Chapter 590: A Marriage Proposal from Five Years Ago by Ryu Ryang (Subscribe!)
Strong like ancient heroes—such was the adventurer Ryu Ryang’s first impression of Izay five years ago.
Now, this first impression is about to change mid-stream.
Change it to—someone suspected to be a future partner.
This move doubles the relationship!
The blonde elf retracts her gaze from Izay and focuses back on “herself.”
“Alright, let me ask you differently… do you approve of that human, right? Like how you face Alice?”
Even further than that.
Faced with such an easy-to-answer question, Ryu quickly nods in response: “Yeah, it’s like that…”
“Then what stage are you at? Have you given yourself to him?”
“G-Give!? Give to him!? Wh-what are you talking about!? We haven’t even officially established a relationship… at most we’ve only kissed each other! How could things develop so fast!?”
She never expected her past self to say something so explosive.
Not just her cheeks, but Ryu’s ears turned red instantly. Steam almost burst out from her head, and her speech became incoherent.
But little did she know, her past self, Ryu Ryang, was also blushing furiously.
Do you think she wants to say such shocking things?
It’s because she’s too worried about the emotional affairs of her future self!
This is something related to herself; how could she not care?!
And…
“What… what do you mean ‘only kissing’!? Too shameless! Too vulgar!! If you’ve gone that far, why hasn’t the relationship been confirmed yet!?”
Five years ago, Ryu Ryang had no idea that her current self was exactly like an anxious mother worrying about her unmarried daughter returning home during the New Year celebration!
As for why Ryu and Izay haven’t confirmed their relationship…
“…Because I’m shy.”
The Ryu being “scolded” by her past self regains a bit of calmness.
In summary, the main reason for the slow progress in her relationship with Izay mainly lies in their daily interactions.
Ryu and Izay aren’t in a situation where they don’t see each other for ten days or half a month.
On the contrary, they meet every one or two days, and even explore the dungeon together every month.
However, when they meet regularly, it’s usually while working at the tavern.
After all, Ryu lives at Aunt Mia’s house and works as a waitress in Aunt Mia’s tavern to support herself.
With so many people in The Bountiful Mistress every day, how could the shy elf ignore the gazes of customers and fellow employees and act affectionately with Izay?
When going into the dungeon, although they often hug and the environment is peaceful,
they go there to mourn deceased companions of their Familial Group, making it inappropriate for intimate actions.
Isn’t exchanging bodily fluids in front of the graves of companions proper?
Is it reasonable!?
Clearly not!!
Considering these reasons, if they want to make a breakthrough in their ambiguous relationship—
Either Ryu must overcome her shyness and become bolder.
Or privately, Izay needs to find an opportunity to seal the deal.
Once the relationship has a qualitative leap, all problems will be solved effortlessly~
…
Meanwhile, as these two Ryus discussed heatedly.
On the other side, Alice approached Ize Alward and Victoria with her group.
“That… thank you for your help earlier, Mr. Ize Alward! If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t be standing here properly. Please allow me to express my gratitude!”
Alice straightforwardly expressed her thanks and bowed deeply, adding that she would fulfill any request Ize might have.
Behind Alice, a group of Astelia girls followed suit, which was the wish of everyone.
Although it seems like Ryu and Ize have a good relationship, and perhaps out of consideration for Ryu, Ize wouldn’t actively demand repayment.
That doesn’t mean Alice and the others should remain indifferent.
Because Ize saving them is undeniable.
If they can’t even admit to such a thing, then they don’t deserve to carry the banner of the Goddess of Justice.
The serious attitude of the ten girls made Ize feel a bit embarrassed.
Of course, only internally.
Externally, he remained perfectly composed.
“You can consider it as owing me a favor from all of you. Prepare material rewards as you see fit~ but please drop the honorifics. We’re all friends of Ryu, call me Ize. This is Victoria, a witch whose strength is probably on par with mine.”
Honestly speaking, Ize didn’t expect much from material rewards.
Because he didn’t think he, Ryu, and Victoria would stay in this world for long.
By the time Alice and the others prepare their “gratitude,” he might already be gone.
A favor is more practical.
Keep it for the future, in case they meet again.
At that time, with the favor of an entire Familial Group, he might even approach the Goddess of Justice and make a request~
From the current perspective, the ones gaining clearly are Alice and the others.
They got free life-saving assistance.
And life-saving assistance from the future!
Such an unfair concession makes the crimson girl frown, feeling very uneasy.
“Alright, Alice, a favor is a favor. Stop worrying, we don’t have anything valuable anyway.”
At this moment, Kaguya steps forward, grabs her sleeve, and pulls her back before bowing slightly to Ize: “Sorry, our guild leader is just overly serious. Mr. Ize, forgive her.”
“Serious is serious, but isn’t she cute?” Victoria interjected with a smile.
“Hmm… why am I not happy despite being complimented?” Alice frowned.
It felt like being petted under the chin and told “good girl.”
Am I a cat!?
“Don’t mind what Victoria says, she’s just teasing you. Rather…” Ize shifts his gaze to the distant two Ryus and asks: “I’m more curious about those two over there. What are they doing?”
Judging by their expressions, Ryu and her past self seem to be having an intense conversation?
Since he wasn’t deliberately eavesdropping, Ize didn’t know he had become the main topic of discussion for the two elves.
He was curious at the moment.
“Apparently, Ryang wanted to talk to her future self. Probably some secrets between her past and future self, right?”
Laila reasonably deduced the situation.
Looking at it from another angle, her deduction doesn’t seem wrong either~
“What could my past and future selves talk about?”
“Probably only about future events?”
“I see, so this is a reasonable way to predict the future?”
After Ize set a precedent, the group of girls became highly interested in the conversation between the two Ryus.
But before they could wonder for long, the two Ryus ended their chat awkwardly, pretending nothing happened and returned to the group.
Their obviously suspicious behavior made everyone suspect something was up.
They kept an eye on them until they left.
Now that the battle was over, the trap set by the Dark Faction was exposed. About half of the members of the [Rudra Familial Group] died in the aftermath of the battle, and the remaining half disappeared.
Alice and her group had no reason to stay in the labyrinth anymore and were preparing to return to the surface.
Ize, Ryu, and Victoria temporarily traveled with them.
Deliberately lingering behind the group, Ize took the chance to get close to Ryu and quietly asked:
“Ryu, what did you guys talk about secretly after stepping aside?”
“N-nothing! Just some idle chatter, you don’t need to worry about it, Ize! You really don’t need to worry about it!!”
Like a young person caught reading a dirty book, Ryu’s tone was full of panic. She unconsciously quickened her pace, clearly wanting to end the topic.
After all, she was just “proposed to” by her past self.
There’s no way she’d tell Ize.
Now being questioned by the protagonist himself, Ryu wished she could bury herself in a hole.
Escape quickly—
“Ize, looks like you’re disliked~”
Seeing this, Victoria covered her mouth and gloated.
Hearing this, Ize rolled his eyes at the witch, indicating he didn’t want to deal with her.
