I Wanted a Cute Girl to Cast Healing Magic on Me, So I Kept Protecting My Allies—and Ended Up with an Overprotective Party - 29

Chapter 29: A Beautiful Young Girl Who Was Up to Something (Working Behind the Scenes)

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I decided to calmly think about the situation. Right now, I was going out with Miya, just the two of us. …That was all.

In other words, it’s a date… What the heck, is that really how a first date gets decided—just like that!? No, but still, she’s a beautiful girl. Whatever else you might say, Miya really is cute.

Of course, I couldn’t go on a date in my light armor. I changed into the kind of normal clothes people wore in this world. Since it was summer, it was something like a T-shirt and chino pants.

Why am I getting nervous…?

Even though I lived in the same house with three beautiful girls every day, the moment it became just the two of us going out, I suddenly became self-conscious. It was strange—and made me realize all over again just how luxurious my current life was.

Once I was ready, I went to Miya’s room and called out to her.

“Miya, I’m coming in, okay?”

From inside, I heard Miya’s voice.

“Wait, wait! Isn’t that way too fast!? I’m not wearing them yet!”

“That is definitely not something you should be saying out loud!”

I had no idea what she was doing in there, but what did that say about what she thought of me as a man, saying something like that? Oh, maybe she meant she hadn’t put on her socks yet. That’d make sense. But if that was it, would she really be that panicked?

A few minutes later, Miya came out of her room wearing a white one-piece dress. It went perfectly with her medium-length blue hair, giving her the appearance of a clean, graceful beauty. She really was cute.

By the way, normally you “put on” (着る) a one-piece dress, not “wear” it as in “put on like shoes or socks” (履く). So… what exactly wasn’t she wearing?

We’d ended up making a bit of a commotion, and I couldn’t help wondering if Karinka-san and Emil thought it was weird. We passed through the living room, but no one was there, and Miya and I stepped outside together.

It was summer. Not quite as hot as Japan, but this other world was plenty warm too. I wondered if they had the concept of heatstroke here.

“Miya, let’s be careful not to get heatstroke.”

“Heatstroke? What’s that? Is it some kind of illness from getting too absorbed in something? But honestly, I think that kind of passion is a good thing.”

“No, that’s not what I meant… I mean we need to take measures against the heat.”

“Oh, then just say that. I already put on sunscreen and brought my water bottle, so I’m fine.”

Miya said that as she pointed to the bag in her right hand. She was surprisingly well-prepared.

“So, where are we going now?”

“Leave it to me!”

Embarrassingly enough, I decided to let Miya take the lead. I mean, this was my first time going out alone with a girl—it couldn’t be helped, right? The first place we visited was an armor shop. …Wait, what?

“Miya, do you even know what kind of shop this is?”

“How rude! Of course it’s an armor shop.”

An armor shop on a date? Was that normal in another world? We stepped inside, but I had actually come here just yesterday and bought a light armor set.

“Welcome. …Oh, you came back.”

The voice came from a bald man in his forties, the shopkeeper. It wasn’t like I was doing anything wrong, but I still felt oddly embarrassed.

“Yeah, I—”

“Yep, I brought him with me today~!”

Before I could respond, Miya cut in and answered the shopkeeper for me.

“Oh, I see! You were so serious about picking one out yesterday! That guy’s a lucky one, huh… wait, you’re the guy from yesterday!”

“Hey there.”

“This is great. A couple coming in on the same day separately—that’s hilarious.”

“A c-couple!? Oh stop~! Anyway, do you still have that light armor I said was nice yesterday?”

“Yeah, I put it on hold just like I said.”

The shopkeeper went to the back and brought out the same light armor I had bought yesterday.

“Huh? This is the same one I bought yesterday.”

“Really?”

“Now that you mention it, yeah, it is. But hey, kid—this girl came in to preview stuff just for you yesterday, you know. You’ve got yourself one amazing girlfriend!”

“Y-yeah…! She’s way too good for me, really!”

I can’t say it…! I can’t tell him Miya’s the one who keeps calling me her boyfriend on her own…!

“Well, if it’s the same one, there’s no point buying it again! Sorry, but could you cancel it?”

“Don’t worry about it, it’s all good! More importantly, kid—make sure you treasure that girlfriend of yours!”

“Y-yes, sir!”

In the end, we left without buying anything. That shopkeeper… What a genuinely nice guy he was.

“More importantly, Miya… You really did that for me yesterday?”

“Well, I was worried about you, Rikuto.”

“I see… Thanks.”

“Hehe~ You’re welcome!”

Miya said that and then linked her arm with mine, pressing close.

So close! So warm! So soft!

“It’s hot, so get off me.”

“Then try and push me off if you can.”

I tried to pry her off, but Miya clung on tighter than expected, so it took a while. It probably looked like we were just flirting. There was even a time when I thought.

Could Miya actually be kinda cute?

But she kept going around telling everyone I was her boyfriend without asking me, so I thought again to myself. 

Yeah, I really don’t get her at all.

Since Miya was the only one in our party who cooked, she went back home before evening. When we got there, only Emil came to greet us at the entrance.

“Rikuto-san! You went out, didn’t you?”

“Yeah. Miya suddenly invited me.”

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Emil! I’ll get started on dinner right away!”

Miya said that and hurried off to the kitchen.

“Shall we go help her in the kitchen?”

“I see. So you were with Miya-san, huh..”

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