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Chapter 159
Chapter 159
Chapter 159
CHAPTER 159 – GOOD MANNERS EVEN BETWEEN FRIENDS
The morning light from between the curtains woke me up .
Sleeping on the bed, Althea and Io are snuggling towards my sides .
I slept with these two yesterday . Of course, I didn’t only sleep, but loved them thoroughly .
I called Althea because I wanted to ask something about the Solon Church, but she was such a good woman that I couldn’t help but get in the mood .
Io passed by at that time, so I dragged the two of them into the bed……and the night had passed when I noticed it .
Well then, I should really ask Althea about it today .
I thought of that, and when I was about to wake up .
?Althea-sama, could you please give me just a moment??
Io talked to Althea across me . I got interested in what they were going to talk about, so I just continued to pretend to sleep .
?Can you call me, just Althea??
?W-Without honorifics?! Oh no, I cannot do that, it’s too rude towards the legendary Great Sage!?
Io got flustered . Fumu . Althea is amazing after all .
Well, she should be . After all, she took noble titles from the five great kingdoms in this continent so easily .
It’s like grabbing a minister’s position from America, Russia, or Japan and other top countries at the same time .
The Great Sage Althea, thinking about it carefully, she’s an amazing woman .
?You do not need to think like that you know? I am Althea, just simply, Althea?
?Just Althea??
A soft hand passed over me . It’s Althea’s hand .
She took Io’s hand and pulled it to her chest .
?I am but a simple woman who had undressed everything she is wearing, I am just simply, Althea . When I am in his arms like this, I am just a woman just like you?
?I-Is that so?
?Or is it that, do you want to claim “Call me the A-Rank Adventurer, Thousand Lightning Io-sama!” in front of him??
What kind of character is that?
?I do not wish for that! I am Kakeru-san’s?
?Similar to that, I am also just Althea . I’ll be happy if you call me like that?
?E?to, uhm……can’t I call you with -san? Calling someone older, is a little……?
?Fufu, okay, that is fine . Can I call my cute younger comrade with just her name then??
?Please do so!?
With me in between, a friendship between women was created .
?And so, did you need something again??
?Oh, that’s right! Althea-san . Is Althea-san knowledgeable with magic??
?Only in theory . I remember every single magic that exists in this world as knowledge . From those ones that were boasted in prosperity but lost, to those legendary laws that were created but not used even once . All of it, is just knowledge though?
?Amazing……?
I completely agree .
As expected of the Great Sage . The amount of her knowledge is staggering .
?What do you want to ask then??
?Uhm……I just thought, I want to learn more magic . I want to learn more and more, become more and more useful to Kakeru-san……no, that’s not it?
She took a deep breath and rephrased . Her breath tickled my side .
?I need to become more suitable to Kakeru-san?
?That’s why you want to ask me if there’s a magic that is fitting?
?Please! Althea-sama??Althea-san . I know that something that is very valuable must be given to Althea-san in exchange for teaching something! But even so! Please!?
?Are you really saying that, knowing what would be taken in exchange??
?I don’t know . But???
?If it’s the most recent one, I think I said “go and kill your parents”?
Oi oi, that’s a heck of a price . It’s like how a devil makes a deal .
?Will you still do it, even so??
?That is……?
She grabbed me tightly . Io’s finger is sinking to my skin .
It hurts a little . I can really feel that she’s considering it seriously .
?Let me see, in your case, I would ask you to kill those two?
?Those two……Agnes and Julia?!?
Io realized half way .
Althea, that’s where she led it huh .
?That, is……?
Where did her momentum from a while ago go to? Io clearly became downcasted .
?I’m sorry……I, my resolve was not enough?
I don’t need that kind of resolve though .
?It looks like I played the joke too far . I don’t need that kind of resolve?
He??
?Eh??
?I won’t say something like that, I would be hated if I did?
?Then, what do I need to do? I will do if it’s anything else!?
?You don’t need to do anything?
?Eh? But……?
?I am Althea, just, Althea?
As if it was a spell, as if to sing a song .
……Althea said as if to whisper in my ear .
?As long as I am here like this, I am nothing but a simple woman just like you . In other words, we are comrades, or maybe, something like sisters?
?Sisters……?
?It would seem that he really prefers women who are excellent in their way . That’s why I will teach Io . I will teach you everything, all the magic that you can possibly learn your talents?
???! Thank you very much!?
?You do not need to thank me . Being both his woman, do you think those words are needed??
?I think it is! Whether or not being Kakeru-san’s!?
?……?
Althea became silent as if she was caught by surprise . I felt her presence get startled .
?Thank you very much! Althea-san!?
And Io added even more .
I almost instinctively move my arm that she was using as arm pillow .