Chapter 107
Hal’s Choice
The next day, Falco stayed at Cyrus’ house, but Hal, who was supposed to be in the same room as Shaw left in the inn, didn’t quite come back to his room late.
“Falco’s turn yesterday, Leon’s turn today,”
I’m sure Hal was a good listener, but Shaw imagined Leon was making a lot of excuses, so he’d just lie down in bed and hang out on his feet. One night is boring.
Eventually, a small knock sounded and Hal slipped gently into the room.
“Hal, you were late. Anyway, Leon, yeah?
“Shaw!”
It was Hal’s crying face that appeared in Shaw’s eyes as he rolled over to sleep.
Hal came fluttering to Shaw as he was, falling flat next to Shaw.
“Hal……”
Shaw didn’t know what to do, and for now he pounded Hal on the back.
“Leon’s gone…”
“Yeah. You’re going to Rock Cave.”
Though Leon cared about Hull, I think it wasn’t something heavy like Falco, but something light, adult caring to avoid straining Hull.
Hal also relied on Leon, but Shaw thought that was some distance away and that’s what it was because he’s a former adult. Because even if the form of friendship is individual, it must be friendship.
“But you felt like you were going to, and you did, didn’t you?
“I didn’t really think so. When I left the town of Ampha, there were demons, and I knew that I was going to protect the people of the plains, not if I was going to the cave.”
“Ah.”
Maybe if they do say so.
“Leon tells me that when we have a lot of weak demons, we’re useless. Speaking of which, remember, that’s why Slime is hunting too. Leon says he thinks he should go where his powers are most useful.”
“Same as Falco”
And Shaw understood that, but Hal didn’t.
“I got my college graduation, and for once I’m supposed to be a magician apprentice, but I’m not a magician, I don’t even know what the hunter knows, I’m halfway there as a healer. I’m just here to relax. I’m here on an amusement mountain.”
Hal said it in a way that made him mock himself.
“Hal……”
Indeed, Shaw has chosen a healer from the beginning and has studied to become a healer. Both swords and magic are just learning because they help you live as a healer.
Hal, on the other hand, became a magician with the ambiguous goal of “protecting people”. But unlike hunting and healing, the task of protecting people has no entity.
I can’t help but worry about it.
“Already, hal. You’re here to relax and live in this world, but you can’t hunt yourself down. Didn’t I just get told the other day?
Shaw remembered that he was so comforted in the town of Anfa.
“Yeah. Yeah. But when everyone’s making up their own mind to do what they do, I’m in a hurry.”
“Yes, you are.”
But I think that way, because I’m sure my heart is getting weaker.
“Uh, I miss you, too. Why would Falco go?”
“Right! He’s a mentor’s escort, so I wish you were here!
Hal looked up, too.
“If it’s enough to make you feel so lonely, stay away from normal!
“You’re usually so spoiled, you just poise at times like this, you suck!
It is just eight wins. Shaw and Hal really respect Leon and Falco for doing the right thing.
“Uh, I love Falco!
“Shaw it.”
Hal finally chuckled.
Hal is properly acquainted with the age of this world, and he seems to be trying to fall in love when he grows up, so Shaw dares not ask how he feels about Leon.
“Hey, Hal.”
“What?”
“Hal, you can go with Leon to the Rock Cave.”
“Huh?”
Shaw and Hal are often left alone, but the job they were originally aiming for is different.
On second thought, I also feel like Hal’s job this time was to help with the escort.
“Right.”
Hal sat up with a broken knee when he got up.
“I’m free to do whatever it takes right now.”
“Freedom, Hal.”
Shaw also gets up and sits across from Hull.
“I’m not a magician, I don’t know what a hunter is, I was just saying I’m halfway there as a healer, but I’m not.”
“No?”
Shaw thinks Hal with his neck hanging is cute.
“Excellence as a mage, not apprenticeship level, proper age as a hunter, and adult level as a healer. I mean, I’m good at whatever you make me do, so it helps me wherever I go.”
“I guess so.”
“That’s right. It’s weird because it’s the mentor or Leon who compares them.”
When you have people like that close to you, you can’t properly appreciate yourself.
“So Leon would be thrilled if I told him I was going to Rock Cave, and I would be thrilled if he told me I was going to stay here. And of course, the mentor and Edgar.”
“Right. I was so lonely, I kind of felt like a kid who didn’t need me.”
“I think so.”
Shaw was satisfied as Hal turned into a bright face.
“As far as I’m concerned, Leon wants you to leave him alone and work hard with him over here. So Gatsun and the people in town who caused us to come.”
And I swung my cobwebs around like I was going to fight something.
Hal erupted when he saw it.
“You mustn’t fight, Shaw. But”
Hal is also trying to grip the cobwebs.
“Here’s, uh, no.”
“That’s right! Here it is!”
The two of us fought a fictional enemy on the bed and eventually fell asleep tired and on our backs.
“So, what do we do?
I’ll do my best with Shaw over here.
“Yay! Get Hal!
I’ll miss you from tomorrow, but it was Shaw and Hal swearing I’d do my best.