I found myself crying on Sil-neechan’s chest.
“Ugh, ughhh…”
Helen-san was stroking my back to calm me down.
Nina-san watched me for a moment before starting to talk with Clarice-san.
“To have you apologize, huh… She must have thought it through.”
“Yes, not ‘I’m sorry’ or ‘I want to meet you’.”
“This way, she probably wants Deles to think, ‘I’ll be able to apologize if I meet her’…”
Yeah, saying something like this, admitting her own mistake,
It’s not like Ric-neechan at all. I can only think there’s something more to it.
“Deles, when you’ve calmed down, tell me what you think.
We have to start with Deles’ analysis.”
“…Mm, I-I’ve calmed down now, Sil-neechan, thank you.”
“Then I’ll be last.”
Helen-san snatched me into her chest, as if.
Yeah, I’ve calmed down. If I don’t calm down, I’ll suffocate.
“Nha… Ric-neechan and the others definitely want to see me.
But, as far as I know Ric-neechan’s personality…”
Somehow, I managed to escape from Helen-san and sat down on the sofa.
“Is there a problem with how she apologized?”
“No, she apologized politely with a bow, then looked up and said, ‘Well, that’s settled, Deles-chan, we’re going home.'”
“She’s acting like everything’s over, done, and resolved.”
“She’d probably pull my arm, right?”
Now, in this environment, I understand it well.
Yeah, it’s a terrible story. She really just sees me as a convenient little brother.
Clarice-san is also furious.
“To have treated Deles-sama so terribly, and then just apologize with a single bow and think it’s enough.
It hardly amounts to atonement.”
“Perhaps the days after being tricked by the False Hero were enough punishment for her, and overcoming that…”
“Is that considered atonement? That’s just self-satisfaction. It’s no atonement for Deles-sama.”
The fact that she thinks that’s acceptable is still how Ric-neechan and I’s relationship is.
“Hm, Deles, your analysis is probably correct. They’re guys who had rotten personalities to begin with and treated Deles horribly.”
“Um, you’re talking about when I was betrayed, right?”
“It was before that.”
I tilted my head slightly.
(Clarice-san, Helen-san, and Nastasia-san are all nodding.)
Anju-chan is doing a front flip in mid-air using her staff like a horizontal bar.
“Um, Ric-neechan and the others, what terrible things did they do to me?”
“You still haven’t realized? Well, that’s true. They’ll probably come to see you anyway.”
“Yes, Nina-sama. Sooner or later, somewhere.”
So they’re really coming to apologize.
“Eh, even if I say ‘I don’t want you to apologize,’ they’ll still come?”
“That’s right, Anju. Alright Deles, send them a reply.”
“You mean tell them not to come? Hmm, how should I put it?”
It’s about Ric-neechan.
Basically, she’ll ignore my opinion.
“How about ‘Don’t involve me anymore’?”
“That’s seven characters.”
“Don’t worry about the number of characters. I have plenty of Platinum Coins.”
On the Moomoo Continent, they use paper money, right?
And because it’s troublesome, for financial transactions, I have an account at the Commercial Guild.
But now is not the time to be thinking about that.
“If I say ‘Don’t involve me anymore,’ they’ll probably come asking ‘Why? What for?’ asking for reasons.”
“Deles-sama, how about ‘I am happy now. Please leave me alone.'”
“Hmm, I wonder if saying ‘leave me alone’ will be conveyed properly.”
Let’s try to lighten the mood with a slightly amusing reply.
“Anju-chan, what do you think?”
“About what?”
“What to write in the reply.”
“Hmmmm… ‘Let me handle the payment, crunch crunch crunch’?”
She’s saying something completely nonsensical.
“What will happen if you reply with that?”
“The other girl will say ‘Stop it!'”
“Will it be effective?”
“Iwamoto-san would surely know. Should I call him?”
No, I don’t want to know that by asking an Otherworlder.
“Helen-san?”
“Yes, Master. How about ‘Don’t come to see me’ or ‘I won’t forgive you’?”
“Ah, with Ric-neechan’s personality, she’ll definitely, absolutely stubbornly come.”
That’s the reverse effect.
“Ah, Nastasia-san, you don’t need to raise your hand. Please go ahead.”
“Yes, Deles-sama. As I said before, I think ‘Payback / Take That’ is appropriate.”
“You said it. ‘Let’s get our payback.’ Yes, I believe this is the time.”
But still, to truly get ‘payback,’
I’d have to meet them in person. But that hurdle of meeting them is too high for me.
“Deles, you don’t need to associate with those wicked women anymore.
If they come to see you, ‘we’ will handle it. So don’t worry.”
“That’s right. Deles-sama, convey the message that you ‘will never meet them again.'”
“Hmm, if that’s the case… ‘I’m sorry.’ No, it’s not my place to apologize.”
When they’re the ones asking to apologize.
“Deles-kun, Deles-kun.”
“Yes?”
“If it’s six characters, how about ‘My dream is expanding’?”
“No, it’s nine characters!!”
“Gyafuun!”
Hmm, well, here it is…
“Nina-san.”
“Have you decided?”
“Yes. I will clearly state at the Adventurer Guild that I received the message ‘I want you to apologize’… That’s all.”
Yeah, I won’t reply.
If I carelessly say ‘Don’t involve me anymore,’ they’ll worry, wondering what happened.
Even if I say ‘Forget about it,’ they might think, “You’ve forgiven me? For what?” In any case, they’ll probably come.
(If they’re going to come no matter how I reply, I’ll show my intent not to reply.)
“Understood. There’s no content for a reply, then?”
“Ignoring them is fine. Deliberately.”
“Indeed, they treated Deles that badly. Alright, I understand.”
…Among the ‘terrible things’ Nina-san is talking about,
I’m really curious about the parts other than being betrayed.
“Then this matter is concluded. Now, regarding this Clarice Castle…”
“Ah, sorry, I have to go to school.”
“Anju-chan, is the afternoon session practical skills?”
“Yeees.”
Come to think of it, I didn’t have time to eat lunch.
“So Anju-chan, what kind of practical skills?”
“Um, it’s a practical skill session with my morning class, stacking building blocks.”
“Ah (I see).”
It’s that kind of practical skill.
“Yeah, Anju-chan, do your best!”
“Roger roger! I’m off then!”
She vanished instantly.
“Then, after we finish discussing the details of this castle, we’ll have lunch.”
“I’ll go talk to the cafeteria downstairs.”
“My apologies, Clarice.”
I need to talk to the Angel Race too. After school, huh?
Hmm… Are there any ways to teleport without Anju-chan?
For the Magic Circle… is Asrik still around? Nyowar, the Illusionist.
(Ah, and perhaps, there’s another method!!)
