Chapter 260: Three Heroes

“This is the first time you and I have met face to face like this, Sophia-sama. My name is Lizzie Catriel, Saint of the Holy Taglion. Please feel free to call me Lizzie."

"It’s very nice to meet you, Saint-sama, please feel free to call me Adolfo-san."

Sophie ignored the saint's words about calling her Lizzie and called her Saint-sama in a strangerly manner. She also made sure to call herself Adolfo-san.

“I'd love to talk more to Zeros-sama and the others, but first I'll introduce you to the people in the back.”

I would like to leave this place if I could, but before I could do so, the saint spoke up. I've been thinking about this since last year's awards ceremony, but there's something creepy about making eye contact with this Saint. What is this?

“These are the three Heroes.”

"........."

"........."

“Hmmm..."

The heroes came forward and looked at us as if they were trying to price us out, without saying hello or anything. Greetings aside, at least say your name.... And also. The male heroes didn't look at me at all. At any rate, the appearance of Man A, Man B, and the woman was unfortunately well-dressed. Even in this world of high standards for facial features, they are probably among the best. Man A's hair color was a muddy gold, Man B's was a light orange, and the woman's was brown.

“Haa… rock, paper, scissors, right?”

“Of course it is!”

“At first..."

Suddenly, Man A and Man B started playing rock-paper-scissors with each other. In case you are wondering, there’s rock-paper-scissors in this world.

"Face... 96 points... Body shape... 98 points. The rest is..."

The woman was mumbling something to herself as she looked at me.

“Sha! I win!”

"Damn! I wanted to win this one!”

“Too bad! Maybe I'll let you borrow it when I get tired of it!"

While I was paying attention to the woman, A and B seemed to have finished playing rock-paper-scissors. The winner, by the way, was A, according to the conversation.

"All right! You! Be my girl!”

“I absolutely don't want to.”

"The inn I'm staying at...hmm? What did you just say?”

“I said I absolutely hate the idea.”

A suddenly said something crazy to Sophie. Why do these guys have absolute confidence that their invitation will not be rejected?

“What? I'm a hero...?”

“I'm sorry, but she seems to have fallen in love with me. She wants to be my woman. The inn where I'm staying..."

“I definitely don't want to be your woman either.”

“What?"

Seeing that A was dumped, this time B made a pass at Sophie. And just like A, he was dumped.

“You averaged 97 points. That's the highest score I've ever gotten. Of course you passed. You should be mine.”

“No.”

“First of all, I'm thirsty, so I'm gonna have a drink… what did you just say?”

“I don’t like it.”

It's quite common for Sophie to be wooed, but I didn't think I’d be wooed too. I mean, How was she scoring me? I'd be interested in a little more detailed scoring.

“I’m a hero, why are you turning down my advances?"

"I’m a hero, why are you turning down my advances?"

“I’m a hero, How could you refuse my invitation?”

Then the three of them started saying similar things. Have these guys never had their requests refused before? Why do they look so surprised, like it's impossible?

At that moment, I suddenly wondered what kind of expression the Saint had on her face, so I looked at her. Then, the saint was grinning. But the moment she realized she was being watched by me, she went back to her smiling face. Is she up to something...? Ah! I somehow understood what this saint wanted to do.

“It’s okay, you'll be my woman!”

“Please wait."

The saint stopped A, who had extended her arm to grab Sophie. I could imagine how things would go from here. I glanced at Sophie and saw her nodding. Well, if I can think it, Sophie can think it too.

“We want to cheer for the match, please excuse us.”

“Huh? You don't need to cheer for those small fry.”

“Goodbye. Next time, we'll fight in the survival.”

A complained to Sophie. I was a little annoyed by this, but I was able to reply without saying too much. Sophie and I left our seats.

“Please wait!”

The saint said to me, but I ignored her. I turned my stealth up to the max, just enough to be out of sight. I was sure she wouldn't be able to find me now.

“That was to motivate the heroes, right?”

“I'm sure it was.”

Maybe the saint was trying to motivate them in the battle against the school by saying that if the holy taglion won the survival battle, Sophie would belong to A and I would belong to the female hero. I think the prediction was probably correct, since the heroes were originally so unmotivated that they were days late.

“From now on, nii-sama, please stay with me all the way until the heroes depart.”

“Um...why?"

“You don't mind if I'm attacked by a hero?”

“That's a cunning way to say it..."

Those guys didn't look strong enough to attack Sophie. However an extra skill might change that. I have to be on my guard.

"Oh, did you see their status?"

“No, I couldn't.”

It seems that their status isn’t available. Did that goddess do something unnecessary? If so, I'll hit her.

“So, will you stay with me forever, Nii-sama?”

“I'm sure you want me to be with you, regardless of the heroes. It would be prettier if you were honest with me.”

"I want to be with my brother all the time, regardless of whether the heroes are involved or not.”

“You're changing so quickly... well, I'm worried about you, so let's do that for a little while.”

“Thank you very much!”

Sophie thanked me and hugged my arm. No...we're still in the middle of the compettion, so let's watch the game properly. But it's true that you never know what a hero with no common sense might do, so it might be necessary to act with more than one person.

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