Volume 2 Chapter 5 I Couldn't Help But Ask, Who(Ask), But...
"--Well, I think you did your best considering you have zero experience with women, partner."
"Shut up, I don't need any comforting..."
As I walked through the city, my spear on my back seemed to speak to me. I reflexively responded in a tired voice.
"Don't say that. If you had handled it perfectly, you would be an irresistible womanizer by now, partner."
"...Isn't that going a bit too far?"
"Well, my partner actually has that potential. Be careful."
"There's no way that's true, so why bother being careful?"
"Oh well, that's why I can't stand people who are unaware."
I don't really understand what Gram is saying.
"Anyway, I'm feeling really, really sorry about my life right now..."
If there weren't so many people around, I'd want to curl up and bury my head in my hands.
--Let's go back a little while.
"I--"
"Yukina-kun."
I was about to say again, but I was quietly called out by Kyunei. While I was grumbling, she had somehow gotten up from her seat and was now standing by my side.
I expected to see the most pathetic expression on my face as I turned to Kyunei.
--Before I knew it, Kyunei was kissing me.
"This is... my answer."
Kyunei said, her cheeks flushed.
"You accepted me as a pr**titute and as a succubus, and that's why I love you."
Then-- she looked straight into my eyes.
"I can say this with certainty. Yukina-kun, you are a wonderful man, more so than anyone I've ever encountered. I want to entrust myself to you completely."
"Is it okay, even for someone like me?"
"It's precisely because it's you that it's okay."
And then, Kyunei gently embraced me.
I remained seated in the chair, while she stood, which meant that my head nestled into the area between her chest.
It felt like I was 'buried' like this.
There was excitement as a man, but more than that, I felt a sense of security spreading within me, as if being enveloped by warmth that wasn't my own.
"I understand. When it comes to something new, men tend to lose confidence, right? But it's rude to talk about other men in this situation."
As my head, which was being pathetic in this important moment, was still being held by Kyunei, she gently stroked it.
"It's okay. Your current state, Yukina-kun, is natural. I'm actually relieved. It's because I learned that you also have that side to you."
...What does that mean?
"This conversation here. Don't worry about it. Are you feeling calmer?"
"...Honestly, I'm still not calm."
It's a feeling that fills my face with both oppressive pain and a strangely pleasant sensation.
"But... I'm calmer than before."
Feeling overwhelmed, I struggled to escape from Kyunei's ample bosom.
--However, I was firmly held in place.
"...Um, I can't get out."
"Is it impossible to stay like this?"
I managed to peek at Kyunei's face through the gap between her breasts. She tilted her head and had a cute smile on her face.
I guess that reaction like Kyunei's just now is what they mean by "sly." I briefly felt the desire to be buried in Kyunei's breasts like this.
But I can't have a proper conversation like this, so please step back a little.
Then, a mysterious struggle unfolded, and somehow I managed to escape from Kyunei's breasts. ...Just hearing it in words, it sounds incredible.
Kyunei looked a little disappointed, and I cleared my throat to refocus.
"...I think I understand Kyunei's feelings well. I don't plan to doubt them anymore. But..."
"Your feeling to me, you don't understand, right?"
It seems like because she has dealt with many men, she can see right through what I'm thinking.
"If you were to ask me if I like or dislike you, I definitely like Kyunei. But whether that's the 'like' between a man and a woman... I'm not so sure."
It would be easy to accept Kyunei's confession here. But I can't figure out if the 'like' I have inside me sees her as a pr**titute or as a woman.
"...That's right. I think I got a little carried away and panicked too much."
Kyunei didn't seem disappointed in me for showing my weakness, but rather she seemed to understand and nodded in agreement.
"Yukina-kun, you don't have to force an answer right now."
"Is that okay?"
"Actually, I've been only expressing my feelings and not considering Yukina-kun's feelings at all. I think I need to calm down a bit, too."
But then, Kyunei grabbed my face and pulled me closer just a little bit.
"If you can even slightly understand my feelings."
And then, she kissed my forehead.
"--Come back to this place again tonight."
After looking back at what happened a while ago, I let out a deep sigh as I left Kyunei's clinic for what felt like the umpteenth time.
"I guess maybe it's better to just go with the flow of that moment..."
"I can't deny that... but it's no use saying it now, partner."
"I know, but..."
"Well, at least you have time until tonight. Think and worry as much as you need to until then. No matter what happens, I'll pick up the pieces for you."
"Doesn't that mean you're expecting me to fail no matter what?!"
While arguing back and forth, the first place I headed after leaving the clinic was the Mercenary Guild.
I wanted to claim the reward for defeating the Kobold King.
"I was worried about what would happen if other mercenaries or the soldiers from the kingdom took credit for it."
"But it seems like Silver Flash made sure that wouldn't happen, so it should be fine."
From what I heard, after I lost consciousness in the forest, Silver Flash and the soldiers from the kingdom who were present at the scene worked together to carry me to the Kyunei clinic. Then, when my healing was finished and my condition stabilized, they came and informed Kyunei that the defeat of the Kobold King had been officially accepted as my accomplishment by the Mercenary Guild.
I was unconscious during that time, so I only had reports from Gram to rely on. As evidence, there is a huge fang from the Kobold King, which is the part of its body that was defeated, in the pouch that I had prepared on my waist. Silver Flash went all the way to the site where the Kobold King was defeated and brought it back.
She also already talked to the Mercenary Guild, and they have set up a way for me to receive a reward if I submit this.
If I had reported that 2nd rank Silver Flash had subdued it instead of 5th rank me, the guild would probably have believed the report.
"Well, she's strict with others..."
"But even more so with herself. I guess she's not the type to cheat or do anything dishonest."
From what I heard, Silver Flash is in perfect health and doesn't seem to have any lingering injuries.
"Oh, make sure to thank Silver Flash, the fox girl. She brought you to the clinic and was really worried about you, partner."
"Sure thing."
Next time we meet, I'll treat her to a meal.
With a laid-back mindset, I stepped into the Mercenary Guild building.
"Oh hey, partner. Something's not right--"
Just as Gram was about to issue a warning, it was already too late.
"'Hero-dono'!! (Eiyuu)."
"Huh? --Uh-oh!"
As I tried to look towards the approaching footsteps, something collided with me from the side, throwing me onto the guild floor.
Grimacing in pain from hitting the floor, I turned my attention to the thing that had crashed into me.
"Ouch... Seriously, what's going on... Wait, who are you?"
Silver Flash, with silver hair, fox ears, and a tail.
--It was none other than Silver Flash.
If she hadn't clung onto my body, looking at my face with teary eyes, I might have accepted it more easily.
"I heard from Kyunei-sensei that the healing went well, but it's great to see you in such good shape!"
While looking at my face, Silver Flash had a smile that seemed like she might burst into tears at any moment, but it was also a beaming smile.
In this scene, her fox's ears are moving up and down, and her tail is swishing from side to side.
It's like she is showing her happiness with her whole body.
She was a completely different person from the cool beauty I saw when we first met.
Yukina also has the thoughts of a normal boy.
It is natural for him to be a little hesitant when it comes to things that are new to him.
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