I Was Sent to an All-Female Frontline Unit to Get Rid of Some of the Trouble, but the Most Beautiful Girls Who Are Rumored to Hate Men Love Me So Much That I Have a Hard Time at Night - Chapter 66: Growing Feelings (1)

Chapter 66: Growing Feelings (1)

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We spent time at a shop eating sweets.

We ate fresh cream shortcake, chocolate cake, roll cake, cookies, and other sweets.

Eventually, we finished eating and left the shop.

“That was really delicious, everyone!”

“Y-Yeah!”

“It was.”

“Delicious indeed!”

I spoke to everyone, and they replied to me.

Then, they spoke in voices so soft I couldn’t hear clearly.

“Cute…”

“He was cute eating cake, but he’s still too cute outside…”

“Really, too cute…”

“The cake was delicious, but Teraward-kun is too cute…”

“A boy who suits sweets so well exists…”

“I want to see him eat more sweets…”

“Cute…”

“Cute…”

“Cute…”

Everyone murmured something.

Then, their cheeks flushed slightly, and they looked at me vaguely.

I found their behavior puzzling.

Elena opened her mouth and spoke.

“Well, everyone’s probably tired from traveling since morning, so it’s a bit early, but shall we head back to the inn? But I need to buy something, so can I leave Sephia in charge?”

“I understand.”

“Thanks! See you later!”

After that exchange, Elena left us and walked into the city alone.

“Let’s head back to the inn.”

“Yes!”

As Sephia said, we all headed to the inn together and entered our assigned rooms.

Naturally, Sephia and Norn, my roommates, were there too.

“Still, I was a bit surprised that Finn will fight a fellow soldier at this Expert Match in the magic tournament.”

“Yeah… It was really sudden, so I was surprised too.”

“Speaking of surprises, the speed with which you suppressed your presence regarding your skill was very impressive.”

“Thank you! But since he was an ally, I shouldn’t have needed to do that… Maybe I instinctively sensed he wanted to fight me at the magic tournament and suppressed my presence on reflex?”

“Maybe he felt something close to hostility toward you for the tournament fight—or perhaps…”

Norn murmured something and closed her mouth.

“Norn?”

I called out to her, and Norn spoke in her usual manner.

“It’s nothing. Let’s stop talking about that beast in human skin—”

Then, we talked for a while about the sweets we ate at the shop.

The room’s door opened, and Elena walked in.

“Welcome back, Elena!”

“Living with Finn saying ‘welcome back’ is happiness— I mean! Y-Yeah! I’m back!”

I naturally spoke to Elena, who returned my greeting.

“Did you buy the thing you wanted, Elena?”

“What!? Oh, uh, y-yeah. I bought it.”

“That’s great!”

Elena’s cheeks flushed with slight embarrassment.

Her behavior concerned me a bit, but Norn opened her mouth and spoke.

“Now that Elena’s back, shall we four take a bath together?”

“What!?”

Her words were sudden.

But Norn’s suggestion led us to decide to bathe together.

I undressed first and entered the bathroom ahead to wait for Norn and the others.

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At the Luvankrum Empire’s military headquarters, the four higher-ups sat in the meeting room as usual.

A soldier entered the meeting room.

“I beg your pardon!”

Deandre raised his voice and spoke.

“You’re here! Report on Narcissus’s progress!”

“Yes, sir!”

The soldier nodded and continued speaking.

“Today, as planned, Finn Teraward and the frontline unit members arrived in the city. Narcissus-sama contacted them and succeeded in luring Finn Teraward to the magic tournament.”

“Oh…!”

“Impressive.”

“Indeed, the plan was for Narcissus to defeat Finn Teraward, a commoner, at the tournament to show the unshakable power of us nobles.”

“Yes. As planned, Narcissus luring Finn Teraward to the tournament means…”

Deandre paused his words and spoke to the reporting soldier.

“Narcissus judged he could beat Finn Teraward after seeing him with his own eyes, right?”

“Yes. He understood Finn is talented as a trainee, but from Narcissus-sama’s perspective, he felt no strong presence at all.”

Deandre heard the report and grinned widely.

Narcissus had flaws in personality, but his skill was truly exceptional.

If Narcissus said so, Finn Teraward was as good as eliminated.

“I see. Good work. You may leave.”

“Yes, sir!”

The soldier bowed and left the meeting room.

Deandre relaxed his shoulders and spoke.

“We’ve struggled with that mere commoner trainee, Finn Teraward, until now, but in a few days at the magic tournament, Narcissus will surely eliminate him.”

“Finally, we’ll have some rest.”

“Making us nobles go to such lengths for a commoner… No matter how I think about it, it’s infuriating.”

“Haha, he’ll soon be a corpse, so let’s forgive him. Isn’t such generosity a noble’s virtue?”

“Indeed, you’re right.”

After that, the meeting ended.

The purple-haired woman stood up first, as always, and walked toward the meeting room’s door.

Her eyes, turned away from the higher-up men, held their usual vacant gaze as she left the room and walked down the hallway.

“The magic tournament…”

Once it ended, finally—

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“Sorry to keep you waiting, Finn!”

The bathroom door opened.

Elena’s voice echoed, and Elena, Sephia, and Norn entered the bathroom in bath towels.

“It’s okay!”

I answered nervously.

The frontline base’s bathroom was very spacious, but this inn’s bathroom, being part of a room, wasn’t as large.

I felt their captivating figures even closer than before, and my eyes were drawn to them unconsciously.

Elena and the others started washing my body.

They washed my body very gently and carefully.

Beautiful women with wonderful bodies and personalities washed my body.

I felt their warm kindness, and Elena, washing the front of my body, opened her mouth and spoke.

“How’s the washing feel, Finn?”

“It feels very good!”

“How about my side?”

“Sephia’s side feels very good too!”

“That’s good.”

“Then, how about my side?”

“Of course, Norn’s side feels very good too!”

“I see… But—”

Norn spoke while touching my back with her index finger and moving it.

“If I washed your back directly with my breasts, it’d feel even better, don’t you think?”

“What…!?”

Her words surprised me.

Elena, in front of me, stopped her hands and spoke.

“Norn! That would just trouble Finn, so it’s obviously not okay!!”

“!”

Norn’s words had surprised me earlier.

But hearing Elena’s words, I suddenly felt a strong sense of unease.

I knew Elena said that out of concern for me.

I knew, but… concern…

“Elena…”

“What’s wrong, Finn?”

“I… want to have a relationship with Elena, Sephia, Norn, and everyone else—without concern, without hesitation or barriers, where we can freely express our feelings to each other.”