“You two…really have the nerve to criticize me!”
Faced with the accusations from her two “good sisters” at her side, Alice’s mouth twitched on the spot, her childish and delicate doll-like face contorted with anger.
She slapped the table in annoyance and shouted,
“We agreed to talk tough together, to lower our favorability together, didn’t we? So why didn’t either of you say a word when we started? I was waiting for you both to speak, but you just stayed silent the whole time…huff…huff…You forced me to go first!”
The more she spoke, the angrier she became.
The dainty, golden-haired loli, as exquisite as a porcelain doll, puffed up like a pufferfish.
“And you especially, Sylvia! Why do you talk so slowly, like you’re spitting out each word one by one? People might think you’re wearing a gag instead of an eye patch! Are you just keeping quiet so Keti won’t hate you? Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to!”
“Mm…whatever…”
The green-haired Elf didn’t seem to care much about Alice’s accusations, her long lashes fluttering shut as she immediately slipped into a meditative state.
Facing Sylvia’s blatant apathy, Alice was about to jump out of her seat in frustration.
After a moment, she could only turn her fire to the tall Nun, Layla, whose ample, snowy-white chest stood at eye level with Alice.
Filled with resentment, Alice complained,
“And you! Stop pretending to be the gentle, intellectual big sister—you’re just doing it for Keti’s sake! You…you shameless, busty woman, you’re just trying to raise your favorability! Leaving me to play the villain all by myself, huh? Ugh—!”
“Mmm…Ara ara~”
Layla didn’t get angry at Alice’s outburst.
Instead, she gave a playful smile, deliberately pushing out her chest and feigning innocence as she said,
“What are you talking about, Alice-chan? Aren’t we all companions? I really don’t have any ulterior motives toward Keti-kun~ Besides, you were the one who suggested kicking Keti out of the party, right? Since it was your idea, it makes sense for you to say the harsh things. Even I didn’t expect…you’d go that far. Was it really necessary?”
“Uh…that…that was…”
After hearing Layla’s words, a faint blush crept over Alice’s face.
She started to think maybe Layla had a point—had she been overthinking it?
After a while, Alice shook her head and slowly explained,
“I…I was only worried about Keti’s safety, that’s all! I heard that Final Boss is really powerful, and Keti already got hurt a lot following us around. That’s why I wanted to protect him…Otherwise, you two wouldn’t have agreed to help me act, right?”
“But that idiot is so stubborn—if I told him directly, he’d never agree to leave the party! I know him too well, so…Anyway, that guy will forgive me, no matter what I do, because he’s always been like that since we were kids. I… I’m someone he can never leave, hmph…”
Alice turned her head away slowly.
Layla watched this scene, lost in thought, and after a moment, a strange smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
Tilting her head, she said,
“Maybe, Alice-chan, you’re the one who can’t leave Keti? After all, Keti-kun just left the party without even looking back. Maybe he…”
“Grr…Who—who can’t leave him! Huff…stop talking! Just thinking about him now makes me angry!”
Alice pouted, clearly flustered by the jab at her feelings.
She crossed her arms over her flat chest and shouted,
“I only wanted him to stay behind at the Stronghold for a few days to watch the place, but he actually offered to quit the party himself! I was…so angry, and he didn’t even try to comfort me…That guy, that guy…Who—who can’t leave him!”
“I-I-I…I don’t even like him! We’re just childhood friends, that’s all! If it weren’t for all these years of knowing him, I’d have kicked that freeloader out ages ago!”
After stubbornly denying her feelings, Alice soon realized there might be risks, so she glared at the other two and fiercely added,
“Hmph! Keti better really leave the party for good! He’d better not come crawling back crying in a few days! Grr…Let me make this clear! Layla, Sylvia, you two—neither of you is allowed to go see him in secret these next few days! That guy can’t live without us, he’ll definitely come sneaking back on his own soon, just ignore him!”
Facing the captain’s order, the purple-haired Nun and the green-haired Elf both pondered for a moment.
A moment later, the two girls just nodded blandly.
Then, Layla yawned, walked toward the door, and said as she went,
“Alright, but in that case, let’s postpone the plan to take on Ancient Behemoth Augujadel for a few days. Anyway, those low-level Adventurers won’t be able to beat it. With one less person, I’ll need to make more preparations.”
“……”
After that, Sylvia also left the room in silence.
Watching her two companions leave, Alice sighed, then turned to the window to gaze at the moon alone.
*Sigh*, how frustrating…
Layla and Sylvia are both great companions on our adventure, and we get along well, but…there are some things I really can’t tell them…
As for Keti, that guy…he’s as dense as a log.
I…definitely, definitely can’t tell him the truth, either.
OFF……
Thinking back to what just happened, Alice couldn’t help but sigh again.
It really was a risky move.
Honestly, when Keti said he wanted to quit the party, Alice was so shocked she could barely speak.
She really hadn’t expected that the Keti who always tolerated her would one day be so decisive about cutting ties…
Alice panicked in that moment, not knowing what to do next.
She even wanted to swallow back everything she’d just said, but that would have been too embarrassing…
If she showed weakness to Keti, he’d stop cherishing her—she had to keep him under control at all times to keep him in the palm of her hand.
Luckily…at that moment, she asked Keti if he still remembered their Promise, and Keti said…he did!
Ehehehe, that was the Promise they made when they were five years old, hiding from the Imperial Guard and watching the stars together on a cliff.
When they grew up, Keti would propose to her~
Ehehehe…
Thinking of this, Alice’s face flushed with shyness.
Since he said that, it must mean he’s just throwing a little tantrum this time, just playing around—there’s nothing to worry about.
19……
The party has to break up!
Four people together…
Isn’t that way too crowded?
If you wanted him to stay back then just say so
Right??
This girls are so stupid trash I hope they die I especially don’t like Alice how is showing weakness to him will make him not cherish you? Mc and the girls are trash so much force shit,and how did the girl act in such a way mc thought thy hated him they didn’t show him any comfort during the years they were together the girls are bitches and mc is a loser when it comes to persanality.
You’re too noisy, just enjoy the story, it’s only been a few chapters.
This is such a stupid scenario