Episode 57
The time I spent in Japan, and the time I spent looping. If I were to add them up, it would be a scary number, so I don’t want to calculate it exactly, but I must have lived for about fifty years.
When you get to that age, you tend to settle down in many ways, but that’s not the case for me.
After all, this Geld-kun is sixteen or seventeen, a young boy overflowing with youthfulness. It’s a time when vitality fills his entire body, overflowing so much that he can’t settle down. Moreover, Geld-kun seems to have an even stronger tendency towards this than I did in my previous life. I am constantly being tossed around by a level of youthful impulse that I never experienced before.
And traveling alone with me is the clear, innocent, pure, bewitching, and lewd Succubus Imp Archangel Millie. Too many contradictory elements are packed into her, and I’m starting to lose track of what she really is.
Her beauty, which captivated all the men in her class, no, in the entire Desroah Academy, is still going strong, of course. Her body, which has continued to rivet the gazes of men, is still going strong. The bewitching charisma emanating from her is also still going strong.
Yes, under normal circumstances, traveling like this would be impossible.
An ordinary person probably wouldn’t even be able to leave the inn in Waslein. They would end up staying at the inn with Millie for two years.
But I am different.
After all, Shino is in Waslein.
“Oops, I wasn’t paying attention.”
“Seriously! I was surprised when you suddenly turned back after saying we were going on a trip!”
“Millie didn’t object either, did she?”
“Well, that’s because Geld-kun…”
The day after Millie and Shino talked things over. After being seen off by Shino, we left Waslein, but then, following the desire to rest and recharge before the trip, we returned to Waslein, and two weeks later, we ran into Shino in town.
Shino didn’t really get angry, but we felt awkward and hurriedly set off again.
The purpose of the trip is to heal Millie’s heart, which was exhausted in the previous loop, and to level up in order to be fully prepared for the next loop.
If we kept holing up in an inn, it would be difficult to achieve the latter, to say nothing of the former. We have to overcome various desires, savor local delicacies, visit scenic spots, and cleanse our hearts. Ah, no, we have to travel around and hunt monsters along the way.
And so, we traveled to a hidden region in the west of the kingdom to enjoy the magnificent scenery, enjoyed seafood in a southern port town that we couldn’t taste inland, spent a relaxing time on the shores of a lake in the east, and watched the Regular Fighting Tournament, secretly cheering on Claire, a junior in the Swordsmanship Club… no, we traveled around and devoted ourselves to training in various places.
During this trip, Millie seemed to be having a lot of fun no matter where we went or what we did, and she always had a smile on her face. Although it was unavoidable to abandon that loop, it was still the right decision.
Also, since we had plenty of time, I was able to tell her in detail about myself again.
That I was a new personality born after being punched by Shino.
That the first loop occurred when I was lazing around in the mansion.
That the second loop occurred when I was killed soon after running away from the mansion.
That the third loop occurred when I came to the Royal Capital to get stronger and was living a survival life in the Southern Forest.
That I belonged to the Swordsmanship Club at Royal Ukyak Academy to hone my skills, and the fourth loop occurred immediately after graduating.
And that I entered Desroah Academy.
“You know the rest.”
“Yeah. But even before I met you, for many years… I wish you had come to Desroah Academy sooner. Then we could have been together longer.”
“Well, I wanted to find Millie sooner too, but thanks to survival and the Swordsmanship Club, I became strong enough to protect Millie.”
“Maybe, but—that’s not what I mean!”
What would have happened if I had entered Desroah Academy without attending Royal Ukyak Academy and remained weak? There might have been a completely different future than now.
However, I have always been doing my best in front of me… well, maybe I wasn’t, but even so, I wasn’t even trying to do my best, but anyway, I believe that the result of my efforts is that I am in the best state now.
And so, we were enjoying our carefree trip together, but the end was approaching.
“Hey, hey, Geld-kun, where are we going next? I want to go north with Geld-kun…”
“Ah, about that, Millie. We have to go back to Waslein soon, I promised Shino.”
“Eh? …Oh, right. It’s been two years already, hasn’t it? …Ugh, I shouldn’t have said anything…”
Yes, as we were playing around in various places, we realized that almost two years had passed. We are about to return to Waslein and reunite with Shino as promised.
Millie seems to regret her decision to concede and spend the last year together, and she is pressing her head against my chest and acting spoiled.
Normally, I would want to say something like, “But Millie promised,” or, “Come on, stop acting spoiled and let’s go,” but the whole thing started because of my philandering… well, I’m not aware of it, but anyway, I laid my hands on both of them. I can’t say anything too strong, and I have no choice but to let Millie do as she pleases and wait for her to make up her own mind.
But there was no need to worry. Millie has often acted spoiled like this before, but she is a good girl with good sense and common sense, so she always gives in soon enough.
I was so sure of this that I ended up dragging Millie, who was still sulking after a month, back to Waslein by force.
“It’s been a while, Lord Geld. And Millie too.”
“Yeah. It’s been a while.”
“Muu.”
We safely returned to Waslein and reunited with Shino, but Millie is still pouting while clinging to my arm. On the other hand, Shino is unfazed by Millie’s behavior.
Harem is no good after all. How on earth did the protagonist of this harem RPG maintain such a large harem party in the original story?
I’m completely overwhelmed even with just two of them, and I’m sure it would be more fun and happier to narrow it down to one of them. But it’s impossible to abandon either of them now. I can only pray that I can spend the remaining year without incident.
Please, don’t let me get stabbed.