Chapter 64 – I’ve been wanting to say this for a long time, Hero.
Chapter 64
City of Bourbon. It is one of the base cities of the Kingdom of Vesta, and it is a large city that is slightly smaller than Forculum.
How do you know? Of course the saintess told me…
“It’s quite big here too.”
It was much bigger than the cafe city, and there were a lot more people going to and from the city. Although the level of the base city is different, it is definitely different.
“Hero~♡”
“Yes?”
Suddenly, the saintess approached from behind her, lightly smiling at her.
What else are you trying to say with a smile like that?
“It’s very late, so let’s stay overnight at an inn and start searching tomorrow~?”
“Ah…I was going to do that anyway.”
…Doesn’t that sound like sh*t?
Of course I thought he was trying to make fun of me again, but apparently that wasn’t the case.
Did I have too many preconceived notions about people? It doesn’t seem to be my problem.
“Then shall we go straight to the inn?”
“Yes~♡”
In Bourbon, as the city was large, there were many inns here and there. Where should I go.
“Where would you like to go?”
“Since the warrior has become somewhat famous now, a quiet place would be better than a place where many people stay~. Like what happened last time at the adventurer’s guild, there might be people who use your fame to argue with you.”
“Then I should go to a smaller place.”
But Celine, who was still, threw a word.
“Let’s go to a place with good soundproofing.”
“Yes?”
…Soundproofing?
Hey, Celine? Why are you looking for soundproofing in a sleeping inn…?
“That would be nice~♡”
“Yes??”
When the saintess made a remark that seemed to agree with Celine’s words, her head became a little dizzy.
…Why are you like that?
“What are you so flustered about, Hero♡”
“…Why are you considering soundproofing?”
“Of course I don’t want my sleep to be disturbed~. I don’t want to sleep while listening to other guests snoring~♡”
“Ah.”
…Yes, there must be a reason for that. But didn’t you usually care about that?
The saintess saw my reaction, and she giggled like she was having fun.
“Foot♡ Hero, aren’t you imagining something strange?”
“…I didn’t.”
“Then… do you want to overhear other people having s*x♡ Be insidious♡”
“When did I do that!?”
…Really crazy b*tch.
“…I can’t be honest.”
Celine uttered her meaningful remark, but she didn’t even have time to think about what it meant. Because she was urged by the saintess, she had to immediately go looking for her inn.
So we went into an inn that we heard was small but well-equipped and soundproofed. I asked the merchants passing by, and they all recommended this place.
“Welcome.”
When I entered the inn, a kind-looking man was standing at the counter.
“I’m here to stay for the night. Do you have any rooms left?”
“There are, but there is only one left.”
“Uh, is that so?”
It’s a bit difficult to have one room. Since Celine came, she always took two of her rooms so I slept separately.
“I guess we should look for another inn?”
“It’s okay. I only take one room.”
“Yes?”
It was Celine who said that, not the saintess. If she had been a saint, she would have accepted it, but she was not Celine.
Wasn’t Celine the one she always wanted to get her own room?
“…Are you okay?”
“There is only one room left. I can’t help it.”
“…Well.”
Can’t we just go to another inn?
“What are you worried about? It’s very late, so let’s rent a room and rest.”
“Yes, I understand.”
She couldn’t even say no to Celine when she said that. I asked the innkeeper while renting the remaining room.
“Boss, can I have a meal?”
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I hadn’t eaten anything since I had lunch before coming to Bourbon City, so I was rather hungry. When I asked, the innkeeper smiled and said,
“Yes, of course. How many servings will you prepare?”
“Do you want to eat for two?”
“I’m done~♡”
“Me too. I’m tired, so I’ll just rest.”
Then I guess I can just eat it.
“Please prepare only mine.”
“Yes~ It is only gold including accommodation fee.”
Maybe it’s because the facilities are good, but the accommodation cost is a bit more expensive than I thought.
“Here it is.”
“I’ll prepare a meal for you soon.”
“Yes.”
I sat at a table in the lobby of the inn and waited, and the innkeeper quickly prepared a meal for me and brought it to me.
It came with meat stew, a few slices of soft-looking bread, and milk.
“Enjoy your meal.”
I was starving and ate the stew right away with a spoon.
Haa… I will live. To be honest, I was very hungry.
“…Women don’t go hungry.”
You haven’t eaten anything since lunch, just like me. Are you both too tired to go hungry?
…Well, they’ll come down on their own if they’re hungry. The innkeeper approached me while I was eating without stopping.
“Guest.”
“Yes?”
“Please let me know if you need contraceptives. I will bring it right away.”
“Cool!”
I almost spit out the stew I was eating. I barely swallowed the stew and looked at the innkeeper.
“What are you talking about when you suddenly come here!?”
“Uh…Did I be rude? I seem to need the situation…”
What is the situation!?
“…No need. Don’t get me wrong, I’m just a fellow with those who went up first.”
“Ah…Sorry, I’ve been fooling around.”
The innkeeper apologized and went back to the counter. It’s embarrassing to suddenly come and order contraceptives.
…You can misunderstand when you see a man sleeping in the same room as two women, but aren’t you asking too much?
In addition, it was the yard where I heard the strange opening condition of the holy sword recently. Maybe that’s why the innkeeper’s words came to me disturbingly.
“…Ehh.”
I don’t know. Let’s eat rice
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I came up to my room after eating. Celine took the key first, so I knocked on the door in front of the door, unable to open it.
“Celine, I’m here.”
“Oh, wait.”
Celine was in bed when she heard her foot on her floor. Didn’t she say that the soundproofing here is good?
Celine opened the door and greeted me.
“Did you enjoy your meal?”
“Yes. The food was fine.”
“Come in.”
She followed Celine into the room. But she couldn’t see where the saintess had gone.
Where did she go again?
“Where has the saintess gone?”
“…Where do you think you are?”
“Yes?”
Celine smiled and looked at me with meaningful eyes.
“…Celine?”
“The saintess is washing now.”
Chack, the sound of spraying water came at the right time. It seems that the saintess was washing herself in her bathroom.
…You say something about washing with that kind of expression. You know what happened.
“Hero.”
“Yes?”
For some reason, Celine’s voice calling me reminded me a little. Like a happy person.
“Should I open the Holy Sword of Order?”
“…Yes?”
What!?
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Abel was taken aback by Celine’s remark. Seeing Abel like that, Celine smiled like she was having fun.
“Puha, why are you so surprised?”
“No, you said something that I couldn’t help but be surprised by!”
“Why are you surprised to open the holy sword?”
“…Don’t make fun of me, Celine.”
Abel narrowed her eyes, disgusted by Celine who knew everything about her and made her say it with her own mouth.
Seeing that, Celine smiled and said,
“Did I tease you too much? But, warrior.”
“…What?”
“Why is the saintess washing herself right now?”
“……Yes?”
“This is not kidding.”
Celine took a step closer to Abel and whispered. As if, one demon handing her an alluring offer she couldn’t refuse.
“Because the saintess is showing this much courage, sometimes the hero needs to show some courage.”
“What are you talking about, Celine!?”
“Keep avoiding it, but drink it. The hero also has feelings for the saintess, right?”
Abel’s eyes widened at Celine’s words. Seeing that, Celine smiled and said.
“I don’t think the shy saintess doesn’t know much, but she was caught by me.”
“That…It’s not like that…”
“No? Then, does she not mind if the saintess falls in love with another man?”
“……”
Abel couldn’t confirm and her speech choked her. As Celine said, if she didn’t have feelings for the saintess, she wouldn’t care whether the saintess was happy meeting someone else or not.
Celine looked at Abel, who couldn’t answer, and nodded her head.
“That is the heart of the warrior. Now don’t lie to her own heart and be honest….”
“…But I can’t.”
“Yes?”
“…Opening the holy sword is important, but first of all, the saintess is a saintess of the Solaria Church. She said that the doctrine of the Church of Solaria states that priests must be chaste.”
As Abel blushed, she gave a very rational answer. She heard him, and Celine nodded her head, saying she understood.
However, Celine’s continued remarks were completely unexpected to Abel.
“But that’s…you can quit being a priest, right?”
“…Yes?”
“I don’t think the saintess had such an idea?”
Abel froze on the spot at Celine’s words. At Abel’s innocent reaction, Celine laughed and grabbed her doorknob.
“Then, I’ll step aside, so do your best.”
The door opened quietly and closed with a thud. Left alone in her room, Abel turned her head away.
The sound of water coming from the bathroom suddenly stopped coming. Abel gulped and looked at the bathroom door.
Abel was very nervous. As much as this moment, has she ever had a moment when she was nervous?
When she goes hunting for kobolds, she runs into the Nol Chieftain? When she first encountered the majesty of a Barbatos-class monster? When she was told to stop the chimera’s paws with her bare body without being blessed?
No, no case has ever been more tense than now. A sound that has not been heard for a long time. However, the bathroom door did not open. In that situation, Abel felt that her mouth was drying up.
Abel was so nervous that he heard a sound that caused a calm wave in his heart.
It felt like the sound of the door clicking and opening became louder today. Abel, who had been staring at the bathroom door, was able to face Estelle as soon as the door opened.
The wet black hair was pure white, sticking along the round shoulders, deep collarbones, and smooth neckline.
The skin that looked exceptionally smooth after washing it a little while ago, the two plump peach-colored lips, the straight and straight nose, and the amber eyes that sway slightly for some reason. All of this was enough to upset her Abel.
In addition, Estelle left the bathroom wearing only a towel. She’s Abel, even though she obviously knows she’s there.
I’ve been like this before, but the atmosphere was completely different. At that time, it was obvious that her saintess was openly intending to play a joke on her, but not now.
Estel’s flushed cheeks and jewel-like eyes staring at Abel while swaying looked particularly pretty.
No matter how stupid Abel was, she couldn’t keep her mind off the situation. He slowly backed away, his face turning red.
But when Abel tried to step back, she had no choice but to stop. Because she wasn’t in the room.
“…Hero.”
Estelle looked at Abel with a completely different look than usual, she said. She didn’t have that playful, confident look in her eyes.
Abel swallowed her saliva at the sight of her eyes that were a little uneasy, but still full of affection.
“…Yes?”
“Heaven Warrior♡”
As soon as Abel heard the word crap, her mind jumped.
“…Yes?”
Abel reacted stupidly, wondering if all of this was meant to make fun of him. However, Estelle’s eyes did not show any playfulness.
“Obviously, he was a b*tch at first, but when did he become so strong♡ I was also a bit surprised.”
Abel was a little taken aback. She was talking like she was teasing him, but now Estelle wasn’t teasing him, she was just telling her what she thought.
Abel could tell because her eyes were more serious than ever. Estelle blushed, and she nudged him.
“At first…you were just a cute little hero.”
One step.
“You’ve grown so much already.”
One more step.
As Estelle approached, Abel’s mind became more complicated. He answered at once.
“Because the saintess trained me hard…”
“The hero worked hard.”
One more step.
Suddenly, the distance between Abel and Estelle was reduced to two steps away.
“You did everything I told you to do, and even then you didn’t complain….. I was also happy that you worked so hard.”
One last step.
Estel approached the distance where she could feel Abel’s breath. As embarrassing as Abel was, Estelle was in a very embarrassing situation, but she couldn’t overthrow Celine’s table like this.
Estelle bit her lip lightly. Now, really, it was time for her to pluck up her courage.
She reached out her hand cautiously.
“Hero.”
She called out to Abel and put her index finger between his fingers. What would she do if she ran away? Estelle, who was thinking about that, was slightly surprised.
Abel did not run away. Even though she was embarrassed, she just answered by looking straight at Estelle.
“…Yes.”
Abel looked at Estelle with her eyes that had become serious, but she still looked at Estelle with a blushing face.
‘…Because you’re cute&’
Estelle, whose anxiety had disappeared, calmed down and whispered quietly but surely.
“I’ve been wanting to say this for a long time, hero.”
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Her thin fingers caught between Abel’s fingers. The middle finger, the ring finger, and eventually the pinky finger squeezed between his fingers, and the two hands gently overlapped.
It wasn’t just one hand that was strong. Two hands holding each other’s hands carefully. Estelle looked straight at Abel.
“Hero.”
“…Yes.”
The jewel-like amber eyes slightly round. Her pursed lips stretched to the side, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.
She smiles Abel a smile she never showed, no, she never showed to anyone.
She showed off the most adorable smile she could ever show.
“I like you.”
Her sweet voice tickled my ears once more.
“I like you, Abel.”