Inside An Ad**t Game As A Former Hero

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Frillite’s body trembled.
Her hand reaching for my shoulder stopped as well.

“Why stop? Just confidently put your arm around my shoulders.
If I’m the only one with my arms around you, how can it be called shoulder sharing?”

“I, I see.
Don’t rush, wait for me…!”

Frillite’s hand began to move slowly again, and she placed it gently on my shoulders, then she coughed lightly to erase her awkwardness.

“…It’s more embarrassing than I thought it to be, this shoulder sharing thing.
Do all friends usually do this?”

“Indeed, miss.
Same-sex friends do.”

“Same-sex? Then…”

Frillite’s eyes narrowed little by little.
I laughed and talked.

“Even if we are friends of opposite sex, don’t we go well together?”

“You tricked me…”

“I didn’t cheat.
After all, we’re not just normal friends, are we?”

“Aren’t we normal friends?”

A puzzled Frillite asked.
I whispered in her ear.

“We are friends who might get married someday.”

I looked at her and winked mischievously.

Frillite was at a loss for words, so she looked blankly at me, and then broke into suppressed giggles.

“Really, I don’t know where your boldness comes from.”

“You don’t want to share shoulders with me? If you don’t like it, just let it go.”

“Leave it.
What will change if you come and solve what you have already done? Stay like this for as long as you want.”

“As long as I want… Then is it okay to stay like this for all day long?”

Frillite replied with an impish smirk.

“Didn’t ask, do as much as you want.
Just like you got drunk and kept your word, I will also keep my word.
Especially if it’s something you said to a friend.”

“Hey, come on, it was just one big bottle.”

I answered with a smile and glanced back to have a spectacle of my work.
Not surprisingly, Lorian was staring at me with eyes that could kill.

Woohoo! Chap looks pissed, guess he’s gonna move?

It seems like a pretty interesting situation would unfold, but I decided to put up with it.

Because there are too many people watching now.

Must try next time.

* * *

After travelling through the forest for all day, the sun was setting, but we were still far from reaching the inner lake.

Now, we couldn’t go any further, for the sun was going to set soon.

Moreover it’s too dangerous to travel in the forest in dark.

Restricting one’s field of vision is a bigger disadvantage than one can think.
What if you are unfortunate enough to run into the ogre in such a situation? Just be prepared for complete annihilation.

Therefore, the subjugation squad decided to camp overnight and move again the next morning.

“Hey, light fire.”

Quite an overbearing tone, as if beating people with words.

But whoever spoke those words, her status deserved it.

Because she was the first princess of the Kingdom of Carta and the younger sister of Hero Lorian, Lorraine.

She resembled Lorian, with long chestnut brown hair and round orange eyes.
She had a cute dimple with a face that was also round and beautiful.

But her personality was not round.

Far from being round, she was villainous.

“…yes.”

Eri ignited the firewood pile that she had gathered with magic.

“I’ll start cooking.”

A man with a large, clunky-looking impression trimmed the ingredients.
He placed the well-prepared fresh ingredients into the pot and started cooking.

It didn’t take long for a delicious smell to float in the air.

The finished soup was received by Lorian first.

He’s a Hero as well as the heir to the throne, so it was natural for him to receive it first.

After Lorian, it was Lorraine.

She is the first princess of the kingdom.

She holds the second strongest power after Lorian, so it was only natural for her to receive it in next order.

Next is Princess Lisbeth.

After that, Princess Marietta.

As the distribution progressed, Eri’s turn came at the end.
She didn’t even had anyone to distribute the soup to her.
She had to scoop out the soup by herself and place it into her bowl.

‘Still, there’s quite a bit left today.’

Most of the times, there was hardly any soup left for her, so she either had to chew on jerky or nibble on hard bread.
Sometimes when none of them were present, she had to prepare her meals by herself.

But today, they left quite a bit of soup.
Among the other ingredients, there was also meat.

Probably because of the presence of other two Heroes.

Especially since Frillite was also present, it seems that they couldn’t show discrimination with food.

Eri felt a little bit joyful in her heart, she was going to eat properly after a long time.