Chapter 185: Are you happy? (2)

We climbed the spiral staircase after leaving the underground shooting range. There was a white table on the terrace of Tarmine Castle’s third floor. I sat down as she suggested, and Princess Tiana brought me some tea.

I thanked her and took a sip of that tea. Princess Tiana sat down as well and took a sip of her own tea.

We were on the terrace together. It was a beautiful day, and we could see the whole townscape from Tarmine Castle.

「What a beautiful view. 」

「I know, right? 」

The smell of tea and the beautiful scenery made my annoyance fade away. Before I knew it, Princess Tiana was staring at me.

「I don’t feel like this is the first time I’ve met you, Goddess. How strange. 」

「Hahaha. 」

I laughed. Well, that’s because I was her.

「Are you dating Seiya? 」

I spat out the tea from my mouth when I heard her sudden question!

「Whatttttttttttttt!? The…The…There’s no way that…」

「Please! Tell me! 」

Princess Tiana approached me with an innocent smile.

…What a strange feeling. I suddenly wanted to confess to something that I normally wouldn’t tell anyone. Perhaps it was because we shared the same soul.

After a moment, I looked up at the clear sky and said the following.

「Actually, there was one moment a long time ago that we had a slightly good time. 」

I spoke while remembering the past. Yes, when we were saving Exfolia.

「But because of me, Seiya got confused by the enemy and got stuck into a troubled situation. And then he got mad at me. 」

「Hahaha! 」

Princess Tiana laughed happily. I let out a small sigh as I continued speaking.

「So, you see, I used my appraisal skill from earlier to check Seiya’s romantic feelings towards me. And it was “two points” …it was truly “two points”! Isn’t that awful? 」

I said jokingly. Then Princess Tiana, who had been laughing happily, stopped laughing and put her hand on her chin.

「Hmm. I don’t think it’s two points. There are things like “Fake Skills”, right? 」

「What do you mean? 」

「In this world, it’s natural for us to disguise our status to deceive our enemies. Seiya is a cautious person, so I think he must have shown fake feelings in anticipation since Goddess would be reading his feelings. 」

…Now that she mentioned it…maybe that was true…!

I’d never thought about it, but it could be possible…Hmm? But even if it was fake, why would Seiya do something like that? Hmm. I didn’t know what to think…

「Why don’t you try the love appraisal again? Next time with your full Goddess’ power. 」

「Yes, yes! I’ll give it a try! But in the end, it might be around “five points”. 」

「That’s almost the same! 」

We laughed at that. Princess Tiana sent me a sparkling look in a warm and relaxed atmosphere.

「You can’t use guns, but you can use appraisal skill and Healing Magic! The Goddess sure is amazing! 」

「That’s not true. 」

My Healing Magic was actually similar to Princess Tiana’s. But I’d never tell her that Seiya called me an Herbalist because of my lack of skills.

Princess Tiana put the half-empty teacup on the table and stood up. Then, she walked to the terrace fence.

「Hey. Goddess, tell me…」

「About what? 」

When I asked, Princess Tiana turned around.

「Will I be happy in the future? 」

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, swaying my blonde hair and Princess Tiana’s auburn hair.

「Huh? 」

The usual carefreeness disappeared from Princess Tiana’s face, and she now had the air of a future princess.

…Huh, what…wait, did she say, “Will I be happy”? … “In the Future”? Ah, what!

I felt anxious for some reason and my head started spinning like crazy. I was speechless. The future…would she be…would she be happy? Seiya always punched me when I had useless thoughts…

「I don’t know. Maybe you’re not going to be that happy. But what is happiness, truly…」

As I muttered, Princess Tiana looked at me with a question mark on her face. I started to realize that I made a huge mistake.

…Oh no! I got it all wrong! “Will I be happy in the future?” was about Princess Tiana’s current life!

And yet, I thought about “Future Princess Tiana = Me as a Goddess” in my head. I was so stupid! She was worried about her arranged marriage with Leon, that’s why she asked me about it!

「You’re talking about marriage, right? Yes, yes, I’m sure you’ll be fine! It’ll all work out! 」

I tried to cover it up…

「What! That was so messed up! 」

All that serious mood from before was gone. Princess Tiana said that with her usual air of naivety and laughed out loud. I felt bad and bowed my head.

「I’m sorry…」

「Don’t be! Thank you! You’re right! Leon might actually be a good person! 」

「Ye…Yes! People say it’s easier to give birth than to worry about it! 」

Oh, no. I didn’t mean it that way. I was so flustered that I was saying all sorts of nonsense.

But Princess Tiana just smiled.

「Well, let’s get back to target practice now! 」

「Yes…」

As I nodded, I felt a vague sense of guilt.

It felt like I left both Tiana’s question and my own feelings unresolved, without facing them.

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