Chapter 99
Chapter 99: Ruti’s cheeks dye red
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Translator: Tseirp
Afternoon .
“It’s about time we go home . ”
I said as I looked at the sun start tilting down toward the horizon .
“Mmm … yeah, I guess it’s about time . ”
“Eh, isn’t it still early!?”
“But if we take our traveling time into consideration, it would be sunset before we reach home if we do not leave now . ”
” … All right . But let’s come back again . ”
“Yeah, we’ll come back together with everyone . ”
Lit comforted Tanta who was feeling disappointed .
“Ruti, are you satisfied?”
“Yup, it was fun . I want to come back again . ”
In the end, Ruti fished up less than the child of the group, Tanta .
However, Ruti’s extremely reluctant expression as she started keeping the tools told me that she enjoyed herself today .
I’m glad we came fishing today .
“Good job everyone . Tomorrow, I’ll be cooking the fish we caught today so please drop by my shop if you want to . ”
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“Yup, I’ll definitely come . ”
Tanta replied the quickest . I ruffled Tanta’s hair .
“The fish from the winter sea has exceptional fatty meat . Look forward to it . ”
“Yay~”
Ruti raised both hands in the air . Ordinary people might find her expression hard to interpret but I could tell that she had a full smile on her face .
“Then, we will disperse here . Tanta should show Mido, Nao, and Gonz what you caught . They’ll definitely be surprised . ”
“Yup! Red-oniichan, thank you for today!”
“Hn, see you tomorrow then . ”
And so our rest day ended happily … or so it seemed .
“Hey Onii-chan . ”
Just as everyone was about to leave for home, Ruti called out to me and Lit .
“What is it?”
“The ring on Lit’s left hand, did Onii-chan give it?”
I felt as if the air froze .
Tise and Tanta stopped moving and everyone stared in our direction .
Ruti looked directly at me with clear eyes . Within her eyes was the same aura that intimidated her opponents when she was the 『Hero』 .
I took a deep breath and slowly opened my mouth .
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“Ah yes . I proposed last night . ”
I heard Tise gulp . Lit seemed nervous and she clenched her fists tightly . Tanta looked between Ruti and me anxiously .
“Onii-chan . ”
Ruti, who was shorter than I was, stared up into my eyes .
Then,
“Congratulations, I’m happy for you . ”
She said and smiled happily .
“Phew, I was so nervous . ”
After parting with everyone, Lit smiled as she relaxed both her arms .
“But I’m surprised . Ruti loves Red so much that I imagined she would be in a bad mood after her Onii-chan was snatched away . ”
“Yeah . But Ruti did not develop affection for others apart from myself because of her divine protection . With that gone, perhaps she might find someone else attractive too . ”
Due to Ruti’s mental resistance from her 『Hero』 divine protection, she was in a state where she could not embrace human affection toward others . Before her mental resistance was perfected, in other words, her feeling of affection toward me when we were together before her level increased was the only affection she could feel .
However, with Ruti’s 『Shin』, she could freely apply or remove her resistances .
The current Ruti could grow to love anybody .
“I kind of feel a little lonely since it feels like she will be leaving her older brother . ”
“Red is pretty much a siscon after all . ”
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“Muu … I don’t deny it . ”
“What would you do if that Drake Rider Otto became Ruti’s partner?’
“I’ll assassinate him . ”
“Do-don’t say that with such a serious face . It doesn’t sound like a joke at all . ”
I intended it as a joke but … if that time ever came, would I be able to accept it calmly?
I would probably assassinate him if the partner was Ares though .
“Sheesh, Red . ”
Lit smiled bitterly as if she had read my thoughts .
(I could tell that would be the conversation Red-san and Lit-san would be having . )
I am Tise‧Garland . An assassin and the close friend of Hero-sama in love .
Just a while ago, Ruti-sama congratulated Red-san and Lit-san on their engagement .
At a glance, it probably seemed like Ruti-sama gave up on Red-san and blessed their future together .
Red-san and the others probably thought that Ruti-sama’s love problem had been resolved .
But they were wrong . Being with her all the time, I could tell .
“Ruti-sama . Are you sure?”
“About?”
“Red-san and Lit-san . ”
“Yeah . ”
Ruti-sama nodded .
“Lit is a good person and will cherish Onii-chan . I recently started thinking that it might be good if a person like her became Onii-chan’s wife . ”
“Is that so? That’s good … but won’t you be lonely once Red-san is married?”
“Lonely? Why?”
“Er …”
“I am his younger sister so I can’t marry Onii-chan . So I will yield the wife position to Lit-san . ”
“Eh, err?”
“We can still be lovers without getting married . ”
As expected, the problem has not disappeared at all!
Ruti-sama seemed to have remembered today’s Red-san . The limited expression doll-like face turned a little red .
“Onii-chan is tolerant so he can accommodate two easily . Lit can be the number one wife while I will be the number one lover . ”
Red-san, you are making a huge misunderstanding .
Ruti-sama is certainly capable of finding a new love . However, love does not increase at a constant rate . It is going to concentrate more on the people where she has a higher likelihood of loving .
Just as she can form new love, Ruti-sama’s positive feeling for Red-san will keep increasing daily with the sky as the limit .
Or rather, haven’t we already past the point where there was no return?
Both Ugeuge-san on my shoulder and I tilted our heads worryingly .