[Their Pace]
Leaving the lively hall, I made my way to Tayte’s room led by Eureka.
Tayte’s room… huh.
That reminded me, I had never been there, had I?
…I got nervous all of a sudden.
To make it worse, I was reminded of my conversation with my parents previously.
Specifically, about my marriage with Tayte—with such a serious topic popping out of nowhere, I wasn’t sure how to face her.
“Might you be thinking about Young Mistress Tayte?”
“Huh?”
“Your mind seems to be somewhere else entirely.”
Teehee, Eureka said with a giggle.
“Was it that obvious?”
“Plain obvious, anyone would be able to tell.”
“That bad?!”
Was I… always such an open book?
“Well, what about you, Eureka?”
“Me?”
“Your relationship with Raul, I mean. I know you’re busy working as Tayte’s personal maid, but you two finally got together after a long time of misunderstanding each other… I imagine you would want to do so many things with hi–”
“~~~~!!”
Even before I finished speaking, Eureka’s ears reddened.
…Hmm, something was up.
“W-well, we have been on some dates, but nothing more!”
“That sounds a bit suspicious…”
“W-whatever do you mean?!”
The way she was flustered was cute.
–Still, wasn’t she too flustered?
Had they… done it?
Thinking back, Raul was a harem protagonist in【The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman】– while he was only close to Eureka in this world, the fact remained that he was great enough in the game of romance to date multiple girls. In that respect, he was way better than me.
Chances were high that… he, despite his innocent face, had already brought his relationship with Eureka to a higher stage!
“L-Lord Barrett?”
“—! W-what is it, Eureka?!”
“W-well, we have arrived at Young Mistress’s room.”
Seemed that we had arrived at our destination while I was making speculations about Raul and Eureka’s relationship.
“My lady, I have brought Lord Barrett over. May we come in?”
“Please do.”
With Tayte’s approval, Eureka and I entered the room.
Then…
“Ohh…”
I stood rooted in place involuntarily.
Standing in front of me was Tayte, in a new dress.
This situation… I’d been through it so many times before.
But I couldn’t seem to get used to it and would always get amazed—Tayte was so cute!
“U-um, Barrett—”
“It suits you. You look so lovely, Tayte.”
“You mean it!”
Tayte’s eyes instantly brightened.
Hmm.
It seemed I had been too impatient, after all.
We should deepen our relationship at our own pace.
Thinking about what had happened so far, the current situation itself was almost a miracle.
The fact that Tayte left Barrett in the original storyline kept surfacing in my mind, so I’d been feeling anxious… but there was no need to feel so.
“Well then, may I have the honor to escort you to the hall?”
“Yes♪ Please♪.”
I offered my arm to Tayte, and Tayte wrapped hers around it.
Alright… let the fun party begin.
