Part 11
After Walther and I explain with all our might, we managed to make things clear and got over this mess.
But as a result, Aqua and my real identity was discovered by Walther.
But Walther seemed to had noticed that I am not a butler from the very beginning.
Darkness who was the culprit for our crisis was still sleeping because of my skill.
After being brought to the meeting room, we stayed beside the slumbering Darkness. The maid helped her changed into the usual casual clothes she wore for adventuring, which was tight black skirt and shirt.
Finally, Darkness' dad spoke with his eyes on his daughter:
"My girl isn't good with people… even with people who is close with her. Kazuma, you are in the same party with my daughter right? She refrains from talking about herself right?"
Hearing him say that, I tilted my head and thought.
— It's hard to say.
I don't really remember, but now that he mentioned it, I don't really know much about Darkness.
Or rather, she don't really like to talk, and she don't say anything good when she does.
"Even as a crusader, my girl is always alone… She goes to the church of Eris everyday, praying to goddess Eris, wishing for comrades she could adventure with. One day, my girl came back from the church and told me she met her first comrade and made a friend. She was so happy as she told me about her female thief friend…"
… Oh, as expected of a real goddess. The work performance of Goddess Eris was great.
"As for our family, my wife passed away when Darkness was young… I didn't remarry after that, raising her as a single father. I was always doting on her, and always bore her freedom in mind… I probably spoilt her that way…"
Darkness' dad said in remorse.
He was probably referring to Darkness' fetish.
Because she had too much freedom growing up, that's why she craved to be tied down?
No, I think that's just her nature, Darkness' dad.
"I think Lalatina is a charming girl and at the same time is as capable as any man. If not for Kazuma, I would definitely want to take her as my wife."
Walther said something incredible out of the blue.
What is this guy saying all of a sudden.
Darkness is just my comrade.
She seemed alluring to me at times, but that is a separate issue.
I won't stand by if someone like the landlord were to ravage her, but if a good man was willing to cherish her, I will definitely gift them with my blessing. That's how our relationship was.
"… I'm sorry, I don't really get what you are saying."
Hearing me said that, Walther adopt a 'I know everything, don't need to hide' attitude and said:
"It's fine, you can make lady Lalatina happier than I can. I can see how deep your trust for each other is, your feeling for each other must be the real thing, right?"
"Alright, get your ass over here. I don't care if you are the landlord's son, I need to give you a good beating."
"Stop, Kazuma-san! Or do it somewhere I can't see! Or I will get arrested too!"
Aqua restrained me from behind, while I struggled against her, trying to use 'Drain touch' on Walther.
"Keke, hahaha!"
Darkness' dad suddenly laughed out loud.
What now? So many things happened today, I am reaching my limit.
Please don't give me any more trouble okay?
"Yes, I understand! Mr Walther, if no one wants to marry my girl, will you please take good care of her then?"
Facing the sudden question from Darkness' dad, Walther said with a troubled face:
"Well… I am fine with this, but…"
Walther seemed to have something to say to me, but Darkness' dad cut him off and continued:
"Also, Kazuma."
"Eh? Me? Yes, anything I can do for you?"
The sudden change in topic confused me.
"Please take good care of my girl. Please watch over her, and don't let her do anything foolish. I am counting on you."
What was this old man talking about?
He meant as an adventurer, right?
It would be fine then, that was what I had been doing anyway.
"… Hmmm? Ugh…? Meeting room?… Ahhh… right…"
Darkness regain conscious.
She seemed to recall what happened before she blacked out and said:
"… Ugh, is it over already? After losing conscious, what filthy things had been done to me…!"
"Nothing, I didn't do anything! Don't say things that will cause misunderstanding alright! It was already tense enough when you were sleeping!"
Hearing me say that, Darkness looked around her and smiled deviously at me.
… What was she thinking?
I remembered what Darkness said before the matchmaking began.
You will experience something so bad that you will wish you were dead.
Relax, it's fine.
No matter what Darkness will say, there would be no problems.
Calm down, I am super cool today.
I could get through anything if I keep a cool head…
"Dear father, Mr Walther. Please pretend this meeting never happened. I had been keeping this from you, but actually… I am already pregnant with Kazuma's child…"
"What are you saying about a virgin like me ahhhh! I didn't do anything and you have my child? You think you are Mary? You are a virgin too! Careful, I will punch you in the belly!"
Seeing the interaction between Darkness who couldn't say anything good and me, Walther was amused.
"I see, since you are bearing Kazuma's child, I have no choice but to give up."
After finishing, Walther stood up.
… Damn, that bitch Darkness.
You didn't knew because you were sleeping, but you didn't need to say such nonsense anymore.
"I will tell my father that I rejected this marriage proposal. That should be for the best."
After finishing, Walther bidded farewell with a smile and left.
… What a great guy.
Please take Darkness back with you…
Seeing Darkness who was smiling mischievously, thinking she had succeeded, I sighed heavily.
I guess I will have to adventure with this girl a while more…
Darkness and I noticed at this moment that two person were acting strange.
"Grandson… First grandson… My, mmmyyyy cute grandson…!"
"Ahhwahwahh… So Kazuma and Darkness reached that stage before I realized it…! I, I have to tell everyone…! I have to tell everyone in town…!"
We had to spend thirty minutes to clear the misunderstanding with Darkness' dad who was crying and the confused Aqua.
Part 12
"Really, I would had rejected this matchmaking session if I knew that would happen."
"That's what I wanted to say. I am grateful to you for protecting me from that landlord's defamation. But please stop with the self sacrifice style from now on. We were so worried while you were away."
"What are you saying, Kazuma? You were planning to push Darkness to that Walther guy, and now you are pretending nothing happened and painted a picture of a happy ending? Your character is too rotten!"
"That's right, you dare say you were worried about me? You were planning to leave me behind in the confusion…! Aqua too, you seemed eager in marrying me off, right?"
Hearing Darkness said that, Aqua and I covered our ears.
Darkness sighed heavily and seemed to remember something and said:
"Right, Kazuma! That was your win just now! So, what do you plan to do to me? You were saying something more terrible than I can imagine…!
Darkness then looked at me with a blushing face full of anticipation.
Well, I did say that.
What should I do to her then?
No, isn't this a really good chance?
I could…
"A, Aqua-san, why are you standing so close to me?"
"… I am just thinking, what kind of request will Kazuma make? Are you going to ask Darkness to do something terrible? Neh, I knew you were frustrated because Darkness made us so worried, but don't go overboard for real alright?"
With the pincer attack of Darkness' anticipation and Aqua's accusatory gaze…
"For, for this part, let's discuss this after we return to the mansion…"
I stalled for time and opened the door to the mansion.
"Boo….! Sniff…! That's too mean—! Megumin is a meanie—!"
"It's about time you stop crying! Kazuma and the others should be back soon, they will think I am at fault if they see this… Ah!"
— What we saw was Yunyun sniveling near the door of the mansion.
As I locked eyes with Megumin who was consoling her, I closed the door softly.
Someone pulled the door open forcefully.
"Don't pretend you didn't see anything, I can explain this!"
"No, it's fine, I already knew you like to bully others."
I said calmly to the panicking Megumin who was rushing out of the door.
"That's wrong! To be honest, when Yunyun and I were classmates…! No, that is not important right now! It's not the time to be so worked up over Yunyun…!"
Megumin said as she waved her staff around in a panic.
"Not important! You, you say I am not important…! No need to get worked up over me…! Wah, wahhhhhh—!"
"Ahhh! Enough, you are troublesome…! Excuse us for a moment, the two of us need to talk!"
Megumin said as she closed the door, and she talked with Yunyun in the mansion about something.
Not long later, the door opened again and Yunyun left while sniveling.
"I, I am sorry for disturbing everyone…"
Yunyun bowed deeply and walked away.
… What was with that.
We looked at each other, and could only watch as the sorrowful Yunyun left.
Entering the mansion again, we saw Megumin sitting tiredly on the carpet.
When Megumin saw us, she stood up immediately.
"Kazuma, bad news! This is bad news!"
"I know, from what I just saw, there are plenty of bad news."
"That's not it! Never mind Yunyun for now! That was just a squabble between us, don't mind it! I will explain it to you when we are free!"
No, I am really concerned about what happened just now.
But Megumin was still acting as if now was not the time to be doing this.
"It really is not the time to be talking about this! The situation is really bad, it's that prosecutor! That one called Sena is on her way here! She declared that she will definitely arrest Kazuma this time!"She told me with a pale, panicking face.