I broke up with Kiss and I walked around town for about half an hour before returning to Sakya and the others.
"Thank you for your hard work! Shin!"
When we entered the Inn where the Earthlings (players) lived, Sakuya greeted us quickly.
"... isn't that strange as a choice as a welcome word?
"Thank you for your hard work," he said, after I've done something wrong.
Normally he said, "Long time no see!" or "Welcome home! That's fine."
"Don't worry about the details! Because we're not living before, we're living from this!
"Why are you looking like 'I told you I was good'?"
Sakya comes with a refreshing grin.
I looked at her like that and sighed softly, "Huh.
Maybe it's been a long time since we've seen each other again, so there's tension.
If you think about it, you don't feel bad.
"More than that, Shin-kun. Could you have been crying earlier?
"Yes, no, that's not true."
"? Really? Your eyes are a little bloody, aren't they?
Why are you pointing that out?
I took a little walk or something and said I've had enough of a change of mood.
Should I have killed another half hour or so?
Well, I'm not crying.
"If you ever cry, I'll lend you my breasts, so don't hesitate."
"So I'm not crying. And you don't have to lend me your breasts."
Dr. Hayakawa and I call it a good Sakuya, we're all persistent.
I just want to thank you for your generosity.
But I'm not crying, and I don't need to be comforted.
"My breasts would be perfect if I were to lend them to you!
Krall has joined us in that exchange.
With Krall's chest, huh?
That was before, that kind of thing.
"... Sin-kun should have bigger breasts after all"
And if I had my gaze on Krall's chest, Sakuya would have shombolished it.
Do you still hold the complex to the size of your chest?
I wouldn't even care enough about that.
"No, I don't think so. Sakuya, Krall, you don't have to lend me a boob."
"Really?"
Sakya has stared at me with surprise.
Oh, my God, those eyes.
You think I'm lying?
... I do prefer bigger breasts.
"That being so, did Lord Singh break up properly with those adventurer lads?
"Mmm, yeah, hang tight around there."
Claire's been changing the subject, so I decided to get on with it.
"Each of those guys walks their own way. I'm not around, but, well, if I'm alive, I'll see you again sometime."
"Well, I hope so."
We don't really feel it, but by nature, the lives of those who take on the profession of adventurer are light.
Regardless of Liana and Rio about going back to school, Kiss, Emma and Cooli, who will continue to be adventurers, will easily die if they hit badly.
So maybe an earlier breakup is a raw breakup, oh my god.
I tried my best not to, but I still don't know what lies ahead.
... Oh, I'm getting worried again.
"Duh, what's wrong, Lord Singh? I suddenly twitched..."
"... nothing. This is a kind of occupational disease."
"Huh...?
Let's not worry about the Kisses.
If I'm ever anxious, I'd rather be rude to them.
One day, I'll see you again, I'm sure.
Let's just think so now.
"It's good about me. So, Claire, did you properly apologize to the Sakyas?
Driving my concern for the Kisses into the corner of my heart, I made an inquiry to Crail.
Krall has been disappearing from us for a long time.
I have never apologized to the Sakyas for that.
It's been a long time since I've been back in town.
For once, even though I've been keeping Sakyas informed of Krall's safety with the call feature a long time ago, if she can apologize for it herself, she'd better apologize.
"Ugh, um. Of course it is."
"Oh well."
Looks like you got that area done while I'm gone.
Then I won't say anything more.
"But you haven't been to Phil yet. So I'm going to go to him now."
"Phil..."
This inn is reserved for high school students.
The Inn with Phil, a junior high, is somewhere else than here.
"Then I'll go with you. Phil has business for me, too."
"An errand?"
"Yes, errands."
Honestly, I think it's too early to tell Phil about this.
But I've spoken to Sakya and Krall, and not saying anything just to Phil is a bad idea.
"Then I guess I'll come with you."
"And Sakya?
"Yeah. Sin can say it right, because I need to keep an eye on you by the side."
... Apparently, Sakya knows what I'm trying to say to Phil.
Well, this is what she originally said.
Is it natural to speedily guess?
"... Okay, let's go then"
I put my strength into my stomach, pushed my legs forwards hard and walked up to Phil.
"Phil, will you marry me?"
"Mm............ hmm?
When I visited Phil, I dared to confess.
She doesn't seem to be following the story.
She tilts her neck adorably.
"Sin-kun. I don't think you should ask any other girl to react like me or Mr. Claire."
"... right. Let's talk in an orderly fashion."
I also got a point from Sakya who was beside me.
So I explained to Phil how the marriage story surfaced.
"Really...? In other words, this time, Mr. Sakuya is the beginning of the matter... so..."
"Well, yeah"
I knew it.
Whatever you care, Phil, you seem to understand Sakuya very well.
"But how did... you mean to marry me? Wouldn't it be strange if you were flushing it?"
And she understands me well, in addition to Sakuya.
Instead, I was familiar and watched the interaction between the two of us on a daily basis, so can you imagine what it would be like if it were supposed to be?
Phil was right, I would have kicked the usual suggestion that I get married with 'I mentioned something weird again'.
But things are a little different this time.
"... Phil was feeling backwards even though I was getting along with more than one girl, you know?
"Sure... I know Mr. Singh is conscious and trying not to get stubborn with us..."
Why not actively flirt with the Sakyas.
That's nothing more than because I think of myself as a dishonest man.
"There are people in my two years of seniority who seem to keep many girls in the service all the time. You know Phil, right?
"Hmm... I know... I will"
"I thought I was a light man about that guy. But I've always wondered if that would apply to me."
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Phil and Sakya are listening to me in silence.
So I decided to spit out everything I had in my chest.
"That's why I was trying to prove it. How much do I like Phils?"
If you're going out as a lover with more than one girl, it just looks like a soft guy.
But if you're going to marry more than one girl, it's going to be a man's vessel tested, I think.
I can only hope for the future, but I'll do my best to support the Phils.
And if I do anything to grieve the Phils, we can all do Lynch or whatever.
With all this readiness on my back, for the first time, I feel like I can face them.
... but.
"Mm-hmm... I don't know, I don't know..."
"Oh well..."
Phil's response was subtle.
Well... I can't help this.
Or marry a junior high school student or whatever that is, it's too early.
It's just about me and Sakuya getting ahead.
"Hey, I'm sorry! Come back and say something weird early! No, really, you do! I knew it was too soon for us to talk about getting married or something like that!
"Ah..."
I acted as bright as I could so Phil wouldn't mind.
Then Phil spun the words in a hurry.
"So, but! I'm... married to Mr. Singh or something... and I've had such delusions... often..."
"Huh...?
"Ah, let Singh go to work in the morning with a handmade lunch... I chewed her out... I thought about 'what shall I feed Singh this evening' while doing chores or something... so when Singh gets home at night, we'll have dinner together... then I'll have a 'ahem' or something... then I'll take a bath or something with her... hey, what the..."
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Phil's marriage to me was always sweet.
To say that to me is nothing but a shame play for her.
Her face was dyed bright red, and she was quite embarrassed.
Maybe she confessed her delusional story too because I was shy of talking about marriage.
As always, Phil's a good kid.
"So, it's not like I hate marrying Mr. Singh...... Only because it was abrupt, he said he wasn't ready for me... and I don't even know if your father or mother would forgive me..."
"... well"
Sure, marriage is a life-changing event.
Even if you do, you should think carefully and do it, not instantly.
It's also unclear how Phil's parents on Earth would react.
As for marriage within the earth, I think it's a lower hurdle than marriage on earth... I knew I'd have to ask.
"... for once, at Earth's age, we're okay to get married... what is it?
"Hmm? Yeah, that's okay"
Although criteria vary from region to region, marriage is possible at a time when it is considered an adult from around.
The definition of being considered an adult is also vague, but if you earn enough money to support your family on your own, you are treated as an adult anywhere.
By that standard, we have fulfilled enough conditions to be able to marry.
"Well, then... I will consider it positively..."
When Phil heard my response, he said so and began to mozzle his body.
"Uh... one, I mean..."
"If you're getting married in Earth... I don't know..."
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Naturally, I was gripping my fist.
If I hadn't suppressed it, I might have gutted into heaven as it was.
"So... if Mr. Singh thinks even on Earth... I don't know how many years from now... I'll consider that positively too... trying to persuade your father and mother... and even if Mr. Singh doesn't deserve it then, I'll work hard..."
"No, no, no... I'd love for your parents to persuade you, but I'm gonna do my best not to make Phils struggle, okay? It's not as high on my specs as you'd expect in the future right now."
I'm not good at studying because I was lazy in middle school.
Exercise skills were higher in elementary school, but VR games were too much, and now they are only a little better.
For once, the Genius Development Agency seems to value me highly, so maybe they'll hire me like the Kengos.
But that doesn't necessarily make it a steady income either.
"I'll do my best for you. You want to be the big black pillar of the family, so be it."
I don't know how much it means to study or anything, because having a different ability has become part of a cold-treated world.
But I'm serious about studying and polishing myself.
Believe me, it will do Phil and the others good.
"Nothing, you don't mind me working or something, do you? My husband is not unusual."
A scratch came in from Sakya.
Well, that's true.
But I guess that doesn't make me lazy.
I don't want to be the hippos of the Sakyas.
"Anyway, I'm going to do a lot harder than I've ever done before. So keep it up, guys."
That's what I said as I looked at the three Sakya, Phil and Krall.
"Yeah, I'm a bummer, but keep up the good work, Shin-kun"
"Nice to meet you... I will"
"Um, we're a lottery student. Let's live with each other!
That's how we narrowed down our hearts again.
I guess I'm really going to marry them if I keep this up.
That's, on the other hand, I'm so happy, I'm scared.
I'm still a kid, so I can't guarantee I'll make them happy.
But I'm gonna do everything I can to make them happy.
Well, will the real effort be around the end of the attack on the 50 tiers of the underground labyrinth?
Sakya and the others told me that we have explored up to 48 levels, and that we are almost there to reach 50.
In the first Laid Boss fight in a long time, let me ram you up, too.