Chapter 171 Telling my Feelings to Kuro (1/2)

I have returned to Alice’s shop through Teleportation Magic.

It seems that my body is currently surrounded by a Defensive Magic made from the magic power of all the Six Kings other than Kuro, but I honestly can’t see any changes around me.

[……It would have been nice if Ein-san had actually also helped out with this but……]

[……You did say that Ein-san refused, didn’t you?]

[Yes, she flatly refused…… saying she wasn’t interested in accepting my call.]

[I see……]

For Ein-san, who has sworn her utmost loyalty to Kuro and puts her first in everything, what I’m doing is an act of intruding Kuro’s heart…… It doesn’t seem like it’s something she would approve.

I don’t intend to whitewash it and say that what I’m doing is for Kuro’s sake…… It doesn’t matter if Alice asked me earlier or not, because I’m confessing that I’m in love with Kuro because that is what I feel.

I think it would be disrespectful to Kuro if it wasn’t.

As I was thinking about this, I heard the door of the miscellaneous goods store open, a door that is rarely visited by customers.

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[……Excuse me.]

[Wha!?]

[Ein-san!?]

The person who walked into the store was Ein-san, who had just come up in the conversation.

Ein-san walked straight over to us and stopped in front of the astonished Alice and I, turning her light purple eyes to me with a cold expression on her face.

[……Kaito-sama, I’ll go ahead and ask for myself. Are you going to have second thoughts now?]

[……Please wait, Ein-san. What are you going to do with that kind of information?]

Hearing her announce so with a cold voice, as if there’s no emotion held in it, I involuntarily step back, while Alice quickly stands in front of me and glares at Ein-san.

The air between the two sides of the tense conversation seemed to creak…… Alice even had a knife in her hand before I knew it, as if she was going to cut Ein-san depending on her response.

[……Shalltear. For the time being, I’ll clear up the misunderstandings in your mind. What you have told me before, it’s not like I’m thinking it’s impossible for Kaito-sama…… I think he has around 50% chance of succeeding.]

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[Then, why won’t you help us?]

[It’s simple. It’s because it isn’t absolute.]

[ ! ? ]

As they stared at each other, Ein-san and Alice sharply exchanged words.

When Alice asks why she won’t cooperate, Ein-san nonchalantly replies that it’s because our chances aren’t 100%.

[If the results of Kaito-sama’s actions bear fruit, Kuromu-sama will be saved…… but that doesn’t matter at all. Now, if Kuromu-sama has even a fragment of possibility of being hurt…… Did you think I would overlook that?]

[……What are you planning to do to Kaito-san?]

[I’m not going to hurt him. All I will do is just persuade him. Just so he could reconsider, “I will just have to persuade him no matter how many hours, days, years”…… If it’s with my abilities, I can do that.]

[Wha!? Are you seriously saying that!?]

Perhaps, no…… I’m sure, Ein-san can manipulate time. That’s why, what she’s saying isn’t a bluff.

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While the atmosphere around Alice is getting angrier, nevertheless, Ein-san remains calm and stares at me.

[Kaito-sama, please take into account what I just said…… and reconsider it once again. Are you going to have second thoughts now?]

[……I don’t.]

[……Is that so…… No, I guess I should rather say I should have expected this…… It can’t be helped.]

[ ! ? ]

No matter what Ein-san says…… I’m not going to change my decision.

I don’t have any lofty reasons or cool thoughts…… It’s just because I love Kuro…… Just because I can’t give up on Kuro…… Just because of that.

Hearing my words, Ein-san quietly nodded and then, pointed her hand at me.

In response to her movement, Alice instantly stepped in between us but…… In the next moment, a sphere of magic power appeared in front of her hand, the same sphere I received from Alice and the others.

[……Eh?]

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While Alice sounded startled, the sphere of magic power left Ein-san’s hand and flowed into my body.

[……Ein-san?]

[If it was the me from before, I would have done what I just said earlier…… It seems like my mind has also been poisoned by you huh…… Making me want to bet on something I shouldn’t have. So, for once in my life, and only this one time…… I will break my self-imposed rules.]

With a smile so small that one wouldn’t have been able to tell if they don’t pay attention, Ein-san quickly turns on her heel.

Looking at Ein-san, who is about to leave, as if her business is over, Alice lets out a big sigh and mutters.

[That helps us. To be honest, If I were to fight against Ein–san with most of my magic power drained, it’s going to be difficult to protect Kaito-san.]

[……Stop saying random things. It may just be me who is thinking of this but…… After Shallow Vernal-sama and Kuromu-sama, I believe that you are the third most powerful being in the world…… If I had been unyielding with my values, you would have taken out some sort of “trump card” you have, don’t you?]

[……I don’t know, why are you asking me that? Don’t you think you’re just overestimating me?]

Hearing the words Ein-san indifferently said, Alice unseriously shook her head.

Not arguing with her taunting attitude, Ein-san walks to the door, where she stops once and speaks without looking back.

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[Kaito-sama, if you hurt Kuromu-sama, no matter what the outcome will be…… I will not forgive you.]

[……Yes.]

[……However, if you saved Kuromu-sama…… that debt…… I will never forget it for the rest of my life. I will definitely repay it.]

[……Eh?]

[I wish you good luck……]