The Hero Party’s Moms Are Obsessed With Me

“…”

“Are you really okay, Your Highness?”

I simply nodded as I met Elli’s gaze.

“…”

“I understand. However, I will intervene immediately if a dangerous situation arises.”

The words were well understood.

What I said this time was that I wanted to face the monsters alone.

I showed Olivia the goblin extermination request in my hand, and she understood it well.

Isn’t this what they call ‘I know even if you don’t say’?

“Sweetie~ Do you want to eat mommy’s chest?”

“…”

“Oh my, you’re still just a child~ Come here~”

“My lord! I also have a chest!”

“Diam. I also have a chest.”

“…”

Sometimes, communication is strange, isn’t it?

Olivia smiled at me as usual and reached out her hand towards me.

If I were my usual self, I would have easily ignored her.

But in response to my actions, Olivia would have puffed air into her cheeks and forcefully pulled my head towards her.

“It’s different from usual.”

The current Olivia was different from usual.

She was pretending to be her usual self, but she was different from her usual self.

Could it be because of the new character, Largeta, that appeared?

Or was there something that happened without my knowledge?

Even though she had slept in an improved environment, she shed tears.

Even though Ellie couldn’t perceive it because she cried as quietly as possible, I, who was right next to her, could feel it.

Her trembling in my arms.

Her tears wetting my clothes.

Not knowing what was going on, I just wiped away her tears and stroked her head.

She was different from usual.

And today.

Olivia pretended to be her usual self.

For some reason, Olivia seemed lifeless.

For some reason, Olivia seemed depressed.

As I gazed at her in that manner, my heart began to feel constricted.

Was it because she was my foster mother?

Was it because I held warm feelings for her?

Well, there might be some truth to that.

But there was a more profound reason.

“She looks beautiful when she smiles.”

I couldn’t picture Olivia crying in my mind.

Sad Olivia didn’t fit in my mental image.

To bring a smile to her face, I gently leaned against Olivia’s chest.

“Oh, dear?”

“Master?!”

The two of them were surprised by my sudden action, and I asked, “Why are you so startled?”

Ragetta, who didn’t understand, stood by my side.

Olivia, who had been stiff and awkward, began to move her hand and gently stroked my head.

“Master, embracing you like this on your own…”

“You used to embrace me frequently.”

“Except for specific situations, you’ve always been the one to embrace me. This might be the first time I’ve hugged you voluntarily…”

“Hmm?”

The two of them engaged in a peculiar conversation.

Ragetta approached me and, just like Olivia had done earlier, extended her arms toward me.

“Me too, I want a hug.”

“Hey, Levi! I’m next!”

There’s no next.

Ah, by the way, Levi is a nickname for Leviathan Ragetta.

Ragetta! When you call her “Lady Ragetta,” she stands out, you know?

“Ah…”

“Tsk.”

Ignoring the casual comments of the two, I rushed to the counter. A cute girl working there greeted me with a smile.

“Hello, Diem. You seem to be getting along well with your mother today.”

When I nodded and showed her the request form I had brought, she looked at me with a worried expression.

“Goblin extermination? It seems dangerous… Are you not being too reckless?”

…

When I shook my head, she chuckled softly and stamped the paper with a thud! before handing it to me.

“Alright then. Be careful on your way.”

Just a few days ago, there was an old lady who seemed over sixty, but after some incident, this woman started taking care of the counter at the mercenary guild instead of the old lady.

Furthermore, thanks to someone, a system was created to record who received the request, including the requester.

I headed towards the place where my party members were, holding the request paper with my name and the name of the person in charge.

“Now, let me summarize the contents. The mission location is a lumberjack’s cabin a little distance away from the village.

The mission is to subjugate goblins occupying the cabin. The confirmed number is three. There is also a possibility of more.”

Although everyone vaguely knew, it was easier to grasp when Ellie neatly summarized it.

“I had friends like Ellie when I was working in society.”

It didn’t end well though.

She was a friend who was good at her work and helped a lot.

Thanks to her, it spread that I was good at my job and, being a Korean, I was constantly given an overwhelming amount of work.

As the workload exceeded my capacity, holes began to appear in my work.

A friend who was considered good at her job swiftly became a useless person who couldn’t handle work.

The lively friend became a sickly person who quit due to daily overtime and criticism from the people around her.

Well, the company I worked for gave an excessive amount of work regardless of whether you were good at it or not, so the turnover rate was high anyway, right?

As I reminisced for the first time in a while, my mood became complicated.

I shook my head and brushed away the distractions, and suddenly felt lighter.

Wondering what was going on, I scanned the surroundings and saw Ellie also looking satisfied with a satisfied smile while staring at a Ragetta.

Of course.

“I guess I didn’t become the top player through rock-paper-scissors.”

“You can be quite rude sometimes. Do you think I became the top player?”

“So what? I’m not from the martial tower, but from the kingdom.”

“Is it possible that my breath reaches the kingdom?”

“Try it.”

Like a cat and dog, we started growling at each other in an instant.

“And when the Lord enters combat, release this magic. Unleash it.”

… What?

“Why? The Lord must not get injured.”

That’s right. I don’t want to get hurt either!

Oppose the removal of buffs!

“I don’t want the Lord to get hurt either. But it’s not good for growth to be armed with this level of enhancement magic and protection magic.”

“Just winning the fight is enough, isn’t it?”

“Our goal is for the Lord to grow excellently.”

Our goal is to hide Olivia, though…?

Overflowing power.

A satisfaction that is difficult to express in words.

To take this away in practical combat after experiencing the greatness of magic?

How cruel is that!!

However.

“Deam, what do you think?”

Eli’s words are right.

If you become accustomed to applying buffs from the beginning, there may be problems later when there is no Rageta.

So it would be better to improve your skills to some extent and then use buffs to enhance your strength.

I don’t know if my skills will improve?

As I nodded calmly, Rageta had a face that could not understand.

“It’s difficult. Isn’t it good to become stronger easily?”

“You won’t ignore the Lord’s choice, right?”

“I understand.”

As Rageta frowned and waved his hand, the satisfaction that filled his body disappeared in an instant.

“Oh… Is this a drug?”

Sensing a loss of sensation despite just returning to the original state.

With a feeling of suddenly becoming weak, I smiled and clenched and unclenched my fist.

Green skin.

Slightly taller than an elementary school student.

A body that seemed to have lost weight as if it hadn’t been eaten well.

A weapon that seems like it would catch a cold just by rusting and cutting.

– Kireak!

– Cock! Kurek!

A conversation that sends shivers down your spine.

‘That’s a goblin.’

They’re similar to the ones I saw in Anina games.

They’re quite similar.

‘That’s the lowest ranking monster line, right?’

What’s the difficulty level of this world?

I thought it would be manageable just by looking at slimes. But as soon as I saw a goblin, that illusion shattered into pieces.

And besides, this is reality.

The scent emitted by these guys is faintly unpleasant.

I was heavily tense due to the dangerous atmosphere they exuded.

“You’re too weak. Aren’t the Daemon stronger?”

“They are. But they lack experience. The opponents of that level should be just right.”

What?!?

Where are you looking from?!

The standards of strength for these two people were too strict.

The only fortunate thing was.

“My dear, can you handle this? I’m not pushing you too hard, right?”

Olivia worriedly strokes my head.

Knowing that at least one person knows and acknowledges my true ability, my heart felt at ease.

“Madam, please don’t worry. Didn’t the young master himself fend off those attackers? Compared to them, goblins like that are just a sip of soup.”

“Is that so? Well, that’s a relief.”

Hey, Ellie!

Don’t implant strange common sense into the only sanctuary of my remaining heart!!

A situation where 2:2 quickly turned into 3:1.

In the anticipating gaze that looks at me.

‘This world’s life is really difficult…’

A sigh escaped on its own.

Three women stood behind, smiling subtly.

“This isn’t our kind of party, is it?”

If it’s going to be like this, find me some party members more on my level, like archers or rogues!

How are you taking on four goblins all by yourself?

In some anime, one goblin can wipe out an entire party!

“Go for it, darling!”

“If it gets dangerous, I’ll step in. Fight without worries.”

“Don’t worry because I can bring you back even if you die.”

Although there seemed to be some strange content mixed in, they shrugged it off with encouragement from the three women and slowly drew their weapons, advancing.

“Lageta, can you really bring the dead back to life? If so!”

“I can’t bring back those who are already dead, so don’t get your hopes up. I can only revive those who die before my eyes.”

“Ah, I see… Is it just a simple magic?”

“It’s magic. You just need to reconnect the body and soul perfectly before they’re completely separated. Wounds can be healed. Oh, and I can’t bring back the elderly who’ve died of natural causes; their bodies are too worn out for the soul to reattach.”

“That sounds difficult. Are there any other magic users besides you, Lageta?”

“At this point… there are two others besides me.”

“There are two more?!”

“Yes, Saint Botia and Archbishop La Paha Botia.”

“Oh, you mean the Saint and the Archbishop? That’s quite impressive.”

“Not at all. Resurrection is not that difficult.”

“Ah, I see.”

“Can you please focus?!”

I shook my head to clear away the forced distraction of their interesting conversation and then strengthened my grip on my weapon.

Phew… Four goblins.

The only fortunate thing is that these guys are letting their guard down.

– *Krak, kek*

– *Kararak.*

Two of them chatted and laughed, not understanding what’s so amusing.

One of them basked in the warm sunlight, enjoying a nap.

In front of a blazing fire, a lone figure grilled an unknown piece of meat.

As I walked, the sound of stepping on weeds and the crackling of dry leaves could be heard.

– Crackle!

– Creak!

Their chatter was louder than the sound of my footsteps, which meant I reached the back of the cabin without being noticed.

Just as I was about to act,

Snap!

The sound of a broken branch being stepped on.

– Crack?!

– Thud?!

– Creak?!

“What the…?”

Except for one of them, all of them spotted me.

– Raaahh!

– Screech!

– Kyaah!

– Huh?!

Cancel that.

Even the guy who was dozing off became alert and spotted me.

In an instant, my surprise attack had failed.

“Can we please lower the difficulty level in this world, God?”

I drew my sword and prepared for battle.