Tsugumi, without any adverse effects, was called a beautiful girl herself. However, Schnee and Tiera, seen from Tsugumi’s point of view, were on another whole different level.
“Various things happened and I can’t say the details.”
“Eh~”
“Don’t ‘Eh’ me. You shouldn’t pry into customers’ affairs.”
“But, you just became an adventurer no more than a month ago, how did you get entangled with such two beautiful women? I’m not worried or anything, but something is wrong.”
“Hey! Hey! Though I understand your feelings, this is no good, you know?”
“Cheー”
“Don’t sulk!”
Was it because of a lack of entertainment? She seemed to have a fancy about this sort of story.
Were Shin and the others common adventurers, he could talk about story that they came across each other by chance. However, there were circumstances for Shin and Schnee, so he couldn’t reveal the detailed contents.
“Sigh, I thought I could listen to interesting stories again after such a long time.”
“Don’t joke around.”
Contrary to his way of talking, Shin was amazed at her state, which didn’t seem to be very disappointed.
Did she not have the motivation to ask about it persistently? After Tsugumi returned to the counter, she waited on customers normally.
Shin rented a single room for himself, and a twin room for Schnee and Tiera. Because he didn’t know how much time it would take due to tomorrow, he handed each one Jul gold coin for the time being. He also had Tsugumi to speak up if it started to run out.
It was just at the right time so they had a lunch, and then, they gathered in Schnee and Tiera’s room afterward.
“――and well, that’s what I was told. I probably have to fight and so on, I think.”
When he spoke about the discussion he had with Barlux and Arad, Schnee nodded as she consented.
“I see. There was such a thing happening before our reunion, huh?”
“A sword that flew into the royal castle, what have you done…”
“I’m not doing it because I like it, okay.”
“Kuu? Shin is amazing~”
Tiera was astonished and Yuzuha, who might not understand it well, tilted its head.
“According to Shin’s words, it’s possible for the country to invite you, whether or not you enter the government service. Or, it’s possible that it’s recommended that you set up a marriage with a high nobility to some extent.”
“I understand about the government service, but marriage?”
“Yes, if the second princess in question grasped the Skull Faces’ fighting power accurately, she should be convinced that Shin’s ability is among the upper class of Chosen Ones. Because the power of a country is said to be proportional to the number of Chosen Ones, I expect she will actively try to win you over.”
“After the story about the princess, may I refrain from the marriage meeting? I don’t mean for things to go like this right away.”
Shin didn’t have the intention to enter government service or being tied with marriage.
And he didn’t have the motivation to talk about how to decline such a plan and so on from the beginning.
“I think there’s no problem if you decline to enter the government service. There are not many people who become knights from adventurers.”
“Is that so?”
“There are many people who hate being bound by rules. Also, viewing from the party members, because the recruitment is a loss for them, they refrain from doing it.”
The types that entered the government service, from adventurers, were the people who were solo and people who didn’t join a party as a fixed member.
“And now, Shin is in a party with us, so if you put that as a reason, it would be difficult to reject it.”
“Then, the problem now is the marriage, huh? It’s obvious that if I decline this without a good reason, then troublesome things will come about.”
“Regarding that, should I pretend to be your fiance?”
“Ah, I can be that guy who is already engaged to his partner, huh?”
Schnee expected that a new fiance wouldn’t be pushed onto a person who was already engaged.
It was certainly not bad as an excuse. Though, it wouldn’t be assured that a noble would give up so easily.
“It’s unreasonable to force it too much, so it’s their loss if they continue to offend you. In some cases, Tiera too, if she pretended, they at least won’t even think of tempting her as your woman.”
“Uhm, me?”
Tiera asked.
“Ara, you don’t like it?”
“No, if it’s about pretending, I’m good but…”
If it is only pretending, Tiera was also okay with it.
“Kuu! Then Yuzuha and Shin can become a couple too!!”
“Wait, Yuzuha, it’s not like that! I’ll be killed by society!!”
However, when Yuzuha announced its candidacy, to an extent that it even transformed into its female human form, because of a you-know-what misunderstanding, Shin hurriedly put a stop to it.
Anyway, Yuzuha could only turn into the little girl mode after all, rather than the figure of the voluptuous beautiful woman from the game era. To dabble with a little girl could be considered to be on the path to becoming a pervert at full speed.
“This time it is just pretending, only pretending. It’s not real, okay?”