Isekaid 40ish Man Returns, Regressed as a Peerless 17-Year-Old

After completing our underwater training, Yui and I sat side by side on the beach, looking at the moon.

「Sorry, for dragging you into this」

「You don’t have to apologize so many times and it’s not something you should apologize for in the first place」

「Yeah……」

Yui nodded but her face was dark.

「Because of me……Kazu got involved.」

「Yui would have come here even if I’m not invited, right? If that is the case, I would have come here even if your father didn’t ask me to.」

「Kazu……」

Yui smiled happily for a moment but she was probably embarrassed and turned her face away.

For me, I’m glad as long as Yui’s happy.

「Don’t you have trust in my power?」

「No, that’s not it. I’m sure you know what I mean.」

Yui looked straight at me.

「Then, everything will be fine.」

「But……variants sometimes have unpredictable abilities. I was thinking that if something happened to Kazu…….」

「I appreciate your concern. However, I feel the same. If something happened to Yui without me knowing, I would be able to continue to live.」

「Kazu……」

「That’s why, we better fight together.」

「Is that so……okay. Yeah, I was worried when I heard my father saying there was going to be some incredibly powerful enemy.」

「I wish they would.」

「Eh!?」

「That will more likely make me fulfill your father’s condition and he’ll be less likely try something scamy to us.」

That guy.

He is bound to push me to do something unreasonable.

The higher the difficulty, the more I can show him my power.

「You’ve seen right through his mess of a plan.」

「I don’t want to speak too ill of Yui’s father.」

I have met a number of people like him when I was a salaryman.

「It’s okay. It’s just that guy.」

Yui said so as if she’s about to throw up.

Even though he is her parent, he is the one who treated her life so lightly.

No wonder she reacted that way.

When I went closer to Yui, close enough for our shoulders to touch each other, Yui put her hand on my shoulder.

「I’m going to be stronger……」

It’s easy for me to say things like, “I’ll protect you” or “you don’t have to do anything”.

However, those are not what she would want to hear.

「Yeah」

I just answered like that.

At times like this, I would want to say something thoughtful if I can.