Angel Volume 3, Chapter 12

Volume 3: Chapter 12 - Sera and Erina

「I'm home.」

　When I returned home, Sera and Yoshie-san welcomed me.

「Master, welcome home~」

「 Thank you for your hard work」

　Yoshie-san looks behind me and tilts her head.

「Um, that person is......?」

　When Yoshie-san asked that question, a woman who was behind me popped up.

「Um, a pleasure to meet you. I'm Erina.」

　Erina is going to live in our house.

　Erina had to leave the party house after leaving Valkyries, but Souka-san suggested that she could stay until she found a new place to live.

　It's just, when Erina finds out that I have a party house, she decides to come to our house right then and there.

　She has very few personal belongings, as they are all hand-me-downs and borrowed items, and she has no need to return to the Valkyries party house as long as she can find a place to live next.

　Well, even though it was an amicable departure, the circumstances were such that it was not without its own setbacks.

　Souka-san and the others left, agreeing that it would be better to wait a little time before meeting again.

　That said, I didn't think it would be a good idea to bring a woman I had just met into my home, so I suggested that if we split today's reward, she could live in an inn for a while and not have to worry about making a living, but......

『You shouldn't waste the party money.』

　She pushed me away.

　Apparently, she has decided to continue the party with me.

　I don't know about it now, but we'll need to have a long talk once things settle down.

　Anyway, that's why I decided to keep her for a while.

「You must be Sera-chan and Yoshie-san. I look forward to living with you.」

　I explained about Sera and Yoshie-san on the way home.

「Yes, hello, I'm Yoshie. Likewise」

「I'm Sera~. Nice to meet you, Ellie~」

「Eh? Ah, yes. Nice to meet you.」

　Apparently, Sera has decided to call Erina "Ellie".

　Since I had explained to some extent about Sera's character, Erina seemed to understand.

「Whew... ......」

　After taking a bath and having dinner a little while later, a loud sigh escaped me. My body is heavy.

　It is a hard part of the reality that one's physical condition is not perfect as long as one's HP and MP are full and there are no abnormalities.

　Laziness and drowsiness do not show up in the status.

　Things like sluggishness and drowsiness don't appear in your status

　The two battles in a row between a wyvern and a minotaur must have been hard on me.

　Sure it was an easy victory, but I was under a lot of tension during the battle, and if I had not been able to get into the right tactics, I might have struggled even harder.

　Besides, it was my first experience in a battle outside of a solo fight.

　The mental strain seemed to be taking its toll on my body as an unquantifiable fatigue.

　Incidentally, Erina was already resting.

　She had spent a long time fighting for her life.

　She was probably far more exhausted than I was.

　After taking a bath and eating, I prepared bedding for her in the spare room on the first floor, and she fell asleep as if she had collapsed.

「I should probably go to sleep.」

　I got up and Sera stood up at the same time.

「Sera will go sleep with Yoshi tonight, so please get some rest, Master」

　I honestly appreciated that offer.

　It was true that I didn't have the energy to deal with Sera right now.

「Yeah, good night.」

「Good night~」

　After saying good night to Sera, I headed for the bedroom, dragging my heavy body with me.

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　When Erina woke up in the middle of the night, Sera was sleeping next to her.

「Errr...... Sera?」

「Hmmm.........?」

　Sera opened her eyes thinly when she was called.

「Ah, Ellie, you're awake~」

　And when she saw Erina, she woke up completely and smiled.

「Um, what are you doing?」

「You see, Sera wanted to talk to Ellie.」

「A talk?」

　The two of them lay down, facing each other, and continued talking.

「Ellie, are you feeling better?」

「Eh? Oh, right. I'm fine thank you.」

　The fatigue she had been carrying around until before she went to bed was completely gone.

「So, what did you want to talk about?」

「Well~, Ellie, about Master, do you like him?」

「Heh!?」

　Erina let out a silly voice at the unexpected question.

「No, I mean, even if you ask me suddenly,......」

　She doesn't think she likes his looks that much.

　If he was the kind of guy she liked, she would have been somewhat impressed when she met him in the first room.

　Even if she was to meet him normally, he would be someone she wouldn't care for.

　However, the situation of the reunion was too dramatic.

　He appeared dashingly at the very moment when she was about to be killed and saved her life.

　At the time, she was too confused to process her feelings, but when she returned to the guild and calmed down, she became aware of her own desire not to be separated from him.

　That's why Erina decided to follow Haruma, even if a little forcefully.

「Errr,......, yup, I like him,.......I guess」

　She thinks she's a bit of an easy, but she doesn't think there's a woman who wouldn't be captivated by that.

「Fufufu, Sera sees ~. Then, do you want to have sex with Master?」

「Huh!?」

　At Sera's pursuit, Erina unintentionally raised her voice and rolled her eyes.

「W-with him, sex ......?」

　The moment she became aware of this, her chest heaved and at the same time, her lower abdomen tingled.

「Ahh~, oh my god Ellie, are you aroused?」

「No, you're wrong ...... this is ......」

　There have been times in the past when the fight has made her feel excited.

　There have been nights when her body was on fire and she could not sleep.

　Many times she would comfort herself, suppress her arousal, and go to sleep.

　So the tingling in her body now must have been brought on by the excitement of having fought to the death and survived.

　As if to remind herself of this, Erina straightens herself up.

(Because I can't believe I just met a guy and that day ......)(?)

「Don't hold back, Ellie.」

　Erina's body relaxed at the soft voice that was thrown at her.

「Sera, you know, she loves her master so much.」

「Sera ......?」

「And Sera also love Ellie! So Sera'll be happy if you two are happy~」

　Her innocent words made Erina's agitated heart calm down.

　Then she thought about Haruma again. The moment of her reunion with him.

　The dependability she felt at that moment.

　Her feelings toward him. Not only that but also the fear of facing death.

(You never know when you might die......)

　Maybe the next exploration will kill her.

　She doesn't want to regret what she should have done at that time.

　Erina suddenly thought so.

「Hmm?」

　At that moment, she heard a noise outside the room.

「Ah, has Master woken up too?」

「What, Haruma?」

　The sound of footsteps descending the stairs made her heart, which had been a little calm, jump.

「Ellie, go to Master~」

「Sera......」

　The angel with a soft smile on her face seemed to have known this would happen from the beginning.

　With her encouragement, Erina's hesitation was already gone from her mind.

「I'm off.」

　Erina got up, got off the bed, and put her hand on the door of the room.

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