Chapter 279
Ethan desired Roina for a long time that night. She could have refused him, but Roina didn’t. With the end in sight for his contract with her, Roina could never promise him eternity.
She had to leave, even to find a clue about Lutan, who had fallen unconscious again. And Ethan, who had restored Castrello and become king, couldn’t leave this place.
In the end, only a planned farewell remained. Roina didn’t deny it, spending her last night with Ethan.
After that, Roina returned to the magic tower, taking with her Lutan, who had collapsed again, and Jason and Rager, who had returned.
“Haa…”
Roina stroked Lutan’s forehead and let out a sigh. She was back to square one.
“Why do you like that man so much?”
Jason, who had been watching with his arms crossed from behind, blurted out. His eyes were challenging.
“Well…”
Roina lowered her eyelashes and trailed off thoughtfully, as if lost in thought, before saying,
“I’ve just decided not to think about the reason anymore.”
How could there be a reason for emotions that had already spread? Roina smiled like a sigh. Whatever the trigger, her current feelings were her choice. So, it wouldn’t matter if she indulged them a little.
“Then Jason, why did you like me?”
“Well…”
Only then did Jason make a keuung sound, as if he was in trouble. After all, he was the one who had followed her with more instinctive feelings than anyone else. He had nothing to say.
Roina smiled, folding her eyes slightly.
“Jason. You said you came from the south, right?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Next time, we have to go south.”
Jason nodded, having known that to some extent.
“Could I ask you to be my guide?”
“Hmm.”
Jason arrogantly raised his chin.
“Trust me!”
“Where the heck is this…”
“Jason…”
Where is this ‘Trust me!’ you were talking about…
Jason’s aooo! sound echoed in a forest filled with trees that all looked the same, whether forward, backward, right, or left. Roina and Rager looked at him with slightly tired faces.
“No, it wasn’t like this 10 years ago??”
“Are you saying you’re going to guide us back to your hometown after being away for 10 years?”
“Well, yeah.”
Jason’s voice, muttering without confidence, whether it was 10 years ago or now, was heard.
Roina suppressed a sigh and recalled what had happened just before leaving the magic tower.
‘You must go to the temple at the southern tip of the Empire.’
It was Fides’s words. The reason Roina had asked Jason to guide them was precisely to find this temple. But Jason, who had said he knew the location, was completely lost.
“How did you manage to be a revolutionary while getting lost like this?”
“Th, that’s different from this! Aoo, just wait a bit. I think I know where it is!!”
“That’s the sixth time you’ve said that.”
“How many times do I have to tell you not to count that!”
“I’ve said it three times.”
“Aooo!!!”
Rager had been provoking Jason since earlier, and it was obvious that he was doing it on purpose.
Roina finally chuckled.
“It’s not important to fight right now. You clearly said you saw where the temple was before. Our journey here has relied on Jason’s memory, after all.”
“Keuung.”
Jason shook his head with his hands, as if frustrated. Roina thought he looked a bit like a dog shaking off water.
At that moment, a shining butterfly passed by them.
“Huh?”
Roina exclaimed in surprise, but the two men around her only wore puzzled expressions.
“Didn’t you see it? There, a butterfly…”
“A butterfly?”
Whistle, again, the butterfly sparkled. Roina started chasing after that butterfly, and the two contractors, who couldn’t see the butterfly, simply followed her, at a loss. After all, they weren’t even sure of the direction they were going, so their steps weren’t that hesitant.
“Huh?”
While moving, Jason exclaimed. As if he remembered something, his steps became certain again.
“Here, I think I know where it is.”
The butterfly disappeared, but Jason, who had gained confidence after that, properly guided them.
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