24. Clari

Arthur finally went on his journey and he was around mid point.

"Based on that title... We getting a new waifu?"

Arthur did take his time on this trip rather than the one he took from the village to the kingdom.

"I was pretty sure, Seya was the real waifu."

Arthur wanted to relax and stop to sleep, just for the simple reason, that the feeling of actual travel was something he really wanted to experience.

"But maybe this will just be the harem of anime not webnovels."

Traveling and camping was one of Arthur's dream. To experience the cold breeze of the night. The beautiful stars. The rude awakening of animals. Though the animals in Darin was really carse and only lived in forest.

"So I guess Seya is the main and the others are just the pointless ones people will pick."

But Arthur was in the middle of a plains as the west region was just a bald grass plain.

"Well I guess that would be good. But someone so beautiful you should not look them in the eyes?"

At the same, Arthur really wanted to dream more. As he has not been getting dreams for a while now.

"Maybe... she has the feeling of everyone liking her and just want someone not to."

Arthur was forgetting his memories more and more. The previous dreams may be insignificant or mostly a foreshadowing. But to him, a memory is still a memory.

"Oh... then that person will be me."

It doesn't matter what Arthur has shown as his outside personality, because everyone lies. Never trust it when they say they don't. Because they do.

"Well that would certainly be an entertaining thing I wanna do."

It was now night and Arthur stopped once again and just insatntly laid on grass and looked at the skies and frowned.

"Going to a new mission felt so forced. Like it just felt so out of place."

"But I guess I can't do anything about it. That is life. Life is not something smooth. It changes uncomfortably and will always feel out of place. Life is not a smooth ride. Its a fucking vertical slope."

"It was a week a fucking week of relaxing, that I guess was also just out of place. But ey, life is unexpected."

Arthur talked to himself everyday. Wondering if he was insane. But at that point ot was just onvious he was. And to keep his sanity, talking to someone was needed, and he technically is someone.

As the day came, Arthur woke up. Then he continued once again to his travels. Unlike Arthur's previous three days of travel. This time it took him around 5 days to reach his destination.

The place was not necessarily far. It wasn't on the edge like last time. It was just a little closer to the edge.

After arriving at mount Her. "Naming a mountain Her, what a weirdo.". It was a different language that translated into Her, in his language. But after spending so much time in the world wether he wanted to or not, he already gotten used to it.

Mount Her had a single village placed in front of it. His mission was to kill one of 9 kings, that was alone in a certain area.

But alone was right, it was just so horrible. It only took a mile away from mount Her, for Arthur to smell fire.

Even after more than 5 days of burning, the fire has still het to be extinguished.

Corpses laid bare on the ground. Multiple were burned moee than half their body and most were just decapitated and two had knives stabbed in them.

"Free weapons.". Arthur took the knives because he was poor.

"Now where is Clari. I can feel her at the top, but before thay I have to save. [Mission: Get Clari, *Tongue Click]"

Now that Arthur has decided to climb the mountain, he was determined on what he had thought before.

Arriving at the top, all Arthur could see was a goblin with a veil on her head.

"I have been expecting you." Said by the female goblin.

"People has been saying that to me too much now." Arthur replied.

Arthur got closer. As Clari was sitting on grass in between two trees. The only two trees in a 10 meter radius.

Arthur got closer and closer toll he was looking down on her. She then looked up, but her face were still covered. A small glimpse of her eyes were seen at the small holes of the veil.

"May I ask?"

"What is it, my dear?"

Arthur's soul shoock from the creepy texture of the goblins voice, tone, and words.

But Arthur still wanted to contain a stable body structure and facial expression. Which was why it was his soul that shivered.

"Why would such a beautiful goblin..." Arthur placed his hands at the bottom of the veil, yet the goblin still stood and did nothing. "...be hiding..." Arthur slowly lifted the veil. Till it he could see her entire face. "...behind such a thick veil?"

Upon seeing Clari's eyes and seeing her face. Arthur's eyes blossomed, his eyes widened in sucha gentle way. He eyes emmited fascination and may even include the feeling of falling in love.

The two stared at each other's eyes. And... Clari... was quite disappointed. Arthur's eyes growed at an unimaginable sized and popped causing such an explosion it exploded his head.

[You Have Died.]

"Wow... Yeah, that was not a mortal's beauty. What in the fuck-!" Arthur slapped himself instinctively like he was starting to be hypnotized.

"Ahhh! Did I just slap myself! The fuck. Oh my god, I actually almost fell for it. Ok, so that's the beauty they all told. It was much prettier than any of thier description."

Arthur started to climb the mountain once again. This time he wanted to save at the top as it seemed like he could, just to save more time.

"She killed me because she saw me fall through my facials was it not? Hmmm... I mean... just seeing her, I could not contain to smile and fall... I guess there is only one way to solve this."

"A beautiful maiden, what an arc."

Arthur finally touched the ground of the top of the mountain and that was where he saved. Naming the save like the precious one and deleting that.

"I have been expecting you." Like last time, the goblin was in the same position. With a veil and a dress in between the only 2 trees in slight gap from the rest of the forest.

"People have been saying that to me too much now.". The responce was not a perfect copy, but Arthur was still human, he could not remember everything.

It was only a few minutes ago though.

Arthur once again got closer. He looked down again seeing a small glimpse of her eyes.

"May I ask something, young maiden?"

"What is it, my dear." The reply was still the same despite a different sentence.

"Why would such a beautiful goblin... be hiding... behind such... a tick veil...". Arthur repeated what he did last time and the two ended staring at each other once again.

Just like last time, as the second try, Arthur failed to hold the emotions in his eyes and the smile of his lips.

He couldn't help it he is a vi-

[You Have Died.]

"I have been expecting you."

"Have you really?" As Arthur was walking he spoke in a flirtious way, well in the way he thinks.

"I feel honored for sucha a maiden to be waiting for me." Arthur smiled.

Arthur got infront of the goblin and stared down at her again.

"May I ask something?" Arthur smiled once more.

"What is it, my dear."

Arthur squated down and started to do the smae tbing, but this time was done much faster.

"Why would such a beautiful..." Arthur held the veil carefully and carresed it gently."... a beautiful one..." Arthur slowly raised the veil. "...be hiding behind such a thick veil..."

Arthur was once again unsuccessful and smiled once more. It was much harder to get used to such a face when it was the prettiest you have seen more multiple decades of life.

[You Have Died.]

"I have been expecting you."

"Have you really? Well I feel such honor."

Atthur kept a contant smile.

Arthur stood in front of the goblin and squated down at her eye level.

"May I ask something?"

"What is it?" Something changed, the last oart was missing. It was a change.

But Arthur still had no plan to stop.

"Why would such a beautful one..." Arthur held a pinch on the goblins lips. "...be hiding...". Arthur moved his hands to the veil and started to lift it. "...behind such a thick veil?". This time Arthur closed his eyes to at least last much longer, till the goblin would talk.

But when the goblin didn't talk, Arthur had no choice but to open his eyes to not make it awkward. And he still failed.

[You Have Died.]

It has been four tries and Arthur has failed them all. If he will just keep falling in love with a woman that just want a being to not be so fascinated at her. There was only one way to do it.

"I'll keep approuching you, till I get sick of you, Clari."