Chapter 35 (1/2)

Chapter 35 Reunion (2)

After finishi+ng the late lunch, having nothing else better to do, I si

I stared at the ceiling but it’s not like there was anything worth watching there either Now then, what should I do next?

“Now then, I’ll clear up the tableware and return in a moment, ‘kay?”(utano)

I looked towards Utano-san who rose from her chair as she said that She had her usual serious-looking face that I ell acquainted with

“I could at least help with that……”(renji)

“Injured should just rest Don’t worry, I’ll h to pay back for this later”

That sounds unpleasant on its own though Any job from her sounds troublesoh h

“I have a bad feeling about this, really”(renji)

“How rude Do you really think I’ll give you a job solely to tease you, Yamada-kun?”(utano)

You would, definitely…………I wonder ould happen if I actually said that?

While thinking of that, I aze becanore that I feel like I’ll be dragged even further down if I pointed that out

“Let me help as well”(aya)

As if trying to helpthe plates on the tray Utano-san’s gaze moved towards Aya at that

As I felt relieved inside ain I panicked and ended up straightening up my back

“Renji-san, please take a good rest now”(aya)

“Yeah——–”

“I’ll keep watch so its fine!”(fairy)

Just when I was about to reply to Aya, Anastasia gave a reply while standing near my ear She had returned to my shoulder from Utano-san

“……heavy”(renji)

“Ahn?”

Even if you’re a fairy, it’s really weird for a girl to make such sounds Near my ear, Anastasia spoke in a really low but cold voice It’s not like the first ti her speak like this; she speaks like this when she gets a bit angry

“Wow, Anastasia is going to stay with me, I’m so happy”(renji)

“Good, good Show your gratitude with tears in your eyes Renji”(fairy)

“Fufu”

Was it Aya or Utano-san who laughed at that? That said, Anastasia’s ed Her voice is back to norry Or rather, she’s definitely angry As you’d expect of a woh to even be called a woht It was only a joke though Well, that excuse won’t work now though

“Anastasia, you sure get along with Yamada-kun, don’t you?”(utano)

“Of course But don’t worry, I don’t whip injured people so I won’t do anything like that”

“Wait, if I hadn’t been injured were you going to whip me!?”(renji)

“That or, would have hung you down the ”

That’s equally scary! That’s inhumane I’d die, you know?

“That aside, Utano-san”(renji)

” Hoh? ‘that aside’…?”(fairy)

“Utano-san, take this one with you, she’s really starting to scare me”(renji)

“Don’t worry I’m not scary, not scary at all”

The way you’re speaking as if trying to persuade a pet animal only makes it more scary stupid!

“You two really do get along”(utano)

“Eh, where? How?”(renji)

When I asked that, Utano-san sih Anastasia simply silently pulled on my ear It doesn’t hurt but it does tickle so really, stop As th in her hands grabbingfun with it

“Don’t start fighting and destroy the room, okay?”(aya)

“No need to worry We won’t imitate you and Koutarou”(renji)

“……you still remember that?”(aya)

Surprised for a second, Aya then hid her face in embarrassment

Once, while on our journey, those two fought in an inn which led to a full out ic battle inside a room I don’t remember the reason behind their quarrel but I remember how troublesome it was to deal with it after wards We had to pay so much just for the repairs

But it sure was easy back thenThe country would pay for all our expenses Well, both ht coht Order though It can’t be helped It was totally our fault after all Well, Aya and Koutarou’s fault to be exact

“How nostalgic Also…you sure re Aya eh Yamada-kun?”(utano)

“Yuuko-san!”(aya)

“No need to react that , okay?”(utano)

“Uu…uuu”

While talking like that, those two left the room

“Ah, Yamada-kun?”(utano)

“Hm?”

“Co for you”

Saying that at the very end, she left Aya seeabout, she’s probably just wants to talk about e’ll do next There’s the matter of the Demon God’s heart as well I’m not very excited about this I have already had my expectations destroyed countless ti so many times

Aya though, I wonder what she ionna tease her about this later

“What does she mean?”(fairy)

“Well, it’s adult talk, you don’t have to worry”(renji)

“………”

With Anastasia still onback down onway too bored Since I had been sleeping for 5 days already, I didn’t feel like sleeping either It didn’t feel right to keep on lying on my bed needlessly So, I decided to leave the room for a walk It’s necessary to move my dull body as well after all

“just when I was finally free from Ermenhilde, now I have to deal with you eh……”(renji)

“What’s up with that? Even though I’ lonely”(fairy)

“Yeah yeah Thank you very much for that”

“I don’t feel like you h?”

“Oh I am very thankful, really, Anastasia-sama”

Angrily, or rather sulkily, Anastasia turned her head away to the other side Instead of the usual Eret some alone time?

While thinking like that, I walked through the empty corridor The brand new leather boots prepared for me made a dull sound as I walked It was a bit chilly here but since the weather was nice, I’m sure my body arm up as I walk

Even though I was bedridden till just now, I have become able to walk just after oneNot just our physical abilities, even our restorative capacities are in a level above normal Well, I’m still nowhere near the superhuuys, they’d probably be able to

“You have a gorgeous fairy walking with you, you sure are a huance aren’t you?”(fairy)

“You’re not supposed to say that yourself, you know?”

Well, true, Anastasia is definitely a beauty With curly green hair and wings on her back A fairy, that only existed in tales and legends in our world, existed here as if it was co on my shoulder She’s only 15 cm tall but even then her beauty is incredible Other women around me—-like Aya or Utano-san were beautiful as well but Anastasia’s beauty was almost unrealistic Her body even had curves and covered with the thin silky white dress, it’s safe to say that it was poison for any man’s eyes, even at her size Even like this, she’s cute like a doll Well, she’s actually a fairy though As expected, I wouldn’t harbour weird thoughts for a fairy the size of a doll I’one yet, neither a at this pipsqueak in that way, I think I would have lost then And sohts so she’d often tease me in that etting su “It’s a fantasy world!” when they met her but apparently in Anastasia’s eyes, that reaction was an instant ‘out’ Though in uys would be h But for some reason, she decided that I’ll be the only one who’d have to deal with her teasing I don’t understand the basis behind it at all

She’d also get into a lot of fights with Erht, the closer they are’, or so like that

“If only your personality wasn’t like that”(renjii)

“Oh? What does that mean I wonder?”

“Who knows indeed”

But still, how coht outside? It felt as if ere the only people in the astle

“Where are you heading?”(fairy)

“Nowhere particular”

I left only because I was bored inside my room It’s not like I had decided on a destination when I left

And for sole one of them would tell me where Ermenhilde was

Even I won’t try running away after all this time……probably I’m a bit worried for Feirona and the others as well I want to go and meet them

“Haah…then let’s head to the training ground ht now”(fairy)

“I see”

Anastasia said that as if fed up Well, since I really didn’t have anywhere I had to go, I turned to h not for long, but I did live here I reht, I went down the staircase where I uard duty I finally reet them they’d simply salute They sure have been trained well I ended up adreet back when I do so I am just an adventurer now

I may have been summoned as a Hero back then but the reason why I was sumht at his fullest against the Demon God, I don’t think I have azes of the soldiers I passed through were as if they were seeing so sacred, filled with zeal and passion Inlike this I ended up feeling confused as to how I should act

She an to poke my cheek as soon as ere out of the soldiers vision

“Why the hell are you getting all nervous for?”(fairy)

“I’ nervous to be honest”

If I were to choose, what I felt wasthe journey, I was of use only at the very end And that power as as achieved at the cost of countless sacrifices But the Demon God is no more And his descendants can be defeated even without my help And when even those would have disappeared——– weapon is useful only till there is a God that needs to be killed

What worth does a huh

……And to be honest, I have no problem with that but what does Ermenhilde think about that? Will it still ask me to treat it as a weapon? Or…… I want Ermenhilde to find a path where it isn’t a weapon anymore That’s why I wanted to show the world to Erether That is the reason behind my journey Even I think that it’s a really iht have realized that already though Her intuition is way too sharp

“What happened, sighing like that Is there a problem?”(fairy)

“Just felt a bit ashamed”

“Haah?”

When I said that, Anastasia made a surprised sound

To them, I may be a hero who saved the world But I chose Er the whole world, I ended up deciding to chose to support just my partner I don’t even have the resolve of a hero, and not to ht properly There’s no way you can call that a hero That’s why—-those gazes, from soldiers whose names I don’t even know, felt heavy

“This is the castle of humans and you are the hero of those humans Act more confidently……you’re so not cool at times”(fairy)

“I feel like I’h?”

I have not been living a life where I could be called ‘cool’ I’m just desperate And was able to luckily survive till the end, that’s all

Anastasia seems to understand that as well as she poked er felt a bit ticklish and I stiffenedas Anastasia started laughing in a small voice

“Well, that’s true as well I guess”(fairy)

“Aren’t you supposed to refute me there?”(renji)

“You want me to refute you when you yourself said that first?”

“Yeah”

“I really don’t get you”

While ere talking, some well dressed nobles appeared to pass by in front of us

As I let theo first, they looked at me confusedly

Well, I guess they can’t help it either I’ more than a nice tunic and trousers That’s not how normal people dress when inside the royal castle The soldiers round 3 years ago but I doubt the nobles would Not to ated So I never had a chance to meet these nobles face to face like s like banquets and parties so even in those I’d simply stand near some wall There’d be very few nobles who’d remember me

They must have found it even weirder that such a human had the fairy queen Anastasia, contracted to the Hero Hiyuu Yui, on his shoulders They must have decided that it must be one of Anastasia’s whi

“Normally, they should be the ones to let us pass first you know?”(fairy)

“Not really”

I don’t really understand how administration of land etc works, but I know that its these nobles who are running the country They arehis sword, now that world is free of the Demon God

“You’re such a…Why do you always put yourself below everyone else?”(fairy)

As I walked towards the training ground, Anastasia said that to me Whether it be her or Er to me? Compared to Souichi or the others, my achievements and abilities are both way below them

“That’s just my nature”(renji)

“That’s not a ‘nature’ it’s a disease……Fix it, it’s not cool”

She said that not in her usual playful voice but in a more serious—truly like the queen of fairies

“I am fine the way I am I find even my current status to be more than what I deserve to be honest”(renji)

“You may say that modesty is a virtue but fro servile It’s unsightly It doesn’t suit you Yamada Renji”

“……You say the sas as Ermenhilde”

“No way!?!”

Her queen like pressure instantly dissipated How flihed How should I say this

“You haven’t changed at all”(renji)

“Renji, you have becoetic”(fairy)