I GOT A CHEAT ABILITY IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, AND BECOME EXTRAORDINARY EVEN IN THE REAL WORLD
#14.Luna and Lexia ~part 1
Luna is driven by Lexia's power to serve her.
"A-are you really sure?"
“Gosh, you're so worried. I said it'd be okay, right? And also, I will call you Luna too. You can call me Lexia. This is also my decision.”
“... How cruel you princess.”
I can't say it directly, but. Owen-san, thank you for your hard work all along. As I sincerely thanked Owen-san in my heart, Lexia-san snapped at Luna as if she remembered something.
“Ah, correct! Earlier, when I mentioned Luna's smooth skin, did Yuuya-sama's name not appear for a moment? What does that mean?"
“Uee?”
I didn't expect to be talked about, so I was completely off guard, and inevitably made a strange noise. Then, instead of me, Luna began to speak proudly.
“Listen and shocked. Yuuya had obtained and had a bath drop item from this Great Devil's Nest monster! If you bathe in it, you will be able to relieve your fatigue, your magic power is restored, and as you can see, it even has some beauty effects!”
"What'sthat? That's not fair! Let me in too! Yuuya-sama, is it okay?”
“B-good!”
“Yes! Luna, let's go in together!”
“A-what?”
"It's okay; it doesn't matter!"
Just as I was about to take a bath from the item box just like Lexia-san asked, she asked me.
“Oh, do you want to come with us too, Yuuya-sama?”
“H-hah?”
“Hh-hey, Lexia! Yuuya is a man, you know! And k-you're a princess. You must have self-control!"
Luna. You said that, but you also came while I was in the shower, right? For some reason, Lexia-san just tilted her head curiously towards Luna as she said that while putting her own affairs aside.
"It's okay. Either way we're getting married.”
“Wait, wait, wait. Are you going to marry Yuuya? Stop talking nonsense!”
“That's no problem, you know! I made my decision!"
"You're very insistent, you little princess ..."
Seeing Luna with her hands holding her head, I gave Owen-san a round of applause once again. Really, thank you for all your hard work. And Lexia-san, I think I have also rejected a marriage proposal…
“Well, uh.. I'll hold back.”
I smiled bitterly and took out the toiletries.
“Ara, what a pity. Then, Luna, let's hurry in!”
As she said that, Lexia-san pulled Luna's hand and went straight to the changing room.
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"Wow! Is this the bath that Yuuya-sama has? It cannot compare to the ones in the royal palace!”
“I'm not sure if Yuuya's bath is better than the one in the royal palace. It becomes more and more of a mystery ... "
Lexia and Luna entered the bath that Yuuya had prepared for them, and then immediately enjoyed a relaxing bath.
“... It feels very good. As I thought, Yuuya bath is the best.”.
“It feels so good... and Luna is right, I feel like my magic power is being revitalized..”.
Lexia is amazed by the effect of Yuuya's bath, but she succumbs to the pleasure.
“──So, does Luna like Yuuya-sama?”
“Buh!”
Luna gushed with too sudden words and turned to Lexia with a red face.
“A-what are you talking about? As I said before, Yuuya and I. well... make friends!”.
"Are you sure of that? I don't really see it that way, you know? I felt a faint fondness during your conversation with Yuuya-sama. Well, I'm not sure if Yuuya-sama noticed it.”
“. Besides, liking your friend is normal.”
“Ara, is that so? Then it doesn't matter if I marry Yuuya-sama!”
“I-it's not good! Huh uh?" Luna hurriedly held her mouth after she said that, but it was too late for all of that.
“Hah... if you're just a friend, it doesn't matter if me and Yuuya-sama get married, right? And your refusal is.. You don't have to tell me that, do you?”
“Eh..”
Luna moved her mouth to say something for a while, but ended up sighing loudly, as if she had given up.
“...Well, honestly I don't know what to say. I actually spent time with Yuuya as a training partner, but before I attacked you, I really appreciated my time with Yuuya. I know deep down in my heart that time is precious.”
"Is that so…?"
Lexia gave a small nod to Luna's words, then fell silent. Then…
“...Un, I've decided!”
“Eh?”
Suddenly, Lexia stood up from the bathtub and pointed her finger at Luna.
"I declare war on you!"
"De-declare war?"
"Yes! You don't realize it, but if you're a little interested in Yuuya-sama, it means you're in love with her! And I also fell in love with Yuuya-sama.”
"A-what do you mean by love ..."
“Luna can deny that she is not in love, but I believe Luna is in love with Yuuya-sama. And after this, let's move, okay?”
"A-what do you mean by love ..."
"I mean! I will do my best not to lose to Luna and make Yuuya-sama look at me! I will not give up, no matter what Luna says! Of course, if I can marry Yuuya-sama, then I will be the winner!”
"What-what!"
“Now what do you want to do? Do you want me to take Yuuya-sama from you?”
Lexia looked straight at Luna. His gaze pressed down on Luna, and he imagined Lexia and Yuuya would get married. And for some reason, that imagination made Luna want to cry, and she expressed her one emotion clearly.
“...I don't want.”
T/n:[there are actually illustrations, but since they are in the bathroom, so you can imagine yourself.…].
"Hmm?"
“I don't want that! Yuuya is... d-he's mine!”
At this moment, Luna still did not know what the name of the emotion that appeared in her mind was. Still, he knew clearly that he did not want to let Yuuya be taken by someone else.
"Does that mean you'll accept my battle statement?"
"Come on."
Lexia smilingly looked at Luna's gaze which was filled with clear desires, unlike before they took a bath.
"really. In that case, from now on you will be my bodyguard and my rival! ”
"alright. Don't cry when you lose, okay?”
In this way, Luna and Lexia can move away from the relationship between the attacker and the target in the truest sense.
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Lexia-san and Luna came out of the bathroom, and I decided to discuss the future with them.
“Um, Lexia-san. Now that Luna has woken up like this, how about we return to Owen-san for now?”
I am here with momentum, and also with two people, Luna, the attacker, and Lexia-san, the princess, but as expected, we did not explain it too thoroughly. From the point of view of Owen-san and the others, they will be worried, and more importantly, I want to discuss the matter of going to the royal capital.
“Eh? Nah! I live here! After all, Luna's strength had not fully recovered either, right?”
“Muh? That's not──.”
“Silence, Lun!”
“Eh..?”
Luna was completely confused by Lexia-san's nonsensical words. No, doesn't that make too much sense…? However, Lexia-san has a point. Even if [Complete Recovery Potion Juice] could heal wounds and diseases, it could not restore strength to its original state.
I thought about it for a while, but Lexia-san's gaze overpowered me as she looked at me.
“... Sighs . I've understood. But in return, it's just for today, okay? Oh, and make sure you explain it to Owen-san later.”
"of course! We did it, Luna!”
“Y-ya.”
"Woof."
Night was also happy with Luna and barked adorable while wagging her tail.
“Then, I will prepare food for Luna so that she can regain her strength as soon as possible.”
As I said that, Lexia-san raised her hand with a glint in her eyes as I was about to head to the kitchen in this otherworldly house.
"Yes! Yuuya-sama!”
"Let me cook."
“Eh?” Not only me, but even Luna made a stupid sound hearing Lexia-san's words. However, apart from us, Lexia-san is full of enthusiasm.
“If I show my cooking skills here, Yuuya-sama will fall in love with me!”
"I thought you were leaking your mind."
Whatever the reason, I gave up because Lexia-san said she would succeed and would not listen to me. As expected, I cannot complain to the royal persona ... Huh huh? …uh? Wouldn't it be more rude to have a noble cook…?
I thought about this and that, but I don't know what's common in this world, so I decided to let Lexia-san cook for us, just this once. Then I took her to the kitchen and prepared herbs, ingredients and cookware.
"You can use whatever's in here."
"God! As expected, it is not as big as the kitchen in the castle, but it is very beautiful!”
Even though it was a sage-san's house, I don't think it can compare to a castle. After checking the materials and equipment, Lexia-san took the potatoes and placed them on the cutting board as it was, and took out a knife, then──.
“Eii!”
He swung it down with great force.
“Ara? I missed my target. It's harder than I thought.”
“U-uhm, Lexia-san? Lexia-san?”
I called out the name Lexia-san over and over again in cold sweat, but Lexia-san did not notice my voice and kept fighting with the potatoes.
“Gosh! Why can't I hit him. Arra! Ara?”
“Hiiiee!”
The knife that Lexia-san swung had slipped completely out of her hand, passed through my cheek, and was straight and stuck to the wall. It's scary!
“...Hey, Yuuya. Are you sure it's safe to hand over the cooking to Lexia? It could make us die, you know?”
Luna, who had gotten out of bed and was watching Lexia-san's cooking scene like me, said that while blinking her cheeks.
“A-I'll take it kembaalliii!”
As expected, I hurriedly picked up the knife stuck on the wall and went to persuade Lexia-san.
“Le-Lexia-san! Lexia-san, do you have any cooking experience.?”.
“Eh? This was my first experience. Why?"
"Okay, you're out."
I should have asked him first! This is my fault!
"Lexia-san, I'm sorry but will you let me cook for you today?"
“Eh? Why?"
“That's... I wanted to serve food quickly in order for Luna to recover her strength, and since the ingredients for the food all came from this Great Demon Nest, I thought it would be faster for me, who was already used to it, to, to finish. …”
“Hah, I'm hungry. I can't wait to eat.”
Luna nodded at my words as best she could and followed me reading my intentions.
“B-so? Well then, I guess it's inevitable. ”
Lexia-san couldn't ignore Luna's words, which weren't as perfect as expected, and although she seemed reluctant to say it, she gave the torch to me.
“But I'll cook next time! You two should look forward to it!”
“Y-yes, ahahaha.”.
“...Well, we were saved for now, but it seems that the princess will kill us next time. Too bad."
Don't say that! Look, if he learns from the chefs at the castle or something, we'll probably be fine!
While exchanging the inevitable promise with Lexia-san, I quickly started cooking. I was very careful with the ingredients, such as using "Orc King" meat to more easily recover its strength.
Lexia-san and Luna kept watching me cook like that.
“Yuuya-sama, you are even good at cooking..”.
“I increasingly do not understand Yuuya... How can he do everything? Is he really the same human species as us?”
Ugh.. I'm not used to cooking with people looking at me like I do in my field trips. It makes me nervous .. is there anything wrong with that? By the way, I want the two of them to eat something delicious, so I made it while making full use of my [Cooking] skill. After I managed to finish making it, despite being more nervous than usual, I placed the food in front of the two of them and Night.
"Well, let's eat."
"Woof!"
“This looks very good!”
“Ya... I'm very hungry now.”
Fortunately, the two of them seemed to be enjoying my meal, and I was relieved to see them looking forward to my cooking.
“Hm~! This is so good! As expected of Yuuya-my-my!”
“Uee!?”
As she said that, Lexia-san suddenly hugged my arm. Le-Lexia-san is?
“H-hey, Lexia! Away from Yuuya!”
In my place that was freezing suddenly, Luna pulled Lexia-san out of my arms. H-huh, Lexia-san is very brave…
“Y-yah.. I'm happy if it suits your taste.”
Anyway, I think I can do well, but I'm happy to hear that. As I smiled at Lexia-san's words, Luna looked at the food with a thinking face.
"Hmm? Luna, what's wrong?”
I called out to her, but Luna did not respond and muttered something.
“...I have to prevent Lexia from taking Yuuya..”.
"Hmm?"
“Yu-Yuuya!”
“Y-yes!”
Luna suddenly called out my name loudly, and I couldn't help but respond by straightening my posture. Lexia-san was also surprised as she tried to bring food into her mouth.
“Yuuya... um, can you feed me?”
"Huh?"
“Hei, Lun!”
“I haven't regained my strength. I'm too weak to do anything.”
"You lied! It's not like eating has anything to do with physical strength or anything!”
"That's not true. If I move too much, my wounds may open. Yeah, how else. You can't blame me for this; of course Yuuya fed me.”
No, Luna-san. I believe you moved well before, didn't you? You are moving more than just eating. As I was thinking that while moving my cheeks, Luna-san looked at me.
“...Is it not good?”
“Aduh..”.
I don't know if it's a no-no, or .. well, if she really can't afford to eat, then it's because I did the damage to Luna ...
"…good. Here, open your mouth.”
“U-un's. Aaah..”.
“Aargh!”
Lexia-san yelled next to Luna, but I didn't have time to turn my attention there out of embarrassment.
"…How?"
"…Hmm. It's good; it's.. very tasty.”.
Luna who was enjoying her food swallowed once and turned her gaze to Lexia-san.
“Fufu..”.
“Muki! Yuuya-sama! Me too, I want you to feed me like Luna!”
“Eh? T-but. Lexia-san was unharmed..”.
"This is a princess's order!"
“Royalty is scary.”
Political power is impossible. No matter how hard I try, I can't fight it. I am just a small citizen. I had no choice but to do the same to Lexia-san as well as Luna, and this time Luna pushed me again. Why does it have to be like this?
I managed to get them both to eat all the food, and I was finally ready to start my own meal.
“It's okay now, isn't it? I'll eat now, just wait──.”
“No, Yuuya-sama! Now we will feed you, Yuuya-sama!”
"Huh?"
“That's right, Yuuya. This is our thanks for earlier. ”
“….”
I couldn't open my mouth to hear both statements. I mean, Luna-san. If you have the power to feed me, why don't you eat it yourself? Despite my astonishment, they each offered me food in my bowl.
“Yes, ahhh!”
“Come, eat.”
"…Yes.Yes."
I'll just say one thing. I'm so tired of eating today.