As soon as I went back inside the house, Lili came running toward me and grabbed my hands. Looking into my eyes with sparkling eyes, she said,
"Oh my god, that was so cute! You're really in love with her!"
"Lower your voice."
"What? Everyone knows you like Ais and that she likes you too." Lili smiled. "Was she the one you slept with last night? You two seemed really comfortable together."
"No, it wasn't with her. Now I'm going back to the table to eat."
"What did you two talk about?" Lili asked while following me back to the table.
"I set up a date with her tonight. We're going out to eat somewhere together."
"Do you have any expectations for this date? Do you want to sleep with her tonight?"
"I'm not sure. It'll depend on her." After all, I want to complete her mission.
"I see…"
As soon as I sat back down at the table, Hestia asked,
"I overheard part of the conversation… Did you sleep with Ais last night?"
Hearing Hestia's question, I smiled and answered honestly.
"No, I didn't sleep with her. We're not even as close as we seem. I've never slept with her before."
"Wow, that's shocking. You've always been interested in her… ever since a long time ago. You've talked about her since the day we met."
"Huh? I did? I don't remember that."
"Yes, you've always liked her. But you like me more, right?" Hestia asked with an adorable smile.
"How many times do I have to answer the same question?"
"Every day."
Letting out a sigh, I said,
"Alright. Like I said before, you're my number one."
I answered while looking at the other girls at the table. They didn't even react to what I said… they just kept eating.
Then silence took over the table.
I ate quietly and later returned to my room together with Mikoto. As soon as we entered the room, she picked up my notebook and opened a text file to show me.
"I wrote a few pages, do you want to read them?"
"Of course."
I sat beside her on the bed and, with the notebook on my lap, started reading. She was improving over time. With my current abilities, I could properly analyze her writing… it was average.
But compared to a few days ago, she was on a completely different level.
"It's great, you're improving fast. The scene descriptions are very vivid, and the dialogue is much better too."
"Wait, you already finished reading everything?"
"Yes, I read very fast. Besides, there aren't that many pages."
"I see. Is what you said true? You're not just saying that to make me feel good?"
"I'm telling the truth. When you first started, you were terrible, but you're improving quickly."
"I'm happy you're being honest, but hearing that still hurt…"
"Everyone starts out like you, bad. Writers improve as they write. You just need to keep writing."
"Was the first thing you wrote bad too?"
Most of the things I wrote in this world were basically copies, so I had to search my memory for things I wrote in my old world. And… there were a lot of terrible things.
I still remember the very first thing I wrote.
It was a story about an S-Rank adventurer in a fantasy world reincarnating into another fantasy world.
The premise sounded good at first, but it ended up being… a complete disaster.
"Yes, the first thing I wrote was horrible."
"When did you write your first story?"
"I was thirteen years old. It's been quite a while. I kept improving my skills over time."
"You're nineteen, right? So you've been writing for almost seven years."
Honestly, I don't know my exact age in this world.
I always say I'm nineteen or twenty, but I don't actually know my real age.
My appearance is very different from my old world, and in that world I was nineteen years old.
A few months have passed since I arrived in this world, so… maybe I really am twenty.
'Should I just pick a date and treat it like my birthday?'
"I'm twenty years old." I smiled at Mikoto.
"I see, so you've been writing for seven years. You have a lot of experience. I don't know if I'll be able to write for that long without getting tired of it."
"When you publish your first book, you'll fall in love with this 'job' and never want to stop again."
"Publishing a book, huh? …That's going to take a while."
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Time passed, and night finally arrived. I took a shower and got dressed. I put on some perfume I bought using the store on the computer, then went to Hestia's room to let her know I was going out to meet Ais.
I decided to tell her in case I ended up sleeping somewhere else again so she wouldn't start asking questions.
"Yeah, yeah, go have fun with that woman."
"You're not jealous, are you?"
"Of course not. Have fun." Hestia hid herself under the blanket.
Then I walked over to the bed and pulled the blanket down. I looked into her eyes and kissed her lips. We shared a long kiss, and Hestia wrapped her arms around me.
After we pulled away, she said,
"Yes, I'm jealous."
"I knew it." I laughed. "But don't worry. Like I said, you're my number one."
"Then promise me one thing."
"Sure."
"If you don't sleep somewhere else, come to my room. I want to wake up beside you tomorrow."
"If that's what you want, then when you wake up, I'll be by your side." I smiled while gently caressing her cheek. "Now I need to go, Ais is waiting."
"Have fun."
Right after Hestia said that, I teleported next to Ais, imagining that she would be in her room or waiting outside the Loki Familia house for me. However, I was surprised when hot steam covered my vision.
'Am I in the bathroom?' I thought.
Then Ais noticed my presence and turned around.
But seemingly realizing it was me, she didn't look panicked or anything like that.
"Luan?" She slowly turned toward me.
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