My Friend’s Harem is Obsessed With Me – Chapter 136

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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How did this situation come about?

I was blankly watching the carp in the pond clearly visible from the princess’s mansion.

The carp approached me, flapping about as if asking me to look at them.

I must have made them mistake me for the gardener who fed them.

I thought about throwing a stone to tell them not to be disappointed and go away, but the woman next to me, who wouldn’t stop talking, took some bread from her bosom, tore off a piece, and scattered it to the carp.

Is it okay to feed them bread?

“You seem very interested in carp. Such a nature-friendly side is also very nice.”

No, I’m not particularly interested.

It’s just that as a second choice, watching the carp seemed more interesting than listening to you, so I was looking at them.

If we had to look at it from a relative perspective, you could say I was interested.

At least more than in your story.

“Even in these carp, the gods can appear. The wind that gently embraces, the sun that warmly shines down, the river that flows coolly. Through all of these, the gods appear to us.”

“……”

“However, we just don’t notice it. Look at this cat.”

I didn’t know who was taking care of it, but a well-groomed cat was purring and acting cute next to the priestess.

“Even a cat like this might actually be the gods coming to visit us. Do you remember any instances of the gods coming to you, Daniel?”

Should I say I remember this?

I didn’t feel anything as Rin pierced my heart.

I even had a strange delusion like, “Was her sword perhaps a god?”

“No.”

“I see! That’s to be expected! The gods, in their mischievous way, only allow us to gain insight after everything is over. However, the exhilaration of comprehending the truth in your mind and seeing the past start to fit together is indescribable.”

“……”

“Especially the goddess of time never makes mistakes. Even if you think at the time that this can’t be right, you eventually realize that everything was correct.”

How long do I have to listen to this woman’s chatter?

Of course, I did learn something.

That the mark Ares had was the sign of a savior chosen by the sun god.

I was not sure if it was really believable, but I’d keep it in mind for now.

“Oh my! I’ve been talking too much! Is there anything you’d like to ask, Daniel? If I can answer with my limited knowledge, I’ll answer anything.”

I almost asked how she ended up like this when I clearly remembered her first impression being a woman with gravitas, but I kept my mouth shut and thought for a moment.

“I know you have several aliases.”

The woman nodded with a hazy smile that didn’t show any clear intention, unlike her chatty atmosphere until just now.

“More than I deserve.”

“The lone observer ahead, the epithet ‘？？？’, and there’s one more.”

The Earliest Step.

I deliberately put a little emphasis on the last part, and her eyes trembled slightly.

“I heard that the first two are names given by others, but ‘The Earliest Step’ is a name you introduce yourself with.”

“……”

By this point, I knew she had already figured out what I wanted to say.

But since she gestured that she wanted to hear it from my own mouth…

“What do you know about the earliest apocalypse?”

She deliberately introduces herself as ‘the earliest step’. Like a filter to sift out those who know something similar to this name.

At my question, she slowly put her hands together and prayed to God.

It was a quiet conversation with God, with only the sound of pocket watches on her wrist clinking as they shook, and the sound of fish swimming, asking for more bread crumbs.

After a short prayer, she took her hands apart and smiled brightly.

“I’m sorry, I was so happy to be rewarded for forcibly carrying this hideous alias that I ended up offering a prayer of thanks to God.”

“Then indeed.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The priestess nodded emphatically and met my eyes.

“If you and the boy named Ares are saviors chosen by God, then the earliest apocalypse is the main enemy we must prevent.”

“……”

“But how did you know? Did God speak to you directly like He did to me?”

How did I know about the earliest end?

I couldn’t say I experienced it directly, could I?

I couldn’t tell her about Rin.

From my point of view, if she knew that Rin was the earliest apocalypse, it was obvious she would immediately run to kill her.

Even if I told her that dying would awaken her as the apocalypse, then she would try to restrain Rin in ways other than death.

‘That would be too cruel for Rin, who is fighting alone even now not to be consumed by power.’

In the first place, if I were to put an end to her, I would take that responsibility and do it.

Only I, who had died by her hand, could judge her who had committed no wrong.

As I kept my mouth shut, the priestess sighed with an ambiguous expression.

“I want to tell you everything so much, but it seems you don’t feel the same way. How regrettable.”

The priestess grabbed the tail of the cat that was still rubbing its head against her side.

When the cat struggled in surprise, she immediately let it go, but…

“Huh?”

The cat’s tail seemed to have grown a bit larger.

Moreover, its fur, which had been neatly groomed, had become rough as if it hadn’t been cared for in a while.

“You said you intend to rebel against Prince Oliver. Then there are various tasks you need to solve.”

Although it seemed out of the blue, the priestess waved to the escaping cat and continued speaking.

“In some ways, he is foolish, but in other aspects, he is excessively cunning.”

The priestess slowly stood up and looked down at me with a smile.

“Show me the ability of a savior. If you can prevent Prince Oliver from ascending to the throne, I will tell you everything I know.”

I was a bit taken aback by her sudden change in attitude when she had seemed quite friendly until now.

The priestess winked slightly at me and answered.

“Of course, it’s okay if you fail. If I help you, the prince will eventually be defeated anyway. So please use your power comfortably, think of it as practice. I’m sincerely cheering for you.”

The Priestess of Time left after placing her hand on her chest and bowing.

The sound of the pocket watches on her hand gently dispersed, as if announcing her departure.

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“I never imagined we’d get such an unexpected result, with the Priestess of Time taking our side.”

“Couldn’t it be a lie?”

Tana asked, just in case, at Elise’s words, but Elise immediately denied it with a kind of certainty.

“I’ve heard a lot about her not only from my brother but also from other high-ranking nobles. She’s not someone who would carelessly speak empty words.”

“I think so too. When I talked with her, it didn’t seem like she could lie.”

She bound herself with excessive faith and laws, and there was a kind of madness-like obsession with God.

This type didn’t speak falsehoods, if only to avoid tarnishing God’s name.

This type of person was easy to handle, but once they started to deviate, they were like a sword swinging aimlessly, swayed by their own beliefs.

“So we start by making sure Prince Oliver doesn’t ascend to the throne.”

Although the Priestess of Time said she would help, we couldn’t rely solely on her and let everything go.

Above all, we had to uncover the crime of killing Elise’s sister, Elena de Frisia.

“Let’s start by talking about Princess Elena. If we can just reveal that Prince Oliver is the heinous murderer who killed his own sister, we’ll win.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Until yesterday, her expression was noticeably dark when talking about Princess Elena, but now it was different.

She had firmly made up her mind in the middle of the night to trace the footsteps of the real culprit who killed her sister.

At Elise’s signal, Bertia handed us a bundle of papers she had prepared and began to explain one by one.

“First of all, Princess Elena’s disease name is unknown. The numerous doctors and nuns who came couldn’t do anything because it was a disease they had never seen before.”

Princess Elena’s symptoms were densely written.

We started reading each one carefully and listening to Bertia’s explanation, but…

A woman came in, kicking the door open.

Like Elise, she had brilliant blonde hair, and the clothes she wore were obviously covered in luxury brands.

The woman, who looked strangely similar to Elise, walked quickly with her long skirt slightly lifted in her hand.

“Sister Ainis?”

The 2nd Princess Ainis de Frisia?

The one who had sent someone to protect Elise, just in case.

I had driven away her servant a bit roughly, but Elise said she would explain well and there would be no problem, right?

Ainis, who I thought would naturally approach Elise, immediately stood in front of me and shouted angrily.

“Are you the one who taught our Elise strange things?”

“……Pardon?”

I could tell the princess was really angry, arriving suddenly and shouting like this without any culture or manners, but…

“What on earth did you do to the child for our child to follow you around calling you ‘master’!”

“……”

“Our pretty Elise! Our cute Elise! She says she can’t even be hugged because she’s already the master’s possession! She says she can’t even bathe together after a long time!”

I unknowingly glared at Elise sitting across from me, putting all my strength into it.

“Hnngh!”

That crazy woman started feeling it again over that.

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