Chapter 150: The Princess of Phili / Before the Counterattack (1/2)

Chapter 149: The Princess of Phili / New Type Chapter 151: The Princess of Phili / The Kiss Princess

Translator: Reflet

Leticia’s eyes were earnest, but he couldn’t feel any sticky emotions.

The emotions that he had read from there were different from the passion he had felt shortly before kissing her: a faint, gentle feeling of affection.

So Taiyou answered seriously.

「I’m not sure」

「Ya say ya ain’t sure？」

「Yeah, I’m not sure. I do like her as a person, and I probably even respect her. But when you ask me if I like her or not……」

「Ya’d say ya dunno」

「Right」

「……」

Leticia fell completely silent. She seemed to be making some sort of frown.

「What’s up？」

「I just thought if it were ya」

「If it were me？」

「Ain’t nothin’」

Leticia silently shook her head.

「Taiyou-chan Taiyou-chan！」

Hera warped back at that time. Seeing that, Leticia muttered to herself “So she really can warp”.

「What’s happened to make you so flustered? Did you not find her？」

「No! I can find Taiyou-chan’s important people even if they’re spirited away. No, I am saying that Youran is trying to escape by herself」

「Ah thought so」

「It was just as you said」

「What will you do？」

「Please stop her, it’s too dangerous」

「I did stop her, I stopped her together with Aoba-chan, but――」

「Well dat gurl is stubborn on top of bein’ a fool」

She said, breathing a sober sigh of “Haah”……

「What should we do」

「Could ya leap over dere again？ Give her a word from me」

「Yes indeed, what should I tell her？」

「『Lolipop』」

「Loli……？」

Hera quizzically tilted her head, speaking with a straight face as she stared at Leticia.

「Just tell ‘er dat, dat gurl would git it」

「I understand！」

Nodding vigorously, she once again slipped through the wall and flew off.

「And this time？」

「It’s an inside thing between me ‘n dat gurl. Guess ya could call it a trump card」

「……If you say that then she’ll listen to you？」

「Right on……Ain’t ya gonna ask why？」

「I get that it’s a method that you can use so that’s fine」

「……I see」

「You see？」

Inclining his head, Taiyou repeated the same words. She was a foreigner so he thought that she had messed up on her word choice, but it seemed that wasn’t the case.

Because Leticia’s expression was the face of a human’s unique feeling of satisfaction.

Taiyou didn’t pursue it. Just like he had said earlier, this was not the time to be doing that.

「Let me hear something else. Conveying those words to her……how much would that halt her movement?」

「I can stop her from bein’ a fool, dat much ah promise. But dat gurl also ain’t no fool, she’d move with her own decision if things got dangerous」

A fool yet not a fool. Taiyou was about to chuckle, but the corner of his mouth didn’t move.

「Then, I guess it’s best to think she’ll wait until we do something」

「Das right」

「But……if Aoba is together with her then……I cannot properly move」

Briefly cutting himself off, he stared straight at Leticia, afterward breaking the ice with resolution.

「Between Aoba and her, I prioritize Aoba」

「’Course, dat’s also what she wants, dun worry ’bout it」

「Sorry」

「So ya wanna go」

「……Yeah」

Nodding, Taiyou stared straight at Leticia.

Taiyou was not the kind of man who could wait for the results in a safe place. If he were in dangerous territory he would jump in, gaining the results for himself if necessary.

He had managed to raise his level to the max in all the games he had once played, but he had not once had someone do it for him or done any sort of automatic level up.

He had always raised each level by his own hand.

If Aoba hadn’t been taken hostage, he would no doubt have taken his shovel in hand and plunged right into the middle of the enemy encampment as soon as possible.