Avoid Yandere Constellation

Lisanna’s unexpected dirty joke left me speechless, and I turned my head away.

Then—

—Fluush!

Contrary to my expectations, her cheeks flushed pink. She was trying to act calm, but anyone could see she was flustered.

“S-sex…”

She repeated the word, but her voice was even more timid than before.

“…”

“…”

An awkward silence fell between us.

If we kept watching that scene, it was clear how things would end. I decided to break the silence first.

“Let’s just go.”

“Y-yeah…”

She nodded, her earlobes dyed red.

We carefully slipped away, making sure not to interrupt the couple’s good time.

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Having returned to where we were before, Lisanna stole a glance at Kaine.

‘…He doesn’t seem fazed at all.’

To be honest, the reason she said that word in the first place was to act like it didn’t bother her.

It was her first time witnessing such an act in person.

But when she recalled that scene again—

—Fluush.

Her face burned red once more.

Lisanna fanned herself with her hands to cool off, when—

“Why are you fanning yourself all of a sudden?”

Kaine looked at her curiously.

Lisanna couldn’t understand how he was so nonchalant.

They had watched the same scene, so how could he stay so calm?

Eventually, unable to hold back her curiosity, she asked,

“Aren’t you bothered at all by what we saw?”

“…That?”

Kaine smirked mischievously.

He clearly knew what she meant but was pretending not to.

“…Th-that, s-sex…”

In the end, she stopped beating around the bush and said it outright—her voice barely above a whisper.

“Oh. That?”

“?”

Kaine shrugged casually.

In truth, he wasn’t as shocked as Lisanna.

Of course, at the time, seeing a scene straight out of an AV unfold right in front of his eyes was startling, but—

‘It was only shocking because they were doing it outdoors.’

It wasn’t the act itself that shook him.

After all, he had seen countless AVs before.

“…Wait. Have you done it before?”

Lisanna’s voice was filled with disbelief.

The next moment, she quickly shook her head as if to answer her own question.

“No way. You’ve rejected every beautiful woman, including me, so of course you haven’t.”

“…”

She asked, answered herself, and left him speechless.

She wasn’t wrong, though.

Damn, she hit me with the harsh truth.

“You haven’t done it either, have you?”

Kaine fired back, unwilling to take the loss.

Lisanna’s expression turned stiff.

“…I really think you need to learn how to be more considerate of women.”

“I’m very considerate. Right, Yong-yong ?”

—Kyuut, kyuut.

Yong-yong shook its head.

It seemed its rebellious phase was in full swing.

“So why are you so unfazed? You’ve never done it before either.”

“I should be the one asking—why are you so flustered?”

“Well, obviously—”

She started speaking but then hung her head mid-sentence.

A faint white steam seemed to rise from the top of her head.

She must have imagined that scene again.

‘Why is she getting so embarrassed?’

Kaine gave her a puzzled look, and she stammered in response.

“Of-of course I’d be flustered! Knowing about it and actually seeing it are two completely different things!”

“Oh…!”

In that moment, he realized why she was so shaken.

It made perfect sense.

‘Right! This world doesn’t have AVs!’

Unlike Earth, this world was less technologically advanced.

Because of the existence of visual recording magic, he had unconsciously overlooked that fact.

Kaine had seen countless AVs back on Earth.

But for people of this world, unless they had actually done it themselves, they probably had never even seen it on video.

So it was only natural for her to be so shocked.

“Oh, uh… yeah.”

“…”

An awkward atmosphere lingered between them.

Then, Lisanna hesitantly called out to him.

“Um… Kaine?”

“Yeah?”

“…Should we do it too?”

“…Huh?”

Wait. What the hell did she just say?

Before he could process it, she spoke again.

“I mean… should we do that too?”

“You mean… what we just saw?”

“…Yeah.”

Lisanna slowly nodded.

He briefly considered whether she was joking.

But judging by her serious expression, she wasn’t.

It left him feeling strangely unsettled.

Many women had tried to sleep with him before.

For example—

[The Goddess Who of Fate says that sly fox is trying to make a move!]

Even now, someone was spamming him with messages in real-time.

It wasn’t just her.

Most of the women he knew had either tried to seduce him or outright pounced on him.

That was why rejecting them outright had always been easy.

But—

‘I never expected someone to ask me directly like this.’

He had no idea how to respond.

If Lisanna had been joking, he could’ve brushed it off.

But with her looking so serious, simply changing the topic wasn’t an option.

So, he had no choice but to say—

“Uh… sorry.”

For the first time, he refused someone in a serious tone.

Then—

“…Yeah. I figured.”

Lisanna lowered her head, looking dejected.

She must have somewhat expected it.

That she would be rejected.

Before she could misunderstand, Kaine quickly spoke up.

“I think you’ve got the wrong idea. It’s not because it’s you.”

“…Huh?”

“If it had been Lise or any other girl asking, I would’ve refused them too.”

The next moment, Lisanna perked up her ears and focused.

Then he continued explaining.

“Well, just look at the current situation. This isn’t really the time for romance or anything like that, is it? To be honest, it wouldn’t be surprising if someone died.”

“……”

Well, if I regress, it wouldn’t matter.

But since Lisanna didn’t know that, she just nodded in agreement.

“That’s why… it can’t be helped. The moment I hold any one of you, I feel like my tension would break.”

And on top of that, I’d probably lose my sense of crisis about death from overexertion.

Just as he swallowed those last words, Lisanna nodded with a convinced expression.

“Yeah, thinking about that masked guy who caused that terrorist attack in the imperial capital last time… It’s definitely not the time to be letting our guards down.”

[The Goddess of Happiness is saying that those two… Uh, mmph!]

[The Goddess of Fate tells her to shut up.]

Whatever they were up to, Fate cut off Happiness’s message midway.

I could guess what Happiness was trying to say, but…

‘Even if that wasn’t about us, it’s still a year where we can’t afford to let our guard down.’

In reality, Andrew’s skill level was almost on par with Ange’s.

If we weren’t careful, the Grand Duke, who was fused with that thing, might break free.

‘It’s only because Fate and I keep acting that he seems like small fry.’

But if he secretly killed them, even if I regressed, there was no guarantee I could save them.

‘Because I can’t control my regression point as I please.’

Bottom line, whether or not I’d die from exhaustion, this wasn’t the time to relax.

As Kaine was thinking that—

“But.”

Lisanna rose onto her tiptoes and wrapped her arms around his neck.

The baby dragon she had been holding, Yong-yong , fell to the ground, but that didn’t matter.

Because—

“This much is okay, right?”

—Lisanna pressed her lips against his.

For a moment, caught off guard by the unexpected ambush, he froze.

“I’ve never seen you make such a dumbfounded face before. Hehehe.”

She giggled, her cheeks tinged red.

—Kkyuuuuu…

Meanwhile, Yong-yong , who had fallen to the ground, covered its eyes, embarrassed.

Since it was still a hatchling, even this level of physical affection seemed too much for it.

“…Let’s hurry. We’re going to be late at this rate.”

Ignoring his burning face, Kaine quickly picked up Yong-yong and walked ahead.

And so, their test of courage came to an end.

As a side note, the professors who had dressed up as ghosts were seen trembling in fear, hiding from an enraged Skaya and Eileen.

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The cult’s hideout.

A few days had passed since the assessment ended.

Receiving a report from Sien, Andrew frowned.

‘Tsk… As expected, it failed.’

This time, he had even gone all out, using a hatchling dragon.

And yet, Kaine’s assassination had still failed.

‘Hah… Well, at least there’s no major loss.’

Although he hadn’t succeeded in assassinating Kaine, he had still obtained some valuable information.

And that was regarding Jade’s betrayal.

According to Sien’s report, Jade had been acting suspiciously.

If Sien, who had received demonic energy from him, had been lying, there should have been some kind of reaction.

But there was no sign of that.

Therefore—

‘Jade… That bastard is either a traitor or up to something.’

He wanted to kill him immediately, but it would be more efficient to use him up completely first.

“Andrew, sir. May I ask you something?”

At that moment, Sien hesitantly spoke up.

Andrew nodded as if telling him to continue.

“That, um… The dragon you entrusted to me—was it really okay to handle it like that?”

“Hmmm…”

That was certainly a reasonable doubt to have.

After all, they were talking about an ancient dragon.

Normally, anyone would try to make it submit somehow.

“I don’t really care.”

“…Pardon?”

“To explain why… Generally, dragons don’t submit to others. There are methods, but they require a dragon’s heart. But you know that, right?”

“…Yes.”

Sien nodded.

In this era, how could anyone obtain a dragon’s heart?

“That’s why using that dragon in that way was the best option. In the first place, I only got it because I happened to find it in front of an artifact the Grand Duke created in the past.”

“The Grand Duke…”

Sien’s expression grew complicated, but Andrew ignored it and spoke as if he had suffered greatly.

“Anyway, you did well. Take some time to rest for now.”

“…Does that mean Kaine’s assassination is no longer necessary?”

It seemed Sien harbored a strong desire for revenge against Kaine.

“That’s right. Kaine is supposed to visit that place for the field study trip, correct?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“There, the monsters are managed by a separate entity. If we act recklessly, we might suffer losses, so this time, we will wait.”

“I understand.”

With that, Sien disappeared.

Feeling triumphant at obtaining unexpected gains, Andrew smirked.

Unaware that the information he had received was entirely false.