Chapter 159


    <strong>CHAPTER 159 – GOOD MANNERS EVEN BETWEEN FRIENDS</strong>


    The morning light from between the curtains woke me up .


    Sleeping on the bed, Althea and Io are snuggling towards my sides .


    I slept with these two yesterday . Of course, I didn’t only sleep, but loved them thoroughly .


    I called Althea because I wanted to ask something about the Solon Church, but she was such a good woman that I couldn’t help but get in the mood .


    Io passed by at that time, so I dragged the two of them into the bed……and the night had passed when I noticed it .


    Well then, I should really ask Althea about it today .


    I thought of that, and when I was about to wake up .


    「Althea-sama, could you please give me just a moment?」


    Io talked to Althea across me . I got interested in what they were going to talk about, so I just continued to pretend to sleep .


    「Can you call me, just Althea?」


    「W-Without honorifics?! Oh no, I cannot do that, it’s too rude towards the legendary Great Sage!」


    Io got flustered . Fumu . Althea is amazing after all .


    Well, she should be . After all, she took noble titles from the five great kingdoms in this continent so easily .


    It’s like grabbing a minister’s position from America, Russia, or Japan and other top countries at the same time .


    The Great Sage Althea, thinking about it carefully, she’s an amazing woman .


    「You do not need to think like that you know? I am Althea, just simply, Althea」


    「Just Althea?」


    A soft hand passed over me . It’s Althea’s hand .


    She took Io’s hand and pulled it to her chest .


    「I am but a simple woman who had undressed everything she is wearing, I am just simply, Althea . When I am in his arms like this, I am just a woman just like you」


    「I-Is that so」


    「Or is it that, do you want to im “Call me the A-Rank Adventurer, Thousand Lightning Io-sama!” in front of him?」


    What kind of character is that?


    「I do not wish for that! I am Kakeru-san’s」


    「Simr to that, I am also just Althea . I’ll be happy if you call me like that」


    「E?to, uhm……can’t I call you with -san? Calling someone older, is a little……」


    「Fufu, okay, that is fine . Can I call my cute youngerrade with just her name then?」


    「Please do so!」


    With me in between, a friendship between women was created .


    「And so, did you need something again?」


    「Oh, that’s right! Althea-san . Is Althea-san knowledgeable with magic?」


    「Only in theory . I remember every single magic that exists in this world as knowledge . From those ones that were boasted in prosperity but lost, to those legendaryws that were created but not used even once . All of it, is just knowledge though」


    「Amazing……」


    Ipletely agree .


    As expected of the Great Sage . The amount of her knowledge is staggering .


    「What do you want to ask then?」


    「Uhm……I just thought, I want to learn more magic . I want to learn more and more, be more and more useful to Kakeru-san……no, that’s not it」


    She took a deep breath and rephrased . Her breath tickled my side .


    「I need to be more suitable to Kakeru-san」


    「That’s why you want to ask me if there’s a magic that is fitting」


    「Please! Althea-samaーーAlthea-san . I know that something that is very valuable must be given to Althea-san in exchange for teaching something! But even so! Please!」


    「Are you really saying that, knowing what would be taken in exchange?」


    「I don’t know . Butーー」


    「If it’s the most recent one, I think I said “go and kill your parents”」


    Oi oi, that’s a heck of a price . It’s like how a devil makes a deal .


    「Will you still do it, even so?」


    「That is……」


    She grabbed me tightly . Io’s finger is sinking to my skin .


    It hurts a little . I can really feel that she’s considering it seriously .


    「Let me see, in your case, I would ask you to kill those two」


    「Those two……Agnes and Julia?!」


    Io realized half way .


    Althea, that’s where she led it huh .


    「That, is……」


    Where did her momentum from a while ago go to? Io clearly became downcasted .


    「I’m sorry……I, my resolve was not enough」


    I don’t need that kind of resolve though .


    「It looks like I yed the joke too far . I don’t need that kind of resolve」


    He??


    「Eh?」


    「I won’t say something like that, I would be hated if I did」


    「Then, what do I need to do? I will do if it’s anything else!」


    「You don’t need to do anything」


    「Eh? But……」


    「I am Althea, just, Althea」


    As if it was a spell, as if to sing a song .


    ……Althea said as if to whisper in my ear .


    「As long as I am here like this, I am nothing but a simple woman just like you . In other words, we arerades, or maybe, something like sisters」


    「Sisters……」


    「It would seem that he really prefers women who are excellent in their way . That’s why I will teach Io . I will teach you everything, all the magic that you can possibly learn your talents」


    「ーー! Thank you very much!」


    「You do not need to thank me . Being both his woman, do you think those words are needed?」


    「I think it is! Whether or not being Kakeru-san’s!」


    「……」


    Althea became silent as if she was caught by surprise . I felt her presence get startled .


    「Thank you very much! Althea-san!」


    And Io added even more .


    I almost instinctively move my arm that she was using as arm pillow .


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