Volume 4 Chapter 13.3 (1/2)

Volume 4 Chapter 13.3

Editor: Weasalopes

「You’d better stop doing that.」

「Ka～y」

The octogals obeyed Douga, who had a wry smile on his face. But they were still in prank mode, as demonstrated by how they left Artiem and went straight on top of the priests’ heads.

「How’s it feel～？」

And they asked strange questions.

「This isn’t Wulls, so keep the pranks to a minimum」

「Ka～y」

Aearis lightly scolded them, and the octogals returned to their vase, except for one of them that of course jumped on Aearis’s head.

「Did that help a bit？」

「……Yes. Sorry……」

「No no. People always have those days.」

Artiem apologized profusely while straightening her clothing as Aearis responded cheerfully. While relieved that the room had relaxed, Artiem also felt rather bad about forcing Aearis to listen to complaints she also probably had.

「But ultimately no problems have been solved.」

「These problems can’t be solved in a day or a night, so don’t worry about it. Plus I am even less capable than you at protecting myself.」

「But you’re better at being a priestess, right？」

「That’s just years of experience.」

Aearis said firmly to Artiem’s objection. She had used this power since she was born. Sure, their powers were of equal essence, but Aearis wouldn’t lose to Artiem, who had only awoken to her power three months ago.

To borrow Hiroshi’s words, most situations were a culmination of acclimation, guts, and inertia.

「So all we can really do is keep training.」

「Yes. It’s usually never a good sign when you get an amazing ability in a short amount of time. Haruna still struggles with the magic she learned from Alfemina at Wulls castle.」

「Is that true？」

「Yes」

Artiem’s eyes were wide open at what Aearis said. Haruna always gave off the impression that everything was easy for her, so you’d never imagine she struggled, even with goddess powers.

「Haruna-sama is really no different. Normal people like us have no choice but to work at it.」

「You’re right.」

Artiem nodded multiple times at Aearis. Neither of these girls appeared to realize that everyone around them was seriously questioning the notion of them being “normal”.

「Then first I need to reduce the size of my overly-large chest. Instead of appealing, it actually puts on the pressure and makes things worse.」

「No no, please don’t do that！！」

This next objective of Artiem’s was something that the priests, maids, octogals, and even Aearis strongly objected to.

「Haruna-san！　Mio！　Are you okay！？」

Hiroshi asked the two girls in his arms as he stepped firmly on the darkness that had quickly spread out, which in turn shattered with his attack, leaving nothing.

「Eh, ah, yeah. I’m fine.」

「Sensei, we should be asking you if you’re okay.」

Unable to keep up with the situation and shocked at being hugged by the man they liked, Haruna and Mio just managed to get out their answers with their faces red as beets. But as excited as they were by touching his sturdy body, they were equally concerned for him.

「Nah, this ain’t nothin’. I’m fine.」

Hiroshi appealed, but with a clearly ashen color on his face. The darkness had in fact not managed to deal with Hiroshi’s ridiculously tough spirit, vanishing without doing anything. The reason his face was pale was actually because he had held two female bodies in his arms (even if it was in the heat of the moment).

「You sure don’t look it……」