Chapter 12 (2/2)

Astarte’s face was full of expectation for the next sentence

Her eyes ht burst into tears if I said, “I don’t like you,” here

A irl in bed and made her cry

I didn’t want to be seen as that person……

Honestly

I already liked this child, so it truly seemed funny

Not in a suspicious way, but as a hu

Lolicon was a national !

I was different from the count!

No, the count thought that it was paternal love……probably

I couldn’t affirm that yet

I only wanted this child to find pure happiness

I would watch over Astarte as her knight until the day a prince appeared for her

Of course, if a half-baked man were to appear, I planned to knock him back

It was ht, to do so

Still, if you were asked how much you liked someone…

To ask that kind of question face to face, one’s mind must be on a whole different level

Until now, I had been living by hiding my heart under normal circumstances Open conversation needed some more work

Go for it, me

“I love Astarte the most……?”

I finally e and said the words

Aa……

Really The question, ‘How much do you like me,’ was unnecessary

My unfiltered and shameful answer

Still, Astarte’s face shone enthusiastically

“Yes! I love Blood the ether forever!”

Gaba

Astarte jumped into my chest at my answer

Soft Extremely soft

A delicate body which seeed it

In addition, it sood

Sniff sniff

This child…

What should I do with this silly girl……

I thought to myself

Didn’t we seee of town?

My face turned red from embarrassment

“But Blood should express his feelings more”

Astarte continued to speak

“Huh?”

“Everyone shuns and hits you! Enduring this is no good! I hate it, I seriously hate it!”

“Ah, it is Astarte’s ”

“Eh?”

“It is not like I’houls because they were noisy Enduring the punching and kicking is seriously nothing”

“Eh?”

Astarte put her finger on her cheek and thought

Such a lovely gesture

“Um, then……”

“Yes?”

“I was ?”

“Yes”

“I a entirely selfish?”

“Yes”

“Imore?”

“Yes”

“But I was glad at that time”

“That time?”

“When I was almost kidnapped by the old man with a mustache It was scary for me, to such an extent…that my face flushed and I cried”

“……”

“‘Do not let this child experience painful things’ was it? At that time, I was suddenly somewhat moved–”

Next, Astarte’s face turned bright red

“Uu~~~ Aa~~~~!”

Her covering her face with both hands was soo on the attack

It was revenge for a while ago

“What! What happened to the assertiveness froo!”

I provoked her intentionally

Come!

Astarte scowled at me

The expression that she was trying to hide caht

Her face was bright red with tears in her eyes, as many as there had been when the old man with a mustache had attacked

“Blood, you idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot!! Leave, leave, leave!!”

“Yes, yes Too to bed quickly”

Astarte said so as she struck me with a pillow

However, I didn’t feel any pain

Then, knowing there was no effect, Astarte jumped into the bed face down and buried her face into the pillow

However, she noisily ood for the bed

I left the roolance at this Astarte

“Well then, good night, Astarte”

“Goodnight! See you tomorrow! Don’t catch a cold!”

Astarte said so while burying her face in the pillow

Ah, to give a polite goodbye

In addition, to be worried about my physical condition

Gently

Thud

I closed the door and confirmed that there was nobody around

Sigh

A smile had naturally become visible

I went back tomy mouth so that it wouldn’t be seen by anybody

In such a place, I would have been misunderstood as a Lolicon

I spent sweet days with ain tomorrow

I could only say, I really was happy, being like this

I thought so

I seemed to be blessed with a coreat difference from my previous life

Could there be such happiness?

Such peaceful days should just continue forever

I prayed so from the bottom of my heart

However, before long I would have to depend on others

The me of that tientle forever

Such a thing wasn’t possible

The expectations of this world that surrounded Astarte were connected with each other in a much more complicated way than I had known As for the presentabout these matters

In that case… I had no other choice than to exert et what I wanted

Prologue “Running up fro a F-Rank Demon” is now finished

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[Rinne’s Research Journal]

Name: Count Sanjelman

Race: Devil

Rank: A (a befitting assumption)

Skills: Various

Remarks: My master

Ikeh the specifications are low

Hobbies are unexpectedly wide

Though he likes chess, his abilities are that of a growing amateur

Unskilled, yet strict on people

Sebastian “…usually, I go easy on hi seems aard”

…Ah!? Count!?

No, this is just playing around!

By no means am I a slanderer………!

What? “That’s funny ‘A’ should have been ‘S+’! Right?”

…… I made modifications