Anyone with eyes could see that Eris was growing fast. She was bound to become a beauty with both looks and figure. Her temper was another matter. Apart from Cain and a handful of relatives, she treated outsiders like an aggressive mad dog.
Did Eris already belong to Cain? Lucky bastard!
Rudeus sighed inwardly.
Cain had spent eight years at Eris's side. Ever since she was four, he had guarded her like a personal knight.
In a dating sim, that was the unbeatable combination: childhood friend, fateful arrival, and a teacher-student bond all rolled into one!
Damn it! In a game or in real life, he's already at a hundred percent completion! All that's left is to pluck the ripe fruit and take the final step to the perfect ending—complete with a gorgeous defeat CG! He's won at life!
There was one thing Rudeus couldn't understand. Cain had clearly won the girl's heart, yet he had held back for eight whole years!
If it were Rudeus, he probably wouldn't have lasted a month.
Of course, Rudeus readily admitted he had a thing for little girls. Between Paul's genes and his own credentials as a dating-sim master, there was no point pretending otherwise.
But Rudeus wouldn't dare entertain the slightest thought about Eris. He remembered a noble family that had taken a fancy to her and sent House of Boreas a marriage proposal. The letter arrived in the morning. By the afternoon, the man was dead...
Of course, the Sword God didn't like killing people. He had only gone over to give them a warning. The head of that noble family had simply been scared to death by the name of his "friendly visitor"...
Sixth among the Seven Great Powers. The Dragon God's Blade. The Sword God who had slain a