Chapter 69: Lucy and Sasaki Aya speak to each other (1/2)
-Lucy POV-
“I am heading out to hunt goblins!”
Makoto said this first thing in the morning.
How abrupt.
“Lucy, Sa-san, what will you do?” (Makoto)
He invites us with an excited expression.
“I think I will pass. I am going to walk around the city.” (Aya)
I didn’t miss the fact that Makoto made a sad expression when Aya refused.
“I will also do some shopping in the city.” (Lucy)
I ended up refusing.
It was my chance to be alone together with Makoto.
“Fine! I will be adventuring alone!” (Makoto)
Muttering this as if sulking, Makoto quickly left.
“Hey, Lucy-san, where do you want to go?” (Aya)
Aya asks this as if it is natural that we will be going together.
“A cafe that has tasty cakes, maybe?” (Lucy)
There’s something I want to talk with Aya about.
With only the two of us.
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I went together with Aya to places like clothing stores and accessory stores.
Had lunch at a pasta restaurant.
And there was a small park, so we bought drinks and decided to take a break there.
I look at the side-profile of Aya who is drinking fruit juice from a big cup.
(Cute…) (Lucy)
Chestnut color eyes and gestures like that of a small animal.
The sight of her flailing her legs on the bench was child-like.
(And yet she is as strong as a hero. That’s just not fair…) (Lucy)
But well, it seems like she can’t use magic.
If she were able to use magic, she would most likely be recognized as a hero.
In terms of adventurer status, it would be the highest rank, Orichalcum.
Our party’s vanguard and our strongest fighting force.
Someone necessary for us.
“Hey, Lucy-san.” (Aya)
As if she were about to begin some casual talk, Aya speaks to me in a natural manner.
“The marriage of Fujiwara-kun was a surprise, wasn’t it?” (Aya)
H-Here it comes.
The matter about Fujiyan-san’s marriage, who is someone from the same world as theirs.
“Y-Yeah, having two wives was a shock, wasn’t it?” (Lucy)
The human nobles having a lot of wives isn’t actually that rare.
That’s why this is simply a thread to connect to the actual topic.
“I wonder what Takatsuki-kun thought of it.” (Aya)
“He said he was relieved. Nina-san and Chris-san get along now.” (Lucy)
“Ahaha, I feel the same way.” (Aya)
How to say it, it was as if it was hard to breath all the time.
Today’s breakfast, we could finally eat in a calm atmosphere.
I think that’s a good thing.
“…Having people close to you fall in love with the same person is really rough, isn’t it?” (Aya)
“…Yeah.” (Lucy)
Those words Aya muttered…made the air change.
This is that, isn’t it?
She is talking about different people here, isn’t she?
“What do you think about having two wives, Lucy-san?” (Aya)
“Elves in principle only marry with one person.” (Lucy)
“I said Lucy-san, though.” (Aya)
That way of saying it peeved me a little bit.
“What about you, Aya?” (Lucy)
“In my world, there was no one who could be bigamous. It was the law.” (Aya)
“I was asking about you though, Aya.” (Lucy)
It somehow turned into a battle of trying to oneup each other.
But the question of Aya was unfair in the first place.
Our eyes met.
We looked at each other for a while.
“I wonder what Takatsuki-kun thinks.” (Aya)
She once again diverts the topic.
No, this is the real topic.
“Makoto said he was fine with one wife.” (Lucy)
“But maybe he actually is the same as Fujiwara-kun. Men apparently like harems, you know?” (Aya)
“Makoto isn’t like that.” (Lucy)
“You know everything about Takatsuki-kun huh, Lucy-san.” (Aya)
Those words annoyed me a little bit.
“You have been with Makoto for more than 4 years, didn’t you, Aya? Aah, I can’t match that.” (Lucy)
“Eeh? Match me in what? You are not making sense here, Lucy-san.” (Aya)
“You are the one that’s not making sense here, Aya. What is it you want to say?” (Lucy)
“Nothing.” (Aya)
“I see, don’t want to say it, huh.” (Lucy)
“What?” (Aya)
“Who knows.” (Lucy)
“……”
“……”
By the time I noticed, the two of us were glaring at each other on a narrow bench.
(Eh? Why did it turn out like this…?) (Lucy)
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-Sasaki Aya POV-
E-Eh?
Why did it turn out this way?
There’s Lucy-san with a piercing glare in front of my face.
Even her glaring face is beautiful.
She is even more beautiful than the number one and two class beauties, Yokoyama Saki-chan and Kawamoto Eri-chan (my opinion).
(Haah, I can’t compete.) (Aya)
My heart was heavy.
The first comrade of Takatsuki-kun, loves Takatsuki-kun, and is an incredibly beautiful elf girl.
Even though she is a mage with amazing potential, her magic is unskillful, and she relies a lot on Takatsuki-kun, which gives her a lot of points.
(Takatsuki-kun likes to look after others after all.) (Aya)
It is kinda like you can’t leave her be.
The type that Takatsuki-kun likes.
That’s not fair.
Anyways, what should I do about this situation?
It is kinda like I spurred it on, right?
Even though I should have spoken with more calm…
“……”
“…..”
Uuh…
W-What should I do?