As a Reward for Saving the World, I Was Reincarnated Into a World Where Girls Are Super Aggressive and Chastity Roles Are Reversed!! …Or So I Thought, Until It Turned Out to Be an Overbearing Yandere Harem of My Former Companions Who Loved Me Too Much - 18-19

Chapter 18: A Heart-Pounding Date

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“Come on, let’s go, Kazuki! Escort me properly, like a fiancé should!”

Out in the city, Silvia said that as she naturally linked her arm through mine. The Silvia I knew would’ve once barked “D-Don’t get so familiar with me!” and tried to punch me for something like this, but today she was strangely proactive.

“Yeah. Leave it to me.”

The delicate feel of her arm against mine and the faint fragrance of flowers made my heart jump. As expected of this reversed-chastity isekai—even the prickly elf Silvia became this bold in front of a man. 

Maybe it was because we had the excuse of “pretending to be engaged,” and she’d lowered her guard a little more than usual. But still, the gap was insane. Congratulations. The prickly elf had evolved into a tsundere elf!!

“What are you grinning about? You look gross.”

“I was just thinking how cute it is that you’re being affectionate, Silvia.”

“Wh-…! I-I’m not being affectionate! This is just an act, don’t get the wrong idea! You know that, right?”

Turning bright red, Silvia looked away. But for just a moment, her eyes shot a glare behind us, toward the corner of a building in the distance. …I see. She must’ve noticed we were being watched too.

“Yeah, of course. Since we’ve got the chance, let’s show them just how lovey-dovey we are.”

“Wh-… L-Lovey-dovey!? Are you sure? They might actually think the engagement is real.”

For some reason, Silvia fidgeted nervously.

“What are you talking about? That’s why we came to town in the first place, isn’t it?”

“…Fine. Then I won’t hold back. There’s somewhere I’ve always wanted to go!!”

We headed for the bustling city market. Silvia tugged on my arm and stopped in front of a crepe stall.

“That’s what I wanted to eat!! Your adorable fiancée is asking, so go buy it for me.”

“Yes, yes, I hear you, my lady. I’m pretty sure we had some during our travels though…”

When I came back with two crepes, Silvia took one bite of hers, then for some reason thrust it out in front of me.

“Here, Kazuki. Say ‘ahh.’”

“Eh, ‘ahh’!?”

“W-What? That’s normal for couples! If we don’t put on a show, they’ll see through our act!”

Flustered, she pushed the crepe toward my mouth. Her eyes shimmered and her cheeks flushed like apples. Ah, right. This gesture really did look fiancé-like. But Silvia, as an elf, you probably didn’t know—stuff like this was normal in a reversed-chastity world.

“Tastes good…”

I nonchalantly took a bite of the crepe, then grinned when I felt Silvia’s gaze on me along with the sweetness of the cream.

“I-I see… Then that’s fine.”

“Then I should give you something in return.”

After eating my own crepe, I held it out to her as payback. Right… In this world, it seemed normal for women to feed men with an “ahh,” like Shinon had done for me. But what about the reverse?

“Eh… Uum… Well…”

“What’s wrong? We’re supposed to be pretending to be engaged.”

“Ugh… Fine, I’ll eat it, you idiot!! But if you do things like this, I’ll start taking it seriously…”

Silvia muttered under her breath, face blazing red. Her shy demeanor in that moment was… incredibly cute.

★★★

From the rooftop of a nearby building, two shadows looked down on the scene.

“Silvia-sama is so unfair…! To give Kazuki-sama an ‘ahh’ like that…! Don’t tell me she plans to follow it up with a ‘Feed me too…’ and drag him back to an inn? How shameless! Such a godless act!”

Celestia’s hands creaked as she squeezed the mace she held, a pitch-black aura of malice rising from her eyes that had lost all trace of holiness.

“…Master’s first ‘ahh’ was supposed to be for me, his exclusive maid, under the pretext of a taste test… Unforgivable.”

Shinon, standing beside her with binoculars, showed no expression—but the eyes behind the lenses shone with a light colder than absolute zero.

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Chapter 19: The Date and the Intruder

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“Next, let’s go over there.”

Pulled along by Silvia, we stepped into an accessory shop. And on top of that, she deliberately pressed close against me in the crowd, her body snug against mine. Her voice also sounded a bit spoiled.

“Don’t get lost!”

Each time she did, I could feel the killing intent from behind us grow stronger.

“Hey, Silvia. You’ve been looking awfully happy this whole time.”

“Th-that’s not true at all! It’s all for the sake of a perfect performance! …Look, what do you think of this one?”

When I teased her for acting more affectionately than I could have ever imagined before, she tried to deflect by pointing—at a pair of bracelets, delicately crafted from silver wire. One bore an ornament shaped like a sun’s leaf, the other a moon’s leaf, joined together by a fine chain.

“They’re beautiful. Does this shape have some kind of meaning?”

“You remembered well. In the world of elves, the sunleaf is worn by men, the moonleaf by women. Together they form one whole, a symbol of eternal vows.”

Silvia spoke with joy and with a proud smile. I remembered—back when we were still traveling together, she had once told me about it while gazing at the moon. At that time, she’d said, “I wonder if someone will give me one someday,” and when I answered, “I hope you find a good partner,” for some reason she had gotten sulky after hearing my answer.

Yeah, indeed. Now might be the perfect timing. Especially since we had to convince the ones tailing us.

“Well then, I’ll buy it for you.”

“Eh… Really?”

“Yeah. After all, we’re fiancés now, aren’t we?”

“…Mm. Thank you.”

Blushing, Silvia put the moonleaf bracelet on her wrist, then took the sunleaf one and turned toward me.

“Come on, give me your arm. Got it? This is proof of our engagement, so you absolutely must never take it off!”

Beaming from ear to ear, Silvia deliberately took her time, her fingers brushing against mine as she fastened the bracelet on me. That provocative touch made me once again think to myself. 

Women in this world are really intense with their skinship, huh?

“Thanks, Silvia. I’ll treasure it.”

“…Mm.”

Seeing her give a shy little smile, my heart skipped a beat. Damn it, she was too cute. If this weren’t a chastity-reversed world, I’d definitely be fooled into thinking she actually liked me.

As I was basking in that sweet atmosphere, I suddenly felt the killing intent behind me flare up. It seemed they had finally reached their limit.

“We can’t hold back anymore!!”

From the shadows of the buildings, the two who had supposedly been watching over us—Celestia, her eyes devoid of light, and Shinon, expressionless as a noh mask—burst forth. 

But just at that moment, a complex vine-patterned magic circle unfolded instantly beneath our feet. The magical quality was clearly different from theirs—older, and far more powerful.

“What!?”

Silvia let out a cry of surprise, and at the same time Celestia and Shinon shouted, “Stop!” But their voices did not reach us. Our vision was swallowed by a dazzling emerald light, and we vanished from that place.

When we next opened our eyes, we were in a lavish, unfamiliar stone chamber. The walls were adorned with Elven-style tapestries, and the only exit was a single heavy door—no iron bars.

“Wh-what is this place!?”

Silvia immediately stepped in front of me, raising her staff protectively.

“Who are you, to do something like this!? Show yourself! Kazuki, don’t you dare move from behind me!”

“Hey, wouldn’t it be better if I were the one in front?”

Silvia desperately tried to protect me. Watching her back, I calmly probed for the owner of the magical presence filling the room. …Well, I had a pretty good guess of who it was though.

“I know. But I don’t ever want you to be hurt again. Do you understand?”

Perhaps remembering some painful past, Silvia wore a near-crying expression I had never seen before, and my chest ached… But I decided it was time to end this charade.

“You’ve been tailing us all along, haven’t you? Who are you really?”

No reply.

Come on, this just makes me look like an idiot.

“Wait, weren’t Celestia and Shinon the ones following us?”

“What are you talking about? Those two were watching over us. But this person has been shadowing us since last night, you know.”

She hadn’t noticed? She had kept glancing behind her so much, I was sure she knew…

“As expected of a former Hero… So you saw through me. Pleased to meet you, Kazuki-dono, Silvia-dono.”

From the shadows at the back of the room, a masked man stepped forward. He wore a robe so luxurious it seemed to radiate his immense magical power. And his long, pointed ears betrayed that he was a high-ranking elf.

“I heard you were that girl’s fiancé, but I wanted to know if that was true. You two seemed rather passionate… But are you truly engaged?”

“O-of course we are!! And who even are you!?”

Silvia clung to my arm while glaring at him. His tone was theatrical, but his eyes sought to pierce straight through to the depths of our souls.

“I am a Selector. I will judge with my own eyes whether Silvia-dono and Kazuki-dono truly love one another. Yes… If the two of you are in love, then why not prove it with a kiss?”

“A k-kiss!?”

That was pushing it way too far. Even in this chastity-reversed world, I wanted to believe that a kiss still held something sacred. Doing it as an act felt wrong. Facing his overwhelming presence, I nevertheless stepped forward calmly.

“We’ve already met before, haven’t we?”

At my words, the masked elf’s brow twitched.

“…What are you talking about?”

“Don’t play dumb. During our whole date, you were watching us from the shadows, weren’t you?”

Yes, he had been tailing us the entire time. No, even earlier—the presence I’d felt when Silvia had snuck in through my window had been his as well. And then, I spoke the decisive words.

“Besides, we already met when Silvia and I saved the Elf village… Isn’t that right… Elder Arcous?”

“Wha—!?”

At my words, the masked elf’s eyes flew wide in shock. Silvia, too, was bewildered, looking between Arcous-san and me with confusion written all over her face.

“Papa… What are you doing?”

The masked elf broke into a cold sweat at Silvia’s voice. That much, I was sure, was no illusion.

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