With a chirping sound, the door to Ary's room slid aside and he stepped in.
As soon as he entered, his eyes fell toward his front, toward Erica's bed.
"Hmm. Good to see she's sleeping."
He mumbled as he saw the blanket of her bed wrapped from top to bottom.
With a smile on his face, he stepped toward his futon, and before entering, he yanked out the book of Almita from his arm and rested it on the desk.
Then, he stepped toward his futon and uncovered the right side of his blanket. He sat down there, but suddenly his left arm grabbed something squeezy.
*Boing*
It was like the softness of someone's boob.
"Hmmm? It can't be..."
Ary murmured as he realised who it might be.
He uncovered the left area of the blanket and found Erica resting there, sleeping peacefully. "Hah...this girl..."
Ary, while placing his right palm over his forehead, let out a sigh after finding her again on his futon.
His eyes shifted to her as he asked,
"What is so good about sleeping here? You have a comfy bed over there, right?"
He knew that she was asleep and wouldn't reply even though he asked anyway.
Then, with a sigh, he rested down there, and while looking at Erica from such a close distance, he pondered,
'She looks so incredibly cute from this close.'
Nevertheless, the incident happened again.
"Umm... Ary..."
Erica called out in her sleep.
"Hmm? What's up?"
Ary asked, despite knowing that she was asleep.
A little smile formed on Erica's face. She pleaded,
"Will you love me...?"
"Hmm?"
Ary responded as he closed his eyes with a smile and pondered openly,
"I wonder... it's something that I can't even be able to understand at all..."
Then he opened his eyes and, while facing Erica, he admitted,
"But...if that person has to be you..."
Then a smile formed on his face. He confessed,
"I won't mind falling in love with you a thousand times."
Since he knew that she was asleep so she didn't hear it, that was why, to show his love for her, which had developed in him unconditionally due to some past events, he moved forward toward her face and gently kissed her forehead, saying,
"Truthfully, I thought I'd already fallen for you on the day we first met."
Then, he retreated, and while resting back on his right side, he added,
"I hope... when I truly become stronger, then I'll confess my love to you."
His new motive was to protect her and the world from the Demon Lords and the Demon King, for which he had to be stronger.
He closes his eyes and ponders,
'I'll be strong... much stronger than the 1st Warrior.'
And soon enough, he fell asleep.
After seeing him taking deep breaths in his sleep, Erica, who was actually awake, turned around with a smile and mumbled,
"He loves me too! I feel like the blessing of the gods is upon me."
Then she turned around and, while gently embracing Ary, she said,
"Whether you become strong or not...I always love you...and always will...Ary."
Then, while gently closing her eyes, she fell asleep.
***
"What are you doing there, Galiriothoxmus?"
Lady Selene asked as she found Galiriothoxmus standing on the balcony of their room and gazing at the sky.
She stepped toward him and asked again,
"Are you worried about Ary and Erica?"
She knew that he had already lost about 769 of the Warriors that he and Lady Selene summoned to protect the world, and out of which, Ary somehow managed to escape death from Lord Wolfra's hand, yet there were more lethal opponents for him. Galiriothoxmus was worried about whether Ary and Erica could manage to defeat them or else... they would end up dead.
"You know how powerful the Demon King is. It was my mistake back then that Ary faced such fatal injuries during his fight with Wolfra. But I don't want him to die by the hand of that Demon King. I'm not sure whether Ary and Erica will be able to surpass the 1st Warrior's strength or not."
Galiriothoxmus represented his worry. Their main motive was to defeat the Demon King for the sake of the peace of the world.
After seeing him worried, Lady Selene gently wrapped her arms around Galiriothoxmus's right arm and commented, while embracing him,
"Don't worry. They will be fine. Have some belief in them. Okay?"
She tried to comfort him since she knew that he was really afraid of losing more warriors, and it looked like he had calmed down a little. He gently nodded and replied,
"Hmm. I believe they will be fine."
Then, he glanced toward the stars in the sky and pondered,
'I wonder...will they really meet up to our expectations?'
***
Almita commanded.
"Mhmm..."
Ary responded, and while taking a yawn, he slowly opened his eyes.
"Hmm? It's morning already?"
He mumbled after realising that time had flown so fast and it was morning.
He gradually sat down on his place, and while resting his back on the slide of the desk, he called out,
"Hey, Almita."
Almita responded.
Ary shifted his gaze to the ceiling and asked,
"What do you think? Will I be able to be like the 1st Warrior?"
Almita comforted him.
Ary was thinking about the classes of Warriors after he heard about the Ultimate Race, and he wanted to be like them.
While closing his eyes, he pondered,
'Life is so unexpected. But living this way is a little better than that boring life.'
Then he opened his eyes and said,
"Well, today's the day to show my talent. I'll definitely make a better image of mine."
That day was the training day, and Ary wanted to do his best to gain some popularity as well as experience.
"Mhm..."
A soft sound was heard from the left.
"Hmm?"
Ary responded, as he had already realised who it was.
He unrolled the blanket and saw Erica hugging Ary's left hand with a smile on her lovely face.
"Hey, Erica. Wake up, it's morning alrea-Eek?!"
Ary tried to wake her up. However, he stopped in an instant as he noticed that her clothing was already messed up, which unbuttoned her pink pajamas, and due to this, her big boobs were uncovered. Luckily, her nipples weren't showing yet, and Ary's left hand was between her massive mountain of boobs.
"Man...it's so big and soft."
Ary called out unconsciously.
But then he shook his head, mumbling,
"What was I thinking? I'd better cover it before she wakes up."
Then he gradually removed his left palm from her boobs and slowly started covering her boobs with her shirt. He was doing it slowly due to the fear of waking her up. Then, he started buttoning it. Nonetheless,
*Chirp*
"Rise and Shine, Warriors-?!"
The mechanical door slid aside, and Selina stepped inside with a cheerful voice, but she was left flabbergasted as she saw Ary buttoning Erica's pajamas. Certainly, he was buttoning it, but Selina thought of it as unbuttoning it.
"W-Wait! It's not what you think!"
Ary stammered while showing her right arm and trying to stop her as she started retreating, saying, "Sorry for interrupting."
*Chirp*
"You have misunderstood this!!!!"
Ary yelled in embarrassment since he had realised that Selina might think that he was trying to do something bad with Erica, which he wasn't. "Awww...she misunderstood the situation."
While making a crying-like face, Ary growled.
"Ummmm..."
Erica responded as she gradually opened her eyes.
"Hmm? Is it morning already?"
She asked while rubbing her eyes and slowly getting up.
"Ah, yeah,"
Ary replied when he realised that she was awake.
"E-Erica."
Ary called out.
"Hmm? What's the matter?"
Erica asked, still tired.
"C-Cover yourself. You actually ended up uncovering your b-b-boobs."
Ary mentioned while looking away from her.
"Hmm?"
Erica responded as her eyes shifted to her boobs.
But this time, instead of blushing, a mischievous smile formed on her face. She moved toward Ary and,
*Boing*
hugged him from behind, asking,
"How are you feeling, Ary?"
"W-W-What are you doing?"
Ary reacted with a surprised voice after seeing her daring actions. He didn't understand how a Tsundere like Erica could become this daring.
"What's the problem? Don't tell me you're nervous."
Erica replied, then whispered into Ary's right ear,
"Why do we need to be nervous when we have already done that?"
"Huh?!"
Ary was left petrified after hearing those words. Then, with an apprehensive voice, he asked,
"W-What are you talking about?"
He tried to change the topic. However,
"Don't act dumb. I've already had a taste of your massive banana. Don't act like I don't know."
With a smoky voice, Erica mentioned as she gently licked Ary's left cheek, saying,
"What about going any further than this?"
While Ary, who was already flabbergasted after hearing those sentences, pondered,
'How in the world did she find that out?!'