“Okay?!”
While walking down the street, Aris suddenly sat down on the floor with a startled scream…
“What’s up?!”
I was worried about her sudden fall and I tried to support her, but now she didn’t seem to have time to care about me.
“Ugh…!”
Like an undead monster disappearing under the scorching sun, Aris is suffering enough to make a moan of pain.
He started to writhe on the floor, even sweating in a cold sweat.
“Aris, are you okay?!”
In the end, I, who could not see it, hadtily cast a recovery-type magic, but she still struggles with the pain and continues to scream with a cracked voice.
Magic is useless… Is there any underlying problem?
However, my worries for a while…
“Ugh… huh…?”
Soon, the darkened complexion returns again and begins to caress her body as if curiously.
“Are you okay now…?”
His expression relaxed as if nothing had happened, and he quickly got up on his own, wiping himself without my help.
“I’ve just been in a lot of pain, what’s going on?”
When she expresses a question in a voice mixed with bewilderment about something so sudden, her face becomes ambiguous as if it was a little unexpected.
“I don’t know…”
He puts on a bitter expression as if he can’t really infer the reason for this.
“But this isn’t the first time this has happened…”
“What?”
The remarks sounded a little shocking, and the atmosphere suddenly changed to solemn.
Isn’t this the first time she’s behaved like this?
Scared of asking her own questions, she solidifies the atmosphere with a serious face and tells a story to herself.
“Sometimes I have seizures like this… I don’t know why, but when I try to forget, the unspeakable pain torments me…”
I wipe away the sweat and leave my body tired of pain to me.
“Are you aware of any disease?”
However, he shakes his head so clearly as if he couldn’t even explain it for such a light reason.
“It’s something different to pass it up like that… Maybe it’s a bit more abstract concept… To be honest, I don’t even know why.”
She doesn’t even know why she has to be like this…
“I feel the pain as if my whole body is burning at an unspecified cycle… It’s so painful that I flounder on the floor and unintentionally harm the people around me…”
He was afraid that he might have a bad influence on others because of himself rather than that he was having a hard time for unclear reasons.
“I’m sorry… Were you surprised? We went out to be nice to each other, but I think I ruined the atmosphere because of me…”
Worried that I might feel bad, he looks at my face with anxious eyes.
However, as if responding to her anxiety, I grabbed her by the shoulder and…
“No, it’s okay, I’d rather do something for you.”
To be honest, I was a little surprised, but at least my opinion was that I wanted to comfort her.
“What… what?!”
Aris blushes while screaming in a different meaning than before at my remarks.
“Well, you have to live with fear and fear of the pain that may come at any time?”
If I said I understood the situation correctly, I would tilt my head myself, but I thought I knew what kind of situation Aris was in right now.
It’s like a curse… I mean, I’ve been living a life where I can’t let go of my vigilance…
As for me, I have never experienced a life similar to her, so why is it that I have strong sympathy…
“That… yes, but…”
I don’t know why they blush and feel embarrassed in this situation, but I wanted to say this for the first time.
“Aren’t you so pitiful? I’ll help you, if you’re not a burden, I want to do my best to help you solve this problem.”
I have sympathized with her to the extent that I can say that something is excessive, and I look into her eyes with my straight eyes as if determined to never waver.
“Wh.. what… what?! I… really…?!”
Then, Aris shook her body more violently than before and blushed like an apple.
“yes.”
I nod my head vigorously, affirming with just a few words to show my innocence.
“Herald made me so…”
Seeing my attitude, she wondered what kind of thoughts were exploding inside her, but as she went on suddenly, her focus was blurry.
“Because it’s hard to pass a difficult person easily… I want to help you.”
However, I emphasize once more because everything I have said so far has been my honest true intention that cannot be denied.
“Heh… Harold…”
Then, mixed with emotion and unknown emotions, he starts looking at me and speaks to me with a smile that feels a little lingering.
“Thank you, Harold is kind…”
Aris’s small voice mutters in my ear as if she wanted to thank me, but as if she was muttering to herself.
After saying those words, Aris lowered her head for a moment and then smiled and pondered about something, but it didn’t last long.
“It’s not long ago, but Harold is not a curse, but myself…”
She must have mumbled something, but this time she couldn’t hear it because she opened her mouth.
“What did you just say?”
However, at my question, I just shake my head and try to laugh.
“It’s nothing! So, can I rely on Harold a little? I want to leave it to you, strong and kind.”
If you want to leave it to me, it’s a matter of pain.
“If only you are okay.”
When she nodded once more, Aris once again delivered a silent answer with a smile full of emotions.
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“I had a nice time today!”
In the afternoon, when time passes and the sky turns a little orange, the sunset begins to come.
“It was great to be able to spend time with Harold!”
Giving me an evaluation of today’s meeting, I pause for a moment at a crossroads.
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Now, the moment we had to part, we had to part because our homes were different.“I also had a good time thanks to Aris.”
They greet each other and start moving away from each other.
“See you at the academy!”
After finishing my time with Aris like that, I was left alone, and I was walking on a street with very few people.
“Now, where should I go, shall I go to see Morione-sama as a face that came out of the royal capital?”
It was when I was just walking down the street, contemplating the destination where the end of my footsteps would reach.
“there…!”
Alone, I hear a strange voice coming from behind the man
“yes?”
I unconsciously answered, wondering if he was calling me, and turned around…
“Uh… you…”
A woman with plain-looking iron armor, a sword, and red hair braided in a ponytail
“It’s probably the second time we’ve done this?!”
Surely a few hours ago, the moment Aris kissed my cheek, an adventurer who mistook someone for a woman approaches me.
“Aren’t you an adventurer before? It’s just a coincidence that we met again.”
He smiled with a smile that felt a little awkward at my words, and scratched his left cheek with his index finger.
“Haha… That’s right, it’s a coincidence, a coincidence like this… I have something I want to tell you about meeting like this.”
Is there anything you want to tell me?
“What’s going on?”
“That… I’m sorry earlier. I know you had a good time with other people, but I thought I might have disrupted the atmosphere by pretending to know…”
It must be said that it feels a little urgent, the speed of speaking is fast and the atmosphere seems to be urgent.
“It’s fine, I don’t really care.”
There’s no such thing as a little masked feeling, but when I answer with a smile as naturally as possible, I make a suggestion to myself.
“If it’s not rude, can I buy you a meal as an apology? There is a place I know.”
I’m not saying it’s okay to ask for a reward… He asks me to eat right away.
“Yes? It’s okay if you don’t…”
“No! It’s because I really want to repay you!”
I feel like I’m a bit of a weird person like before because I’m trying to do him a favor so it’s burdensome.
“……”
Most of the time, I want to refuse, but when he recommends me again, I look up at the sky and fall into a bit of trouble.
The sky was just turning into a sunset, it was summer and the sun was still there, but in terms of time, it was the moment when the evening time was slowly approaching.
“Even though…”
“It’s okay if you don’t say no!”
I don’t feel hungry because I ate too much at lunch, but I do go out anyway…
“If you want to compensate me that much… I won’t strongly refuse.”
Reluctantly, I decided to accept her offer.
“Haha..!”
Then, with a bright smile, her mood suddenly brightened and she nodded her head.
“Thank you! I will definitely repay you with good food!”
Raising his head, he puts his hand on his left chest and gently shows manners.
“My name is Erina Robbias! Please feel free to call me Erina!”
Erinira… It was the first name I had ever heard.
“My name is Harold Wicker.”
Let me introduce myself by revealing my name too…
“……”
It was a brief moment, but for some reason, she could feel the sadness of longing on her face.
“Yes… It’s not the first time we’ve met… but I think we should call it a first meeting.”
He said those words as if muttering, but his voice was a little heavy to see what deep meaning it had to her.
After all, I had met him once during the day before, but it was okay even if it was my first time, so in a way, I wanted to agree with Erina-san.
“Then, Erina-san?”
“…?!”
I wondered if something was wrong with my sudden, shocking eyes at my call, but…
“B.. Yes… Shall we go then?”
He changed his expression again and made a smiling face, so he decided to just move on.
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The restaurant Erina-san introduced was a place with a slightly unique atmosphere.
It’s more like a bar where you can dine rather than a restaurant… It was a place with a rather calm atmosphere.
In fact, the menu here is good for a meal, but it’s also suitable as a side dish with alcohol.
“I come here every now and then, when I think about it. Alcohol has only downsides biologically, but there are times when it has advantages from an ideological point of view.”
Then he orders a cocktail and takes a light sip.
I am grateful to introduce them and eat them as a reward, but I instinctively felt that this place was a little out of place for me.
“It’s mine, so you can eat as much as you want, and you can order as much food as you like.”
He handed me something like a menu board with each type written on it, but…
“…..”
I pretended to think about it and stared at the menu for a while.
Because I don’t know much about these things, so I don’t know what’s good.
In the first place, I was not a fan of alcohol itself, so in this respect, I was an asshole.
“How about this?”
However, Erina-san recommends one menu to me, probably because she read my heart.
“This cocktail is really good for food.”
Erina-san seems to be a drinker, and in this part, it is revealed that she is quite knowledgeable.
“Then let’s do it.”
After ordering as recommended by her, a cocktail and steaming food were served after a while.
The food we decided to eat was creamy pasta.
“By the way, Erina-san, can I not order you something to eat?”
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Now that I see, her table was all the cocktails she ordered earlier.“Yeah… well… I’ll eat it soon.”
Obviously I don’t even remember ordering food, but what do you eat…
I had to pick up the fork first because he kept looking at me as if to eat it quickly.
“Well then, I’ll eat.”
Roll the noodles with a fork and the flavor of cream that I know of spreads throughout my mouth.
“It’s a nice shop.”
There was no reply to my praise, but instead he smiled with satisfaction.
gulp
As soon as I took a sip of the cocktail I ordered, the cool throat felt better, and even I was able to savor the alcohol, which felt too little to drink.
Contrary to what I first felt, the restaurant fits quite well, and I can say it’s tension… The feeling I’ve been holding on to is relieved even more.
“There, Mr. Harold.”
Erina, who suddenly speaks to me while drinking a cocktail
“What’s going on?”
In response to that, he poses a random question to me.
“Was that woman a lover during the day?”
At those words, I almost spit out the dirty contents in my mouth…
It’s sudden, but it’s too sudden… Why is it all of a sudden…
I wanted to express such a question, but I do not want to touch the planting in the view of getting and eating, so I just answer it as it is.
“We’re not lovers, you’ve witnessed some misunderstood scenes, but it’s not like that at all…”
At those words, the atmosphere brightens with a more happy face for some reason.
But it’s really sudden to ask such a question-
pounding!
My heart beats loudly before I even speak
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Next…“Then it might be a little over-reaction.”
Unlike me, who was a little embarrassed, he still showed a calm side.
what’s happening now…
dump!
uh…?
I have no strength in my body…
My eyelids are strangely heavy…
Suddenly my body…
“Good night, Harold ♡”