It was early in the morning of my fourth day in the Hydra Kingdom. I
had come to see Mitsunaga-kun off in front of the city gate.
[Miyama-san, thank you for coming to see me off. I'm sorry, we end up
not being able to talk that much.]
[No, no, it can't be helped. You're busy with your playing a Hero…
Speaking of which, I saw your speech yesterday and it was very
impressive.]
[Thank you. I'm still not as good as Miyama-san, but I'll do my best to
improve, one step after another.]
That's strange… It sounded like Mitsunaga-kun just said something
strange like him being no match for me, you know?
No, I'm sure that I just heard wrong. It's not like Mitsunaga-kun would
need to try being my equal or anything like that.
[…J- Just in case I heard right, let me ask Mitsunaga-kun something…
You didn't just say that you're not as good as me, right?]
[Eh? Ah, yes. After all, Miyama-san has been in contact with the Six
Kings. You even have the Phantasmal King-sama under your control,
and so that should mean that you already have one of the most
powerful people in the world under your control.]
[…N- No, they aren't that big of a deal… Especially the Phantasmal
King.]
[…Eh?]
It seems that Mitsunaga-kun has heard a lot of rumors about me
through Princess Cattleya, and it seems that he really thinks that I'm an
amazing person.
However, that's a big misunderstanding. It's the people around me that
are amazing, not me. I'm just one of the ordinary people you can find
anywhere… ordinary… Was it no-good to describe myself as ordinary? I
feel like describing myself like that is slowly getting forced…
As I was chatting with Mitsunaga-kun for a while, Princess Cattleya,
who had finished their preparations for departure, approached us.
[Miyama-sama, thank you so much for your help in this matter. If it
weren't for Miyama-sama's presence, it would have been quite
unfavorable to us.]
[Ah, no, the only one who helped you was Phantasmal King so…]
[Yes, please tell Phantasmal King-sama that I was truly grateful to her
as well.]
[I understand.]
I didn't know about it, but it seems that when the one with the role of
Hero gets attacked, it can be a big problem.
But in the previous incident, Alice moved quickly, and since everyone
involved, including the mastermind, was quickly apprehended, it really
helped Princess Cattleya's position.
[Well then, Miyama-sama. We'll take our leave now. I sincerely hope
that we can meet again.]
[Me too, please be safe on your journey.]
[…I think there would be more troubles on Miyama-sama's side though,
so please do your best.]
[Unnn. Mitsunaga-kun too, do your best in acting as Hero.]
[Yes! So long!]
With their goodbyes, the carriage that was on standby started moving.
As Mitsunaga-kun greatly waves his hand and Princess Cattleya gives a
small bow, I see them off.
After Mitsunaga-kun's group disappeared from sight, I walked towards
the city and spoke to Alice since she should be next to me.
[Alice, Princess Cattleya said thank you.]
[I'm not interested in that at all~~ I wouldn't have helped them if it
weren't for Kaito-san.]
[Still, it's a fact that you helped them… That's why, I'll say it again for me
this time, thank you.]
[Uuuuu… Y- You're welcome…]
When I thanked her as well, Alice sounded a little embarrassed when
she responded to me before she disappeared.
Now then, after reaching my goal of seeing Mitsunaga-kun and his
group off, it's time for my promised date with Fate-san.
As I think about the places we should go to, I meet up with Fate-san in
front of the inn.
[Kai-chaaaan~~ I'll be in your care today~~]
[Yes. I'll also be in your care today… Then, how about we go?]
[Alrighty! Then, let's go!]
Fate-san didn't seem to be dressed any differently than usual, but she
seemed to be in a very good mood. As she raised her hand with a big
smile on her face, she started walking with me towards the city.
One step, two steps, after walking for three steps… Fate-san suddenly
stopped in her tracks.
[…I'm going to die.]
[Isn't that too fast!?]
You have only taken three steps, you know!? And why the heck did you
start slacking off on the ground!? Couldn't you try a little harder!?
When I dumbfoundedly looked at Fate-san, whose tension clearly
plummeted down, she glanced at me and spoke.
[Kai-chan, I have something I'd like to discuss with you… but how
about… we just go make out in a room, or perhaps, become one?]
[Rejected!]
[Ueeeehhhh… I- I'm that, you know. I steadily lose a lot of my vitality
under the sun.]
[It's alright. You're not a vampire, you're a god.]
As I shuddered, remembering how our bodies are entwined with each
other yesterday, I guess Fate-san was still the same as usual. A
refreshingly straightforward request… It immediately gave me a
headache.
Letting out a big sigh, Fate-san looks as if she was thinking for a little bit
before she looked at me with her hands outstretched.
[Well then, in that case! Kai-chan, piggyback~~]
[That's rejected. I reject it.]
[Ueeeehhhh…]
Seeing Fate-san with her arms outstretched like that was very cute, but
as expected, I decided to reject her because I think going on a date
while your partner was in your back is kinda difficult.
[Uuuuuu, in that case, I can't walk~~ I'm going to die here~~]
[…How lazy can you be…]
[Ahh~~ What a blunder. I shouldn't have left my cushion if this was
going to happen…]
[…Huhh…]
I was feeling dismayed when Fate-san started acting spoiled, but
thinking about it, Fate-san usually travels on a flying cushion and I
rarely see her walking.
Even when we were going towards this city, she was also riding on my
back… and it seems that walking feels troublesome for her.
Letting out a big sigh again, I feel like our date won't go on like this, so
although it changes the order of my plans, I decided to give her the
cushion I prepared for her as a present.
[…It can't be helped. I was actually going to give it to you at the end of
our date but…]
[Unnn? What is it? What is it?]
[Here, the present I have prepared for Fate-san.]
[O- Ooohhhhh!!!]
As I said that, I took out from the magic box the cushion that makes
people useless made by Alice… In short, it's a squishy bean bag.
When Fate-san sees this, her eyes widened and she looked at me with
sparkling eyes.
[I- It's a cushion! A cushion Kai-chan prepared just for me…]
[I didn't know what Fate-san liked, so this is what I thought.]
[I- I'm so happy—– Haahh!? Whoa there… I'll just say this now, Kaichan. Even if it's Kai-chan's present for me, I'm still going to be very
picky with my cushions, you know? If you think that you can satisfy me
with just some half-heartedly made cushion, you're mistaken!]
She was about to say she was happy for a moment, but it seems like she
has some kind of weird pride regarding cushions, as Fate-san regained
her attention and declared that with a serious expression on her face.
The way she looks like that is so cute that I can't help but chuckle.
[I'm sure it's okay… Because this is the cushion famous in our world for
making people useless.]
[What's with that really fantastic item!? A cushion that makes people
useless!? It could make people useless!? Isn't this the greatest!?]
[…No, your reaction to it was the weird one.]
Why the heck do you look so happy after you heard that it turns people
useless… Also, please be relieved. You're already a useless Goddess
from the moment I met you. As for that assessment, that hasn't
improved at all.
Anyway, Fate-san seemed to be interested in this cushion and received
it from me… Thereupon, her eyes widened.
[W- What is this~~!? T- This cushion is… H- How squishy. It's as if this
cushion is sucking in my finger with my touch!]
[It was filled with lots of little beads in it, making it very squishy.]
[Fuuoooohhhh! This is amazing, Kai-chan! This is amazing… P- Poke,
poke…]
As expected of the cushion that makes people useless. It was
frighteningly effective on the useless Goddess, as Fate-san happily
touched the cushion around, and after a bit of time, she deployed what
seems to be State Preservation Magic on it before jumping on it.
[Aaaaahhhhh~~ Amazing. Dish is amashiiinngg… Fuaaahhhh… I'll go
live here from now on…]
[...…]
It seems that Fate-san and the cushion have quite the affinity with each
other, as she was so charmed by the cushion that her body already
looks like melted cheese… As I looked at Fate-san while she lazily lay
down on the cushion, the cushion floated and lined up next to me.
[Kai-chan… this is the best… Thank yooouuuu~~]
[I'm glad you liked it.]
[Unnn, Kai-chan really is fantastic~~ I love you so much~~ How about
I give you a kiss in return?]
[No, thank you.]
[Do you really have to be that quick in refusing me!?]
Somehow, isn't she more languid than before? W- Well, I guess that's
how much she liked it but… Well, whatever.
Dear Mom, Dad——- My date with Fate-san started, but Fate-san is still
the same as ever. I ended up having to change the order and give my
present to her first, but for the time being—– I'm glad that she liked my
present.