Chapter 114: Leia's Daily Life
Chapter 114: Leia's Daily Life
From the moment the buildings started to look shabby, Guwon had been carefully surveying his surroundings.
After all, the slums of a fantasy world only brought bad images to mind.
A place where a thieves' guild might be hidden, where every person who bumps into you on the street tries to pick your pocket.
A place where thugs pop out of every alley, licking their daggers and spouting lines like, "Heh heh... This dagger is coated in poison."
Judging by Leia's demeanor, she seemed quite used to coming here, but he still couldn't let his guard down.
So when something rushed swiftly toward Leia with a loud cry, Guwon was able to react in an instant, using his physical abilities to their fullest.
Guwon wrapped an arm around Leia's waist and pulled her to his chest.
"Kyaa!"
Then, he swung his free hand forcefully.
How dare you target my angel? For that, you get the death penalty.
But Guwon had to abruptly stop his swing.
"Waaaaah!"
The attacker was just a little kid, who looked to be about five or six years old.
"Oh, my. Kyle! Are you okay?"
Leia pulled away from Guwon and quickly went to the child's side.
"S-Sorry. Something just jumped out all of a sudden, so I thought it was a thug."
As wary as Guwon was of any guy approaching the beautiful members of his party, he wasn't about to be on guard against a kid who was barely weaned.
What was the point of being wary of kids who couldn't even get a proper hard-on yet?
"Here, Kyle. This man isn't a bad person. He was just surprised. There, there. Stop crying. You're a good boy, right?"
"...Yeah."
As Leia soothed him, stroking his hair, the kid buried his face in her chest and clung to her.
I'm not jealous. Right. What's the point of being jealous of a little brat?
I was just incredibly envious.
Kids could get away with anything, using their age as a weapon.
When I was a kid, I used to be able to walk right into the women's public bath. Not that I remember what it looked like in there at all.
"...Who?"
The kid, having finally stopped crying, clung to Leia's leg and glared at me, wary.
That look in his eyes wasn't just the caution one shows a stranger; it seemed to hold a mix of other emotions.
Emotions like jealousy, for instance.
Am I really provoking jealousy in a kid this small?
As expected of my angel. Her popularity is explosive, regardless of age or gender.
"This man is a colleague of mine. He's a good person."
"Yeah. Sorry about that, kid."
Guwon held out his hand as if to offer a handshake, but the kid just glared at him for a moment before whipping his head away.
This little bastard...
The place the party arrived at with the kid named Kyle was a rather large building for the slums.
"What is this place?"
"It's an orphanage."
"So you come here every day to help out?"
"Not every day, but I try to come as often as I can. This district has a lot of orphans, and there aren't enough people or resources to take care of them. I just couldn't leave them be..."
Come to think of it, she had mentioned something about taking care of kids at an orphanage before.
So this was the place.
"You really are an angel."
"Oh, Guwon, you're too much... It's just that I was an orphan myself, so I can't just ignore them. Besides, it's the duty of us priests to care for children with nowhere else to go. All these children belong to the Goddess, after all. If anything, I feel sorry that I can't come every day."
"...I wish you could live here all the time, Leia."
"I'm sorry, Kyle. I have things I need to do over there, too."
Leia wore a slightly troubled expression at Kyle's whining.
That's right, that's right. She has the very important task of improving her own condition.
Stop making my angel uncomfortable and get off her already. How long are you going to stick to her?
Of course, it wasn't that I was jealous. It just looked like it was hard for my angel to walk, that's all.
"Wow! It's Leia!"
"Leia! Oh, and Chris is here, too."
As the party entered the orphanage, a huge number of children came swarming out.
"Yes, yes. I was here yesterday, too, but Chris, who only ever gets treated as Leia's sidekick, is here as well."
"Now that I see it, you have it pretty rough, too."
Well, it was an unavoidable reality when Leia was around.
Even kids could recognize an angel when they saw one.
"You get it, right?!"
Surprisingly, Chris seemed quite desperate.
"Leia, who are these people?"
"These are Mr. Guwon and Ms. Sara. They came to help out specially for today."
"Whoa! He's handsome!"
"Hmph. For a little squirt, you've got a good eye. Want me to buy you something tasty?"
"But the way he talks is so annoying!"
Kids could be surprisingly cruel.
They'd say things like that with a smile, without any malice, which made it hurt all the more because you knew it was 100% sincere.
"Pfft."
Sara, finding it funny, was covering her mouth and laughing behind me.
Have you forgotten you still owe me?
"This lady is super pretty, too! I've never seen anyone as pretty as Leia!"
"I-Is that so? Thank..."
"What are you talking about! Leia is way prettier! That lady looks scary!"
"S-Scary...!"
Even Sara couldn't escape the children's honesty.
See? This is why you should be nicer in your day-to-day life.
That's what you get for laughing at someone else's pain.
Guwon placed a hand on the dejected Sara's shoulder, ready to exact his immediate revenge.
"Pffft..."
But seeing her face, which looked like she was genuinely about to cry, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
"Hey. Why are you making a face like that over something a kid said? Just let it go. It's not like kids have a discerning eye. You're plenty pretty, too."
"...More than Leia?"
"W-Well, wouldn't that depend on personal taste?"
"Don't try to trick me with a vague answer! What about you, Guwon?!"
"M-Me...?"
Guwon was at a loss for words.
What kind of choice is this?
No matter who I say is prettier, I can only see a future where the other's affection rating drops.
"So you do think Leia is...!"
"No! It's just that in my eyes, you're both so pretty! It's hard to say who's prettier..." "...Why are you two suddenly having a lovers' quarrel in front of the children?"
At Chris's words, Guwon and Sara snapped back to their senses.
The children were watching them with looks of great interest.
"Alright, alright! Leia! What can we help with starting now!"
It was forced, but Guwon shouted to change the subject.
"Aww. What? It's over?"
"Anything more than this is R-rated. If you want to see the rest, you'll have to wait until you're older..." "What kind of nonsense are you spouting in front of children!"
In the end, Guwon got hit by Sara once again.
After greeting the person who ran the orphanage, they got to work taking care of the kids in earnest.
The bag Leia and Chris had brought from the temple was apparently enchanted with spatial magic, as an amount of food ingredients that could never have fit inside came pouring out.
While Leia, Chris, and Sara prepared the meal, it became Guwon's job to look after the children.
For such tiny things, kids were ridiculously energetic, and playing with them was surprisingly draining.
Dammit. My Stamina stat is so high, yet I'm getting worn out by a bunch of little brats...
After running around for a long time and then finishing their meal, the children began to collapse one by one as if their batteries had died, starting their afternoon naps.
"Hehe. You worked hard, Guwon."
Leia said, stroking the hair of a child sleeping with their head on her lap.
She truly looked like the word "angel" was made for her.
"What do you mean? You worked much harder, Leia."
"Not at all. Thanks to you, I barely did anything today. You're surprisingly good with children."
"I agree. It's really surprising."
Sara, you didn't need to emphasize that.
No, wait. Does that mean my angel thought it was surprising, too?!
Ugh. What on earth do they think of me...
"Still, now that they're all sleeping, things should be a bit easier."
Although one of them was still awake.
The kid named Kyle.
The brat looked young, but he didn't seem to need sleep, clinging to Leia without any intention of letting go.
"I'm going to go treat the sick now. You can rest here, Guwon."
She's going to treat the sick in the slums? Then there's no way I can sit this one out.
Who knows what kind of scumbag might try to latch onto her while she's working.
"No, I can't do that. I didn't come here to rest. Let's go together. I'm still perfectly fine."
"...Thank you."
Leia looked slightly moved.
Just seeing that expression made coming here worthwhile.
Leia gently placed a pillow under the head of the child sleeping on her lap and stood up.
"Alright, Kyle. Could you guide us to anyone who is sick?"
"Okay!"
At Leia's words, Kyle clung to her leg again and replied.
Is that your designated seat or something? Using your age to shamelessly keep touching her. What an envi... despicable brat.
As they were leaving the orphanage, Kyle's hand, which was wrapped around Leia's leg, began to creep slowly upward.
If it goes just a little higher, it'll touch her butt, won't it?
Guwon suddenly felt a sense of unease.
Leia didn't seem to mind much, probably thinking it was just a kid's hand touching her by chance. But from where Guwon was standing, the movement looked, no matter how you spun it, like it was aimed straight for Leia's ass.
Am I overthinking this? Am I feeling more than just envy, but actual jealousy toward a kid like this?
But at that moment, he saw the corner of the kid's mouth curl up into a smirk.
The smirk was there for only an instant before it returned to its original, innocent expression, but Guwon was certain.
This little bastard definitely knows what he's doing.
Could it be that even when we first met, his crying and clinging to her chest was...
At best, Kyle looked to be an age where, in his original world, he wouldn't have even started elementary school.
A kid like that is into women's bodies, groping their chests and asses?
Guwon had freely entered the women's bath at that age, but he'd been so uninterested in women's bodies back then that he couldn't recall the sight at all.
Is it even possible to be interested in a woman's body at that age?
Unless he's on his second playthrough of life, there's no way that's possi—wait. I was transported into a game world, so can I really be sure that someone who has been reincarnated or transmigrated doesn't exist?
Once the seed of doubt was planted, the kid's every action seemed suspicious.
Guwon immediately used `Analyze` on Kyle.
Level: 38
Job: Assassin
Fuck. What is this?
Guwon was so startled he was about to pull Kyle away from Leia.
No, wait a minute.
Thinking about it calmly, he had no way to prove this.
Neither Sara nor Leia knew that he could see other people's levels and jobs.
Even if he revealed his ability now and tried to pull Kyle away, would they even believe him?
Wouldn't they just think he was being childishly jealous of a little kid?
Dammit. I was keeping `Analyze` a secret so I could pretend not to know Sara was a Hero until she revealed it herself. For it to backfire on me like this...
Guwon racked his brain, trying to figure out how to get that dangerous punk away from Leia.
If he tried something clumsy, he'd just look like a moron who was weirdly jealous of a child, and the brat would only cling to Leia even more.
What do I do? What's the best way?
No matter how much he thought, he couldn't come up with a good plan.
Dammit, a Level 38 Assassin. What kind of kid... no, wait. Level 38? That means... he's had sex!
Then what? Does that mean the little bastard's body isn't a kid's either?
The thought made Guwon even more furious.
He had thought that even if the kid was reincarnated or transmigrated, as long as his body was a child's, he couldn't do anything to Leia right now. But that wasn't even the case. So he's a bastard who can get it up.
Wait. Get it... up...? In that case...!
Guwon immediately shot a `Saint's Wave` at the kid.
"Hnnghh!"
This was the Saint's Wave that even those with definitively higher levels than Guwon back at the Mage Tower couldn't withstand.
There was no way a mere Level 38 could endure it.
The kid's legs immediately went pigeon-toed as his body trembled violently.
"O-Oh my? K-Kyle, what's wrong?"
Whatever the kid's true identity was, on the outside, he was still a child.
You think my kindhearted angel would try to comfort and care for him even if she knew he'd just ejaculated?
Not a chance. I've already thought that far ahead.
"Leia, get back!"
Guwon hastily wedged himself between the kid and Leia, separating them.
"I thought it was weird how you were so persistent about touching Leia's ass, and now you're going to cum while groping it?!"
First, Guwon mercilessly destroyed the kid's reputation.
It was true that he had been subtly trying to touch her ass, so it wasn't a complete lie.
"W-Whaaat?!"
As expected, Leia looked quite shocked by his words.
Ugh. To have shocked my angel. I'm sorry. But this is a necessary sacrifice.
"W-What are you...! Leia!"
The kid, his face pale, called out to Leia in a panic.
Seeing his pitiful state, the kindhearted Leia tried to approach him again, but Guwon blocked her way.
"Leia. If his semen gets on you, or maybe even if you just smell it..."
Now that he had a decent grasp of the conditions for her Gumiho transformation, Guwon didn't actually think something so minor would trigger it.
But from Leia's perspective, as long as there was even the slightest possibility, she would never be able to go near Kyle.
"Ah..."
Understanding Guwon's words, Leia stopped in her tracks.
Seeing that Leia wasn't coming toward him, the kid's face fell into an expression of utter despair.
Serves you right, you little shit.
"...I guess there's no choice. I'll take him and get him washed up. For someone so young to be such a pervert already..."
Guwon, acting as if he had no other choice, grabbed the kid by the scruff of his neck and dragged him toward the bathroom.
Of course, he didn't forget to tarnish the kid's reputation a little more on the way.