CH 136.4

Side Story - “The time has come to settle the bill for the luck of love carried over from a previous life, part 3”

Translated by Dawn

Edited by Dawn

Side Story – “The time has come to settle the bill for the luck of love carried over from a previous life, part 3”

~ Nagartinya’s POV ~

After warning the demons, I wanted to go to Rolando-kyun immediately, but in order to keep my promise to him, I decided to push aside my desire to see him and go sightseeing in this world for the first time in a long time.

More than 400 years have passed since I was born into this world, and I had spent more than 250 years of that time in the dungeons in Orargrand, so I could experience the real Urashima Taro state of having a new town built, or conversely, having a town that should have been there but was no longer there.

At first, I used my far-sighting ability to move to a nearby town to see the scenery of a present-day town, and then I moved there.

“Mhm, it’s nighttime now, so there’s no one here.”

It was the time of the night and the darkness had fallen, and the only places open at this hour were inns, bars, and brothels. Brothels…No, I have Rolando-kyun. Patience, Nagartinya!

I mean, the brothel had female prostitutes, but there wasn’t any male one…”

If I looked for them, I would find them, but I wasn’t that hungry, so I decided to stay at the inn quietly for the day.

“Welcome. How is it that someone like you comes here at this time of night, young lady? Are you staying for the night?”

“Yes, just for the night for now.”

“Understood.”

At the reception desk of the inn was a woman with bewitching, voluptuous breasts named Misana. Damn it, if I hadn’t become immortal, I might have grown half as big, if not that big. I’m serious you know?

According to Misana, this town was called Laresta, and it was an ordinary town with no special characteristics. She gave me a key and I went to bed for the night.

The next day, I woke up in the morning, had breakfast, and headed out to the town, which was not so big compared to Orargrand, but it was just like a fantasy town with medieval European-style architecture.

Nothing had changed in these areas in the past 250 years. I didn’t know whether to bemoan the fact that civilization had not developed or be relieved that nothing had changed.

I wandered around the city at random, looking at the streets, and before I knew it, I had arrived at the Adventurers’ Guild.

I had nothing special to do, but remember the old days, I entered the guild to check things out and found it crowded with adventurers.

I didn’t want to be among that crowd of adventurers, so I decided to just walk out and do nothing.

Next, I went around the marketplace and the plaza, and my impression was that it was just the same as usual. Nothing unusual, nothing different from the streets of the past. Perhaps it was just the lack of such things in this town, but even so, I would have liked something a little more intriguing.

“I wish I could meet Rolando-kyun…”

I was already feeling a little uncomfortable about the lack of Rolando-kyun in my life, but being an adult woman, I couldn’t say anything childish like that. Don’t underestimate the age of a four-hundred-year-old!

Then, after seeing the city of Laresta one day, I left for the next city the next day. I had no particular destination in mind, but it might be a good idea to go to the neighboring country for a big change of location.

“Good, then I must act immediately!”

In order to fulfill my promise to my beloved Rolando-kyun, I took that first step. When I met Rolando-kyun again, I was surprised to find that the environment surrounding him had changed, but that was another story.

~ ???’s POV ~

“Haaa.”

I let out a sigh, which I had not heard for the umpteenth time, and I drifted off to think about him again today. His dignified profile made my heart beat loudly.

The first time I met him was when he and my father were having an audience at the audience hall.

With a single-minded desire to see firsthand what kind of person this adventurer who had defeated the demon race was, I sneaked into the audience chamber so that no one would find me.

I looked into his face from behind a pillar, and there was the prince. He had sparkling golden hair and green eyes, and the way he spoke so openly to Father and the other nobles, without being intimidated, was exactly that of a hero who had saved a country.

I was struck by lightning at the sight of his majestic appearance. I guess this was what they call love at first sight.

After that, just thinking about him caused my cheeks to turn red and I began to suffer from a choking feeling in my chest. However, it was not a strange and unpleasant feeling.

“Rolando-sama…”

One might think I was crazy to fall in love with a gentleman I had never even spoken to, but that was how radiant he seemed to me.

I had not told my father about this, nor the other maids who were taking care of me, nor anyone else. My position and his position as an adventurer were too different.

“At least…just once. I’d like to talk to him just once.”

I couldn’t help but mutter this, even though I understood that there was no one there to hear such an earnest wish.

Then suddenly there was a knock at the door and the most respected person in the country, my father, entered.

“I’m sorry to have come so suddenly, Tiara. There is someone I would like you to meet.”

“Has my fiancée been chosen?”

Father’s words made my heart tighten. I had someone in my heart, Rolando-sama. I did not want to marry someone else with such feelings in my heart.

“No, I would marry you off if I could, but I can see that you would probably refuse. But that man is my friend, and I know that there will come a time in the future when I will need that boy’s help. That is why I want him to meet you, my daughter.”

“I understand. And what is his name?”

If Father was the one who called them friends, I would have no reason to refuse, but it would be rude to meet with someone whose name I did not know, so I asked Father what their name was, and an unexpected name came back.

“You may have heard of him already, he’s the hero who did so much for Orargrand in the recent attack on the demon race, Rolando.”

“!?”

The moment I heard those words from my father’s mouth, my body became hot and I found myself fainting.

Did God hear my wish? I had a chance to talk with him. My name is Tiara, and I am the first princess of the Kingdom of Schells.