I, who am stored within Nina’s chest and hidden, can hear Ric’s (Older Sister) breathing here in the quiet coffee shop, sensing her clear disturbance… Ah, she seems to have taken a sip of water.
“…It’s none of your concern.”
“You will introduce me to Deles after hearing all my explanations. This is my duty as your fiancé.”
“I am the fiancé!”
“We are!”
Yes, with this, I’ve confirmed Ric’s (Older Sister) personality. Ric (Older Sister) says “I,” while Nina says “We.” If we’re talking about who is more suited to be the main wife in a noble’s, no, a harem’s, household… but that’s not what we’re discussing now.
(Ric’s (Older Sister)’s pregnancy was a lie!!)
Well, I had vaguely suspected that possibility. However, there was still a part of me that didn’t want to believe Ric (Older Sister) had lied to me like that, even though I had been betrayed, and my partner stolen.
(I really am too kind, aren’t I?)
Or rather, I’m an idiot. That’s precisely why I need Nina and the others to protect me, and at the same time, I must protect Nina and the others.
“…It’s his fault. I was deceived by him.”
“No, it was you who chose Django, also known as the False Hero Crow Eetakka.”
“We are the victims!”
“You are the perpetrators. Deles isn’t the only victim. We have already compensated!”
No, I don’t think that’s the point of the story.
“So, you lied about being pregnant under orders?”
“Yes, so that he would leave Deles alone for a while and we could truly try to conceive children.”
“In reality, you were forced into adventurer activities, weren’t you? That’s why it’s obvious you’re not pregnant.”
Ah, I see. If they were still active normally even after I was exiled, then of course the lie would be revealed. There’s also the possibility that it was a miscarriage, but…
(But if it was right after then, well, it’s a lie.)
We hadn’t been in contact since we parted ways. They probably made me tell that lie knowing that too.
“Your explanation regarding that.”
“That’s why he’s the bad one! It’s all his fault! He said, ‘If anything happens, blame it all on me. I’ll take all the responsibility. It’s all my command…'”
Ah, there are those types. They just want to make others listen to them.
“And did that person take responsibility?”
“Yes, you could say he took responsibility by dying himself.”
“He just died and ran away, didn’t he? And that doesn’t erase your sins, does it?”
Indeed, we received punishment.
“Deles will understand.”
“Deles-kun should understand.”
“Derus-chan will understand if you hug him.”
That’s why, I’ve already been incorporated by Nina! …When I emerge, I’ll give them a bit of a surprise, no, a scare.
(Harvey isn’t saying anything. It’s fine, though.)
Kaumi (Female) briefly possessed me just now. She told me to think of a name if I had a child, and Iwamoto (Mr./Ms.) said something like ‘Ariel,’ making the other Otherworlders panic.
(While I’m thinking about other things, Nina snorted.)
“That kind of judgment is Deles’s job. More importantly, you, while having Deles as your fiancé at that time, how could you possibly let yourselves be embraced by that False Hero Crow Eetakka, Django?”
No way, could the embrace itself have been a lie…?!
“We couldn’t help it. More than half of it was forced.”
“That’s right! More than half, it was seventy percent rape!”
“When he held me like that, I couldn’t resist…”
After a brief pause.
“…I regret it.”
Harvey finally spoke. Is she the only one reflecting?
“You were just swept along.”
“That’s why we couldn’t help it!”
“Deles-kun, Derus-chan, you never responded to my feelings.”
“I wanted you to hug me back. I was waiting and waiting.”
“…I’m sorry.”
Yes, that’s it. I had always thought that my inability to make a move was my fault, the reason I was betrayed.
(But Nina and the others told me it was never my fault.)
And I don’t understand the reason I was slapped at that time either… Yes, Nina will explain that mystery, hopefully!!
“Let me make one thing clear. I’ve seen through all your lies.”
“How do you know?!”
“Here. Clarice.”
“Yes.”
“Th-that!”
Ah, she brought out that thing.
“It’s a top-tier Appraisal Crystal. An item that can see through lies.”
“Why would someone like you, such a Wicked Woman, have something like that…!!”
“I told you, we’re an S-rank Adventurer Party. We have things like this.”
Now, with this, Ric (Older Sister) and the others can no longer lie.
“Let us meet Deles. Please, it’s enough now!”
“What’s the hurry? You must have a lie that’s too inconvenient to reveal. You are.”
“Where is Deles now? Where are you hiding him? Give him back already!”
Ah, how nostalgic, the hysterical Ric (Older Sister).
“The most important part. I’ll say it clearly, you don’t truly love Deles.”
“That’s not true! He’s our fiancé!”
“That’s right, Deles-kun is!”
“Derus-chan is!”
“From what I heard from Deles, I immediately understood. The actions you were taking, to put it plainly, were…”
And at this point, there was a clatter! The sound of chairs and tables shifting!
“That’s enough! I quit being a Singer!”
“Maysha!”
“Maysha-chan!!”
And the sound of footsteps running away. What, what, what?!
“Ah, I’m sorry everyone.”
“Furin-chan, you have to chase her!”
“Yes, Ayaka. Excuse me, the bill!”
…It seems something happened at another table. Nina clears her throat, as if to get back to the topic.
“Listen well. Your true identities are that you were merely treating Deles as a convenient Toy.”
Finally, we touch upon it. The true identities of Ric (Older Sister) and the others.
