19. It

Sora’s face hardened at the absurd words.

 

 

“…What the hell are you talking about out of the blue?”

“I was thinking, what if you became the cult leader and controlled the adventurers?”

“Are you seriously saying that right now?”

 

 

Reincarnated Jesus, a saint, all that stuff is either a joke or a cult. But she’s telling me to seriously consider it.

 

 

“Right now, they’re making a fuss over just a little bit of healing, but in a few years, there will be healers at a similar level to me. When that happens, the current reaction will disappear completely, you know? Besides-.”

“You’re an idiot, aren’t you?”

“…Wanna get punched?”

 

 

Calling me an idiot when we’re not even that close!

 

 

Sora exuded an aura of annoyance, but Major, with her shameless and clueless mithril-plated face, continued to speak calmly.

 

 

“Don’t you know how valuable a Saintess is to men?”

“What are you talking about now?”

“Becoming a Saintess is much more likely to attract those bastards’ attention than wearing a school uniform and acting cute.”

“…Huh?”

 

As an absent-minded sound escaped me, Major’s finishing blow landed.

 

 

“Do you know what kind of heroine always appears in male-oriented erotic fantasy and is always popular? It’s a Saintess, a Saintess. Men want to knock that holy woman down and make her shake her hips no matter what. Got it?”

“….”

 

 

As she spoke, making explicit gestures like putting her right index finger in and out of a hole made with her left hand, something inexplicably persuasive arose.

 

“Honestly, you don’t have any special features other than having big boobs.”

 

Pajik.

 

 

“Your face is just so-so too.”

“I’m…pretty cute, though.”

“Yeah. Kinda.”

“…My face is even on the internet!”

“Yeah. Kinda.”

“I even have a fan cafe!!”

“The reality is, you’re in 4th place, losing to Isonia and Yuna-ssi, and even the maid, Im Seohyun.”

“….”

 

I shut my mouth at the overwhelmingly powerful truth bomb.

 

 

In Im Seohyun’s case, she has a lot of exposure and activity, so she has a lot of fan cafe members, but the fact remains that she’s losing.

 

Major, who bothered to bring up this annoying fact, continued to attack Sora (?).

 

 

“You, who are as ordinary as can be except for your boobs, might be doing well sticking close right now, but if more attractive women appear later, you’ll be forgotten before you know it, right? Think about it coldly.”

“…Th, then what about you, Unni?”

“Me? What does it matter whether I’m forgotten or not? I’ve already gotten what I wanted.”

“….”

“And honestly… ‘female police officer’ is a hell of a fetish, isn’t it? I’m the one who hopes people will forget me.”

 

 

Hureup.

 

 

Major drinks the shaved ice from the bowl like it’s a bowl of rice soup.

Her easygoing and nonchalant appearance made me feel strangely annoyed.

 

 

“Anyway… that’s all I have to say. You don’t have to decide right away, think about it slowly. Your followers aren’t going anywhere.”

“Who are you calling followers?”

“I’ll let you know that I’m going to give those people a warning and send them home.”

“….”

 

 

With those words, Major left the cafe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+++

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“It feels kind of different like this.”

“…What does?”

“Don’t you think so, Yuna-ssi?”

“….”

 

 

Yuna-ssi lowers her head deeply.

She hides her unnecessarily reddened face with her clothes.

 

 

“It’s our first date. Even though we’ve done everything already. This feeling of something being reversed!”

“D, don’t say things like that.”

“Come on. You’re older than me, but you’re too shy.”

 

I hugged her from behind.

 

“!”

 

Her body swayed slightly as it touched the railing.

There’s no way she’d fall, but I wonder if she was still a little nervous.

 

 

We are currently at the observatory of a skyscraper built in Jamsil. Only adventurers who can withstand the strong winds hundreds of meters above the ground are allowed to enter, so of course, Yuna-ssi and I have a free pass.

 

 

Originally, there was a building belonging to a certain group, but it collapsed during the Gangnam defense battle, and now another skyscraper stands in its place.

 

 

From a design perspective, most people say that the current one is better… well, I think so too.

 

 

 

I whispered in Yuna-ssi’s ear.

 

 

“Yuna-ssi, do you want to spread your arms out?”

“My arms?”

“Yes. Like in Titanic.”

“Huh??”

 

Her startled appearance is cute.

I probably can’t see it, but her eyes must be wide open, right?

 

 

“What are you doing, everyone’s watching….”

 

She looks around and refuses.

There are definitely a lot of people around right now, and some of them are glancing at us.

 

 

They might have recognized us, or it might just be because Yuna-ssi is pretty.

Anyway, it’s not a situation that Yuna-ssi would like, but,

 

 

“What does it matter? We just need to worry about ourselves. Now, close your eyes.”

“Ugh….”

 

 

After all, other people are just background in front of love. They’re not worth worrying about at all.

 

 

“J, just ten seconds…okay?”

 

I’m so happy that you’re willing to spare ten seconds.

 

 

“Agh…”

 

She slowly spreads her arms.

I can feel her tension through my tightly wrapped arms.

The firm yet soft abdomen and the soft flesh gently placed on my arms.

I just want to keep hugging her.

 

 

“Have you ever been confessed to?”

 

I asked slyly, and she shook her head.

She must already be at her maximum level of shame from just spreading her arms, she doesn’t even say anything.

 

 

I hugged her even tighter.

 

 

“Let’s do it. With me. Love.”

“…Pardon?”

“Not sex, dating. Let’s do it with me.”

“….”

“From now on, too. Just the two of us.”

“Th…that…”

“Of course, there will be other women, though.”

“….”

“What do you want to do? Will you do it or not? If you will, turn around and kiss me.”

“Muts…!”

 

 

An unreasonable request that Yuna-ssi would never be able to do.

 

“Wh, why did you tell me to raise my arms-.”

“You have to hug me.”

“Ugh..”

 

Is it too sudden?

It might be difficult for Yuna-ssi’s personality.

 

But her favorability is 100, right?

It’s an artificial feeling caused by a skill, but that’s why it might be even stronger.

It would be great if she could overcome her original personality, at least in the dramatic moment of expressing love.

And if that could become a real feeling someday…

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Have you…done this to other people?”

“No. You’re the first, Yuna-ssi.”

“….”

 

 

She smiled faintly.

No, that’s how I felt. I can’t see it, but it’s a feeling, a feeling of the flow of air.

 

“You know this is a scam, right? Shaking people’s hearts with vulgar skills…playing with them…and then dating…love…it’s a scam.”

 

She speaks in a long, drawn-out tone that seems to have strength but doesn’t.

It’s a painful sentence full of truth bombs, but I have a feeling that there will be a twist.

 

 

She turned around abruptly.

Her tightly closed lips with her fangs slightly visible and her slightly trembling eyebrows.

Her hair flies haphazardly in the swirling wind of the observatory.

 

 

She came closer, swoosh.

 

At the same time, her arms, which had been spread to the left and right, wrapped around my waist and head.

 

 

Jjup.

 

 

Her lips touched mine.

I thought she was going to kiss me, but she lowered the tiptoes she had been standing on.

 

“Kisses…later….”

 

It’s nothing special between us who have seen everything, but that gave me even greater emotion.

It’s just a lip bump, but why is my heart fluttering so much? I feel like I’ve gone back to being a virgin.

 

Yuna-ssi, who is showing off her fierce loveliness, is turning her head away, avoiding my gaze.

But her arms that are hugging me are still there, so she’s stuck to me.

 

 

I could feel her heart beating thump-thump beyond her softly pressed chest.

I don’t know if it’s my heart or her heart or both, but I feel excited.

 

 

Not sexually excited.

 

I just want to run!

I don’t know, I just want to run.

 

 

“Do you want to run?”

“…Huh?”

 

 

She answered a beat late,

At that moment, I was already flying in the sky.

 

 

With her.

 

 

“…Eh?”

 

 

With her somewhat dazed reaction, we jumped off the observatory hundreds of meters above the ground.

 

 

“Hiiiik???!”

“Sorry. I’m just too excited, I can’t control myself.”

“W, wa, wa, waiitt!!”

 

The wind mercilessly buffets us, and the buildings and ground come closer every second.

We won’t die, but human instinct gives us fear.

 

 

“Today is a really special day!”

 

I’ve done this with Kirara before, but it feels completely different from then!

Back then, I jumped off to destroy the Japanese branch, but now I just wanted to jump.

 

 

“Wooooaaaaah!!”

“Kyaaaaaaa!!”

 

We spun around in the sky, tightly embracing each other.

We’ll probably fall to the ground in a few seconds.

 

What should I do?

Should I just fall into a motel like this?

Beds are science, so maybe they’ll accept us. Maybe we’ll fall into a deep and deep relationship as is…

 

 

 

 

[What are you doing…?]

 

 

While I was having such random thoughts,

Something snatched us up.

 

 

It was Ahheuk.

 

 

[Seriously. What did you eat wrong again?]

“When are you going to fix your bad habit?”

[Like master, like pet.]

 

You little rascal.

Before I knew it, she had transformed into a mini jet and was carrying us.

She’s so fast.

 

“Ugh…! What the! What the!!”

 

While I was arguing with Ahheuk, I felt something thumping on my back.

Yuna-ssi is hitting me.

 

 

“You have no romance at all…!”

 

She sounds like she’s about to cry, was I too harsh? Yeah. Let’s reflect on jumping off.

 

 

“Hehe.”

 

When I gave her a big smile as a sign of repentance, her expression changed to a sulky one.

 

 

“…Why did you come back with that dazed face?”

“Pardon?”

“The face you had earlier was much better.”

“I’m always me, though.”

“Haa….”

 

She sighs deeply while looking at me.

I’m hurt? I’m a fragile man, you know.

 

 

“…Here.”

 

Yuna-ssi held out her hand.

 

“…?”

 

I stared blankly, not knowing what she meant,

 

 

“Y, you said we’re just holding hands today…we have to…hold hands.”

“Ah…yes.”

 

 

I said we’re just holding hands, but I never said we’d keep holding hands.

There’s no way Yuna-ssi would miss this small difference, so this is….

 

 

She’s telling me to hold her hand. Hehe.

I’m reaping a lot of rewards today.

 

“Do you want to do a little more?”

“No.”

“Aww.”

 

When I rubbed against her and clung to her,

 

 

“Hiii! What is it! Get off!”

 

She pushed my face away in horror.

Ahh.

Should I not have said we’re just holding hands?

Still, it feels good somehow.