Hime kept kissing me for several minutes, making it harder and harder for me to breathe.
I tried to free myself while Hime was still kissing me.
"H-hime!?" (I said with my face turning red)
She stepped back a few steps from me, then licked her lips, as if she was savoring the taste of my lips.
She looked at me with "love" eyes full of passion, maybe. Geez… I don't know what it means, but I feel like this is dangerous.
"Yukito-san, actually this was my plan from the beginning♡" (Hime)
Suddenly Hime returned to normal; the eyes that had hearts in the middle went back to how they were before.
What is this, what exactly is happening right in front of me?!
Hime walked closer to me and held both of my shoulders with her soft hands.
"S-sorry, Yukito-san… I didn't mean to surprise you…." (Hime)
On the other hand, I fell to the ground… well, of course I was shocked, she suddenly grabbed my shoulders and apologized too.
"Ouch… my legs.." (Me)
"Yukito-san! Yukito-san!" (Yuu)
"Wha—" (Me)
I saw Hime cover her face with both hands… and she was crying.
"I'm sorry, Yukito-san… I-I didn't mean to scare or shock you... sorry—" (Hime)
"Yukito-sama, you made a girl cry, you know~" (Yuu)
I immediately stood right in front of Hime, who was still crying.
"Yukito-san must be bothered by what I did, right….. forgive me, Yukito-san.. sorry—" (Hime)
"T-that kiss… I did it spontaneously because you said some things that made me embarrassed… but still, please forgive me…"
"Enough already… don't make me look like a villain—" (Me)
Hime stepped forward and hugged my body….
HUWAAAA
She cried again… well, everyone needs something to lean on, right? I still don't really understand what's going on. But I guess it's fine.
"I was so scared, Yukito-san! I thought you wouldn't save me— Huwaaaa" (Hime)
That means… she did that debate while hoping that I would come, huh… she really trusted me that much, maybe.
I hugged her back so she could feel comfortable too.
"It's fine, calm down…" (Me)
For some reason, it reminded me of when I was a kid.
Back then…
My mother gave me some money, and I bought candy with it.
On the way home, I ran into some other kids who were known for extorting people.
"Oi, Yukito-chan, share a bit!"
"Don't be so stingy."
"We're only asking for a little."
Y-yeah, my candy got taken by others. Right after that, I ran home. When I got home…
I hugged my mother and cried pretty loudly in front of her.
"Yukito! Why are you crying?" my mother said.
"Hah… let me guess, your candy got taken by your friends, right? There, there."
Yeah, that hug and the pat on my head really meant a lot to me.
"U-um… hime, can you let go of me?" (Me)
She had actually stopped crying a while ago… but for some reason she was still hugging me…
Well, in the end she did let go.
But her eyes were still a little red from crying earlier.
"Yukito-san, what are you going to do after this?" (Hime asked me)
"To the guild, looking for work— now it's just about earning money.." (Me)
....
"Well then, see you later, Hime—" (Me)
My gut told me I should leave this place quickly…
But Hime stopped me from leaving by pulling my hand.
"Please let me come with you, Yukito-san!" (Hime)
"HAAAAAAAAAHHHH!?!?!?" (Me)
"W-wait! What do you mean!? Besides, you're still a princess of the kingdom, right!?" (Me)
What kind of request is that!? A princess of the kingdom probably can't live with an ordinary person like me.
"I just don't like the palace…. a-and besides, you're the one who took my first experience..."
She said that while giving me a blushing face.
This is the first moment in my life that will never happen again.
"You're the one who suddenly jumped in first, though!?" (Me)
"T-that's..." (Hime)
Besides, there's no way someone like her could come with me; her appearance still looks like royalty and she'd definitely become the center of attention.
"You still look like someone from the royal family—" (Me)
"Yukito-san, turn around for a moment" (Hime said)
"What for—" (Me)
"Just turn around, idiot!" (Yuu)
"HEY, stupid screen, don't get used to talking so rudely!"
Well, whether I like it or not, I had to turn around.
What are those two doing? Don't tell me Hime's plan is being helped by Yuu-chan? Are they conspiring together?
Besides, maybe there really is something I'm not supposed to see—
I tried to peek a little, before Yuu-chan noticed.
BANGGGGGGGG
A bucket was thrown straight at my face.
"Don't look!" (Yuu)
(About 7 seconds later)
"Okay, you can look now, Yukito-sama" (Yuu)
I was shocked when I turned my face and body back.
At first, Hime was wearing a light brown long dress, from when we first met until just a while ago.
Her hair was long and black, which looked like she inherited it from her mother.
But….
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, HIME!?" (Me)
Now her hair had changed into short black hair… she was wearing purple mage equipment, but without a hat.
"How is it, Yukito-san? Pretty, right?" (Hime)
"W-what's with those clothes—" (Me)
"This is my mage outfit, you know, the first time I've worn it" (Hime)
Don't tell me…..
"Hime… are you a mage?" (Me)
"Huh? You only just found out? I thought you already knew my job from the start…" (Hime)
I looked at my status screen.
"Yuu-chan, you already knew!?" (Me)
"From the beginning" (Yuu)
"Yukito-sama, remember when we had just lost to the goblins? You cut me off back then" (Yuu)
Ah… at that time she was about to say that… if I had known, I would've let her speak.
"I was going to say that Sephira Hime's job is mage and that she can use multiple elements at once… but you just didn't care" (Yuu)
"Yeah, yeah… I admit it, that was my fault." (Me)
...…
"Fine, fine! You can come with me…" (I said with my face turning red)
"Yaaay! Your plan worked, Yuu-chan!" (Hime)
"Told you, right? He's pretty easy to persuade like this." (Yuu)
"HEY! I can still hear you, you know!" (Me)
Suddenly, Hime started pulling my hand while running.
"Let's go, Yukito-san!!" (Hime)
"Hey, slow down—" (Me)
And so, before long, I would have an adventurer party.
Even though a while ago I said I didn't want anything to do with the royal family anymore, after meeting Hime, I changed my mind.
Not all members of the royal family are as bad and filthy as the king in this city; I just need to see their true nature myself.
Hime… I don't know what will happen to us next, but if possible, I want to travel this world together with them.