Free Web NovelChapter 331: 331 KonoSuba 56
"Taejin, I finally hit 50!"
"Oh~ congrats! You worked hard."
Two days after the incident with Megumin and Kazuma, Darkness finally reached level 50. After finishing our request and returning home, we ate dinner and gathered in the living room. Of course, Megumin and Luna were also there.
"The time has come. We’re going to assault the Demon King’s castle. But since it’s the Demon King’s castle, there might be casualties. So I’ve decided to give everyone a vacation. Spend time with your precious families or friends. So you won’t have any regrets."
When I mentioned the possibility of casualties, everyone’s expressions became serious.
"Then, how long will the vacation be?"
Megumin asked me.
"I’m thinking about two weeks. That should be enough, don’t you think?"
"I see. Understood."
Megumin answered and went to her room to start packing. The other Crimson Demon members also began packing one by one. It seemed they intended to leave for the Crimson Demon village right away. Darkness, Cecily, and Aqua stayed. Darkness was my wife and her father was the lord of Axel village, so she didn’t need to go anywhere. Aqua originally came to this world with Kazuma, so she had nowhere to go.
But Cecily also stayed — I thought she might go to the Axis Church.
"Don’t you need to go to Arcanletia?"
"I should go, but I’ll just stop by briefly. Rather than that, I want to enjoy a good oomu slime bath while resting."
"R-right."
That was so like Cecily.
Since the Crimson Demon members were leaving, we saw them off.
"Take this — it’s snacks for Kommeko. I won’t have time to give them to her myself this time."
I handed Megumin a bundle containing lots of snacks. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
"Thank you. I’ll make sure to deliver them."
"Yunyun and Nerimaki, take care and come back."
"Yes, we’ll be back."
After seeing off the Crimson Demon members, I spoke with Luna and headed with Darkness to the mansion of Axel village’s lord. To give Darkness time to talk with Ignis.
"Oh~ Lalatina! Son-in-law! Come in."
"It’s been a while, Lord."
"No need for such formality. You can call me father-in-law now."
"Understood, Father."
Ignis was very happy to see us. We sat at a table in the reception room and talked.
"So that’s how it is. Now that you’re planning to assault the Demon King’s castle, you’ve given your party members a vacation to spend time with their families..."
"Yes, because there might be casualties."
When I told Ignis about the Demon King’s castle, he sniffled, looked at Darkness with pride, and spoke.
"For that tomboyish Lalatina to be assaulting the Demon King’s castle... her mother in heaven would be so proud."
"Sigh... just how powerful and heavy will the Demon King’s attacks be... if we fail and I’m subjected to terrible things by the Demon King... slurp~"
As Darkness drifted into her own world, Ignis dropped his teacup, looked dumbfounded, then said to me,
"Sigh... it’s a relief that you took Lalatina away..."
"I-it seems so..."
Ignis seemed to have known for a long time that his daughter had issues.
"By the way, any news of a second generation?"
"Once the Demon King’s castle business is over, it’s in the plans, so you can rest assured."
"Oh~ that’s good to hear. Then you both must return safely. Lady Eris, please let both of them — no, let all of Silver Flash’s party return safely..."
Ignis prayed for us. Ignis was truly a good person. With him as Axel’s lord, the village would remain peaceful for a long time.
Darkness and I stayed at the lord’s mansion for two days, then I returned home alone. Having two wives, I couldn’t focus only on Darkness. Darkness understood completely.
"Luna, are you feeling okay?"
"Yes, Helen takes good care of me, so I don’t have to do any heavy work, and my body feels fine."
"That’s good. How about we eat out for a change of pace?"
"I’d like that. I’ve been bored staying home."
I packed a lunchbox for Helen to share with her children, let her leave work early, and for the first time in a while, took a carriage with Luna to a nice restaurant. We talked and enjoyed our meal. The funny thing was that among the people staying in our mansion, Luna was the closest to normal — I could have a normal conversation with her. Maybe that’s why talking with Luna felt peaceful.
For the next few days, I spent time with Luna, taking the carriage to buy things for the baby and going on picnics to scenic spots. Luna also really enjoyed it.
"Ahh, do me too. Taejin~"
One day, as I was massaging Luna’s legs — which lacked exercise — Cecily, watching, looked very envious. Luna, who now knew Cecily’s true nature well, said nothing and just let it be.
"Come to think of it, Cecily, haven’t you found a good relationship yet?"
"Not yet, but maybe I will..."
As she said that, she subtly linked her arm with mine. Luna, seeing this, sighed and pressed her forehead as if regretting asking.
Then Megumin returned earlier than the other Crimson Demon members. There was still plenty of time left before the promised date.
"Oh, Megumin, you’re back early? Did you miss me?"
"That’s not it. I have someone I want to see in Axel village too..."
As Megumin said that with a blush, everyone immediately understood who she meant.
"Ah, anyway, I won’t be coming home for a while. But I’ll definitely keep the promise on time."
Megumin said that and left immediately.
"Sigh... everyone’s in spring. Even though we might die assaulting the Demon King’s castle, I want to go on a date with a handsome man too~!"
Cecily said loudly enough for all to hear. Luna sighed and said to me,
"Sigh... take Cecily on a date. Just once. Don’t cross the line."
"Huh? Why all of a sudden?"
"It probably won’t happen, but if something bad happened to Cecily, I’d somehow feel guilty. So I’ll allow one day — just let her feel like she’s on a date. Since she likes you that much, I’ll close my eyes for a day."
Cecily hugged Luna, extremely grateful.
"Thank you, Luna!!"
"I wonder if I’m making a mistake."
Worried that Luna might change her mind, Cecily quickly grabbed my arm and started pulling me outside, even though I hadn’t agreed.
"Let’s go! A day is short!"
Since we knew too many people in Axel, I judged a date there would be difficult. So Cecily and I teleported together to Arcanletia. Upon arriving, Cecily smiled brightly, tightly linked her arm with mine, and didn’t let go.
"I don’t know why Luna made me do this."
"Oh, didn’t you know? I like you so much, Taejin. Everyone except you knew. Even my rival, Yunyun, knew."
"Wh-what!?"
I was so surprised — this was the first I’d heard of it. And the part about her and Yunyun being rivals.
"I’m a bit disappointed. I thought you’d noticed because I made it so obvious."
"Well... everything you say always sounds insincere..."
"True, I suppose."
Cecily acknowledged her own image.
"But it doesn’t matter. Even like this, I can convey my feelings, and I even get to go on a date."
"I-is that so."
"Then let’s start with the hot spring! There’s a place where families can enjoy bathing together."
This girl, whatever she thought a date was, seemed to want to start with physical intimacy.
"Do you even know what a date is?"
"Of course! But the ending is always the same. So I thought it wouldn’t matter if we got straight to the point."
As expected, she wasn’t normal.
"Sigh, honestly... let’s go buy you some clothes first. You’ve only worn priest robes. Cecily, you’re a woman — don’t you want to dress up for once?"
I decided to go along with it, since Luna had asked.
"Oh~ that’s true. You’re buying, right?"
"Yeah, yeah."
Cecily was overjoyed that I was buying her clothes.
We went to a high-end clothing store in Arcanletia to buy dresses.
"How about this?"
Cecily came out in an alluring red dress, spun around, and asked if it suited her. I hadn’t realized it because her priest robes hid it, but Cecily had an amazing figure. With a body like that, any dress would look good on her.
"It suits you."
"Really? Then I’ll go try on another one."
She came out in another dress and kept asking me, and I told her they all suited her.
"You’re so mean. You’re not just saying that carelessly, are you?"
"I’m just telling the truth. You have such a good figure that any dress looks good on you."
When I said that, Cecily blushed, apparently touched.
"I-is that true?"
"Yeah."
"Then buy me every single one I tried on!"
"What!?"
"You said they all look good on me, right?"
"Sigh... fine. I’ll buy them all."
Well, I had more money than I knew what to do with, so I bought them. Even though it cost nearly five million eris. Cecily liked the first red dress the best and changed into it right away. Some dresses needed alterations, so she said I could pick them up later; the rest I stored in my subspace bag.
"It’s lunchtime now, let’s eat. There’s a restaurant I know, so we can go there. I’ll treat you."
"Of course you will — I spent a fortune on you."
"Oh come on~ you earn a lot of money, so what’s the problem?"
She had a point. Anyway, we moved to the restaurant and enjoyed our meal. It was certainly comfortable not being proselytized to join the Axis Church, since I was with Cecily.
"The food’s good, right? When I lived in Arcanletia, I’d come here occasionally when I had spare funds."
"It’s good. Delicious."
"I’m glad."
Cecily smiled brightly, happy that I liked the restaurant she recommended.
It wasn’t flattery — it was a bit less good than my cooking, but still very delicious. Even though the people living in Arcanletia were eccentric, their soaps, detergents, perfumes, and food were surprisingly well-made. I remembered trying their famous manju when I visited before, and it was quite good. With beneficial hot springs as well, it seemed that no matter how outrageous the Axis Church behaved, they had no trouble making a living — this was probably why.
After finishing our meal, we went to a café and talked over tea.
"I don’t know if it’s because this is my first date, but I’m really enjoying it."
"Really? I’m glad."
Cecily truly seemed happy to be dating me. We hadn’t done much, but to her, being able to spend time with the person she loved was apparently wonderful.
"Oh, there’s a place I go to when I’m feeling down or troubled, to change my mood. Want to come?"
"I’m guessing it has a nice view?"
"Yes! There’s no place in Arcanletia with a better view."
Cecily and I followed a path behind the Axis Church’s main headquarters up to a cliff. From there, Arcanletia was visible in its entirety — it was truly a beautiful city. If I ever planned to build a city or village, I’d need to use this as a reference.
"It’s a wonderful place. Seeing beautiful Arcanletia at a glance makes my mind feel at peace."
"Right?"
Then Cecily suddenly shut her eyes tightly and pursed her lips toward me, as if saying "Kiss me!" I hesitated for a moment, then gave her a light kiss on the cheek. Cecily looked disappointed and said, freēwēbnovel.com
"Hey... that’s mean."
"Be satisfied with this. I’d feel bad for Luna, who allowed this date."
"Fine."
"On the way down, we should stop by the main headquarters to say hello."
"Good idea."
We stopped by the Axis Church headquarters and exchanged greetings with the people there. While there, Cecily gave Zesta a considerable donation. Seeing this, it was clear she had deep religious faith.
The dresses left at the shop would be picked up later after alterations. After spending some time at the headquarters, we returned home. Cecily, having had a truly happy day, expressed her sincere gratitude to Luna.
"Thank you, Luna. I’ll probably never forget the happy moments I felt today."
"I’m glad you were happy. But I hope you understand that I can’t allow this again."
"The first time is always the hardest — it gets easier from the second time!"
As expected, Cecily said something ridiculous. Luna sighed at her words.
