Chapter 97 : Rewards

TL:SummerPeanut

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26 July 2030.

Once we had defeated the marine worms, we decided to return to the inn.

The purpose is to check on Misha again. Incidentally, it was still before noon.

Misha and Clarice were already out of the bath and relaxing. Since Ellie and Karen said they would take a bath too, they both took a bath after.

After all, you want to take a bath after going to the beach because your body feels sticky later.

“Misha, were you all right?”

“Yeah. I'm fine. Thank you so much. You saved my life twice, once four years ago and again this time. I don't know how to thank you anymore...”

“Don't worry about it. I just did as I like. And I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my Holy magic for so long.”

When I said that, Misha took my hand in hers and replied.

"Mars's hand is warm and feels good. And I felt very safe. I'm glad you used such important magic on me."

Misha now looked in Clarice’s direction.

“Thank you for everything, Clarice. I'll work even harder to be stronger so that I don't have to be protected and so that I can fight side by side with Mars, Clarice, and Eririn!”

Clarice nodded silently and pulled Misha's head close and patted her head.

Yup. I could watch the view of two beautiful girls shoulder to shoulder all the time.

Ellie and Karen came out of the bath hence I decided to take a bath too.

When I came out of the bath, the girls had already changed into their uniforms.

I changed into my uniform because we were going out to eat.

Duke Regan told us to always wear the uniform when we go out.

Apparently, one of the purposes is to advertise.

I also changed into a new uniform, not the one I was wearing earlier, but looks the exact same one with gold embroidery.

The Marquis San Marina insisted on holding a banquet in the evening so we finished our lunch with a light meal.

I had the usual Mars set meal.

You might think my action’s a waste since we've come all the way to the sea town, but we will still eat a lot at night anyway.

There’s time until night so when asked what to do until then, I answered I’m going back to the room to sleep because I felt fatigued due to various reasons so we ended up staying in our room.

I went straight to bed and tried to take a nap but the ladies came over to give me a massage.

Last time it went from massage to wrestling but this time it seems to be ok.

I was getting a massage and the girls seemed surprised when I turned onto my back. Because a massage where you're lying on your back is...

“Karen. I need to talk to you for a minute. Could you bring me the Salamander Sword?”

When I said that, Karen brought me the Salamander Sword.

“Don't worry, I want you to watch. It'll be fine.”

I said that and took the Salamander Sword out of its sheath a bit and cut my finger a little, and blood flowed from my finger.

The other three seemed to know what I was going to do.

But Karen panicked.

“What are you doing! Stop this self-harming!"

She said quite angrily but I chanted 'Heal' in a slightly quiet voice to heal my own finger wound and stop the bleeding.

Then Karen looked astonished.

“He...Heal is...Mars you!”

I held my index finger up in front of my mouth to imitate the shush action, in case the end of the word got too loud and those in other rooms found out.

“I can also use Holy magic. I can even use High Heal, by the way, I can also use Cure to heal the abnormal state of the body. I also healed Misha's wounds just now.”

“I-I knew it, Misha must have had a severe burn wound... didn’t she?”

“I'm sorry, I didn't tell you. However, I felt that excluding only you is wrong so I let you know now. By the way, Misha only found out a little while ago."

Misha to Karen.

“Karen... please don't reveal Mars's Holy magic. If people find out about this because of me, I'll..."

“Isn’t that obvious... if others find out about this, our current routine will be over.”

“Thank you both. Please don't tell anyone for a while. I'm glad I decided to let you both know. I’ve been feeling a bit of guilt up until now."

I said this and got down on my back and the girls started massaging me again.

“Aren’t you too stiff, Mars? I mean, your calves were kind of stiff earlier but your shoulders, arms, and back are also incredibly hard...”

That’s what Karen said.

Huh? I stretch a lot so I think my body’s quite soft if anything...

“If anything I should be on the soft side... I think I'm quite flexible?”

“Really? It's kind of stiff in all the places I touched... and different from myself...”

“Isn’t that Mars’s muscle you touched?”

After Clarice said so, Ellie too...

“Mars...very nice muscle...soft yet hard... feels good.”

If you take out two phrases from above, it sounds like something obscene... and 

when Karen heard those.

“Mars, are you perhaps working out or something?”

I answered that I do morning runs and strength-training menus.

“You're not really a magician, are you... Am I allowed to touch your muscles a bit?”

“Yeah, just don't stimulate them too much...”

Unsurprisingly, my unruly stick will leak hot pathos if I receive any stimulation in this kind of situation…after all, I mature fast for a 10-year-old body… Anyway, the ladies touched my muscles as they please.

They went on “Oh, it's so hard!” or “Incredible!”...

“I-isn’t it fine now? I don't think I can sleep like this...”

When I said that, the girls started massaging me again and I fell asleep because the touches were soft and felt so good.

The next thing I knew, it was already evening.

And without me noticing, they had moved me to the largest bed and I slept with them in the same bed.

Clearly, the bed was too small for the five of us to sleep in but Karen and Misha managed to fit in because of their small size.

But it was still very crowded, and my hands were buried under someone else's body...

If I move, they'll call me a pervert and beat me up...I can't even turn over so what am I supposed to do...

I had no choice but to try to go back to sleep again, yet my neighbour seems to have woken up and is looking around.

And I can kind of feel that she's looking into my face.

Then something touches my lips. It's definitely lips.

I opened my eyes and there in front of me is Misha.

Misha looked surprised but opened her mouth.

“I gave you my first. It might not be enough as thanks though.”

Misha whispered to me in a small voice. ...what is this cute thing... I didn't know what is the right thing to say in response.

“Thank you.”

So I just said that.

When Misha heard these words, she got up and the other girls got up too.

Huh? Maybe they were all awake from the beginning?

'Well then, shall we all go to the banquet hall?'

After Clarice said that, she pulled my hand as we went to the banquet hall prepared by Marquis San Marina.

In addition to the Marquis of Saint-Marina, there were guild officials, including the guildmaster, innkeepers, and retailers from the city in the hall.

And there were still about 20 girls aged around 15.

I told Clarice and the others beforehand.

We're here to represent the Lister Imperial School.

Since we are here as representatives, I need to show some moderation in my attitude.

But we have to respect the client as well, and we will do just that.

So they should never behave or say or do anything that is not polite.

When the banquet began with a toast by the Marquis of San Marina, I took the four of them and went to greet the Marquis San Marina first.

Karen said that the Marquis would come to me and that I should just wait for him but I don’t feel comfortable letting him do that.

“Marquis San Marina. Thank you for inviting me to your banquet.”

“Why of course. Thanks to Reimei members, we manage to attract guests again this year. How much longer do you think it will take to wipe out all the worms?”

“I don't know how many there were originally and thus I can't say for sure but I think we'll keep a vigilant watch...until the day after tomorrow. We're planning to stay here until the end of July.”

“The end of July? Since there is no issue as long as you go back by 30 August, shouldn’t you be able to stay here until mid to late August?”

“No. After we have successfully completed the quest and having stretched our wings a little, we shall return to the Lister Imperial School and take on other quests. We of Reimei still have some nominated quests left so we want to complete other nominated quests as many as possible. I also want to raise my Adventurer Rank and party rank as soon as possible."

The Marquis San Marina and the female members of Reimei were also surprised at my words.

Maybe they planned to play here until the very end of August.

“I see...this is ultimately a quest in the end so it can't be helped... I also prepared a beautiful place for you today. However, that might be an unwanted effort on my part. But the girls have no fault. I invited them at my own convenience. Some of them come from noble families so I'd like you to say a word to them...is that alright?"

The Marquis of San Marina said this and looked toward Ellie and Karen.

Before Ellie and Karen could answer, I opened my mouth.

“I cannot let the Marquis of San Marina lose face. However, my fiancées also have their own position and for that, I will only lightly introduce myself."

So I said. I expected that the other girls would not take action after they learned of Ellie and Karen's origins.

My prediction was spectacularly betrayed...

I took the four of them to the ladies prepared by Marquis San Marina and greeted them.

“It is a pleasure to meet you for the first time. I am Mars, a first-year S class student of Lister Imperial School. It is an honour to meet all of you lovely ladies.”

The ladies were a little perturbed when I said the social words.

I continued.

“There are a few other members I would like to introduce to you.”

When I said this, Clarice was the first to introduce herself.

“Nice to meet you. I'm Clarice Lampard, ranked second in the S class of Lister Imperial School. I am the fiancée of Mars here, and I am his to-be lawful wife."

When Clarice said this, the girls said something unexpected.

“I knew it.”

“As expected, I don't think I could ever take a man away from her.”

“How can one be so beautiful?”

And so on and so forth, raising the white flag to Clarice right from the start.

If you think about it, Ellie, Karen, and Misha are all good-looking enough to aim for the number one spot at school, if not for Clarice.

But even these three were not able to match Clarice's good looks.

And when the introduction of the female members of Reimei was over, 20 girls crowded toward Marquis San Marina.

They were generally saying about ‘as if we can contend against Fresvald and Syrians!’,  ‘Don't embarrass me!’, and so on.

By the time the banquet was almost over, the female members of Reimei and the 20 girls were chatting amicably and managed to get through the event...

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