The Hero Party’s Moms Are Obsessed With Me - Chapter 57

As the sun tilted and the moon slowly appeared in the evening sky.

“Shall we stop here and set up camp for today?”

The blond child smiled and suggested, prompting the three women walking behind to nod their heads.

“It would be better to do that.”

When Arwen saw the fleeting dark-haired child, the white-haired beauty closed her eyes with a shallow sigh.

“Ignite. Fire.”

With a brief incantation, whoosh! Fire appeared in the air and instantly became a complete bonfire.

The Saint thanked her and began cooking with the fire, but Arwen sat down next to the bonfire.

“Don’t you have an igniting magical tool? Besides, I’ll be the one recharging the magical power anyway.”

“You never know what might happen. There could be a trap where you can’t use magic.”

“There are no traps like that.”

“True, it’s a rare occurrence after all~”

The hero, Dre, listened to their conversation.

“Anna, pull harder!”

“Ah… Sorry…”

“Hiya!”

The exhausted elf, Anna, hit the tent.

As the hero party prepared for camping in their respective positions, there was a sudden crackling sound.

If it were a monster or an enemy, Arwen would have used magic to counterattack before they could approach her. But seeing her calmly staying still, Anna smiled.

“Is it a guest?”

“From the elves.”

“Dre! Anna? Could you come over here for a moment?”

As soon as the words were spoken, an elf appeared, dropping from a tree and bending one knee in a gesture of respect.

“Greetings, hero and your companions.”

“Hello, Elf.”

Dre nodded politely.

Anna, also an elf, leaned against the tree with her arms crossed, wearing a disgruntled expression.

“What’s this about?”

“I came to deliver the message from the chieftain.”

Chieftain.

Just a few days ago, it was a term used to address Anna’s mother, Eljeta Tracius.

“Tsk!”

Now it was the newly appointed chieftain, stepping back as she made the declaration.

The word “Alhama Trejin” had become a term of address.

With an expression of increasing annoyance, Anna eventually turned her body away without even listening to the words and sat down by the campfire.

Giving an awkward smile at her appearance, Dre sighed slightly as if he was sorry, and the elf next to him raised his hand as if to say not to worry about it.

“Well, then I shall deliver the message, ahem! The request to subdue the demons has been taken care of by us elves. We appreciate the help of the warrior. May the blessings of the World Tree be with you on your future journey.”

“Just a moment.”

Arwen interrupted the elf’s words and came closer.

“Yes, yes?”

“The demons that were hiding in this forest. The elves found and subjugated them?”

“Um… yes, according to the chieftain’s words.”

“Who? How? What kind of demons were they?!”

Arwen asked for additional information with excitement, but the elf who came had limited information because he was simply a messenger.

Upon seeing the elf’s ignorant appearance, Arwen spat and turned her body around.

“Damn fool…”

Arwen knew.

That being that could solve problems she couldn’t.

“Diarm… Did that brat ask him to do it…?”

Otherwise, that fool wouldn’t have moved.

Without any reward called “New Knowledge.”

Without even listening to her words.

What was so good about that brat’s words that made her overlook it?

A few days ago, Arwen saw her mother.

The smile of Levian Rageta was still in her mind.

A smile she had never seen before.

A smile she had never shown to her.

It’s not that Arwen loves her mother.

She was annoyed.

She was angry.

However, Arwen couldn’t let out her anger towards Diarm, because the Head Chief was guarding it.

The Head Chief had said.

[If you dare to leak it, not only your life but also the beloved warrior you like will die~ Right, my dear daughter?]

Although she was furious, Arwen couldn’t let out her anger, and eventually found a new target to vent her frustration.

“Anna! I wasted so much time because of you!”

Anna poked the fire with firewood in the bonfire.

“The new chieftain is so good that he solved it in no time.”

“Hey! Is that all you have to say? How are you going to compensate?”

“Well! What can I do! Should I kneel down and bow my head?! Should I lick your feet?!”

As the atmosphere turned icy in an instant, Knight Dreay and Elf Elda, who had come as messengers in addition to Dreay, rolled their eyes around with expressions that seemed to say they would die.

Watching this, Saint Seyne smiled kindly and placed her hand on Dreay’s shoulder.

“Dreay? Conflicts of opinion cannot be avoided during adventures.

What’s more important is how we resolve those conflicts.”

“It’s difficult…”

“It’s okay. Even if we can’t find the answer right away, if we join forces as comrades, we will eventually find a solution. Now, shall we pray together to the divine?”

“…Yes.”

As the quarrel between Anna and Arwen grew louder.

On Dreay’s shoulder, Seyne, who embraced him, had a devilish, black smile.

***

On the next day, after deciding to learn various things.

Since it was impossible to have all the classes at the same time, in the morning, she had archery with Ellie.

After lunch, she had archery with Elzeta and training in elemental magic.

Finally, before going to bed, she had magic training with Rageta.

“Young master. You have to put your strength into it and kick the ground there.”

Yes? Kick the ground?

“Diarm. You have to go whoosh! and swoosh! there.”

Whoosh… swoosh… like this?

“It’s strange… I’ve been doing it like this, but would you like to imagine it again?”

“Imagination… what’s that?

All my teachers were exceptionally talented.

On the other hand, from my perspective, with absolutely no talent.

How on earth am I supposed to do this…?!

My teachers’ words… no? I couldn’t even understand a single word.

And my teachers blamed it on me.

“It’s strange. I thought you, as an accomplished disciple, would understand perfectly.”

“If you’re a Dealmaker dealing with high-level spirits, you should be able to handle this.”

“If you’ve received divine grace as a Dealmaker, it should be simple.”

They pointed the finger at me.

Fundamentals?

I only picked them up by rolling in the mud to survive.

High-level spirits?

I just follow the Imp who happens to like me.

Divine grace?

I just ate one root and grew it.

The curriculum had shifted its focus to abilities that had absolutely nothing to do with my talent.

So, two days passed. Three days passed.

As time went by and I still didn’t understand, my teachers came up with a new plan.

“We will tailor the routine for new recruits.”

“We’ll prepare the training based on the standard for new guards.”

“I’ll explain magic theory that even a monkey can do.”

Just start from the beginning.

No matter how much they said it was for new recruits…

“Master, please hold the sword like this.”

“…”

Starting with how to hold a sword?!

[Is there any need for this?]

I conveyed my opinion through the Imp’s mouth, but…

“New recruits need to be taught like this.”

With determination, Elli continued her explanation and held my hand.

She held my hand.

My hand that held the sword handle.

Elli’s breathing grew faster.

Her face turned red as if she were about to burst.

Personally, it seemed like she just wanted to hold hands with me.

“The fingers should be placed here…

When swinging, put your strength in this direction!”

Is she really a professional knight?

Unlike me who swung the sword recklessly, she taught me from the beginning where to put my strength and how to hold my posture, so there was a lot to learn.

After finishing the morning training with Elli, next was archery training with Elzeta.

Since I had never held a bow before, basic training was urgently needed.

Elzeta frowned at my messy posture and stood behind me.

She touched the joints all over my body like handling a mannequin, teaching me the correct posture.

Once I achieved the perfect posture, she tightly hugged my back.

Squish~

I could feel her excellent touch.

Without realizing it, my body twitched and tried to move forward, but Elzeta held me firmly with force.

“Focus, Diarm.”

“…”

“Follow my breath. Inhale!”

As I followed her, my chest expanded and my upper body rose.

Her chest sensation became even stronger.

“Now exhale. Hoo.”

As I exhaled following her, my lungs contracted and my upper body lowered.

Since Elzeta also lowered, the feeling of her chest remained unchanged.

On the contrary, her hot breath tickled my neck and ears, giving me a strange sensation.

“After exhaling, hold it. Suppress the trembling and concentrate.”

Suppress the trembling…

Concentrate…

I wanted to, but I couldn’t focus on the intense and hot sensation.

“If you aim for a target. Shoot.”

Following the slogan, I let go of my hand and swish~ an arrow flew.

Thanks to the tenfold reinforced stamina, the pulling force was strong, so I narrowly avoided the arrow falling right in front of me with a thud~.

“Hmm. I guess I need more practice aiming.”

Especially since I’m a beginner and with the girl bustling behind me, the arrow kept going somewhere completely different from the target…

The sweat shed while learning swordsmanship and archery is washed away by Olivia.

I can wash myself, it’s not like I’m a baby.

[This mother has nothing to teach her child… so let me at least wash the hardworking child’s body.]

She said, claiming the authority to wash me.

At first, when she mentioned bathing, I thought we’d be naked together in a bathroom, and some… well, that kind of scene would unfold, but…

“Is the water okay, dear?”

“…”

[I’m fine!]

“Hoohoo. That’s good.”

I may be naked, but Olivia is covering her body with light clothes.

Of course, at first, she also intended to bathe naked with me like I worried, but she put on clothes due to the words of other mothers.

But when you’re bathing, you inevitably get wet, don’t you?

Her clothes, which were fluffy at first, end up wrapping around my head and wiping my body, getting thoroughly wet in the water.

When clothes get wet, they stick to the body.

“…”

[It’s difficult!]

“I’m sorry, dear. Does it hurt? Mom will be gentle.”

Shush! Don’t translate that!!

After enduring the bath, like some sort of patience test, when I come out,

“Diamond~ come into Mom’s embrace~”

Rageta-sensei sitting on the bed calls out to me.

Although she immediately opens her arms wide to embrace me, I sit beside her.

“Chirp.”

I giggle softly at the sound of her tongue clicking, and she also smiles and takes my hand.

“Let’s start by sensing the magic. Close your eyes. I will also momentarily block out the sound.”

As she said, when I closed my eyes, the world grew dark.

And the faint voices of women that I had been hearing were cleanly erased.

I couldn’t see anything, nor hear anything.

It was a cold sensation, as if I had entered the afterlife, and it was frightening.

But the gentle sensation I felt in my hand proved that I was still alive.

And a blue dot appeared in the once dark world.

“That’s… magic…”

The small dot grew larger, swelling into a sphere.

From a ping pong ball to a soccer ball.

From a soccer ball to a large tray.

From a large tray to a window.

The size continued to increase.

Eventually, when it covered the entire black world with blue.

Tap.

Something soft touched my forehead.

Startled, I opened my eyes to find Lagatha with a beautiful smile right in front of me.

“How was it? Did you feel the magic?”

“…”

I nodded, and she gently stroked my head with a satisfied expression.

“In the end, magic is a battle of imagination. The reason why wizards memorize spells is to express that imagination in words and implement it more accurately.”

While explaining, she waved her finger and wrote words in the air with black magic.

“On the other hand, if you can imagine well enough, you don’t need precise gestures like spellcasting.”

Erasing the [DIAM ♥] she wrote in the air, Lagatha grinned.

“Shall we try something exciting this time? I will dull your senses again. Close your eyes.”