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A Hundred Girlfriends Who Really Love You... In Another World! 27
🕑 Added 2023-11-28 17:54:35 +0000 UTC"Mayonnaise again!?" The red head that has been following us aroung instinctively screams out in frustration. "Do you guys eat anything else!?" Her yellow, catlike eyes are looking at the food with frustration.
To be honest... I completely agree with her. It's not like I have anything against mayonnaise of course, but... my teacher truly does put in everything if given the chance. And considering her final days will be upon us soon... I'm letting her indulge herself.
Maybe then she will change her mind, and not take her own life. I doubt it of course, but we are dangerously close to Sharia, and so I'm becoming quite desperate... I even thought about giving up magic, but she would probably just ignore me and drag me there against my wishes.
My master's eyes twitches. "Don't complain Red." That's what we have been calling this mysterious woman, it's clearly not her real name of course, but it is the one she gave to us. "I have a spell that makes mayonnaise, so it's easy to put it on everything." Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Red's face twists in shock. "Why do you have a ridiculous spell like that!?" If you think making mayonnaise is ridiculous... Let's just say that master has much more surprising spells in store for you.
Frieren sighs. "I... just have it, I guess. I never forget how to do a spell, but it's not like I remember why I've learned it." Knowing you, it was probably out of boredom or curiosity. Most likely both. Definitely both.
The ancient elf continues. "That said, don't try to dig too deep into my arsenal of magic, I still don't trust you." Red flinches, but doesn't say anything in response. I don't try to defend her either, because I agree with master.
Don't get me wrong, Red is surprisingly energetic and respectful, she has certainly made our journey more fun, but... She's also a stranger who used a teleportation spell from Aqua knows where. And teleportation spells are not easy, they consume immense amounts of mana.
According to my master, unless you are someone like the Armored Dragon King, it is best to only use them for short range movement. The fact that this woman was aiming for Sharia is scary... And she's also clearly a demon of some sort.
I have nothing against any demon that isn't a Superd of course, but my master most certainly does. And while she is kind enough to not attack, she has been on her guard ever since the woman joined us.
Which is why Red awkwardly tries to change the subject. "R-right... Anyways, are you looking forward to finally reaching the Ranoa Magical Academy, Fern?" I'm terrified of it, it's like there's a blade about to fall atop of my master's head. I am the owner of that blade.
But I can't tell her that. "I don't particularly care. It's just a way to get stronger." I don't want to die. That's what I respond when someone asks me why I pratice magic, and it's mostly true.
Frieren suddenly smiles. "I don't think that's true Fern. The moments where you smile tend to be when we are practicing after all." That's just because I'm spending time with you. Yeah, I definitely don't care about magic at all.
I look away, a small blush on my face, and Red immediately notices. "You're so cute Fern! Ah, boys are gonna be all over you!" I don't have too much interest in that to be honest... Okay, maybe a little bit, but it is very little. A normal and healthy amount of interest.
Frieren quickly nods, a grin on her face. "Yeah, no doubt every mage in the academy will want to mate with my cute apprentice." Don't say it like that! I know you know that putting it in such a way is embarassing! You're teasing me, aren't you?
I cross my arms, and begin to mutter. "Two eternal virgins should be quiet right now..." Ah, my master didn't react much. Too bad, now Red took the brunt of my comment, even though she wasn't the main target... I guess she's a single old hag like the elf.
Red looks down. "But I have a boyfriend..." Oh? This is news to me. "In fact, he's the reason why I'm going to Sharia at all." You traveled from presumably very far just to see some guy? What a loser.
But this is interesting. "Really? I didn't think the reason would be something so simple." Master and I didn't ask until now, mostly because we have no idea whether she would tell the truth or not.
She nods. "Yeah, he's the sweetest man to ever exist, he's also handsome and stuff..." A scarlet blush appears on her face. "I can't wait to meet him and confirm all that...! I'm specially excited to learn his name!" I...
I really hope you're lying about your objective.
Frieren points at her. "Sucker." Master!? "Don't go corrupting my Fern with your delusions... I thought you could be some super dangerous demon, but in the end you're just some hopeless, pathetic, controlled by her base instincts woman." Master...
Oh, I get it. Today I woke you up extra early so you're grumpy, but please don't take it out on Red. She doesn't deserve that.
Red is too dead inside to make a combat. "I'm not delusional... in fact everyone should be jealous of my current situation..." She's definitely delusion. "Besides, I can't corrupt Fern, because she has already been corrupted." Last time I checked, I haven't started pining after nameless men.
Frieren raises an eyebrow. "And what is that supposed to mean?" I can feel her mana fluctuating. Master is actually a master at hiding that, but I have been training with her since I was very young, so I can tell.
And the fact that this is happening right now means she doesn't know whether to take Red's comment as a joke or not. I hope it is one, being corrupted by a sad woman like Red sounds way too awful.
Red sighs. "Who do you worship again Fern?" What's with this weird question?
I tilt my head. "Lady Aqua of course. I'm a faithful of the Axis Order." Just like the man who saved and took care of me. He is the kindest of them all, so surely the same applies to Lady Aqua.
Red motions to my master, with a smirk that screams I told you so. The elf has actually sighs. "Fair enough. In my defense, when I got to her, she was too far gone." Shut up, your goddess pads her chest.
I must not... I must not spit on the ground and call my master scum. It is incredibly rude... yes. I do not need to follow all the teachings of the Axis Order, so I won't do it no matter what. At least not in front of master.
Before I can spit on the ground in front of master, a sudden scream reaches our ears. "Help...! Somebody please!" The panic in it is clear. It's also fairly masculine, so probably a guy. Not that it matters right now.
I get up as fast as I can, but I doubt I will be able to keep with master and Red, since they just raise an arm and teleport... Ah, I'm gonna have to run to the source of the voice, but it is what it is. I'm not skilled enough to teleport just yet.
I grab my staff, and dash towards his way as fast as I can, which isn't a lot. I'm nit Roswaal L. Matters, so I can't just fly faster than many warrior's move either. This sucks, this really sucks. I can feel sweat running down my body.
By the time I reach the voice, I see a carriage and a Earth dragon. Close to that carriage there's a dead monster, master, Red and a young man wearing green who's bowing. A young man who's wearing a pendant of Eris.
I spit on the ground. Scum.
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"Ah, this is gonna be troublesome." I enter Nanahoshi's room, Lalatina following behind me. I refuse to go anywhere without her from now on, there's definitely some weird mafia that wants to put my head on a spike for what I did after all.
Ah, and if you're wondering why this situation is troublesome... That would be because to the side of a smirking Nanahoshi, exists a smiling Aqua. I guess I should have expected this, she always comes during our language lessons.
Well, it can't be helped, I she was bound to learn of my engagement eventually. I just hope she doesn't get too hysterical, I have actual class after this, so I really don't need a headache. One I imagine she will refuse to heal...
The Japanese girl crosses her arms, and glares at me. "Hello Subaru... Guess who came to visit?" Ah, so you're rooting for Aqua huh? I guess that's fair, and in other circumstances I probably would indeed have easily fallen for the goddess.
Aqua raises a hand, she seems excited. "It's me! It's always me! Because I'm best girl...!" But then, her eyes slowly widen as she notices something... "Who the hell does that shitty goddess think she is...?" Her voice comes out as a cold whisper. Aqua has now noticed the pendant around my neck.
Darkness slowly and carefully drops the bags she's carrying on the floor, they make a metallic ring as soon as they touch the ground. That's because they're filled with money, and maybe Nanahoshi has noticed that, because she's sendind them a careful look.
After the crusader is done with that, she addresses the water goddess. "Aqua..." She then begins to mutter. "I suppose I should have expected this reaction from an Axis Order priestess." She's not just a priestess, she's a god!
Anyways, I knew Aqua was gonna be livid about this, but... Eh, who cares? In the end Goderis has given me insanely great benefits, such as money. While Aqua has given me bad benefits, such as embarrassing statues. Actually I rather like them, but that's my heart would explode if I ever admitted that.
Darkness sighs. "Now, I know this may look bad Aqua... But Subaru has... he has..." A smile appears on her face, she's genuinely happy I have decided to follow the same religion as her. "He has converted into the Eris Order, through his volition." Through the power of gambling.
Aqua glares at her. "Shut it Darkness. This is between me, Subaru and that cocky junior of mine, if you get involved again I'm messing with your body so you never feel pain again." The knight gasps, an expression of pure terror on her face.
She however, does not say anything in response, Aqua's threat has seemingly worked. Geez, what a useless bodyguard I have, but I can understand that sometimes this goddess acts surprisingly scary.
I awkwardly scratch my head. "Just what do you want to hear from me Aqua? What Darkness said is true." I would say something like, I can't live without Goderis anymore, but I'm not a character from a NTR eroge.
Her eyes twitches, her expression full of genuine anger... But she also has tears in the corner of her eyes, that expression of hers is mixed with pure patheticness. It reminds me of when I cucked Rudeus. "I wanna hear a good excuse of why you decided to jump the fence!" I have no good excuses, what I do have are many bags of cash.
Nanahoshi interjects. "If you are mad at his choice of religion, just wait until you hear what he told me yesterday!" Ah, you're really are cooperating with her to bring me down! Can't the world stop torture me for a few seconds!?
Aqua looks at her immediately. "What did he do? Please tell me already so I can drink myself into an early grave." Don't do that! Actually you basically already always try to do that anyways. I imagine there are already hundreds of bottles of wine hidden in Megumin's room.
Nanahoshi clears her throat, I have a feeling my end is about to come. "He got engaged with that Eris girl. That's right, they're getting married." Aqua freezes, her eyes are blank and empty... This is bad.
But to my surprise, Aqua actually smiles. "That isn't too bad. They're just two little mortal fooling around with each other! This is like having a boyfriend who masturbates to anime hentai!" What kind of insane logic is that!? "I'll just split them when they die, Subaru goes straight up, Eris goes straight down!" You're stuck here though.
Darkness fakes a cough. "I'm afraid that such actions will not be happening Aqua, even if you were a goddess... which you aren't. Subaru and Eris will surely meet Lady Eris at the end of their lives." She's a soulmate of mine, so that might be scary too.
Aqua gasps. "You're... you're so right...!" Suddenly I hear the continuous noise of tapping, that's because a rainstorm so huge I can hear it from hear has started. I may have doomed all of Sharia, and for that I'm sorry...!
The goddess looks down. "That little shit mortal and that little shit junior...!" Suddenly a realization hits her mind. "That little shit mortal who is called Eris. That little shit mortal who has big boobs. That little shit mortal who got to my soulmate before I did." Oh no, she's trying to use her a brain! A blackhole will now surely consume reality!
She slowly raises her head up. "Eris is Eris. That shitty junior made some human avatar to cuck me." There's no way that's true, but... You know, people might indeed find strange that I'm now a follower of the Eris Order who is marrying a girl named Eris. Specially after my recent luck streak.
In a second Aqua is in front of me, she puts both of her hands on my shoulders and starts to shake me. "You have to break off this engagement Subaru! And this religion! I don't know if she made your gacha pulls better or what, but please know that she pads her chest!" The goddess? Sure. My fiancee? Definitely not.
I sigh. "Look Aqua, there's no way Eris is... the Eris you're thinking about." I almost called her Goderis outloud. "I met her even before I died, where I met you all." And I did feel the soulmate shock when I died, I doubt Eris is secretly a Goderis puppet.
Thankfully the goddess stops shaking me, and the sound of rain is getting weaker. I feel like I shouldn't lower my guard, but I at least made a bunch of progress towards saving the city... I owe it to them, for sucking their casino's dry.
Nanahoshi interjects. "Died? I do remember you told me that, but did you really met the Goddess of Fortune, Eris?" Wow, you chose to completely ignore Aqua's mental breakdown? I don't know if that makes you a good friend or a bad one.
Still, now that Aqua has released me, and is simply looking down in pain, I can nod towards Nanahoshi. "Yeah, that's also when I met Aqua over here." The Japanese girl nods her head back.
Lalatina however, sighs. "Subaru... you can't just disrespect your goddess like that, no one meets Eris until it's their final hour." It quite literally was. "Though I guess the reason why you got it in was already disrespectful enough..." Give me a break, of course I would be impressed with that amazing luck.
The Banana raises an eyebrow. "And speaking of that... just why did you suddenly find religion?" She then snorts. "Though I'm also glad you seemingly found common sense, I'm guessing you're returning my money?" She's looking at the bags with a smug grin.
I sigh. "That's definitely not it... The truth is that I gambled the money you loaned me together with Kazuma Satou, and made more than enough to pay you back while still opening my business." I might as well rip the bandaid as fast as possible.
Nanahoshi immediately goes pale. "You did what...!?" She then coughs a little, geez, she should check that. "You...! You are insistent on raising my blood pressure, aren't you!?" And then she coughs again.
Aqua's eye twitches. "That's what happens when Eris gets her claws on someone! They all go crazy with luck! And the worst part is that she's too nice, so they are never punished for their foolishness! Where is my Icarus moment!?" That's why she's a good goddess!
Aqua then walks towards Nanahoshi, and pats her back. "This is why we have to drag him out of that cult! Me and you, together!" It's not a cult, also please don't make scary alliances, also, also... why is Nanahoshi suddenly glowing.
It's almost creepy, seeing Nanahoshi's complexion become healthier in a flash. It's like she has had the concept of lazy NEET removed from her body... Just what did this goddess do now!?
And then to my surprise... Nanahoshi let's our a burp, and then looks down. Her face has gone from pale, to normal, and now to red. And considering she did that after Aqua gave her a pat in the back, it actually makes me think of a baby.
Darkness giggles, her face is also red. "Oh, such humiliation...! I'm jealous." I'm sure this Banana already wants to kill herself, so please don't make it even worse... Even though you are correct, that was super humiliating.
Nanahoshi slowly looks over to the goddess. "Lady Aqua, may I ask what you're doing? No, what you just did...?" She actually looks angry, though she's longer getting paler from it, so I think Aqua did a good thing...?
The goddess smugly grin. "Well, you mentioned blood pressure, so I went to check on you! Turns out you were developing mana drain or whatever, so I healed it." Oi. "It's normally mega super fatal, and without a cure... But I'm simply built better than you little mortals." No, seriously, oi. "The little burp was just you releasing mana! And there's nothing embarassing about medicine!" I...!
Darkness awkwardly smiles. "Well... Aqua did once heal me from a fatal unbreakable curse... And she casually goes around regenerating people's limbs and healing incurable sicknesses'... And she has revived the dead before. To be honest, if I didn't know her personality, I really would believe she's a goddess." How can you still deny her divinity!? Even Aqua's aquaness isn't enough to grant this level of denial!
I also feel like we just skipped some important stuff. Like some stuff that should have taken a few chapters to solve! Don't just drop the words mana drain and then proceed to not elaborate on it!
Nanahoshi immediately hugs the goddess. "T-thank you Lady Aqua!" I imagine that just as I have joined the Eris Order, soon this Banana will be joining the Axis Order. Well, I'm just glad Aqua is making herself useful.
Aqua hugs her back, how sweet, maybe yuri will be born here. "Don't worry my little pet project. You're an experiment to see if I can heal a NEET after all!" Don't say cruel words like that! And the saddest part is that Nanahoshi isn't even getting offended...
But now that Aqua has healed Nanahoshi from some crazy disease... "Aqua, please check on me. Like seriously." I know it's cruel to ask that after what I did, but give me a break! I don't wanna die of super cancer or something!
Aqua ends her hug with Nanahoshi and points at me, a scowl on her face... Well, Nanahoshi is scowling now too. "No! This is what you get for rejecting me when we should be living in the sunlight and loving in the moonlight!" Don't think you're slick, I got that reference.
She then gasps. "But when you kick the bucket you're gonna go straight to that woman's house...! Okay Subaru! I'll check on you, if you renounce the Eris Order and join the Axis Order right now!" There's an obvious problem with that.
I shake my head. "No way, then you will just let me die, since I will be then going to your heaven or whatever." Besides, I rather have wealth than health.
She pouts. "But...! But...! Don't you get it!? Eris is a little creepy creeper!" So are you to be honest, it's just that you're forgive because you're hot. "Right now she's...! She's...! The reason why she's not ruining your marriage is probably because she's self-inserting on your fiancee!" That's... that's definitely an Aqua theory alright.
But Aqua continues without a pause. "I mean, a fit, deliquent red head with big boobs who's also a unrestrained delinquent!? Who is literally named Eris!? I bet that shitty junior is having a giggle to herself right now! The cuck in denial that she is!" I rather heavily doubt that.
I sigh. "Whatever Aqua, but just know you're probably gonna be invited to the marriage eventually, and I don't want you making a mess." It's not like we can exclude her. She's a close friend at this point after all.
The goddess immediately smiles. "Really!? No one has ever invited me to a marriage before!" And then that smile disappears. "No way I'm going though! I should be the blushing bride! Not Eris' little puppet!" Stop acting like my fiancee is being controlled or something.
I wave her off. "Whatever Aqua. I need to discuss business with Nanahoshi, so..." I need to escape this hellish topic already. I'm lucky Aqua hasn't already destroyed the city or something after all.
Nanahoshi glares at me. "Don't act like your... your gambling of all things is more important than Lady Aqua. Return to your talk with her." Ah! This alliance is already defeating me without any mercy!
Aqua quickly nods. "Yeah! You aren't so easily running away from this...!" She takes a deep breath. "But if you leave me no other choice... Fine. I will be taking Eris to the afterlife so she can meet her little creepself!" Oh shit.
I have to fix this immediately, and I'll use the power of memories to do so. "Please remember that Eris punched you in the face, and that she can do so again." Hopefully. Aqua gets scarier everyday.
Aqua gasps. "No...! I'm losing my soulmate to a violent loser...!" I actually think you could easily beat Eris, but as long as you don't realize that then everything is gonna be okay. I must keep this idiot ignorant no matter the cost.
I nod. "Yep. It's over for you, so go find another person to love." The yuri lands have seemingly opened, so there's that. "Now can we please discuss business? Pleaides isn't gonna make itself." I think. I can't be sure with my luck.
Aqua immediately throw herself at my feet. "I can't...! Please love me, I don't wanna die! Actually I'm a goddess so I won't die... I don't wanna be depressed for the rest of eternity!" Stop being such a drama queen.
I look at Nanahoshi. "So, ignoring... this." Aqua is currently crying on my feet. And yet I feel nothing... Probably because this is Aqua and her existence could be defined as mood swing. "I came here to pay my debt, as you can see by those bags I made more than enough with gambling." Thank you Kazuma.
Lalatina giggles. "Heh, I became the sex slave of a man who ignores crying women, and bets the money he got from a loan! This is such a wonderful dream I'm living!" Please don't put things in perspective, I can't take it.
Nanahoshi's eye twitches. "Subaru... you are the worst playboy of all time. I hope Otto dies on the way here so you never get a chance to partner up with him." That's dark, please don't wish bad luck on the guy.
Well, hopefully my luck can carry him. Who knows, maybe even if he does get attacked by a monster someone will save him... Yeah, even my luck isn't that convenient. I can only wish him safe travels and hope for the best.
I awkwardly smile. "I'm glad that's solved...?" Then I kneel. "And Aqua... thanks for the help until now." I awkwardly pat her head. To be honest I never thought I would be put in such an awkward situation.
The goddess pouts. "I'll ruin it! Someway or another I will crash your marriage...! And then I will take you for myself!" I...
I can only hope she's the only soulmate who will react this drastically.
