The Hero Who Returned From Death Quits - Chapter 179



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My mind became dizzy. When I opened my eyes, the feeling of our lips touching was gone, and Grandis was sitting on the sofa with her hand on my chest, lying in a messy position. The only evidence of what had happened was the silver line that must have connected her mouth and mine, now severed.

She raised her upper body, looked at me, smiled in a way that made it impossible to tell what she was thinking, and said:

“…Hmm, I don’t know.”

“You, you, what did you do…”

I was so embarrassed that I stuttered, and she just stared at me with those red eyes.

“Hmm… Well, I just didn’t know what my feelings were for you, so I did it. I thought maybe if I tried it once, I’d figure out something.”

“But why are you doing this all of a sudden…”

I was interrupted mid-sentence. Yes, I even thought that this was Grandis. I couldn’t figure out what she was thinking, and the way she carried out things on her own seemed exactly like her in the past.

“…No, okay. So, did you find the answer?”

Grandis held his chin, thought for a moment, and then said.

“Hmm… no, I’m not sure.”

“what?”

After grabbing someone and kissing them out of the blue, I can’t believe it now. I’m starting to feel a little dizzy.

“They say that a first kiss is supposed to taste incredibly sweet… Well, I’m not sure. It didn’t taste like anything.”

“Of course…”

Then, of course, there was nothing to say, and the question, “What on earth do you want?” immediately rose to the tip of my throat. I wanted to say that right away, but I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut when I heard Grandis’s next words.

“But, well, hmm. I guess it wasn’t too bad. I still can’t give a clear answer to what kind of feelings I have for you, but still… Even if it wasn’t something that tasted particularly special, I felt a lot of things in my own way.”

“…what.”

“For example, your breathing suddenly stopping, your eyes closing, your body tense up, a faint body odor… Even if it wasn’t necessarily something sweet, there were many things I could feel. When I think about it all together… hmm, it wasn’t bad.”

“…Is that so.”

As I watched her tell me about her feelings about the kiss, I inwardly held my forehead.

She smiled at me and said,

“Ah, maybe… it wasn’t my first kiss, so it didn’t taste that good?”

“what… ?”

I cried out in confusion. Did Grandis have a lover? With that personality? No. In all the decades we lived together, Grandis had told me that she had never had a lover in her life. But when I suddenly heard something that I couldn’t understand, I felt even more confused.

“What’s so surprising? In the past, you and… Oh, you didn’t know. In the records, you were sleeping back then.”

“…?”

So, you’re saying that she kissed me while I was sleeping, and Grandis said that after seeing the record? I didn’t know because I was sleeping, but the record shows the scene?

Grandis hesitated for a moment, wondering if I was embarrassed or not, and then said:

“Your reaction is funny. Hmm… But honestly, I still haven’t found the answer to the question I was originally trying to get, which is what kind of feelings I have for you?”

Saying that, she pushed her face toward me again.

“Well… I guess I’ll have to try again. It wasn’t bad, but I still don’t have an answer.”

Before I could answer, her lips touched mine again.

This time, I was confused again. However, since I had already experienced it once, I could feel the appearance a little.

I could feel her body touching my chest, her scent that was like perfume but felt natural, and her tongue intertwining with mine.

After some time had passed, she raised her upper body again. She naturally took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth. Looking at her, I thought that my current appearance was like prey being eaten by her.

She finished kissing me like we were having a meal, then caressed my cheek and said.

“Hmm, I’m still not sure… Well, that’s fine for today… I think there will be another chance later.”

As she spoke, her eyes opened wide as if she was surprised by something.

“…ah.”

Damn, her damned lower body doesn’t seem to know when to act. No, rather, if not in this situation, she doesn’t know what other situations she should be working in. In any case, she felt ashamed that she had found out about her lower body that was out of control.

“Hmm, what is this? Is this something you expected?”

“No, this isn’t something I wanted to happen…”

“Okay. You don’t have to make excuses like that. Whether you did it on purpose or not is not important. For now, no. ‘For now.’”

Hearing those words, my lower body began to react even more violently. Was it just me thinking that it couldn’t be done now? I wanted to hit my lower body that wouldn’t listen, but the feeling of pain had already returned, and I knew that doing so would only result in me being hurt, so I couldn’t bring myself to do that.

“So… later, after I’ve decided on my feelings for you, and if these ambiguous feelings I have are the same as the ones I had in the past, then I’ll allow it.”

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“…So, is this the end of what you were trying to do?”

“Why, do you regret it?”

“…No, I just thought you called me out just to kiss me.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Anyway, revenge on the guy who destroyed my territory is a matter that should be discussed not only with you but also with your colleagues. The reason I called you aside is because the current situation is the same as before, so I wanted to know how I felt back then, and I just wanted to clear my head a little bit. Don’t you think there’s any need to do anything else? What do you think?”

Since he said so, I couldn’t tell him what to do. Grandis laughed and said,

“Still, it wasn’t so bad to play with you like this for a little while. I was able to forget about the hardships for a little while, so yeah. It wasn’t so bad.”

Grandis, who said so, stood up from the sofa and nodded to me.

“Get up. It’s over now.”

I was so dumbfounded that I ended up laughing. She was still playing with me like she was.

“Okay. I should go.”

…

After a few hours, it was only natural that Beatrice and Sein came running in, panting. And then, they frowned.

“…It’s true. It’s true, Grandis is here.”

Beatrice looked at Grandis with surprised eyes and said.

“Yeah, then of course you’ll come for real or fake?”

Grandis said with a smirk.

“Stop talking nonsense. What on earth are you talking about, the Demon King appearing? Speak clearly.”

Sein approached Grandis and spoke.

“Can you move away a little? I don’t want to get my face close to yours.”

“Do you think I’m good? If you keep talking nonsense like that, I’ll cut you down. Even though we’re having this conversation, I still don’t trust you and I don’t like you.”

“Hmm, I don’t like myself either. Okay. Let’s get to the point. Maybe the Emperor over there can explain it to you.”

“…It is said that the territory of Grandis was destroyed in one blow by the being called the Demon King of Arrogance. It seems that the Demon King was not the only one. Perhaps the Demons were not originally creatures that lived in the Middle-earth, but rather beings that lived in their own world, like spirits or angels, and some of them crossed over to the Middle-earth for some reason and settled there, and as time passed… This could be theorized.”

“Hmm, then, the Demon King’s number is…”

“If they are truly beings that oppose the demons, angels, and spirits… then there are probably four. The number would be the same as the archangels of the heavenly realm and the spirit kings of the spirit realm. One of them, the demon king of the middle world, is already dead…”

“Are there three left?”

“Well, even though there are three left, there’s only one person left to worry about, which is in the Middle-earth.”

“How do you know that?”

“If there were multiple Demon Kings, there would be no need to hide and do anything, they could have just destroyed them all. Since there aren’t multiple Demon Kings, they must be plotting something. However, depending on what they are plotting, it’s possible that multiple Demon Kings could actually descend. So, we need to deal with it before that happens. In reality, we didn’t know what the warlocks were plotting, so we just did nothing, and that’s how we ended up in this situation.”

“The Demon King, one more…”

Beatrice grimaced.

No, it wasn’t just Beatrice. Everyone’s faces were hardened.

“So, we have to do something about it.”