Chapter 79 (1/2)

CHAPTER 79 – FAVORABILITY GAME

「Lucio-kun!」

「What are you doing?! Please stop!」(Veronica)

Afternoon, when I returned, Nadia jumped out of the mansion, and soon after, Veronica chased after her.

The two stood in front me, and argued.

「Isn’t it fine, making Lucio-kun decide would be the best」

「There is no need for that」

「There is〜. We should make this clear」

「In the first place, that is not something that needs to be judged which one’s better」

「Not like judging which one’s better, but don’t you want to brag about it? Like “ahh, I am being ーー this much”」(TL: the ーー is actually at the end of the sentence in the raws, but can’t translate ’cause sentence construction are different)

「B-Brag……」

「Un, brag about it. And, you’d want to know right, like “Ah! It was really ーー similarly”」

「S-Something like that, I do notーー」

The two argued in front of me.

No, rather than arguing, it felt like Nadia was pus.h.i.+ng one-sidedly, Veronica was stuttering.

「Wait, wait」

I got between of the two.

「I can’t tell what you’re talking about. In the first place, what is it? What’s the thing you want me to judge?」

「It is nothiーー」

「Lucio-kun, can you use a magic that can show the likes and loves degree」

「Show likes and loves degree……? Do I only need to visualize favorability?」

「That’s probably it!」

*Bis.h.i.+!*, she pointed at me.

Nadia was quite in a high tension. On the other hand, Veronica was pouting her lips in a sulking face.

I don’t know what’s it all about, but that faceーー.

「Enticing」

「Eh? Lucio-kun, did you say something?」

「No, it’s nothing. E〜to, is it like this?」

I reached out my hands towards the two, with an instant of searching inside my mind, I used the magic that I found.

「『Love Parameter』」

The light of the magic created two panels, each of the panels has 3 digit numbers.

The one that was in front of Nadia was 121, and 197 on Veronica’s.

「Wa〜, it came out. Ne〜, ne〜, how’s this? Our likes and loves degree to Lucio-kun?」

「Please call it favorability」

I laughed wryly. Likes and loves degree is very Nadia-ish, but I really can’t get used to it. (TL: Favorability= koukando, likes and… = sukisukido)

「Well, that’s right I guess」

「He〜」

Nadia looked at the two panels, looked at Veronica, and placed a hand over her mouth and laughed like “Humu”.

Then she tapped Veronica with her elbow.

「As I’ve thought, Vero-chan also super likes Lucio-kun」

「Uu……」

Veronica blushed and looked down.

She’s like twice embarra.s.sed with her favorability exposed, and made fun of.

「T-That’s not true at all! This is some kind of a mistake」

「But, the numbers are showing you know?」

「That is the strange part. There is no way that I would have this difference from you. There should be some mistake」

「Is that true?」

Nadia asked me.

「You can say that it’s wrong, or you rather, it’s changing. This is the number right now」

「Right now?」

「That’s right, right now」

After I nodded, Nadia placed a finger on her forehead, and thought about it.

And, she hugged me.

「Luccio-ku〜n!」

「Owa!」

「I love you! Lucio-kun!」

She said to me with her arms around my neck.

And then, her numbers increased.

121, 122, 123ーー, just like that, it increased up to 140.

「Oh〜, it really went up. Un, about that much huh」

「Is that so?」

「Un, I super liked Lucio-kun slightly better than earlier」

I don’t get it, but, it was a number that was completely convincing for Nadia herself.

But, that was also Veronica’s tragedy.

「Mufu!」

With arms around my neck, I looked at Veronica and her number.

198, it increased a little.

「I-It’s wrong. That’s not it!!」

「It’s okay, it’s okay, super liking Lucio-kun. Vero-chan’s also Lucio-kun’s wife so it’s a normal thing」

「That is!  ……that, might be true……but」

「I know! Ne〜, Vero-chan, let’s play a game!」

「A game?」

「Un! a game where who would be better on super liking Lucio-kun」

「A game like thatーー」

「The person who would win can do “something good” with Lucio-kun」

「S-Something good?」

Veronica stole a glance on me while still looking down a slightly.

Her cheeks were flushedーーwhat is she planning to ask for?

「What do you think?」

「……alright」

「Ohh」

「However, I will also add a rule. During the game, you can not touch him」

「I can’t touch?」

「It is normal to increase if you’d touch」

「U〜n……well, that’s true」