After defeating the demon king in another world and returning to Japan, a dungeon appeared on the ground. - Chapter 70

Chapter 70

“You… so you were the heiress of the Yotsui conglomerate huh,”

“Yes, that’s correct,”

“Why did you decide to transfer here now, of all times?”

“I wanted to repay my debt to you for saving my life. So, I transferred schools to be near you,”

“That doesn’t make any sense. How does repaying a debt translate into transferring schools?”

“More importantly, I want to know more about you, Ando-san. Can you tell me about your hobbies?”

“Don’t just gloss over the main point saying, ‘more importantly’!”

I had to choose my words carefully as I speak. After all, the person sitting next to me is the heiress of one of Japan’s most powerful financial groups. Even a slight misstep can even guarantee repercussions unheard of.

“Haaah, Isn’t the reason for my transfer already too obvious?”

“W—What do you mean.”

“It’s you, Ando-san. When you saved me in the dungeon, I fell in love with you,”

“HaaAA!? Love!?”

Unknowingly I reacted in a loud voice.

I turned to her again expecting that to be a joke, but her face was completely serious.

“Yes. Being abandoned by my own comrades and left as a decoy to die for them to escape, a weak and defenceless girl as I am… on top of it, the huge number of monsters that started to close in… as I already resigned myself to my fate and closed my eyes in despair, you came running in and saved me.”

“…Aren’t you romanticizing this a bit too much?”

“Nope, at that time, you appeared in front of me as a prince riding a white horse found in stories, that’s exactly how I saw you. That’s why, I decided that, in addition to repay the debt I owe you, I will make sure you are mine, and mine only,”

“So… and that’s why you transferred in this school?”

She nodded saying, “Yes.”

I swallowed hard.

“By the way… how did you know I attended this school?”

“I asked my father to find out. There’s nothing my father can’t do,”

“Ah, sure enough…”

This girl’s father is so powerful that he could easily influence the Japanese politics if he wanted to… Finding out about a high school student’s personal detail would surely be a task too easy for him to accomplish.

“Ando-san, I did some research on you. I know you live with your little sister alone. And the information on how you’re earning a living as an intermediate explorer now. Apart from that, I’ve heard some rather incredible rumours regarding you,”

Yotsui smiles slyly.

“…”

Scary! That smile’s terrifying. Just how much did she even know?!

“Of course… I won’t tell anyone about it. After all, this is my and Ando-san’s little secret,” she said, winking cheekily.

By the way, I and Yotsui were speaking in low voices, so our classmates were gawking at us closely as they couldn’t hear our conversation at all.

That’s why, they are whispering among themselves looking at the close conversation we were having between us.

“Say… It looks like Yotsui-san and Ando are talking really intimately between themselves though…”

“What kind of relationship are they sharing…?”

“Hey, why is someone with an adjective as ‘the poorest kid’ like him, talking so closely with Japan’s richest girl?”

“It seemed Yotsui-san knew about him… Just what kind of connection do they have between them?”

Everyone was wildly speculating by their own imaginations.

Looking at that happen, Yotsui giggled “kusukusu” amusingly.

“Everyone is watching us, Ando-san, aren’t you quite the popular one.”

“Just whose fault do you think that is… tell me…” I sighed.

Why does trouble always seem to follow me one after another? I just wanted to live a quiet life as a high school student and a normal explorer.

“I want to ask you about something, Ando-san?”

“…What is it?”

“Ando-san, do you have a girlfriend or anyone you’re seeing right now?”

“No, I don’t. Never had one ever.”

“Great! Then I will nominate myself …—-”

*Garararara

As if trying to be interrupting her, the classroom door slid open.

“Alright, everyone, take your seats. Class is starting,” announced the first-period social studies teacher.

“Look, the class is starting. Face forwards,”

“Muuu,”

Yotsui pouted but returned her chair to its original position, facing the front.

“Phew…”

I sighed in relief, somehow able to narrowly escape the impending crises. But, thinking that such incidents would continue to happen rather normally from now on out filled me with a sense of impending dread.