Book 2: Extra 1 (2)
That situation was no laughing matter I might have been attacked by a monster at any mont. I was conscious and I could see, but it was darkAnd my body wouldnt moveI was terrified
It seed the wise sages na was Sir Thor.
As his carefreeno, gentle face suggested, he was a very kind person.
Although hed saved my life, he wasnt trying to demand gratitude from .
But Im a knight. I have to pay my debts.
But how could soone like repay a wise sage who lived amongst all these incredible artifacts?
I had almost nothing on . My sole asset was my sword, but I had lost even that.
I thought as hard as I couldbut in this situation, all that I could give him wasmyself?
W-wait a minute. What am I thinking?
S-sir Thor isnt a goblin. He doesnt want that.
This is no good. Ever since I had collapsed in the dungeon, I had only had weird thoughts.
Id heard from other adventurers that, when youre alert to the possibility of death, sexual thoughts co into your head.
Ill go prepare a bath.
What? A b-bath? In the middle of a dungeon? Suddenly, I couldnt believe it. Surely both water and fuel are very precious?
But perhaps when he said hed prepare a bath now, he ant to do it for .
What? A bath? In a dungeon? But Id feel bad for doing sothing like that.
Its fine, its fine.
According to Sir Thor, the wonderful floor that blanketed this room was called tatami. He put in the tatami room, since I still couldnt move very well, and went to prepare a bath.
Why is Sir Thor encouraging to take a bath that will use his precious water?
P-perhaps he wants to make beautiful?
S-surely thats not it.
I dont get that impression from him. I think its a genuine act of kindness.
ActuallyI got dirty in the dungeonThats embarrassing!
I checked over the dirty condition of my body, which was still moving creakily.
Aaaaaaaah! I realised what a state the lower half of my body and the tatami underneath it were in.
Oh no! Id
Sir Thor returned.
Wait what!? Why are you kneeling down!?
I, I-I-I-I-Im so sorry. When you talked about the bath I finally realised butwhat a disgraceful thing I have
On top of that, Id had such unthinkable suspicions of Sir Thor. There was no way hed be interested in a filthy girl like .
Oh, Im such an idiot! Although Im no longer a knight, I never intended to abandon the spirit of knighthood, but Im a disgrace to all knights.
Nobut you couldnt have been able to go to the toilet because you were paralysed, right? And it couldnt have been helped because I scared you, right?
Uhhhhhh It wasnt just that.
Its so embarrassing I cant say it.
What was that? Because I scared you? I went pale.
So it wasnt after I ca here that I lost control of my bladder, it was in the dungeon? Or on Sir Thors back?
I went white, and then my face flushed. Automatically, I reached out to touch Sir Thors waist.
I-Its wet.
Probably no, almost certainly it was wet with the sa liquid that had soaked my lower body.
AhIts because I carried you, Ria.
H-how could I have made.a wise sage do sothing. like that?
T-there, there, its not that uncommon.
Thats not true at all!
I was so apologetic and confused that I burst into tears.
I didnt even really understand what kind of tears they were.
I-Im sorry. I shouldnt have raised my voice all of a sudden
No, its alright.
Even if you forgive I cant get married anymore at this rate.
From my own words, I understood the aning of my tears, and I was aghast.
In this hopeless situation, I was still thinking about selfish womanly happiness that I ought to have discarded.
I was so ashad that by rights I ought to have committed suicide.
If you cant then I would gladly take you
What?
Sir Thor looked away, blushing.
W-what hed said just nowWas that what he ant?
N-no. I cast aside my womanhood to beco a knight. No! But.well, Im an ex-knight
W-w-w-w-what are you saying!? Wise sage
No! But it was only Sir Thor whod seen in this shaful state.
No, I-I an. Its a joke.maybe..hey.
A joke? My mind went blank. It was strange, but I couldnt think at all.
Is ita joke?
I knew I was angry, but why did I have to be angry with this wise sage who had saved my life and shown every kindness?
I didnt understand the reason, but in any case I poured all my energy into putting on a smiling face.
I guess there are jokes that can be said and those that shouldnt be.
Thats right. Boys cannot go back on their word, you know?
Still puzzled and not really understanding, I pressed Sir Thor to agree that boys couldnt go back on their word.
T-thats right. Boys cannot go back on their word.
The mont I heard that, for so reason, I suddenly got embarrassed and beca unable to look Sir Thor in the face.
I will go take a bath now. Where is it?
I tried to escape to the bath for the ti being.
Ah, wait a while. Theres a lot I need to teach you.
Saying this, Sir Thor worrying about , because my body still wasnt moving well pulled by the hand and helped to stand up.
How else can I put it? It was embarrassing.
I got the feeling that it wasnt just the embarrassnt of letting him see in a state that was unbecoming of a knight.
Before Sir Thors carefreeno, gentle face, I was against my better judgent forgetting that I was living as a knight.
The bath was a disaster.
Well, no, the bath itself was amazing, but I had no idea how to use the wise sages artifactsIt was even more embarrassing than having wet myself.
This was so hopeless, I might as well be dead. No, I wished that I was dead.
But whatever I did, Sir Thor smiled and forgave .
Although I knew I mustnt, I ended up depending on his kindness ti and again.
Since I was afraid of sleeping by myself in a dark room because Id collapsed when I was alone in the dungeon, I went to sleep with Sir Thor.
Hey, Ria. This mattress artifact is really comfortable so would you like to sleep on it together? Actually, yeah, lets do it. Let show off the artifact Im really proud of.
Sir Thor laughed as he said it, but Im sure that he was taking my situation into account.
I slept alongside Sir Thor. We stayed together in the bed until morning.
That is to say Sir Thor did the favour of sleeping beside , since I was afraid of sleeping in a dark room.
We didnt do anything unseemly whatsoever.
B-but even sleeping with I wonder if that really was all right.
Ive heard that when a woman is sleeping beside them, n start to want to do those sorts of things.
I must not hold any appeal for Sir Thor at all.
Or maybe Sir Thor doesnt do that kind of thing because hes an honest man.
Im a little sad. I hope its the latter.
Suddenly, I realised that the way I was thinking about it, I really did hope it was true.
Wait a minute, Ria! Dont you feel any sha, as a forr knight?
But Sir Thor had already seen in plenty of embarrassing states.
Sir Thor was kind and put completely at ease, as did this room.
It was hard to hold on to the version of myself that had been living as a knight up until now.
If I went on like this, I really would end up taking advantage of Sir Thors kindness.
It made sad, but I had to get better and go back ho.
Ti flies when youre having fun. Or rather, the artifact called cola had cured of the effects of the paralysis poison, and I had recovered my stamina in this comfortable space.
But there were still certain circumstances which kept from returning to the surface imdiately.
Could it be that theres a reason why you cant go back up from the dungeon imdiately, Ria?
Sir Thor had even managed to work that out.
Yesactually, I did have a companion butum, sobut we got split up, and I lost my sword as well. It is rather impossible for to go back up alone.
Perhaps he didnt want to go backNo matter how you look at it, surely I was overthinking it to make it convenient for myself.
After all, if I thought about it normally, having stay would probably be a nuisance for him.
I would think that so adventurers are bound to pass by here when they co to explore this dungeon, so I will join them when they do co.
But will anyone pass by here anyti soon? And theres also a chance that the adventurers might reject you when you ask to join them.
Depending on the situation, there is a possibility that it might take quite a long ti. If I wait in the dungeon every day, theres bound to be soone coming through here in a week.
A week, huh?
Would I be causing too much trouble by staying in your house until then, wise sage?
If it was going to cause him any trouble at all, I was resolved to face up to the dungeon with the aim of getting back to the surface, even though I was alone and weaponless.
But, with no confusion whatsoever, Sir Thor said,
Youre not causing any trouble at all! Why, Im a wise sage after all!
There were tis when I suddenly thought Even though Sir Thor had made his ho in the depths of a dungeon, and possessed such artifacts, sotis he seed like a very normal guy.
Which was great, but
If you want toyou can stay here forever.
The wise sage was probably saying that so I wouldnt feel like I was troubling him by staying here.
Even so, I was so overwheld with happiness that tears welled up in my eyes.
Im really happybut I have to return up there no matter what so
I-I guess youre right
But he wouldnt be this kind to a girl he really hated, right?
Thats what I wanted to think, since Id done nothing but embarrass myself. Or rather, thats how I wanted things to be.
If that was the case, I wanted to get up the courage to ask him sothing Id been thinking about for a while now.
But, could I co to this room.to et you again, Sir Thor?
Sir Thors whole face lit up in a smile.
Of course you can! Co back anyti.
That was worth plucking up great courage for, more so than any enemy Id fought as a knight.
No perhaps the emotions that Id always felt in the depths of my heart, emotions I felt as a woman, had grown stronger.
Thats how I ca to be living with the wonderful wise sage until I might encounter another party of adventurers.
Ive decided to believe that Sir Thor ant it when he said Co back any ti!
I think that next ti I want to co back to this room not as a knight or an adventurer but just as a woman.
And if I canin front of Sir ThorI want to be a little cuter.
Ill go to et him ti and ti again until he sees as a woman!
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