The Healer in a Japanese-Style Game World: Mastering Healing to Save My Favorite Character in a Brutal World, Only to Find Everyone Around Me Becoming Obsessed - Chapter 35: Shuraba!

Chapter 35: Shuraba!

“…YOU. Is that true?”

With Sanae-san and the castle soldiers surrounding me, I could feel the murderous intent in the air. But what scared me more was the look on everyone’s faces. Makami’s claws dug into me, Oboro-sama’s face was expressionless, and even Kagura’s eyes had lost their light, all of them staring at me.

“Say something! Are you really going to marry Sanae-sama?”

The atmosphere dropped to absolute zero, and I was in a hellish situation, sweating cold bullets. Seeing my panicked expression, the castle soldiers seemed to take it as a confirmation and shouted at me.

“Tell the truth!?”

Wait, I don’t know anything about this. I really don’t. 

My thoughts were spinning in circles, desperately trying to explain to everyone, but Kagura’s vacant stare scared me even more, making me unable to speak. 

However, remembering the frightened look on Sanae-san’s face, I decided to accept the impending doom and steeled myself to speak with great reluctance.

“Yes, that’s right… So what?”

I managed to say it, but tears almost welled up.

What was that… Even Oboro-sama’s gaze had turned cold. My last hope was Makami, but I didn’t want to add more sins to my record. Yet, having come this far, there was no escaping now.

“You tricked Sanae-sama, didn’t you? Unforgivable, you lecher!”

I was being severely insulted. 

But more than that, Makami’s muttering scared me. 

Whispering “master, master” repeatedly made my spine tingle.

The cold stares from the three women were so intense that I didn’t even notice the furious castle soldier, whom I started to admire for his boldness.

“―Yes, I have decided to be with this man. So please leave!”

“See, Sanae-chan also said so. So, could you please not cause trouble in my shop… right, everyone from the castle?”

And then, the two deities and the divine servant exuded a fearsome aura at the newly dropped bombshell.

Just as I reached the point of no return, an elderly white-haired man entered from the back of the shop.

“T-Touma-sama, why are you here? I thought you had retired!”

“Well, it’s my shop, after all. And this is an important place. I don’t want to bother my customers. So, could you step back for today?”

“But if we do that, the ceremony will be—”

“Yes, that’s a big deal. And I am partly to blame for hiding Sanae-chan. But shouldn’t you at least take a proper look at the person she has chosen? I think reporting this to Nagisa-chan should come first.”

“But… we cannot entrust Sanae-sama to a man whose background is unknown!”

Isn’t their assessment too harsh?

This is our first meeting, and I haven’t even spoken much, right? So, why am I getting insulted so much?

Seriously, I might cry. Given the scary situation, I feel like I could cry in an instant. And isn’t the original reason for taking her back getting sidetracked? It seems like they just don’t like me.

“―Then let’s make a deal. I’ll go to the castle tomorrow. Let me have an audience with Nagisa-chan and I’ll bring Yomi-kun with me. So, let it go for today.”

“If you say so… Hey, you got lucky! Thank Touma-sama. Surely, Nagisa-sama will punish you!”

In my pathetic state of mind, things progressed rapidly. Somehow, an agreement was made. Even though the other party said terrible things, they reluctantly left. What is this chaos?

“Well, everyone, I’m sorry, but we’re closing the shop for today. Don’t worry about today’s meal. Just please keep this to yourselves, okay?”

And then, that Touma-san? He made everyone leave, and only we remained.

“Yomi, can you explain? Oh, don’t worry. I don’t want excuses, just tell me what happened, okay? Makami and the others are curious too, right?”