The slightly worrying point of the ‘adult date’ fortunately ended well.
『Nicasia Holimpia’s favorability has reached level 2!』
The status window properly displayed this fact as if to celebrate it.
Since Nicasia had such a happy expression when we slept together at the Grand Hotel, there shouldn’t be any problems for a while, right?
“I’ve never heard of such food before!”
Anyway, Nicasia, Murmur, and I finished our date well and returned to our daily lives.
We started enjoying the second semester at Cosmos Academy, and today, we all gathered in Nicasia’s room for a normal tea time.
Of course, Nicasia happily unpacked the story of what happened during the ‘adult date.’
“It was my first time trying that food too. It was incredibly spicy, and my tongue felt tingly, but it was really delicious.”
“It wasn’t just ordinary chicken skewers, right?”
“Spicy… sweet? Anyway, it was called something like ‘Inggulsaegu,’ right?”
Esme and Monica, sitting around the white table, listened to Nicasia’s tales with sparkling eyes.
“Yes! It was really delicious. The only big downside was how incredibly spicy it was.”
“Nicasia, you can handle spicy food well, right? So, it must have been really spicy if you said that?”
“I can’t even say I can handle spicy food in front of Murmur anymore.”
“Wow… ….”
Esme clenched her fists and looked at me and Murmur.
“Murmur is amazing!”
“…Esme, are you saying Murmur is amazing because she can handle spicy food?”
“Being able to handle spicy food is amazing!”
Are you a kid?!
…She was a kid.
“I can’t handle spicy food at all either.”
“Monica trembles even if there’s just a little sugar in her food.”
Monica let out a cute laugh.
It was only natural since the Saintess had only ever had a sip of holy milk and cleanly washed salads.
“It seems like you enjoyed a date quite different from what I imagined.”
Unlike Monica and Esme, who were clapping and laughing brightly, Citrine spoke a bit more seriously.
In a way, it was an expected reaction.
“If Murmur and Nicasia were to date in Holimpia, I thought they would naturally play around on 4th or 6th street, not ‘Darkaz,’ right?”
Nicasia’s silver eyebrows twitched slightly.
Citrine’s thoughts were accurate.
“Umm…”
Nicasia glanced at me.
I think it’s okay to be honest.
“Murmur bought this from a store in Darkaz with Nicasia.”
I picked up the ‘bath bomb’ in the glass box that Nicasia had placed on the table earlier with both hands.
I acted a bit exaggeratedly, like a child who had found treasure.
This way, Citrine’s sharp remark would be as if it never happened.
“What is that…? Murmur?”
“I’m seeing it for the first time too?”
“This is called a bath bomb. When you put it in the bath, pretty bubbles appear.”
Esme and Monica opened their eyes wide and clapped.
“It’s like a bath additive! It looks so delicious, I didn’t realize.”
“Umm, it would be a big deal if you ate it, right?”
“…You didn’t say that after looking at it with those eyes, did you?! Monica?!”
Esme grabbed Monica’s shoulders and shook her slightly.
“Hmm…”
Citrine silently looked at Nicasia.
Her gaze wasn’t glaring or piercing, but it definitely felt sharp.
“Did you like the Grand Hotel, Murmur?”
“Cough…!”
Nicasia, who was drinking tea while watching my reaction, pitifully coughed.
“Yes, I slept with Nicasia in a really big room.”
“Did you like the bed? I was worried the pajamas might be too big and uncomfortable.”
“Not at all? Murmur slept very comfortably with Nicasia.”
“Did you enjoy a fun ‘adult date’ and spend a pleasant night with Nicasia?”
I nodded vigorously while munching on cake with a fork.
“A date in Holimpia… must have been really fun.”
“I want to visit Holimpia sometime too.”
“Huh? Monica, you’ve never been? You’re the Saintess, right? Don’t you meet with the Emperor or something?”
“I’ve never been~”
Unlike the surprised Esme, Monica was smiling brightly.
“Hmm…”
Nicasia glanced at Citrine.
“Actually… there are some things I didn’t tell you.”
Although the princess happily unpacked her stories, there were things she deliberately hid.
“Things you didn’t tell us?”
“The date in Holimpia was actually a very foolish thing.”
Citrine looked at Nicasia expressionlessly.
“Holimpia is clearly my hometown and the center of the empire. It’s a place crowded with nobles from various kingdoms and holy nations.”
“So, I thought it was a place many ladies would want to date.”
“I won’t deny that. It’s true that it leads trends and has many things to enjoy. But…”
Nicasia exhaled deeply and fidgeted with her teacup.
Nicasia, who always lives half in the ‘adult’ world.
It was almost instinctive for her, treated as a princess, to naturally hide ‘failed stories.’
“… … Hmm.”
Nicasia couldn’t speak immediately and smiled bitterly while drinking her tea.
“You don’t have to force yourself to tell us.”
“No, Citrine. I need to be honest.”
Nicasia wiggled her fingers once and then straightened her back.
“Adults don’t like demons. I knew that clearly, yet I took Murmur to Holimpia.”
“Murmur had fun.”
“Even though Murmur kindly said that, being refused entry to restaurants, adults whispering, and the opera being the worst didn’t change.”
“So… that’s how it was?”
Citrine let go of her forced expression and sighed deeply, holding my hand and fiddling with it.
“Yes… Citrine, you were worried about this, right?”
“That’s right. But I also thought it might just be prejudice since I’m still young, so I didn’t say anything.”
Citrine wished for it.
That the world would be a bit softer than her cold judgment, and that Nicasia and my date would be happy.
“It was a really big failure of a date… but Murmur took me around from the evening, so it was really fun.”
“Murmur had fun before that too.”
“Well, well… Aunt Colette and many foolish adults who take pride in hating demons are like that.”
Esme sighed deeply.
“But still! In the end, as long as you had fun, that’s what matters, right? You even slept together at the Grand Hotel!”
“Uh, um… yes. We, we slept together?”
Nicasia’s face turned red.
“I’m jealous~ Totally! The Grand Hotel is super famous, right?”
“I want to go there sometime too.”
Unlike the purely speaking Esme and Monica, Nicasia’s face turned redder and redder until she covered her face with both hands.
“Umm… yes. The Grand Hotel… was really nice.”
“Hmm… … It’s lewd, Nicasia.”
“Wha, what?! What did you say, Citrine!”
Nicasia, with a red face, put her hands down and shouted.
“I based it on information…”
“Citrine, who caught on, is pretty much the same, right?!”
“I’m Murmur’s bride, so it’s okay.”
Citrine grinned and hugged my waist slightly.
…This is suddenly making me uneasy.
“Hmph! Really? Citrine is Murmur’s bride?”
“…Yes, I am?”
Nicasia smiled and proudly showed her left hand.
No! That flower ring wasn’t given for this purpose!
“I even received this pretty flower ring from Murmur!”
“F, flower ring?”
“Do you know what violets symbolize? True love.”
Nicasia smiled with a ‘I won!’ expression.
…Are you a kid? A kid, right? Talking about being an adult, but your neck is turning red, why are you bragging so hard?
“R, r, ring?!”
Citrine jumped up in shock and awkwardly smiled.
“Hmph… I didn’t expect Nicasia to brag so shamelessly.”
“Citrine doesn’t have something like this, right?”
“That’s not true. At the Celestial Tower, Murmur promised me!”
I, Murmur, instinctively stood up quickly from the chair.
“He clearly promised to marry me later!”
“M, marriage? Marriage?!”
Nicasia opened her eyes wide and shouted.
“Th, that’s…! Murmur is still young and doesn’t know what marriage means, so it’s clear he just said that!”
“Hmph! If you’re going to say that, then the flower ring is just a flower ring, right?!”
“Murmur!”
“Murmur!”
“M, Murmur suddenly remembered something he had to do!”
I moved quickly, but it was already too late.
“Murmur!! Explain properly!”
“Murmur! I want a ring too!!!”
There was no such event…!
There was no event where the heroines fight like this!
“M, Murmur did his best…”
“Explain in what way you did your best! Murmur!”
“Convince me!”
In the end, Citrine and Nicasia grabbed my shoulders and horns and shook me vigorously.
“Murmur doesn’t know anything…!!!”
Esme, who had been silently watching the sudden commotion, shook her head and thought.
“Why don’t you all just get married together?”
* * *
Fortunately, Nicasia and Citrine understood the situation in a good way.
There was no terrifying bad ending where they pulled each other’s hair or swords and magic flew around!
Fortunately, we were able to return to normal chatter.
“I want to be in the same group as Murmur for Aiaie Hekati’s Magic Class.”
During a casual conversation, the topic of ‘Aiaie Hekati’s Magic Class’ naturally came up.
Nicasia still grumbled about it being hard to keep up, and Esme boasted about showing off her skills.
Then, the topic of a recent ‘assignment’ came up.
“The assignment where we have to gather materials from the Star Shadow Forest and make a potion, right? Ugh, I already hate the thought of it.”
“That’s right. It’s a scary assignment where you have to hold hands with friends and wander around the Star Shadow Forest.”
“No… it’s definitely not scary.”
Esme chuckled and said.
“I heard it’s a group of three?”
“Yes. But… it’s the first time I’ve seen Monica taking a magic class.”
“Sister Anna allowed it! The professor said it’s good to get help from friends since it’s her first class!”
Monica said with sparkling eyes.
The assignment to gather potion materials in the Star Shadow Forest was really no big deal.
The problem is that the difficulty level goes back and forth between hell and heaven depending on the state of the ‘party members’ you bring.
So, if you bring a bunch of party members you like without knowing anything, terrible things can happen.
“Hmm…”
In that sense, bringing Nicasia and Monica is like walking into hell naked.
“Murmur wants to be in the same group as Monica and Nicasia.”
“…Are you sure that’s okay, Murmur?”
“I’m really happy!”
The two, who were sure to fail, smiled brightly.
Monica, who has absolutely no history of taking magic classes.
Nicasia, who can’t use magic at all.
Taking these two on an ‘assignment’ would be a living hell, but so what?
Since I, Murmur, am an adult at heart and know the future, shouldn’t I help out big time in situations like this?
“… …Murmur, are you going to do everything alone?”
“N, not that much! Citrine! Murmur! Don’t worry! I’ll do anything if it’s something I can help with!”
“I can use holy magic well! If you get poisoned or hurt, I can heal you right away!”
Citrine closed her eyes and spoke while looking at the two who were smiling brightly.
“I can see a future where Murmur gets covered in mud.”
