376 – Side Story: Shy Man
‘Shameful?’
At the same time, I glanced at Claudia, who was twisting her body.
The muscles of the whole body would be much more appropriately described as firm rather than firm. 11 Abs clearly drawn on the abdomen. An arm that freely wielded a steel sword the size of his own height and the width of a finger.
Claudia, who was taller than most men, was blushing and writhing her body for the sole reason that she was embarrassed. It felt like a bit of cognitive dissonance.
“Do you understand why I went to see Minerva?”
Rize came next to me and started whispering. Certainly, my blood pressure would rise sharply if I saw someone of that size acting so shamefully and clumsily.
“What are you ashamed of?”
“Well, just everything. “It’s one thing to let you know my tastes, it’s one thing to act according to my tastes, and it’s one thing to show emotions by saying things like, Jo, Jo, Jo Jo Jo, I like you or I love you.”
“What do you like?”
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When I asked that question, Claudia made an expression of regret and shook her head violently.
“Ahh! Cancel what I just said! “Pretend you didn’t hear me!”
“I already heard everything?”
“Ha, but…” … It’s really strange…….”
“Well. “Claudia, no matter how unusual your tastes are, there’s a higher chance that you don’t have them than Rize.”
“Me? Why me?”
Lise, who was feeling frustrated while looking at Claudia, had sallow eyes after being suddenly hit.
“If you don’t know, tell me exactly what you like.”
“Ah, you said you wanted to be eaten by the man I raised?”
“Okay. Look, Claudia. “No matter what your taste is, can it be any weirder than that?”
“…… “What’s wrong with this?”
Rize’s mouth protruded and she grumbled softly. Claudia smiled shyly, and Erica and Iris nodded repeatedly with expressions of agreement with what I said.
“I can’t die alone, so Claudia, tell me quickly too. If you don’t say something, I will do it? Are you really going to say anything you want?”
When a threat that was not a threat came in, Claudia became restless and seemed to hesitate, then closed her eyes tightly and drank half of the alcohol left in her bottle in one go.
And then he said, “Ugh,” And started gagging.
Seeing as if she was going to show everyone what she ate for snack at any moment, Iris hurriedly offered her water, but Claudia covered her mouth with her hand and refused to drink her water even while gagging.
“So…… Therefore.”
Even for the worldly Claudia, the 183% ABV alcohol seemed to be too much for her, and when she lifted her lowered head again, her face was halfway down.
‘…… ‘Is it possible to get drunk?’
If I reacted this way, it was obvious that the other knight commanders would have spent much more time with Claudia than me. Not only Rize and Erika, but even Iris had their mouths open.
“What is my taste?… ….”
Not caring about our surprise, Claudia, whose face turned bright red for some reason, whether from intoxication or embarrassment, opened her mouth by continuously twisting her index fingers that were joined in front of her lower abdomen.
“I, to the man…… Being protected by a man…….”
“You’re protected?”
“Yes…… It’s not like I’m going to stand in front and wipe everything out by myself…… I’m sitting helplessly in the back and the man in front is protecting me…… When I squeal or tremble because I’m scared, he comes and holds me in his arms and comforts me…… I like that kind of thing…….”
It was a taste that was far removed from the image Claudia had shown so far. She seemed to know why she was embarrassed to speak.
“You know, the other day, when I was surrounded by strange centipedes. At that time, I was really excited when I saw you, Delta, showing up and protecting us…… ? It was my first time experiencing something like that…….”
Now that I think about it, I think Claudia’s reaction after saving her was a little different than usual.
It wasn’t my intention and I didn’t even know I had that kind of taste at the time. Since I had seen those four almost die right in front of me, I had no time to think about anything else.
“As you can see, I’m taller than most men, have more muscles, and have a similar personality. It’s a little embarrassing to say it out loud, but I’m also very strong…… I was always the one protecting them, but I was far from being the one being protected…….”
The longer he spoke, the brighter his face became. Now it seemed like shame was much more important than intoxication.
“But it would be a bit strange for my appearance and personality to have this kind of taste. Yes? I don’t know if Rize is doing this. “Because, unlike me, Rize is small, cute, and cute.”
“Your sister is definitely small and petite. Well, I don’t think it’s cute at all.”
“… ….”
Lize glanced at Erika.
But she didn’t seem to care about Erica at all. It wasn’t entirely wrong to say that Nicks was uniquely short, and Rize was also quite short.
“It was a joke. I tried it because the atmosphere was so boring. “Keep talking, Claudia.”
“Uh…… Thank you?”
Claudia awkwardly expressed her gratitude. Rize had a look on her face that said, ‘Did you know my sister could tell jokes?’ Erica started crying when she saw that, but was stopped by Iris.
“…… Anyway, I’ve been thinking about it ever since. No matter how much she tried to think of other things, she couldn’t feel the tingling she felt when she was saved by Delta. I do not know either. Now that I’ve experienced it myself, does that mean that delusions can’t solve the problem? And, Delta, I wonder if there is a man other than you who can satisfy my tastes.”
“No. I’m confident that I’ll give it my all. “Didn’t I say it myself last time? I’ve come too far to be the one being protected.”
Iris declared clearly.
Well, there will be very few men who can protect Claudia. The Knights of the Silver Dawn and the Knights of the Dark Night, which are said to be the strongest in the empire right now, are all women except me, and the wizards in the Magic Tower are all women.
The former leader of the Golden Twilight Knights was, like me, a man, but he is not worth mentioning anymore, so he is off topic.
“Yeah, right…… ?”
Claudia, who shrunk slightly after hearing Iris’ assertion, finished disposing of the remaining liquid at the bottom of her bottle. Hiccup, there was a small hiccup sound.
“I don’t think you have particularly strange tastes, do you?”
“…… Huh?”
Cherry blossom-colored eyes widened at my words.
“It’s hard to say I have strange tastes because I’ve encountered a lot of things. There’s one here right now. “A small, cute, and cute person.”
“Is it me again?”
Lize grumbled again, but did not react any further. It seemed like he, too, was being stung.
“And everyone has their own unique taste. You can’t even imagine what games Floretta and Luna played with me, right? Caecilia and Minerva also have a somewhat similar temperament, and Aurora has strange tastes in a different way. Ah, the worst person would be Nix.”
Floretta and Luna are perverts who even tried to play with the concept of a corrupt nun while being the Pope, and the reason I usually use honorifics for Caecilia and Minerva is to satisfy their tastes.
Aurora reacts much better when she is seen by someone, and Nyx, who is at the most extreme, prefers to be abused, bordering on violence.
Excluding Stella and Selene, as it is not time to discuss her tastes yet, Erica and Iris, who had a bit of masochistic tendencies, were the closest to normal people.
Other than that, it was just a matter of who did less and who did more, and it was enough for everyone to be called a pervert.
“From my experience, Erica and Iris are the most normal, followed by you, Claudia. “Isn’t third out of twelve a pretty high ranking?”
“That…… So…… That… ….”
Claudia stuttered her words. It seemed like I couldn’t refute it since I had experienced it myself. Her head may be spinning because of all the alcohol she drank just a moment ago.
“And.”
I grabbed her wrist and pulled her. Claudia, who had come helplessly right next to her, looked up at me with trembling eyes.
“Just one person who matches your taste would be enough.”
“… ….”
Perhaps due to intoxication, Claudia was dazed for a moment and reacted a beat late.
“Uh…… Is that so? “Is that so?”
“Was I wrong?”
“Oh, no…… That… ….”
“Right?”
“… ….”
Silence continued. Claudia looked back and forth between her arm, which held her wrist, and me with her rolling eyes, and then she suddenly opened another bottle of 183% alcohol and drank it down vigorously.
Iris and Erica were scared and rushed in because the amount they drank was different from the last time, when they had already shared several glasses and there was not much content left.
“Are you sane?! “If you drink like that, even you won’t be able to stand it!”
“Are you crazy, Claudia?! “We’ve already set the mood, but are you going to pass out after drinking and postpone it until later?!”
“It’s okay, let me go! I’ll just drink until I’m drunk! Just until you get drunk! “I’m so embarrassed that I can’t stay sober anymore!”
Rize was just leisurely looking at the three who were desperately arguing.
“Aren’t you going to join me?”
“I’m small, petite, and cute, so wearing it there wouldn’t help much, so why?”
I was patting the head of Lize, who was laughing loudly while quoting what Claudia said earlier. After a long, drawn-out argument, the winner was decided.
The winner was Claudia, who emptied half of the contents. Iris and Erica hesitantly set aside the half-full bottle.
“Hey…… Hiccup… ….”
Claudia, who made a strange moaning sound, staggered and came into my arms. Even though she simply buried her face in her arms, I could smell her alcohol. I could sense her peach scent here and there, but the other thing was so overwhelming.
“Delta, because you protect me…… “Then can I be cute now?”
“Aegyo?”
An intuition crossed her mind that something unusual would happen if she allowed it here. But Claudia opened her mouth faster than I could tell him to stop.
“Delta oppaaang…… Claudia, I was just as scared back then as I was now. Ugh?”
“Until there.”
Fortunately, I was able to stop her before she could finish speaking. Claudia smiled brightly even though her mouth was covered. It seemed like she had no idea what she was trying to say.
‘Is this what Claudia feels like when she’s drunk?’
I was truly glad that the alcohol was strong. Not to those around her, but to Claudia herself.
“… ….”
“… ….”
“… ….”
The knight commanders, who witnessed an unusual scene right before their eyes, were dazed like puppets whose strings had been cut, and it was only when I winked that they finally came to their senses. Then he creaked and turned around.
“Okay, then we’ll just go, Delta.”
“The purpose is, yes. “Because the purpose has been achieved.”
“Now, I’ll leave the rest to you, Delta? Go for it?”
“Where are you going?”
I called the three of them who were about to go back to their room. Rize, Erika, and Iris looked around with anxious eyes.
Through magic, he filled three glasses half with alcohol and pushed them. Of course, it was the 183% alcohol that Claudia had leftover. The wine glass flew without even an inch of movement and stopped right in front of her chest, making it easy for her to catch it with her hand.
“You can’t take those memories with you. You have to protect your friend’s dignity. Is not it?”
The three pupils began to flutter.