Meyer over and over again and again. “It’s better to be angry together than to be angry alone, Commander. Since there are two heads, we might be able to resolve the problem more quickly.” “I don’t need a solution because it’s already been done.” “But my answer could make you feel better.” “It might just make you feel worse.” “It’s better to be uncomfortable listening to the Commander than to feel awkward all the time for not listening to him.” “That’s extreme.” Meyer stuck out his tongue as if he was full of energy. But he didn’t look too uncomfortable. I shrugged my shoulders. “I prefer certain pain to uncertain hope.” “And then you chose me, not Fabian.” “What I saw from the Commander may be a certain pain.” “Never lose a word.” Meyer let out a quiet sigh. “Just because I’m weak doesn’t mean I have a taste for losing. There’s no reason for me to lose to the Commander either.” “… Yes. I like your easy-going attitude.” Myer nodded his head satisfactorily, even though my constant retort would have felt arrogant. He is definitely a man with a big distribution. Of course, that’s why he thought of putting me as his vice commander. The bitter smile was erased before I knew it, and he was silent for a moment. He smoothed the glass instead of drinking. Then he opened his mouth after a long time. “The things I did for the Green Brigade… Could it be that I pushed them into more hell?” “It’s thanks to the Commander’s support that the Green Brigade cleared the dungeon.” “But the Green Brigade had struggled in pain for months. The end is a meaningless death.” “…” “It’s really scary to hold out in a dungeon for months on end. Always on your guard like a blade, your nerve lines burning. It’s almost like you’re wishing you were dead, just so you could rest in peace.” “For the Green Brigade, it would have been better for them to be wiped out as early as the first round, well, is that what you’re saying?” Meyer smiled faintly, not answering my question. The smile was somehow grim, and the futility lurked. “All this work I do to change the future… It might flow in a worse direction, like what happened with the Green Brigade this time. But you’re still going to trust and follow me?” He stared at me with a face filled with guilt about the Green Brigade and anxiety over whether he could not change the future. Meyer Knox is a steel person. He is a strong, firm, unyielding, unyielding man who pushes through, and everyone believes in him, and so do I. His weak appearance, which he secretly reveals only to me when he was drunk, made my five viscera flutter. It was a kind of emotional privilege to know that the wounded and fierce man who never showed his vulnerability to anyone would soften up only to me. And I wasn’t used to that privilege. My fingertips became as hot as burning with the desire to embrace and strengthen Meyer. Embracing him! I was surprised at the thought that came to my mind. It seemed that Meyer had lowered my guard considerably more than I had expected with the contact he didn’t remember. I rolled my fingertips in my palm to hide my inner thoughts. Then I said it coldly. “First, the Commander is wrong.” “Wrong?” “I don’t know much about Umbra, but I don’t think she would have died in despair. Of course such a person would hold out until the end, because there’s no way she could kill the dungeon boss.” “…” “More importantly, she left a survivor in her unit. Is that meaningless?” “… No.” “The Commander brought me to the Black Knights, which saved Sevi. And… I found a way to be able to defeat the Demon King. It’s not that the Commander’s decision is drifting in the wrong direction.” Knowing the future doesn’t make life go your way. You just have to realize the fact that there is no such thing as a perfect life and you have to give up what you have to give up. I felt the fact desperately in the first round… For Meyer, the second round will be the moment. There are times when I have to watch even though I know how it will turn out, and sometimes things that are completely different from what I know come out. Such things will happen again and again. Between those many tasks, one by one, I will change what I can change, and one day I will reach the end of the future, a mundane life I never knew existed. These were the words I wanted to say to Meyer, but at the same time, it was a vow that I was making to myself. I held a drink at Meyer. “Our mourning and regret for the deceased will end tonight. The rest of the mourning is… To take down the Demon King. We can do it at the inauguration ceremony of the emperor.” I deliberately spoke more harshly. The iron, called Meyer Knox, had to be struck with more heat to make a sword that would not hesitate. This is because only by doing so can he overcome countless battles, reach the Demon King’s castle, and hold on until the moment he stabs the Demon King’s in the heart. I can’t believe he would call me kind like this. I could only sigh at the way Meyer Knox looked at people. Meyer looked at me silently and soon lifted up his glass. “Yes. I’ll take down the Demon King.” His eyes stared clearly at me. The two cups clashed with each other in sincerity and good faith. The alcohol that wet their hands spread to wet their hearts as well. Spoiler: green brigade return with total annihilation The moment August tried to talk more, suddenly the window became noisy. Everyone’s eyes turned to the window where the sound could be heard. The sound of a spreading horn. It was the return of the expedition. And the expedition to return now is… “… Looks like the green brigade has returned.” August murmured absentmindedly. He had an indifferent face, but I could still read the sadness that lay beneath the expression of having spent months together. The Green Brigade was a unit sent by the Black Knights to prevent second-hand level dungeons before I came to Nokentoria Castle. It was one of the best troops in the Black Knights, consisting of one elite member and two capable troops. It usually takes a short time, four days to a week, to break a dungeon. Of course, larger dungeons with more difficulty will take a little longer, but still, it’s a maximum of three months. If it’s more than that, it is considered a failure to attack the dungeon. It’s already been several months since I arrived at Nokentoria Castle. If it’s normal, it’s already failed. But they continued to struggle. And finally, reports came that they had closed the dungeon. Only one person survived. He was the newest member of the Green Brigade. The sole survivor returned with the will and belongings of the dead. I closed the document and said. “There will be a memorial service soon, so let’s stop studying theory. Get everything ready.” Shading fell on everyone’s faces. Sevi’s face was especially bad. Sevi remained silent and looked out the window with a look of mystery on his face. In the stillness, August and Julieta quietly sat down over the silence, whispering in a small voice. It was a time of mourning. *** The memorial service was solemnly carried out in the rain. The Black Knights in their armor hung their heads heavily in front of the six black coffins. Tadak, tadak. Raindrops were tinged off by being hit by armor. The smell of rain-soaked metal pricked my nose. It was the rainy season, of all times, and the raindrops did not seem to stop, but continued to pour down. The rain fell incessantly along the face of the Black Knights, which had turned completely white. It was as if they were shedding tears. However, there was something that even the sound of such rain could not muffle. “Why did you save me, Captain. Why did you leave me alone…” The only survivor fell down in front of his colleagues’ coffins and wept. At this moment, when everything disappears in the rain, a cry of pain that penetrated even the sound of the rain echoed in the hearts of the expedition members. August, a priest, murmured the prayer of a memorial. Normally, Axion would have acted calmly, saying, “It’s no wonder the weak die in the dungeon,” but he silently looked ahead with a blue glint in his eyes. The day she heard the news of the Green Brigade’s death, even Robur, who said, it was an honorable death of a great warrior, could not hide her somber face. The impact of the death of a colleague, or the death of an elite, was great. I glanced at Meyer standing before me. On the outside, he was quiet without a hint of tremor. The man of steel was not easily shaken. It was an atmosphere that he knew and endured these things in order not to show his swaying appearance as the leader of the expedition. Maybe… He knew that the Green Brigade would be like this? If you know, you could have avoided this. What was the reason for the wait-and-see approach. <Draw a line in advance for everyone around you. The expedition team is only a part for overthrowing the Demon King.> Meyer’s words floated in his ears. Was the death of the Green Brigade a necessary procedure for the overthrow of the Demon King? Did Meyer Knox use them as a hand for him to throw them away without hesitation? A lot of thoughts got tangled in my head. As I didn’t know what had happened to the Green Brigade in the first round, I could only guess at everything. “You should not have been sacrificed to keep something like me alive, captain… This is all because I’m a weak person…! If only I were stronger. If only I were… I’m sorry, Captain. I’m sorry…” The sole survivor of the Green Brigade collapsed onto the coffin, weeping endlessly. I had mixed feelings as I watched him belittle himself, saying he was a shameless lowlife who had lived alone and didn’t dare to die with his troops. Until the end of the memorial service, I clearly engraved the spectacle on the fringes of hell. The mental state of the survivor of the Green Brigade was more serious than expected. Not only did he start self-harm, but he also began to experience physical hallucinations and auditory hallucinations. He was no longer able to serve as an expeditionary force. He didn’t seem willing to do that at all of all. Melancholy can easily infect the surrounding area. The Nokentoria Castle, subdued with melancholy, was quieter than usual. *playing Lament - Light of Aidan song in the background *
So i have read the wordexcerpt ver, is there any difference between the official one and the fan tl? Like, are there any parts that's cut off in the original? Or something?
i dont know i got confused too because someone said jun will meet fabian on chapter 90 but in wordexcerpt chapter 90 isn't reach that part yet._.
Wordexpert divides each chapter into two parts. So in Wordexpert the proper chapter 90 would be chapter 180.
If I were to describe Fabian, he is an archetype of the hateful psychotic narcissistic jealous ex-partner/boyfriend/fiancé Pseudo Hero ML turned annoying obnoxious antagonist of the FL in Fantasy Melodramaland. Can't accept the fact that someone who was always beneath you, suddenly don't need you anymore or at all... He seems very similar to Mikhail Albert Hessen in 'Father, I Don't Want This Marriage'. It's quite ironic and disgusting that these types of delusional characters still think that the FL who openly emancipated herself will always love and support them UNCONDITIONALLY...... They are both emotional Parasites. Classic Song: YOU DON'T OWN ME Never cease to amaze me, when they say shamelessy out loud to a FL sth like "I KNOW YOU STILL LOVE ME. YOU'RE JUST THROWING A TANTRUM TO GET MY ATTENTION. I'LL FORGIVE YOUR MISBEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ME...." Like everything is all about your egomania.... Spoiler: Mikhail Image - Imagine Fabian look like this douche {}
Spoiler https://www.wattpad.com/user/yourwebnovelhaven It's the translator's wattpad account. You will find their website link in their info. Look for the novel in the website. It's completed there.
Random nonsense Got a notif of this series and I honestly don’t remember this at all. One thing to add… is it just me or is the cover of this spoiler thread Judith and Rudiger?
https://twitter.com/lilienneislar/status/1636691867030155266?s=20 OH MY GOSH !!!!!!! Guys it's finally getting a webtoon adaptation on 24 March. https://twitter.com/Manhwa_Upcoming/status/1636600155469393922?s=20 The link to the news is here. It says: Announcement Webtoon launch celebration anecdotal series (daily at 5pm) 2023.03.17 Hello, this is Lucian. Author KEN's <It's a Misunderstanding That You're the Final Boss's Lover> has been launched as a webtoon. Therefore, from (3/24), the series of abduction will begin. From 3/25 to 3/31, the series will be published 2 consecutive times a day at 5:00 pm, and a total of 18 episodes will be completed, so please refer to the use of the book. thank you
The webtoon adaptation has been released. Spoiler: Webtoon Cover {} Spoiler: Official Webtoon Raws https://page.kakao.com/content/6139...content?series_id=61392463&utm_source=sh_clip
Inofficial RAWS https://hohotoon282.com/webtoon/27392253?stx=최종+보스의+애인이라니+오해입니다&toon=일반웹툰&title=최종-보스의-애인이라니-오해입니다 In the manhwa adaptation the main characters look kinda younger/more childlike compared to the original novel's illustration. It's is never easy to get used to a new official art style when you like the first original one. But I have to admit, I didn't expect fire mage Axion Flama looking like soft bookworm minister/professor type with glasses and an over the shoulder long red haired side ponytail. Spoiler: How you expect a fire mage would usually look like IMAGE {} Spoiler: Axion Flame IMAGE {}
For me though, Fabian’s image ruined my memories of Fire Emblem protagonists. I can’t stop seeing a terrible impersonator of Roy, maybe Eliwood