I Was Rejected by the Main Character in a Romantic Fantasy-Chapter 100: Ashillya (1)

Pamela’s wish was very simple.

But the problem was that this simple wish was difficult to fulfill.

[Go on a date with everyone here. That’s my wish.]

Recalling Pamela’s voice, I let out a small sigh. I never imagined she would suddenly make such a wish.

Of course, we weren’t all going on a date together. She said we had to take turns going on dates with me one by one.

‘...What’s the meaning of this wish anyway?’

Thinking this, I looked around.

It was understandable that she hadn’t arrived since there was still some time until the appointed time. Of course, I couldn’t imagine ‘her’ coming out early either.

As I leaned against the wall to wait comfortably, I turned my head at a voice coming from somewhere.

“Thou art early.”

“...Ah, you’re here.”

The speech pattern and voice made it easy to guess who it was.

It was Ashillya.

Ashillya was walking towards me with her usual smile.

Despite clearly hearing Pamela say ‘date,’ seeing her without any tension made me feel awkward for being needlessly nervous.

As I awkwardly smiled and waved my hand, Ashillya leisurely raised her hand to greet me as she approached.

Ashillya, who came out wearing a red dress that she often wears, was dressed as if she hadn’t thought someone might recognize her.

Although she was the crown princess, it was evidence that she also knew well that people surprisingly didn’t pay much attention to others.

‘Even so, it seems a bit too defenseless...’

Well, she has her shadows too, so worrying about danger would be pointless.

“So, hast thou planned everything for today?”

“...Roughly?”

I really did make plans. After all, it’s a date, so I couldn’t come without any preparation.

Despite my unsatisfactory answer, Ashillya smiled as if something was so good. She must be happy to be able to move around comfortably now.

“Then can I look forward to it?”

“...I’m not so confident about that.”

Although it was called a “date,” it was my first experience with this, and I didn’t know what to do in this world, so my answer couldn’t help but be unsatisfactory.

Moreover, the partner was none other than Ashillya, so it couldn’t be helped even more.

I had no idea how to escort the noble Crown Princess. I barely managed to plan a date course by squeezing out all the wisdom I had and didn’t have.

‘It’s this hard with just one person, how should I handle four...’

Thinking about the future made me feel dizzy, but it was right to focus on the present moment.

“I trust thee.”

“I think that’s too much...”

Sighing at Ashillya’s leisurely smiling appearance, I naturally offered her my arm.

“...?”

“I’ll escort you. Shall we go, Your Highness the Crown Princess?”

“...Hehe, thanks.”

Ashillya, who hadn’t expected my gesture, was momentarily flustered but soon noticed my intention and smiled faintly.

Avoiding her gaze, I started walking while trying to ignore the feeling of her clinging to my arm and her scent.

“May I ask where we’re going?”

“I heard there’s an art exhibition nearby. I’m planning to go there first.”

“Thou hast researched quite thoroughly? Was thou that excited for a date with me?”

“...It’s troublesome if you keep teasing me.”

I felt my face heating up at Ashillya’s joke.

She kept bursting into laughter as if something was so amusing, smiling joyfully.

I felt needlessly embarrassed too, but it wasn’t a bad feeling.

***

To tell the truth, I wasn’t particularly well-versed in art.

Like most ordinary people, my knowledge of art was limited to popular music and the appearance of famous paintings, and I rarely visited art galleries.

I didn’t have a girlfriend in my previous life, so I was even more distant from places like art galleries.

Naturally, Ashillya was almost the opposite of me.

She was very knowledgeable about art. Therefore, at the art gallery, I focused on Ashillya’s explanations while viewing the artworks.

In fact, choosing the art gallery as a date course was all tailored to Ashillya’s preferences.

If I had planned the course according to my own desires, the art gallery probably wouldn’t have been chosen.

Contrary to my expectation that it might be a bit boring, the art gallery was surprisingly enjoyable.

Maybe it was because Ashillya’s explanations stuck in my ears so well. Her pleasant voice, like that of voice actors, probably played a part, too.

Beautiful voices make you feel good just by listening, and all the women around me had good voices.

“The quality is quite good.”

“...Is it?”

“I’m surprised at how good the quality is, more than I expected.”

I didn’t know much about appreciating artwork, so I just went along with it, but hearing Ashillya’s words, it seemed especially good.

No, if someone with high standards like Ashillya is surprised, isn’t it extremely high quality? I’m not sure.

Walking with Ashillya, who had a faint smile, we had trivial conversations. Most of them were about the art gallery, and I was mainly the listener.

‘...She is surprisingly talkative.’

It was better to have conversations without interruption rather than having them break off. However, considering Ashillya’s image, her being talkative felt somehow unfamiliar.

But since that wasn’t in a bad sense, I nodded to her words with a smile.

When we entered the art gallery, it was morning, and we spent about two hours there, so it was almost noon now.

Following the pre-planned course, as we moved towards a restaurant, Ashillya naturally followed my steps.

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“Art thou hungry?”

“Hmm... a little bit.”

The most difficult part of preparing the date course was selecting the restaurant.

It was because I ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ had to find a restaurant that matched Ashillya’s picky taste, who doesn’t eat just any food.

Choosing regardless of price, a few places were shortlisted, and I had to get help from the shadows attached to me to find the better one among them.

Leading Ashillya to the nice restaurant chosen that way, she entered the store with a smile.

The inside of the high-class store was empty. Since I couldn’t afford to rent out an entire store, it must have been the work of the shadows.

Still, it’s fortunate.

Honestly, even though no one had recognized Ashillya so far, there was no guarantee that they would continue not to.

Ashillya also seemed to be paying attention to the possibility of being recognized by someone around. However, she was pretending not to care.

“This is quite a nice place, isn’t it?”

“Do you like it?”

As we took seats by the window in the empty restaurant, Ashillya looked at me with a faint smile.

“Doesn’t it feel like a date between lovers?”

“...We’re not lovers, but it is a date.”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

Because Pamela made such a wish.

At my words, Ashillya nodded, laughing as if she genuinely found it amusing. We naturally ordered food and then blankly looked out the window.

Outside the window, there were many people hurrying around. Perhaps because it was the weekend, quite a few couples could be seen wandering around the city.

“...I have one question.”

“What is it?”

I suddenly opened my mouth and asked Ashillya.

She leisurely nodded.

“Why did Pamela make such a wish?”

“Thou meant the wish to go on dates with everyone?”

“...Yes.”

It had been a constant question.

Not only did she share the hard-earned wish ticket with everyone, but Pamela’s intention to wish for dates with everyone was completely unpredictable.

At my question, Ashillya continued to smile and silently looked at me.

Seeing Ashillya’s appearance full of intention not to answer my question, I let out a faint sigh.

“It would be better to ask her directly.”

“...I see, as expected.”

The dates will continue in the order of Ashillya, Sylvia, Helena, and Pamela, so I can only ask at the very end.

“But, let me tell thee one important thing.”

“...Yes.”

“No matter who thou art with, what matters is to focus on them at that moment.”

Focus on them at that moment?

Unable to grasp the intention of Ashillya’s words, I blankly looked at her, and she raised her long, snow-white finger and poked the bridge of my nose.

“It would be good to focus on me now.”

“...I understand.”

Right, let’s focus on the present moment for now.

That would be the proper etiquette towards the other person.