Rising of the Shield Hero Re-Rise

NAOFUMI'S POV:~

From what I can see, alna was too good to me. It's suspicion.

It's not like I don't trust her. But I hope I knew a little more about her. If she's this skilled, I would've heard about her in my previous life.

Well, there are also some other possibilities.

But for now, I'm not interested in knowing that.

When it comes to raphtalia, I would've gone to save her on my first day in this world. But I was not powerful enough to do that.

Most of the people in this country hates shield hero, which is why there are possibilities that I might get suppressed.

The person who used to torture raphtalia was a noble. He must have at least 100 Soldiers at disposal. Even if I'm the shield hero, I just can't handle that much.

Which is why I'm taking her help. She is strong, she can handle several soldiers at once.

The thing that I'm scared about is, what if she betrayed me in the middle of the process. It'll be quite troublesome.

Even if she went on the opposite side, I have many ways to tackle the situation.

In the worst case scenario, I'll have to reveal my wildcard.

In my previous life, i learned several magic spells. At least a thousand. It seems that our intellect also increases as we level up.

The main thing is, I remember almost every single spell. Even if she betrayed me, there's no way I'll lose.

I can also teleport anytime from there and Alna doesn't know about that.

My first move would be to reach raphtalia. If situation became disadvantageous I will take raphtalia and Rifana and teleport from there.

Last time when we reached there, Rifana was already dead, I hope that won't happen again.

Thinking that I should level up too, I started going in the forest to hunt monsters.

"Where are you going?"

"Since I'm free, I thought that I should level up a bit."

"Fine but, I'm too tired. Can you give me a massage?"

"Sorry I don't know how to."

Of course I knew, but I refused.

"Okay fine."

She is really tired, and potions can only recover damaged or dead cells.

But I have something that might help.

I took out a nourishing beverage, it removes fatigue. I had only 3 left, their quality is fair to excellent.

I went towards her, her face is on the opposite side, cooking the food.

"Alna."

"Yeah?."

"Open your mouth."

"What?"

"Huh, I have some nourishing beverages. It will remove your fatigue."

"Oh, okay. Aaaaaaaaaah."

Is she trying to act cute? Whatever. I just poured the nourishing beverage in her mouth at once.

After drinking it, she started complaining.

"Gwehh, it's so bitter. You should've gave me a warning."

After that, we went for leveling. I was expecting the monsters to come one after one.

A wild usapil appeared!

A wild porcupine appeared!

A giant frog appeared!

"I didn't expected that three would appear on the same time. Looks like we're going to get busy for a while."

"You worry about these guys?."

She went and kill all three of them in an instant.

Level up!

Level up!

Level up!

You are now level 8

Level up!

Level up!

You are now level 10

Level up!

You are now level 11

"How is it?"

"Nice."

Amazing!

Some more monsters appeared, but when they saw Alna's berserk mode, they ran away.

Regardless, she went wild.

Level up!

You are now level 12

Level up!

You are now level 13

Level up!

You are now level 14

"Wait! I think this much is enough."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I want to maintain my low level."

"But why?"

"I have my own reasons."

"Alright, if that's what you want."

We went to our camp.

"Looks like the food is ready. You wanna eat?"

"Yeah."

She had kept all the cooking tools and utensils in the expansion bag. I wish I had an expansion bag too!

She took out food for both of us and started eating without praying. Praying is a custom in this world too, but maybe after losing her family Alna must have stopped praying. If I were in her place, I would have done the same.

I also started eating without praying.

It was delicious.

"How is it?"

"It's good! Did you learn cooking from a professional?"

"Are you flattering me?"

"Think what you want."

I do think she learned from a professional. Also, I never flatter anyone.

"By the way, you are very lucky that you are eating food made by me. I never cook for others."

"Then why me?"

She didn't said anything.

"Now I'm going to sleep."

She took out a sleeping bag from the expansion bag.

"Sorry but I have only one. It has space for two people but what if you couldn't suppress your libido?"

"Don't worry. I will sleep on the grass just fine."

She started pondering.

"You can sleep in this with me if you want. But there is one condition, my shoulders are hurting a lot so you will have to give me a shoulder massage."

She waited for a second

"Or should I say, please give me a shoulder massage."

Even though she is helping me so much, I have no interest in being friendly with her.

I can't do this, sorry!"

I declined straightforwardly.

"Hey Naofumi, do you hate me?"

"Of course not. Why do you think that?"

"Doesn't matter what I do, you always treat me coldly."

"It's not like tha-"

"It is! You talk to everyone just fine. Other heroes, villagers even that jeweler, you talked to everyone nicely."

What should I say now?

"It's just your imagination. Anyway, why does it matter to you. You just have to stay in my party for three days and follow my orders."

I told her loud and clear.

"And why should I follow your orders?"

This matter is getting out of hand.

"Because I won the duel against you. Anyway, I am not asking you to do this for free. if you help me, I will pay you after the completion of three days. 300 silver coins will be enough, right?"

"Do you think I'm that cheap?"

"Look! I'm not buying you, I'm just buying your 3 days of time, and that much would be more than enough for that."

"Why are you treating me like a tool? If you want to keep that attitude then I'm leaving your party!"

"Alright, I'll go alone. tell me where you got this horse from, I'll return it after coming back."

"Don't you dare touch my horse. Go to the town by walking and find a new horse yourself."

After saying that, she went inside the sleeping bag.

She really know how to take advantage of the situations. If I didn't make out with her, It'll at least 4 days to reach the town.

Even if I find the horse in one day, it will take me 7 days to reach there. I don't have the mana to keep buffing the horse.

Fine, I'll apologize to her. But I'm a dog who bites after getting hit, I'll definitely take revenge from her for making me feel this miserable.

Tap* Tap*

"Hey alna?"

"Don't touch me."

"Why are you overreact- wait, are you crying?"

"I'm not!"

Now I understood. Even though her body has become so mature, she is still only 16 years old. Children are mostly attention seekers in that age, I have to pay attention to this thing.

I went inside the sleeping bag too.

"Hey, I'm sorry okay?"

"I did so much for you. You told me to bring a horse, I did that instantly. You didn't tell me why you wanted to go there, I didn't ask. You said you don't know how to massage, I believed you. When you said you wanted to level up, I went to help you. no matter what I did, you never appreciated."

"I'm sorry alna, I was too dumb. I'll never do that again."

I hugged her. Her head was on my chest.

"Even now, you are being kind because you need me, not because you have sympathy towards me."

Huh, just two more days. I'll just have to endure three more days.

"Alna, even though I didn't say it directly, I appreciated everything you did for me. It was just so embarrassing to say it face to face."

She raised his head and looked into my eyes.

"Why did you turned your eyes away?"

"I can't help it. You are so cute that I might end up falling for you if I keep looking at your face."

She blushed.This brat.

"I can't do anything about it if I'm cute, you have to control yourself."

Is this a roleplay? I'm getting out of here.

Huh, her ears are a bit weird.

"Don't touch it!"

Just when I touched one of her ears, it changed into cat-like ears.

So she's a demi-human!

"Wow, they're so soft."

"Don't touch them, aahh." She let out a strange noise.

"Are they ticklish?"

I kept touching them. She started breathing heavily.

Suddenly, she hugged me tightly.

"Hehe, sorry I won't do it again, just let me go."

"Stupid Naofumi. You made quite a biiiiiiig mistake."

"What do you mean?"

"We demi humans get aroused if our ears are tickled. Haah, I just can't control this urge. Now I'm going to punish you, I hope you'll enjoy it."

She started searching for my pant's zip. I grabbed her hand, but her strength was much more than mine. Suddenly, she licked my neck!

Someone save me!