Arifureta Chapter 489

Common Holiday Brief Story   Yue’s Case   Last

Author’s note: This chapter is more than ten thousand words again. Read it at your leisure okay!

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There was a jet ski running across the water as though splitting through the sea’s waves.

The engine was powered by magic power to produce water jet, so it was surprisingly silent in contrast to its speed and flashiness.

The riders were of course Hajime and Yue.

Hajime was driving wearing a knee-length swimsuit pants, while behind him was Yue wearing a stimulating white micro bikini.

She was holding on Hajime by tightly putting her arms around his waist, so her breasts were put into a horrible situation. Perhaps, it was already shifting out of place. It was micro after all.

In any case, they were the very picture of a couple enjoying a vacation.

「……Hajime, Hellina is outstanding.」

「What is it out of the blue?」

「……I asked her to bring all kinds of maid uniform as wedding present. There’s also a maid uniform swimsuit among them.」

「That’s just a normal swimsuit isn’t it?」

「……Should I wear it? Maid lover husband?」

Yue-sama whispered teasingly from behind. She sweetly bit Hajime’s ears.

Hajime became speechless for a moment. He somehow ignored the nibbling sensation on his ear and attempted to keep a clear and composed mind.

「Certainly, from the bottom of my heart I respect the legendary maid lover Oscar-sensei who attempted to create the robo-maid of the dream when he didn’t even know the first thing about science. I’ve also inherited his noble will.」

「……Ah, I’m sorry, Hajime. I’m sorry for making fun of you, so let’s stop with that──」

「Therefore, I won’t deny that I’m a maid lover. No, anyone who dare call himself a man will keep the dream of pretty maid close in his heart-」

「Ah, yes. I get it. I get it already, okay?」

From behind, Yue soothingly caressed the chest of Hajime who was starting to talk passionately. Of course, Hajime-san didn’t stop.

「But, however, by no means I’m trying to establish a maid group just for the sake of the departed and my personal dream.」

「……Nn. You’re confessing that your personal desire is a bit mixed with the dream of the departed but, I’m listening properly.」

Hajime looked back over his shoulder and declared with a determined expression. Yue replied with an exasperated face. At the same time she thought back. Of what they had talked in the palace before this. Of her husband’s explanation.

「……It all started when you discussed with Hellina about gathering useful personnel in Tortus, right?」

「Yes.」

Actually after the final battle, slightly before they were returning home to Japan, Hajime was talking with Hellina about the future at that early stage.

After all Hellina was “the princess’s personal head maid”.

The royalty of Heiligh each had their own personal head servant and servants──”personal” status was something like an elite group that the common servants aspired to be. The personal head servants of the royalty were existences who were equal to the grand chamberlain who supervised all the common servants──those personal head servants were generally people from the house of Count Ashe.

It was the house where Hellina was born, a family of servants with ancient and honorable origin that had served Heiligh House since before the founding of the country. It was tradition for each royalty of Heiligh to have a personal servant from Ashe House.

A direct descendant of the royalty would have such personal servant together with them from their birth. The depth of their bond could be imagined from that.

That was why, it was natural for Hajime to be concerned with Hellina’s future if he accepted Liliana’s feeling and considering she would migrate to earth one day.

「I had even put my life on the line to polish this transmutation magic. It would be a waste to leave it unused even if I got job at earth. It’s preferable to make it useful at both worlds right?」

「……And, the up-and-coming South Cloud company that produced mysterious magic tools of the highest quality and innovative games one after another was born from that idea right?」

Yue chuckled. Hajime nodded while suddenly pushing a button on the handle’s base.

*Pshew* A compact tornado flew out from the jet ski’s front part. It plunged into water and curved to the right with tremendous speed, blasting an approaching monster that looked like a marlin fish.

「It was still really hard to travel between worlds at that time. I was researching it but I didn’t know just how far I would be able to improve the convenience of the crossing.」

「……Nn. That was why you wanted talented personnel who could act in your place at Tortus. Further, you didn’t want a personnel burdened by the expectation of any country or organization.」

「My status and influence here are insane after all. Spare me from getting my company turned into a proxy political battlefield.」

It would come to light who was the company owner sooner or later. Bluntly speaking, something like Hajime’s company that was operating in Tortus would only serve to be a seed for conflict──such prediction was surely not that far off the mark.

「That was why, I thought that when Lily resigned as royalty, it might be good to entrust the company to Helllina if she feel like it. Though of course I was also probing her if she has any plan to migrate together with Lily to earth.」

At that time Hajime sounded out Hellina about what choice she would make. Depending on her choice, he could provide all the living necessities and introduced her to a job at earth, or even working as housekeeper in Nagumo residence, while also serving as a supervisor at Tortus side as someone trusted.

The result was Hellina accepting the role of managing the company. Not only she searched for talented people, it was also Hellina who prepared for the establishment of the company and formed contract with Yunkel Company.

「……And, when Hajime asked her about the progress when we met the next time, the plan was changing into forming a secret maid group to serve you before you realized it.」

「Yeah.」

That’s not where you should say yeah though, Yue signaled with a nibble on Hajime’s neck. Hajime jerked while letting out Ah as Yue continued sucking and nibbling. She was savoring Hajimenium moderately while giving small licks at the bite mark. Hajime was trembling from the ticklishness of it.

「I-it couldn’t be helped. Just like I said before, I’m a successor. The one who inherited the romance of Oscar and all men──」

This time the nibbling descended on the opposite side of the neck. AH!?

「Even though I’m always telling you that I’ll become a maid if you love them that much. To create maids at the outside, naughty naught.」

「No, Yue is my wife. You aren’t a subordinate or a maid. I can’t do something like ordering you──」

「……Even though Hajime give order on bed? Like, get on all four──」

「Anyway! All the names in Hellina’s list properly met the requirements and they’re all capable! Whether they’re maid or not is trivial right?」

「……By the way, how did they end up as combat maid group even though the personnels are planned for managing company?」

「Eh? They’re maid group so it’s no good if they can’t do battle right?」

1 + 1 = 2 right? Hajime-san’s expression as he looked back over his shoulder seemed to say that.

Yue prided herself as someone who knew everything there was to know about Hajime, but in reality a logic that she couldn’t fully understand like this would sometime get displayed very easily.

It made her felt vexed somehow so she gave a third nibbling and sucking!! AAAAH!?

「……Well, I think it’s true that the girls in the leadership are all great selection.」

Yue-sama leaned over Hajime with her chest rested on his shoulder.

Her swimsuit had gotten completely shifted out of place, so Hajime fixed it with his fingertip. Trace it for sure this time. The special move of Soft Touch Sachiko!

While he was at it, he activated the sentry gun that was built inside the jet ski’s front part and shot down the school of beltfish monster that jumped out of water in front of them.

The fish meat and blood spray were blended together with the waves and sea breeze……

「……About Tracy, she’s an imperial princess but practice total lack of care for national policy, a combat maniac, and a Shia lover. Samaire is a pure merchant so the possibility of her betraying a business partner that her family business can develop together with is exceedingly low.」

「Motto’s company is also already the prominent company in Fuhren. With those two the company will be able to exert powerful influence in the empire and the commercial city without even using my name.」

「……Nn. Sister Phylis is a promising person who’s remembered fondly by even the new pope, furthermore she’s a strong-willed girl who keep faith correctly even when Ehito was still going strong.」(TN: In the previous chapter the author wrote David little sister’s name as Flim, but in this chapter it’s Phylis. Don’t know which one is correct yet)

「Samaire and Phylis are still not there yet when it comes to combat, but it looks like they’re using the artifacts I handed out and also doing the boot camp. I’m looking forward to their future.」

All of them were selection who were a bit dubious if asked whether they held absolute loyalty toward Hajime or not.

But, they were also people who possessed intense ego and will. They wouldn’t waver or bend their own principle regardless of what they were asked to do by their family or organization.

Such girls decided to “serve” after being told of the unvarnished work conditions and prospect.

That could be taken as vow that could be trusted as much as loyalty or perhaps even more.

At the very least, Hellina who for some reason harbored loyalty toward Hajime individually, even more than required toward her treasured princess’s husband was judging that those girls’ vows were genuine.

For Hajime who was starting to trust Hellina more than because she was simply Liliana’s most trusted head maid, there wasn’t any more confirmation needed in order to accept those girls.

「……Muu. You really trust Hellina.」

「I haven’t done anything to feel guilty about you know? She’s seriously capable, and most of all she’s also someone who Lily consider like her actual big sister. She’s practically like a family.」

「……Nn, I concur with that.」

It was a secret, but she actually felt her heart jumping *pyon pyon* each time Hellina called her “madam”.

It was conveyed to Yue how Hellina treasured Nagumo family itself, and she could see from Hellina’s gaze and voice how overflowing her affection and respect toward her was.

They had just gotten married so Yue always got quite happy each time she got called “madam” by someone, but she thought that Hellina’s “madam” was the one that made her went *pyon pyon* the most.

「……Besides, it was also shocking how that combat maniac(Tracy) recognized her.」

Servant from Ashe House also served as guard. They were trained in combat skill that specialized for guarding. It was a famous story how they were said to rival the royal guard in the bodyguard aspect.

In fact, during the final battle Hellina had also protected Liliana to the end when apostles broke into the headquarters. But, she got truly worn-out at that time that she couldn’t repel the apostle and would have been defeated if Ehito was defeated just a few seconds later.

It wasn’t like Tracy was someone who evaluated other people simply based on their combat ability, but she was a formidable warrior who reaped apostle’s head left and right under the same condition in the final battle. In spite of that, she was clearly acknowledging Hellina even in the combat aspect.

「……Apparently the maid education was terrific. Tracy went mad from stress and attacked Hellina, and yet she said that she couldn’t win even after fighting her until exhaustion……」

「Even though she can magic like butter with the power of magic sword, she was facing an opponent who can make Shia use body strengthening. Furthermore that opponent has a magic scythe with the same type of ability. To think she could stave off such opponent, it was an unexpected growth.」

To tell the truth, Hajime had secretly lent VR training artifact that Myuu was also using and a simple type Hour Crystal to Hellina.

This must be the fruit from those. Although, both Hajime and Yue were also aware of Tracy’s shocking aggression. For Hellina to not be overwhelmed by that even if she couldn’t win……

In addition perhaps because of the combat style, it was always Hellina who was left standing at the end stamina-wise. If it only came to defense, she might already be among the strongest human in Tortus.

「It feels like her magic sword has gotten tiny too.」

「……Nn. Even though it shouldn’t have any will residing in it like the holy sword, it feels like it’s listening to what Hellina is saying. The way it shoot out from her sleeve was a bit cool.」

「That! It also returned back like the holy sword even after being thrown. I was startled with how skilled her usage of it was. ……Well, it just boggled the mind when she started peeling fruit with it though.」

In any case, it was a fact that Tracy who looked like she would be the most disobedient member had learned how to act like a perfect maid despite being an imperial princess, and also obeying Hellina’s order without any complain.

In that case it went without saying how the other members were doing.

But……perhaps they were also unable to completely win against Hellina just like Tracy. Commander Kuzeri also had a distant look in her eyes, no, her eyes looked dead.

She seemed to be whispering something in a small voice, something like 「Even though, I’m the knight commander……even though I need to be the strongest in the kingdom……or rather, what’s the meaning of my existence?」.

「……Is Kuzeri, fine? She isn’t getting sick again? She won’t suddenly break out crying?」

Yue asked with worry in her tone when she recalled that time.

Casually, she crawled to the front from under Hajime’s arm like a cat who wanted to be fawned by her owner. She then sat sideways on Hajime’s lap and put her arms around his neck. A princess carry sitting style.

「Kuzeri is an all-rounder type combatant. Nobody can catch up to her when it comes to tactic or strategy. Hellina also said it right? Kuzeri’s unit is their main force.」

「……Yes, I don’t get it. Luluaria-sama also looked like she wanted to retort really bad. Because, that’s already a military. Not maid group.」

「No, I keep telling you a maid group is a combat group.」

「……Hajime, did you see Luluaria-sama’s face when you said that like it’s a common sense?」

「She had a face of understanding, right?」

「……Wrong. It was a face of resignation that abandoned understanding.」

Yue at that time spontaneously stood up and sat beside Luluaria to place her hand on hers. It’s alright, I also don’t understand. Just accept it as that kind of thing, Yue said.

Yue and Luluaria stared at each other. It felt like they had gotten a step closer.

By the way, Samaire and Phylis also had similar expressions. Surely the two of them were also in the middle of strict job training.

Just what kind of job we find ourselves in? There was no doubt they were harboring such question while also abandoning understanding and training silently with a look of resignation.

「More importantly Yue. Keep this a secret, not only with Lily, but also with Shia and Tio too okay?」

「……」

Yue looked like she really didn’t know what to say.

Because the reason was just……

When both Luluaria and Yue questioned Hajime about the reason he kept this matter a secret, Hajime and even Hellina made a befuddled expression instead wondering why they asked them that.

And then, the two harmonized magnificently with each other.

──Combat maid group is always shrouded in secrecy right? (correct?)

People who looked like servants or perhaps unrelated people who could be found anywhere, but actually they were working behind the scene at the beck and call of the person who they revered as their master. And when there was combat they were stupidly powerful! That was what a combat maid group was.

I see. I don’t get it at all.

Luluaria looked toward Yue with eyes that were asking for help. Yue too took her hand and said 「It’s fine. I also don’t understand」 with a smile. Luluaria smiled back with a terribly relieved smile.

Their intimacy meter went up even higher!

「Although they’re family. The day will come when the group comes to light before them. I had also tried discussing it with Hellina but, we concluded that because they’re founded as Lily’s bodyguard, the best timing to casually reveal the group will be when something happened to lily. Of course, it’ll have to be after the group has been organized properly.」

「……Ah, sorry. I didn’t listen.」

Yue-san was apparently intercepting the monsters who surfaced from underwater.

Hajime who was excitedly talking It’s gonna be exciting when the secret group revealed its true form won’t it! became despondent. For some reason, he poked morosely at Yue’s side.

Yue’s body jumped with a jerk. She twisted her body while letting out 「Yah, nnnh, ahn」 slipped out from her mouth.

Even though it looked like she was letting out that voice from holding back her laughter because of getting tickled, her voice just sounded like a moan no matter even though it wasn’t the intention of Yue herself. Why was she this erotic in every single thing?

「This is why Myuu said that your existence is erotic Onee-chan.」

「……Geez, don’t sulk like that? I’ll keep the group a secret from Shia and others just like Hajime asked. Okay?」

Hajime corrected her posture on Hajime’s lap while her face was still faintly blushing. She moved her butt fidgetily to realign herself back into the best position after all the twisting.

Also, the group got revealed to only Luluaria and Yue even though they were still in the organization phase because the two could easily notice the unnaturalness from their position. And also because Hajime and Hellina wanted to rely on them to give follow up in case there was adverse effect from headhunting important people from various organizations.

And so they thought that it would be better to ask the two to become accomplice──not that, become cooperator.

「……By the way, Hajime. The maid group’s──

「Combat maid group.」

「……Nn nn. The combatt, maid group is going to specialize in various fields that they each specialize in and then be divided to ten corps right? But, there were seven people who were introduced as the corps commanders. Who’s the remaining three?」

「For one of them, you already met her, no, it right?」

「……It? …………Aa, could it be Netemp?」

The multi-worlds hybrid maid robot stuffed full with dream and romance of the inheritor Hajime──Netemp-san!

Come to think of it Yue had seen it in the underground workshop. Hajime nodded to affirm Yue’s understanding.

They would soon leave the ocean and arrive at the destination of their original reason coming here, so Hajime gradually slowed the speed and continued talking.

「The remaining two are still undecided. There’s one candidate who’s being sounded out but……anyway, one day we’ll also get into mutual exchange with other worlds too in seriousness. I want to set up this group to be in charge of the exchange with other worlds. For the time being, Netemp is in charge of it.」

「……I see. That sounds like hard work so there’ll be three more?」

「No, for the time being we set it at ten only because it’s a nice round number. Hellina said that twelve will be cooler instead but, me myself think that nine is also not bad. What about you Yue?」

「……Nn, I think nine also isn’t bad. Just do as you like Hajime.」

「……I see.」

Yue gave her full affirmation to Hajime with a sweet smile, but for some reason Hajime felt like she was naturally ignoring the matter and his expression became conflicted.

This was that. Like a conversation when a girlfriend asked her boyfriend which dress looked better on her, and the boyfriend answered that both looked good on her. Though the gender was reversed in this case.

When it came to topic of romance, not only Yue, generally Shia and others too would give this kind of reaction. Especially recently.

Perhaps in that sense too, Hellina was a precious human resource.

「Whoops, we’ve arrived.」

It looked like they arrived at their destination while having such talk.

Hajime stopped the jet ski. Yue also moved from her princess carry position back to the rear seat.

Land and mountain were visible at the west. Townscape was also faintly visible around the horizon. It was the town of Erisen.

In other words, their destination wasn’t the town of Erisen, but the sea surface located north of here where there wasn’t anything visible. If asked what could be found here,

『Leeeeeeee-saa~~~n! You hereee~~?』

Yes, the human faced fish friend──Lee-san and his family was here, living in the new home that Haijme created for them at the bottom of the sea.

It was relatively close to Erisen and land, and the seafloor was a reef area where monster couldn’t attack easily. It was a relatively safe area. Hajime had molded a part of the reef to make it pleasant to live in.

「……Geez Hajime, you really like Lee-san too much.」

Yue looked half exasperated.

It wouldn’t be tasteful if they abruptly teleported to the great marshland. Yue suggested how about they went to the sea and approached the destination from the coast.

But, she made a miscalculation there. Hajime thought that it had been a long time, so how about they visited Lee-san beforehand if they were strolling on the sea anyway.

(……There’s no option for me to refuse if he asked me that with such innocent smile.)

That was why. The distance from here until the great marshland’s coast wasn’t a walking distance, but Yue was thoroughly weak against a delighted Hajime.

「Hm~m, there isn’t any response. Is he away?」

「……We should check with the compass before coming here.」

「Oi oi, using the compass is like always knowing your friend’s position with sensor that you slipped on him without permission! There’s no way I can do something so lacking of common sense like that right?」

「……Are you waiting for tsukkomi? Is that so?」

Hajime-san was upright in the strangest place. Certainly, it wouldn’t be pleasant to know that someone who wasn’t even a family was constantly aware of your location, but even if Hajime spoke of such common sense at this point of time……Yue’s expression was convulsing somewhat.

Really, the height of Hajime’s positivity level for Lee-san was a mystery.

「We didn’t even make appointment beforehand. From the start my main reason here is to enjoy jet ski with Yue. I was just thinking that it would be nice if I can meet Lee-san on the way.」

「……That so?」

There they sensed the presence of monster rising to the surface. It wasn’t Lee-san. But, it was familiar.

Hajime and Yue looked at each other. Meanwhile *splish* a face plopped out of the water beside the jet ski.

『……It has been a long time, boy.』

It was a human faced fish with eyes that looked somewhat moist. It had almond eyes, and eyelashes that were strangely busy for a creature living in the sea, accompanied with plump lips. Those traits belonged to Leeman (not Lee-san, it meant Leeman as the name of the monster’s race. Just to be sure).

「Long time no see, Margarita.」

「……Nn, long time no see.」

Margarita. A woman, no, female fish? Anyway she was a beauty who might be considered as a middle-aged woman who looked very young for her age in Leeman standard. This possessor of beautiful face was none other than Lee-san’s wife.

By the way, in Leeman race each individual properly had their own respective name.

It seemed that Lee-san’s actual name was Raizegeist. It was a name that sounded excessively overbearing, a name that sounded like it should belong to the main character of a tale, anyway, it seemed there was tradition in Leeman race to have that kind of name.

Lee-san didn’t introduce himself with that name was nothing more than because he thought it would be cooler to not introduce himself at that time. And, from there he gradually missed the chance to introduce that name──that story got revealed when he introduced Hajime to his wife. By his wife.

It was obvious that his wife hit the mark from how Lee-san wouldn’t meet his eyes anymore.

Hajime thought. I get you Lee-san. This thing happen sometimes.

Yue thought. I understand, Margarita. Boys can be like that.

It was the moment fellow husbands and also fellow wives understood each other.

In any case, to Hajime Lee-san was already Lee-san. Lee-san too, it would feel itchy to be called by his real name at that point so Hajime continued calling him Lee-san. He was also known in the wider world as Lee-san, so it was already his alias.

Getting back on topic.

『And, what’s your business here?』

「What, your mood is really bad huh? We don’t really have any business here but……」

「……Sorry for suddenly visiting. This is because Hajime said he wanted to meet your husband after so long.」

Usually this person (fish) was more lively like an Osaka auntie, but she looked really odd right now. Hajime tilted his head in confusion, while Yue patted Hajime’s arm with a troubled look.

Margarita-san narrowed her eyes. Her gaze looked doubting.

「Err, we’ll go home if we come at a bad timing……」

『……It looks like, you aren’t involved huh boy.』

「Ou? Whaddya mean? Did Lee-san do something?」

Margarita stared fixedly at Hajime’s confused look for a little while, then a second later she let out a lo~ng sigh. After that her atmosphere abruptly returned back to normal.

『It’s because that man suuddenly vanished to who-knows-where again. Furthermore he was riding the toy you presented to him boy! I thought he was doing something involving you again. My bad for doubting you, boy.』

「A-aa, so it’s something like that.」

「……Wasn’t his wanderlust gone after staying in the new home here?」

Hajime and Yue understood the situation and feeling of sympathy toward the reason of the madam’s bad mood welled up. They smiled wryly while vein popped on Margarita’s forehead.

『──”I’m going out for a bit. Don’t know when I’ll return so take care of the rest”. Around a hundred times of star cycle ago, he sent me that telepathy message and no more! Recently he’s also doing something like vigilante corps pretence using boy’s toy, and just when I thought he has finally calmed down……this happened the moment I let my guard down! He didn’t even explain the situation properly, that idiot husband! I swear that he won’t cross the house’s threshold ever again!』

Grumbling like an eruption of sea volcano toward the husband who wouldn’t stay quietly at home. It seemed the vagabond Lee-san’s bad habit had appeared again. Furthermore, he broke his promise to play with his kid and went missing.

「If you like should I search his location?」

『Aa, no need, no need. This is something common. I also don’t want him to misunderstand that I’m missing him or something. Rather, please don’t search for him, absolutely not.』

「O-ou, I see. No well, if Margarita is fine with that then that’s that though.」

『Besides I also heard a stupidly loud voice. What’s his name again, that battle maniac bunny?』

「……Nn~, Inaba? That child, he came here?」

『Looks like it. I think he simply came here to play. The two must hit it off and went out playing all this time.』

「……You aren’t worried?」

『Hah. Who in this world right now can possibly hurt that monstrous battle maniac and husband who has all those toys from boy.』

Margarita laughed and waved her fin in amusement. Certainly it was just as she said. Hajime and Yue also could only accept that.

Margarita continued 『Besides──』. Her expression looked somewhat exasperated. But it also looked like she was thinking What a hopeless person.

『I’m the one who know best, just how obstinate that man is.』

Her husband had wandering lust, because of that she knew just how often he got dragged into trouble. It wasn’t just something recent, but something that had continued until now from Lee-san’s youth. Even so he would return home at the end. To Margarita’s side.

『It’s a waste of time to worry about him. Every time, every time.』

「……Fufu, I see.」

Yue somehow felt “affected” and her expression loosened. Margarita’s expression scrunched up as though to say that she had let her mouth slipped up big time there.

She waved her fin again. She was telling them that this talk was over.

『And, what are you going to do? There’s no need to search for him but, I won’t stop you if you want to meet him.』

In case Hajime did that, he must never told Lee-san that his wife was looking for him even if by mistake. There would be price to pay if Hajime made him misunderstood by some chance, the boss lady──err, the madam threatened.

Hajime raised both his hands in a pose of surrender.

「No, I’m in the middle of date with Yue right now. It’s too bad that Lee-san isn’t here but, I’ll prioritize this right now.」

「……Nn. Besides we can meet Margarita already. Are your children well?」

『Yeah, they’re all energetic to the core. They looked up to that hopeless husband and enjoyed adventuring the nearby places here everyday. Really, I’m worried for their future. They’re luckily at home right now though……do you two want to meet them?』

「By all means. Allow us to greet them.」

「Yeah, might as well. Actually we also have souvenirs.」

『So upright.』

Margarita-san roared with laughter. She must be using telepathy. She was radiating magic power slightly. She confirmed that her children were heading over here and turned her gaze to Yue.

『Yue-chan. You too be careful.』

「……Nn? Of what?」

Margarita-san swam lightly toward Yue’s foot.

『This boy got along with my husband. He too might suddenly goes off to who-knows-where one day.』

「……Hajime is rather an indoor person though.」

『No, he’s the type who’ll get triggered by things like his hobby or romance or whatever. I think he’ll goes off to really far away if it’s needed. This is based on my experience.』

「……」

Yue-san was slightly shaken. Roamnce……aa, romance. The bad thing that always tempted Hajime. Indeed, what this Nee-san said made sense.

『Keep a fii~~~~rm hold on him okay? Unlike me, you have the strength for that right?』

Margarita-neesan said that and winked. Yue gave a firm thumb up in reply.

And then, their talk was done in normal volume so Hajime’s expression turned bemused. Yue looked up at him and,

「……It’s fine. I won’t hold back.」

She proclaimed so while licking her lips like a beast hunting her prey.

While also slightly thinking, that believing and waiting like Margarita-neesan also wasn’t bad on its own way. Though she would never say it out loud.

Of course, Hajime who didn’t know what was going inside Yue’s heart replied 「I absolutely won’t go off without saying anything……」 with a shaky voice.

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Around the time the sun was still high in the sky, but it had passed through the zenith a long time ago.

Hajime and Yue could be found at the great marshland that was their destination today. To be more concrete, they were on a cliff with great view after getting out of the great marshland.

The spot was like an enormous rampart that separated the great marshland and the southwest region that was located further inside. The two were standing at a part that was rising even higher like a small hill even on that cliff.

「As expected it’s a great view.」

「……Fufu, thank you.」

「Why is Yue thanking me?」

「……For some reason?」

「For some reason huh.」

「……Yes. For some reason.」

In their view, a great panorama that was formed from numerous rivers extending like crude stitches and abundant greeneries was expanding.

The two’s gazes were staring only at the superb view. They weren’t looking at each other. But, even without looking they knew like the back of their own hand that they both were smiling softly.

They became happy without any particular reason. As expected the two of them were alike.

「……Strange.」

「What is?」

「……I also said it when we first arrived but, this place often get covered by mist.」

「Aa, it was a natural labyrinth that won’t allow you to advance any deeper wasn’t it?」

「……Yes. It’s just a normal mist without any ability to obstruct perception like the sea of trees but, depending on the place there will even be bottomless swamp or eruption of poison gas.」

「Nature is the most terrifying thing huh.」

「……Nn」

Yue squinted her eyes nostalgically toward the marshland as she nodded deeply. Then she finally looked at Hajime.

「……And yet, it’s always clear when I’m here with Hajime. As though, this land is welcoming us.」

「That’s a romantic phrasing of this.」

Hajime grinned while also looking toward Yue. Yue slightly blushed in embarrassment and looked aside. Cute.

By the way, her outfit already returned from the swimsuit back to the outfit she wore when departing. And so she put her hood over her head to hide her face from Hajime who was looking at her while humming Hm~? teasingly. Cute.

「Now then, we had used too much time for a bit of detour, or rather different matter altogether. My stomach is totally empty.」

「……Nn. Let’s eat before the date.」

If Shia and others were here, they might retort You guys were already having sugary sweet date enough even on the way here!, but it seemed that the date still hadn’t even started for the two themselves.

Because they had decided that they would picnic today.

Going around in this birthplace of Yue, the area that Yue wished for. That would be the actual objective(date) of today.

They turned around. There was a large old tree right behind them. It was short but its branches and leaves were spreading out until far away like an umbrella. A cross was standing at its base.

The name of Yue’s uncle, Denreed was carved on that cross.

This place was a place of memories for an uncle and a niece in the past. When the two were tired by various things in the palace, the niece would often pester her uncle to bring her here for picnic.

There wasn’t any body or keepsake remaining of Denreed, but Yue wished that his grave had to be in his birthplace, and also in this place of memories if possible. After the final battle, she asked Hajime to accompany her to this place before returning back to earth.

Three hundred years had passed since her country perished.

She never even imagined that it would still remain but, astonishingly by some kind of miracle, the large old tree had accumulated even more passing of time and still going strong even now.

Yue pulled down her hood and stood in front of the gravestone Hajime created. Hajime also accompanied her closeby quietly.

「……Oji-sama(Father). I came here with Hajime today for picnic. Lend us the place for a little bit okay?」

She spoke like her time as a royalty in the past for a short while.

「Forgive us for neglecting to visit for a long while. I heard that this place is a place of memories for the two of you but, please don’t be angry for my presence here okay, Chichiue-dono(father-in-law).」

Hajime’s tone sounded frivolous, but his expression was gentle and kind. This was Denreed who doted on his niece(Yue) like she was his own daughter. If he was still alive, there was no doubt that he would also reply back frivolously with the same expressiopn toward the man who stole his duaghter’s heart.

Yue could imagine that easily, that was why she looked shy for some reason and whispered something like 「Geez, really Hajime」.

「……Come here, Hajime. Let’s eat the bento quickly.」

Yue insistently pulled on his sleeve. Hajime smiled at her and let himself got dragged away.

They circled around at the opposite side of the grave marker and spread out a sheet that was taken out from the treasure warehouse on the base of the old tree. They also took out a basket and a largish water bottle that had been prepared at the morning and with that the preparation was complete.

When the basket was opened, it was tightly packed with sandwich. Yue took one of them and handed it to Hajime. Hajime’s stomach instantly growled loudly.

「Itadakimasu.」

「……Nn, enjoy.」

Hajime heartily bit on the sandwich as though he couldn’t wait any longer.

The breakfast was delicious. There wasn’t any bad habit that came out in the family home’s kitchen. That was why he let his guard down.

「?  !!?  Nnnn!?」

「……How is it? Hajime?」

How should he describe it. He wondered, should he say that it had the taste of wilderness, or something. It felt like spicy, but also tasted mellow, it felt like it had rich flavor but he also couldn’t erase the feeling that it was thinly flavored.

In other words, if he spoke without any sugarcoating it tasted nast──no, sugarcoat! Right now he was in the middle of date remember!? How could the man who made even demons ran with their tails between their legs fell on his knees before his wife cooking! Always imagine the greatest husband in your mind. His heart was made of sugarcoating!

「I-it’s a taste overflowing with originality. D-delicious.」

「……There’s no way that’s true. It’s obviously nasty.」

「What do you meannn!?」

Even though he was unlimitedly sugarcoating his heart so that his honest impression wouldn’t flood out uncontrollably from his mouth, this was horrible! Did he do something to make her angry!? Hajime-san’s eyes opened wide from such thought.

Yue took away the sandwich from Hajime and bit on it herself too. And then with an expression of acceptance,

「……Yep, nasty! One more bite.」

「Return to your senses Yue! You’re tired!」

Yue took a second large bite without hesitation. Hajime was shaking in fear seeing that. But, the actual person eating the food was looking very calm. Rather, she was strangely looking nostalgic and happy despite still muttering nasty nasty.

Hajime became even more confused! Where is Aiko!? Soul Repose is needed! Please save my wife, sensei!

「……Nn, sorry Hajime. I want to eat this nasty sandwich together no matter what.」

That’s why, put away that Crystal Key? She said while grabbing Hajime’s hand. Yue was reflected on his worried and dubious eyes.

「……Oji-sama was someone who could do anything.」

「Why do you suddenly say that?」

「……He’s the best in the whole country in battle and knowledge. He also has great political sense and popularity. Despite being born in an insular country he had a lot of friends from other countries.」

「He was like a main character huh.」

「……Nn. But, even such perfect superhuman Oji-sama had a weakness, the only one he had.」

「Ah, I can guess somehow.」

「……Yes, his palate is malfunctioning. To a degree that was beyond help.」

A third *bite-*. Yue said 「Yep, nasty. It’s nasty as expected. It was worth it doing my best to reproduce it. This is Oji-sama’s taste」 while nodding. It seemed it was that kind of thing.

「Could it be, your bad habit of putting in strange things while saying things like “Originalityy~” is……」

Hajime-san looked a bit dubious. Perhaps, you aren’t actually disliking nasty food but liking them in their own way? His gaze became heavy with suspicion. Yue hurriedly defended herself.

「……Uh. N-no. It’s not like I’m intentionally making my cooking bad. I put that kind of thing while seriously wishing for the cooking to turn good!」

「……」

「………………But, well, umm…………my habit of getting impulse of putting in things if I think that it might turn tasty, might be something contagious from Oji-sama.」

Yue-san averted her gaze with all her strength while muttering timidly.

He could see it now. The root of her bad habit had come to light. Hajime looked back over his shoulder toward the old tree. His gaze couldn’t help but turn resentful toward the cross that was planted at the other side.

A sigh came out. He knitted his eyebrows toward Yue who was holding the nasty sandwich with both her hands like it was something precious and taking another bite from it.

「I suppose that, Yue liked it even then huh? That sandwich.」

「……Nn. I hated it at first but then I grew fond of it. It was this sandwich that relaxed me the most, more than any kind of extravagant dish.」

The strongest and prettiest princess. Rumors about her were spreading in proportion with her growth. With that every kind of “greed” toward Yue was also soaring high without limit.

She had subordinates and servants who could be trusted, even so the palace should be becoming an uncomfortable place for her as she grew older.

The time when such Yue could relax her guard the most must be when she was having idle talk about nothing with her uncle under this old tree while eating the nasty sandwich he made.

「……Nasty! Nasty! Oji-sama really has malfunctioning palate! The conflicted look that Oji-sama showed each time I insulted him mercilessly like that was the best.」

「Hahahah, you were really a shitty brat back then.」

Because of that Denreed had suggested many times to bring a proper lunch, but his niece kept demanding the “Oji-sama sandwich”. There was no doubt that the uncle must be looking troubled but also smiling happily seeing Yue stuffing her face in delight with the sandwich he made.

Hajime too could imagine that scene in his mind.

「Yue」

「……Nn?」

「Give me one more bite.」

「……Fufuh. Here, say aa~n」

Hajime heartily bit the nasty sandwich that was held toward him and chewed *mogyu mogyu*. 「Yeah, this is nasty huh」 He said while laughing. Yue happily stared at Hajime’s face from the side.

「……Don’t worry, Hajime. The nasty sandwich is only this one. The rest are all the proud work of Shia.」

「I’m already happy that I can taste Yue’s memorable sandwich.」

Hajime said that while his hand reached toward the basked really quickly. It seemed he wanted to rinse his palate for even a second faster.

Yue unusually laughed loudly seeing that while starting to finish the remaining na~sty sandwich.

While the image of her uncle smiling wryly at the other side of the old tree rose inside her mind for some reason.

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After that.

Hajime and Yue who had finished fortifying themselves with meal toured the former vampire country just like planned.

Of course, there wasn’t anything remaining there. Not only the palace or castle town, even fortresses that protected the important point or towns and villages, even places like the farmlands were completely gone.

They couldn’t even find any ruin. Perhaps Ehito’s rage at that time was just that ghastly.

But, the current Yue had the mean to project memory to reality even if only transiently.

「……Hajime, let me use it.」

「Feel free. I worked hard improving it for that.」

Yue placed her hands over her chest. Immediately, her voluptuous breasts started shining gold──not, the jewel in the necklace that was held between the valley of her breasts started shining.

It was an artifact to draw out unlimited magic power. During the decisive battle in the Fuji’s sea of trees, Hajime had to be touching the Treasure Tree as well as concentrating in order to provide the limitless supply, but now it had been improved so that those who had been given authority using soul magic could draw the magic power as they pleased as long as Hajime didn’t put a stop on it.

Then it was possible. If it was Yue, even projecting “past vision” of a scene three centuries ago wasn’t impossible.

The light was taking shape on top of the hill that was not far off from the west coast where the palace existed in the past. The palace was splendorous with atmosphere that made them felt the weight of history behind it. The home where Yue was born that was erased three hundred years ago displayed its majestic appearance in this world once more.

Hajime and Yue were standing before that castle’s gate.

The golden light that was overflowing from Yue was spreading even further to down the hill like avalanche.

When Hajime turned around, magnificent white stairs were forming toward the bottom of the hill. People who looked like nobles were coming and going through it.

The golden waves swallowed the area under the hill without stopping. With that the castle town below came into view. It was the capital city of Avatar Kingdom.

「……It’s unexpected. The city districts are quite well adjusted. And it’s beautiful with white base color.」

「……Whaaat? Do you think that it would be a more eerie place because it’s the country of vampire?」

「Frankly yes.」

「Geez!」

Hajime spoke of his impression jokingly. Yue puffed her cheeks and lightly hit his arm.

Then she immediately put her arms around his and stared at the capital with a gaze that mixed nostalgia and loneliness in it.

「Are you alright?」

「……Nn, I’m fine.」

Her tone didn’t waver at all. She must be really fine. Even so, Hajime couldn’t stop himself from putting his hand on Yue’s.

Because of that, Yue raised her face and smiled happily.

「……Now, let’s go? Hajime. First let’s start from inside the palace. Enjoy the tiny me to your heart’s content.」

「A tour of watching Yue’s childhood huh. That’s the best. But, normally something like that would be embarrassing if seen by others wouldn’t it?」

「……I thought it’s unfair.」

Hajime tilted his head. Yue smiled impishly and said it straight.

「……Okaa-sama had shown me a lot after all. The photos of Hajime from when you were a baby.」

「A-aa……I see?」

「……From the time when Hajime’s Hajime was still baby.」

「Why did you restate it!? Or rather can you stop suddenly inserting dirty joke there!?」

Right now the mood is clearly melancholic isn’t it!? Hajime retorted, but Yue-sama today was apparently even more in perfect form than usual.

「……You’ve become this big.」

「Where’re you looking while saying that, oi. Your uncle must be crying in his grave right now.」

「……But, however, Hajime’s Hajime still has other form in reserve──auu」

「It’s not just your uncle, everyone else that you want to introduce to me will also get sad so shut it already.」

He pulled Yue’s cheek *myo~~~nn*.

She couldn’t say anything about Tio like this. If Denreed and others were still alive, there was no doubt that all of them would be hit hard with shock. Why is our precious princess turning out like this!? They would say.

「……Forgive me who is loved too much by Hajime and got completely changed from it?」

「Can you stop casually shifting the responsibility to me?」

You were already quite ero from the start. Who was it who assaulted who at the bath of Oscar Residence, I won’t let you say that you forget, Hajime pulled Yue’s cheek *myon myon* as though to say that.

……It was so soft and springy to an unbelievable degree. A temptation to touch it forever ran through him.

Hajime put strength into his hand and pulled it away.

「Come on, show me the way quickly, the place where Yue was born and raised.」

Yue slackened her slightly reddening cheeks in happiness and took Hajime’s hand once more. And then,

「……Nn! Leave it to me.」

She firmly entwined her fingers with his in a lover hold while stepping into the illusion of the past, of the house where she was born in the past without any hesitation.

It was an illusionary palace. Naturally the wall and ceiling weren’t any obstacle.

Hajime let himself be pulled by Yue’s hand while going here and there everywhere using midair foothold. Of course, Yue was freely floating up and down with gravity magic while showing around the inside of the palace.

The structure and interior of the palace itself looked like it wasn’t that much different from Heiligh Kingdom in the past. In the end the thing called palace might be similar everywhere.

But, even so it was a special place for Yue. Each area inside the castle matched by each person of the people coming and going at that time made Yue’s gaze became a bit distant as though she was going treasure hunting in her memory box.

「……Nn, I remember it now, somehow. First is over here.」

After immersing herself in reminiscence for a while, Yue put on a smile that looked somewhat ephemeral and pulled Hajime’s hand.

Hajime followed her guidance. The place that they visited seemed to be the back garden. Pretty flowers were beautifully arranged on the flower beds. At the side,

──Grandpa! You’re caught! Lift me up quickly!

A very adorable command rang out.

She must be around three years old. Even so it was clear from just a glance of the sweet appearance that it was Yue.

The tiny princess wearing cute goth Lolita dress that made it looked like she was buried under tons of frills was doing her best to stand on her tiptoes. Her hands were reaching up toward a man who seemed to be at his forty. The man’s handlebar mustache and military uniform suited him well.

It looked like she was doing her best to project a dignity befitting a princess, but her big and round eyes along with her plump cheeks only made her simply adorable. Coupled with her outfit, she was a girl who looked exactly like a doll.

Combined with what her command entailed, the military officer’s expression already became completely fawning. Only his appearance looked like someone on his forty, but from Yue’s remark this person’s age must already be in the advanced stage.

His atmosphere too was certainly that of a “grandpa” who was doting on his beloved granddaughter.

There were also several other people wearing military uniform around them, but none of them looked at the man coldly. They were also looking at the princess with affection.

「Oi oi, seriously? What in the world this adorable creature is? This cuteness is already at the level that can kill.」

「……D-don’t exaggerate!」

Yue became bashful from Hajime’s praise and fixed stare, even so she looked fondly toward the military man who held up her young self as though he was holding a fragile glasswork.

「……Ubaldo Rou. The commander of the royal guards. For me his existence is like a grandfather. He was kind but……」

「But?」

「……He was really nitpicky. His catchphrase was “In the first place”. He was the Sound Argument Punch Man. Even though I wanted to call him “Grandpa”, he corrected me when I was five to address him with his name because it would give bad example to others. Wasn’t it too early?」

「Be more understanding. You can see it just from that doting expression right? Surely it was a bitter decision for him, undoubtedly.」

「……Muu」

Yue’s expression became sullen. Hajime reflexively laughed seeing that childish look.

It seemed the small Yue was quite a tomboy. Ubaldo grandpa must have gone through a lot of hardship from it.

Ubaldo warned 「That’s immodest」 inside the projection, but the small Yue-chan wasn’t satisfied with just being held up and slowly clambered up to his shoulder. And then when she had safely managed to ride on his shoulder, she sighed 「Fuii~~」 with a satisfied expression.

Ubaldo-san’s expression was troubled, even so he seemed to enjoy it very much happily. There wasn’t even any need to guess, perhaps his doting level was rivalling Denreed.

「Next is here」

Next they visited Yue’s room.

──Riona, I wanna be together today……no?

A maid was looking away while pressing her hand on her nose. She was a strict looking beauty with almond eyes and her hair bundled up tightly. Even now it looked like love was trickling out from her nose.

「Holy cow. What destructive power. This is already a crime of humanity.」

「……What are you saying, Hajime.」

Was someone who could resist the pleading to sleep together with the tiny Yue existed? No-, there was no way such thing could exist-!! Hajime-san looked like he wanted to say that.

Perhaps because of looking at the smol cute Yue in succession, his mental state had quickly about to Limit Break.

「……She is Rion Shalte. My personal maid. She was also someone who was hand-picked by the royal family to be blood donor.」

「Blood donor」

「……Nn. Blood intake isn’t essential for vampire race but, at that era it was what you would call the Warring States period in Japan. Having blood available was definitely better both for healing and battle.」

「I see. Naturally letting the royal family drink the blood of someone unknown during emergency is just unwise huh.」

「……Don’t worry? The blood intake is from small bottle. Hajime is my first, whether in my first time biting directly, or my first time intaking from opposite sex.」

「I-it’s not like I’m bothered or anything though?」

「……Fufu」

Perhaps Yue guessed what he was thinking correctly. He looked away to dodge the matter.

Just as he wondered whether she introduced this person and then telling him that was intentional, Yue said the actual reason why she introduced the woman with a composed face.

「……By the way, this person is my “sensei of that”.」

The time reversed in a flash. Yue who had grown to around ten years old was sitting facing a desk and reading a book with bright red face.

──R-Rion. Do I really have to learn this no matter what?

──Your highness, please call me sensei while studying

──S-Sensei

──Yes, of course it’s necessary. For any royalty, practicing such matter before marriage would be scandalous. Your highness too has turned ten years old, so his highness decreed that even coming in contact with the opposite sex who isn’t a family is an absolute taboo. And so, at the very least please learn the knowledge of it properly. This is essential for your future and also for avoiding danger

Rion-sensei pushed up her glasses *kui* with her finger. Was her sight worsening in these several years, or was it just for show? Either way she was persuading Yue with an extremely serious face.

And then, she mercilessly landed an additional blow to the heart of the princess who felt like she was going to die from embarrassment.

──Please look forward to it, your highness. If you learned the numerous knowledge and 108 methods that I’m teaching you, you will be free to do anything to your partner, whether it is subduing him like a queen, or making him your captive with your loveliness!

──Eh, it’s not like I’m wanting something like that……

──Fufufu, your highness’s future spouse is really a blessed person to be at the receiving end of the assault by her highness who had been trained by me. Surely he will ascend to heaven.

──What do you mean by that!?

「So you’re the culprit.」

The spouse in question who had gotten ascended to heaven (?) was putting in a model conflicted expression. He didn’t know whether he should praise her for the good job or yelling at her for giving too much unneeded knowledge.

There was no doubt that it was this woman’s fault the young Yue became stuffed full with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex.

「……Understand? I was originally pure. I was changed by Rion-sensei’s lesson and Hajime’s existence. In other words, I’m not in the wrong no matter how frequently I assaulted Hajime.」

「What a smugly confident face.」

This time it was Hajime’s turn to make an exasperated face.

Yue laughed with delight from the bottom of her heart seeing Hajime like that.

「……Hajime, next. Quick! This way!」

「I get it, I get it.」

She insistently tugged on Hajime’s sleeve in high spirits. Toward the tour of reminiscence.

Grief toward the tragedy that was waiting in the future of this couldn’t be seen at the slightest in that radiant smile. Of course, for the current Yue who had learned about the truth of Denreed and others, there was no way she wasn’t feeling any loneliness and sadness at all, even so, he could feel from her how this land was becoming a land of good memory for her.

That fact made Hajime felt unbearably happy.

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Around the time the curtain of night was coming down.

Hajime and Yue finished their tour of the palace and the castle town. They then went to a town at a remote region.

Of course, they were inside past replay. The people coming and going consisted of various races even though this was inside Avatar Kingdom. There wasn’t only vampire, but also human, demon, and beastman.

It was an era of upheaval. There must be countless refugees who ran away from the flame of war and lost their home. This town was created in order to protect them.

The country was insular, but this was a rule of the first king. In exchange of the protection, the refugees had to pay in blood as tax, literally. It brought benefit for both sides, so it was said that the rule had continued to be held without any particular problem since the founding of the country.

A large flame was rising at the central plaza of such town. It wasn’t an incident, but something like camp fire.

Apparently the town was in the middle of a harvest festival. There were a lot of stalls. People regardless of race were having fun eating and drinking, or doing things like dancing.

Hajime and Yue were sitting on a rocky place in reality while watching that.

「As expected one day isn’t enough to go around everywhere. I would have make time somehow if only you told me earlier.」

After all this reminiscing tour wasn’t just about the place but also the timeline.

The small Yue working hard studying, Yue who crawled into her bed because she got sick of studying and wouldn’t come out, Yue wholeheartedly cheering 「Do your bestt~ my knights~」, Yue easily learning high difficulty magic in front of them and innocently broke their heart, Yue crying on and on after getting scolded due to her prank, Yue displaying her figure in dress during her birthday party in front of the whole nation and entranced everybody, but Yue who looked happier during the modest birthday celebration after with her uncle and Ubaldo and Rion and others……

Hajime was also shown many other memories of when Yue was princess, but that was exactly why he thought.

Half a day wasn’t enough at all. He wanted to see more.

Hajime’s shoulders dropped in dejection. Yue let out a chuckle in respond. She couldn’t help but feel very happy that Hajime wanted to know more about her that much.

「……We can come here again to look after the trip is over.」

「Well, that’s true.」

Hajime looked dissatisfied, or perhaps impatient for that time to come. Yue poked with her finger at the cheek of Hajime who was like that.

「……I did it intentionally.」

「Intentionally?」

「……Recently, Hajime looked like you were trying to finish a lot of things before the trip.」

「That’s well, because I won’t be able to leave earth if there’s still some risk remaining.」

「……No. I’m not talking about grandiose things like that, it’s also with the nearby things. Even your date with us, it feels like you’re in a hurry to do all of them before the trip.」

「……」

There wasn’t such thing, he just wanted to have a date with them because they hadn’t done such thing after so long with how busy he was. He wanted to argue like that, but for some reason no word came out.

「……It’s also like that with other things. The one who decided that Okaa-sama and others won’t come in the trip this time was Hajime.」

The family of each of them wouldn’t come with them this time like with the Tortus travel.

Of course this trip would be different with when they were travelling Tortus. This time it would be a long trip so it would be difficult for the parents to take day off, but the main reason was something else.

Unlike at Tortus, there was no guarantee that this trip would be safe.

Although, there shouldn’t be any problem if Hajime and others were with them.

「……Besides, you refused Endou to come together even though he looked like he want to come. You wanted to leave him behind just in the worst case something happen at earth while we’re away right?」

She hit the bull’s eyes too here. His lack of carelessness was just like usual, but considering that they had the method to come back anytime, it should be fine to prioritize Kousuke’s feeling rather than making him felt depressed from the refusal.

「……Not only that, you also suggested the apostleization of Shizuku and others before the trip.」

Actually, that happened. Shizuku, Aiko, and Remia were already receiving the treatment to transform into apostle from Yue before going to the trip.

Shizuku from the start had intended to ask for the apostleization to be done to her too considering the matter of their lifespan, but it wasn’t like the lifespan problem had to be solved using the apostleization. Rather, the apostle method would require more adjustment because in exchange of stopping aging, they would need to use metamorphosis magic if they wanted to change their appearance to suit their actual age.

It was an important point in order to live in society, so even if they wanted to go through the apostle route, it would be fine to do it at a later date.

In fact, Hajime hesitated when it came to Myuu because he wanted her to grow up naturally, but in the end the treatment wasn’t applied to her.

But in the end, the three who were worrying in the aspect of physical toughness compared to Yue and others were asked by him to receive the treatment just in case, even if they still wouldn’t be able to use the apostle’s power well for a while after that.

It went without saying, but that chain of decisions put Hajime’s worry and wariness in display.

「……You’ve heard from Kaori right? The other purpose of the trip.」

「Yeah……. The trip is to erase my stupid needless fear, right? My bad. I’m being excessive even though you guys are being considerate of me……」

Yue shook her head slowly.

「……It looks like everyone think that Hajime is worried about the unknown too much because of the “dragon incident” but, it’s a bit different with me.」

「Hm? What do you mean?」

「……I think, something might happen in this trip. Perhaps, you’re unconsciously sensing that Hajime.」

「That’s……no, there won’t. What do you mean sensing? Don’t tell me Yue, you’re sensing something?」

「……No, nothing. But──」

Yue’s gaze moved from the dancing people to Hajime.

「……If everyone is trying to reassure Hajime, it should be fine if at least I’m alone is worrying together with you right?」

Being wary together without letting their guard down, but they would enjoy the trip. She would look back while Hajime look forward.

If nothing happened even then, they could just laugh together about how stupid they were when they talked about it later.

Yue said that and took Hajime’s hand.

「……That’s why, everything will absolutely be fine.」

She put on a fearless smile that bared her teeth.

That smile looked exactly the same like Hajime when facing an enemy in the past at Tortus.

「……This strongest vampire princess is giving you guarantee. And it’s for the continuation of this date too, okay?」

Hajime let out 「Aa~」 in his heart. Recently, he kept making his family be considerate for him. How pathetic of him. At the same time, he was exasperated to himself who felt terribly relieved from that.

Most likely, Yue had learned the special move of “forceful teleportation of the target without touching them” before he realized it was actually the result of training. She must have been training herself so there wouldn’t be any problem no matter what happened. Perhaps she was also learning other superhuman feat right now.

When he thought that, he could only, how to say it,

「That’s super reassuring.」

He thought like that from the bottom of his heart. She made him thought like that.

Yue hopped down from the rock they were sitting on. And then she twirled around and faced Hajime before executing a wonderful curtsy and held out her hand to him.

「……How about a dance?」

Truly unfair. He couldn’t dance at all but, there was no way he could refuse after being made to feel like this.

「You’re really like a handsome guy, Yue.」

「……Fufu, isn’t it?」

Yue grinned unusually widely. Hajime took her hand with an expression as though to say that he surrendered.

And then, he followed his handsome wife’s invitation and enjoyed the night amidst the past memory.

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The next day, Hajime and co departed to their other world trip just as planned.

The first world they were going to was the homeland of the divine spirits where Shia got summoned as hero in the past.

The star spirit world.

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AN: Thank you very much for reading this every time.

Thank you very much too for the thoughts, opinions, and reports about misspelling and omitted words.

The common holiday brief story ends with this. I hope everyone enjoy it.

Next chapter we will enter the other world trip arc. At the same time it’s planned to be something like a long prologue for the final long arc. In this regard, my apologies but for the sake of the Plot-kun that is already dying from having revision forced into it, and also for the sake of my piling up personal businesses, I’ll be taking a little break.

And so, the next update is planned to be at April 6. I’m sorry but, please allow it!

※Material introduction

– Hellina during the legendary final battle

   Sorry for the readers of WN version. The description came from the LN version. The after story is more or less based on the LN version so, I beg your understanding!

– Lee-san and Inaba’s story

   I want to link the final arc to After II [Monster Friends’ Reunion] & [Monsters, Chasing the Unknown]. Following that I’m planning to revise those two chapters somewhat.

– Always imagine the greatest husband in your mind. His heart was made of sugarcoating~

   From Archer of [Fate/stay night]

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