Superhuman Delusional – Are You Able to Live a Daily Life？ 604

Chapter 604 – Episode 604 – Happy Meeting!

◈-Rent SIDE

“Ms. Lelia… a runaway?”

“Yes… I was too oblivious. I didn’t even realize Lelia was suffering so much… Rent, please, I beg you. Please find Lelia.”

I nodded immediately and said,

“I understand. And High Priestess Maren, you didn’t do anything wrong. It’s my fault for asking you to keep the arranged marriage a secret to surprise her.”

Thinking about it, it was quite possible.

Ms. Lelia, who has had several failed arranged marriages over her 32 years and has accumulated a lot of stress.

There was always a chance that her resentment would explode.

I felt a strong urge to find Ms. Lelia quickly and apologize.

“High Priestess Maren, when did Ms. Lelia run away?”

“Yesterday. After Lelia stormed out of the Great Temple. I heard she went outside of Sol, and I ordered the 13th Knight Division to search for her, but… they couldn’t find her, so I’m asking you for help, Rent.”

The 13th Knight Division was the one Ms. Lelia was in charge of.

Since Ms. Lelia is in charge, it must be a group of highly skilled individuals.

If even they couldn’t find her, it’s clear that Ms. Lelia was really determined to hide.

“I’ll go find her right away. High Priestess Maren, please wait here without worry.”

“Thank you, Rent.”

I thumped my chest towards High Priestess Maren, who bowed her head to me, and said,

“It’s nothing. It’s only natural for me to go find the woman who will be mine.”

And then, I immediately left the Great Temple, stopped by a shop to prepare, and went outside of Sol. I used my telekinesis to fly into the sky, looking around and thinking.

Ms. Lelia ran away just yesterday.

That means she couldn’t have gone too far.

If I had come here in my main body, I would have immediately created a large number of clones to find Ms. Lelia.

But the one here now is a clone.

Even for me, it’s difficult to find Ms. Lelia, whose location I don’t know, in this state.

Then there’s only one way.

I need a new skill to find Ms. Lelia.

I closed my eyes and desperately wished for a skill to find Ms. Lelia.

Wooooooong!

An inspiration came down.

The name of the skill is Mana Search.

It’s a skill that Tikia has had since birth.

This skill, which allows you to sense the mana around you, can also distinguish who someone is by their mana.

And the range of mana detection is proportional to the user’s mana.

In other words.

“Ha!”

When I use it, I can scan the surrounding mana over a wide area.

The range of Mana Search spreads rapidly, centered on me in the sky.

I can feel the living beings with mana around me in my head.

Animals, insects in the ground, plants, and people living in Sol.

I can feel the mana of countless people.

First, I ignored those mana and continued to expand the range.

Expanding, expanding, and expanding, excluding unnecessary mana, and only searching for the mana I was looking for.

The mana of Ms. Lelia, which I had seen several times.

“…Ah, found it.”

I felt Ms. Lelia’s mana.

I immediately flew to where Ms. Lelia was.

Ms. Lelia was at a stream quite far from Sol.

She doesn’t have telekinesis like me, yet she came all the way here alone.

She must have run with tremendous momentum, like my muscle carriage.

Looking closely, Ms. Lelia was crouching near the stream, burying her face in her knees.

She looked incredibly depressed.

I decided to talk slowly and went down.

◈-Lelia SIDE

Ah… I’ve done it.

No matter how emotional I was, High Priestess Maren didn’t do anything wrong.

To throw a tantrum so pathetically and run away.

When I came to my senses, I had already come to this stream.

I’m such an idiot.

Haha… that’s probably why I haven’t had a boyfriend yet.

Should I go back…?

No, but High Priestess Maren must have mobilized her subordinates to find me after I ran away.

Neither my subordinates nor High Priestess Maren would have thought I would have run away this far.

Well, I didn’t even know I was here until I came to my senses! More importantly, where is this?!

How far did I run without thinking!

“Aaaaaaaah…”

I’m so pathetic that my head feels like it’s going to break.

Grumble.

“…”

But the human body gets hungry no matter how depressed you are.

I ran out of Sol around lunchtime, and I hadn’t eaten yet.

And I’ve been running around until this night, so it’s natural to be hungry.

I took out some portable jerky from my inventory and chewed it down.

“…Alright.”

It’s already late at night, and even if I tried to go back now, it’s dark, and I don’t know the way well.

I can use my skills to light up the surroundings, but… honestly, I don’t want to go back right now.

I set up a makeshift tent from my inventory, cut down a nearby tree, and gathered firewood in one place.

Then, I gathered mana and used basic fire magic to start a fire.

Finally, I took out a blanket, wrapped it around myself, and went into the makeshift tent to sleep.

The next morning.

I ate some more jerky for breakfast and couldn’t leave the stream.

The sun has already risen, and if I walk for a while, I’ll find a familiar road and be able to return to Sol.

But even though I think I should go back, my feet just wouldn’t move.

“Aaaaaaaah…”

I know.

I’m sulking right now.

I’m getting angry for no reason.

That’s why my body isn’t moving so childishly.

“That’s why I don’t have a man…”

I said those words to myself, and my heart ached. I crouched down and buried my face in my knees.

“Should I just live alone in peace? Yeah, I’ve worked hard so far. It’s time for me to retire. My subordinates are well-trained, so they’ll do well without me. Yeah, I originally made a manual for when I retire after getting married, but…”

I muttered words like a form of escapism.

I know it myself.

This is just a temporary measure to make myself feel better right now.

I’ve done this every time an arranged marriage fell through.

Muttering to myself, accepting reality, and going back to my normal routine.

This time, I’ll probably just talk to myself a lot and then go back to Sol.

That’s what I was thinking when.

I felt something coming down from the sky, and when I looked up,

“What…?! R-R-Rent!”

Rent was coming down towards me.

W-Why!?

Why is Rent here!?

“Ms. Lelia.”

Rent came down and called me.

“R-Rent… w-why are you here…”

“High Priestess Maren asked me.”

“Ah…”

High Priestess Maren… she contacted Rent on purpose to find me.

Since I’m practically Rent’s woman, it must have been easy to ask.

Ah, thinking about that makes me feel depressed again, and a strange unpleasantness arises.

I’m such an idiot.

I don’t deserve to feel this way.

“I’m sorry for the trouble.”

“It’s nothing. This much is nothing.”

Since it’s a request from High Priestess Maren, who will be his woman, this much trouble is nothing to him.

Ah, really.

Why am I thinking like this?

I shouldn’t be thinking so negatively.

Even if it was a request from High Priestess Maren, Rent came to find me.

…At High Priestess Maren’s request.

“Ms. Lelia, first…”

“I refuse.”

My foolish emotions start to flow out again.

“Huh?”

“I’m not going back.”

My childish emotions make me like a child.

“No matter what you say, Rent, I’m not going back to Sol!”

“Ms. Lelia?”

“I’m tired of arranged marriages! I’m tired of looking for a man! The flower garden of my life has withered and dried up!”

“C-Calm down, Ms. Lelia. I’m not saying you have to go back right now. Let’s talk. Yes, let’s talk.”

“I refuse! You’re so popular, Rent, you wouldn’t understand my feelings!”

I’m such an idiot.

Why am I taking it out on Rent, who did nothing wrong?

Rent, who was flustered by my behavior, reached into the inventory on his waist and took out a bottle of alcohol.

“Alcohol! Yes, let’s talk while drinking! Ms. Lelia, you liked this alcohol, right!”

“Th-That’s…?!”

The alcohol I often drink at the Adventurer’s Guild!?

My mouth watered instantly.

I haven’t been in the mood to drink properly lately because I’ve been depressed.

Maybe it’s because I exploded at High Priestess Maren yesterday.

The alcohol in front of me was so tempting.

“This is the one you like, right, Ms. Lelia? I have a lot in my inventory. Let’s drink here together and cheer up.”

“Rent… sir.”

He must have bought that alcohol on purpose for me.

Come to think of it, I’m often drunk when I meet Rent.

And when I’m drunk, Rent never gets annoyed and always listens to my stories.

He’s really… a really good person.

Normally, people would get annoyed, tired, or just ignore me.

What if Rent was… my man?

Maybe I would quit drinking right away and we would be lovey-dovey?

Rent has a harem, but honestly, if he loved me, I wouldn’t care if he loved other women.

But… that’s impossible.

Those three days.

The fact that nothing happened is proof of that.

Ah, if I drink now, I’ll probably reveal all these inner thoughts.

I’ll probably cry and whine about these vain hopes in an unsightly way.

…I know my limits.

I don’t want to reveal those feelings.

So, no matter how delicious the alcohol looks.

Even if my mouth waters without me realizing it.

I didn’t want to reveal these pathetic feelings to Rent.

“I-I… I refuse…”

Good!

I said it!

I refused properly!

No matter how tempting the alcohol is, it can’t move my heart right now!

Rent took something else out of his inventory.

“I also have snacks.”

“Ugh!?”

That’s the nut snack set that goes perfectly with that alcohol!

H-How, how, how could you use such a, such a cowardly trick…!

I, I, I was wrong about you, Rent!

“Gulp…”

No.

I shouldn’t keep looking at that!

My body, which hasn’t had alcohol and snacks for weeks, is trying to move on its own!

“Ugh!”

Clang!

I took out my sword from my inventory and stabbed it into the ground.

“Ms. Lelia?”

“Rent… you’re using such a despicable trick.”

“Huh? Despicable?”

“I know I’m saying strange things. Yes, I’m being incredibly childish right now. My emotions have exploded after a long time, and I can’t control myself. To be honest, that alcohol and snacks you showed me! I really want to drink them! I want to eat them!

I want to get rid of all this frustration! But I know it clearly now! If I drink that now, I’ll show Rent an even more unsightly side of myself!”

“I don’t mind…”

“I mind! Even though I’m old enough… I’m still a woman. I don’t want to show that side of myself to a man… a man I had even a little hope for.”

“Then let’s go back to Sol together. Even if we don’t drink, let’s have a meal together and talk…”

“I’m too embarrassed to go back after making such a fuss! I can’t face High Priestess Maren!”

“Ummm…”

“So… so, Rent!”

I pulled out the sword I had stabbed into the ground and pointed it at Rent.

“I know it’s an unreasonable and absurd request! But please, have a match with me! I don’t think I can resolve these pathetic feelings unless I move around like crazy!”

When I’m feeling down and can’t drink, it’s better to move my body vigorously.

This is one of the truths I’ve learned from doing various missions.