Seated on a long table, Aza and I stared at the food line up in front of us. We were inside the most luxurious tavern of Geata city, Mordat tavern. We are here to eat everything the tavern could offer, and of course that means one thing.

“Are you ready? Devourer of all food?”[Yuu]

“I’m always ready!”[Aza]

We glared at each other, and as time passed we became more heated up.

The tavern was crowded, it was filled with people, both citizen and adventurers, and both male and female. They all gazed at us with amazement, not just from our food titles, but also because we became S rank adventurers. To add, we also killed the gate keeper of the hardest dungeon, giving free access to every adventurers.

Like it was normal, a man stood close to us as Aza and I stared at each other. He tossed a coin in the air and the moment it hit the ground, Aza and I started eating. While we were eating intensely, the people around cheered.

“You can do it Yuu!”

“Don’t lose Reila!”

Reila is Aza’s fake name to hide her identity. I don’t think the others even know there’s a Goddess called Azaleina though. In fact, I haven’t heard of any religion worshiping the three Goddesses...

While eating, Aza looked at me and said. “Kiss?”

W-what? W-hy are you mentioning that now? I got flustered as I remembered what I did earlier and lost my eating speed... “T-that’s cheating!”

I did slow down, but I wasn’t left behind. Just as I got flustered, Aza did too. No, her cheeks were a lot redder than mine and she literally stopped moving.

I recovered faster, and by the time Aza recovered, there was a large gap between us. Serves you right, you cheater!

“I win!” I said while raising my hand.

The people around cheered again, and when everything cooled down, they went and did their own thing.

When Aza finished, she said. “...that’s cheating, you started while I wasn’t moving.”

“Says the one who mentioned what hap-“ I froze as I remembered the kiss, and so did Aza.

“F-forget about that, let’s go upstairs.” I said while standing up.

“never”[Aza]

“Did you say something?” I said as I looked back.

“I said I love you.”[Yuu]

“Is that so?” I said while walking to the stairs casually.

Just like any luxurious tavern, the second floor was the inn. We planned to stay here today and buy our own house in this city tomorrow, since we don’t plan on traveling any time soon.

Our room was wide enough for two beds, a round table with three chairs, a table with one chair located right beside the window, and a large closet which was right beside the bathroom. The room was fully furnished with this world’s standards. Could use a bit more dark color though...

As we entered the room, I said. “Aza, don’t jum-“ But I was too late, she ran past me and jumped to one of the beds. “Seriously, start acting your age.”

“Only if you k-k-ki-“ Her cheeks turned red and she slammed her head to the pillow to avoid eye contact.

Why do you keep mentioning that when you also get affected? Just forget about it already! It’s embarrassing!

Since it’s already dark outside and there’s nothing to do in the room, I closed the lights and laid on my bed. Just like in every corner of the streets, the light on our room was a shard shaped crystal, which is powered by magic.

We just came from a mission, but there’s no need to change, and there’s no need to take a bath. We always keep a thin layer of water in both our skin and clothes. It moves in downwards, pushing any dirt or stain off of our body, keeping us clean all the time. It’s a spell I learned from Aza.

It was a busy month, but it’s finally over. I did enjoy the first weeks, but on the last, it just felt like I was doing it because I need to get the highest rank. You really do get tired when you do things repeatedly, I wonder why the opposite is happening with Aza though. Instead of getting bored, I get more and more interest- WHAT AM I THINKING? ERASE! ERASE! ERASE THAT THOUGHT!

In the middle of the night, while laid on my bed thinking, I felt Aza moving closer to my bed. I forgot to put a restraining spell on her...

Instead of immediately scolding her, I waited, to see what she’ll do to me if I was really asleep. I knew she was a pervert, but I don’t want to believe that she’ll attack me on my sleep. Yeah, she’s a pervert, but she isn’t a bad person...

She sat on my bed and said. “Are you asleep?”

I stayed quiet, acting like I was asleep.

After that, she laid on the side of my bed. No! I thought you were better than this!

“I’m happy”[Aza]

Huh?

“For the first time, you initiated a kiss. I thought it would never happen, so I’m really happy it did.[Yuu]

I-I’ll continue acting, it doesn’t look like she’ll attack yet...

“You won’t hear this anyway, so I’ll say it. I’m totally against you having another wife, I don’t even want you to look at another girl.

Do you know what I felt when you smiled to the first person you talked to in this continent? You never smiled at me like that yet you did to a random human? Do you know how much it took just to stay quiet?

I wanted to tell you how I felt, I wanted you to stop looking at others, but I didn’t have the right to do that when we’re not even in a relationship.

We are married, but I know I’m the only one who wants that, it’s obvious since I took advantage of you then. Even on our first meeting, I let myself run wild...

The moment I saw you, I fell in love. You being a high God was only a plus. Like the immature Goddess I was, I acted the way I wanted, ignoring how you felt about it.

Unlike my sisters I’m like this, stuck in an undeveloped body. If I wanted to make you look at me, I had to do something extreme, something that would make my childish body look sexy, but all I did backfired. Instead of seeing me as a sexy woman, you only saw me as a pervert.

I continued my act, I had to. It was the only way I know to make you look at me. Do you think you’ll look at me if I wasn’t aggressive? Do you think you’ll look at me if I always stayed quiet? Of course not.

My head was always filled with questions. I liked you for your face, and liked you more for your status, is that really love? I want to stay with you, I want you to smile at me, I want you to say you love me, but seeing how it started, can I really say that I love you?

As time passed I started thinking that my emotions were fake, that I was only forcing myself to think I love you, but then you kissed me. When our lips touched, I felt joy that I have never felt before. In that one moment, my emotions were real and I was completely sure, I was happy.

Every questions concerning my love for you vanished and was replaced by another, how could I make you look at the real me?

Tomorrow, when you wake up, when you look at me, you’ll see the usual me, the me that you think is real. Now that I know my feelings for you are real, the more I want to continue acting.

You kissed me, that was enough to show our relation is moving a bit, but only the relation with my fake self. Even if you like me, even if you fall in love with me, I’m afraid you’ll hate me once you see the real me.

Sigh, in the end this is all how it would be. I can only continue being with you while acting...”[Aza]

She grabbed the side of the bed tightly, so tight that even I can feel the force she’s using.

“I guess this is my punishment for forcing myself to you, for lying to you. This should be enough, as long as I can be happy now. Even if you start to hate me in the future, even if you reject the real me, as long as I can stay with you now...”[Aza]

She stood up, but she stayed near the bed. “Hubb- no, Yuu, I love you.”

“So you’ve been lying to me all this time?” I said while opening my eyes and looking at her.

“Y-yu- hubby? H-how long were you awake? H-how much did you hear?” Aza said as she showed a face filled with despair for the first time.

“Everything, I heard everything.”[Yuu]

She looked down, and as she did, tears fell to the floor. Her body shook lightly, but it was obvious she was trying to hold her emotions.

“Az-“[Yuu]

She immediately raised her head and looked at me. “M...muha...haha, t-t...that w-was a joke.” She said as she cried. “D-d...did I f-fool y...you?”

“Aza-Azaleina, I have something to tell you.”[Aza]

Author’s NoteI removed Yuu’s identify ability since it’ll affect the future arcs. This chapter was boring, but please bear with me, just a few more chapters...

To repent for my crimes, I’ll tell you all that a harem member will appear on this arc.