Nina spoke, idly stirring her hot cocoa, which she had ordered for no apparent reason.
“Deles’s charm comes simply from his strength.”
“Even if you say strong…”
“He’s at that level in his teens. Soon he’ll raise it to 90, to the point where he won’t be caught by a Rabbit-beastman’s charm.”
That’s right, to avoid becoming a pervert who gets aroused by a Rabbit-beastman’s tail, I needed to raise my level higher than that assassin. I had almost forgotten.
“But, well, I try not to stand out by not looking strong.”
“Even so, those who see will recognize it, even without using Appraisal.”
“Even so, just because I look like I have a high level, or because I’m strong…”
Nina quietly shook her head.
“Women are like that. Many women in this world prefer violent men, even if it leads to their own destruction.”
“Ah, I’ve heard of such cases.”
“Instinctively, women seek strong men, even if they are dangerous or rough men.”
But among such men, I certainly didn’t want to be one.
“That’s not a very happy story.”
“Separate from that, there’s definitely demand for someone like Deles, a high-level, strong yet herbivorous hero.”
“You mean like the ‘gap moe’ thing?”
I took a sip of my vegetable juice. Mmm, delicious.
(What am I, a child?! Saying “delicious” instead of “oishii”!)
“In any case, many women desire someone who is ‘cute, and surprisingly the strongest despite their small body,’ like Deles.”
“Is that really a thing? I can’t quite build confidence in myself.”
“However, didn’t you have a harem back in Milishitan Continent where you were born and raised?”
No, no, that wasn’t like that.
“When you say I had one, it was my foster sisters and their associates. It became a harem in the flow of things.”
“Nevertheless, if you had no charm whatsoever, four people wouldn’t have become your fiancées, not even nobles.”
“Hmm, Ric-neechan and the others, I feel like they were somehow different from that.”
If asked what it ultimately was, I wouldn’t know how to answer.
(It’s a harem that’s already over anyway.)
“At the very least, applications are still being made by name. They must have some lingering feelings.”
“Eh? From Ric-neechan and them? I thought I had procedures done to refuse all of that.”
“Ah, that’s why they’re not supposed to reveal your location at any Adventurer Guild. Still, they regularly receive contact asking to speak with you, Deles.”
In other words, they want to make sure it’s really in my will not to reveal it.
“Nina-san, you could have just told me there were such things coming.”
“My policy was to refuse it, considering it a past matter. However, I’m telling you now, at this timing. I don’t know if it’s the right moment.”
“…Understood. Yes, I don’t want to tell them.”
I understood well that Ric-neechan and the others were still very interested. Just as Nastasia had said, if they appeared before me, I would definitely say “Payback!”.
“This parfait is melting, so I’ll eat it all at once.”
“Yes, please eat while you talk. Um, to elaborate on my being popular…”
“Hmm… Then let’s analyze it with your current harem party.”
Oh, does this mean they’re proof that I’m popular right now?!
“Nina-san, you’re like… it’s good that it’s legal that I’m yours, right?”
“Ah, I’m never letting you go.”
“Therefore, Nina-san, the reason is clear, so that’s all for you.”
Hearing that, she silently continued eating her parfait.
“Clarice-san… it became that I’m her destined person.”
“Mmm… You are her savior, and you saved her from that situation. It’s not strange for her to fall for you.”
“Ah, I was forgetting about that. That’s right, that’s right. She was originally an Assassin Saintess.”
Recently, I had only seen her gentle Older Sister side from the Church of the Goddess.
“Anju, can I skip her?”
“Yes, Nina-san. Please skip Anju-chan.”
“But she’s a good child.” “Yes, she is a good child.”
At school, she’s genuinely becoming a proper human. Well, I don’t mean to say that children with mental health issues aren’t human, but I want to be genuinely happy that she is adapting to society in her own way.
“Helen is a yandere.”
“It’s scary. The man she had a one-sided love for was the cause of her becoming a slave, yet she continued to love him. Then, when she was ultimately abandoned, her attention turned to me.”
“Please accept it, it’s like being targeted by a random attacker.”
Although, even if not to Nina-san’s degree, her robust body is quite alluring. No, is this Nina-san’s influence?
(It’s Nina-san’s fault that I started liking that kind of woman!!)
“In this case, Helen’s abilities are irrelevant. Right, Deles?”
“Yes, I’m not particularly interested in Succubi. Well, actually experiencing it, no, never mind.”
“Well, Helen is Helen, including that.”
In Helen’s case, I get the feeling that her true nature will come out all at once the moment she’s freed from slavery.
“Lastly, Nastasia-san, I’m still not quite sure why she fell for me.”
“That’s the reason I mentioned at the beginning. It’s probably because Deles is a high-level hero and is strong.”
“Is it really that simple?” “It’s that simple.”
Nina swallowed the melting parfait in large bites.
“Deles’s strength and charm are of the type where ‘environment shapes the person’.”
“In other words, because I’m the head of a harem, my position creates my charm?”
“There’s that. There’s a skilled hero, and furthermore, it’s a party that defeated the Seven Great Demon Lords. And there are skilled harem members, i.e., attractive women, gathered there. Any ordinary female adventurer would want to join that.”
… Natsu-nee was trying to monopolize me even further, even using charm.
“I see, I roughly understand.”
“Do you understand why Deles is popular?”
“Yes. Therefore, Nina-san, I love you.”
It goes without saying that my lips were immediately sealed in a hot kiss.
