Chapter 178 (2/2)

“You have some business with ‘her’, right?”

The man snaps his fingers and from behind him a single woman appears.

“Aria!!”

Naminissa raises her voice and tries to run to her but…

“… She’s not her. She is the impostor we met earlier.”

I deny her calmly. Maybe due to my voice being calm, Naminissa stops her feet and I grab her by her arm and pull her behind me.

“Ehh… You really can tell… That’s surprising!! Not me, the hero or anybody was able to tell… Is this the power of love?”

I wonder…

Fake Aria shows a thin smile and answers the man’s question.

“Yes, that’s it. I was surprised too… as to be expected…”

I was unable to hear the last part but Fake Aria leans towards the man.

“… Did you wanted to make sure of that?”

“No, no, I said this from the begining, didn’t I. I wanted to meet you! I wanted to talk with you where nobody could bother us. I also had other things to do so I wasn’t that free so I waited for you here. That’s why the moment you entered the Imperial Capital, I gave the Adventurer’s Guild the information that this Fake Aria was in here. I thought that you would certainly go ask the Adventurer’s guild first. But while I was investigating, something surprising came up! Who would have thought that you knew the Hero party’s Holy Woman Aria!! Ah, don’t worry, I have some presents for you!!”

I don’t know if it’s his way of talking or his existence itself that gives me unpleasant feelings… As if he is someone I don’t want to recognize… Or get involved with…

“… And, what do you want to talk with me?”

“Before that I have to properly introduce myself. I’ll talk about the important part afterwards… Are? Or shouldn’t I? Well, who cares! Nice to meet you… or probably It has been a while? Who cares too! My name is Shiro. The origin of my name is because this hair.”

As he says that, the man calling himself Shiro lowers his hood and from inside comes out a hair white (T/L: You already probably know but ‘shiro’ 「白」 means white) as snow with some black at the ends and we can see a face of an innocent cute child.

“Ah, you don’t need to introduce yourself, I looked you up… It’s not like we are strangers now so I call you Wazu-kun!! I mean, after all we are twins, Wazu-kun!!”

W-WHAAAAAAT!!

“Just kidding!”

I want to hit this bastard so hard. I was about to go question my parents.

“And?! Did I suprise you?! Did I scare you?!”

Asked Shiro sensing my restlesness.

“Ah that was fun. But now with the serious talk… Wazu-kun and I are ‘counterfeit beings’.”

‘Counterfeit beings’?

179 (Tomorrow)