"Don't do it, Singh."
"Looks like you were loaded with drills even when you came to Earth."
"Good day......"
I dropped Grimm off. I watched him behind my back. Kengo, Ceres, walked under Phil.
Then Kengo and the others greeted me with a smile.
"The target was a Lieutenant General of the Demon Army, but he ended up knocking them out by himself."
"Say that... didn't you see that? Mr. Kengo?"
"Well, I wouldn't deny it."
Kengo strokes the jaw of his inert beard as he lightly answers Ceres' scratch.
I'm guessing Kengo knew the outcome of our battle in advance.
Does that mean Kengo was using the Genius [Future Prediction]?
"You didn't use the mutant earlier, did you, Sin?
"Huh? Yeah, I sure didn't use it though"
"Well... well, we could have won normally, okay?"
What did Kengo want to say now?
I don't know.
"For now it's time to move towards the city."
"Right. Some stories accumulate, but it's slower in the city than standing here talking."
That's what Kengo and Ceres said that I was strangling him, jumping on the horse that was keeping him waiting beside him.
"Mr. Singh...... go?
"Oh, oh, okay"
And Phil, who was riding Gardia, prompted me to ride too, and started moving towards the city of Cross on the continent of Wolds.
There are three major powers on the continent of Wolds.
"Earthgards" in the mountain range where the Dragons live, "Hellheim" where many coal miners live and rare minerals can be harvested, and "Midgard", where the population is considered the largest in the earth, with people at the centre.
Both the beginnings town of Mireille and the cathedral city of Cross, located closest to Valhalla, have become 'Midgards' as affiliations.
It took us three weeks to get to such a Midgard cross.
"That's a relief, Phil."
"Right..."
This is already the continent of Wolds.
That means that the Fountain of Wolds should also be in the heart of this city, through which we can return to the town where it began.
It's been quite a long journey so far.
Even so, it's only been about three months since I was flown to Meamir Continent.
I would have expected it to take a little longer, but besides my thoughts, Gardia seemed to go pretty fast with excellence as a leg.
Valhalla, in particular, almost left it running.
You've made this guy impossible.
"Good day, Gardia. You've carried us so far."
"Thanks"
"Want to"
When me and Phil put in the words of labor, Gardia came back with the usual unflinching squeal.
"What are you going to do now? Are we going back to starting town like this?
"No, I'm thinking about going on sightseeing here for a couple of days or so before I go home. I want to be hairy before I break up with him."
Gardia says if you let it go, you can go home on your own, but that's probably why it's ungrateful that you normally gave it back here.
I want to feed this guy some good meat today or tomorrow or something.
And we're pretty tired, too.
I can rest even after I get back to the starting town, but, well, I wouldn't have a problem blabbing for about a few days.
"Right. Then I'll introduce you to some of the best lodging in the city."
"Oh, that inn with a view of the city you and I stayed in before, right? I wanted to stay there again."
I heard my answer. Kengo and Ceres have such a conversation.
The two of us, I was a little interested, but if you haven't said anything from the other side, I sometimes hear something from you.
But I've heard on the road so far, and apparently Kengo and Ceres have been traveling Earth together for quite some time, and maybe that's what we're getting along with in the meantime.
Then let's go.
That's what Kengo said when he told me I was pushing the two of them. He started walking in front of us.
"Oh, so how far did Phil and I end up?
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Men stayed with men, women stayed with each other. We were neat in the room.
And in that room, Kengo asked me about Phil.
I hadn't told you that on the road so far, but were you weighing yourself in because Phil and Ceres were nearby then?
I wonder how far you're asking about my relationship with Phil.
I don't mess with "I went all the way to Meermill Continent" or anything like that.
"Nothing anywhere. Me and Phil have the same relationship as before, right?
"Don't shimmer, colored man. I've been watching these days, but I don't care what you think. It was the distance between the guys you were dating, right?
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Distance, huh?
Well, sure enough, when the two of us rode on Gardia's back, I tried to wrap Phil around him, and Phil slept next to me when I went to bed.
This happened as a result of Gardia's quest to be able to move faster, or to sleep next door, in order to be able to move as soon as there is danger around.
So there may be a part where Phil and I have no choice because of the convenience of our journey.
Explaining such a thing to Kengo, he has looked me in the eye by hoisting the corner of his mouth while saying "hmm".
"For the convenience of the journey. And Phil's eyes on you were kind of hot.
... Looks like you've got some pretty good eyes.
"You're so cool. You don't talk about it, but you can tell us as much as you want, right? If you're in high school, I don't give a shit about you and Junior High, do I?
"No, I didn't do that."
"That's it, hey. So how far did you go? A or B?
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Don't ask me questions again without answering them.
I can't assure you that there is no A (kiss) but B (touch) is not because it catches on a bit.
"Kengo. Again and again, that's not how Phil and I relate. Don't get me wrong."
"Is it true? Well, you gave up 100 steps, and even if you did, you're pretty sure Phil cares about you, right?
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He said, "Well, that's not how it looks."
"Ugh..."
Is it easy on your face to think it's me after all?
Let's look in the mirror next time and study my expression and stuff.
"So? You feel like you're not even full of it, do you?
"... what if it is?
"If that's the case, I think we can hang out now."
"Heh..."
Apparently Kengo wants to stick with me and Phil.
But I don't want to do that because this guy told me to.
"I mean, why are you pushing our relationship so hard? It's not to Kengo's detriment that Phil and I are no longer dating."
"Hmm? Well, it doesn't benefit me. But I think I look good on you, you two."
"Suits you?"
Kengo laughed softly when I asked him back.
"'Cause neither Phil nor I are doomed. My wife is. I don't think either of you have any romantic experience."
"... what if not?
"That's not true. You'd better learn a little more about bluffs and poker faces outside of your area of expertise."
Damn, was it on your face again?
Hi. I have a brittle side when I get poked at for not being good.
I guess I don't know what to look like when I'm talking about this because of all the games I've been playing and love and all that stuff is a tease.
"If your wives stick to each other, they won't break up. Besides, they are so thoughtful and cute... whoa, I'm not going to say this any more because it can be seen as a problem to say that a good old adult like me is cute."
Kengo laughed bitterly when he said so.
Well, surely Kengo is already an adult.
It can be a matter of telling middle school students they're cute or something.
It's a mendous society to think that even a statement of this magnitude requires caution when you grow up.
"... because I think about Phil properly, even if Kengo doesn't tell me anyway"
"Really?
"That's right. So don't say anything more about our relationship."
"Heck."
When I ended this story in a slightly harsh tone, Kengo fell asleep with Goron on the bed.
"Then I'll take a nap for a while. Phil, take me for a walk around the city."
"Why not?"
"I'm telling you to stretch your wings and play. That's why you're staying in this city, right?
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Stretch out your feathers, huh?
That's what I was going to do even if I wasn't told.
So I didn't say anything more to Kengo than that, and I turned to the room where Phil and the others were.
"If it is, you can stay in another inn. I'll tell Ceres."
"Ugh. I'll be back in the evening, so wait for dinner."
I left the nasty room of two men as I reacted to the farcical words I heard from behind.
"But Phil and I..."
Walking towards the room where Phil and Ceres were staying, I was whining about that as I looked back at my conversation with Kengo.
"You two bragging around the city... it's a date, isn't it?
And thinking about how to take Phil to the city from now on, I wondered if this would be something called a date, and my cheeks started getting slightly hotter.
Phil and I have always acted together.
Rather than that, it has been a routine tea meal, such as being alone with Phil for the past few months.
So there's nothing wrong with walking around the city with Phil here.
... but I have never done anything like walk for two before without any purpose.
There was a reason every time I walked outside.
So depending on how you perceive it, isn't this like a first date for me?
And maybe Phil will think the same thing about me.
"... you're getting nervous"
Thinking about it makes me lost inviting Phil.
Is it okay to ask Phil out on a no-plan like this?
Shouldn't we check something down and then ask him out?
... Wait, wait.
Our current relationship is only a friend.
I don't know what's going to happen, but we're still friends now.
What do you do when you're so nervous about inviting your friends to play?
Calm down, me.
I opened the door to the room where Phil and the others were at the same time curbing the upset in my heart.
Oh, I forgot to knock.
"Ha, I knew the meat I was baking was delicious, too, it stayed good"
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I forgot to knock because I was thinking weird, and for some reason I opened a door that wasn't locked, and I saw the sight in front of me and froze.
"Ah."
There was a girl in the room grabbing a lightly baked, big piece of meat with both hands and eating guts - naked.
The girl had healthy wheat skin and brown long hair, with beastly ears and tails specific to the Beast clan.
I don't know this girl.
Maybe I got the wrong room to visit or something?
If so, it's very bad.
"... is that right?
For some reason I was saying hello.
He was giving a catacotted greeting to the girl who flaunted the meat while scratching the claws naked.
"Geez! Shit!
Then the girl suddenly screams and rises.
"Geez - what!?
And the girl stepped on her own tail and out of balance...... she fell on the spot and hit the back of her head hard on the floor.
"Kew......"
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As a result, the girl passed out with an adorable voice.
I was just staring at the madness of a bare girl who was exposing herself to a frog flipping over this way.