CH 91

[Hated Hero, Surprised by the Unexpected Development]

Raul and Eureka had forged a close relationship as they supported each other.

However, after Raul thwarted Eureka’s attempted kidnapping, a big crack had formed in their relationship.

Someone from the Astor Academy had happened to witness the event and, seeing Raul’s hidden potential, invited him to enroll in the academy.

But the only one who’d got the invitation was Raul.

Eureka had not been, and was still not, showing any aptitude for magic, so it was no surprise that she didn’t catch the eye of that person from the academy.

“That’s… a tough decision you had to make.”

“Yes…” replied Raul spiritlessly. “But… ever since I’ve enrolled in the academy, there has never been a day I haven’t thought about Eureka.”

“Mm. …Mm?”

Huh?

That kind of sounded like…

“Eureka is very… very important to me.”

Ah.

Could it be that—

“R-Raul.”

“Yes?”

“Do you, possibly… like Eureka?”

“Wha-?! N-no?! I mean, uh, yes I do, but uh, not in that sense, I mean, more like, uh?!” Raul suddenly got flustered and spoke incoherently.

…I see.

Raul built a harem and had relationships with multiple heroines in the original storyline. But as it turned out, Raul actually had the one he was truly in love with. This was a big discovery.

In that case, however, the original storyline’s harem members other than Tayte and Ms. Teixeira might pose a hindrance in their getting together.

If my memory served me correctly, by the latest chapter of【The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman】, there were six heroines that had appeared in the story.

Two of them were Tayte and Ms. Teixeira.

Meaning, there were only four heroines left.

I knew their names.

One of them appeared in the first volume of the book version, and a rough draft of her illustration was posted on the author’s socials.

If Raul and Eureka were somehow able to get together before they made contact with Raul… wouldn’t that be the most ideal development?

But we still didn’t know how Eureka felt about Raul.

No, when they met previously, Eureka appeared as though she didn’t really like seeing him to me… but who knew. They had been living together, there was no way the feelings she had developed for him during that period would go poof just like that, right?

“But… ever since I enrolled in the academy, Eureka became kind of cold toward me…”

“But since she is willing to go to the academy as Tayte’s personal maid, I don’t think she really hates you.”

“Huh…?” Raul looked at me with a surprised face.

This was an undeniable fact.

If Eureka genuinely hated Raul, she would have refused to accompany Tayte to the academy where he was.

“I think you still have hope.”

“I-is that so.”

Looked like Raul managed to regain some of his spirits.

“Well, it’s just a guess, though.”

“Still, thank you, Lord Barrett. Your words gave me confidence!”

“That’s good.”

Mhm.

Things went in an unexpected direction, but this was not bad, not bad at all.

After all, I didn’t want to be the only one to get a happy ending, I wanted everyone around me to have a bright future.

“I’m going to visit Eureka after this. I’ll ask her how she feels about you.”

“! B-but…”

“If she also likes you, even if just a little, then I want you to confess to her.”

“C-confess?!”

“You like her, don’t you?”

“…Yes! I like Eureka!”

“Huh?!”

A new voice suddenly entered our conversation.

It clearly belonged to a girl—a girl that shouldn’t be here.

Slowly and timidly, Raul and I turned around.

There we found Eureka standing stiffly with Tayte.

“Ah, uh, um… Barrett didn’t come back after so long, so we figured we’d take a walk while looking for you.” Tayte explained, flustered.

But before I could process the situation in my mind, Eureka darted off.

“Eureka!” Raul ran after her.

This was… quite an unexpected development.