Chapter 181 – Melissa’S Heart
◈-Melissa SIDE
After Rent left, I had a long talk with the three of them.
We talked about our first meetings.
We talked about our first experiences.
And we talked about the happy times we’d had with Rent.
Listening to their stories, I could really feel how much they loved Rent.
When I heard Elsie and Noah’s stories, I thought it was something that only happened in stories.
It was the catalyst that made Noah interested in Rent… and then, under the guise of saving his life, she took Rent’s first time. Hearing that made me a little jealous.
Elsie’s story about her first time involved a bad criminal who was a novice killer.
She was kidnapped and in a life-threatening situation when Rent appeared and saved her…
If you go through something like that, it’s only natural to fall in love.
It would be stranger if you didn’t have any feelings.
And finally, there was Ninya…
Ninya’s story wasn’t very romantic or anything like that.
She just met Rent at the Adventurer’s Guild, and by chance, the courtesan at the first brothel Rent went to was Ninya.
And Ninya was a half-elf, half-succubus, so she had kept her virginity, but when she did it with Rent, she fell for him instantly.
But even though they had met in such a way, her relationship with Elsie and Noah didn’t seem bad at all.
Noah, who is playful but lively.
Elsie, who is so kind that she could be mistaken for a saint.
Ninya, who gives off the feeling of a mature woman.
All three of them are much prettier than me.
And their chests… are much bigger than mine.
I even wondered if all adventurers had such big chests.
Listening to the three of them, I felt like my heart was gradually becoming more at ease.
The three of them were openly enjoying themselves as they told stories about Rent.
At first, I came here prepared to be strangled… but nothing like that happened.
It hasn’t been long since I realized that I liked Rent, but… I could empathize with their feelings of liking Rent… I felt a sense of kinship, and there were parts of their stories that I could relate to.
But there was something I didn’t understand after listening to their stories.
It was about their experiences with Rent.
Like how he was huge, how he came more than 20 times as a matter of course, how they fainted, how it was definitely difficult to insert without the help of aphrodisiacs…
“Wow~ Melissa, you did it with Rent without any of that, right? Was it okay?”
“Ah, yes…”
Honestly, I couldn’t relate.
No, it was definitely, definitely good with Rent… and it was… I haven’t seen anyone else’s, so I don’t know, but it was definitely big…
But still, was it really to the point that they were saying all that? I wondered.
Could it be… that mine was too loose from the beginning? I even felt anxious.
Come to think of it, Rent said he came several times, but when we did it, he kept going for over an hour and only came once at the very end.
Was it so bad when we did it that it took so long…?
Ah, no. I’m going to cry…
“Sniff…”
“Huh?! Me, Melissa? What’s wrong? Oh? Could it be that you remembered how much it hurt because Rent’s was too big?”
When I started crying, Noah panicked and worried about me.
She teased me with a smirk, but seeing this side of her, Noah is definitely a good person, just like Rent said.
“Ah, no, it’s not that…”
The reason I was crying.
It was too embarrassing and I didn’t want to reveal it right now, so I tried to change the subject.
“W, well, it’s my turn next… It’s my turn to say why I like Rent.”
“Y, yes, that’s right! Why did you come to like Rent, Melissa?”
Elsie matched my pace and responded to the change of subject.
Elsie is so kind.
I was really grateful for her kindness.
She was the first to bring up the topic of having a dirty talk, but… that was probably Elsie’s way of trying to get closer to me.
“Honestly… I don’t really know either.”
“You don’t know?”
“Actually… it hasn’t been long since I realized that I like Rent…”
Ninya asked with a very interested expression.
“Hee, I see. Then tell us how you realized it.”
Elsie, Noah, and Ninya had all told me why they came to like Rent.
I couldn’t refuse here… and I felt that this was a path I had to go through if I wanted to become Rent’s lover.
“Well… I didn’t really think I liked him at first. I thought my type was someone a little more slender…”
“Really? Then what about a man like Rent, who is big and muscular?”
“I thought he was a little gross… That’s why I even gave him the nickname ‘muscle pig’.”
“Ah, so it was Melissa who gave him the nickname ‘muscle pig’.”
“Ugh, yes…”
“…Melissa. Rent is not a muscle pig. Rent is a wonderful hero-like man!”
Elsie came close to my face and looked at me with eyes full of strong will.
From what Elsie said, Rent is definitely no different from a hero.
It’s no wonder Elsie would say that.
“Y, yes… I also think Rent’s body is good now…”
Actually, when I did it with Rent, his sturdy body gradually… became exciting… no, I felt it was attractive.
It was like… he was reliable, like he could embrace and accept everything about me… it made me feel safe.
“So when did you realize you liked Rent?”
I continued to speak at Noah’s question.
“Before Rent left for Peldan, he told the adults in the village and us that he was going to the city of adventurers. At that time, I was like, ‘Hmm~ I see. Well, he’s big and strong, so he’d be good at being an adventurer.’ That’s all I thought.
I think… I just didn’t really feel it. I also thought that he would come back soon even if he left…
I was fine the next day. I just thought, ‘Oh, Rent left.’ But on the second day, I felt like something was missing because Rent wasn’t in the village.”
Noah’s eyes sparkled as she spoke.
“Ooh, and then, and then?”
“After that, the emptiness kept growing every day, and I often thought about what Rent was doing in the city. After lunch, I even went into the forest where Rent used to go alone…”
“Hee~ So you followed the footsteps of the man you came to like?”
Hearing Ninya directly talk about my actions made my heart ache.
“Ugh… yes. As I walked through the forest, I thought, ‘So Rent used to play in places like this~’ But it only satisfied my curiosity for a moment, and then I kept thinking about what Rent was doing…
I didn’t even know why I was doing this. But yesterday, when I heard from Dave that Rent had returned… my heart was pounding and I was so happy…”
Elsie asked with sparkling eyes.
“D, did you realize you liked Rent at that time?”
“…Yes. After that, I met Rent again when he went to buy bread… Honestly, I was so nervous that I called him a muscle pig again. I was happy inside that he had returned, but I didn’t want him to see how excited I was…
After that, well… at lunch, I found out that you were all Rent’s companions… and that you were all beautiful women… and I thought, ‘Ah, I have no chance at all.’
I could tell that you were all beautiful and that you all liked Rent. Rent was going to leave for Peldan again… and I thought that if he kept staying with you, it would be impossible for me…
So I thought I should at least confess to Rent…”
Noah clapped her hands and said.
“Aha, so that’s why you talked to Rent next to him at that time.”
“Ah, did you know?”
“Yeah. We were talking, but Rent had run out of things to say, so he was just sitting there quietly. That Rent looked kind of cute, so I was watching him.
Ah, and to tell you the truth, from the moment Melissa talked to Rent, I predicted that Melissa would become Rent’s lover along with us.”
“F, from that time?!”
“Well~.”
Noah pointed at Ninya with the index fingers of both hands.
“There’s a precedent.”
“Hehe♪”
“So what happened after that! What happened after that!”
“Well… after that, I went home alone and regretted my actions so much. What’s the point of saying it now? It’s obvious that I’ll be rejected. No matter how much I want to tell him how I feel, think about what you’ve done so far. You idiot! That’s how I felt.
But I still came to the conclusion that I wanted to tell him… so I met Rent in the forest… and I completely went berserk.”
“Berserk?”
“…Yes. While walking into the forest after meeting Rent, I thought, ‘Okay, since it’s come to this, let’s at least make a memory.’ But I don’t want to end it with just one time. Come to think of it, I heard that adventurers have strong sexual desires and often go to brothels.
I wondered if Rent had gone too? Did he go? And then I heard that Rent had gone to a brothel, and I immediately… asked him to buy me…”
“Wow~ That’s bold~♪”
“Did you get paid?”
“Ah, I didn’t get paid! Honestly, I was planning to use the fact that money was exchanged as an excuse to have him use me again next time…”
“Y, you had a lot of thoughts in a short amount of time…”
I felt bad at Elsie’s reaction, which I couldn’t tell if it was admiration or shock.
My heart ached… and it felt like my heart was going to go berserk again.
“T, to be honest, I think it’s weird too! No matter how much I like him, I didn’t think I would be the type of heavy woman who would cling to a man like that, or even try to force myself into his memory!
In the first place, I even wonder why I like Rent so much. We barely had any contact when we were kids, and Rent was the type of kid who would just go into the forest alone, even if he didn’t have to help his father cut down trees in the forest!
He didn’t play well with the other boys, and at first, the boys thought Rent was weird too. I also thought he was a weird kid.
When Dave told Rent, who was trying to go into the forest, to play with him, I thought he would refuse, but I was really surprised when he immediately agreed. I thought he would refuse.
Honestly, even if he played, I thought he would be left out or something! But when he played with the boys, he really had fun!
I thought he would only make blank expressions, but it was surprising to see him playing with a big smile! I even went outside to see Rent’s face every time he played with the boys!
I just watched him most of the time and didn’t talk to him that much! So why do I like Rent so much…”
“U, um, Melissa.”
“Ah, yes, Elsie. I’m sorry. I talked too much, didn’t I? I was like this when I talked to Rent too. When I get excited or nervous, I talk too much…”
“It’s okay. Thanks to you, I was able to see what Rent was like when he was young from your point of view. More than that… this is just my opinion, but from what you’ve said, I think you’ve liked Rent since you were little.”
“Huh?”
For a moment, I didn’t understand what Elsie was saying.
That I liked Rent since I was little?
No, I must have liked him, that’s why I felt so empty after Rent left, but… the time I was just talking about was when I was really little, like when I was about eight years old.
That I liked Rent since then?
“Isn’t it possible that Melissa liked Rent from the moment she saw him smiling and having fun while playing with his other male friends…?”
“B, but that wasn’t because I liked him, it was just because it was unexpected.”
“But isn’t it strange that you kept going outside to see Rent’s face every time he played with his male friends just because it was unexpected? And that you watched him until the end of the game?”
“Huh? Huh?”
Elsie was right.
Now that I think about it, it was strange that I kept watching Rent play with the boys so many times just because it was unexpected.
Come to think of it, on the days I saw Rent playing… I felt strangely excited.
If it was because I was excited and happy to see Rent having fun…
“Isn’t it possible that Melissa… fell in love with Rent when she saw him smiling and having fun?”
“Huh…? Huh? Really? I’ve liked Rent since I was that little…? Huh?”
Whoooosh!
My face became as hot as if it was on fire.
“Ninya, this…”
“Yeah, it’s the pattern of liking Rent without realizing it at all.”
“…Cute♪”
“I agree♪”
“A, aaaaaaa…”
I squatted down, grabbed my hair, and covered my face with both hands.
Embarrassing, embarrassing, embarrassing, embarrassing, embarrassing!
I was so embarrassed by my own insensitivity that I hadn’t noticed until Elsie pointed it out.
“Yeah, after hearing your story, I like Melissa a lot! Let’s be friends!”
“Me too~! I think I can really get along with Melissa!”
“Melissa, it’s okay. You don’t have to be embarrassed about liking someone. And I… I was a little sad at first, but I’m really happy to have gotten to know you like this.”
Noah, Ninya, and Elsie all seemed to like me after hearing my embarrassing story.
“…Yes, thank… you.”
But… I hated myself more than ever right now.
How could I not have known until now!
I was so embarrassed that I wanted to crawl into a hole.
