From No Body To Hero
Episode 21

'Wacth, look, isn't this world still beautiful?'

A soft, soothing voice sounded. Beautiful scenery in the vast ocean of orange reddish sun dusk visible. The soothing sound of the ocean waves makes everyone want to play in it.

'Wacth, if you reach a second of despair, remember, I always support you.'

The changing angle of view showed a man with considerable muscles smiling towards him. Yet his face was faint as if trying to seal the identity of that person.

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Bern opened his eyes. His eyes trembled a little as if the dream was very sad for him. He drew and breathed several times to calm himself.

'It's a nightmare.'

He sat down and looked around. Breath sounds and annoying snoring sounds entered his auditory senses.

Maybe it's an annoying sound and someone will hit them for being noisy. Bern smiled gently at Steven and Anton who were snoring loudly beside Ailen who might have trouble sleeping because of them.

Beside him was also Kleio who was sleeping soundly. Given that Kleio had no one to trust, Bern was the best choice. Bern wouldn't hurt his side even if he was harassed. Kleio could believe it. He also wanted to trust Bern.

The louder the sound of his friend's snoring, the calmer Bern became. For others, silence is tranquility. But for Bern, the louder it gets, the calmer he gets.

He stared at the dark sky with no stars or moon as it was covered in cloudy clouds.

'It looks like tomorrow afternoon is going to be a storm.'

Bern predicted the weather tomorrow quietly.

Bern got up and wanted to go get some water in the river. But Kleio was awakened from that slow motion.

"Where do you want to go?"

Kleio asked while rubbing his eyes.

"Just take water in the river."

Kleio got up and followed him to the river near them which was so quiet that the sound of crickets sounded strong.

"Hey, I've never seen you drink. What if you drink a glass?"

Kleio said that while taking out a bottle of wine from his s.p.a.ce bag. Storage magic is a rather complicated magic to learn. So the actual space bags are very expensive.

'Can I drink at 16?'

Bern looked doubtful making Kleio unable to hold back his laughter.

"What are you thinking? Everyone must've been drinking at 15."

Bern didn't expect that. Looks like the age to drink is very young there.

"I don't drink."

Bern casually refused. Kleio often drank at night if he woke up in the middle of the night. So it can be called, a habit for him to drink when he woke up in the middle of the night.

"Ouh Bern, just one glass. What are you worried about? Even if you are injured, a vine with a low alcohol rate like this will not drop a person's health even if he drinks 5 bottles."

Bern sighed and took the glass that was half filled with wine.

Bern's hunch worsened and then looked around. But nothing happened and Bern started drinking it.

Bern frowned as a burning feeling flowed in his body.

'Toxic!?'

Bern unconsciously threw the glass away.

"Uhuk."

Bern coughed up blood and Kleio's eyes widened.

"What's this bad as your condition!?"

Bern shook.

"The poison....."

With great difficulty the word came out. Kleio did not believe and sniffed the bottle of wine. And sure enough there's a poison smell in there.

Kleio quickly takes out the potion and plugs it into Bern's mouth even though he knows Bern hates the taste.

Bern is getting wrinkled with garlic flavor.

"Huk, uhuk."

After a few seconds of calm, Kleio was finally able to throw the bottle of wine furiously.

"Who dares to put poison in my vine?"

He looks really upset.

Bern looked at it and smiled with relief. If it was Kleio who drank it, he would have to use healing magic because he did not know much about poison. But still, he was also annoyed at having to drink magic potions.

They spent the night together with Kleio cursing and Bern listening until he finally came back as if nothing had happened.

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Next morning.

"Bern, are you okay? Your face is pale."

Anton asked when Bern's skin color was pale.

"Just a little nightmare."

Bern replied calmly as if he had not meant it. Well, half of that pallor was due to the poison he drank that night. Ailen also palely rode the horse beside Bern.

"I'm also a nightmare. There are 2 beings with many mouths that make me listen to their horrible guts."

Bern knew the 2 creatures must be Anton and Steven. But Anton doesn't even care about Ailen when he rides his horse faster chasing Steven in front.

"Seven, what's breakfast today?"

Anton asked and Steven took the bread out of his pocket.

"Bread is the best for breakfast."

Anton smiled brightly and took the bread.

"You are the best! You're my best friend!"

Steven and Anton chatted and laughed together so that perhaps someone could see a flower between them.

"Isn't that kid getting too close to Steven?"

Ailen muttered lazily. Away from those two hitches is good enough. Ailen was really not compatible with them. If they are cats, he is a turtle that no kene meets with them.

Of course the crown prince was not an easy target for Ailen who was resolute in ethics. He envies the free way Anton and Steven get along.

Bern watched him and sighed.

'Children are still children.'

However mature a child is, they definitely want to make friends freely. Bern was sure, in Ailen's household, he had to choose his friend according to what his family wanted.

Free-spirited people like Anton and Steven must be rejected raw.

"Aren't you going?"

Bern asked and Ailen gasped. He didn't want to get too close to Bern. That was because his family had him make friends with Bern as closely as possible because Bern in the future would be a great person. He didn't want to be friends just for that kind of reason. He was quite strong from relying on others who were disguised as friends. He's pretty sick of being friends with people he doesn't even get along with.

"You must be wise in choosing friends. From choosing friends of status, why don't you befriend those who won't curse you in the back?"

Ailen gasped at hearing that. He tried his best to be polite and make friends with those of noble status. Yet he could never avoid it when they all humbled him behind.

Bern smiled gently and gave his 3 meat loaves to Ailen. He knew that Ailen would not bring his own provisions and just wait for them to stop for a group meal. Bern is too. But Kleio prepared more than 10 meat loaves for him.

"Go."

Ailen took it in doubt and slowly approached the two of them.

'Really cute. How could it be called a master of ice cold?'

Kleio who saw Ailen left, approached Bern.

"You're like an old man. If it's not like an understanding brother."

Kleio joked softly and Bern did not care about it. Kleio could see Anton and Steven who were happy with the meat bun and started talking together.

"Are you not lonely losing your friend?"

The one who was talking about was Anton. Bern's only friend who was always close to him was Anton when he started school.

"How am I lonely when their laughter can be heard even though it is thousands of miles away?"

Bern was joking too. None of them are serious. Being among the crowd was enough for Bern.

"What if you eat? You really look pale."

Kleio asked and Bern shook his head. Given the pallor in her, Kleio could not feel any innocence.

But for Bern it is useless to eat when it is not digested by his stomach and he will only vomit again. Even magic potions might not work anymore to cure him.

"But if you ask about choosing the wrong friend, you might be the worst friend I've ever met."

Kleio sighed as his invitation was rejected.

"I'm your dog not a friend."

"You....!"

Kleio was about to explode in anger when his anger went away seeing Bern smile at him.

Kleio simply moved forward to lead. Bern shook his head seeing Kleio lose an eye to act with him.

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As Bern predicted, the storm hit and the journey stopped instantly.

After subsiding, they began to climb the mountain marked on the map. Looks like their trip wasn't long there because it was the last location of the map.

"Stop!"

Bern and Steven told everyone to stop.

"What else would you want without this title!? What could happen!?"

The person who from the beginning of the journey had already demonized Bern voiced out. That man was Excardo Damian.

Anton and Steven had gotten cold just by hearing his voice. Ailen was lazy to focus on those useless cockroaches and just prepared with what awaited.

'Aura kill this!'

Bern quickly picked up the sword he had brought from his paycheck piercing the empty air.

"Fttt.... Ahaha! What's he doing!?"

"Did he just point? You loser."

Many voices scorned Bern's movement. Even Steven felt weird about Bern's movements because he didn't feel anything.

Tang!

But when they heard the sound of iron ramming, everyone covered his mouth.

"Stevens!"

Steven regained his senses and looked at the low grade level 1 demon. The demon was 5 meters tall with a combination of gorilla and snake. Gorillas are scaly snakes.

"I, it's an iron gorilla! Everybody hold!"

Many were panicking after seeing the demon. With a large sword stopped his movements.

"Damn it, it's so hard!"

Steven was even pushed back by the gorilla.

Tang! Tang! Tang!

But Bern's side is more terrifying. They don't know what Bern is up against. But seeing how Bern was pushed back was also his terrifying voice.

"How does he know where to attack? Is it possible that he planned all this!?"

Excardo seems to have to know when to shut up. Because the spear flew towards him to make his cheek bleed.

"From you slandering my friend, you better shut up, you fucking pig."

Excardo's face was red with embarrassment and anger. He wanted to get angry but Anton quickly moved and took his spear back.

Ailen also quickly jumped in to help Steven. Although he wanted to help Bern, he did not know where the creature was. It is better not to interfere from hurting Bern with the intention of helping him.

They entered the battle that Bern had predicted at the beginning of the journey.

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...**Connected**...