I Already Have a Girlfriend! - Anime: Infinite Swordsman! (Danmachi+Asterisk War+Rakudai)

Chapter 460: I Already Have a Girlfriend!

"Huh?"

Luke stared blankly at Nene.

After realizing the petite teacher did not seem to be joking, he gave her a deeply thoughtful, almost caring look.

Then he answered without hesitation.

"I refuse."

"Huh?!"

"Why?!"

Nene stared at him in disbelief.

"I'm the one asking you out! I'm making the first move!"

"How can you reject me without even hesitating?!"

"I… no, this lady is pretty confident in her looks, you know!"

"Sure, I'm a little petite, but that's still a popular type!"

"And don't compare me with cows like Kuro and Stella, but my figure at least barely passes the standard!"

"And… and…"

"R-Right! I'm still your teacher!"

"You're a student right now. Don't you want to experience a passionate forbidden teacher-student romance?!"

Luke watched Nene seriously advertise herself.

After carefully considering her proposal, he spoke under her expectant gaze.

"That does sound somewhat interesting…"

"Mm-hmm! In that case—"

"But I refuse."

"WHYYYY?!"

Nene glared at Luke furiously and shouted with extreme indignation,

"You've already seen me c-completely exposed! If you're a man, take responsibility!"

"I want a boyfriend too!"

"I want to get married too!"

"Why does Kuro get to do it while I can't?! It's too unfair that she's the only one who escaped being single!"

Seeing Nene discard even her dignity and bring up her own embarrassing past just to keep the conversation going, Luke could only sigh helplessly.

"Nene-sen—"

He stopped midway.

He had originally intended to call her Nene-sensei, as always.

But considering the subject they were currently discussing, the title suddenly felt strangely inappropriate.

Besides, although their relationship had initially resembled that of teacher and student, their personalities had made things much more casual within only a few days.

By now, they were more like friends.

They regularly argued, joked around, and caused trouble for each other.

Calling her "sensei" had mostly become a habit.

So Luke thought for a moment and changed the way he addressed her.

"Nene."

"Mm!"

The instant Luke spoke, Nene immediately became obedient.

Her response was almost unnaturally sweet.

She even adjusted her sitting posture.

Combined with the long black hair flowing down to her waist, she suddenly carried the elegant air of a sheltered young lady.

There was no denying that Nene was extremely beautiful.

Her natural presence was excellent too.

Now that she sat there looking refined and expectant, she possessed a completely different kind of charm.

Luke, however, remained unmoved.

He simply asked calmly,

"Are you genuinely trying to fall in love?"

"Of course! This lady is completely serious!"

"Then if I agreed to date you, could you place me in the most important position in your heart?"

"…"

Seeing Luke's serious expression, Nene fell silent.

"Or would you at least be willing to try?"

"To make an effort to place me in that most important position?"

"…"

Still no answer.

Nene quietly stared at Luke.

After a long while, she released a faint sigh.

"This lady… couldn't do that."

"I thought so."

Luke was not surprised in the slightest.

He had understood Nene's thoughts from the beginning.

"No one can shake Director Kurono's place in your heart."

"Forget surpassing her. No one could even become equally important."

"You wouldn't even try."

"You simply can't bring yourself to elevate someone else to the same position."

"I don't know what the future holds."

"But right now, Director Kurono is unquestionably the most important person in your heart."

Luke sighed.

There had been a reason he felt sorry for Nene earlier.

Because Nene truly regarded Kurono as everything in her life.

In that respect, Luke and Nene were surprisingly similar.

Luke had made becoming stronger the center of his life.

Nene had made Kurono the center of hers.

They were extremely similar.

Yet there was one decisive difference.

Luke did not reject change.

Yes, becoming stronger currently stood above everything else for him.

But that did not mean he refused all possibility of changing.

Luke understood his own abnormality better than anyone.

He had even deliberately changed himself in the past, transforming from someone completely abnormal into someone whose abnormality remained only at his core while everything else became relatively normal.

For Luke, becoming stronger was everything.

It was the force driving him forward and his reason for living.

But that did not mean he could not discover more motivations to keep moving.

More reasons to live.

In Luke's view, there was no need for there to be only one.

He simply had not yet encountered anything else precious enough to stand on the same level as his pursuit of strength.

Nene was different.

She resisted change.

Instinctively, she rejected anything that might replace Kurono.

She even rejected the idea of anything being placed beside Kurono as an equal.

She consciously chose to make Kurono her one and only.

It was not that Kurono happened to be the only precious thing she had found in the world.

Of course, Nene had not lied.

She really did intend to date someone.

But the reason was not because she longed for romance.

Nor was it because someone had genuinely made her heart race.

She wanted to date because she hoped it would place her under the same conditions as Kurono once again.

There was even an element of competition involved.

Whose partner was better?

Was Nene more attractive than Kurono?

Everything still began with Kurono.

Luke was currently in a relationship with Edelweiss.

But truthfully, Edelweiss still could not compare with becoming stronger in Luke's heart.

Strength remained slightly more important to him.

However, Luke was willing to try raising Edelweiss's place in his heart.

No matter what the future brought, he was actively trying to accept her more deeply.

Nene had no such intention.

Even if she and Luke became lovers, she would never allow Luke to shake Kurono's position.

On the surface, perhaps there would be little difference.

Maybe they could even live an entire lifetime without that distinction ever becoming obvious.

But fundamentally—It was different.

Unless something happened powerful enough to shake Nene's heart completely, Kurono would always remain the most important person to her.

So now—

"Are you genuinely trying to fall in love, Nene?"

Luke asked the question again.

This time—He received a different answer.

Silence once again filled the room.

Luke leaned against the bed and quietly watched Nene's reaction.

Nene sat at the edge of the mattress with her mood noticeably lowered, gently swinging her small legs back and forth.

After a while, perhaps irritated that she was the only one feeling miserable, Nene turned her gloomy mood toward Luke and placed an incredibly vicious curse upon him.

"Hmph!"

"Luke, you're the same kind of person as me!"

"People like us could never find a partner!"

"Prepare yourself to stay single for the rest of your life!"

Faced with such a "vicious" Nene, Luke gave her a warm smile.

Then he said,

"I already have a girlfriend."

The moment those words fell—The temperature in the room instantly dropped to freezing.

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Chapter 460 - I Already Have a Girlfriend!