The morning after inadvertently witnessing Edan’s naked body, a small incident that occurred.

    Roughly finishing up the morning, I confirmed that the room where Edan and I were staying was connected by a door in between.

    “Don’t worry too much, Relise. I’ve seen it a couple of times before, haven’t I? I don’t really pay attention to what Relise sees.”

    “I will be more careful in the future, Lord Edan. If you wish for an apology, Lord Edan, I could also show my naked body…”

    “It’s, it’s fine…! Even without apologizing for that, I trust Relise. And Relise has been showing a lot even before… Oh, no, that’s not what I meant…”

    Roughly, after that conversation, it was roughly concluded that we should knock when opening the door to each other’s rooms. Somehow, just knowing that Edan was next to a door that could be opened at any time didn’t quite calm my heart.

    “I don’t think our relationship with Edan has changed much since we shared a room at the academy.”

    I vaguely remember that there was nothing significant that could change my relationship with Edan.

    On the last night at the academy, I did say something I “had to do” to Edan, but in reality, that level of intimacy had happened before.

    Due to a nightmare, I had to share the same bed with Edan for a few days at Blackwood Manor, but that was necessary to maintain peak condition before capturing MacHart.

    And last night, when the operation went awry and I almost fell victim to MacHart, Edan narrowly saved me. Upon reflection, this was enough to make my heart race.

    But, this was truly an unavoidable fate. If Edan had been even a little late, I would have been dragged to MacHart right then and there, treated like a sex slave in the nightmare world for months, and eventually abandoned without a body being found.

    Honestly, even between two men, it was hard not to feel grateful for what happened that day.

    “Come to think of it, I haven’t brought up the wish yet…”

    I did tell Edan that I would grant a wish after finishing off MacHart, but I hope he at least tells me what he wants in advance. That way, I can prepare physically or mentally for various things.

    I did limit the wish to something I could grant, so he wouldn’t ask for money or material things. In the end, as a man in his prime, Edan’s wish to me was likely to be one of his many lascivious requests.

    I’ve already mentioned several times that I won’t engage in anything directly, so I won’t ask for that, but if it’s something risky, I’ll have to grant it since we made a promise.

    Honestly, just thinking about the acts that come to mind right now doesn’t exactly make me eager to fulfill them with a smile.

    Touching that between my legs with his chest or asking me to do it with my mouth was on the edge of what I could allow.

    Since Edan had touched my chest countless times, I didn’t really feel repulsed, and I had experienced using my mouth once before.

    But if he were to ask me to touch him in a different area below, or if he were to ask if it was okay to do it in the ‘other hole,’ then…

    “…If that happens, how should I really react?”

    A promise is a promise, so should I allow something like that? But if it goes that far, isn’t it crossing a line?

    If it goes to that extent, it would be beyond the level where I could use the excuse of ‘it’s similar to sexual activity, so it’s okay.’ It would essentially be the same as engaging in sexual intercourse between a man and a woman, just not in the traditional way.

    Of course, if asked, I would have no choice but to do it, but if that’s the case, I need time to prepare myself mentally…

    “Sigh, I can’t seem to pull myself together.”

    Hopefully, Edan’s imagination doesn’t reach that far.

    By the way, I eventually went to the first floor’s servant waiting room and borrowed a maid outfit. The maids made a bewildered expression when they saw me insisting on wearing a maid outfit, but I didn’t really care as long as I was comfortable.

    After changing into comfortable clothes and finishing breakfast in the morning.

    We gathered in the meeting room where we met with Seraphine last night and continued our discussion about the “temporary companion.”

    “In ten days, we will go to the Witch’s Forest in the northwest.”

    “Huh?”

    The unexpected statement from Gyeommyeojosegyigwot made me blurt out an odd exclamation.

    And at the same time, the gazes of others focused on me. Ignoring those gazes, I carefully tried to cover up my slip of the tongue.

    “Uh, so… you mean… you’re going to the Witch’s Forest in the northwest in ten days?”

    “Yeah. I have some things to discuss with the witches there. And there’s something Lala asked for.”

    “I see. If we set the arrival at the Witch’s Forest in ten days as the starting point, then we would depart from the palace about a week later, right?”

    “No, it’s ten days from the departure. …Yeah, considering the travel time, it would be roughly two weeks later.”

    “…What?”

    It was absurd from the beginning, and as I listened to the conversation, it became even more ridiculous.

    What? Two weeks later? We’re about to start the “Lala’s Secret” episode in a week, and you’re saying we’ll go in two weeks? Are you trying to skip the episode and move on?

    Until now, you’ve been progressing well, but suddenly spouting nonsense like this naturally caused confusion in my mind. You weren’t like this before.

    “Even if you don’t like Lala, or you like Riria too much, I can accept choosing Riria, even if I have to give up a hundred times.”

    Originally, this crossroads event was designed to force such a choice, and since the hero only has one body, naturally only one of them can be saved.

    But missing the golden time to proceed with the event and revealing yourself sneakily a few days later was an inexplicable action. It’s not because it’s far and troublesome, so why?

    I almost blurted out that maybe you were mistaken about the event schedule, but thankfully, the following words from the hero naturally ended the momentary doubt that arose in my mind.

    “So, I hope you can go ahead and help Lala with her witch test until Serista and I arrive at the Witch’s Forest in two weeks.”

    “I see.”

    After Gyeommyeojosegyigwot said that, I could roughly guess the intention behind the initial proposal.

    It seems that departing in ten days was based on the standards of the northeast Great Plains, not the palace.

    It seemed that Gyeommyeojosegyigwot was not willing to give up on both the Barbarian Territory War event in the northeast Great Plains and Lala’s Witch Test event in the Witch’s Forest in the northwest.

    However, even a hero cannot split their body in two to proceed with both events, so they probably wanted to send others in one direction to delay the time as much as possible.

    Of course, sending characters other than the hero wouldn’t have made any sense as they wouldn’t know how the episode would unfold. But this time, my presence made it possible. Just like Gyeommyeojoshegye and I were well aware of how the episodes at the Luminor Academy unfolded.

    In fact, in my case, I had chosen the Lala route in over 80% of the crossroads with Liria. I knew exactly what the episode was about and how to help Lala.

    As I was contemplating buying bug repellent perfume, Agnes asked Gyeommyeojoshegye a question.

    “Should we go first? How soon?”

    “About six days from now… So, I think we should leave here in about ten days.”

    “What will you and Serista do during that time?”

    “We’ll briefly visit the Great Plains in the northeast. I have a favor to ask Liria during the semester.”

    “Liria? Who is that?”

    It seemed that Agnes had not yet met Liria.

    Well, the only official chance to meet her would be at the end-of-term hunt in the second semester of the second year.

    If there were frequent mock duels between the fencing and spear fighting clubs, they might come face to face once or twice, but usually, the mock duel opponents of the magic club were from the archery club, so there was no need for that.

    On the other hand, knowing about Liria meant that Ethan, from the fencing club, was aware of the existence of Liria, the top student in the first-year spear fighting club.

    “Liria, are you talking about Liria Marsendar Galenhar Solavend Pionis Babarakus?”

    “….”

    “….”

    “Yeah, Liria from the spear fighting club.”

    …I didn’t expect him to know her so well.

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