I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party

58 – XX Tina (3)

XX Tina (3)

‘Fuck, what is this?’

Tina thought deeply as she struggled in the grip of Millia’s tentacles.

What is the cause of all these problems?

‘No, I don’t know! What is this?!’

I really don’t know.

What is this unpleasant feeling?

Why her friends are against her.

Why do other scholars step back and not try to help?

“Ouch!”

Tina, who was wrapped around the tentacles, fell to the floor several times.

“To me… … Huh?!”

Millia lifted Tina up with her tentacles again, but Tina strangely slipped out of the tentacles.

“Why do you keep missing it?”

“… … Unlike Irina, there is no pedestal to hold on to and support her.”

Milia responded to Esmeralda’s nagging with a cold sweat.

“Huh? Me? I got caught up in that too? When? Oh, really, back then?! Ah, ah… … I feel dizzy… … .”

Irina fainted as she recalled what had happened to her in the past at the Glacier Tower after hearing the shocking details of the incident.

Irina is extremely weak-hearted.

It was Jim who took in such a sickly, pitiful woman.

“Well, definitely. It’s easy to hold.”

Jim, who was holding Irina from behind as if embracing her, could feel two lumps hanging on his arms, giving off a definite presence.

It was definitely comfortable to hold because it fit snugly in one hand.

“Mr. Jim, just put her down quietly and don’t s*xually harass her just because she passed out.”

“All right.”

While Esmeralda opens her eyes and warns Jim.

Even though she was sweating coldly, Milia manipulated her tentacles more diligently for Tina and captured her.

“Why…? Why on earth are you being so mean to me?”

“Your acting is top-notch, Tina. Well, I guess you fooled Irina too.”

“Wow! What did I do! What did I lie about!”

“Whew, you’re a strong opponent.”

Tina cried in frustration.

Why are you suddenly telling me that I can’t live?

Why do you want to tease her with such horrible magic?

What was even sadder was that the tentacles kept slipping away from her chest as they tried to grab her.

It’s so humiliating.

‘I will bring about the end of this world!’

When she finally started cursing the world.

Millia finally succeeded in capturing Tina perfectly with her tentacles.

However, Tina’s pride was already too tattered to feel any feelings of shame or anything.

The look of resignation in his eyes, as if he had already lost everything, even though it was clear that he had just been entangled in tentacles.

“Okay, just do whatever you want.”

“yes……?”

Only then did Esmeralda realize that something was wrong.

***

An extremely suspicious group.

The successor of such a group.

How can one not be suspicious in this situation?

Esmeralda admitted that she had been hasty.

The situation was what it was, and even after entering this ruins, a fierce battle ensued.

But how can we possibly believe that Tina joined the warrior party purely as a friend of Esmeralda, without any ulterior motives?

“You understand, right, Tina?”

“Please don’t call my name so casually, Esmeralda.”

“Ugh… … . T, Tina… … Mr.”

Esmeralda gave the honorific with a blood-spitting heart.

She was also a good child who listened to others better than expected.

The reason things turned out this way in the first place was because of her lack of virtue in not trusting her friends.

Tina narrowed her eyes at Esmeralda’s noticeably depressed appearance, but forgave her.

Even though she was a bad-tempered thief, she was the kindest person in the party of warriors, so they couldn’t leave Esmeralda like that.

“So? Why is that?”

Tina stopped blaming Esmeralda and asked her to explain this ridiculous situation.

Because I don’t understand the current situation beyond just being angry.

What on earth happened to make Esmeralda so suspicious?

What on earth happened that made Irina faint just by looking at the tentacles?

What on earth happened to cause Millia to wield that bizarre tentacle magic?

and…….

‘This kid’s gaze has been annoying since a while ago. I knew he was a bit of a pervert, but not to this extent, right?’

Why does Jim keep looking back and forth between his chest and Milia’s? It wasn’t like this before.

Have you lost your mind since returning home?

And along the way, Esmeralda also ran into trouble?

I have no idea.

What change has occurred in the group that has led to them looking like this?

Even though we haven’t been apart for that long, there’s an awkwardness to the point where I feel like we’re completely different people.

“Uh, that’s… … . I thought it would be a little disappointing if everyone else went out to pick her up but Tina didn’t, so I came into the ruins to surprise her… … ”

Esmeralda explained the whole story: how she had entered the ruins, been caught in a trap spell and scattered, and then met a group of scholars and been attacked.

And the truth about the mural.

“hmm…….”

Tina listened to Esmeralda’s words with a calm expression, and at the end of the story, she nodded with a serious face.

“Uh, uhm… … .”

A drop of cold sweat ran down her forehead.

‘I’ve never heard of this before?! What is that!’

She was now able to see the dark side of the group she belonged to.

Although she had good instincts, she wasn’t very smart.

She heard the greatest secret of the ＜Eye of Truth＞ from her friend and understood it immediately.

“Esmeralda.”

“Yes, yes! Tina… … Miss.”

Esmeralda answered politely, even using honorifics, just as Tina had said earlier.

Wasn’t she a sinner?

But Tina’s thoughts were different. No, to be precise, they had changed.

“Well, that could be! Well, it was a situation that could easily be misunderstood.”

She also came to understand.

Rather, it was because of her that Esmeralda’s heart came to understand it deeply.

The confusion, betrayal, and doubt she feels now.

Tina feels the same way about her organization that Esmeralda felt about herself.

I didn’t even know that the organization I belonged to was such a dangerous organization.

If you think about it, isn’t Dean Ra Pa a very suspicious person?

No, I don’t even know if I’m human anymore.

‘In light of the circumstances, is it acceptable for Ra and Pa to be tolerated?’

Although Tina can’t see through any of her colleagues’ acting, she can at least read the situation.

‘No, what the hell! Where the hell do I belong?’

It was no longer good for Esmeralda and her companions to suspect, capture, and beat her.

Because she immediately began to worry about her own safety.

“But Esmeralda. T-Tell me about that in this situation. No, you explained it to me as if I knew it, but, uh, um… … .”

Tina thought that probably no one would have expected that.

Who would have known?

It’s not uncommon for a successor to be unaware of the situation.

“I really didn’t know anything.”

If you didn’t even know what your own organization was doing.

What does that really mean?

“So that’s… … . I have a feeling, but I don’t like the feeling of people staring at me from behind.”

If that’s the case, then she’s not a true successor.

Rather, it is a shield to hide the truth. In other words, it means being close to being a scapegoat.

Esmeralda slowly raised her head, ready to bury it in the ground at any moment.

The image of Tina dripping with cold sweat and the scholars standing behind her, each holding their own weapons.

And he felt that the scholars’ weapons were aimed not only at him, but also at Tina.

“Uh, um… … .”

Only then did Esmeralda understand that Tina knew nothing, that is, really ‘nothing’.

“Esmeralda, are we friends?”

Tina didn’t seem to remember throwing out her friend who doubted her in the past, and immediately started calling Esmeralda her friend.

A port that is incredibly shameless.

but…….

“Sure!”

Esmeralda had a heart as big as her chest.

Although she may not be as talented as Irina and Milia, compared to Tina, there is no one with as big a heart as she does.

“Hey, what’s going on here?”

“Hey, what the heck do I do with this?”

“Yeah, I haven’t heard anything from the Dean about how to prepare for such a situation.”

“Why of all people… … .”

A group of scholars exploring the ruins split into three groups.

First, the pure scholars noticed that things were turning strange and lined themselves up against the wall.

Second, scholars who had some vague knowledge were confused as they looked back and forth between Tina and the third group.

And the long-awaited third.

The groups that knew about the true identity of the group called ＜Eye of Truth＞ each took out their weapons and surrounded Tina and the warrior party.

“What should we do, Esmeralda?”

“Should we just run away?”

Esmeralda turned around without hesitation and started running at full speed.