Help! My Overprotective S-Rank Master Who Loves Me Too Much Won't Let Me Go on Quests! - Chapter 58: Milena-san Makes a Declaration!

Chapter 58: Milena-san Makes a Declaration!

“Hello, Milena-san!”

I greeted Milena-san as I came to the Adventurer’s Guild today to take on a new quest.

“Oh, Adin-san! Hello!”

Milena-san looked pleased to see me, but after a moment, she looked around at my surroundings and asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity:

“Is Aria-san not with you today?”

“Yes, Aria-san wanted to come, but after going on several quests together since our first one, I thought it was time for me to start handling quests on my own.”

“That’s a wonderful idea. Since you’ve reached D-rank as an adventurer, you’re able to take on these quests now.”

“I see… Then I’ll take this quest, please.”

I pointed to one of the quest request papers, and Milena-san smiled and replied, “Understood.”

Usually, Milena-san would offer some words of encouragement, but today, she asked me a different question.

“Adin-san, how have things been going lately?”

“How things have been going…? Oh, you mean with the quests? It’s been going smoothly. Thanks to the training I did with Aria-san for a year, I’ve been able to complete quests without much trouble.”

“No, I mean, how are things going with your relationship with Aria-san?”

“Eh…!?”

My relationship with Aria-san… Ah, I see.

“So, you’re asking about our romantic relationship, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Well, it’s hard to say how things are going… But Aria-san has been telling me what she wants to do with me, and I just go along with it. I’m grateful that she tells me what she wants, though.”

“I see… Adin-san, you’re such a kind person, so Aria-san is lucky.”

“No, I’m the one who’s been helped by Aria-san’s kindness many times.”

When I said this with gratitude for Aria-san, Milena-san looked a bit thoughtful and then said:

“If you were about three years older, I might have fallen for you, Adin-san.”

“Eh…!?”

I was stunned by her words, but Milena-san smiled as she continued.

“What’s surprising? I still have feelings for you, Adin-san, though it’s about half as much as I do for you as a family member, not just as a romantic interest.”

“Romantic interest… I’m not sure what you mean, but I think I understand the family part. I don’t have any siblings, but if I had an older sister, I think it would feel like how I feel about you, Milena-san.”

“An older sister, huh… That sounds nice.”

Milena-san smiled in agreement.

“But, in a few years, maybe just one, Adin-san will have gained more experience as an adventurer, and you’ll become even more attractive as a man, too… When that happens, I may end up really liking you, not just half as a family member but fully as a romantic partner. At that time, I’ll approach you without worrying about Aria-san, so please look forward to it.”

“Eh!? That’s… troubling…”

Just as I was about to respond, the door to the Adventurer’s Guild suddenly burst open, and I saw Aria-san standing there. She shouted–

“Adin-kun! Now that I think about it, I was going to be alone with Milena during the quest registration, so I was supposed to come along, but—Ahh!!”

She ran up to me and, looking angry, turned to Milena-san.

“Hey, Milena! Just because it’s the two of you alone, you didn’t say anything weird to Adin-kun, did you?!”

“I didn’t say anything weird. I just made a declaration that if Adin-san becomes more attractive as a man in the next few years, I will approach him without worrying about you, Aria-san.”

“What!?”

The two of them started arguing, but I quickly muttered, “I’m going to take the quest now…” and left the guild to head to the quest location.

—One hour later, after I successfully completed the quest purely by myself for the first time, I returned to the Adventurer’s Guild to report my success. However, when I arrived at the counter, Aria-san and Milena-san were still arguing, and I had to rush in to mediate their dispute.