—Shortly before then—
Brought along by Fluga-sama, we landed in the far north snowy city—
Estona.
Of course, neither having any cold protection equipment nor
resistance to cold weather, I felt like I was going to freeze, but the pig
had no such a problem; only at times like this I was jealous of his fat.
But when he took advantage of my weakness to the cold and said,
"S-should we hold hands…?" with a beet-red face, it took me all I had
to hold myself back from throwing a right hook at him.
"Fluga-sama! Thank goodness you're safe!"
"Ou, glad to see you guys safe, too."
Anyways, after going to the inn, we were greeted by four young
women.
They were saintesses who had been bitten by the poisonous fangs of
the lust monster, aka Idiot Exa.
—Let's set aside the fact that their chests were a liiittle bit bigger than
mine.
As a matter of course, they seemed to be wondering who we were,
and then Fluga-sama introduced me as the 'Sword' Saintess but,
"—Hou, so you're the childhood friend who tormented Exa."
"Geh!?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
I sensed my image was about to break due to the words of one of the
women so,
"…Oh? Saintess-sama, why are you suddenly going behind m—
hugyuu!?"
I decided to put the pig to sleep for the moment.
The wind barrier would be activated if I had struck in the vital point, so
this time I had opted to choke him.
After laying the pig, whose eyes had rolled back, on the floor, I
released a small sigh and looked at the woman with half-closed eyes,
"…You almost destroyed my image, you know that?"
"I see. It seems that your personality is exactly the same as what
we've heard. In any case, I'm Arcadia. The 'Spear' Saintess."
"My name is Magmell. The 'Staff' Saintess. And over here is—"
"Ophir. The 'Axe' Saintess."
"And I'm Zana, the 'Bow' Saintess."
"I see. It looks like you've heard of me, but I'm Elma. The 'Sword'
Saintess and Exa's childhood friend."
I mean, what was the deal with this super awkward atmosphere…
It was extremely uncomfortable…
And where the heck does that Idiot Exa go…
As I was looking around restlessly trying to find him, the woman
named Arcadia opened her mouth, "If you're looking for Exa, he's not
here, unfortunately. He's out with the other saintesses at the
moment."
"Ah, is that so… hmm…"
No, why the hell was he gone in this ungodly timing!?
This was so awkward!?
This situation was like his ex-girlfriend and current girlfriends
(emphasize on plural) were stuck in the same room while he himself
was absent, though!?
What the hell!?
No, before that, I wasn't his ex-girlfriend, alright!?
....
Wait, I am his ex-girlfriend!?
I totally forgot we'd gone with that setting in public!?
Just then.
"—Okay, I'm gonna go back, so I leave the rest to you saintesses."
...Huh?
"Ah, yes. Please take care on your way."
"Ou. Later," Waving her hand lightly, Fluga-sama tried to leave the
room.
No no no no!?
You were going to casually leave in this situation!?
You heard the story, didn't you!?
But.
――Thud.
Fluga-sama heartlessly left the room.
"""""..."""""
Eh, what about this atmosphere, then…
Gloom, I felt like my soul was going to fly out of my body.