Side Story: He was Young
I felt relieved when I saw Light-kun's house for the first time in a while.
After immediately greeting Maria-san and Rain-chan and having them serve me tea in the living room, I finally started to feel more comfortable.
The girls were worried that I looked too tired and called out to me.
"What's wrong? You look tired."
"Lida Onee-sama. Did a goblin appear during your journey?"
I let out a sigh and complained to them.
"Goblins are better... Actually..."
I told them a story that happened along the way.
I was puzzled when I heard that Mondo, an A-rank adventurer, would be accompanying us on this trip. He was a man with a bad reputation among female adventurers.
This man has a habit of sexually harassing women for a long time. There was a time in the past when touching a female adventurer's breasts or buttocks was considered a form of greeting or skinship.
However, as a result of this, the number of female adventurers has decreased, and the guild has advised that those who engage in such acts be warned and their evaluations lowered, so this culture has completely disappeared.
However, that old man seems to still be doing it, and female adventurers are calling him a lot of things like he's a lecherous old man, a pervert, and so on.
Having said that, I hated that old man too. Because I have had the experience of being touched several times. It's a long journey with someone like that. Moreover, this time I was the only woman...
McQueen-san had warned him and Jereid-san's party was protecting me, but I still got touched a lot along the way.
I told Maria and Rain about this.
"That was a bad experience for you...... You can stay as long as you like at this house. It would make Danna-sama happy. Besides......."
Maria took care of me, but what was she trying to say in the end? She had a bad look on her face.
In comparison, Rain-chan has been smiling ever since she heard that I'll be staying over.
"Lida Onee-sama is staying over! I'm so happy! I'm sure it'll be fun!"
What will be exciting? I wonder if there will be a welcome party?
Even so, they both look better than last year. Is it because of the influence of Light, who is an incubus?
Incubus... no way... no, Light-kun is only 13 years old, and besides, he's a gentleman. The two of them are family, so he probably won't mess with each of them often.
While the three of us were having tea while thinking about this, Porte, a bear beastman from Jereid-san's party, came over with a panicked look.
"Lida! Not good! Light-kun got mad at old man Mondo!"
The three of us froze for a moment in surprise.
Light go mad? Why? More importantly, his opponent is an A-rank adventurer! Light-kun's life is in danger!
I rush Porte and head towards Light-kun. Rain-chan follows behind. Maria looked pale when we left the house.
Since there was no carriage in the place, I headed to the inn and asked McQueen-san about the situation.
Apparently, he was angry that I had been sexually harassed by that old man. And according to the flow of the story, it seems that instead of accepting Mondo's request, he decides to have a match. And I was told that they were heading to the adventurer's guild.
Rain-chan and I hurried to the guild.
When I arrived at the guild's training grounds, the sight I saw was unbelievable.
Magic is flying out from everywhere and is being fired towards Mondo. Among them, Light-kun ran at great speed and slashed at Mondo.
There are holes all over the grounds, scorched, frozen, and muddy.
What was more shocking than that was that Light-kun was covered in blood.
He who surprised me with his strong magic and sword......
He who was kind and gentlemanly......
He who was angry for me......
I couldn't help but scream his name...
"Light-kun!"
At that moment, I saw Mondo hit Light-kun in the back of the neck with the handle of his sword.
Without thinking, Rain-chan and I called out to Light-kun.
"Light-kun! Light-kun!"
I grabbed him as he fell down, but he was unconscious.
Rain-chan pulls out her sword and points it at Mondo.
"Don't worry. He's just unconscious."
I couldn't help but glare at Mondo and scream.
"Light-kun can use [recovery magic]! If he fainted, he wouldn't be able to heal his own wounds!"
Mondo muttered with a somewhat satisfied look on his face.
"No wonder he doesn't fall down, no matter how many times I slash him. He looked like a zombie, which was weird, but he was casting a [recovery magic] on himself."
When I heard that murmur, I wiped Light's blood-stained body and checked his body, but there were no injuries.
His body was larger and more toned than when I last saw him, and he was an adult man. I suddenly became agitated.
"R-Rain-chan. Light-kun is safe. Sheath your sword."
Rain-chan obediently sheathed her sword and approached Light-kun, who I was holding.
"Onii-sama! Seriously... causing trouble for everyone. I'll give you a sermon when you wake up."
Rain-chan seemed relieved as she joked and smiled at me.
"That's right. We need to give him a proper sermon, including Maria-san."
I also smiled back at Rain-chan.
"Tch, what a handsome guy. Hey! Lida, when he wakes up, tell him to come to me. He'll keep his promise."
With that said, Mondo left with a bored expression on his face.
"Is that the sexually harassing old man that Lida Onee-sama was talking about?"
"Yeah. That's right. You should stay away from him, Rain-chan."
"That old man... he was really scary. I feel like he's stronger than Grandpa Malberk. I certainly don't want to get close to him."
Rain-chan answered with a slightly nervous look on her face.
She seemed to have a sense of danger in a way I hadn't expected. As for me, it would be fine if Rain-chan didn't approach that old man......
"Let's carry him for now. It will be bad if he stays like this."
I carried Light-kun on my back and returned to his house.
The memory of carrying him on my back when I was young came back to me. At that time, he was still a child and even I could carry him, but he has become really strong now.
That made me a little happy and a little sad.
Thanks for the chapter
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