Chapter 69 – Amusement Park

What is it.
I said it wasn’t scary, I didn’t care, but…

To tell you the truth, I tend to be very afraid of things like this.

You may ask why I am afraid of something like this, but I tend to enjoy horror games.

To be precise, it is the fear of directly feeling fear.

Horror games always happen in the virtual world, so it’s okay to say that I’m playing them, but experiencing them with my own body was completely different.

In short, he hates these spooky atmospheres, as well as surprises.

It’s scary and…

“…”

All in all, the team was formed with the hero…

I wanted to ask right away why the hell they made it this way, but since the team was already decided, they entered the haunted house right away, so I couldn’t complain now.

Besides, if you look at it normally, that is, if you look at it from Cecilia or Ruril’s point of view, the current situation was rather a very good situation for me.

People who like each other are together, and of course they would think that they would like it.

It’s actually a good thing from my point of view.

That’s why there is no need to check other competitors.

Of course, that’s just the way it is, just coming to a place like this with a hero was a very burdensome situation for me.

It was because she didn’t have the confidence to fully maintain her character as Rumia, which she usually kept.

I’m usually afraid of scary things, but if I come to a place full of scary things, wouldn’t it be natural for me to return to my original personality?

To say that, she has already stopped acting as Rumia, but when you look at the hero who doesn’t think it’s strange, she doesn’t seem to care about that.

“…”

Actually… There was a reason why I couldn’t approach properly even though I mixed my body.

It was because the hero was in love with Rumia, not me, and I kept wondering if I could receive this love.

I thought several times to just not care, but no matter how hard I tried to shake it off, I couldn’t shake it off.

However, even if I asked myself if I loved the hero, it was difficult to give a proper answer as to whether I truly loved him as a man and a woman.

It was a difficult story.

As for mixing bodies and whether I seriously like the hero…

Yes, before mingling with the hero myself, I thought about it and admitted that I liked the hero.

I love him

When we’re together, it’s more fun than anyone else, and I think I want to be with him forever.

I don’t know what the hero might be thinking, but when mixing with the hero, getting along with him was more important to me than saving Ruril.

After doing it once, I was convinced.

I like the warrior, I love him.

Even so, the reason why I hesitated like this was because I didn’t have the confidence to live with him seriously, and the fact that the hero liked Rumia, not me, kept holding me back.

The reason was that I felt very sorry for the hero, as if I was going to take away Rumia’s place with the hero.

What would the hero think if he found out about me?

Probably despise

He mingled with me, a man inside.. Maybe he tried to kill me on the spot.

If so, I…

…

…

Huh.. Me too..

Are you having troubles like this in a haunted house?

On the topic that I’m still trembling because I’m scared.

Now, rather than worrying about this, I need to start thinking about how to get out of here.

I turned to Hero.

I pretended not to be scared as much as possible and walked with them, but if something jumped out, I felt like I would pass out on the spot.

Maybe it’s because it’s a fantasy game, so it seemed like a real ghost was brought in.

It was far scarier than any haunted house in modern times.

It seemed to be overwhelmed by the atmosphere alone.

In modern times, it’s not that scary because you can at least recognize that there are no ghosts, but it’s different here.

Since ghosts actually exist in this game I am playing now, I have no choice but to think that there might be real ghosts here.

I trembled and looked around.

“Rumia? What’s the matter?”

The hero asked if I was worried about my fidgeting and looking around.

“…”

Do I have to say it’s scary?

My pride didn’t allow me to say that I was afraid of something like this.

No, how could he tell the hero that he was trembling because he was afraid of the haunted house?

As I hesitated without answering, the warrior smiled and said,

“Isn’t it scary too?”

Uh..?

“…”

What.

I didn’t say anything, so how did you find out?

Looking back, I always felt like I was looking into what I was thinking brightly.

What is it really?

What happened?

– How did you know I was scared…?

After changing the ring into a plate form, he showed it to the hero.

In a dark place, the plate glows brightly, so there was no need to worry about not being able to see it.

The warrior who confirmed what I had written said with an expression as if it were obvious.

“That’s right.. That’s your personality I know.”

“..?”

What the hell is that…

“Uh..Ah..”

Uh.

What do you mean?

I shuddered at the horrifying voice that sounded like a ghost, and turned my head toward the source of the sound.

And could see

Something white and translucent was looking in my direction and smiling.

…

Smile..?

How did you find out that it was white and translucent, and that it was smiling without being able to specify what it looked like?

I had goosebumps all over my body.

Reflexively, he jumped at the hero and trembled while hiding.

Rather, it is fortunate that there is a hero, it was scary enough to feel that way sincerely.

It was the first time I had ever been so frightened.

“At that time, I was very afraid of ghosts, but… Seeing them in person is fun..”

“…”

No way..

Did you know that I’m afraid of these things..?

“Sorry. You came here because of me.”

The warrior said that and hugged me.

They didn’t hold the princess or carry her on her back, but literally looked at each other head-on and lifted her up.

And with a raised gaze, he met the hero’s eyes.

“Were you very scared?”

“…”

Are you saying that now?

If you knew that I was so afraid of these things, you should have stopped me. Why the hell did you encourage me to go with you?

“Sorry. At first, I tried to create a space where only the two of us could talk like this.

This bastard..!

I expressed my anger with my whole body and hit the warrior on the back, but the warrior didn’t look sick at all.

Rather, he was looking at me like I was cute.

Like a weak body.

With magic…

“Uh…! Rumia?! I’m sorry! I’m sorry, that kind of magic…!”

Right before the magic was activated, the magical power that had been swirling suddenly disappeared in an instant.

– Revenge.

Instead of the magic I pretended to prepare, I stuck out my tongue, showing the plate to the bewildered hero.

“Whoa.. I was surprised..”

Even so, do you think I will use this kind of magic in a place like this?

– More than that… I want to hear a story about me before coming back.

“Huh? Why?”

Because I suddenly had that thought.

Perhaps..

I wondered if the me before the hero came back might be me too… The Rumia the hero knows isn’t the Rumia I don’t know, but maybe it’s me.

I have such hope.

Although there is no change in the fact that I stole the body of a girl named Rumia, at least I can be grateful that there are no more targets to atone for.

It was because I had a feeling of anticipation that I might be able to lessen this burden on my heart.

I explained

About the behavior like reading my heart and the things I’ve been hiding from me.

And even things about the past.

– Can you tell me everything..?

At my question, the hero scratched his head and put on a worried expression.

Originally, it was because I had something to say after coming this far, but since the story to be told is also related to the time before the return, I replied that it would be okay to say it casually.

Above all, he said that it would be okay because it was a story that should have been told someday.

It was fortunate.

“Then… I think it’s going to be a bit long… The reason why I act like I can read your mind and the insecurities you have… To explain everything, I have to talk about the past.”

I still wanted to hear it.

So I answered the hero.

– You said that the haunted house takes a long time, so if you walk slowly, you’ll be fine.

At my words, the hero made a worried expression for a while, then cleared his throat, and then a long story began with the words that he would start talking.