Chapter 23 – Outing

“Wow..”

Cecilia looked around her with her eyes wide open.

Most of the people were busy preparing for the festival.

If there was one strange thing… It was Cecilia as expected.

Now, it’s normal to stick close to Hero, but rather put me and the hero next to each other and walk far away. Not only that, but he also forced me to hold my hand halfway while emphasizing that I am a holy country culture.

I want to ask, but I can’t, and if I think about it, I don’t have any settings that I know about Seongguk, and I thought it might be because it’s a game, so I decided to stay quiet.

Still, as soon as I heard the story, I held hands, so I pretended not to understand it, so I wrote it on a piece of paper I didn’t know where it came from, and the excuse that I couldn’t understand it didn’t work.

In fact, when I asked if I was curious about the culture of the Seongguk earlier, I should have predicted that it was a ground meal, but it was my mistake.

Come to think of it, what kind of paper is that?

The way Lumia communicates with everyone other than Hero in the game seems to be carrying around something like an erasable whiteboard and writing on it.

“I’ll have to get a magic tool when I leave the Holy Land.”

Saying so, the hero fiddled with the paper Cecilia had handed him.

…

Am I holding hands with him right now?

It’s a bit embarrassing…

I looked up at the warrior.

The hero seemed much more casual than I thought.

Am I not recognizing because I don’t look like a real woman?

No, why are you so defensive?

I thought that this kind of look would be enough, but is Cecilia your preference?

I looked down.

A small hill that was incomparable to Cecilia only greeted me. Even when she is wearing clothes, her body is not exposed. I don’t have a body to show off, so it’s natural if it’s natural, but it’s a bit uncomfortable.

You say you like a hebby boy with a big chunk of fat like that..?

No, of course, she is as saintly and beautiful as she is on the outside.. She is perfect without missing anything, but this means that her life is at stake.

Can’t lose

I can’t.

I looked around at the people passing by.

Now that it’s like this, I’m sorry for the people passing by me, but I’m crossing my arms pretending to bump into them. It’s too embarrassing to suddenly cross your arms sober, so I’ll have to do it like this.

Fortunately, due to the nature of the market in large cities, there are many passers-by, so it was not difficult to run into it by pretending to be a coincidence. More than anything, I’m on the small side, so there are things I like to bump into.

From the opponent’s point of view, it would feel like I came and bumped into them.

I think that giant would suffice.

Due to the nature of the armor, my position would be a blind spot, so I wouldn’t be able to see it properly, and even if I accidentally bumped into it and fell, it would be my fault.

I tried to pretend I bumped into a man wearing armor by pretending to be a coincidence.

“..?!”

It was stronger than I thought.

It wasn’t acting, it was really about to fall towards the hero.

Hey, this looks like it hurts…

“Are you okay?”

As soon as I was about to fall, the warrior somehow noticed and grabbed me like a ghost.

It was successful to fall into the arms of the warrior, but…

“…”

No.. Ha..

“Umm… I think I bumped into something…”

To make matters worse, the man in the armor turned around and saw that I had fallen.

“I’m sorry.. I couldn’t see properly..”

“It’s fortunate that there didn’t seem to be any injuries.. Please be careful from now on.”

Ah..

I suddenly wanted to die.

I couldn’t bear to say that I fell on purpose, so I kept my head down. The hero barely stopped me from asking if the man, who was even more flustered when I lowered my head without answering, asked if it was okay and said that he would take me to the cathedral right now.

Fortunately, it’s because I can’t speak and I can’t hear, so I somehow got over it, but if you find out that I deliberately tried to bump into you…

I trembled.

“Is Rumia okay?”

“Yeah, I don’t think you’re seriously hurt.”

“Hmm wait.”

Cecilia wrote something down on her piece of paper once again and showed it to me.

– Tell me if the kid you bumped into did it blatantly, or if you hate it. I’ll scold you ^^

No, it’s not like that..!

Don’t abuse your power, you idiot!

That person is not wrong…

The fault lies with me for deliberately bumping into him. That person was not at fault.

I shook my head.

“Rumia is very nice.”

“Yes?”

The warrior smiled and pressed my conical hat tightly.

No this guy…

Are you making fun of me for being short now?

I wanted to swear at him in my heart, but I couldn’t speak, so it only made me sadder.

I bowed my head.

“Come to think of it, aren’t you guys hungry?”

…

I just ate a sandwich…

“We ate sandwiches…”

“Ayy, you can eat a lot when you’re in season, right? It’s okay to buy one and share it, so let’s go in together, okay?”

“Yeah…Because I promised.”

The place we arrived after cheering at the words of the hero with a sigh was none other than a restaurant. I also ate a sandwich earlier, so I wasn’t too attracted to it, but I promised to go with Cecilia, so I can’t stop going.

I just want to buy dessert and eat it in moderation.

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As soon as we arrived at the restaurant, Cecilia, who ordered the food, took a seat.

We were worried that there might be someone recognizing us, but fortunately no one recognized us. Hagisa, our faces aren’t known, and the only one who knows her face here is Cecilia, but even that Cecilia is covering her face now, so are they willing to recognize it?

It’s natural.

After a while, food was served in front of Cecilia and dessert was served in front of us. I ordered something different from what the warrior intended to eat, thinking that it would be better to eat something different and share it rather than the same thing.

The question now is how to eat the warrior’s things…

I took a close look at the warrior’s dessert.

Unlike me, who was a pancake, the hero was a pie side dish.

Looks delicious.

Perhaps feeling my gaze, the warrior held a plate at me and asked if he wanted to eat this too.

Uh, can you just give me this?

I nodded.

“Then wait a minute…”

“Oh right. There was one more in our culture.”

“Huh?”

Cecilia came out and looked around her champion with her mischievous grin from somewhere. What did you mean by talking about that year again? It’s not like they’re trying to take away desserts while bringing out strange cultures.

I remember that there was no setting of a pig in the game, but because of what happened earlier, I could not help but be wary because I could deliberately bring up cultural stories to prevent me from eating the warrior’s food.

What are you trying to say

“It’s a basic culture here to feed each other when sharing a meal between a man and a woman!”

“What, what…”

The warrior who heard the story was frightened.

I was also very surprised, but I shouldn’t have reacted, so instead of answering, I dipped a pancake into my mouth and mumbled.

No, what kind of bullshit is that?

I remember that there was no such story in the game settings I knew. I didn’t play a lot, but I was dumbfounded because it was the first time I’d heard of it. No, it’s not that strange, but…

No wait.

‘What..’

It seems like it was in a situation where you and Cecilia were dating alone..? At that time, I thought you meant to pretend to share and dash, but did you really mean that was one of the cultures of the Holy Kingdom?

“Let’s go to sleep~”

This is your chance.

It was a golden opportunity to seduce the warrior.

But now, in a situation where you don’t know what’s going on, you shouldn’t intervene.

I waited for Cecilia to tell me that, feeling like a beast preying on her prey.

Then Cecilia smiled and wrote something on her paper, then she showed me the paper.

I pretended to read the paper with interest, then my eyes lit up.

It is now.

I quickly cut my pancakes to the right size for the panicking hero, took a fork, and held it out to the hero.

“Uh… Huh?”

“Oh..”

Now, let’s try to avoid it..!

No matter how much you are, it will be difficult to withstand the carpet bombing of feeding.

I put a fork in the warrior’s mouth with a smile of repentance inwardly.

It’s not like I want to eat pie.

No, it’s not that, it’s because I want to eat pie.

Anyway, yes.