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Chapter 49 Part 1

【Hero’s Party Side】Jannet: If The Weather In The Sky Is a Reflection Of One’s Heart, Then This Downpour Certainly Reflects Mine

 

There is an expression that says, “The sky is crying”.

If the Sun Goddess is a celestial being who lives above the sky, is she crying because her beloved human has disappeared from her sight, or is she crying because her own glorious form has been hidden from people?

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t interested in diving more into it, but the only thing that matters to me right now is——whether the letter carrier is safe or not.

The sky wails without regard to our human will. The Goddess is such a free being who does as she pleases.

 

Our hero party is taking a day off due to the heavy rain. The rain, like a bucket of water constantly being poured from the sky, makes a rattling sound when hitting the roof with no sign of stopping. Chunks of the rain droplets were hitting the potted plants in the neighboring inn, causing them to fall and break.

The blessings of the sun and the grace of rain can be erased at the whim of the sky.

 

「It’s pouring hard, isn’t it?」

 

「It really is. With this kind of weather, there’s probably no one out there today.」

 

At the entrance to the inn stood a beautiful blonde woman who resembled a statue of a sorrowful Goddess.

It appears that she had gone out to do an errand and returned soaking wet as if she had been swimming fully clothed. With her wet clothes sticking on her body, she looked like a marble sculpture created by a genius sculptor at the height of his craft, and to put it simply, her 

appearance right now is just so erotic.

 

Vince is also at the entrance and has been silently ogling at Katie-san since a while ago, but I don’t feel like saying anything at this point. In fact, I want to offer my sincerest gratitude to Katie-san because thanks to her, Vince no longer stares at my breasts with his indecent gaze.

 

But still, I wonder what kind of errand she needed to do to go out in this weather.

 

「Is there something wrong, Jannet-san?」

 

「…Ah, no. I was just wondering where you had been, that’s all. It’s fine not to tell me if you don’t want to, though.」

 

「Fufu, you always pay attention to little details, aren’t you Jannet-chan? I think that is so lovely~」

 

Katie-san hugged her own body——striking a pose that really accentuated the shape of her breasts——and told me she would tell me where she was going.

 

「Let’s talk after I warm myself up a bit, so please wait in the room, okay?」

 

「Nn, I got it. I’m sorry if it sounded like I’m forcing you to talk.」

 

「No no, I don’t mind at all~」

 

Katie-san took her wet clothes and a change of clothes, then made her way to the bath.

 

She’s as bright as ever, but… her usual explosive brightness, that somewhat feels like a popping popcorn isn’t there.

 

Is she perhaps regretting she made Emmy feel cornered because of her words?

……Is that really it?

Really?

Did she really not do it on purpose?

 

I don’t know. However, I know better than anyone that right now it’s nothing more than a 『suspicion』.

Doubting that person like this might be rude and arrogant.

But still…… I can’t help but keep thinking about it over and over again in my head. The 

face that Emmy made when she gave up on everything.

 

Will I keep doubting Katie-san like this from here on? Or… will it be my turn next?

……No, let’s stop thinking in that direction right now. Because I’m feeling rather negative, I feel like my thoughts keep going in a darker direction.

This tends to lead to bad ideas after all.

 

「We should head back too, Vince.」

 

「Ah, yeah…」

 

I walk back into the room while dragging Vince, who’s still completely awestruck, I’m not even sure if he was listening to what I said at all.

 

Now that there’s only both of us in our room, I need to advise Vince.

 

「You must not give out any information on Russell. Katie has always been obsessed with Healers, so she might end up going to Russell.」

 

「…Now that you mention it, I think you’re right. I got it.」

 

「Still… we did something bad to Emmy huh…」

 

Even Vince had a hint of what I was talking about, as his face turned gloomy.

 

……From the way I see it, apart from his good physique and the fact that he’s skilled with the sword, his lecherous behavior is the only thing that doesn’t feel Hero-like.

I know that he picks fights with other guys, and I also know that he keeps staring at women with his indecent gaze, which makes everyone wary of him. He’s more like a naughty brat than a Hero if you ask me.

 

To be honest, I still couldn’t understand why Vince was chosen as the Hero.

But it’s not like he’s straight-up evil like a criminal or something like that.

 

「I know it’s not my place to say this since I dumped him a long time ago, but I don’t think he ever had a chance with her. Still, even I was surprised. To think that the condition to activate the skill was to be conscious about the person you love…」

 

「……What did Emmy say when she left?」

 

「”Goodbye”, was all she said. I guess she thought that if she went to see Russell, he would surely forgive her… though I hope she wasn’t so desperate about it.」

 

「…Damn it.」

 

Vince looks restless. But no matter how much he feels that way, he can’t go after her.

His decision to kick Russell out of the party was the cause after all.

Vince must have felt guilty about this whole situation. If he were a man who can’t even feel guilt at all, I would have given up on him a long time ago.

 

「……Let me say this again, but I don’t think your decision at that time itself was wrong. It’s just that, we were unlucky with the circumstances. I don’t think even the Goddess could have predicted something like that would happen.」

 

「……」

 

「Well, it’s Emmy we’re talking about here, I’m sure she would at least send us letters. And if they do end up together, then that’s good for them. Don’t tell me, you would also take that away from her? …You wouldn’t, right, Vince?」

 

I said in a little forceful tone. No, actually, he’s lucky I’m just using a slightly forceful tone.

It was obvious that the two of them had feelings for each other, though it seemed like those two weren’t aware of it themselves.

……No, at the time Vince thought he could get in between them, I might have been the only one who knew that for sure.

And Russell being Russell, he seems to be unaware of his own feelings, even though he cared so much about Emmy and had helped her a lot since we were kids. Well… when I came to him for some advice, he was just as caring to me as he was to Emmy, though.