Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 70: Welcome Party
Tauro guided Momo, a catfolk woman and Bob’s girlfriend, to Bob’s house.
Light spilled from the house, and through the window she could see Bob walking around inside.
“As you can see, this is Bob’s house—and your new home, Momo. I’ll leave you two to enjoy your time together.”
With that, Tauro slipped away as though melting into the darkness settling over the evening.
“Ah, thank you, Tauro!”
After calling her thanks to Tauro as he vanished into the gloom, Momo stood before the front door, trying to contain her pounding heart.
She knocked.
Knock, knock.
“Coming! Who is it?”
Bob’s voice sounded from inside, followed by footsteps approaching the door.
The knob turned, and the door opened.
The moment they saw each other, emotion overwhelmed them. They exchanged a few incoherent sounds and embraced; after so long apart, proper words were no longer necessary.
Feeling each other’s warmth erased all the fears they had carried and finally put them at ease.
There was a woman in the home of Bob, the adventurer and hero who had saved the village—and a beautiful catfolk woman at that.
Eyewitnesses quickly spread the rumor throughout the village.
When the villagers learned that Bob had invited his girlfriend to live there, they took it as proof that he intended to remain in Dansas for good and rejoiced.
Momo was immediately welcomed as a member of the village family.
The village chief even held a welcome party for the couple at his home.
“We’re delighted that you’ll be settling in our village, Sir Bob!”
The chief spoke excitedly as he poured drinks for Bob and Momo.
“We look forward to living here, Chief.”
Bob bowed deeply, and Momo followed his example.
“Ha ha! We should be saying that to you, Sir Bob. Thanks to your desperate battle against the goblins, the curse on our village was broken.”
“I can’t claim all the credit. Tauro over there—”
Bob tried to continue, but the chief unintentionally spoke over him.
“Momo, your boyfriend restored the dignity the curse had stolen from every one of us. Thank you.”
“He told me he didn’t do it alone. Please praise Tauro as well; he helped Bob break the curse.”
“Of course! Tauro himself told us that Sir Bob is a modest man, and he was absolutely right. That humility is precisely why the villagers admire him so much.”
“No, that’s what I’m trying to say—Tauro—”
“Sir Bob, are you drinking enough?”
Bob’s next attempt to correct them was drowned out by the voices of the increasingly merry villagers.
Seated at the far end of the table, Tauro watched the exchange with relief.
His role was merely that of the child who had helped. Bob was the hero.
If Tauro drew attention to himself, it could cause trouble later.
Dansas was part of Count Dallerer’s territory.
Tauro vaguely remembered the count attending his Reversi lessons in the royal capital.
Tauro barely remembered him, but if the count remembered Tauro and heard the rumors from Dansas, he might ask for more instruction.
Tauro had already played more than enough Reversi and wanted nothing to do with it for a while.
More importantly, he wanted nothing to do with nobles.
He was absolutely certain of that.
As everyone grew drunk and the party became increasingly informal, Bob came over to Tauro’s seat.
“I’m sorry, Tauro. It looks as though I’ve taken all the credit.”
Bob looked apologetic.
“No, it would be stranger for everyone to believe that a child played the leading role. I was lucky enough to defeat the Goblin Knight, but you were the one who actually defeated the Goblin Sorcerer and broke the curse.”
Tauro spoke as though explaining the matter to Momo, who stood behind Bob.
“So, stiff as it may sound, you really are this village’s savior. You should hold your head high.”
“R-right.”
“Thank you, Tauro.”
They both thanked him, but Tauro felt guilty too: for his own reasons, he had pushed all the glory onto Bob.