I Was the Heroine, and in the Sequel, Even Though I’m a Mob, All of My Stats Are Maxed Out - CH 25.3

Seeing Erica talking so happily and shyly warmed my heart. I really wanted her to be happy. The other party seemed to have feelings for Erica as well, as far as I could tell from the story.

“Do you have any plans to confess?”

“A-Actually, I do it occasionally.”

“Occasionally.”

“Yes. I’m very shy, so it’s a little roundabout.”

Holding her small, cute, slightly reddened face in her hands as if embarrassed, Erica continued.

“I’d make spiced cookies, nut tarts, decorated cakes, and spiced scones in this order and try to tell him that I like him by the first letter of every word[1]…. Kyaa, I’m so embarrassed!”

“…..”

Far from being a little roundabout, it would be a miracle if her feelings were conveyed with this. I was aware that I myself was ignorant about romance, but I felt that Erica was on a different level.

Anyway, that would definitely not get the message across, so I gave her the bare minimum of advice that other methods were better.

I also told her that it would be good to get advice from the very experienced​ Lara, but if I talked to her about this, she was going to get angry at me like a Hannya[2], saying, “You’re not ready for love!”

“Nina-san, how are you and Alvin-sama doing?”

“Me?”

“Yes. I can feel that Alvin-sama really likes Nina-san.”

He seemed to be always looking out for me, even when I wasn’t around. Hearing it from the mouth of a third party like this made me feel touched.

“Alvin-sama is a bit strict at times, but I think he’s a nice and kind person who looks out for those around him.”

“… Yes, I think so too.”

A little, no, he was quite strict, but Alvin-sama was kinder than anyone else. He was so kind that it was frightening.

He was good-looking, strong, smart, and had a good status. He really was the perfect man.

By the way, when I told her that we were going to have a date soon, Erica said, “Please leave it to me! I will make Nina-san the prettiest girl in the world! Oh, she’s already the prettiest girl in the world!”. She was fired up.

─If we continued to spend time together, would I fall in love with Alvin-sama someday?

I was thinking about this in a daze while biting into a cookie Erica had made for me.

“Raaaaggghhhh!!!!”

Suddenly, I heard a beastly cry, and my body jumped. The voice was heard incessantly after that, and it was clearly not normal.

“W-What….?”

“I-It felt like something foul….”

Erica apparently also felt the same sickening air that I had been feeling all over my body.

Unsettled, I shook off the knight’s restraints, put on my robe, and went out of the room.

Then, from several floors above the atrium, something fell onto the floor with a loud, dull thud.

Translator Notes:

1. The first letter of every word in Japanese will result in the word ‘Su-ki-de-su’ which means ‘I like you.’ ↵

2. The hannya mask is a mask used in Japanese Noh theater, representing a jealous female demon. ↵