The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 395



396 – Meeting the Golden King

I know that Luna loves hatchlings very cute, but it doesn’t matter if we can bring Luna back to life. She didn’t really like me, either hatchling, and I only provided her with food, but I didn’t have any particular affection for her.

I am just glad that there is a way to use hatchlings in the most valuable way.

I asked Raelan about the anxious thoughts that suddenly occurred to me.

“But will I be able to meet the Golden King?”

“I applied for an interview a few days ago in the name of Perlkus. Tomorrow morning you can meet the Golden King. I also reserved two seats in advance on the direct portal to El Dorado. “We’ll be leaving in a while, so we’ll just have to head to the portal station.”

After saying that, Raelan added as if to ease my concerns.

“If the deal goes well, we will be able to return to the capital before the labyrinth opens.”

At that moment, I felt shock throughout my body. Contrary to my worries, Raelan had already completed all preparations. Listening to what he said, Raelan had been planning a deal with the Golden King for several days. I stood up, feeling goosebumps rising on my back.

“Then let’s leave right away.”

However, unlike me, I tilted my head when I saw Raelan still sitting on the chair and looking like he had no intention of moving.

“Aren’t we going together?”

I thought that with this level of preparedness, I would have thoroughly prepared to deal with the Golden King. But, contrary to my expectations, Raelan shook his head.

“I’m not going.”

“Didn’t you say you reserved two seats?”

“okay.”

I rubbed my forehead as I saw Raelan looking at me like a professor looking at a lowly student, as if asking why he was saying what he said again.

“… ?”

Eunice grabbed my shoulder from behind while I was confused.

“I’m the one going to El Dorado with you.”

“… “Not Raelan?”

The plan to use hatchlings seemed to be a plan steeped in Raelan’s personality, which likes manipulating people. So, naturally, I thought Raelan, the leader of the plan, would join us.

Raelan explained to me who was puzzled.

“They’re intentionally sending Eunice, not me. “I have a tendency to push situations to the extreme.”

“I asked Modest to get information about the Golden King and the Gold Dragon. “I thought it was highly likely that the Golden King would read Raelan’s tendencies and decide that trouble would arise and stop the transaction.”

At Eunice’s words, I understood the situation and nodded. I glanced at Raelan from the corner of my eye and muttered without realizing it.

“You’re surprisingly good at self-objectification.”

It was an involuntary muttering mixed with his true feelings, saying, “This person thinks like this too.” Raelan chuckled and shrugged her shoulders.

“It is more important than anything to understand the tactful personality. Even yourself. Don’t you know that knowingly doing something like that is more dangerous? Hehehe.”

Instead of answering, I turned to Eunice and said:

“Let’s go, we’ll be late.”

“… huh.”

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I pretended not to notice Eunice’s gaze, which said that surprisingly, the two seemed to get along well.

***

We woke up at the lodging Raelan had booked and headed straight to the Golden King’s mansion on time.

In response to Raelan’s advice that the Golden King who obtained the hatchling might ignore the contract, the box containing the shells that fell off when the hatchlings that Luna had collected was placed in the space warehouse as evidence.

“… I feel kind of nervous. “The day will come when I will see the Golden King with my own eyes.”

Eunice seemed nervous and kept wiping the sweat from her palms on her skirt. After confirming that no one was watching, I took out a beer candy from the storage room and handed it to Eunice, who quickly put it in her mouth and sighed.

“… I’m only a second year student, but I have to negotiate with the Golden King, and his true identity, the Gold Dragon… “It’s too burdensome!”

“I trusted you. “Because in Raelan’s opinion, your abilities are sufficient.”

“… That’s even scarier. Raelan keeps trying to teach me these days. It’s good because there’s a lot to learn… Why is this person acting like this all of a sudden? I’m a little scared. Is it time for him to die?”

I spoke while touching Eunice’s chin as she continued to sigh while thinking seriously.

“I guess they plan to grow you and recruit you.”

“… What do you mean? “I’m already a member of the rescue team.”

I was also taken aback by Eunice’s words, which I did not understand. Realizing that Eunice did not fully understand Raelan yet, I scratched my cheek and said,

“Raelan is thinking about Roel’s victory over the Chaos God. Since you are a commoner like me, they are probably trying to recruit you as a member of the Perlkus family.”

“… what?”

When he looked at me as if asking me what kind of bullshit I was talking about, I realized that my explanation was insufficient and rubbed my forehead. It seems that Eunice, who was only receiving memories, did not realize what I experienced as a direct experience of Raelan from another world.

“… Raelan is determined to win. Of course, I’m thinking about what happens after that. Because he could become enemies with Roel, who defeated God. “Wouldn’t he try to recruit as many useful people as possible?”

Eunice gaped at my explanation. I turned my head away, pretending not to hear him muttering, “You crazy.”

As if our turn had come just in time, a maid came over and guided us.

When the guest who had entered first came out, the maid held the open door and motioned for us to enter.

As we entered, what we saw was a girl lying on a red sofa with her legs out. Eunice whispered softly, looking at the girl with her eyes closed and giving off a languid aura.

“No way is that… “No, that person?”

“… that’s right. “It’s the golden king.”

I cleared my throat loudly for no reason and announced that we had come in. But the Golden King seemed to have no intention of opening his closed eyes. I elbowed Eunice, who was frozen in silence, and signaled for her to start.

“Ah, huh.”

Eunice came to her senses and cleared her throat loudly.

“It’s an honor to meet you. My name is Eunice and I was born and raised in El Dorado. “This is my friend Ross.”

At that moment, the Golden King’s slender fingers twitched slightly. We looked at the Golden King, wondering if he had woken up, then scratched his chin as he looked like a corpse, showing no reaction.

“The reason we requested an interview is because we have information that might be of interest to the Golden King.”

“… .”

When the Golden King said nothing, Eunice looked at me and asked, “How?” He gave me a look. I silently handed Eunice the box containing the hatchling shell that I was holding in my hand and whispered.

“… “Just figure it out.”

“Hey, you b*stard!”

“… “It’s my role to use my skills.”

While we were arguing in a low voice, the maid, whose presence was so low that she blended into the background, spoke.

“If you have any tributes, just hand them to me.”

At those words, Eunice quickly handed me the box she had received. The maid who was handed her box walked up to the Golden King, gliding without even making a sound, and held out her box.

With his eyes closed, the Golden King raised his hand that was on the floor and used magical power to examine the contents of the box, then slowly opened his closed eyes. The Golden King had golden eyes like Bella, just as he remembered.

“… “This is.”

“It’s the shell of a hatchling.”

When the Golden King showed interest, Eunice took the opportunity and spoke. The Golden King motioned for her maid to open her box and checked the inside of her box as she lay down, waving her hand.

“… “I see.”

Eunice gave me a sideways glance at the dry response that seemed to indicate that the viewing was over. She felt like she would close her eyes again if she continued like this, so she had no choice but to open her mouth.

“The hatchling has hatched.”

“… .”

There was no answer back. I noticed that the Golden King was gradually losing interest, so I spoke urgently.

“… “I eat well too.”

“… .”

“Women like it too. Strangely enough, I don’t like it, but… .”

Despite my efforts, the Golden King’s eyelids were trying to close again. As I was wondering if anything came to mind, I said whatever came to mind.

“It doesn’t seem to be able to fly yet, and it happens to be black.”

At that moment, the Golden King’s heavily sunken eyelids fluttered open. Then he got up from the sofa and turned his head towards us. In response, Eunice and I inadvertently took a step back.

“… Black?”

Eunice nodded vigorously at the Golden King’s question.

“Yes, yes! I’m sure it’s black!”

“There are no colored hatchlings?”

“… “Then what is he?”

I quickly recognized the spatial coordinates from Eunice’s empty mutterings. I planned to run away if something went wrong.

But the Golden King was staring at me blankly. Did you ever notice that it recognized spatial coordinates? While I was tensed inside, the Golden King asked in a low voice.

“… “What about hatchlings?”

“Ah, that’s a safe place for us… .”

When I saw him slightly trying to close his eyelids again, I realized that it wasn’t the answer I wanted and quickly changed the subject.

The Golden King’s speaking style seems to be very unique. The question was not where the hatchlings were, but where they were obtained.

“The hatchling egg was obtained as the final reward in a place called the Chamber of Trials at Transcendence Academy.”

“… .”

For some reason, the Golden King looked at me with a scary gaze. The Golden King, who was silent for a while, sighed lazily and muttered quietly.

“That kid… .”

“yes?”

The Golden King, ignoring Eunice’s words and fixating his gaze on me, opened his mouth.

“Can we meet?”

I nodded and said as Eunice quickly poked my thigh.

“If you help us, not only will you be able to meet a hatchling, but if you want, we will also give you a hatchling! … “Yes.”

At that moment, Eunice stepped on my foot. As he endured the pain and looked at her as if wondering what was going on, Eunice opened her eyes as wide as she could and spoke with her mouth.

‘There’s no need to say you’ll give it to me just to meet you!’

Eunice is right. But I think this is the Golden King’s unique speaking style. As I expected, the Golden King’s eyes were slightly sparkling.

“… “What do you want?”

My role is done. Eunice, who belatedly came to her senses when she pointed at the Golden King with her chin, said:

“The church is also planning to participate in the labyrinth that the imperial palace will open. “If you show the Golden King’s mighty power against the Church, the entire continent-”

“day.”

“… yes?”

“Includes round trip.”

Eunice didn’t understand the Golden King’s words, so I explained in a low voice.

“… They say we only fight for one day. Including the time to return from the capital to El Dorado.”

“… .”

Although the voice was small, the Golden King seemed to have good hearing, and nodded slightly and lay down on the sofa again. It seemed like the fact that his eyes were closed made it more troublesome to talk about.