There Ariel glanced at Sylphy.
And then declared as if she had decided something.
"I have no necessity for your power."
"Wha!! What's th..that! Ariel-sama!"
The one who raised their voice was Sylphy.
Ariel continued as if to forestall her.
"I would be troubled if you were to misunderstand, but Sylphy by no means got close to you aiming for your power."
"Yes, there's no misunderstanding regarding that."
I do feel like I had some kind of thoughts that Sylphy might have such ulterior motives though...
It's fine, this is where I should honestly listen to Ariel's words.
"I have only one thing to ask of you. Sylphy, my friend, please make her happy."
I deeply nodded.
It's something that doesn't even need to be said.
"Yes, definitely."
"You can say whatever you want in words but...first what do you intend to do?"
"...."
What do I intend to do about it, Ariel came out asking with an extremely strong tone.
I kept my mouth shut.
What do I intend to do huh, I came here because I don't know.
No, let's stop with the excuse that I won't know.
The way a man should take responsibility should be the same in all worlds.
That's right, didn't Paul say something like that as well.
In order to take responsibility, in Asura you need to prepare a house and find employment.
"As I thought, it should be marriage."
After I said that, Sylphy covered her mouth.
Luke's fixed upright posture was destroyed and he started to stagger with a face like he received a shock.
"I see. Splendid. As expected of the man I heard about from Sylphy, right, Rudeus-sama."
Ariel nodded in satisfaction and looked at Sylphy.
"Sylphiette Greyrat."
"Ha!!? Eh!? Greyrat, eh!?"
Sylphiette Greyrat.
After being called that, Sylphy was all flustered,
"If you are to be Rudeus's wife, then from now on there's no necessity for you to continue disguising yourself as a man. Become feminine."
"Eh, but..if I don't disguise myself, Ariel-sama will??"
"In exchange, Rudeus. I'd like to make use of your name. Right now, in this area, there are no people who don't know about you. If such a person as you were to accept my trusted friend Sylphy, there might be people who come out with misunderstandings at their own convenience."
I see now.
If I remain together with Sylphy, a connection between Ariel and I will be made, there will be guys who think like that is what it means.
She won't borrow my power, but she'll borrow my reputation.
Though what she's doing is mostly the same, but she sure uses interesting expressions.
"That's an easy request... in my regards, it would be fine for me to honestly assist as your follower though."
"I don't need you. Since your power is too great, it's beyond what I can handle."
I wonder if it's that strong.
Is what I was thinking, but in my regard it's a convenient development.
It seems like a pain to be stuck close to princess Ariel and forced to move around doing various things after all.
I'll just take that honestly.
"Of course, if there's a time when you need it, I permit you to use my name as well. It's not the strongest faction, but the name of the Second Princess of Asura Kingdom might prove useful to you somehow or other."
"That is appreciated."