Chapter 453: I Guess a Relationship Like This Isnt so Bad (1/2)

After my date with Isis-san, I normally would have gone straight back to the Central Tower for dinner. However, I have promised to eat with Lilia-san and the others tonight, so I will head there after letting Kuro and the others know.

As I walked out of the Central Tower, I saw someone familiar who had probably come to pick me up.

[……Arehh? Lunamaria-san. Did you come all the way here to pick me up?]

[Yes, popular restaurants tend to get crowded, so I've told My Lady and the others that I would fetch you first.]

[Ahh, I see. Thank you.]

[No…… By the way, Miyama-sama?]

[Yes?]

When I thanked her, Lunamaria-san smiled as if to say not to worry about it, before her expression changed to something serious and spoke.

[……I've been meaning to ask you something for a long time……]

[What is it?]

[……Why is it that you still call me ”Lunamaria-san”?]

[……Huh?]

The words that she seriously said weren't something that I had expected. With a puzzled expression on her face, I waited for Lunamaria-san's next words.

[In the six months since Miyama-sama came to this world, I have been treating you as an important guest and have been ”devoting my everything” to you.]

[……No, I don't remember you doing that.]

[After all these times, Miyama-sama and I should have been closer!]

[…………………]

……Oi, don't ignore what I'm saying, you useless maid. Putting aside whether we have become closer or not, I don't remember you devoting anything to me, you know!? If anything, you were the one who was trying to tease me every chance you got! I mean, you even set me up a couple of times already!!!

[And yet……. I still feel as if a barrier within Miyama-sama's heart was blocking me!]

[……Right now, more walls are forming around my heart, you know? It's even getting taller, you know?]

[”I have supported Miyama-sama in many situations”, if I may say so myself. We have taken on many challenges together, and I am even proud to say that we are comrades-in-arms.]

[No, like I said, why the heck are you all brazenly putting yourself in such a position…… Seriously, you're the only one who thinks like that, okay?]

[But! However! There's still a big wall between us.]

[………………….]

She's not listening to me at all!? Why the heck were our conversations not connecting with each other at all!? This useless maid is freaking evading everything I'm saying!

This is really astounding, but from the looks of it, she probably wouldn't listen to me even when I deny things.

Letting out a big sigh, I then told Lunamaria-san what I think she wanted me to say.

[……So, in the end, what are you trying to say?]

[I'm glad you asked! All I wanted from Miyama-sama is that…… putting it simply, to talk about your way of calling me!]

[……Huhh.]

[Even though Kusunoki-sama and Yuzuki-sama affectionately call me ”Luna-san”, Miyama-san still calls me ”Lunamaria-san”…… Isn't this something that should be corrected immediately?]

[……No, I mean…… I don't feel like I'm affectionate enough with you that I would call you by your nickname……]