Chapter 440 – 440: Fanatic
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“Cheers~.”
At first, we simply ordered some snacks and a drink each.
Noah and Ninya enjoyed the snacks and drinks, while Lelia gulped down her alcohol.
Elsie and Tikia, not particularly hungry, sipped theirs.
Of course, I was also just sipping.
And the moment I took a sip.
“Ah.”
I realized that Lelia gets quite rowdy when she drinks.
Is she, is she going to be okay? I looked at Lelia, but she seemed fine so far.
Clang!
Lelia slammed her empty glass on the table and said,
“Phew…!!! This one glass really soaks into my entire being!”
No, she was already getting a little high-spirited.
What should I do?
For the sake of Lelia’s future, should I try to stop her a little?
“Hey, Leli…”
“Ooh! Lelia, you drink so cool!”
“You’re so cool, Lelia Unnie♪”
“Is that so? Hahaha! You should always enjoy your drinks!”
“Really? Okay! Then I’ll do a one-shot too!”
“I want to try too.”
Noah and Ninya started chugging the remaining alcohol in their glasses with great enthusiasm, and both slammed their glasses on the table after finishing.
“Phew… my body feels so hot.”
“It feels even more so because we moved around a lot. And we felt good, right? We also got a lot of advice from Lelia Unnie.”
“No, my advice was something that Ninya-nim and Noah-nim could have realized on your own. Rather, it was an honor for me to have the opportunity to spar with you two and get the chance to spar with Lant-nim.”
Listening to their conversation, I thought there were no problems so far.
If we could keep this warm atmosphere…
“Lant.”
Then, Elsie gently placed her hand on my arm and called me.
“Yeah? What is it?”
Elsie’s cheeks were slightly flushed from the alcohol.
“Lant, you were so cool today…♡”
“Really?”
“Yes♡ Hehe♡ As expected, Lant is my hero, so he’s cool♡ No, Lant has always been cool♡”
Elsie even hugged me tightly from the side.
Was it because of the alcohol, or was she happy because the High Priest had said that she felt like a saint today?
Elsie seemed to be in a very good mood today.
“Elsie, you’re my saint, so you’re always pretty and lovely.”
“Lant…♡”
Elsie rubbed her cheek against my arm.
Elsie’s soft cheeks are nice, but the feeling of her chest pressing against my arm is really great.
“…”
Then, from the opposite side, Tikia hugged my arm tightly like Elsie.
“Tikia?”
Tikia puffed out her cheeks slightly and said,
“What, why, why.”
Her cheeks were a little red from the alcohol, but she seemed a little shy.
She looked so cute that I caressed Tikia’s face with the arm that Elsie wasn’t hugging and said,
“You’re cute. Can I hug you?”
“Yes!”
As soon as I got permission, Tikia hugged my torso and said,
The warmth and feel of Tikia’s soft body was felt on my side.
“You can pat my head too.”
“Okay.”
At Tikia’s request to pat her head, I gently patted and caressed Tikia’s head and face.
“Hehehe♡”
I could hear Tikia’s happy voice.
“La, Lant… please… pat me too♡”
Seeing Tikia’s appearance, Elsie briefly moved away from my arm and hugged my torso like Tikia.
Squish!
Then, the direct feeling of Elsie’s soft chest was conveyed directly to my side.
On the left, Tikia’s softness, and on the right, Elsie’s squishiness.
I had only taken a few sips of alcohol, but my body was getting hot from the warmth buff of my lovers.
“…gulp, gulp, gulp.”
“Oh! Already the fourth glass!”
“Lelia Unnie, you drink so well~!”
While I was enjoying my time with Tikia and Elsie.
There were already three empty glasses in front of Lelia, and she had just emptied her fourth glass.
“Phew…”
Lelia, who had emptied her fourth glass, looked at me with slightly narrowed eyes and said,
“You really… seem to be getting along well, Lant… nim.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. How should I put it… It feels like the peak of happiness? You have such beautiful lovers… and there are still four more lovers in the Platoon, right?”
“Yes.”
“Looking at Lant-nim’s current state, it seems that your lovers are also getting along very well.”
“Hehe! We all get along well!”
“Since we’ll eventually become a family~ we have to get along~.”
“Family… you’re… right.”
Lelia’s voice was a little hoarse.
“So… Lant-nim, are you planning to marry all of your lovers?”
“Yes, I even bought a house to live together last time. We’re not living there yet though.”
“A, a household… Ugh…”
“Huh? Lelia, are you okay?”
“Are you not feeling well, Lelia Unnie?”
“Ah, no. I’m fine. If you don’t mind… could I ask how you all fell in love with Lant-nim?”
“Ah! You want to hear love stories? Hehe, then I’ll tell you as much as you want!”
“When I fell in love with Lant… hmm, I guess it was then~.”
Ninya and Noah started telling their stories of memories with me in turn.
Ninya talked about when she approached me after hearing rumors about me and when we first met at the brothel.
“A, a brothel, you say?”
“Hehe, I was really surprised back then. And now that I think about it, I had an embarrassing misunderstanding.”
“Huh? A misunderstanding, what kind of misunderstanding?”
“Ah, now that I think about it, we only said that we met. We didn’t go into detail. Well, you see…”
Ninya, who was excited from drinking, even brought up the story of how she had mistaken me for being impotent.
“Hahahaha! What, that misunderstanding! Pfft! Lant being impotent… Puh! Ah, my, my stomach hurts…!!!”
“Really~ that’s why I said it was embarrassing, right?”
“So, that’s what happened. But how did you fall in love there?”
“Ah~ after that…”
Ninya went on to say that after drinking my semen, her succubus instincts and the conditions of her master, which she didn’t even know about, aligned, and she fell deeply in love with me.
“Of course, back then, the instinctual part was strong… but now, even without that, I love Lant so~ passionately♡ So much that I can’t get enough of sharing love with Lant every day♡”
“E, every day…”
“Ah, it’s my turn next, right? For me, it was definitely…”
Noah talked about the time she was saved from the hobgoblins.
“Lant was really cool back then~.”
“I also thought Lant was cool back then! He was like a hero from a story!”
Elsie also started talking along with Noah’s story.
Elsie talked about reaching the second floor and my suggestion to join the same party.
“What Lant said back then still remains in my heart.”
“Yeah, me too. Even now, it makes me tear up~.”
“I’m a little embarrassed.”
“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about! Lant!”
“That’s right, that’s why it hit me so hard… I even went to see you that night♡”
“Haa!”
“That’s a story I’ve heard about five times when Elsie talks about you and Lant. Every time, Elsie’s face is beaming.”
“Ti, Tikia! Please, please don’t say that…”
I realized once again that Elsie cherished those memories.
Her loveliness was blooming, and I hugged Elsie’s shoulder and said,
“Thank you, Elsie.”
“Lant♡”
“Then it’s my turn next, right? For me…”
Tikia focused on the events she experienced when she first came to the Platoon and my attitude towards her.
“In conclusion, Lant was gentlemanly… well, reliable and cute, that’s why.”
“I often hear that, am I cute?”
Considering my size, I don’t think I am, but my lovers say I’m cute.
It’s kind of… exciting and nice when they say I’m cute during our night life, but I don’t really understand why they say I’m cute in everyday situations.
To my question, Tikia said firmly,
“Your innocent, smiling face is like a big puppy, so you’re cute! Everyone thinks so, right?”
“Yes♡ I want to hug you tightly in my chest♡”
“Well, that happens a lot~.”
“Hehe, especially when you use new skills.”
“Hmm…”
Just to confirm, I asked Miranda, Tina, Melissa, and Leni in the Platoon if I had any cute moments, and they all unanimously said I was cute.
Hearing this, I started to feel a little embarrassed, and my face started to heat up.
Is this what they call happy embarrassment?
“Ah… I’m jealous… I wish I had that…”
Then, Lelia, who had been listening to our stories, was trembling while holding an empty glass.
“I want to have that kind of love too…”
Huh…?
There were already about seven empty glasses in front of Lelia.
“Huh? Lelia, don’t you have someone you’re dating?”
“Lelia Unnie is pretty and strong, so there must be a lot of men who want her. Especially in Solario…”
Ah, Ninya. That’s a landmine…
“Waaaaaaaah!!!!”
Lelia burst into tears.
“Huh?!”
“Le, Lelia, Unnie?!”
“Lelia?!”
“What, what’s going on?!”
Everyone was surprised by Lelia’s sudden outburst of tears.
However, the other adventurers and staff at the Adventurer’s Guild were acting as usual, as if nothing had happened.
I guess… they’re used to it.
“Waaaaaaaah!!!!”
“Wh, why are you doing this, Lelia Unnie? Why are you suddenly crying…”
“It’s because I’m so!!! So sad, Ninya-nim~~!!! Waaaaah!!! Ah, my lifeeee!!!”
“Whoa, ca, calm down! Let’s calm down, Lelia. Okay? First, stop crying? Okay? Tell me why you’re sad.”
Even Noah was flustered and sobered up to comfort Lelia.
“Hic… hic… well, you see…”
And then, Lelia told everyone a story similar to the one she had told me when we were drinking.
Lelia, who had ended her proud but difficult 11 years of life and had risen to the position of Knight Commander.
Her age was already past.
Where did my youth go?
Even if she tried to find a new youth now, the men around her in Solario were mostly known for their culture of sexual harassment.
Even the High Priest, whom she trusted and asked for help, only introduced her to men from Solario.
For Lelia, who had been living for 17 years with the ingrained values of Escar, these were people she could not accept.
But she still wanted to spend her youth.
She still wanted to be in love.
She still… wanted to get married!
The number of blind dates she had gone on for the past 4 years, over 40 times, was a growing lament that weighed on her heart.
Lelia was gulping down her alcohol and shedding tears as she poured out her drunken complaints.
“Sniff… sniff… I felt it even more deeply after seeing you all. How happy you are when you’re in love! That happy sight of you making cheesy, lovey-dovey jokes! Hic!”
“Ch, cheesy, lovey-dovey…”
“And since there’s someone like Lant-nim who is so gentlemanly, I couldn’t help but be so envious.”
“No, Lant is definitely gentlemanly, but he also has a lot of perverted sides?”
“That’s probably a side he shows because he loves you. Hic! I, I too… I want to be teased a little lewdly by my lover tooooo!! Waaaaah!!!”
“If you date a man from Solario, it’ll naturally…”
“That’s just everyday sexual harassment! It’s a greeting to everyone! I want to feel that kind of feeling that’s only for a special person!”
“I, is that so?”
Ninya was a little troubled by Lelia’s state.
Lelia continued to speak as she gulped down her 17th glass of alcohol.
“Lant~ nim~~~.”
“Yes, yes, Lelia.”
“I~~ tried my best~~~. After receiving Lant-nim’s advice… I asked the High Priest. I asked her to introduce me to someone from Escar or Bridan for my next blind date, not from Solario. So, I went on a blind date with a famous knight from Bridan last time.”
The fact that she’s talking about it here means that the blind date also fell through.
“He was handsome~ and a little big and wild, but he seemed like a good person. Most importantly! There were no sexual harassment greetings like ‘You look like you’d be good at having kids’ or ‘Your waist movements must be artistic’ as soon as we met! But… but… Waaaaaaaah!!!”
What… what happened?
