What If the Strongest Villain from the Original Story Became the Protagonist's Ally?

“Now then, Iris.”

“Yes, Yu… Yuu-san.”

“Mm. First, where shall we go?”

Right after we started walking, I asked Iris. She smiled wryly.

“It’s your sightseeing, but you’re not deciding, Yuu-san?”

“I’m not familiar with the Kingdom.”

“For someone like that, you know quite a bit about royalty and me.”

“Because I’m a fan.”

“There it is again. I don’t understand what that means.”

“Love from a previous life.”

“Love!?”

Pop pop pop Iris’s face turned red.

Iris was a girl who was embarrassed easily. Zero romantic experience perhaps?

By the way, I was at zero too (proudly).

“P-please stop with the jokes!”

“It’s not a joke though… Anyway.”

Ahem, I cleared my throat once and continued.

“Don’t you have any places you’d recommend, Iris? I request somewhere interesting.”

“Somewhere interesting… Let’s see…”

Hmm, Iris thought.

After a while, she said:

“Then, let’s first take a light walk around the street.”

She gave a fairly safe opinion.

“Around the street?”

“Yes. This area is particularly densely populated. There are many shops. Perhaps there might be shops that catch Yuu-san’s interest.”

“Does that mean—”

“Except for indecent shops.”

“………..”

“What’s with that dissatisfied face?”

“Nothing in particular.”

Recently, Iris was beginning to understand me more and more. She was taking control of conversations and predicting my lines—it was pretty terrible. Did that mean we’d gotten closer? I thought her killing my jokes was just bullying though.

“I agree with Iris’s opinion. I don’t dislike that kind of thing.”

“Then let’s go. …Ah.”

While walking, Iris suddenly looked down. Following her gaze, I could see our right hands and left hands. She said nothing. After staring for a while, she turned her gaze forward.

…Hehe. She’s not honest in places like this.

She looked like she’d say something like “It’s not like I want to hold hands.”

But I wanted to hold hands with her… yeah.

I took Iris’s hand.

“—Eh!? Ah, eh!?”

When I grabbed her hand, Iris stopped walking and opened her eyes wide. She was extremely flustered.

“Huh? Was that no good? Holding hands.”

“No… it’s not that it’s… not okay…”

Iris’s face turned red again.

While grinning inwardly, I said:

“Then let’s go like this. It would be troublesome if we got separated in the crowd and got lost.”

“L-lost… That’s right! I’d be in trouble if I left Yuu-san alone… yes!”

“Yes, yes.”

She had an ‘I’m not being dere’ face, but she was bright red, so it was too late. Led by Iris, whose facial muscles had relaxed into a grin, I began walking.

This date where the final boss and protagonist came together… was a more precious scene than we imagined.

I wanted to believe it connected to a brilliant future.

▼△▼

“Yahoo! I’m gonna rampage through every stall indiscriminately!”

In one corner of a street lined with many stalls, I ran out like a child having fun. Immediately after, I was pulled back by the hand and stopped.

“Please calm down, Yuu-san.”

“Iris!? Are you trying to stop my path of conquest!?”

“The stares from around us hurt, so please don’t shout. Also, you’ll normally get arrested for obstruction of business.”

“But but but! When it comes to another world’s stalls, isn’t anything fair game—browsing, violence, whatever!?”

“What kind of hell is that!? That’s normally criminal!”

“Guh, gweh… painful…”

My hand was pulled further and my neck was choked from behind.

D-damn, Iris! This certainly reduced my high defensive ability considerably… I never knew the final boss had such a weakness!

I’d discovered another non-game element. But it hurt, so please let go.

“Really… you were relatively cool just moments ago…”

“It was a joke, a joke. Do I look like someone who’d do such things?”

“You do.”

“Hmm, zero trust!”

Thank you for the perfect response. It seemed like I wouldn’t be able to get along with Iris.

“Just follow me properly. I’ll guide you properly… wh…?”

Halfway through her words, I’d already escaped.

Dash! I ran to the side of a stall.

“Hehehe! Shopkeeper! What are you selling here? What do you want to sell me?”

“Huh? Eh?”

The shopkeeper was surprised by the pervert (me) who’d suddenly appeared. A fist came flying from behind.

This time Iris had chased me quickly too.

“Yuu-san… do you want to be killed?”

“It was a joke, a joke.”

“Where was the joke? You were doing it, weren’t you? Obstructing business???”

“I’m truly sorry.”

Could you stop touching the sword at your waist? I’d just gotten excited seeing another world’s stalls. I really didn’t mean any harm.

“What’s with you two? On a date?”

“Da—n-no… well, it’s not that it’s not…”

“That’s right, shopkeeper. Please let this cute girlfriend drink some delicious soup.”

“Right away.”

The shopkeeper cheerfully accepted my order. Good. He didn’t think I was weird (he did think so). Meanwhile, Iris was beside me with her face dyed crimson, looking down:

“Date… girlfriend… ehehe.”

She was laughing in a kind of creepy way.