“Lielle, I —”
“Luke, you’re so cool!”
“Yup, that’s right — what?”
“Thank you for protecting ! You looked like a knight!”
Lielle’s eyes were sparkling as she gazed at .
So adorable.
“Ah, you’re not angry?”
“...that you kissed another girl aside from ? Of course I’m mad! You’ve never even kissed before, so why are you kissing another girl, huh!?”
“S-Sorry…”
“K-Kiss too!”
“Eh!? R-right here!?”
“...you did just fine at the store, right.”
Lielle held out her hand towards .
Ahh… so that’s what it was…
So she’s fine with the back of hand, huh.
I was flustered, thinking she’s asking for a kiss on the lips.
A lot of curious onlookers had gathered around us because of the fuss earlier with Nard’s group.
It’s too embarrassing to kiss her on the lips in front of all these people.
If she’s okay with the back of the hand, then…
“Ojou-sama.”
I bent my knee and took her hand.
She told that I looked cool, just like a knight, when I protected her.
That’s why I’d be her knight for now.
“I pledge my loyalty to you, Ojou-sama.”
The dozens of onlookers loudly cheered.
Lielle’s face turned scarlet, but she didn’t seem like she’s totally convinced.
—***—
“A lot happened back then, so things had been pretty much unsettled, but it’s unforgivable to kiss any other girl right in front of Lielle…I’m really sorry.”
“...Even if it’s not before , I still hate it.”
“Y-Yeah, you’re right. Sor — Bft!”
I was about to apologize again, but Lielle pinched my cheeks.
“Luke, you’re so serious.”
She chuckled before releasing .
She then gently stroked my cheeks that were red after being pulled. She was apparently casting a bit of healing, and the pain disappeared.
“You didn’t kiss any other girl apart from that ti, right?”
“Of course!!”
“Then it’s fine. Luke kissed in front of so many people back then, so I already forgave you a long ti ago.”
“...Really?”
“Really. I was so happy.”
What a relief.
Lielle forgave .
One of the things that had been bothering for a long ti was solved like this.
“Is that all?”
“Eh”
“Did you go out of your way to request a favor from Sylph-sama and take to a place like this just to apologize for that school festival incident?”
Lielle gazed at intently.
Eh, did she discover my second goal — the main event for today?
Lielle was fidgeting for so reason.
Her ears were dyed red.
Well, it’s only natural that she would anticipate that sothing would happen, especially since I took her to this place with this ambience.
Alright, let’s asure up to that expectation.
“Lielle.”
“Y-Yes!”
“Thank you for dating for the past six months. Even if we can’t et everyday, thank you for spending a lot of ti with . I’m really happy.”
“ too, I’m so glad I have so many opportunities to be with you. But, I won’t request sothing as unreasonable as being together everyday. Glendale is super far from here, after all.”
“Do you want to see , or not?”
“...I want to see you. I want to be with you everyday!”
I would visit Alheim every week if possible in order to be with her.
There were tis when we only had an hour or so after coming here because of Lielle’s schedule. There were also tis when I couldn’t et her because of events at the academy. Nevertheless, I would go to her whenever possible.
Spending ti with Lielle is so much fun. I could even say that I’m having the best ti of my life with her.
“But, Luke, you’re going here all the way from Glendale every week… Isn’t that too much of a burden for you? I don’t wish for more than this…”
Burden? I never thought of it as a burden.
During my flight to Alheim, I would be preoccupied with thoughts of what we would do together during my date with Lielle, and I would already arrive at my destination by the ti I ca to my senses.
“No, there’s absolutely no problem with coming here once a week. I’ll be preoccupied thinking about where you want to play, so I would arrive here before I noticed.
“I-Is that so?”
“Yup. But still, I want to spend more ti with you, Lielle.”
“M- too!”
Lielle jumped into my arms.
She squeezed my clothes.
I took out the present that I prepared for her from my pocket.
“Lielle.”
“...Yes.”
We gazed at each other.
“Will you marry , and co to Glendale?”
I presented a pure white ring to Lielle.
It’s a ring I made by processing a rare type of ore called swearstone.
It might pale in comparison to the scarletite ring that Halt gifted Teacher Tina, but regardless, this ring is still considered as one of the best magical tule in this world.
I vowed on this swearstone that I would make Lielle happy before turning it into this ring.
Tears spilled from Lielle’s eyes as she gazed at the ring.
“...If I accept this, Luke will experience a lot of hardships, you know?”
Lielle didn’t talk much about her family, so I had a vague idea, more or less.
If she’s a young noble from an aristocratic family, then the head of her family would probably oppose her marriage to a re human like .
But still, my best friend Halt brushed aside the ministers of this kingdom and married Teacher Tina, the heroine of this country.
That guy is basically a walking cheat and a Bakemono, but I’m also a Sage Apprentice.
I’ve prepared myself to do anything in order to be with the girl I love.
“Lielle, if you accept, I will devote my entire life to protect you. No matter what hardship it is, I will definitely break through if it ans I will be with you.”
I stared straight into her eyes and vowed.
“Let repeat it again. Lielle, please marry .”
“...Yes.”
She offered her left hand to .
I slipped the ring to her left ring finger.
Whooooaaaa!!!!
Yeheeeeeyyyyyy!!!!
I also have my own Elf bride!!!!
I embraced Lielle with all my strength.
“Luke, I’m in your care from now on, please treat well.”
“Yeah! I will give my all to make Lielle happy!!”
“...Let’s go greet Father tomorrow?”
Ohh, that’s quite sudden.
But it’s fine, I’m prepared.
“Got it. Let’s go.”
“Thank you so much. Sorry for keeping mum about it until now. My na is —”
Lielle pulled away from , keeping a bit of distance between us, before dropping an unimaginable bomb on .
“Lielle Alheim.”
H, Heh…Alheim, huh.
…Yup.
It’s one of the possibilities that I thought of.
I see now.
I’ll be Halt’s brother-in-law, huh.
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