Published at 5th of November 2020 12:23 pm

Volume 10, Chapter 115 – Trident Sea Serpent

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Part 1

The storm was blowing and seawater sprayed everywhere. In the middle of that, I was watching the Trident Sea Serpent that was staying still in the middle of a large whirlpool.

Novem and the others were calling out to me from the deck for me to return.

「Lyle-sama, it’s dangerous there, please come back here!」

On an unrelated matter, I believed that I was twenty percent cooler when I was wet like this.

Miranda was also calling out to me.

「Lyle, come back here! You’re in the middle of post-Growth right now. You shouldn’t be up and about like this!」

Miranda was really cute when she was getting into a panic like that. Normally she would always put on airs, but right now she was yelling in genuine worry for me.

I’m really loved!

When I swept up my hair, drop of waters were sprayed from my gesture.

This is no good. It felt like I myself would become numb from how cool I am. Surely I was sparkling brightly right now in the eyes of everyone.

「More importantly Novem, how cool I am compared to my usual self?」

Instead of Novem, it was Monica behind her who answered my question while swinging around her twintail excitedly.

「Chicken dickwad is fifty percent cooler than usual! My memory is already saving chicken dickward’s image by tens of thousands right now! I’m also recording every single second of thiss!」

Monica was wriggling happily, but I couldn’t understand what she was saying at all. But, there wasn’t any problem at all.

「I don’t really get it, but you’re saying good things. Then should I take off my shirt too as service?」

Aria yelled angrily at me. She grabbed the handrail above the shaking ship and turned her gaze toward the giant enemy──Trident──its name was long.

Yosh, let’s call it Tressie.

「Stop talking and come back here already! We’re facing that kind of monster now! You mustn’t force yourself when you’re in your post-Growth like this! Get back here you stupid Lyle!」

Her red hair was wet. Aria who liked to wear tight clothes habitually was drenched to the skin right now. Her body curve was standing out over her clothes.

I shook my head at Aria. She didn’t get it at all.

「I’m here like this because we’re facing this kind of enemy. By the way, I’m also confident with my naked body. Are you alright with missing this chance to see it?」

Sophia who was wearing a robe was hiding her face with both hands. But, she was looking toward me from between her fingers.

「WHY IN THIS TIMINGGGGGGG!! GET BACK HERE ALREADY. LYLE-DONOO!!」

Sophia shouted, but Monica was staring at me with a thrilled look. As expected, I should take it off. My hands moved toward my clothes.

Then Roland came out to the deck and approached me. He came to convey Vera-san’s order.

「The request is cancelled! All of you, get back inside the ship! All adventurers, evacuated into the ship! You don’t need to continue with the request anymore! Just protect yourself!」

The adventurers clearly looked relieved hearing that. As expected, they were reluctant to fight against an opponent like Tressie.

But that order was troubling for me.

「Cancel? That’s troubling. That thing is my prey. Especially Tressie’s crown, I like it! I want that thing! I’ll also do my job while I’m at it and get the funds!」

I clenched my right hand and exclaimed insistently. My comrades and the adventurers who were on the deck were dumbfounded. Miranda asked me a question as their representative.

「What is Tressie? Don’t tell me, you’re referring to that monster?」

「Cute name isn’t it? Calling it Trident Sea Serpent is too long after all so I decided that nickname just now.」

Miranda was astounded. Roland yelled to me in her place.

「It doesn’t matter whether it’s cute or not! Don’t you understand, that’s a monster so powerful it’s called legendary by everyone! You can’t win against it even if you try to fight. It’s just impossible to win![

Roland looked down in frustration. Just what was he thinking I wonder?

My companions came to near me.

May looked at my appearance and laughed.

「So Lyle has this kind of personality after his Growth. That’s weird~」

「It’s not weird. I’m always right.」

And then Eva and Clara came out from inside the ship at this late. The two of them turned their gazes toward Tressie.

It was showing three heads from the sea surface. It was waiting patiently for us to reach it instead of it going toward us.

Eva’s eyes were wide open seeing this scene.

「Uwaa~, should I be happy that I can see this with my own eyes, or should I lament my misfortune instead?」

Clara was looked really interested, even so her legs were shaking.

「No wonder it’s called a legendary monster. I’m happy that I can confirm its existence with certainty like this, but to be honest, I don’t want to have this kind of encounter.」

May explained to me how strong the enemy was.

「It’s impossible even for me to face that. Originally it’s an opponent that should be left to the divine beasts in the sea after all. Are you really going to fight it?」

From what May said, it seemed that there were also divine beasts in the sea. I wanted to see them.

Clara used a magic tool to illuminate the surrounding. The light was emitted from her artificial arm. With that Tressie’s figure could be seen even more clearly than before.

The sky was covered by thick clouds. It was like the time was night. The stormy sea was dyed black. It was giving an impression that you wouldn’t be able to crawl back to the ship anymore if you fell off.

In addition the merchant ship was getting sucked by the whirlpool’s flow. The ship was resisting, but the distance was getting shortened with certainty. Everyone above the shaking ship was looking at Tressie with expression of despair.

「This is the end. It’s over.」

「Even though Ojou-sama is with us.」

「Hehe, surely everything until now was just a coincidence.」

Roland hung his head down and clenched his fist. He was biting his lower lip.

「Gina──I’m sorry.」

He was speaking of his feeling toward his lover.

The ancestors were speaking from inside the Jewel.

『As expected that thing is too big. What’s more we have no experience fighting something like that. What are you going to do, Mr. Lyle?』

『Even if we try to run away, that thing is seeing us as prey. Is human food for it? I don’t think it will be efficient for a body that big to fulfill its hunger by preying on human though.』

『Can monster even get full? However, it’s too big that it isn’t cute at all. It would be still a bit cuter if only its eyes are bigger and rounder.』

『You are always like this Fifth.』

『I wonder who will Lyle being Mr. Lyle affects things. After all people often made a lot of blunder when they’re in their post-Growth state.』

I who shouldered the expectations of the ancestors stood alone on the prow boldly and pointed at Tressie.

「Monica, it looks like that thing is a legendary monster you know?」

Even though Monica was showered by splashes of seawater and rain above this shaking ship, her clothes and hair weren’t wet at all. She was standing straight and she opened her mouth with her red eyes shining.

「Even if it’s legendary, it’s still a monster. It’s only big, and I can also clearly detect the presence of magic stone inside it. Well, it’s at least has the appearance that fit the part. As expected, is it thanks to the crown?」

「I want that crown! After all it looks like it will sell for a lot! ──Now then, ladies and gentlemen. It’s just as you heard, even if that thing is called as legendary, it’s nothing more than a monster.」

Miranda shrugged.

「That monster is still troublesome even then. Lyle, do you have any way to fight it?」

「No problem! After all I’m a man who will become legendary. So it stands to reason that defeating a legendary monster is just a matter of course.」

Eva laughed in exasperation at me hearing that──and then she smiled.

「Well said. The story won’t be exciting if you don’t do at least that much.」

The Third’s laugh came from inside the Jewel.

『Defeating a legendary monster and becoming legendary huh. Now you are talking. Well, it’s a different story whether that’s possible or not though.』

Novem’s eyes that were looking at me seemed like they were sparkling. Did I look that gallant to her? My charm terrified even myself.

Aria scratched her head roughly.

「Aa, geez! Anything is fine so just tell us the way to win! You can really win right?」

I touched my chin with my left hand while declaring to Aria.

「Of course. For generations Walt House’s principle is──to only fight the battle that we can win!」

I laughed loudly again. The color of fear vanished from my companions. Even Aria said 「Aa~, geez just do whatever you like」 with a resigned attitude.

Then Roland yelled as though to smash this atmosphere.

「Don’t boast of something impossible like that! The opponent is a legendary monster. Against that, against that──there is no way there is anything we can do! Look at the opponent! It’s that large and even the cannons of this ship doesn’t do anything against it. The cannons loaded in this ship are the state-of-the-arts cannons. How can you possibly win against an enemy that such cannons cannot defeat! ──The goddess has forsaken us.」

Roland’s yell was spreading fear through the sailors and adventurers who were remaining on the deck.

It poured cold water on everyone’s spirit.

Then Vera-san appeared on the deck. Perhaps she had lost her patience seeing that we were still staying on the deck and wouldn’t return back inside.

「What are you all doing! Come back inside already!」

Then Roland turned toward Vera-san.

「Ojou-sama──I know that this isn’t your fault. But, but, why did you invite me to this ship at this kind of time? If only you didn’t invite me──something like this wouldn’t happen if you are really a goddess of fortune.」

Roland was laughing while crying.

Vera-san seemed shocked. She stopped moving. And then she immediately looked down sadly.

「──Everyone, get back inside.」

From inside the Jewel, 『Aa~a, now he has done it』 I could hear the Third said that.

Vera-san must want to say something to Roland. Roland too, he surely didn’t want to blurt out his true feeling like that. But, he was unable to control his feeling when his death was right in front of him.

I could understand the feeling of the two because I knew of their circumstance.

But──this was convenient for me so allow me to make use of this situation.

「Goddess of fortune? That’s really lazy of you, leaving everything to someone else like that. In this world, luck is something that you grasp by your own hand! Remember this──the goddess will only smile to those who struggle.」

Everyone looked at me. As I thought, this must be because of the qualities that I was born with. Even when I was saying a line that sounded like something that some random drunkard would spew out, it was still filled with persuasiveness.

It made me felt good, so I wanted to continue making speech a little bit more.

「The goddess won’t smile if you just pray to her. The goddess will only smile at the end to those who strive to survive. Right now, there is a legendary monster in front of us. I’m going to challenge that legend, but is there anyone else who want to join me? I’ll also make you guys a legend while I’m at it.」

Aria and Sophia looked at me and let out a small sigh.

「Why are you in high spirits like that.」

「Lyle-dono, your personality really change drastically when in post-Growth.」

I pointed my right hand toward Tressie at the middle of whirlpool to guide everyone’s gaze. Our enemy was right there. The enemy we should defeat was over there.

「The legendary monster has come out on its own. How can you think to waste this chance! I want to become a legendary man!」

It was truly a great luck to be able to encounter Tressie here.

After all I would be able to gain fame by defeating it. I would be able to obtain riches. And then──I would be able to carve my name in history!

The name of this me would remain in history──there was no way I wouldn’t be excited.

Vera-san had approached me when I noticed. She brought her face closer. Her eyes were completely serious. There was undisguised determination in them.

「Do you have any chance to win?」

Naturally. I would run away if there was no chance of victory.

「This Lyle Walt still has never been defeated even once until now!」

But, Clara was shocked 「Eh!?」 when she heard that. Eva denied my words in exasperation.

「Lyle had lost against Celes hadn’t you? I heard that you have been defeated twice by her.」

I sighed fu~ while shaking my head. It seemed that Eva didn’t get it.

「I still haven’t lost! My battle with Celes is still ongoing. The result hasn’t been decided yet, so I still haven’t lost!」

Hearing my words, even my companions made a face that seemed to say 「T-this guy」 in disbelief.

The voices of the ancestors came from the Jewel.

『It’s like the saying, it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it huh!』

『I wish that the normal Lyle can also learn how to be shameless.』

『Well, it’s true that the match hasn’t been decided yet. It’s not really a lie.』

『You can really talk now huh, Lyle!』

『It will be nice if it won’t simply end as poor loser’s excuses though.』

It was great that the ancestors seemed to receive my words favorably.

Vera-san said to me.

「──Got it. I’ll bet our future on you.」

「Sorry, but this isn’t a gamble. After all I’m going to win.」

Vera-san snickered even though she was looking exasperated. She turned around and fired up the sailors.

「You guys! Are you planning to just leave everything to these guys? This ship is ours. Are you fine letting this guys rampaging as they pleases while you’re just sitting quietly!」

The sailors lifted up their face.

One of them yelled loudly.

「You lot, our goddess of fortune is ordering us to fight! Do you want to let the adventurers to be the only one showing off like this! It’ll be the end for us if we lose anyway. Then let’s go with a bang in that case!!」

Strength returned into the eyes of the sailors from those words.

「Shit-, this is really out of my paygrade.」

「I’ll beat up that guard if he failed.」

「Vera-ojousama will be a real goddess of fortune if we can get out of this pinch huh.」

They were complaining and trembling, even so the sailors stood up. Vera-san whispered 「Everyone thank you」 when she saw that.

I stared at Vera-san’s face.

「W-what?」

「No, you are really a goddess of fortune. After all, you have brought a badass like me right in time before you challenge a legendary monster. But putting that aside, I have a request to make to assure our victory.」

Vera-san’s expression turned serious when she heard that something was needed in order to win.

Facing such Vera-san, I also seriously──spoke.

「I want to kiss you. A deep one even!」

Vera-san instantly slapped me.

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Part 2

Everyone gathered inside a large room in the ship.

I seriously talked about the necessity of deep kiss with a serious face that had a slap mark on my cheek.

「──And that’s why. Do you need me to explain anymore than this?」

Vera-san, Roland, and the sailors were glaring at me──with the sailors holding guns in their hands.

「You swindler bastard! You want to kiss Vera-ojousama you said?」

「I’ll smash your face into a pulp.」

「How about we stuff him into the cannon and fire him to the sea?」

I put my hands on my waist and smiled.

「Hou? Then can you guys wind without me? I’ll definitely win if it’s me. After all this strategy is based on using my Arts, Connection.」

Connection──it was the second stage of my Arts. I could make a connection of mana by kissing someone. Of course it wasn’t a physical connection, but it was like an invisible string that couldn’t be touched.

Those who were connected with this mana connection couldn’t just talk with each other, they could also share their sight. It was an extraordinary Arts where everyone also could use my Arts. However, doing a deep kiss was required to form the connection.

The sailors naturally protested.

「Then it’s fine even if it’s with a man right! Just do it with the vice captain!」

The vice captain went 「Eh!?」 in shock hearing that, but even I wouldn’t accept that!

「Absolutely no way! I refuse to do it with a man!」

Gunununu, the sailors looked vexed. But, why did I have to do something so sad like kissing with a man. I refused.

Vera-san sighed.

「He isn’t lying is he?」

Shannon was also inside this room where everyone was gathered. Vera-san’s gaze was turned toward her. In respond Shannon affirmed my statement with a disgusted face.

「It’s horrible because he actually isn’t lying.」

It wasn’t horrible but the best for me though.

「How’s that. My Arts is magnificent right?」

I folded my arms and laughed. In respond the gazes of murderous intents from the men around me stabbed at me.

Vera-san made her decision.

「Very well. That’s a cheap price to pay if it can help us overcome this.」

However Roland interrupted there to stop her.

「Y-you must not! Vera-ojousama, you shouldn’t give your lips to other so easily. Lyle, you too, think up a more serious way than this.」

Roland was saying that surely there was other way than this, but the person himself didn’t have any plan. However there was no time to hesitate. The ship was getting dragged toward Tressie even while we were talking like this.

「Sorry but there isn’t any other strategy than this. In the first place, my strategy is completely based on coordinating with each other using Connection. Vera-san who is knowledgeable about this ship and holds the right of command is the most suitable for this.」

The one who I wanted to kiss was Vera-san──I was hiding that motive of mine, but naturally my decision wasn’t just because of that. Vera-san was this ship’s owner and she could give order to the sailors. And so doing Connection with her was indispensable.

It would be extremely troublesome if I still needed to go through someone else to cooperate with her.

I wasn’t making things difficult just because I wanted to kiss. There was also a reason why I was making things difficult!

「T-then, do it with me!」

「Rejected. I refuse to kiss a man, and there is also nothing but demerit by forming the connection with you.」

「B-but, this is just too horrible.」

「Don’t worry, it’s better than dying.[

Roland who was starting to be repetitive was pushed aside by Vera-san.

「Alright. It’s only a waste of time to keep hesitating.」

「Ojou-sama!?」

Roland still tried to stop her, but Vera-san grabbed his collar.

「You, don’t you want to survive? If you want to return home alive to Gina, then do everything you can right now!」

「──Y-yes.」

Roland hung his head down. Vera-san watched that with a slightly disappointed look. Surely deep inside she wanted him to stop her.

However this was convenient for me.

The ship shook greatly in a nice timing. It made Vera-san lost her balance. If it was her the she would immediately balance herself, but I quickly moved to help with my left hand holding her waist.

It would be troublesome to keep waiting, so without pause I brought my face toward the surprised Vera-san.

「I apologize for forcefully taking your lips. That’s why, let’s schedule the next time to be one where the kiss is voluntary from both sides.」

「What are you saying──nhhhh!」

I blocked her mouth and entered my tongue. Vera-san tried to resist at first, but she immediately gave up due to the necessity of this and grasped my right hand with her left hand. Her grasping strength was strong and her finger tips dug into my skin for a bit of payback.

The Fifth’s spoke with exasperated sigh.

『Haa──I wonder why Lyle can’t usually be this proactive too. Also, what did he say at the end there? Next time it will be voluntary?』

The Fourth muttered while looking like he had a headache.

『It’s not a forced kiss, but it’s still too pushy. Like this, it’s already impossible for Lyle to win her heart anymore.』

After a while, I slowly parted from Vera-san’s lips and let go of her waist. Vera-san took a few steps backward and scrubbed her lips hard with her sleeve.

Her eyes became tearful, but──her expression immediately changed after she experienced the effect of my Arts.

「That kiss was the worst. But, in respect to this ability I’ll forgive you just for this time only. Also, there absolutely won’t be next time!」

I made Vera-san angry. I smiled with a disappointed gesture.

「Now you feel like we can win right? ──That’s why, can you ask the guys pointing their guns at me to lower them down?」

Around me, the sailors were aiming their guns at me with bloodshot eyes. They looked like they were going to press the trigger even now.

「How dare this guy did that to Ojou-sama!」

「I’ll blow up your head!」

「YOU ARE FISH FOOODDDD!!」

The vice captain was also looking at me with a furious expression. He looked like he was going to say 「Fire」 anytime. However Vera-san stopped them. She had no other choice than stopping them.

「──Put down your gun. It’s frustrating but, Lyle is necessary so we can win. Besides we’re going to get busy after this. Come on, everyone get to your position! Lyle, I absolutely won’t allow you to lose after taking my kiss like that!」

It’s great that she was energetic.

The sailors lowered their guns in frustration and returned to their assigned post. I smiled triumphantly seeing that.

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After the sailors exited the room in a hurry, I turned toward my companions who stayed behind.

Miranda was smiling with a cold gaze at me.

「That was a really passionate kiss. If only you can also be that passionate with me──」

「Whoops my bad. I’m also planning to get the lips of you all.」

I quickly closed the distance and kissed her. Miranda’s eyes widened completely and she resisted slightly.

When our lips parted, a string of saliva was stretched between us.

Miranda’s cheeks reddened and she took a distance from me shyly.

「It would be absolutely impossible for the usual Lyle to forcefully silenced me like that.」

「You’re really cute, Miranda.」

Miranda reddened from my praise and she turned her back on me.

I faced my remaining companions and gave them order.

「Now then, this is going to be a big match against a legendary monster. My bad, but I’ll have all of you help out. Monica, you’ll act together with me. May, you need to babysit Shannon.」

Monica raised both her hands.

「I’ll do my best!」

May was tilting her head.

「Eh? Is it going to be alright without me joining the fight?」

「You will join the fight, but I’m also leaving you in charge of babysitting Shannon. After all I’ll also have Shannon work.」

Shannon was looking displeased.

「Why do I have to fight too? I’m just a frail girl you know?」

「I’m going to rely on your mystic eyes after all.」

I also gave my remaining companions instructions of where they were going to be placed.

「Aria, Sophia, Eva, Clara, you four stay inside the ship. Convey the order from Vera-san accurately to everyone else. Novem and Miranda are on the deck. Don’t fall off the ship no matter what.」

Miranda whose face was still red didn’t have any question.

In exchange Novem was asking me.

「Lyle-sama, how much is our chance of victory?」

It seemed that she didn’t think of our victory as absolute.

「It’s tough that I can’t say that we will win without fail, but we will surely win. In the first place, defeating Celes will be just a dream if we don’t win here. So let’s start with defeating a legendary monster for a warm up should we.」

I smiled in front of my dubious companions.

「Besides, our fame will soar if we can win against a legendary monster. Our objective will be the same as achieved already in that case. As I thought, I’m loved by the goddess of fortune! Surely Beim will be in furor when we return. Dear me!」

There was no doubt that we would receive warm welcome when we returned to Beim.

I laughed loudly again. Novem was looking at me with a slightly troubled look. But, she immediately smiled.

「The goddess will smile to those who struggle is it? Certainly, that might be true.」

I made a thumb up and pointed at my chest.

「This Lyle Walt has the confidence to make even the goddess fall in love with me. Rather the goddess might have fallen for me already. I’m really a sinful man.」

Novem seemed amused by something and she kept nodding while laughing.

「Indeed.」

Everything ended without a hitch──or that was how it was supposed to go, but there were people who put a hold on the plan here.

It was Shannon, Eva, and Clara.

Shannon’s reaction was especially amazing.

「Eh? Wait. Eh? This is, you are also going to kiss us? I refuseeeeee!!」

Shannon refused to kiss with me. I told her.

「That’s right. What’s more it has to be the deep kind.」

Shannon protested furiously.

「Entering your tongue like that is out of the question!」

Shannon’s face was reddening while she was desperately protesting. Seeing her made me got struck with an idea to resolve her reluctance.

「If you aren’t alright with deep kiss then how about 『pero chuu』? That one sounds cuter right?」

「It’s not cute at all! What’s more it’s no different at all from before! Absolutely, no!」

Shannon folded her arms and averted her face to the side.

「Got it. I’ll pass on you then. As for the rest of you──」

When I said that, Shannon stretched her hand toward me with a slightly bewildered look.

「Eh, no──you’re giving up that easily? In this kind of time, you know. You can cry and beg me, saying something like I can’t do this without you~, you can still put a lot more effort than that. I too, if you go that far to persuade me than I guess I won’t be that reluctant to answer your expectation.」

She was saying that, but there was no time to waste so I set about to persuade the others. There were still two other people who were refusing.

First was Eva. Eva held up both her hands in front of her and shook her head.

「Wait a second. I don’t hate you Lyle, but it’s not like I’m in love with you. I don’t want to do something like a kiss. I, I want a love relationship that is far more passionate!」

She must mean that it was impossible for her to kiss me because she thought me as just a friend, but I wasn’t someone who would give up here!

「I see.」

「Y-yeah. That’s why, let me skip this time. I-I’ll do my best with other things in exchange. Anyway I’ll do my best with other things, so kiss is no good! I-it’s absolutely no good! I want to save my first kiss for the person I love!」

「Do you have someone you love?」

「T-there is none right now.」

I approached Eva who didn’t have anyone she loved right now and then without delay I put my hand around her waist and pulled her toward me. Eva’s right hand stretched out to resist me, but I grabbed that hand and brought my face closer.

「I understand. I’ll give you just one minute. That’s why, fall in love with me now.」

「Ha, haa!? You have a screw loose in your head!!」

Eva resisted and averted her face so that our gaze wouldn’t meet, but her face was turning bright red.

──Yosh, there was hope for me.

The Seventh inside the Jewel seemed to be pleased by my line.

『Fall in love with me now, isn’t this line the Best Lyle this time?』

Best Lyle──that was the game of the ancestors to decide which sentence would become my famous saying this time. Good grief, wouldn’t it be really hard for them to choose? After all I never said anything but famous saying.

The Third was also carefully scrutinizing my words.

『Ee~, then I’ll choose the one where Mr. Lyle laughed loudly and choked on seawater.』

The Fifth tried to keep it short.

『Then I’ll choose that one too.』

The Fourth seemed to have various choices.

『This is hard. The line if you aren’t alright with deep kiss then how about pero chuu is also hard to discard.』

The Sixth was still refraining from making a choice.

『I’ll defer my choice for now. This is still not over yet.』

As for the Seventh, it seemed he liked the pero chuu line.

『Pero chuu is really hard to discard.』

Everyone around us was watching while holding their breath. In the meantime I stared into Eva’s eyes and told her.

「Don’t worry. The only difference is whether you fall in love with me now or later on. If you are going to fall in love with me sooner or later anyway, there is no problem at all with doing it now.」

Eva continued to resist even then.

「There is nothing but problem! Even I have a dream!」

Yes──Eva’s dream. She blurted out her fantasy when she was suffering from seasickness.

「You mean the dream where you want to be confessed in a theater where all the seats are sold out right?」

「Y-you remember it!? Then you know that this is no good. If it’s for a role on stage then I might still be alright with it, but I absolutely refuse doing it in private. I’m not a cheap woman like that!」

Normally a man would back off after getting refused so insistently like this but──I pushed forward instead!

「Then, I’ll postpone the confession for later. I’ll take your lips first before that. When the preparation is finished, I’ll make all your dreams come true. Imagine it──a reserved huge theater, and then my figure when I confess to you in front of all the audiences after the performance is over. Imagine the scene of all the audiences that are crowding the whole theater giving their applauses! I’ll prepare a theater that is dedicated for you alone.」

Then Eva seemed like she was imagining that scene──her cheeks blushed and she nodded shyly.

「Yes」

It seemed she was convinced after imagining the confession scene. She was looking happy.

Shannon pointed at Eva and clamored.

「Hey, just now she nodded and even say yes! Even though she was protesting so insistently like that, now she nodded while blushing, what’s the meaning of this!」

I kissed Eva before she could regain her composure. Eva was closing her eyes nervously. It was cute how she was slightly trembling.

My Arts──Connection’s line was definitely formed between Eva and me.

「Eva, I give you the right to witness my legend right from my side.」

Eva looked embarrassed. But she also looked delighted.

The Fourth was shocked by my action.

『I-impossible. That kind of line really work?』

While everyone was blushing, I fixed my sight to Clara next. Clara fell down on the spot and refused to talk to me.

「Clara.」

「Y-you cannot. I-, i-i-i-, if we get into that kind of relationship, it will become really troublesome to maintain the party! I have seen it happened many times!」

Seeing her reaction May put her hands on her waist.

「Aa~, this is no good if she is like this. More importantly Lyle, are you going to kiss me in my kirin form?」

「I have received the first kiss of your kirin form, so I’ll do it with your human form next.」

「Too bad. Fredericks was my first for kissing in the kirin form.」

「W-what!?」

I grasped the Jewel in surprise. Inside the Jewel the other ancestors were sending cold words toward the Fifth.

『Uwaa~creepy~』

『That’s pathetic even for my child.』

『Y-you guys! An animal’s kiss is just an expression of affection!』

『This old man is really beyond saving.』

『Fifth, even me is creeped out by that.』

The Fifth’s voice 『You guys, let’s take this outside!!』 could be heard from inside the Jewel, but I ignored it and calmed down my heart.

「Well, let’s do it with your human form please. By the way Clara.」

「Y-yes?」

Clara lifted up her face when I addressed her, so I sat down beside her.

「──I promise I’ll build a library for you. It’ll be a library for your sake.」

Clara’s face looked panicked and flustered. Her feeling was shaken by the words of library for her.

「You’re an important existence that is supporting this party. Sorry but I won’t let you go.[

「Y-yhes!」

Shannon stamped her feet angrily when even Clara also fell for me like this.

「You all, don’t fold so easily like that!」

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