Kiraware Yūsha ni Tensei Shitanode Aisare Yūsha o Mezashimasu! Chapter 64

Published at 22nd of May 2023 05:57:19 AM

[Tayte And Jarvis]

The water magic practical ended without a problem.

Of course, again Jarvis was the last to get changed and I acted as the lookout.

“So glad everything ended without incident…”

We were now leaning our backs against the wall, releasing sighs of relief.

Honestly, I thought that was quite reckless of us.

But we'd made it through somehow. The teacher and the boys hadn't seemed to notice anything amiss, either. Well, there was the incident (?) where some boys had started to look at Jarvis differently, but Jarvis herself didn't seem to realize it anyway; let's leave it as is.

——Oh, right.

There was something I had to make sure of.

“Hey Jarvis.”

“What's up?”

“You know… about telling Tayte your secret.”

Jarvis was actually a girl—she was doing everything she could to hide that truth, but she hadn't told me the reason yet.

I'd offered to help her, but honestly, there would definitely be stuff I couldn't help her with on my own in the future. Therefore, we had to recruit more collaborators as soon as possible.

And the one I chose as the best candidate was Tayte.

She was sincere and kind. Additionally, she was my fiancée, was cute, had an outstanding figure—wait, enough with the obvious facts.

What I was trying to say was that there was no one better suited to share this secret with other than her.

Jarvis was well aware of how Tayte was as a person, and above all, she herself knew that at the rate things were going, it was only a matter of time before her secret got out.

As such—

“Yes, let's tell her.”

—Jarvis willingly agreed.

…Okay, now that was decided, let's go see Tayte as soon as possible.

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After leaving the changing room, we headed for the classroom.

After this, it would be the girls' turn to take the water magic practical.

“I've gotta say, glad it worked out well.”

“Everything is thanks to you. You really were a lifesaver.”

“Nah, don't mention it.”

“That can't do. I want to give you something as a token of my appreciation. What do you want? You can ask me anything.”

“Anything…”

I knew Jarvis was a girl.

…Thus, when I looked at her, I could appreciate how beautiful she was even though she was in a boy's uniform—wait, what the hell was I thinking?

“No need to be shy. I'll give you anything you ask of me.” Jarvis brought her face closer to me without hesitation.

W-what the?

w-weren't we being a little too clos—

“Ah, Barrett♪.”

“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!”

I got a huge fright when Tayte called my name from behind without warning. My suspicious behavior not only surprised Tayte but also Jarvis.

“I-is something the matter?” Tayte asked.

I furiously shook my head, “N-no, not at all. Sorry for surprising you.”

I felt like my legs were going to turn to jelly.

…Now that I calmly thought back on it, I was overreacting. It wasn't like Jarvis and I did something that we had to feel guilty about. I should be more confident!

“Isn't it almost time for the girls to take the practical? You're not going to get changed?”

“Of course, I will. In fact, I was just on my way to the changing room. Kleine and Melia actually invited me to come along with them, but I told them to go on ahead because I wanted to show you my swimsuit first. But you took so long, I thought you have something important to take care of, so…”

What the… I felt warm inside.

“Today, I will display the results of all my studies!”

“Oh? In high spirits, are we? Can't say I'm surprised, though; other than healing magic, you're best at water magic, after all.”

“! How did you know?”

“Seeing how you usually are during lectures, it's easy to tell.”

Tayte expressed varied obvious reactions during lectures. As such, it was quite easy to tell apart which subjects she was good at and which she was not.

“Still, how unfortunate. Looks like I won't get to see you in a swimsuit today.”

“…Do you really find it unfortunate?”

“Of course!” I replied instantly.

I mean, I knew Tayte would look good no matter what she wore, so I definitely wanted to see her in a swimsuit.

“…………”

Tayte, on the other hand, was silently facing down. She always did that pose when she was going to make an important decision… perhaps, tonight I may expect…

“Ahem!”

An unnaturally loud cough.

It came from Jarvis.

“Barrett, if we don't quickly get back to our classrooms, we'll get scolded, remember?”

“Y-yeah… later, Tayte.”

“Yes, see you later♪.”

When I was seeing off Tayte heading to the changing room…

“…You guys are as close as always.”

…Jarvis said so out of nowhere.

“Uhh… are you mad?”

“I'm not. Now, let's go.”

“H-hey.”

And so, I returned to the classroom while being pulled by Jarvis by the arm.

—Ah, I forgot to tell Tayte about Jarvis's secret.

Chapter end