The Hero Who Returned From Death Quits - Chapter 187



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I felt her tongue entangled with mine again. I could smell her scent. Even though it wasn’t the first time I had kissed her, and if I were to count the number of times I had kissed her before I returned, I couldn’t help but feel helpless when she kissed me like this.

It was like a frog in front of a snake. I barely managed to open my mouth and try to tell her what she was doing.

And the moment I was about to do so, I saw Lena looking at me and Grandis with cold eyes.

I felt like my head was going blank. I didn’t even know what to say. Actually, when I thought about it carefully, I didn’t really do anything wrong, but when I saw that look in her eyes, all I could think about was making up my mind to make an excuse.

“Uh, no, uh, uh, I didn’t do this on purpose…”

“what are you doing?”

A cold voice. I desperately tried to make excuses to her.

“No, really, what I did was…”

“Not you.”

After saying that, Lena walked briskly to Grandis and then spoke.

“You. What are you doing?”

Grandis straightened her back as if she was confident and then walked closer to Lena. Since Grandis was taller, she inevitably looked down at Lena.

“What were you doing? We were kissing. You saw it.”

Lena frowned and said.

“So, why are you kissing Ainzel?”

“Hmm… Why? It’s just that you seemed to be worried because of the news you brought, so I wanted to ease your worries a little. I… also received a little ‘help’ from that guy.”

“Ha, you…”

“Why, do you feel bad that you only made things difficult for Ainzel without even thinking about relieving his worries?”

Lena glared at Grandis with a completely murderous look in her eyes. Grandis looked up and smirked.

“Hmm… Well, okay. Enough teasing, I guess I should go first.”

“west.”

Lena said this to Grandis, who was trying to leave first.

“Hmm? Why, is there anything else you want to talk about?”

“You keep getting angry… Hah, shit. Are you doing this because you really want to fight?”

“Why, are you annoyed because I only say the right things? Unfortunately, that doesn’t change the fact that you only received help from Ainzel and gave him a hard time. Oh, and by the way, I heard that Ainzel left the empire for a while. Isn’t that right?”

The moment she brought that up, Lena seemed to have completely lost her mind.

When I came to, Grandis’ head was turned and Lena was raising her arm. Lena had slapped Grandis on the cheek.

“Hmm-”

Grandis began to open her eyes sharply.

“You really want to fight? Well… it’s not that bad. I don’t want to avoid it either.”

After saying that, she added with a smile.

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“And, as much as you hate and tolerate me… I hate you too. Do you think you’re the only one who wants to kill me? There’s only one reason I came here. Ainzel. I don’t care about you, okay?”

Grandis bent down and rested her chin on Lena’s shoulder.

“So- let’s fight just once. Since you wanted it first, you know. I’m already so annoyed that I can’t stand it, so isn’t this a good thing?”

I felt my senses go off the alarm at those words. The two were already so strong that no one was superior to them except the Demon King. However, if the two started to clash, it was obvious that the entire area would be turned into a wasteland. Even in the capital, the center of the empire.

I tried to separate the two and then said.

“Stop, stop. No matter how angry you are, this is too much. If you two fight, this whole area will be destroyed. My head is already in a mess, and you guys are…”

At that moment, I saw tears falling from Lena’s eyes.

Lena hesitated for a moment, took a step back, and then started running somewhere.

I stared at the sight for a moment in bewilderment, then sent a signal to Grandis with my eyes and started to follow her.

“Ha, now I’m playing the role of the ill-fated princess… You’ve done all sorts of things.”

I tried hard to ignore the words she quietly muttered.

I chased after her and arrived at her bedroom. I knocked on her door.

“…Sorry, don’t come in.”

I heard her voice. I spoke to her.

“No, but at least we have to face each other. Of course, Grandis was a bit harsh…”

“That’s not why.”

“Then what? Let’s open the door and come out and talk, okay?”

I heard the door open, and Lena’s face appeared before my eyes, her eyes reddened.

“Is that because I did that with Grandis? It wasn’t intentional. I didn’t mean to do that…”

“That’s not it, that’s not it.”

After saying that, tears flowed from Lena’s eyes again.

“That b*tch said that I never did anything for you, that’s… so frustrating, but I can’t deny it myself, so…”

Lena buried her head in my chest and continued to cry. I stroked the back of her head.

“I’m fine. I already-”

“-You forgave me. I know. That you truly forgave me. But that doesn’t mean everything is resolved.”

“No, it’s already over, you don’t need to think like that.”

“No… Still, there are so many things I regret, they keep coming to mind whenever night falls. Whenever the silence comes, they wander through my head and fill it up. ‘I should have done this then. I shouldn’t have done that then.’ Even though I know that these thoughts are not helpful at all, what can I do when my heart refuses to follow my will?”

I couldn’t bring myself to say anything to her, who was saying those things. There was nothing good I could say to her, since she was the one who felt guilty. In a situation where she had already offered forgiveness, trying to do anything more would only be excessive interference with her feelings.

What can I do? I kept thinking about that. I couldn’t say anything, and I couldn’t think of a way to appease her.

Then, one thing came to my mind. It was what Grandis had said to me.

This is not it, you crazy b*stard. What the hell are you talking about? While thinking that to myself, I unconsciously put Grandis’ words into my mouth.

“Uh… So, do you want to kiss?”

I felt Lena looking at me with wide eyes. At that moment, I felt a strong sense of regret. Why the hell did I say that? Did Grandis’s saliva and words transfer to my mouth when we kissed earlier?

That’s what I thought, but I had to desperately make an excuse first.

“No, I mean, I heard that Grandis, no, somewhere, kissing makes your confused head feel better… I thought…”

My voice gradually became quieter. I couldn’t believe how I had the confidence to say something like that. Damn, come to think of it, you just got caught doing that with Grandis. You got caught doing that with another woman, and a woman you weren’t on good terms with, and now you’re saying something like that?

I felt Lena’s gaze on me. I felt my face flush and desperately tried to avoid her gaze.

“Phew.”

Laughter was heard. Lena was laughing, wiping away her tears.

“Okay, good.”

huh?

I felt like my already dazed mind was getting even more dazed. Regardless, Lena grabbed my head and pulled it toward her and kissed me.

She wasn’t particularly good at it. How many kisses can you possibly know if you’re good or not, even after living your life, but Lena’s tongue moved just as clumsily.

But her tongue was stickily swiping every inch of my mouth.

“Phew.”

Lena lifted her head and wiped her mouth. Then she frowned slightly and said.

“…the smell of that girl.”

“Oh, that’s right, over there… Sorry. I,”

“it’s okay.”

After saying that, Lena kissed me again.

Now, I felt like I had a little bit of a feel for what to do, and I could feel my tongue moving a little more skillfully. So, she and I entwined our tongues for a moment.

As I opened my mouth, I saw the silver thread stretching and breaking. Lena continued to look me in the eye and smiled faintly.

“…Well, that’s not bad. But, when you kissed Grandis just now, didn’t you say that it wasn’t something you wanted to do?”

“…huh.”

“So, this is the first time you’ve ever asked to kiss me?”

“huh.”

Only after hearing that answer did Lena smile with satisfaction and let me go.

“Yeah, well… I don’t like her, but I guess she said the right thing once.”

She said so and tapped me on the shoulder.

“Let’s go now. We’ve been taking too long.”