The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 177

Chapter.38 You are not there,

Lurin assured, grabbing the fishing rod.

“How to use… “You wouldn’t know, would you?”

“You don’t have to know that. This body is a dragon. “Don’t you keep forgetting who this body is?”

“I know very well that it’s a dragon. But do you really not need to teach me?”

The dragon swings the fishing rod back and forth.

-Booong

-Booung

A fishing rod is not a rod.

The guy’s expression became strange as he touched the handle that reels in the fishing line.

As expected, a question mark appeared on his face.

But pride is great.

Perhaps because he said he didn’t need it, he couldn’t even ask for information, so he just pouted his mouth, puffed out his cheeks, and continued to rattle his fishing rod.

It seems like he’s just imitating the scene where I threw the fishing line to the lakeside and made the fishing rod flutter.

As it was, the betting couldn’t even begin, so I slowly approached and grabbed the swinging fishing rod from behind.

However, the posture unintentionally became a back hug.

A sudden back hug.

“What is it, Nenom! “Float away!”

Lulin must have been startled and turned around to face me. Not on purpose. I was just trying to demonstrate how to use the fishing rod by holding it from behind, but Lulin suddenly turned around and I lost my balance.

It’s also my fault that I was surprised.

Anyway, due to the complex process, I fell backwards and Rurin also dived to the floor.

Lurin had turned backwards, so she was facing me and was stacked on top of me.

Thanks to the sand on the lakeshore, I didn’t feel any pain, but the problem was that he was on top of me.

The guy looked down at me. The eyes are sunken. Those eyes are so cold.

He must be angry that he was in a hugging position from behind.

And then he moved his hand. Bring your hand to my neck.

“Nenooom! Didn’t I tell you not to touch my body? But hugging? die… You really have to die! “Besides my mom, the only person who can touch my body is my husband!”

husband?

Words that absolutely did not go well with this guy came out of my mouth.

“Did you have a husband?”

“does not exist. Something like that. “It will never happen in my lifetime.”

“Is that so?”

Then what happened?

“Yes. therefore… .”

Rurin put her hands around my neck. It gives me strength. I began to feel the strength of my grip little by little.

“If you strangle me, you will die. “It’s the easiest way to kill.”

Lurin’s palm touching her neck is as warm as the spring sunlight, but the words and actions she utters are as cold as the ice of the North Pole.

What about your eyes?

There’s nothing to stare at like that, right? I’m sad too.

I tried to say that, but I couldn’t. Eyes and gazes intersect.

I looked at Lulin and Lulin glared at me. The palm that touched my neck was not strong yet.

The wind blows by the lakeside. Lurin’s long hair also swayed gently.

A woman with black hair who climbed on top of me and tried to strangle me.

Of course, if you try to get out of this state, you can do whatever you want. But it didn’t move still.

Should I really strangle you?

My neck was so strong that I could actually die.

I wonder if the warm palm that holds my neck is really going to strangle me, threatening to kill me.

I was somehow curious about that fact.

I wanted to check if he was still seriously trying to kill me.

So I stayed still.

There is such a thing as feeling. It has definitely changed since the first time we met. These days, though, I don’t exude the same vigor as I did the first time.

The strongest moment of her life was when she recklessly brought up the story about her mother.

But he forgave me for that.

Choking him here would only mean that he didn’t forgive and that he still harbors resentment about what happened.

That’s why I didn’t protest and just gazed at Lurin’s pure white arms.

Lurin slightly tilted her head and asked if that was strange.

“Why are you standing still? Do you want to die? Are you strangling me? Then you die!”

It’s an absurd question. I don’t think that’s a line someone who strangled would say.

I asked back with that thought intact.

“Then why aren’t you sleeping?”

No answer comes back.

“… … .”

“… … .”

So I also answered silently. A sudden silence fills the lakeside.

The silence continued for several minutes. Lulin didn’t let go of my neck, and I just quietly looked into her eyes.

I was the one who broke the silence.

But it can’t stay like this forever.

“If you’re not going to kill me, let it go.”

“I will kill you! Like you… Like you… Not required. Because it’s your fault for not disappearing from rare… .”

“okay? But why aren’t you giving me strength?”

Contrary to what he said, the hand still holding his neck was just warm. It wasn’t causing me any pain.

Lurin suddenly gives a squeak and gives strength.

Cough, cluck.

Because I touched her uvula, she started coughing, and at the sound of the cough, Lurin suddenly took her hand away and stood up. Looks surprised at something.

“But now my arm hurts! “And since I have to make that trivial bet, I’ll just look at it for now.”

He said that while turning his back, so I stood up too. And then I bent down.

I should say hello to you for saving my life. Hehe.

“Is that so? Then thank you for saving my life. Should I say hello?”

“You don’t have to. It’s insignificant. But don’t come any closer! Then I will really kill you!”

“That’s a bit unfair.”

“noisy! The atmosphere was just strange! And this guy! I have no idea about this guy. There is no use in whining. So teach me! “I saved your life, so repay me!”

After falling down, fortunately, he started asking how to use the fishing rod. Still bouncing around! While swinging.

I think he liked it a little because the fishing rod was elastic.

To avoid making the same mistake as before, I quietly taught him how to use the fishing rod. Actually showing it was the fastest.

Now that all the preliminary work has been completed, it’s time for the real showdown.

“Okay now let’s get started. “This is the bait I told you to put on the fishing line earlier.”

He said while handing the earthworm over to Rurin. Lurin looked at the wriggling earthworm and stretched out her hand out of curiosity.

“Are those guys eating this?”

“huh. Fish like earthworms. So, if you attach it to a fish and catch it, the fish will think it is going to eat it, so it will rush in and get caught on the fishing rod.”

“Ho-oh, is this so delicious that you risk your life?”

I handed the earthworm into Rurin’s outstretched hand.

Lurin, who was examining the earthworm in her hand, took it to her mouth without any hesitation.

ate. When I said that fish eat, I eat too.

Without even a moment to stop it, the earthworm was pulverized in Lurin’s mouth.

“No, only fish eat that, not for us to eat…” .”

“Uhm, I’m not sure. It seems savory. “It’s not delicious.”

“Oh really?”

A dragon that eats earthworms. Besides, the whole fish I chewed earlier was vomited, so this seems to be okay.

I can’t believe you’re suing me.

Well, I know that things like earthworms have a savory taste because they are chunks of protein.

Actually, it doesn’t have a strong fishy smell, so maybe it’s okay?

If you eat raw fish, you are eating it raw. But earlier, Lurin just put the whole bone in her mouth.

Moreover, the freshwater fish from these lakes are not for raw fish. In other words, the fishy smell is much worse.

It smells like earthworms rather than fishy smells.

“Then that’s enough.”

There was no need to say what kind of creature an earthworm was. There’s no need to do something pointless.

I turned my head away from the dragon that ate the earthworm and cast my fishing rod to the shore of the lake.

“Starting from now, whoever catches the most until the hourglass runs out wins.”

I took out the hourglass that took about 20 minutes to empty from my backpack and set it on the bottom of the lake.

Everything is set up.

“It doesn’t matter what.”

Lulin also threw the fishing rod with a confident face.

This is my second bet with Lurin.

The first bet was my win. Of course, I have no intention of losing this time either.

The fish on the lakeside were easily caught. It feels like an artificial fishing pond.

Do you call this half water and half meat?

“Why not me!”

Lurin loses his temper while looking at the empty fishing rod.

“Listen to that.”

“I can’t hear you. “Did you get caught?”

“no… “It looks like a stone, but did it get caught?”

In the end, I stopped talking and looked at the condition of Lurin’s fishing rod, then returned and sat down again.

Immediately afterwards, an exclamation was heard from Lurin, who had successfully cast the fishing line.

“Oh?”

Lurin catches a fish as if it’s amazing.

“Oooot!”

Soon after, he got the fish again with a curious expression.

“They are stupid.”

He catches the fish again while expressing sentiments that make the fish look like an idiot.

Before I knew it, the amount of fish I had caught was getting closer and closer.

My guess is that the gap widened in the beginning when Lurin wasn’t used to the fishing rod, so I still have a lot of people.

But a dragon is a dragon. Because I learn everything quickly, my speed is getting faster.

I have no intention of leaving Rulin’s Lair anytime soon. But if we keep going like this, we will catch up. That’s not possible. We need to win overwhelmingly.

It’s a little bit cruel, but we have to do something at this point.

I have no intention of playing purely while the betting conditions include ‘leave from rare’.

Because I can’t leave.

All of this is an effort to inform people who are living in the corner of their room, or rather living in a rare corner, about the world, so please understand even if it is unfair. Lurin’s mother in heaven.

Even if I do something mean, won’t that guy’s mother like it?

With that wish in mind, we rationalized our actions and began the operation.

The strategy is like this. Very simple.

First, let go of the fishing rod. It stands up after being put on hold. Then, I widen the distance and approach the dragon who is fishing.

The dragon is currently absorbed in fishing. Looks like fun. I approached right next to it, but there was no response.

This is almost 90% success.

For the last 10%, just gently tap Lulin’s forearm with one finger.

Then the response comes immediately.

“Nenooom! How many times has this body told you not to touch it! “Kaaaaaaaa!”

It’s a success. Sparks fly from the eyes.

“Okay, okay. Are you angry?”

“Of course I’m angry!”

“Okay, that’s it.”

“uh? “Huh?”

I shrugged my shoulders and returned to my seat.

I felt Lurin’s intense gaze. It feels like sparks are crackling.

The hourglass is still falling.

What if you get angry?

Peer is leaking.

Hidden peer leaks out. When Dragon Fear flows out, normal creatures tremble in fear and hide.

In other words, no fish are caught.

When in polymorph state, you have to make eye contact to feel a little fear. That’s true by human standards.

But when you’re angry, it’s a different story. Peer is leaking. So all the fish run away and you can’t catch any more.

Of course I can’t catch it either. But that’s the blind spot. If I can’t catch both, I, who am currently winning, will win.

Anyone can see that this is a sure-fire way to win. Hehehe.

And after about 5 minutes, all the hourglasses fell.

“Why can’t I get caught all of a sudden?”

Lurin emits a different kind of anger.