Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival [WN] - Chapter 156.4

“Aria…”

To Feld, Aria was a dependable companion, a pretty junior colleague, and even a strangely aged opposite gender until he realized her real age, but now she was like a little sister to him.

Feld had learned something from Viro.

Aria had a steel knife that Feld had used, although she apparently kept it quiet until the insensitive Feld noticed it himself.

This reminded him of a vagrant child he had met in the woods along the road many years before, on his way to pick up a great sword made of magic steel that Feld had asked Galbas to make for him.

Mistaking him for a monster, Feld chased him around, taught him how to survive for a short time, and gave him his own knife for dismantling instead of the one he had broken.

The knife was also made by Galbas, and when Galbas noticed this, he decided to give her a knife of his own design, a knife of magic steel, as a sign of good karma.

Feld said that he had almost forgotten about the knife, but Aria still uses it today without losing it.

Looking back on it now, the easygoing distance he had seen in Aria from the start made him think of her as someone he could trust, as if she were family.

Viro said it was no wonder he couldn’t recognize that the frail vagrant he had assumed to be a boy had turned into a stunningly beautiful girl, but Feld was ashamed of himself for not being able to do anything about the danger of such a girl who was like family to him.

“I’ll find you, I promise…Aria.”

While Feld was getting back into the swing of things, the other master he had met at the same time–

“…what should I do?”

Viro was troubled. Of course, as a respected master, he had no objection to going to the rescue of his beloved pupil, Aria. On the contrary, he was the one who had known her the longest among the party and had taken the initiative in gathering information.

With heavy steps, Viro headed for his newly purchased home in the royal capital.

Although small compared to Dalton’s mansion, it was still what one would generally call a [mansion], large enough for a low-ranking nobleman to live with his family and employ a few live-in servants.

“I’m back…”

Viro had been living with a woman for several months. A receptionist at the Adventurers’ Guild whom he had known for some time, Viro had fallen in love with her when he suspected him of kidnapping Aria, who was still very young, when he took her and received a cold stare from her, and had spent years trying to seduce her.

Even though Viro was still young by adventurer standards, he retired and accepted the invitation of the dark side because of his need for a steady job and a paycheck.

He had a weakness for women and had paid his dues to women of the night many times in his life. He was so financially challenged that he could hardly be considered a first-class adventurer, and the purchase of this mansion was also a loan from Dalton, who was now perfectly at home with his five wives.

“Oh, my, you’re home early.”

“Oh, I’m home, Mary.”

A beautiful woman with long hair wearing a white Apron emerges from the back.

She was still working as a receptionist, and the only reason she was at home was to use the paid vacation time she had accumulated for Viro, who had been busy lately, to show him her cooking skills.

What will happen if he told Mary that he would be gone for months starting tomorrow, going to another country? She would be in a bad mood and give him a cold stare.

Viro did not mind being scorned by a beautiful woman of a certain age, but he disliked being seriously offended. Even if she was a beautiful girl like Aria, Viro was not so open-minded that she would accept a serious attempt to be killed by such a girl.

However, there were times when he had to be a man and make a firm decision for his beloved disciple.

Now was the time, and Viro was fired up.

“Mary, listen up.”

Viro was sweating as he told her about what he had been keeping quiet about and what he was going to do, and Mary’s cheerful gaze instantly dropped to freezing point.

“What?”

“No, wait, Mary, as a master, I’m the one who’s responsible for this…”

“Of course!”

As he could imagine, she was furious. He thought Mary was angry at him for not being able to spend the holiday with Viro, but that was not the direction she took.

“Huh?”

“Why didn’t you tell me about Aria? She’s only thirteen years old!”

“No, I don’t think she’s 13, but…”

“Oh, you are so stupid. I’ll make you a meal soon. You just wait here and make sure you eat and go, be sure you bring her home.”

“Mary…”

In the end, he was forgiven, and they had a nice meal, and he felt happy, but he felt that somehow Aria was higher in Mary’s priority list than he was, and he shoveled the meal into his mouth with a feeling that didn’t seem to add up.

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