The Goddess Is Obsessed With Me Chapter 35

"Don't do this..."

It felt as if a ferocious beast was dripping saliva, baring its growling fangs right in front of my nose.

"No, if you want to embark on such an adventure, at least leave so proof."

A coarse breath traveled through the void, touching my skin, and in my mind, it overlaid a situation where I was genuinely being driven into a corner by a wild creature.

Knowing vaguely the aning behind her asking for proof, if I can't resolve this situation now, my unbreakable pride will surely break...

"Please calm down... this isn’t right..."

I tried to plead with the reason that might still exist in Erina, but all that returned was a captivating kiss.

"No, this is right. If we leave you here, my fate will undoubtedly flow in an unfavorable direction... I will be bound to the family as a noble and will have to send you away forever."

Her soft, warm lips stole mine, and only after my breath was forcefully taken by the hot heat could I finally inhale so fresh air.

The lips between us parted, and Erina's voice, whispering sweetly, carried a lancholy yet faint joy.

"So, I have to bind myself to you quickly. If there's a life I'm responsible for, I can surely hold on!"

The things I was wearing were now so tattered that it was shaful to even call them clothes, and now it was a situation where I was on the verge of being taken by her, who was truly rampaging.

"So, give up now."

Like a lantern before the wind, I could offer no resistance to her, and persistently surrendering, negative thoughts dominated my mind.

"Ah..."

"Yeah, relax. If you loosen up, Harold will feel pretty good too."

Contrary to my will, my body had already realized that resisting was futile, and as I was gradually losing strength, I just closed my eyes, trying to accept everything when...

"Harold?! Good morning! I proposed sothing to mother last night, and there's good news-"

Thanks to the savior who appeared like a cot, I narrowly regained hope.

Seeing our spectacle, he scratched his head in shock - if it were usual, I would find it charming, but given the situation, his appearance in such a desperate mont almost seed to cause the illusion of a flash bursting from behind him.

"Ah... um... Did I interrupt at a good ti?"

Elbert, who appeared suddenly, stamred and cautiously asked, trying to close the door again, but I didn’t want to lose what might be the last opportunity.

"No, please tell what the news is!!"

At my words, he re-opened the door, trying his best not to look this way, struggling with what to say first.

"Haah... You've been clueless since forever..."

From Erina's perspective, his appearance might have been more irritating; she forcefully quenched her anger, exhaling a deep sigh.

Fortunately, perhaps her mood cooled, Erina, who had bound, covered my skin with a blanket and got out of bed.

"So, what's that good news, tell quickly, will you?"

Whether she wanted to actively show that she was very uncomfortable now, or she couldn't control her emotions, she urged Elbert to reply with a sowhat sharp voice.

"Um... well..."

But even so, seeing Elbert continue to hesitate, perhaps she reached the limit of her patience, she shot a glare at him.

"Oh.. Oh!! That’s right!!"

He snapped his fingers in a sowhat pretentious manner, as if he was finally going to speak now.

"I proposed it again to mother while having another face-to-face conversation last night."

Then he utters a very welco sound.

"Since it seems like the original purpose of keeping Erina in the mansion has been achieved, there shouldn’t be a problem."

I was imnsely grateful to Elbert, who was speaking only what was very necessary to as if it was a staged play.

When I first talked to her mother, I included content that aid for adventure, and it seems that Elbert heard it and proposed it through his mother.

"But still, I can't just entrust sothing where you could die at any mont, so after sharing several opinions, we ca up with one proposal."

Confidently raising three fingers, he shouts to us.

"It's to test you two! We will set three trials within reasonable limits, and if you solve them well, we will permit not only your engagent but also your adventure!"

I felt even too overwheld, as I was directly breaking through the developnt in the ga that I had wanted so much. "Did you hear that, Erina? If things go as I said, we can return to our old daily life."

"Tch..."

She seed quite disappointed upon hearing my words but clicked her tongue lightly, as if unable to refute, emitting a regretful vibe.

"So, when you're ready... co to our mother’s room. Each ti, I'll convey the prepared trial situations."

Then, her words abruptly cut off, silence prevailed, and the stillness absorbed Erina's mood, making the air heavy.

"Um... It seems like this is all I can say right now, and... um... the act itself isn’t bad, but it would be better to communicate better."

Elbert, sensing what action might be taken, sensibly shared so apt advice and exited the room.

As soon as Elbert leaves, the silence persists, but it doesn’t last too long.

"Ugh, really... why does he co and ruin the mood at such a ti?!"

As he fully departs, Erina’s emotions, which were held inside, explode. She screams into the void, her voice becoming hoarse.

"Whew... Harold?"

Then, as her gaze shifts back to and the tension revives, she wipes her face with one hand and sighs.

"It was a good opportunity..."

It seed she had abandoned the thought of overpowering , so I give a slight smile of relief.

"We can return to adventuring through passing the trial, can't we...? Even if it’s about dealing with , returning to our adventurous daily life would be better, right?"

I carefully circle around the words, unable to say outright that I would marry her.

"Just say you'll engage with straightforwardly, won’t you? No... ugh... sigh, never mind..."

She looks at with sowhat suspicious eyes but soon, having cooled down significantly from before, reluctantly nods.

"Ah... okay... I’m not particularly fond of it, but thinking far ahead, it’s not a good thod if I force you here, so I’ll back off for now."

Fortunately, Erina agrees with . I send her a cool smile and internally exhale a sigh of relief.

"But..."

Once again, a chilly vibe, like a cold wave, is emitted as she declares to .

"Since mother has acknowledged it, there’s no reason for to hold back anymore... I have my thoughts too, so if an opportunity arises next ti, know that I will really have no rcy..."

Pointing at with her index finger and speaking as if watching , it was a bit eerie, but still, having barely overco the crisis, I decided to be satisfied.

"Uh-huh!!"

I nod as hard as I can, letting out a sigh I’ve lost count of.

"Please consider my feelings too..."

I vaguely understood what she wanted to say but, having circumstances myself, I couldn’t respond outright.

Having sowhat sorted out the situation, I walked along the 2nd-floor corridor with Erina.

Given the mansion’s size fitting its stature, the corridor, which is endlessly sprawling whenever I look at it, was displayed.

The designs were also the sa, so it was impossible to distinguish which room was which, and the employees, who diligently identified and worked on each and every one of the nurous rooms lined up in the corridor, were admirable.

"We’ve arrived. The tension always sneaks up on whenever I open this door, though it's a little less since it’s the second ti."

I don’t know if there’s a unique way of identifying rooms unique to Erina’s family, as to my eyes, she precisely points out a room among many seemingly identical doors.

Knock, knock, knock

The following knock sounds and a sowhat lighter voice compared to the first ti was heard.

"Enter."

Permitting entry and cautiously opening the door, Erina conveys her business to her mother.

"Mother, I heard you will give an opportunity to continue adventuring."

However, regardless of this, seeing Erina, who has returned to her adventuring outfit, her mother expressed regret.

"I see, in the eyes of a mother, it’s more comfortable to see you in a dress than this outfit, but since I’ve said it, I must take responsibility."

Currently, Erina was in her outfit from when she adventured with , wearing convenient iron armor, and her long, red hair was tied back into a ponytail again.

Having to overco three trials, the dress was a luxury. So, she changed into her adventurer's outfit for a smoother journey.

"Yes, to get permission for both your relationship and adventures, you must overco the three trials I've devised."

With that, she places three differently colored envelopes before her, resting her chin.

"The intensity of each is varied. While a trial might be so easy it’s almost wasteful of the na, and a re whiff of a challenge, it might also be too much for just the two of you."

This dialogue, while not an exact match, is sowhat similar to what exists in the ga.

As you could sowhat infer from the mother's words, each ti this side story progressed, an elent of 'luck' was needed.

That's because the trials weren't preset quests but a system where three quests were selected from an unspecified number of different quests for each character.

From sothing as simple as going out and picking up an acorn, to an extre quest like subduing a dragon, the difficulty was sowhat random in nature.

Thus, users progressing through this story had to pray each ti that they got a bit of an easier quest.

And that was precisely my current sentint.

"Choose one that catches your eye."

Unable to predict at all what was contained in those letters, I had to pray that it was a quest I rembered or sothing of easy difficulty.

"I will choose this one for the first trial."

In the midst of radiating desperation, Erina boldly tears open an envelope that’s red like her hair.

"The trial..."

Unfolding the neatly folded paper and slowly moving her eyes down from the top, she soon reads all the content and smiles.

"What is this, mother? Really, the word trial is too good for this."

Reflecting my earnestness, I let out a deep sigh of relief at Erina’s smiling face, which seed to suggest it was was an easy one.

The first trial seems to be a smooth journey -

"Go get blessings for your marriage from your respective goddesses. I’ll be back soon."

Eh...?

Oh.

This is a huge problem...

No, it’s a ga crisis...

""Even if you reside outside the kingdom, you stay too deep in the forest."

Pushing through the forest, she mutters to , seemingly bored, increasingly hurrying her steps.

"Was it Eleona?" I had never personally heard of her before.

Currently, I was semi-forcibly being dragged towards the temple where Eleona was, by her.

The first trial was to each visit the god we worship, have our relationship acknowledged, and return.

In a typical case, it would be very easy because it's all within the kingdom, even if it's a bit annoying to walk around the villages where people live...

I guaranteed that this trial would be more arduous than any other trials we would face.

Worshipping my goddess was sowhat complicated but fine since the monsters appearing in the area were not threatening, but the problem was when I faced her directly.

"Is that it?"

At so point, Eleona’s temple ca into view and Erina, happy, hastened her steps, but the more she did, the more my anxiety and tension amplified.

We really arrived... the place where my worshipped goddess was...

Just yesterday, due to unavoidable circumstances, I couldn't visit, so she was probably anxiously waiting for .

So, when her believer finally shows up, accompanied by soone, and that person is a woman...

To Eleona, who reacts sensitively even hearing about other won, showing Erina directly would undoubtedly lead to a great catastrophe.

She who shudders with jealousy at just hearing about her, seeing her in person?

Moreover, to ask her to bless our engagent...

I shuddered at the re imagination...

To the being who even enacted a law forbidding romance because of , what future could there be speaking those words?

"Erina, wait a mont and listen to ."

Desperately, I restrained her just as she was about to open the temple door.

"Harold? What's the matter, you look so pale?"

Without knowing my circumstances, she, with an innocently ignorant face, ford a question mark above her head.

"I think it might be better if I go alone..."

If I go alone, there might be a way to sugar-coat things, there's a slight possibility, trying to find a breakthrough in this situation where no hope is visible. But,

"What are you talking about? The content of the trial was to face it 'together' and be blessed, wasn’t it?"

"No, still..."

"Wait a mont?!"

Without understanding my feelings, she forcefully pushes my hand away and continues. *Slide...!!*

Despite my plea, Erina coolly slides open the door to the temple.... The sound, more majestic and threatening than usual, drills into my ears, making my heart race. When the door opens, as always, the goddess I worship is sitting at the end of my view...

"Harold?! You didn’t co yesterday, but you finally show your face today? Co on in-"

"Hmm...?"

She, too, spots imdiately and calls out with a bright smile, but it cuts off midway.

As soon as she realizes Erina is by my side, her expression plumts into the abyss, and a painfully blatant emotion radiates even to where we are.

Erina, maintaining an unusual silence, steps into the temple, and with each step, the scowling face of Eleona becos more vivid.

*Thud!*

Silence and silence intertwine, bringing about a heavy stillness; the only thing spreading through this expansive temple is the sound of mine and Erina’s footsteps. Standing in front of Eleona, Erina wears a faint smile, but it doesn’t feel genuine, as if she were a puppet without commands.

"Hmm? My faithful knight seems to have brought soone... who are you?"

Like two gunslingers from the Wild West facing off, the situation is silent and tense. Eleona is the first to break the silence with words.

But, disregarding Eleona’s words, Erina, still maintaining her smile, just stood there motionless.

"Did I not ask who you are? Are you deaf? Or are you so dim-witted you can’t understand even this?"

"Er... Erina... To the goddess..."

My eyes narrow at such brutally candid words, but strangely, Erina keeps her smile.

*Whoosh!*

Before I can sense it, sothing strange about her deanor whispers in a tiny voice.

*Smack*

In the blink of an eye, my cheek is captured by soone, and...

"....?!!"

By the ti I regain my senses, my lips are stolen by Erina.

"Pffft..."

Witnessing this, Eleona covers her gaping mouth, horrified, as if she’s seen sothing shockingly indescribable.

I am numb, stunned.

Seeing Erina, who lets out a refreshing sound as our lips part, I can’t seem to grasp what has just happened and beco dumbfounded.

"Nice to et you for the first ti, goddess!"

Erina, finishing the brief kiss, blossoms into even a brighter smile than before, finally raising her voice.

Her voice is sweet as she speaks, but within, it carries a malice, taunting and provoking the other.

"My na is Erina, and..."

Holding close, she declares a proclamation of war to Eleona.

"Please bless us! Harold and I are getting married!"