Dungeon Game Chapter 20

-20- A Promise for the Future

The small and slender fingers pat my face.

She went around from my cheeks to the back of my neck and, with a seductive smile, blocked my mouth. It was a moment of bliss.

Staring at me who was in a daze, she licks her pink lips.

「That's why, you are the only one that I will trust. Because Mukou Hibari thought that it's even fine to die for me. Fus.h.i.+mi Hiiragi came to like you.」

She looked happy saying that, my heart starts beating loudly. My body is hot like it is burning and was so happy that my mind seems to be melting.

「But you're such a loser that it's hopeless, isn't it? Haah.」

「A, about that…」

「I'm just saying because it's true. Although you liked and chased me until high school, and I have been even confessed by a number of men, why can't you confess even though you were thinking about me for ten years?」

I like Hiiragi-san. But I would not have expected that she likes me too. There a lot of people who are better than me in looks, studies, physical ability, and everything. I wanted to be by her side. But I never had the confidence to stand next to her.

I thought that a person who is more worthy than me will appear next to her someday. I was afraid and reluctant to confess and lose our relations.h.i.+p after it becomes awkward.

「Haa. Hibari-kun is a spineless loser as expected. I like Mukou Hibari. You like me, don't you?」

「I like you. For a long, long time, I like you since the time we first met.」

I like Hiiragi-san. I fell in love so much that I seem to be a fool myself.

「Then why did you give up before confessing? Did you intend to continue your life from now on while giving up on everything? Are you stupid? In the first place, you will not succeed if you didn't even try anything. So don't you understand that you should try it without being afraid of failure?」

「I'm sorry.」

「I don't want your apology. It's whether you understood it or not. Which one is it?」

「U, uhm.」

「Speak clearly. You didn't speak properly to me since long ago.」

「Understood.」

「Well, you can say anything, so please show it with your att.i.tude from now on.」

Her words were reasonable, I had no room to argue. It's certainly true that I'm a loser.

She's telling me to fix it. If the person I like wants that, I should change.

「Fus.h.i.+mi-san. I will change.」

I put it into words and declared it to her. Since I said it, I should fulfill it. A man doesn't go back on his words.

「Is that so? Then first, please call me by my name.」

「H, Hiiragi-san」

「…」

Same as calling it out in my mind, actually saying it is embarra.s.sing. My tongue didn't work well to produce the unfamiliar words.

Yeah, her gaze hurts. The look of disdain pierces my chest.

「I will succeed my parents' house. So, will Hibari-kun still want to be with me?」

「I want to be right beside Hiiragi-san all the time.」

「There's not even an ounce of certainty in it. Please think about it even more and answer.」

Hiiragi-san's house is a shrine with a history. Her father is a priest. If she succeeds her house, should I become a priest to be together with her?

I don't know what to do to become a priest. But before that, will her father even approve of me? Is it fine to think that marriage is a given?

「Hiiragi-san. Are you thinking of marrying me?」

「That's my intention though?」

Is this a proposal? It's simply not in the mood. I can't see any change in her face.

「What should I do to become a priest?」

「Will you go to college together with me? It's not bad to graduate from a university at the present times. Fortunately, there are two universities in j.a.pan with a department in s.h.i.+ntoism. Let's pa.s.s either of the two, earn qualifications and graduate.」

「Will your father accept me?」

「What are you saying? You can make my father accept you. Whether you can do it or not, please try if you want to be together with me.」

「I'm sorry for saying something cowardly.」

「Please don't apologize every single time. You're really a loser.」

Hiiragi-san is small and has a very cute face. Her embarra.s.sed and blus.h.i.+ng face makes me drool. Her character is a bit compet.i.tive and also stubborn. Maybe because she was properly taught manners, she talks in a polite tone and also lives her life orderly. As far as I know, she was a sensitive and very gentle girl.

She kindly talked to me at the school entrance ceremony. She shed tears for the death of our cla.s.smates. That Hiiragi-san might not exist anymore.

Killed by the imitation of Nagaoka Miyako in the tutorial, she must have a screw loose.

Then isn't it strange if that isn't the case? Her face that was scolding me off the whole time is very lively and she seems to be really having fun. She might be potentially interested in being a s.a.d.i.s.t.

However, it seems that I'm not a m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t and was deeply hurt by her words. Even so, since she's smiling with such happiness, I just thought that it's okay. Her character is like that, but there's no malice in it. Besides, she didn't say anything wrong. Let's be contented and accept it.

「In order to have an enjoyable campus life with Hiiragi-san, shouldn't we return to our original world?」

「That's right. Isn't that why we explore the dungeon or trying to rule this other world?」

「For now, it seems that we can only try capturing the dungeon. I really don't know what to do in order to rule this other world, it's clearly unreasonable for it to be world conquest, isn't it?」

「Which plan are you going with?」

「Hiiragi-san, you can't trust anyone other than me, don't you?」

「Yes.」

Her face clearly became gloomy when she replied. Looking down apologetically, it's a manner like she was hurting herself. I don't want to see her face like that.

How much can we achieve with just two people? I have detection and magic tools. There's also the st.u.r.dy weapon, cypress pole. I can say that I'm one step ahead of other people.

But I'm confident that I'm not standing most ahead in the first place.

Wazuka Natsume.

How far did he reach ahead? Possibly, I feel like he will finish everything.

However, when will that be?

I'm worried. Hiiragi-san also didn't speak. Both of us are averting our eyes right now. That's why I must step forward.

「Have you ever thought of killing each other, Hiiragi-san?」

「I can't trust other people. That's one of the strategies in a story dealing with extreme situation.」

There are food and also water right now. We have saved points as well. n.o.body feels despair in capturing the dungeon.

People don't necessarily need big reasons to kill others. Talks about killing will be often heard once they notice it and give in to impulse.

Normally, I would shy away from murder. For us who are placed under abnormal conditions, we were given an attractive choice. The last survivor will return to the original world. That's enough to do a self-justification. So I don't know what will happen when I'm in distress.

「Let's earn more points than the others. We know that the PP that can be acquired from the monsters increases the deeper we go into the dungeon.」

「What would you do tomorrow?」

「Let's go as deep as possible with my detection. We will also camp.」

The actions in the early stages might be slow for a large party, eventually be ahead as time pa.s.s by.

I and Hiiragi-san are normal students who are not superhuman. In the same starting point, we will proceed just a bit earlier since we will be traveling lightly. But the time will surely come when obstacles that are difficult to breakthrough will block our way.

With the differences in acc.u.mulated fatigue and in the margin in which risks can be taken, there will be also an enemy that will appear that cannot be defeated unless by a large party.

「It's breaking through quant.i.ty with quality, isn't it? Upgrading the status is absolutely necessary.」

「I agree. So please tell me what you're hiding from me, Hibari-kun.」

The cute person I like smiles.

Cold sweat runs down my spine and my face stiffened. Was it revealed through my expression? Or maybe she has discerning eyes that see through lies and deceptions.

The lovely person had a s.a.d.i.s.tic smile.