Chapter 62 – Anise’s Melancholy.

In the end, we couldn’t leave Connell alone, so we decided to move him to the bed.

-Boom!

“Huh?”

“My hand slipped.”

On the way, there was an incident where Anise and Tiarán tried to carry Connell but lost track of it and dropped it on the floor.

-Kang!

“Mistake.”

Sometimes he hits his head on an iron ornament.

-Boom!

“Um, sorry.”

Drop it on the edge of the stairs.

-Tung!

“I guess I lost control of my strength.”

By forcefully opening the door, he exquisitely aimed and hit Connell’s head, which was held in the corner.

“… Anis, are you doing that on purpose?”

“Yes.”

When Lucia, who was worse off, asked, Anise coolly answered in the affirmative.

“Ha, take it easy and put me to bed.”

After many twists and turns, thanks to her dissuasion, Connell’s face, which was laid down on the bed, was somehow more scarred than before he was brought in.

“Hmm, this guy knows the hero?”

Krusha followed them and climbed onto the bed where he was lying, examining Connell’s condition.

“Zweihender? Aren’t you too greedy for a beginner?”

Correction, it looks like she was examining the weapon he was holding. It’s not like she didn’t have the influence of being canned by her father, but she liked weapons anyway, so she probably didn’t even realize she had escaped.

“It’s obvious who’s using something like that.”

“Hmph, I feel stupid.”

When Lucia looked at Anis with a bitter smile, she responded bitterly, crossing her arms and turning her head.
Tiaran asked, seeing her considerable distaste.

“What did that newbie do before to make you so hostile?”

I was curious about how many times Anis, who rarely gets angry, tried to assassinate her by feigning a mistake while she was on the way.

“I think I can explain that. Is that okay?”

“… Yeah, it doesn’t matter.”

As Lucia spoke as if to soothe the upset girl, Anise glared disapprovingly at Connell, who was lying comfortably on her bed, then looked at Tiaran and Krusha and nodded.

“What happened was…”

Just as Lucia was about to explain, Crusha’s scream was heard.

“Aya!!”

“Ah?!”

As they heard another scream, they turned to see Rusha rubbing her forehead with tears in her eyes, and Connell, who had opened her eyes, was also rubbing her forehead.

It seems that while Krusha was checking the Zweihender on his back, Connell woke up and their foreheads bumped into each other.

“What is this? This little guy.”

“Kid?! You called me kid! You bastard!”

“Did I say something wrong? Why is something so small preventing a person from standing up?”

When Connell saw Krusha’s forehead against hers and spoke disapprovingly, she immediately jumped up from her bed and kicked him on the shoulder, probably because of her fever.

“Ahh?! Being stocky has a dirty personality!”

“Is this something you would call a dwarf a kid?!”

“Dwarf? You?”

Knowing that Krusha was her dwarf, Connell looked at her with a surprised face.

Hehe, that’s right. Do you feel like you made a mistake now?”

Krusha caught her breath and tried to calm down. She seemed to think that if it was her first time seeing a dwarf, she might make a mistake.

“He looks like a kid and wears black underwear. Is it true that the rumors about dwarves hanging out with goblins are true?”

When Krusha heard that story, her face turned as bright red as her own hair. The fact that she saw the underwear was definitely a problem, but the bigger problem was that dwarves were eating with goblins.

‘Oh, I woke up.’

That’s because it came from a rumor that no matter how big dwarves are, they are similar in height to goblins, so they are like that because they get along with goblins.

Naturally, it was one of the most insulting remarks made to a dwarf.

“Die!! Die!”

“Ugh! The kid is crazy!!”

Even though Krusha is as hot as her red hair, it’s a bit too much for her to casually tease her.

“It’s still worse than you can imagine.”

Lucia looked at Connell with disdain and at Anise.

“Krusha, cheer up!”

With her eyes sparkling, she was cheering excitedly on Crusha as she beat down the defenseless Connell.

“Come on, this opportunity doesn’t come around every day! The opponents are a fledgling adventurer and blacksmith Krusha! Place your bets here!”

“Is now the time to gamble?! Who on earth are you encouraging to gamble?”

Lucia soon tackled Tiaran, who was shouting excitedly and encouraging someone to bet. Aren’t there people who would succeed in gambling in the first place?

“Who are the tenants of our accommodation?”

“A tenant? When on earth did you do that…?”

Lucia’s questioning voice soon cut off as she unconsciously followed her gaze toward the floor pointed to by Tiaran.

-Tadadak

-Ssssseu!

That’s because there, large and small cockroaches, ants, spiders, centipedes, and other bugs were gathered on the steps with the names of Crusha and Connell written on them, cheering and watching the sight of Crusha and Connell fighting.

In front, there was a pile of cookie powder that appeared to be a prize for a bet.

“[Quito Fulguetra]!!!!!!!”

Lucia’s decision after seeing that scene was quick and accurate.

“Kwaaaaa?!”

“Aaaaa!?”

In the aftermath of Maka, who showed her full power without hesitation, the fight between Connell and Krusha ended in vain with no one winning.

“Tah! You evil Macacia! You killed all the precious tenants!”

In the meantime, Tiaran pretended to shed sad tears in front of the residents who had turned to pitch-black ash after protecting Krusha from Maka’s aftermath.

“Not at all! It’s not important to me, and I’ve never had illegal residents like that?!”

From the standpoint of being in charge of the party’s finances, it was natural to deal with illegal residents who had been living in the house without paying the proper amount.

“Lucia, you’re the best.”

Anis couldn’t avoid the aftermath and smiled with satisfaction at the sight of Connell’s charred body. But that was only for a moment.

“Cough! This voice is… Anise?”

“Ugh.”

Anise frowned at the sight of Connell quickly coming to her senses and calling out to her.

“Anis! It’s been so long! Do you know how long I’ve been looking for you?”

He even jumps up from the bed and strides towards Anis, as if he was caught up in Maka’s aftermath.

“Ugh, go away!”

“Hehe?!”

Anise made the same expression as when Lucia had just discovered the illegal residents and immediately swung her holy sword.

Because of this, Connell is thrown straight into the wall. It must have been Anise’s last patience to strike with the side of the sword instead of the blade.

“Ugh, haha! You’re still very shy!”

Didn’t Connell come out of the wall he was trapped in, smiling at her with an innocent expression and talking to her as if he understood her?

“Ugh, I think I know why Anise hates that guy.”

“Ha, I heard you’ve always had that kind of personality.”

“Uh, by any chance Lucia?”

Krusha was shocked at the sight and Lucia also shook her head, and Connell looked happy to see Lucia this time.

“Ha, I’m sure I told you, right? Don’t call me by my name carelessly.”

“Huh? Have you ever met him?”

“… It was the biggest mistake of my life.”

Lucia looked into space with an expression full of regret as if she was fainting at Tia Ran’s question, but it was an instant before her face changed to irritation and disgust.

“Hey, why are you being so stiff between us?”

Because Connell smiled softly and tried to approach.

“What are you doing?”

“Are you issuing an order to banish uninvited guests?”

Tiaran whispers in Lucia’s ear and she answers. It is said that Connell came to visit around the time when Annis was discovered to be a warrior and was staying at Erpojanet’s mansion.

“I somehow found out that Anis was in my family.”

“Wow, that’s creepy.”

Krusha, who was listening to the story next to her, also trembled and swept his arms.

‘Anise! I’m here! Anise!’

‘I told you to go back! There is no girl named Anis!’

‘No! She said she was definitely here!
‘This is real!’

The first time Lucia saw Connell was on her way to her room with her book, arguing with the guards outside her window.

‘What’s going on?’

‘Oh! Little lady! Sorry! I’ll kick you out soon…!’

‘I’m just here to find my fiancé! Let me in!’

‘Fiancee?’

In fact, engagement was not an unfamiliar word to a nobleman, and since he was immersed in novels, he became curious about Connell’s story and invited him to the drawing room.

‘So Anis is your fiancée?’

‘Munch! That’s right! Gulp! So who are you?’

‘I am Lucia Erpojanette, Erpojanette’s second daughter.’

She says she didn’t care that much, as long as she didn’t follow her etiquette at tea time. Even in novels, commoners were not portrayed very favorably, and I thought that it was inevitable that I would not know anything if I had not been taught.

‘What, it was a young lady. For some reason, it was very pretty! I’m Cornell! Lucia!’

‘… She never gave permission for a name.’

The same was true for names. The concept of sex is rare for commoners. But in the end, she incurred her wrath.

‘Hey, don’t be so strict like adults. Have you ever heard of me from Anise?’

‘I don’t think there was anything in particular.’

‘Oh, were you embarrassed to introduce yourself? Anyway, she decided to marry Anise. Do you have anything similar?’

‘… I don’t have any?’

Up until this point, I still thought it couldn’t be possible. Who in the world would say they have a fiancee and yet recommend that they date someone else? Even if it is polygamy, isn’t there something called goodness?

Above all, even if a mere commoner was the second daughter, such an offer would not be made to the daughter of a duke’s family…

‘Thank god! How about dating me too? Well, what did he say? I think she’s called a concubine. ‘

There was a guy who did it.

‘Security!!!!!’

There are many other episodes, but it would be too troublesome to talk about them in detail, so I’ll just summarize them roughly.

“Wow, that guy was really crazy.”

“You said that to a nobleman?”

Even Crusha had common sense that he shouldn’t do that to nobles. But their conversation did not last long.

“… Why are you pretending to be friends with Lucia?”

It was none other than the main character of the story, Connell, who intervened between them.