We Live in Dragon’s Peak

at’s this all of a sudden?”

Ristia narrows his eyes in suspicion at my sudden seriousness.

“Eetto, a bit about girls…”
“Hohou, you’re already fretting about girl? Alright, I’ll hear it.”
“Slatton, I’m not asking you.”
“Now, now, come here.”

Slatton drags me behind the school.
Ristia smiles with a grin across his face.

“Alright, you can talk about anything.
We senpai in life will teach you various things.”

Being held in place from both sides, I’m forced to have a seat on the lawn behind the school.

Slatton, you’re being a nuisance.
You’re just making fun of me.
None of your advice is likely to be useful.

“What? Quit looking at me as if I’m some sort of annoyance.”
“You’re not an annoyance?”
“Geh, I’m hearing this from someone of Ernea’s status!?”
“Ow, that hurts!”

Slatton locks my arms behind me and grips my neck, causing me to cry out.

“Now, now, Slatton, don’t tease Ernea so much.
Now, what do you want to ask?”

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Like I thought, Ristia is a good person.
He properly brought to conversation back on track.

“Right, to be honest,”
I consult with Ristia about the problem that came up during the trip.
What problem? That one, how do I make a woman fall in love with me?!

This is a very difficult and important problem for me.
When does a woman fall in love with a man? How is it one comes to be in love? For me who has no experience in love, it’s a world I don’t understand at all.

Obviously, until now, I’ve had feelings for others.
Things like that girl is cute or that lady is lovely.
However, those were just one-sided crushes.
I never had any desire for romance.
As such, I never thought about why I had those feelings or how deep they went.
Inversely, I never thought about how she felt either.
I wonder, am I still a child?

Either way, now is different.
There are people who I think I believe I like, and I want to marry them.
But with marriage, the other people need to be in love with me too.
How do I make women have feelings for me? To like me?

Worried, I seriously ask for help.

Yet, Slatton just whistles and teases me while Ristia makes a troubled smile.

“Ernea, that’s a surprisingly basic concern.” (Slatton)
“This is the basics?” (Ernea)
“The first step of the basics.
Seriously, well, that right there is why you messed up with Ruiseine.” (Slatton)
“He didn’t mess up.
That’s why he’s consulting me.” (Ristia)
“Touché.” (Slatton)

Ristia and Slatton sigh out in shock at the same time.

“Alright, Ernea.
Toss those sorts of worries away.
Thinking about them is pointless.” (Slatton)
“What does that mean?” (Ernea)
“I also agree with Slatton’s opinion.” (Ristia)
“You too, Ristia?” (Ernea)
“To be clear, acting in a way you think will make a girl fall in love with you will absolutely not make her fall for you.” (Ristia)
“Women can immediately see through a man’s stinky acting.
Well, there are some who don’t see through it, but those are rare.” (Slatton)
“Although the way he said it was poor, Slatton has a point.
Women are more sensitive than men.
That’s why…”

Ristia says the rest in one go.

“Even if you make a girl fall in love with you, it won’t last long.
Striving to show off your good points will just end up exhausting you.”
“A natural attitude is your best option.
Attack with your honest self.” (Slatton)

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“What if attacking doesn’t work either? In the first place, if she isn’t interested in me, I’ll just be ignored.” (Ernea)
“Hahaha, Ernea, you misunderstood.” (Ristia)
“Mumumu.”
“Making contact with a natural attitude differs from making her fall in love with you.
Honestly, if you want to make a girl fall for you, then you need to put in a great amount of effort for things like actively speaking with her or asking her to hang out.
However, during those times, acting different than your normal self is no good.
The main point is you need to put in the effort.”
“Ahh, so it’s like that.”

I am putting in effort.
So, what am I doing wrong? With all the contact we have with each other, there is no way I’m being ignored.

“Then, what should I do if I put in effort but it doesn’t work?”
“As in when she doesn’t come to like you no matter what you do?”
“Yeah.”
“Ernea, going off that assumption, if she doesn’t come to like you, then give up?”
“No way, I’m absolutely not giving up.”

Even if Mistral and Ruiseine don’t come to have feelings for me, I can never give up.

“In that case, there’s no choice but to keep endeavoring until she looks at you.”
“Aren’t persistent guys disliked?” (Ernea)
“You’re putting in effort to avoid being disliked.
That said, even if you’re disliked, will you give up?”
“Nope, absolutely impossible.”
“In that case, it’s all up to the effort you put in.”
“Mumumu, and it’ll work out?”
“No matter how much you are disliked, it will work out one way or another.
That’s how it went for Slatton.”
“How was that?”
“For me, I was disliked at first.
I had to confess two hundred times.
I really gave it my all.” (Slatton)
“Two hundred…”
“Well, yeah.
Sometimes, you’ve gotta be aggressive.
For the sake of love, it’s just as important as being kind.
Otherwise, woman won’t look at you.
That’s my advice.” (Slatton)

I have to respect the effort Slatton put in.
I would have never guessed he changed his relationship with Cleisio[1] from being disliked.

I want to hear various more things from Risita and his abundance of experience with love, but the martial arts classes are about to begin.
As such, my first love consultation ends here.

While I don’t know how helpful their advice will be, I do realize that putting in effort, using my natural attitude, and occasionally being aggressive, are good.

The three of us hurry to rejoin the class for training.