132 – Even if I wake up… Nothing will happen, right now
After meeting Aris and Arcia, this time he goes to meet Morione…
“Welcome, Harold.”
“Husband! It’s been a while!”
On the other hand, they welcomed me with a bright atmosphere that felt pretentious.
As if… You knew I was coming…
“Ugh… That’s not the difference, there’s one thing I want to say.”
Relieve the burden that comes from being treated too aggressively and caress the back of the neck with your right hand.
“You may know, Morione… But now something like a disaster is about to happen in the world.”
Tempus said that he would have some time to speak in an easy-going way, but since there was a time limit, there was no harm in rushing, so he got straight to the point.
What I heard from the God of Time will be summarized as much as possible and only the main points will be summarized.
“Hmm… Tempus said that…”
He responded that it was interesting, but it was clearly visible that he was filled with confidence rather than admiration, as if he knew to some extent.
“……”
Strangely enough, Lucia was just keeping her silence. She seemed to have a lot of things she wanted to say, but the way she was holding back seemed a little suspicious.
“I’m vaguely feeling it, so I’ve already prepared to some extent.”
I guess it was because she was the goddess of fate… I felt like we could communicate well.
“…….”
As the original text is organized in an instant, my mind turns completely white.
I should say that I feel like I’ve forgotten something… Unlike the people I’ve met before, they didn’t ask me to do anything particularly embarrassing.
So, I was wondering if I would be humiliated again this time… Morione and Luria remained silent, only making facial expressions as if they were asking if they had anything more to say.
To be honest, this is a better situation for me. I was tired of being taken too far by others… But these two don’t have that, so I feel a little uneasy… But on the other hand, I breathe a sigh of relief. .
So, I felt a little awkward because I didn’t have anything more to say, but I had conveyed everything I wanted to say, so I was about to say hello and leave…
“As expected… Still, aren’t you sad that there isn’t anything there?”
Morione suddenly blurts out words whose meaning cannot be understood from her context.
“I’m sad…?”
“I can see it when I look at your face. It feels like you’re feeling sad… It’s like you’re feeling very empty because there’s nothing that should be there.”
Then, suddenly, Morio lifted her dress slightly, exposing her shoulder…
“Then should I try to act like a fool too?”
I was relieved a little while ago, but I was immediately betrayed…
“I actually know, who Harold met and what he did before this.”
“?!”
A thought that suddenly freezes to a halt with those words.
Then do you know everything about what they did and said to them?
When that thought crosses my mind, the tension becomes even more intense.
If… She knew what she said to Erina….
“….”
It gave me chills just imagining it… He’s already jealous, so he’s even tried to make me his own, but he gets caught?
It becomes proof that my life line is short.
“Especially Erina… How could you say something like that?”
“…?!!”
As soon as the anxiety that I had kept in my mind, just in case, comes to mind, it hits me right in the face…
“Even if it’s a world where it’s okay for one male to have multiple females… Isn’t that a bit excessive when it comes to people who truly love you?”
The eyes were rapidly darkening… I sensed that something had gone wrong, something very wrong.
“Will I be able to receive the same treatment?”
For a moment, her seriousness seems to be empty, as if she is empty inside, and she exudes a sense of leisure and laughter as she lets her words hang out.
“To be honest, I don’t think I should leave you alone anymore… Because I’m not there, your good heart is being used to promise such ridiculous things.”
Lusria seems to know this, too, as she slowly approaches me with an expression full of dissatisfaction.
“I want to suffer that act right now… Can you do it?”
This was such an unreasonable request… It was not something I could do with my sanity at the moment.
“Wait a minute… Let’s resolve it through conversation…!”
She takes a step back in line with each approaching foot, and widens her stride as much as possible to go further than the distance they are approaching.
“Huh…?!”
But that was only for a moment… My back was blocked by something cold and I could no longer retreat…
“Wait a minute…?”
I looked back and what I saw was the tightly closed door of the temple.
It was obviously supposed to be open… But at some point, it closed without any gaps, standing like a wall…
“Where are you running away from? In the first place, you have to take responsibility for your words… Whoever you said it to, shouldn’t you take it back?”
In the end, Morione and Luria came literally right in front of me…
Wait a minute… Really?
I wonder if I haven’t fully accepted reality yet… Or if I’m denying it because I wish it weren’t so… I can’t believe my eyes right now and I reach out my hand to stop them.
“It’s no use. I think it would be better for both of us if we accepted it.”
“I… I don’t know how that word exists inside you, but… I don’t think it’s in this form…?”
I could clearly guess what they were going to do to me, so with my last struggle, I risked my words and fell.
Now, if you look at the meaning, this may not be wrong… But that wasn’t the problem right now.
“First… Lightly….”
Morione’s lips got closer and closer, and it seemed like she was serious now…
“Ugh!”
I quickly gather my unprepared mind and close my eyes tightly. I really don’t want to accept the reality that is about to hit me, but I have no choice but to prepare.
“hehehe, it’s just a joke.”
However, contrary to such worries, what I actually felt was a light touch on the back of my neck.
“It would be better to do that after everything is over like you said to Erina, so I’ll skip it for today.”
Luckily, I should say it fortunately… The future looks dark… But I sigh deeply at the fact that we are safe right now.
“Now, if you want to talk to the other girls, there’s no time to stay like this. Go ahead and get out there.”
Soon, following Morione’s words, the main gate of the throne room slowly begins to open.
“Yes…?”
You may feel a little helpless as the situation turns out to be easier than expected.
“I’ll let you pass by for today, so go ahead. I’ll come visit you in the evening, so don’t play around too much.”
Lucia’s attitude suddenly changed, and her competitive nature disappeared and she became considerate of me…
Why is this happening all of a sudden…?
“Then… I’ll just go…”
Still, there was nothing bad for me, so as Morione said, I headed out of the temple.
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What a strange reaction…
What on earth are they harboring to let them go so obediently?…
The throne room where Harold left and the two of them were left alone…
“By the way, don’t you know what the other girls you’ll meet in front of you are doing? They know what they’re going to do… So they’re so confident, right?”
“Since soon it will be just us… It wouldn’t be a bad idea to let us meet at least once as a last act of mercy.”
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“Herald…? Welcome…!!”
The next person we visited was Princess Marika.
In order to meet her in person, she had to go through a very strict screening process.
Being a member of the royal family who rules the country… It required a more cumbersome process than meeting anyone else.
“I can’t believe you came all the way here! I’m glad!”
She gets up, ignoring the pile of papers in front of her, and sits down at my reception table, which is meant to serve her guests.
“What brought you here? The corners of your mouth turn up especially when you say you came to me for some reason.”
He smiled brightly and started brewing tea with quick movements of his hands. It was a very skillful movement, as if he enjoyed drinking tea on a regular basis.
“Now, let’s talk slowly. My vision is fine.”
Soon, she handed me a cup of fragrant red black tea and cupped it with both hands.
I just stare at the black tea… My face is reflected in the clear and transparent black tea… A person comes to mind.
I just came to talk about it, and it was truly a subtle coincidence.
“The God of Time will soon revolt… If the gods who can unleash their true power run rampant, this kingdom will become truly dangerous…”
Then Marika opened her eyes wide, losing all the calmness from before.
I sip my tea little by little and explain the situation like everyone else.
“Oh my god…”
What makes her different from others is… Marika, who has a particularly shocked expression.
That was a sufficient response as his country could be on the brink of destruction.
“Then I need to strengthen the kingdom’s security… And I don’t know how much time I have, but I need to improve my skills at least a little.”
“I’m not as strong as Harold, so if the gods truly go berserk, I probably won’t be able to withstand it at all.”
They respond satisfactorily to see if the warning has been fully accepted.
“Anyway, Harold… I want to ask you one thing.”
I felt hopeful for a while, but then the mood became heavy, as if I had a serious request to make.
“This is what I said at the academy, if it ends safely… Can you become my direct article?”
He suddenly asked me if I could be his escort…
“I’ll leave the engagement later… It’s okay if it’s just for a little while, so just stay by my side as a knight.”
He reaches out his hand to me with a more correct expression than ever before.
“The first place in the line of succession was left vacant when my older brother was found to be a heretic and passed away… There are so many political problems right now, and many siblings are trying to take the position that my older brother originally enjoyed.”
“And… After the ancient god incident that day, I, who was considered incompetent only because I returned alive from the sacrificial ritual, is gradually being re-evaluated. Although the general public may not know, the rankings that are updated every day show that my influence continues. It’s just getting bigger.”
“So, help me… I can gain strength just by having you by my side. When I heard the news that you were missing, my grades were low… But I’m recovering now.”
Have you ever seen Marika this serious? She was sincere.
“I’ll think positively… I sincerely intend to help you at least become the next successor.”
She said that wasn’t the answer she wanted to hear… Still, she smiled contentedly and lightly shook her hand that was holding mine.
“Thank you, Harold… He was so kind as expected, and he didn’t reject me even though he said he was going to use me.”
“Nothing to say.”
She brushed off her compliment and finished drinking her tea and was about to get up…
“That’s why there are so many women around…”
Marika suddenly says something strange…
“Many gods and talented people… Compared to the other women by your side, I am definitely a burden.”
Then the smooth atmosphere suddenly turns strangely…
“Then my position will definitely be narrow compared to others.”
“So in order to solve it, a strong fait accompli will be needed.”
The moment you say something you shouldn’t say…
“Oh…?”
The view is receding…
How did this happen… Isn’t it…?
I opened my eyes, which were getting heavy and closing, as much as I could and looked at Marika…
Her face was flushed with her lustful eyes.
“For example, making a baby first…♡”
Then, she swallowed two pills that she didn’t know where she got them from.