Ankoku Kishi Monogatari - Chapter 58.2

Chapter 58.2 : Goddess Of Spider

「I understand, Kyouka-san… I’ll try to tell Kuroki about this matter.」

「Thank you, Shirone-san!! I’ll return this favor someday!!」

Kyouka-san had a happy expression on.

Well, I don’t really know whether Kuroki would teach her or not. But I think it should be okay since Kuroki is a kind person after all.

Then again, what was he doing right now?

I suddenly remembered that Kuroki was currently housesitting along with Rena in Teseshia.

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Valkyrie, Shizufae

「DAMMIT! WHY CAN’T I TAKE A PEEK?!」

The Hero of Wind, Zefa, cursed with a loud voice.

This was because Shirone-sama and Kyouka-sama, both wearing a swimsuit, were resting on the ship’s bow.

「What the hell are you talking about? Do you want to be killed by Kaya-sama?」

Big sis Keyna rebuked Zefa with an exhausted tone.

Kaya-sama was a really scary person… I also heard that she was as strong, if not, even more powerful than Chiyuki-sama.

I mean… if you had multiple lives, it still wouldn’t be enough if you somehow angered that kind of person.

They were simply beyond our reach, we shouldn’t even have any thoughts of doing something strange to them.

Anyhow, it seems that Shirone-sama managed to get the cooperation from the lizardmen while saving me from the labyrinth.

I mean, we’re talking about lizardmen here, they’re a race that wouldn’t listen to humans unless we placed shackles or a collar on them.

And Zefa here was actually daring to try and peek on my benefactor.

「But… they’re such beauties, you know? Don’t you think that it’s wrong if we, as gentlemen, don’t even try to look at them? Am I right, Hero of Fire?」

Zefa suddenly dragged Novis into the conversation.

「No, I mean…. You’re kind of correct…」

Novis hesitantly agreed with him.

「Give it up already…. Are you trying to incite Shirone-sama’s wrath again?」

I rebuked Novis’ words.

「Even so… Don’t you think that it’ll be your loss as a man if you wouldn’t take a look at Kyouka-sama and Shirone-sama’s current appearance? How should I say this….」

Novis said with pride, he apparently wasn’t giving up on this.

「The hell are you talking about?」

I couldn’t help but facepalm. This idiot will never learn from his mistake unless I point it out.

Though… It’s not like I don’t understand his feelings.

I mean, despite her huge breasts, Kyouka-sama has such a slender waist.

And though Shirone-sama loses in terms of breast size, her chest was still considered as cut above the rest by this world’s standard. In addition, she also has a pair of long and slender legs. In fact, her figure was much more balanced than Kyouka-sama’s.

Even I, who was the same gender as them, quite envied their well proportioned figures. This was why I understood his emotions of wanting to see their swimsuit figures.

However, it doesn’t mean that I would let these idiots do that. Shirone-sama was my benefactor. I’ll do everything I can to prevent these idiots from disturbing them.

It also seems she didn’t meet the Dark Knight when she found me collapsed in the labyrinth.

But still… who knew what would have happened to me if she didn’t find me at that time. Moreover, it was also thanks to Shirone-sama that my wound was treated by Goddess-sama herself.

I felt like the luckiest girl in the world for getting personal treatment from the super beautiful goddess.

It was said that Goddess Rena-sama was the epitome of beauty, and that there was nothing but gentle affection in her heart. I now know that this rumor about her was true after I met the person herself.

I mean, it was already surprising in and of itself that I was able to meet the goddess herself.

This is why I’ve yet to properly show my gratitude to Shirone-sama.

I was right here at this very moment for the sake of repaying this favor to her.

Thus, I have imposed on myself with a duty to prevent those idiots — Also known as Novis and company — from trying to do something stupid.

Or so I thought when I came here by myself, for some reason though, Keyna-sama also tagged along with me.

My miscalculation, however, was the fact that the Hero of Water, Nephim, and the Hero of Wind, Zefa, also came along with us. It seemed that they tagged along for their own agendas.

Somehow, Novis seemed to hate this addition.

「Ha!」

A pillar of water suddenly appeared from the river’s surface.

A man descended to the deck of the ship alongside this sudden situation.

It was Nephim, the Hero of Water. Since he could freely move underwater, he chose to dive along with the lizardmen into the river.

He then dried his drenched hair with a theatrical movement. His light blue hair danced beautifully as he shook his head.

Nephim was currently wearing a swimsuit for men that encased his well-toned body, and despite him being handsome as Reiji-sama, I had to say that Nephim’s appearance was a cut above the rest of the human males in this world.

「… Fuuh.」

After heaving a sigh, Nephim walked towards the starboard and kneeled on there. A ladder which descended toward the river was in front of him.

Shortly after, a woman appeared from the surface of the water around the ladder.

She was one of Kyouka-sama’s and Shirone-sama’s attendants, her name was Regena-san.

She volunteered herself to dive into the river to command the lizardmen in Shirone-sama and company’s place.

I heard a rumor that Regena-san was a former princess of a certain country…

How did someone in her position end up becoming an attendant? Could it be that she had a rather spicy background?

However, she was definitely more useful than the male attendant who got punched by Novis, there was also the fact that she could command the lizardmen.

It also seemed that she could move underwater too, just like Nephim.

Regena-san grabbed onto the ladder, and then, she slowly climbed back up to the deck of the ship.

「Here, please take my hand, Regena.」

Nephim stretched his hand as he said those words. Despite his offer, Regena ignored him while she nonchalantly continued climbing on the ladder.

Nephim, who got ignored, was smiling wryly.

Novis and Zefa were smiling gleefully at the situation. Good grief… these idiots…

「Uhm, please use this…」

I gave her a clean and dry cloth for her to wipe her body.

「Thank you very much…」

Regena-san bowed in response, she also showed a gentle smile when she did so.

As I looked at her wiping her body, I thought that she was a beautiful person too.

Chesnut-colored hair and porcelain-white skin… Though not as sexy as Shirone-sama or Kyouka-sama, her body had just the right curves.

The fact that she only had a swimsuit on also emphasized that fact even further.

Could it be that the girls who were working around Reiji-sama all had this kind of beauty?

It was to the point that I was starting to lose my confidence as a woman.

I mean… the woman who had the smallest chest in this ship was none other than me. I don’t think I would ever wear a swimsuit around these kinds of super beauties, even if I wasn’t Faeria’s believer.

「This is quite…」

「Yeah…」

Zefa and Novis were ogling at Regena, the latter was still wiping her body.

I desperately endured the impulse to kick these idiots into the river.

「You guys… Please stop looking at my Regena with those dirty looks on your faces.」

Nephim stood in front of Regena, shielding her from Novis and Zefa’s sight.

「Ah! What the heck are you talking about? Stop trying to monopolize her for yourself!」

「In the first place, since when did Regena-san become yours?!」

The two idiots quickly snapped back at Nephim.

Nephim smiled as he looked at the two men.

「By the way, how about having a dinner with me, Regena?」

Nephim asked with a serious expression on his face.

It seemed like he was trying to woo Regena-san even when they were inside the river earlier.

Regena-san simply treated him coldly, almost to the point of ignoring him.

「Uhm…. Thanks for the offer, but I can’t accept it since I already have a master.」

Regena-san, with a troubled look on her face, flat out rejected Novis.

Other than the idiot trio’s reactions aside, even big sis Keyna had a surprised look on her face.

This also included me of course.

「Hee~ A husband, huh? You just dealt a critical blow to these guys.」

Big sis Keyna commented as she observed Regena-san.

Regena-san was married, huh? Even though we were supposed to be the same age.

This part was what made me rather surprised.

「Regena-san has a husband1?! I wonder what kind of a person your husband* is…」

I unintentionally asked this question.

Since Reiji-sama wasn’t married yet, the husband she was referring to might not be him. I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of person her husband was.

It made me extremely curious as the priestess of the Goddess of Marriage.

「He’s an extremely, gentle and warm person…」

Regena-san replied with a gentle smile on her face.

She was truly enchanting at this moment.

I let out a groan when I heard her say this. Honestly speaking? I was jealous of her.

When I glanced to the side, I saw the Nephim’s figure slumped down on the floor.

Poor guy… but with this, I guess one idiot is down for the count.

But I was really curious about the identity of Regena’s husband, I mean… What made him so special that just a mention about him was enough for Regena-san to make such a face?

I really wanted to meet him someday.