Trial of Wisdom (Interlude)

“… Ah.”

When I came to, we were somehow standing on a sandy beach.The Omega Replica watches online uk for men here are at affordable prices. All the collections are available. It seemed the Teleportation was successful.

Stella, looking around, scratched replica watches uk her head as if dumbfounded and said,

“What is this… It was supposed to cheap replica watches be a Trial, but it doesn’t seem like much…”

We just had a nice vacation.

Well… I already knew how to break through the Trial, and Evan, even if I didn’t tell him, would have figured it out on his own, so no matter what, we would have eventually gotten out of the Trial.

It’s just that we were able to get out right away.

Originally, it would have been right to get out immediately, but since there wouldn’t be much difference in time no matter when we left, I just thought it would be good to rest enough before leaving since we had already entered the Trial.

From their perspective, it would feel like they had a moderately memorable dream without anything happening, so it’s not strange that they would react like that.

“Is that so for Stella too… I feel the same way.”

“… Huh, Uriel, I don’t think you’ve ever called me by my name like that before.”

“Stella is the same, though?”

“Hmm…”

Well… it seems that what happened in that dream wasn’t entirely meaningless.

Just looking at the current situation, it was something Uriel wouldn’t have even imagined before taking the Trial.

Before starting the Trial, Uriel kept using honorifics, but now, calling me without honorifics feels like treating me like a real friend.

“If it’s not rude, how about we just drop the honorifics altogether?!”

She even seems to like it, asking if we should just keep the titles as they are, which is confusing, but Stella, having been called that way in the dream, didn’t seem to mind calling her Uriel either.

It wasn’t intentional, but it seems that going into the Trial together this time has made their friendship even stronger.

“You two too!”

Uriel’s gaze turned to us. Why suddenly towards us…

While I was panicking, Evan turned to me. “I don’t mind, but what do you think, Aria?” To suddenly ask me that…

What am I supposed to say here…

I looked back and forth between Uriel and Evan, lost in thought.

I have a concept I’ve been maintaining, so it’s ambiguous to just call them comfortably, making it not easy to decide.

Of course, in my heart, I want to be more comfortable here, I want to get along well, but…

If I don’t use the titles Brother or Sister, it feels awkward, doesn’t it? That’s why I hesitate whether it’s right to make the titles casual.

Still…

‘I can’t keep going on like this…’

If we’re going to be together in the future, it would be good for us to get closer.

Maintaining the titles just to keep up the concept doesn’t seem like a good idea.

It’s ambiguous to even call it a concept in the first place.

Of course, I can’t go as far as using informal speech, because all the image I’ve built up until now would collapse.

…

Wait a minute.

‘Come to think of it, I did use informal speech with Evan, didn’t I…?’ Oh, um…

Before returning here… that is, in the world within the Trial, I did use informal speech with Evan, but that was just a story within a dream.

And it wasn’t like anyone else was watching, and I was only with Evan at the time, so I judged that there wouldn’t be any particular problem.

But now it’s different.

Now, not only Evan but also Stella and Uriel are with us.

If I drop the honorifics I’ve been using until now to not only Evan but also the two of them, it would seem strange… but if I only use informal speech with Evan, the two of them would obviously find it strange.

In that case, it would be better to just change the title and keep the honorifics as they are.

Then at least… “[Evan…?]”

If I just call him by his name…?

I felt embarrassed after calling him, so I turned my head away without realizing it.

“Uh…”

Evan had a blank expression, as if he hadn’t expected me to drop the honorifics and call him by his name right away.

…

Still, he’s the Hero who will save the world, so I wasn’t going to say this, but seeing him like that, he seems so clueless… somewhat foolish.

Well, even in the game, he was a kind and deeply affectionate guy to the point where I thought he was foolish.

That’s why I liked him. “Looks like he didn’t notice.” “I know, right.”

“[Didn’t notice? What are you talking about?]”

Stella and Uriel were whispering to each other, so when I asked them what they were talking about, the two of them were startled and made excuses

that it was nothing.

I mean, I was just asking because I was really curious, but why are they reacting so excessively?

These guys…

I don’t know what they were talking about, but judging from their guilty expressions and gestures, they were talking about something they couldn’t be proud of.

‘Could it be…?’

Are they starting to get jealous of me showing affection by using informal speech with Evan?

Hmm, I think it’s possible.

Until now, I’ve been giving off a feeling of distance, but now they’ll feel very close, so if they like Evan, they would feel that I, who always put up a wall, have loosened up a bit.

In that case, it’s not strange for them to feel jealous. Well, maybe not.

Actually, that’s a story that doesn’t matter to me. “… Right! We need to go back quickly…!”

Evan shouted as if he suddenly remembered something.

It will feel dreamy, like something that happened in a dream, so even if he remembers what happened there, it will be a bit incomplete…

But at least he will definitely remember that he spent a long time there.

So it seems he felt the need to properly check how much time has passed since then.

At Evan’s words, Stella and Uriel tilted their heads as if asking what he was talking about, but before they could even talk to us, Evan took off and ran.

“E, Evan?!”

“W, wait up~!” W, wait a minute.

Take me with you too.

I may be the Saintess, but I’ve hardly ever exercised, so I can’t keep up!! Aaaagh!

“… Huh?”

“Huff huff… Why are you so fast…” “That was good exercise~”

“…”

I collapsed…

No, I feel like I’m going to collapse…

I feel like I’m going to collapse any minute, but I’m somehow standing up…

I realized I was back, feeling the exhilaration of running as if my breath was about to be cut off for the first time in a while.

I didn’t expect to realize it this way.

“No way… Not even a day has passed…?” Evan seemed surprised that no time had passed.

Well, of course.

If time passed while we were taking the Trial, that would be more of a problem.

If it was like that in the game, taking the Trial itself would have been very difficult.

Anyway, time keeps passing in the game, and to see the high score by doing things according to the schedule, you have to do this and that as quickly as possible.

In the midst of that, the Trial, which is one of the essential elements that allows you to see the high score and takes the longest time, makes time pass?

That’s just telling you not to play the game.

“I don’t know what Evan has been talking about since earlier…” “What do you mean time hasn’t passed?”

“You guys… Don’t you remember what happened in the Trial?” “What happened in the Trial…”

“Ah, that…”

The two of them had a thoughtful expression for a moment, then shook their heads.

“There are parts I remember, but I don’t remember exactly what happened.”

“Me too. Ah, but I think I remember having fun together as a group of four!”

Uriel said that with a bright smile.

At that, Evan had a complicated expression and scratched his head.

“That’s… I guess it’s because I’m the Hero… I remember most of what happened there.”

“Hmm…” “Could it be…?”

“Uh… We were in the Trial for about 2 weeks.” “2, 2 weeks?!”

The two of them were shocked by Evan’s bombshell statement.

Then, Evan began to explain what kind of world it was and what kind of life they had spent during those 2 weeks.

After hearing all the explanations, the two of them finally had confused expressions.

“Did they twist the timeline…? Or if not, another dimension entirely…?” “Ugh… I’m dizzy…”

I quietly thought, looking at the two people who seemed to have changed a lot.

‘Trial… I need to be careful in the future…’ Their personalities have changed too much.