Chapter 3 – The Way Back

Starchis shouted.

“Luss!”

“I know!!”

-Bang!

Luss raised her shield and blocked the giant’s club. Then Starchis, the man she loved, jumped out from behind the shield and stabbed the giant in the wrist with a tonfa.

The attack was sharp and heavy.

“Ooh!!”

The giant dropped his club.

“Luss!”

“I will!”

She hurriedly blocked the giant’s hand with her shield.

Meanwhile, Starchis grabbed the club first and threw it away. She was happy with this sum. She and Starchis understoond each other’s intentions without words.

“Lily Noona! Snow!”

“Okay! Starchis!”

'He has to order like that with Lily… But it's not the case for me. I-I feel a little superior with that.'

Starchis was a martial artist, and Luss was a knight, who always stood together in front.

As a result, She and he were the ones who fight side by side a lot, and because of that, Luss began to think that they shared a deeper bond than other party members.

She had known Starchis the longest.

A bright flash exploded in front of the giant’s eyes.

On impact, the giant grabbed his eyes and yelped in panic, and hits his back on a step backward.

When Luss made eye contact with Starchis, he went to the giant's left leg and she to its right leg and they both walked over to its feet.

The giant lies down on his back.

“Let's complete it!”

Starchis shouted.

Saintess Vienna cast [ The spell of judgment].

Wizard Lily cast a [ Binding ] spell.

Starchis and Luss used their attack skills to beat up the giant.

The giant resisted, but when Starchis struck him hard on the head, his strength was exhausted.

Still, he didn’t stop and continued to hit the giant.

Eventually, the giant's heart stopped.

Starchis nevertheless struck the dead giant’s head a few more times to make sure.

The goal was achieved, and the two-day hunt was also over. Now all that remained was to return home.

'After this… I can go on a date with Chis.'

Luss thought to herself with a happy face.

Starchis sighed as he ran his hand through his sweaty hair.

Seeing him like this, Luss's heart was beating very fast. She was not able to understand the situation.

'Is it because I'm relaxed now?' A few careless feelings for him bloomed in her.

'His lips seemed to be drying up. If I licked them with my tongue.'

When she turned her eyes, Saintess Vienna was staring at her coldly. It was as if she had been caught again.

'No, but this can’t be helped.'

Anyway, the giant hunt was over.

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On the way back, everyone was resting for a while. Lily was drinking water from a water bottle, and Luss was getting some air.

As Starchis looked around, he saw Vienna creeping towards him.

He rolled his eyes and pricked up his ears. 

At that Vienna asked.

“…Starchis. Are you hurt?”

Starchis was wiping his sweat off his clothes.

He smiled at her words and playfully showed off his biceps.

“I’m perfectly healthy. It’s thanks to Vienna. Healing timing was very good today.”

Vienna’s ears turned red and her hands trembled slightly.

Starchis, who was a little dense, didn’t seem to know, but Vienna looked happy as if she was about to fly. She kept chattering at Starchis.

'I wish she could just fall.' Seeing her like this Luss thought to herself.

“Well. This much was easy. I can still work harder... Why doesn’t our party quickly raise its ranks? You, the leader, have to decide.”

For Luss, Vienna was a fox; A fox who can’t be honest. To interpret the fox line just now, 'I can still work harder'. It could be interpreted as “I hope that the party leader, Starchis, will succeed by bringing a slightly more difficult request and raising the party rank.”

“Haha. I’m thinking about it. First of all, safety is more important, but if you’re sure, let’s try.”

“I’m just worried about Starchis.”

As Vienna said that Luss translated it as, “Her thinking about Starchis' safety is cute”.

The conversation was short, but it was hard for Luss to watch even this level of foxy behavior.

Pretending she didn't understand Luss' such concerns, Vienna continued:

“Hey, Starchis....  That… That… .”

“What?”

“That… That wish ticket! Can that be extended?”

'This fox… I know what she is thinking about.' 

Thinking that Luss's expression naturally frowned. 

'Secretly trying to get a good promise alone…'

She got up and went towards them. 

“Chis, I’m curious too.”

Luss called him with a little charm. She had been calling him Chis for a long time, but he did not know that it still takes lots of courage to call him Chis.

Seeing Luss, Vienna sighed.

 “Ah.”

Starchis scratched his head and said.

“Um… I’d like the money to be under 10 silver? On buying you a meal or whatever.”

“Hey! I don’t need money?!”

“Yeah Chis. We can work out the money together. We didn’t ask that.”

“Uh… Yeah? Then what and to what level are you asking?”

-Gulp

'…How far is your body allowed?'

Saliva filled up to the tip of Luss' throat, but she managed to swallow it all. No. Because this was against the treaty. If she got greedy for nothing, she could break the peace treaty and lose him.

Of course, there was a chance he might accept her proposal, but this gamble was a gamble that she was more afraid of losing than winning.

However, these days, there were many times when she thought she wanted to have a little more skinship.

'Was it because I saw Lily hugging him yesterday?'

Even if she thought about yesterday, she had recently been fighting the temptations of sudden acceleration.

'Is it because I have a bit too much s*x drive?'

Luss swallowed a couple more dry saliva and said.

“I was asking what you wanna do.”

“That… Yes! There are so many things I want to do!”

“Ah..”

Starchis looks at the sky with blank eyes. 

'Is he worried?'

Then he sighed with a dry face.

“By the way, don’t we see each other every day anyway? How can we spend more time?”

His tone was slightly different. It seems that the fatigue of catching the giant was now rushing in.

Saintess Vienna said.

“Will you hang out with me all night long, for my wish ticket?”

'That’s it. I already knew' 

Luss said to herself and nodded her head inwardly.

“You mean until the next morning?”

“That… Yes! Isn’t that obvious?”

“When will you sleep?”

“It is okay if I don’t sleep.”

“I’m not okay…”

Vienna rolled her eyes and said.

“I'll sleep later the next day. There are things we can only do at dawn… So let’s do this.”

“Anyway, don’t you have to pray at night?”

He doubts.

“You just need to wait a moment!”

“…Do we have to go that far?”

“Hey, they say it’s a wish ticket!”

Annoyance crept over Vienna’s face.

Luss knew that was bullshit too

Vienna isn’t such an annoyed person.

It was easy to forget when one looked at her, but she was a saintess who was benevolent and a symbol of goodness.

But when asked why she pretends to be angry, she did not answer. So Starchis didn't know about her true color.

In the end, she’s just pretending to be annoyed in order to manipulate Starchis the way she wants.

She was abominable, but Luss also did the same to herself. Otherwise, she will only be pushed…

'If I don’t make progress, Starchis will not pay any attention to me because he’s trying to make this fox feel better.'

Luss thought to herself.

Even if they were a little sorry, they had to show off their temper to go on dates often and listen to sweet words of comfort.

'…Just like yesterday. Well, I was really pissed off yesterday.'

Luss knew Vienna’s foxy behavior, but she was silent.

“Vienna, ok, ok. Don’t pout.”

“…Then you’re going to hang out with me all night?”

“Ha... Yes, let’s do that.”

“Chis, is that the same wish ticket for me too?”

Starchis’ eyes as he listened to Luss's words and looked at her, were full of fatigue. She didn’t know if it was the fatigue from catching the giant or the fatigue caused by Vienna and her, but she didn’t care.

If she cared about anything else and used the wish ticket differently, Vienna will meet all night, but she will not.

This was unavoidable for her.

“…Of course, Luss.”

A smile bloomed on Vienna’s and Luss's faces.

“What’s the order of meetings this week?”

Lily interjects in a harsh voice.

She didn’t feel very good.

She seemed reluctant to see them together all night.

'You are greedy… Are you jealous of holding Starchis tight and meeting him all night?'

Luss thought to herself.

She was fantasizing about what she would say if asked what she would do: hug him tight or see him all night, she always choose to hug him tight. 

'Why are you so greedy after doing something that better?'

She asked in her mind while looking at Lily.

Starchis was startedled by Lily’s words.

“Ha... No, we haven’t even planned what to do? Who decides when to meet and in what order? Who wants to meet without a plan?”

“You can meet and decide on a plan, fool!”

“Oh, Starchis, don’t you want to hang out with your Noona?”

'…Why are you so freaked out Starchis? You don’t want to play with me? Rather, since we can meet without an excuse, shouldn’t you like it?'

Thought like that ran through Luss's mind and in the end, she asked.

“…Chis, don’t you like it?”

Then Starchis looked at their faces alternately and then slumped down in his seat.

“No. It's not like that...”

'Hehe. Starches too. Do you lose right away when I tell you? You couldn’t bear to say no to what I said at the end, right?'

Luss was happy at Starchis' reply.

“Fuhuhu, okay Starchis. Are you taking a little break? I’ll decide how to meet you and let you know. Oh, and there are no other appointments this week, right?”

Stachis was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

It was hard to hold back the smile that seemed to catch on Luss's face.

There were 5 days they could share Starchis this week.

“Okay, so are you waiting?”

Lily nodded her head and led them in a different direction.

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The first day of the five days was the most avoided. Whether it was muscle pain from the previous day or recovery from a wound, sometimes what they could do may be limited.

The last day was also avoided. Because the next day, they had to go to the dungeon, so they had to relax a little and hang out.

That's why they decided on a new plan.

“This time, it’s divided into two days for me, two days for Luss, and one day for Lily, right?”

Vienna said, crossing her arms.

“Why? Am I a fool?”

Lily asked as if she really didn’t know.

“Because we’re going to use the wish ticket, Lily ssi. Since we’re going to hang out all night, of course, we should get him the next day as well.”

“You can hang out all night and return the Starchis in the morning.”

“Hey, you stupid wizard. Give you back! Is Starchis yours?”

“Yes, Lily ssi. You are talking strangely?”

Luss started to get a fever at Lily’s shameless behavior. 

At that Lily glanced at Luss and said.

“I always feel that Luss behaves so differently in front of and behind Starchis.”

“What are you talking about?”

Luss was not forcing herself to do this. This was her original look. But a smile naturally leaks out in front of Stachis.

Lily shrugged her shoulders.

“Anyway, Lily. Don’t be greedy. Do you think we forgot that you hugged Starchis yesterday morning?”

“Ah…”

Lily’s expression softened and her body trembled. She seemed to recall that moment.

Even if Lily was a bit stupid, now she looked like a pervert.

“…I sure liked it. He was completely mine back then…”

“Lily ssi.”

When Luss saw her, her head was spinning. She doesn’t even want to hear anything about it. 

'Who do you dare to have dirty fantasies about?'

Luss thought to herself while looking at Vienna.

“How cute was that…? When I blow on him, he keeps sniffing and coming closer to me, probably because he liked the mint scent coming out of my mouth…”

“Lily ssi?”

“How nice was the smell coming from his arms? I also liked the hugs we shared for a really long time. It’s not like we just hugged once, we hugged each other like real lovers for a long time-“

“Lily ssi!!”

A much colder voice than expected came out of Luss' throat. Even Lily was startled.

Lily seemed to realize now that she had muttered in daze.

“For the treaty to last long, we have to make concessions, right? Shall we break the Starchis treaty and see who seduces him?”

Of course, Luss had no intention of breaking the treaty. She can’t stand it because she was scared.

To think Starchis whispers love to one of these two, not her…

For example, Starchis hugs Lily and puts her in his arms.

She imaged her Chis saying ‘I love you, Lily. I only want you as my noona.’ Or holding Vienna's cheeks and kissing her, shy enough to turn her face red.

'What!!'

The ground around her vibrated. Birds flew away too.

Lily looked around her and said.

“Hmm! Hmm! I’ve been playing around. Luss, calm down. I’ll only have one day this week. There’s no need to break the pact.”

As if Lily knew it would be troublesome, she finally took a step back.

Luss didn’t radiate energy to show her determination, but she was energized by imagining Starchis making love with Lily or Vienna… Well, everything went well because it was all her imagination.

“That… Yes. Calm down, Luss. Why break the pact. And Lily. Since you were joking around, you meet on the first day.”

“That..!”

“…Lily ssi?”

“…I see.”

Then Starchis came running.

“What’s going on?”

Maybe it was because of the aura he radiated. They were all amazed together.

“No, Chis! Nothing happened! Wait a minute!”

Luss hurriedly stopped him so that their ugly fight goes undetected.

And she went up to Vienna and whispered.

“Vienna, the important thing is that all the problems have been solved, so shall we decide with rock-paper-scissors..?”

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As expected, the person who said to play rock-paper-scissors loses.

Finally.

-1st First day Lily

-2nd and 3rd day Vienna.

-On the 4th and 5th day, it was decided that Luss would meet Starchis.

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