CH 52

“Chapter 52: The Morning of the Reunion 2”

30 minutes later, I found Roar and Dike at the front door of the guild.

They were about to get to work, so all their equipment was ready.

– Yo, Takaya! Man, Letty is the best. I asked her to please step on me and she told me to go jump off a bridge.

– Dike, you have to stop. One day you’ll really regret being like that.

Letty might be a guild member, but she’s only loyal to Rudra, Feria, and me. Of course, as long as people are polite to her she’ll be nice. Clearly, that’s not the case with Dike.

First Rudra, now Dike… I don’t understand what’s with Searat and getting stepped on.

– Thank you for inviting us. How’s work?

– Lots of orders. Anyways, where’s Meirir-san?

I couldn’t find the person who I’m looking forward to meeting the most.

Her place is minutes away from the guild. Even if she wasn’t expecting the invitation, it shouldn’t have taken her long to get here.

– She’s over there. (Roar)

– Huh? (Takaya)

– Ah… (Meirir)

Hiding on the shadow of the building was Meirir looking at us from afar.

– Uhh, Meirir-san, how long have you been there?

– Since before the three of you got here.

– You should’ve said something.

– Aaah, right? Yeah, probably. I don’t know. I couldn’t find the time to get in the conversation. Haha… This is awkward…

Meirir was acting pretty distant, but it’s not the first time.

She was acting like this too after I came back from my training.

She talks with Dike, Roar, and Mitta just as usual. In fact, she’s nice to Mike too. But she’s definitely been ignoring Letty and me.

Well, I guess I can see why. I’ve been surrounded by an alarming amount of beautiful women in these past months. Not that I meant to in the first place.

Her behavior isn’t that surprising considering the incident with Letty. Mitta made sure to clear up the misunderstanding, but I guess she still has her own doubts.

I don’t think she hates me though.

– …Takaya.

Roar poked my back with his elbow.

He’s saying “Get this over with already”.

This mood could lead to communication issues. Which, in a dangerous environment, could lead to one of us getting sliced.

– We still have an hour before we leave. How about you two go for a walk?

– Yeah. She’s kind of the light and soul of our party. Besides, you wouldn’t want to adventure like this, right?

– Right.

But how do I even go about this?

It’s just an hour, but it’ll be like a date.

I’m not at a Level where I could ask someone out, let alone be asked out.

I wish I had a better spread of skills.

– DEAR LORD. Hey, Meirir. We forgot to buy something. Go kill some time with Takaya somewhere.

– B-But… What about Letty-chan?

– Forget about that. Takaya invited only US today.

– …

Roar and Dike caught on to my intentions pretty quickly.

I invited them all just to have an excuse to talk to Meirir.

– Takaya… Is that true?

– Uh, of course! We haven’t been able to talk properly lately.

– I see…

I was so embarrassed I could barely look at her, but Meirir’s face brightened up considerably.

– Aw~ Come on! You invited us just for that? You wanted to spend time with us? You little dummy~

– *Cough* Yes, that’s exactly it.

Meirir got close and patted me on the back.

I’m glad she understands some things can’t change in just a few months.

– Well, we got time. We can walk around for a bit! Off we go!

– S-Sure, but you don’t have to pull me.

I might be a bit embarrassed, but at least our relationship is back to normal.