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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 210

CHAPTER 210: RIVALS

「Ugh…… So sleepy……」

The next morning.

I got out of bed and let out a huge yawn.

In the end……

After that, I stayed up late into the night thinking about Rein, and I wasn’t able to have a moment of proper sleep.

In all honesty, I would like to make up for it right now by sleeping in until noon, but if I ended up doing that, people would surely think that there was something seriously wrong with me.

「Fuuh……」

Just like that, I left my room, yawning again.

「Good morning.」

As I moved into the living room, I suddenly met with Rein.

「Oh…… G-Good morning.」

Uwah.

My voice even cracked a little bit right there.

I didn’t expect that situation would become something like this……

But what can I say?

When the time has come for me to come face to face with Rein, for some reason I have felt strangely embarrassed…….

And I couldn’t help it but to get upset.

「Hm? What’s wrong, Tanya?」

「N-Nothing? Y-Yes, it’s nothing.」

「Hmm, really? Because I get a feeling that there’s something different about you today……?」

How come that Rein was only so perceptive in these situations!?

「A-Aren’t you imagining things?　I’m the same as always.」

「Hmm, really? But……」

「W-What is it?」

「Isn’t your face bright red? Could it be that you have a cold?」

「Hyih!?」

Rein got closer to me and put his hand on top of my forehead.

It was quite cool, and it felt so good……

Also, with the way that Rein was looking straight into my eyes like that……

Aauuh.

D-Don’t stare at me like that, Rein……

I mean, if you are going to do that, I…… I won’t…… I won;t be able to stop becoming embarrassed and self-conscious……

I knew that I was conscious of Rein to some degree, but I didn’t think that I could be conscious of him even more than I already was……

And the way in which I was embarrassed right now, I had no idea how I would be able to handle it.

I never thought that I, a proud member of the Dragon Tribe, would become like this.

Oh, just how terrifying love is!

「Hmm…… I think that your temperature’s a little bit hot, but it certainly doesn’t feel like you have a cold there. So what could be the cause here?」

「T-That’s what I have been saying all this time. I’m fine, seriously! You are just being overly sensitive here, Rein!」

「Well, of course I am worried about you! Since it’s about you, Tanya!」

「…… What?」

H-How!? How was he even able to say things like that so easily here!?

Don’t you realize that every girl’s heart would be set aflutter after you told them something like that?!

I wonder if Rein is going to be someone who notoriously makes girls and women cry somewhere down the line?

And it was then when I was busy seriously thinking thoughts like that when……

「Nya……..」

I suddenly realized that Kanade was staring at me.

「O-Oh, K-Kanade! Good morning.」

「…… Yeah. Good morning, Rein. Tanya.」

「Good morning.」

「Unyah……」

「What’s wrong? What’s with that funny expression?」

「…… No, it’s nothing.」

***

I finished my breakfast.

I didn’t have any particular plans for today.

I was just going to relax in my room to calm myself down a little bit……

「Hey, hey, Tanya?」

On my way back to my room, I was approached by Kanade.

「Hm?　What is it?」

「Do you have a moment?　I need to talk to you about something.」

「Okay then. How about we go to my room?」

「Sure thing. Thanks a lot.」

I wonder what is that thing that she wants to talk about with me?

Wondering about that, I invited Kanade into my room.

「Would you like some tea?」
「You can brew your own tea, Tanya!?」

「Why are you so surprised by that fact?」

「I thought you were going to be the same as Sora, that you would completely suck at cooking……」

「Well, I beg your pardon. I would never dare to commit such vile culinary atrocities as this girl does……」

With a ridiculously rude remark, I settled into the bed and Kanade settled into a chair.

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

「Well…… Yeah, about that, you see…… Umm, nyaah……」

Kanade made an indescribable expression and shook her gaze around the room, as if she couldn’t find the right words.

Was it really something that was this hard to talk about?

But Tanya had no idea what that something could even be.

「Hey, come on, what’s going on? You were the one who wanted to talk to me, right? So don’t be shy, just make sure you talk to me properly. Otherwise, you are only going to leave me hanging.」

「Y-Yeah, go figure, huh? So, I’m going to take you up on that offer and just ask you the big question right off the bat, okay?」

Kanade gives me a serious look…… And for some reason, her cheeks turned red as she gently opened her mouth to speak up.

「Say, Tanya…… Could it be that you…… That you started to like Rein…… by any chance?」

「Pardon!?」

A completely unexpected line came out of Kanade’s mouth and I let out a strange voice in response, almost flipping over the bed.

「Wha…… Wha, wha, wha, wha, wha, wha……!?」

「Ah…… That reaction…… Yeah, I knew it.」

I tried to cover my reaction up, but it was too unexpected and upsetting, and I couldn’t keep my cool.

Seemingly convinced by seeing me like that, Kanade gave me a strangely warm look.

「So…… You have fallen in love with Rein as well, huh, Tanya?」

「T-This…… This is, this is, this is…… Wait a moment…… “as well”……?」

「Nyahaha……」

Kanade scratched her cheek with her fingertip, looking all embarrassed.

「Could it be that you…… That you love Rein, too, Kanade?」

「Nnnhhh…… Yeah, I guess.」

Kanade nodded her head with a coy smile on her face, her cheeks staining more and more red.

「Could it be that…… The two of you already have “that” kind of relationship…… or something like that?」

「N-No way! There’s just no way! We are still far, FAR away from having THAT kind of relationship……」

「I-Is that so……?」

I thought that Kanade might have gotten a head start here, but hearing that this was not the case actually made me feel somewhat glad.

「But I see…… You you also are in love with Rein, Kanade…… Since when, if you don’t mind me asking?」

「Umm, well…… I think it happened right after my Mom came here? You remember when Rein acted so recklessly and I took care of him after that? That’s when I…… Well…… you know…… started to like Rein.」

「Ohh…… I see.」

「What about you, Tanya?」

「A-As for me……? W-Well…… As you probably figured out, it was fairly recently for me. When I saw Rein get mad on my behalf after the recent incident and…… then I happened to overhear some things and…… You know……」

「Oh, is that so……?」

「Yeah, that’s it……」

「……………」

「……………」

Then, there was a moment of silence.

However, there was no awkwardness between the two of us, for some reason.

How should I put it?

There was a kind of sympathy that only those who had fallen in love with the same person could understand.

「Say, Tanya…… What are you going to do now?」

「Am I going to do what now?」

「I mean, are you going to confess your feelings to Rein?」

「Confess!?」

As it was something that I have never even thought about, and I ended up making a sound that I would never normally make.

Confession…… Confession of love to Rein……

I tried to imagine that situation going on in my mind.

And it made me want to writhe in embarrassment on the spot.

It was so embarrassing!

I was so embarrassed by my own behavior that I thought I might die!

When it comes to fighting to the death on the battlefield, there was nothing that I had to be afraid of……

But I never would have thought that the mere idea of a love confession would throw me off of my game so much!

「Nyaah…… Judging from that reaction just now and the way you look, it seems to be that doing so is just impossible for you to do right now. So in that regard, you are the same as I am.」

「U-Ugh, shut up, will you…… I mean, when you get down to it, it’s way too embarrassing for me to handle…… Surely you are feeling the same, right, Kanade?」

「Yeah. I mean, I DO love Rein, but I can’t help but to feel all scared and discouraged when I start thinking about confessing my feelings for him head on…… Nyah, so maybe I really AM just a coward.」

「I don’t really think that’s the case here. I mean, I am actually the same way, so…… Well, I mean…… I can probably understand how you feel, Kanade.」

「Ehehe, thanks a bunch, Tanya.」

「But anyways, we happened to have fallen in love with the same person at the same time. What are we going to do about it?」

「Well, if you ask me that, do we really HAVE to do anything about it?」

「What do you mean by that?」

「After all, there is no way that you could possibly be able to control the feeling of falling in love with someone, right……? So when you do fall in love with someone, you just have to accept that and do not fight that feeling…… And that’s fine with me. So I don’t want to care about it any more than necessary, or rather, I do not want my love to become a problem all of a sudden…… Yeah, nyan?」

Kanade tilted her head slightly as she seemed to become more and more confused by her own words out there.

Seeing Kanade acting so awkward as she was trying to make heads and tails out of her own feelings gradually got me to relax more and more. Or rather, I was starting to feel stupid for being worried about that matter in the first place.

「Alright then…… So I guess that this makes us rivals from now on, huh?」

「I’m not gonna lose, okay?」

「Sure, but the same thing goes for me! I won’t lose to you for sure!」

I smiled and then I shook hands with Kanade.