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When Himeno came out from behind the building, fiddling with her
pink hair and looking at Shinji's face, she could see a hint of annoyance in
his gaze.
Because when they first met, they were in the same situation as they
are now, with her attendance scattered about.
"I'm
sorry, but Mitono is coming suddenly. I was originally supposed to be staying
in my village, but......"
"So why
did you have to run away? He's your fiancee, right?"
Himeno choked on a perfectly reasonable question.
Hayate, who was behind Shinji, reacted to the word
"fiancee" and began to listen to her.
"That’s
true, but I'm afraid he's going to ...... be giving me a lot of grief. Because
originally, he was opposed to me leaving my village to participate in the
fighting tournament"
"Is that
so?"
Shinji's question was met with a nod from Himeno.
"Yeah.
Mitono does not want me to face the strong man. Maybe he knows what I like,
too. ......But absolutely, it's cruel to try to tie me down even before
marriage"
Shinji can't help but laugh at Himeno's angry attitude.
He knew that Himeno's insistence that she wanted to fall in love and
Mitono's insistence that he didn't want her to see other men were incompatible.
"Well,
Mitono-san, he can't just sit back and watch while there is a possibility that
his future bride might be attracted to another man, can he?"
"Are you
on Mitono's side? ......"
As someone who is going to married someone else, Shinji's feelings
are more towards Mitono. He had no choice but to continue laughing at the
sullen look in Himeno's eyes.
"Mitono-san
seemed to like you, you know. As a man, my feelings are more towards him, but I
won't tell you......."
"I know
that, too......"
Shinji could not feel the discomfort from the itchy expression on
Himeno's face. He had thought that
she might not like him because she once said she didn't like him, but in fact,
it's not true.
"I don't
feel bad when someone likes me, either. In the first place, if I really don't
like him, I can just break up with him. Although Mitono is not my favorite, but
it's perfect for a....... partner"
For Himeno, Mitono is a nagging fiancee, but at the same time he is
a hardworking, knowledgeable and respectable person.
Even if they did not have a burning love, they could still nurture
their love as a couple.
(He was the
only one who was odd enough to want me, a girl who was said to be a wild, as
his spouse)
Himeno, the strongest young warrior in the village, was not well
received by warriors of the opposite sex. Even more so if they were of the same
sex, many of them were jealous of Himeno as an excellent warrior, so she didn't
have many friends from her childhood.
Furthermore, her overly cheerful personality made her shunned even
by the quiet ones who preferred to read books.
Despite her good looks, there was no one who whispered love to
Himeno, who was known as the "Wild Girl". Except Mitono.
So, when Himeno's family was happy to see Mitono accept Himeno as
she was, as a result, she became his soon-to-be bride.
And because they had known each other for quite a long time, her
feelings for him were almost like those of a family member. Himeno's
selfishness is also a sign that she is spoiled by Mitono.
Her desire to fall in love was also born out of her acceptance of a
future where she would be married to Mitono.
In the depths of Himeno's heart, Mitono's existence is firmly
rooted.
"Tsundere......"
Hayate murmured in a whisper.
From the point of view of those who don't know much about the
situation, it looks as if Himeno's behavior is that she can't be honest in
front of him and runs away, but she's trying to show that she understands
what's good about him when he's not there.
Even Hayate realized that Himeno loves Mitono. So, of course, Shinji
would notice.
(She said she
didn't like weak men, but she never said they weren't important)
A feeling of wanting to corrupt Himeno welled up inside Shinji, but
he kept it to himself.
Himeno's face tightened up as Shinji made a grimace, as if he was
watching something funny.
"W, what
are you trying to say......?!"
"I think
it's a good idea to be honest once in a while"
"I, I'm
honest!"
Himeno, with reddened cheeks and shouting, is very cute. Seeing so,
Shinji apologizes, while chuckling.
"I'm
sorry, it was just funny"
"Y, you.......
You're still laughing at me. You owe me some kind of apology for that"
As Himeno pretended to be angry to cover her embarrassment, Shinji
suggested an apology.
"What
about that carbonated...... juice you drank before, or a mock battle with a
high-ranking spirit?"
".....!
Are you a spirit user?"
Himeno is attracted by the words "mock battle with high-ranking
spirits".
Because the reality is that it's difficult to get involved with
spirits...... especially high-ranking spirits, and dragonmen also don't have a
good relationship with spirits.
So, there are few people who want to get involved with dragon men,
perhaps because they can't make contracts on their own and spirit users are
pulled in by the temperament of the spirits they contract with.
"It's a
similar thing"
"Well,
......I've never known a spirit user before"
Himeno looked at Shinji closely.
In the case of Shinji, his contracted spirit, Flair, is half
succubus and half spirit, so he is less likely to hate dragonmen, which is a
characteristic of spirits.
Flair is only a companion and has little direct influence on Shinji.
As a result, Shinji is able to be in the somewhat unusual position
of being a spirit user who can interact with dragonmen in a normal way.
"I have
no reason to dislike you, Himeno-san. I see Himeno-san as an individual rather
than a race of dragon man"
"That’s
right, because good guys are good guys and bad guys are bad guys, no matter if
they are dragonmen or people!"
Himeno smiled brightly and agreed with Shinji's assertion, which was
something she had been thinking about for a long time, and she was glad to know
that there was other spirit user who felt the same way.
"Then I
would like to fight you after the tournament, since it is now before the
tournament......"
"I
understand. Let's have one more chance after the tournament, before Himeno
returns to her village"
After saying this, Shinji called Flair.
"Flair,
come"
"Shinji,
did you call me~noja? ......Hmm"
Flair's eyebrows furrowed for a moment as she saw Himeno, but she
quickly turned to Shinji.
Himeno was Himeno, and she instinctively sensed the magnitude of the
magical power she felt from the high-ranking spirit of Flair. Without a doubt,
she was the strongest being she had ever fought.
The belligerent smile on Himeno's face deepened Shinji's smile as he
realized that she had gotten what she wanted.
At the same time, he thought he had caught her well.
"Flair,
you will have a mock battle with Himeno-san later"
"All
right. See you later, Dragon man"
"I'll
look forward to it!"
After the meeting, Flair quickly disappeared, and Shinji decided to
talk to Flair again later, while he and Himeno worked out the details of their
post-tournament meeting.
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- Himeno-chan's story about Mitono-kun.
- The fact that the somewhat brainless Himeno-chan continues to be a mature bride is a sign that she is accepting of him.
- Even though she doesn't like the opposite sex, she respects Mitono-kun as a person.
- This is why the Shinji-kun sensor reacts......
- And he was able to get a promise of a secret meeting using the mock battle as bait.
- What will happen, Himeno-chan?
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