The Survival Strategy of the Contract Duchess - Chapter 117

It didn’t take long to put the things they had discussed into action.

Once again, people climbed onto the backs of the monsters, and all the monsters soared into the sky.

They were all preparing a short distance from the waterfall, unsure of how far the water would flow.

“Start!”

“Ugh! If I fall, you guys take care of it! Don’t let me drop!”

The mage was full of complaints even before starting.

And as explained, from above, the mage began to solidify ice in a triangular pyramid shape, starting from the part where the waterfall flowed down and moving in the direction the water was coming from.

It seemed Kyler had offered his opinion in response to Sasha’s concern that building a wall might cause it to collapse.

And his idea was spot on. By deeply and firmly rooting the base, a glacial ice tower in the shape of a triangular pyramid was erected, creating a space the size of the pyramid’s face on the waterfall side.

“Woah! Ooh!”

Keeeee!

Sasha was exclaiming in admiration along with the head monster from its back.

It was amazing how solid ice was being created and rising, how the gushing stream of water was splitting into two, and most of all, the pitch-black hole revealed between the unrelenting streams was the most fascinating.

“That’s it.”

The size was such that even when the monster carrying the mage spread its wings wide, it could easily pass through.

Everyone hovered around, observing the changes in the waterfall and the clearly exposed hole.

Only after confirming that the altered water flow wasn’t overflowing did the monsters set the humans down in a safe place.

For a moment, no one dared to speak carelessly. They still hadn’t blocked the hole completely, and it felt daunting whether they could even find a way to block it, but the fact that there was such a simple solution was somewhat shocking.

Especially Kyler and Dylan, who had clashed with monsters for a long time, suffering and inflicting wounds, felt slightly annoyed.

Sasha, who was somewhat distant from such sentiments, looked back at the monsters.

She, too, had unknowingly flown to another world, so she felt she could understand their feelings very well.

Coming together in a group wouldn’t have lessened the fear.

“So, we just have to go inside now, right?”

Sasha said to the head monster in a spirited voice. She, too, was standing motionless, as if in a trance, staring at the hole below.

Yes. You can go.

No sooner had she finished speaking than a young monster was seen eagerly hopping towards them. How scary that appearance must have seemed when they didn’t know any better. It was amazing how new eyes seemed to open as they communicated and learned more.

Human! Let’s go together! It’s really nice over there too!

The young monster, excited from the moment it saw the hole, even showing off acrobatic flight, hopped around near Sasha and rubbed its head against her arm, acting cute.

That won’t do. This is where she belongs.

The place I originally lived wasn’t here, but I don’t have to go back, do I? This place is much better, I don’t have to go back, do I?

Sasha bit her lip tightly and looked at the young monster with a smiling face.

“This is my world. The person I love is here too. I can’t live if I leave here.”

The young monster would only understand literally what she meant by the person she loved or not being able to live, but wouldn’t it eventually understand?

Seeing how they want to go back too.

The young monster seemed a little deflated but didn’t insist further. It seemed to have thought about what it meant to have a place to live and a place to return to, applying it to itself.

“Be careful. Not coming back here would be the way to live happily.”

The monsters gradually began to gather where the head monster was. A monster with a voice as large as its body cried out loudly and for a long time. Then, in addition to the monsters that had gathered earlier, monsters soared up from all over the mountain range, and dozens of monsters gathered in an instant.

Thank you. For opening a path to go.

The ones who had met Sasha first, along with the head monster, stretched their necks and let out sharp cries. It seemed that was their way of greeting.

Kyler and Sasha stood side by side, close together, watching them take flight. Only the four monsters that had carried the humans remained, and the rest lined up and flew up, disappearing one by one into the hole revealed by the stream of water.

We know it would take a long time and be difficult to descend the mountain range on foot. We will take you back before we leave.

Sasha smiled softly at their consideration and readily accepted.

Actually, she would usually refuse in situations like this, but she felt like accepting their kindness.

For a while, Kyler, Sasha, Dylan, and Rihal watched the monsters enter the hole before riding on the backs of the monsters again and returning to the Uhalin Forest.

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It was quiet.

There was no sharp cry of monsters, no tremendous sound of the waterfall pounding the ground. No sound of the wind that seemed to tear the eardrums when cutting through the air.

In the silence where it felt like they could hear each other’s heartbeats even without touching, Sasha and Kyler sat side by side, close together.

“Your ears must have suffered today,”

Sasha said first, smiling slightly.

After returning to the mansion, they had eaten dinner and soaked in hot water for a long time before sitting on Kyler’s bed.

It was because they were still feeling each other’s body temperature to melt away the cold of the mountain range and the sharp winds they had felt crossing the high places.

“Hmm, I didn’t do much, but it feels like I’ve done too much.”

When he thought about how they had roughly solved it, he could only remember giving an opinion and watching. Was that why he felt so empty?

“Just hanging onto the monsters must have been hard. I also had a slight fever. After the first time I went.”

Sasha felt Kyler’s warmth as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder, stroking her arm up and down and pulling her into his embrace.

Something felt subtly different. He was embracing her, holding her hand, sticking close, pulling her in, as if he always wanted to be together.

Sasha felt his body pulling her so close that her body was leaning to the side, and she turned her head to look at him.

“Why? Do you think I’m going to leave?”

She had a strong feeling.

He was afraid of something right now. Or, if not afraid, he was acting like someone who had a premonition.

“I had a strong feeling that you too might fly away somewhere. I don’t know where you’re flying to. How you’ll go? I don’t know those things.”

She had never told him that she was from another world. Nevertheless, when he brought up these words, her heart sank.

“Where would I go? I have nowhere to live except here.”

Sasha wasn’t lying. Now, this place was everything to her.

“The monsters have a place to return to, so they came down to find me like that. In that place, they can fly comfortably, eat delicious food until they’re full. There’s no Kyler to watch out for or people who hurt and try to control them.”

Kyler slightly raised the corners of his lips and smoothed her hair as she said that, trying to lighten the mood a little.

“Really is this place, being by my side, the best thing?”

“What’s there to say? I only have Kyler.”

Sasha said, pressing each word with sincerity.

Even if she returned to that place, there would be no one to protect her. If she went back it felt like only a life of being alone until she died was waiting for her.

Kyler lightly lifted her and sat her on his lap, then silently and deeply pressed his lips against hers.

Sasha, realizing that it was an act of confirming himself, wrapped her arms around his neck and began to move more actively.

It was cute how he flinched at her movements as he pushed firmly. From now on, will we just have to be together, like this?

As she felt his hand tracing her back, moving down to her waist, and caressing her buttocks, it was as if she was feeling the reality of this body following his touch.

When she briefly let go of the thoughts that had been too focused in her head, his heart, approaching headlong, overwhelmed her.

That’s why Sasha had had no hesitation for a long time.

Without any worries, Sasha was born here, and this was her space. This house, this capital, had become her life.

Kyler, who had been stubbornly biting and licking only her lips, couldn’t hold back any longer at her active movements and strongly pulled her waist with his arms.

He wanted to be endlessly close and hoped there would be no separation, so he pressed his lips, caressed her chest, stroked her legs, and tried to feel what was in front of him.

“Haa, always stay by my side. Now, I can’t send you anywhere.”

Hot and low breaths scattered near Sasha’s ear. The low voice that resonated in her eardrums was more like a thrill.

“I’m not going anywhere. Don’t send me anywhere. I’ll come to Kyler’s side no matter what.”

Sasha received a lot from this person, whom she was being greedy for for the first time. If she gave back as much as she received, he would give her more again. She intended to live repeating that. That resolution was starting today, without delay.

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