560 - Marriage is a Community of Destiny! # 11

I looked through the videos from last night recorded on Paranoy-ssi's smartphone.

━Wood Style, Deep Forest Emergence-!

━Aah-! It's Hassan-nim's 22nd, no, 25th ultimate skill, 'Creating Trees Randomly' desu...! To create this many trees from nothing but bare ground, it's incredible desu...!

There, I saw a scene of myself haphazardly multiplying trees in the garden.

━The garden is an area managed by this Doris-sama nanoda...! If you increase the trees so recklessly, it becomes difficult to maintain nodesu...!

━Be quiet desu...! How dare you talk back to Hassan-nim's actions...? Doris, who only swaggers around being a Nymph of Honey-water, just stay still desu...!

━Paranoy, the Nymph of Ditch-water, I don't know what you're suddenly talking about nanoda...!

━This Paranoy knows all about how the other Nymphs look down on me as a Nymph of Ditch-water desu...! But, I am not just a Nymph of Ditch-water, I am a Super Nymph of Ditch-water desu...!

━Hoee, a Super Nymph of Ditch-water, there's no such Nymph no-desu...!

━Then there is from now on desu...! Everyone, when you call this Paranoy, call me Super Paranoy-nim with reverence desu...!

There, I saw several drunken Nymphs chattering away mindlessly. Was it said that when traveling with Nymphs, it's important not to let them drink enough to get drunk?

The reason being that drunken Nymphs become as noisy and frantic as a pheasant soaked in water. Indeed, the video was noisy, shaking wildly, and beyond chaotic.

It must be because the drunk Paranoy was shaking the smartphone's Camera here and there.

In that mess, I was busy trying to find myself.

Just like when my younger sister, who used to work as a minor extra, would scour through videos with hawk-like eyes to find herself in a drama.

In the shaky footage, my Rinnegan finds my back.

━A forest needs an elephant.

Buuuung-.

After saying those bizarre words, my back suddenly floated up into the air. It wasn't a leap; I just floated up, out of nowhere.

At that sight, Paranoy in the video shouts.

━Aah-! Hassan-nim is flying in the sky desu...! Please give this Paranoy a ride too desu...!

In the shaky screen, Paranoy was seen clinging to my leg.

━This Paranoy is flying in the sky desu...! This is an airplane in the truest sense...! Neither the Nymph of Honey-water, nor the Nymphs of Tears or Ink, will have seen a view higher than this Nymph of Ditch-water, Paranoy desu...!

Flying through the night sky while carrying the fussing Paranoy, I went to a place that could be a jungle or a forest and caught an elephant.

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━Hassan-nim, there's also a sleeping Drake over there desu...! Shouldn't there be a dinosaur in Hassan-nim's garden to establish dignity desu...?

━That's true.

In the meantime, I pick up a sleeping dinosaur in one hand and set it down in the garden.

It was such a surreal sight that it was hard to believe it was real, but-.

━Graaaaa-!

The T-Rex Drake currently roaring with its mouth wide open in the garden became the undeniable evidence of last night.

To think I flew through the sky and went back and forth to the distant forest of Monsters. Just how did I do this?

What is this.

Come to think of it, I remember the word 'Flight' being on the new weapon I obtained, Mjolnir.

Seuk-. As I place my hand on the leather holster at my waist, letters float up.

『Name: Mjolnir of Total Destruction.』

Strength Stat 16 Achieved - Power Amplification Unlocked.

Agility Stat 16 Achieved - Flight Function Unlocked.

Stamina Stat 16 Achieved - Regeneration Ability Unlocked.』

It was written here that the flight function would be unlocked upon reaching 16 Agility. It was a function I had struggled with because I didn't know how to use it.

Having blacked out because of the alcohol, I feel like I was somehow handling this flight ability perfectly as if it were my own.

On the screen, from the night of New Year's Day, I was consuming Karma to release a swarm of locusts into a den of bandits who were out thieving.

━Hehe, give me a Cat-! I'm the only one without a Cat-!

━Hassan-nim, it's fine to take it, but if you're going to take it, you have to take the cat litter box and food bowl too. And the toys and the claw scratcher!

━Right!

I was even breaking into a Count's estate to steal a cat.

Paranoy's video cut off abruptly while I was doing things the usual me would never do.

Recording stopped either because the battery ran out and the device turned off, or because the drunk Paranoy made a mistake in operation.

Thanks to that, I had no way of knowing what happened after that.

However, the people I met in the mansion, which had collapsed in places and become like a ruin, were each starting to talk to me.

"Hey, Hassan-. What, you were a guy who could really do it if you tried? Nothing has been as refreshing as yesterday...!"

The one I encountered on the first floor of the mansion was Somnia.

However, it took quite a while to realize that she was Somnia.

Because her bare face was revealed, without the usual ridiculous Mask or the bandages wrapped around her face.

"What-. Why are you staring at someone's face like that-?"

The Somnia I remembered was an insomniac who extremely disliked revealing her face because of a large burn-like scar.

The face of the person I just met was clean without a single blemish.

If it weren't for the pink bobbed hair and Somnia's characteristic high and shrill voice, I wouldn't have recognized that she was the Cultist voodoo practitioner Somnia-.

"You, your face-. So that's what you looked like-."

Somnia's face was that of an Ideope girl with a slightly sharp, cat-like appearance.

If Luna felt like someone who would get her money ripped off everywhere because she was gentle, pure, and eccentric, this one felt like someone who would rip off money in a back alley.

When I slightly narrowed my eyes, Somnia burst out laughing with a 'Pahahat-'.

"You fixed it last night-! You even applied mud mixed with spit to my face, saying you'd fix it. Are you going to pretend you don't know-?"

"...."

Naturally, I don't remember.

"What, are you planning to act humble and pretend you don't know what happened yesterday? No need for that! We Pluto priests already know well enough what a reckless psycho you are-!"

"Besides fixing your face, what else did I do?"

"You raided the Minerva Guild-! Don't you remember shaking your hips at the Statue of Goddess Minerva there-?"

How terrible.

Since I had never blacked out from drinking before, there were many things I didn't know about my drinking habits.

But if there's one thing I've clearly learned from when I made the oath on the River Styx to Luna and now.

It's that when I lose my mind from alcohol, I become a bizarre guy who does things I would never normally do.

"Other than that-."

"Renting out the entire Juno Temple in Sodomora for next Sunday? Man, I didn't know you'd spend as much as five thousand gold in one go."

"I... rented the Temple?"

"Yeah-! You said you were getting married next Sunday-! You rode Cerberus all over downtown Sodomora, shouting at people and inviting them-!"

"Ah-."

I realized.

That without me knowing, another 'me' had set the wedding date.

A wedding in a week.

Somnia said, patting my shoulder.

"I thought you were a total madman. I guess the name 'Archduke from Hell' wasn't a bluff after all? To be honest, I thought Paranoy was lying when he told crazy stories about you."

I don't know for sure, but it feels like Somnia's affinity toward me has risen a bit.

If the state of affinity until yesterday was at a level where she'd stall for time before giving a short answer even if I sent a message-.

Today, it felt like we'd become close enough that even if she wouldn't ask me what I was doing first, she'd at least answer well when I asked.

"Yesterday, what you did to the Statue of Goddess Minerva was-."

It seemed like Somnia was about to start a terrible story I didn't really want to hear, so I hurriedly decided to end the conversation.

"Right, anyway. Your face. It looks much better now that the scar is gone."

"What, are you trying to hit on me now?"

"What-?"

"It's a shame, Hassan, but we're not close enough for me to go on a date with you. Your face looks like a bandit's, which is cool, but-. A date is only after we get to know each other a bit more-."

Somnia laughed loudly with a 'Hang-hang-hang-'. Of course, I admit that the current Somnia has a sufficiently attractive appearance. But I didn't really intend to hit on her.

I've heard that there are women who perceive everything as an attempt to hit on them if you speak even a little kindly. It seems Somnia is that kind of person.

Anyway, I walked around the smashed-up mansion.

The place was full of people suffering from hangovers.

"My head is spinning-spinning nanoda.... At this rate, this Doris-sama will end up becoming Doris, the Nymph of Honey-wine-water nanoda...."

The only ones who seemed to have their wits about them were Paranoy, Luna, and Somnia.

Luna and Somnia are from Ideope, so they're probably fine because they're damn strong with alcohol. It was already rumored across the continent that Ideope women were strong drinkers.

As for Paranoy, did he develop some tolerance for alcohol from gulping down a river's worth of wine before?

Anyway, I had a hunch that the incidents I caused last night would bring about more consequences than I thought.

Today is Sunday, January 2nd, the Day of the Sun.

To think I suddenly rented out Juno's Temple for 5,000 gold for next Sunday, the 9th, the Day of the Sun. And that I invited everyone while wandering noisily through the city!

Even though I had thought in my heart that since it was a meaningful wedding, we should have it grandly, I never intended to scale it up this much.

With only a week left until the wedding.

Seureureuk-.

I stepped out onto the street, wearing a robe imbued with the Veil of Night.

Flowers and vines that didn't suit the winter were blooming all over the streets, wrapping around the roads and houses.

Even without anyone explaining, I could picture what kind of things I had done last night.

Amidst the mess of the western Slum streets, someone was moving with light footsteps, tadadat-.

━Extra edition-!

Even though it was early morning, the boys and girls delivering newspapers were moving busily. One of them was a face I knew.

━Extra edition-! Extra-! Extraaaaa-! Hoeee, hoeeeee-! Extraaaaa from the east-!

A girl with reddish hair tied in a braid was earning money by delivering newspapers here and there from early morning.

It's Hoenoy.

Among the Nymphs, she was a particularly small and young girl, and she always added unique and strange sounds as interjections, so I remembered her as the girl Hoenoy.

Is it a part-time job?

The wages she receives while working as a servant at the mansion should already be plenty.

However, that wasn't what was important right now.

Ehem.

I cleared my throat and, deepening my voice, spoke to Hoenoy.

"Excuse me, give me a newspaper."

The price of one newspaper is 5 Copper.

"Hoeee...? Haven't this Hoenoy and the big Oppaya met somewhere before...?"

My identity was almost discovered midway, but thanks to the magical robe heavily concealing my face and body, I was able to hide my identity regardless.

Chwararak-.

I walked the streets while unfolding the newspaper I bought from Hoenoy.

━Abnormal weather appears in the west of Sodomora. Unseasonal lush greenery, swarms of butterflies and bees active everywhere-! Authorities are investigating the sudden acceleration of plant growth-.

As expected, the situation of the western streets I'm walking on now is written in large letters in the newspaper. The problem wasn't just that.

━Wolf Spiders appear in large numbers in the south of Sodomora-! Leaving behind massive donations of spider silk everywhere-. Market merchants, who were short on high-quality fabrics due to the poor harvest of silkworms in winter, are all smiles-.

Spiders appeared in large numbers.

When I headed to the South Gate Market of Sodomora, I really saw spider webs hanging everywhere.

━This is all merchandise-! Merchandise-! Collect it carefully-! Unprocessed spider silk spoils easily-!

Merchants were busy rolling up spider webs hanging from roofs and the ground with things like tree branches. The rolled-up bundles of thread looked just like cotton candy.

The expressions of the merchants looking at it were as bright as children looking at cotton candy.

That's because wolf spider silk was a considerably high-end product. Silk made from wolf spider thread was said to be more expensive than gold of the same weight.

It must be because the silk of wolf spiders, which don't build webs to live in but roam around on foot to hunt, even possesses considerable rarity.

━Hurry and gather it-! I received an order for a silk dress. With this much, I'll have plenty left over even after making several of the ordered dresses-!

━By dress, you mean the dress for that wedding next weekend?

━Yeah-! The young god's wedding-! Man, what a big spender. To order several of those precious things.

My ears perked up at the mention of a wedding. As expected, I thought the streets would be buzzing with what happened last night. It was true.

If I hadn't come out with my face covered, I would have been overwhelmed by the questions and interest coming from everywhere.

I ordered the dresses.

It finally felt real that the wedding was just around the corner.

Will I be able to do well in married life?

I wish I could ask a married man.

When I came to my senses, my footsteps were heading toward one place.

"It's been a while. Welcome to the Nymph's Wing Inn."