The next day, we head to the ancient dragons’ place, keeping it a secret from the girls.
Our destination is Graham’s house.
It’s me, Arc, Zephir, and Elga. Incidentally, Xellos isn’t included because he might let it slip to the girls. Or Tiltue, to be more precise.
The ancient dragons make their nests by carving holes in rocks. Graham is no exception, but he has more stuff like furniture compared to Tiltue, and is more neat and tidy.
“I see… So this is the place of a popular guy.”
“Hey, it’s so nice of you to visit, bro. What’s this about?”
He looks a little awkward, because we came here all of a sudden and we’re looking around his room.
“There’s actually something we want to ask you.”
“They forced me to come along.”
We caught Elga along the way, and brought him along because he has valuable insight as a married man.
He was going to visit anyway, so it worked out great.
“Yesterday, you were fooling around with Sakuya in front of everyone, right?”
“…!? T-that’s not what I…!”
“Too late for that, after showing off so much.”
He’s thrown off by what I say, but he’s self-aware enough that his voice gets quieter as he tries to argue back.
“Arata was right… Hum, Graham!”
“Y-yes?”
“You two then disappeared into the forest, right!? What were you doing!?”
“Hna!? You saw that!? N-nothing really…”
Suspicious. Too suspicious.
Arc and Zephir are looking at Graham with the same thought in mind.
“Isn’t it obvious? When a guy and a girl in love disappear into the forest at night like that, they’re going to copulate.”
“““Eh…?”””
Everyone’s at a loss for words after Elga says that.
That’s way too much for people like us with no romantic experience, but could it be true?
“No, you’re getting way too ahead of yourself! We just held hands and walked around, and kissed. Ah.”
“““Elaborate.”””
“Oh, that’s it?”
We press closer to Graham, and he hides behind Elga.
It makes sense that the married man is nonchalant about this.
Should I start calling him Mister Elga… After all, he implied that he would be copulating if he disappeared into the forest like that.
“Y-you’re the one doing more amazing stuff, bro! Why are you pressing me!?”
Arc hears that, and looks at me like he thinks Graham has a point.
“No, I’ve never even kissed Reina.”
“L-liar! You’re always messing around like that! Sakuya is always saying you’re a great match, and she wants to be like that too!”
“You can say all you want, but… I gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when she washed up on shore and I found her, but that doesn’t count. If it did, then Xellos would count too…”
When I say that, everyone freezes.
Everyone other than me gathers, and starts talking.
‘So they’re not a couple!?’
‘That’s what he said. But who’s going to believe that?’
‘I think they went beyond that the moment Snow started calling them mommy and daddy.’
‘I thought stuff like kissing was natural for them…’
I can hear everything…
“Anyway! Back to Graham! So you two have been kissing!”
“Ah, that’s not fair bro!”
“It is! So Arc, learn from this lady-killer!”
I successfully change the subject, and get everyone’s attention back on Graham.
“Yes! Elga is being a little too stimulating for me right now!”
“Hey, how come…”
Someone who talks about copulating just because they went into the forest isn’t a good example.
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As the guy talk gets more heated, the advice to Arc gets more specific.
Graham and Arc have never really talked a lot, but they’re hitting it off the more they talk and become closer. The fact that they’re close in age probably helps.
“So basically, you want to be romantically involved with both Erie and Ceres?”
“Hum, I care about both and don’t want to leave either…”
“What do you think, bro? I’m a dragon, so all I can say is catch what you want.”
The conversation is thrown back to me, but I have a lot on my mind too, so I stammer.
“Hum… Is polygamy a thing back in the continent where you lived?”
I think I heard Zephir mention that before, and Arc nods.
“Yes. A noble has a duty to leave descendants, but a commoner can do it too, if money isn’t an issue.”
“Then what’s the problem?”
For me, it’s a problem because I come from a place where that’s not allowed, but if that’s not the case for him, what’s the issue?
“Ceres is a saint… She has devoted her chastity to god…”
“Ah, I see.”
So basically, he won’t be able to marry Ceres, meaning if he marries Erie, she’ll be alone.
But from what I heard before when he was drunk, Ceres has been tempting him too. I feel like there really isn’t a problem here…
“I dunno about that stuff, but don’t you just gotta get that god’s permission then?”
“Elga?”
“Our chief is like a god, and then there’s the great spirits too.”
“Ah…”
Come to think of it, Ceres called me god incarnate before, but she’s toned that down a lot.
“W-wait! You’re all assuming they feel that way towards me just because I feel that way towards them…”
He’s still saying that?
It’s clear they do. From what I’ve heard, there’s no way Erie would say no to them being together.
Actually, since we’re the only humans on this island, we can decide our own rules.
“You said you wanted advice, so you actually want to do something about this situation, right Arc?”
“Well, yes…”
He was drunk when he said that, but I feel like he genuinely wants to do something about it.
“Well then, let’s ask the girls how those two feel.”
“Eh?”
“Reina and Sakuya, and Elga’s wife Livia. Everyone knows how you feel anyway, Arc.”
“Everyone…?”
I look around at all the boys, and everyone nods.
It’s very clear to see. And the same goes for those too, but I guess they need to put up a front.
“You’ve worked hard as a hero, right? You’ve gone through a lot of hardship, but you’d be lying if you said you can’t be happy here.”
I tell him I’ll do my best to help, and he finally nods.
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