Peekskus. Fynn, are you serious about that?　You're kidding, right?　There's no way in hell I'm going to take a hundred million steps.


　It was calculated that Alfine would say these things to me.

　We haven't been friends for long enough to be childhood friends, Italian.

　She would condescend to me and ridicule me, relieve her own stress by following her words without me saying them back, and then, just when I thought I had comforted her with kind words, she would end it with abusive language.


　I've been fooled many times by her unexpectedly kind words, and the verbal abuse that follows has been heartbreaking.

　But those days are over today.

　I had decided to resign my position as her lover and start out on the frontier as a new adventurer.


　The reason I was willing to do so had to do with the fact that she had become a knight and was being called to King's Landing more and more often for kingdom business.

　When Alfine wasn't around, I was either alone or on the spot, recruiting friends to take jobs from the guild, and that had yielded surprisingly good results.


　The people in the guild who had been looking at me as an appendage to Alfine, a person with a ton of ability, are also starting to recognize the talent that had been buried behind her.

　Thanks to this, the self-esteem that had been rubbed away by Alfine had regained its sparkle, until I had regained the courage to part ways with her.

'Then I'm going to quit being Alfine's lover and partner from today onwards.

'Huh!　What are you talking about?　It doesn't make sense to me that you'd quit being my lover and partner at the age of Fynn!


　He didn't seem to think that I, being a good physical stress reliever, would say such words, and a look of mixed surprise and impatience appeared on Alfine's face.

　It was only a moment later, and she immediately glared at me sullenly, as if to say, 'I'm the one who is going to keep this poorly made Fynn company, so why are you saying that?


　If it was me until now, I would have looked down and said, 'I'm sorry, I said too much. I'm sorry, it's my fault, I'm the one who made all the mistakes,'' she apologized, but from today onwards, she won't say it anymore.

　I hugged Alfine's shoulder as she stuffed herself into a sour mood, looked her straight in the eye and released her next words.


''I've already made up my mind, so I sent all the equipment and money that Alfine has given me so far to your new mansion last time, so please get rid of them.

'What?　Huh?　What are you talking about?　You think that some loser, useless Finn is going to be able to live without me?　You're not even that good at it.　You're adventuring with me, so you think you're the guy who can do it too.


　Alfine doesn't seem to understand that she's being dumped by me.

　She looked at me holding her shoulder as she cracked her big eyes and said, 'Why would I say that?


'Exactly, I'm leaving Alfine and starting over as an adventurer from scratch on the frontier. It's a good thing you're leaving your useless, defective lover and you'll feel good about yourself. Thank you for everything you've done ...... and from now on we'll both go our separate ways, but let's do our best.

Wait a minute. I'm sorry if Fynn got mad. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I came at you so hard. It's just a cute little lover's joke, don't be silly.


　I'm not sure if I've gotten mad at you again, or if it's too much trouble, but I should say a few kind words to you,'' she apologized half-jokingly.

　Many times I've been forced to part ways with these words, but today I don't listen to them anymore.


'Yes, this was another one you gave me. I'll give it back to you. Now we're not lovers or childhood friends, we're strangers from now on.


　I hand her the sword I had been using for practice earlier into her hand.

　Seeing the memorial sword that we gave to each other when we became adventurers thrust back at us, and the seriousness of this one, Alfine finally seemed to have guessed that it wasn't the usual me, and her face changed and she was starting to get impatient.


''Wait, hey!　Why would you give me this sword back?　Finn!　I can tell you it was a joke and I'll be happy to oblige you　There's no way you'd be an adventurer on your own in the middle of nowhere, where demons are so strong.　Hey! I'm talking to you!　Listen to me!　You're going to dump me at Fynn's expense!

Yes. Bye.


　I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but it's not.

　I thought he might come after me or something, but it seems that he was so shocked that he sat down on the ground and didn't move.


'Fynn!　Wait for me!　Wait!


　I strode away from Alfine without replying or looking back.

　Eventually, when she was out of sight, I let out one breath with a huff.


　So now I'm free and clear.

　Just the thought of not having to listen to Alfine's abusive comments every day was enough to make my heart swell.

　Now, let's head to the frontier and start over as an adventurer from scratch.

　I came to the station house of the waiting carriage, and as I got into the carriage, I was filled with anticipation for my new place of life on the frontier.