Watashi No Hanayome's

3

"Yeahaaaaa!! The dog wants to bite me!" I'm starting to panic. Because, it's possible that if I get bitten by that dog, I'll die.

I ran with all my might and in front of me, I saw a vast open meadow.

I kept running without looking back because I was too scared.

And I saw Rin who suddenly stopped running after reaching the meadow, then he looked back and I stopped too.

"Rin. Why did you stop?!"

"It's like no one's chasing us anymore." (By)

I looked back and there was nothing behind us.

"It looks like the dog is gone." I started to calm down.

Then Rin and I walked down the meadow, hoping to meet someone for questioning.

*****

After a few hours of walking in this area of open grassland, the, I saw an adult man with light white hair dressed as an adventurer in the anime complete with a large sword on his back and a shield, together with a little girl who had rather long red colored hair who was also dressed like an adventurer far ahead.

"Rin, it looks like there's someone in front of us. We'd better ask them what really happened to us, maybe they know something."

"Well." (By)

Rin and I walked up to the man. After that, I decided to say hello to them.

"Huh-Hello!"

Suddenly the man who was with a little girl pointed a long, shiny sword at me. I stopped and raised both my hands.

"Woywoywoywoy, that's right!! Shit!! I forgot something important. Do they understand what I'm saying?!"

Rin who was behind me did not move at all and she looked frightened.

"W-Do you guys understand what I'm saying?"

They looked at me, and after that the man who pointed his sword at me began to lower his sword.

"Calm down, I understand what you're saying." (men)

Rin and I are relieved.

I decided to ask them.

"I want to ask you something."

"What do you want to ask?" (male)

"Before that, we will introduce ourselves first. My name is Hiroaki and this is my friend, Rin."

"My name is Garden and this is my partner Leona, we are adventurers." (Garden)

"Pair?"

I was fixated on the words of the couple that Garden said.

"How come, a grown man has the partner of a little girl. I was so confused." I thought

I looked at Rin, and she was laughing. I was curious and decided to ask.

"Rin? What's wrong with you? You look weird this time?"

"There's nothing." (By)

"All right then."

Suddenly Leona spoke.

"Yes, we're a couple." (Leona)

I was still confused so I decided to ask again.

"How can you be a couple?"

Then Garden told me why he could pair with Leona.

"Did you see the mark on my arm." (Garden) 

He showed me his right arm.

I looked carefully and saw a small tattoo of a white tiger on his arm.

"Is that your sign?"

"Yes, this sign can appear because there are certain events, and each location of the sign must have a reason why the sign can appear in that place, as well as the shape of the sign itself. And each pair must have the same sign shape, but only the place of the sign is different. And I'm quite interested in the place and shape of the sign you have." (Garden)

His words confused me.

"Do I have that mark too? Where's?"

I looked all over my body but I couldn't find the sign.

"Haha. If you're looking like that, you won't be able to find it, take a look at this." (Garden)

Then Garden pointed his sword right at my face.

The sword is so shiny that I can mirror it.

As I looked towards the sword I was surprised, I saw a sign with a star shape right on my right cheek.

"Hows it? Can you see it already? I was wondering, why is that mark on your cheek? Is there anything good going on, so that mark could be on your cheek?" (Garden)

"Maybe this mark is on my right cheek because Rin once kissed my cheek even though it wasn't on purpose." That's what I was thinking and I decided not to tell Garden about it.

"Sorry I can't answer your question. That's too hard."

"Haha. It's okay everyone must have a little secret." (Garden)

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."

I laughed with my insincere tone and again I saw Rin blushing and I decided to ignore her.

"You may be able to hide it from me, but not your partner." (Garden)

"What do you mean?"

I was confused by the words of Garden.

Then Leona answered my question

"The soul, mind, and body of a person who has a partner will be united. But, only the owner of the female sign has some merit." (Leona)

"Excessive?"

"Yes, like, the owner of the female sign could have read what was on his partner's mind, it was just one of several privileges of the owner of the female sign. And one thing you have to remember, if one of you gets hurt or experiences something, then the other couple will feel that way too." (Leona)

I try to recall what happened earlier. I remember that before I came here I had a tremendous headache, did Rin have that too.

"Rin, what was it, before we got here. When I had that headache, did you feel it too?"

I saw Rin silent and did not answer my question. So, I decided to try something.

I drew closer to the Garden who was holding his sword and deliberately sliced a little of my right thumb at the tip of his sharp sword. I felt pain, because this was the first time I dared to hurt myself and I endured the pain, my thumb was spitting out a little blood.

"Ohhhhh." (By)

Rin was screaming in pain.

"Woywoywoywoy! That's right!" I was confused after doing that. I saw Rin and her injured hand on the thumb just like the wound on me and I saw an asterisk just like the one on my cheek on her left hand.

"Woy boy! What are you doing!! Leona quickly heal him!" (Garden)

I saw the Garden angry at me.

"All right." (Leona)

I saw Leona approaching Rin who was behind me.

"Healing Light, Heal!" (Leona)

And suddenly, a green light enveloped the two of them and I was shocked.

"What did you do to Rin!!"

I was very worried about Rin, because this is the first time I've seen anything like it.

"Just calm down boy, it's healing magic." (Garden)

I heard something very unreasonable.

"What's? Magic?!"

"Woy boy, don't tell me you don't know about magic." (Garden)

"No."

"Where are you actually from? Magic doesn't know. Did you come from another world?"

"If I answered like that, he wouldn't believe me. Should I lie? It doesn't seem to." I thought.

I looked towards Rin who was finished being healed by Leona using a magic. His right hand or rather his thumb healed like a scar as well as the wound on my thumb.

"I came from another world."

I answered like that because I was sure that this was not on earth anymore, and also I had seen a strange animal that I had never seen before, and was now added again with magic. I became more and more convinced that I was already in another world.

I guess they won't believe my words. But, beyond a doubt their response was very different from what I had imagined.

"What! It is fitting that I feel that there is something strange about you, from your clothes to your response to magic. Now I'm no wonder anymore." (Garden)

"Do you believe my words?"

I feel suspicious. Because, how could the person you just met directly easily believe what he said.

"Yes, after all, a few years ago there were two couples who were called here so I don't have any doubts about you talking like that." (Garden)

"Oh well."

I also felt calm after hearing his explanation.

"So? Which palace are you from?" (Garden)

I'm flustered.

"Stana? Whatchu mean?"

"It's not that you're summoned to this world by a kingdom, through a magic circle." (Garden)

"Magic circle? Whatchu mean? I don't understand?"

"All right, I'll explain. First, every couple summoned to this world must have passed through a magic circle. Second, every couple summoned to this world must represent one kingdom. Third, he said, each pair called, chosen randomly or can be different worlds, places, and times. So, they don't know each other. Fourth, each partner will be immediately asked to make a contract at the place of call that there is through a kiss or something else." (Garden)

I again tried to remember the events that happened to him before coming to this world.

"It seems like everything you said, didn't happen to me."

I saw Garden startled after hearing my words.

"What?! How could? I've never seen a couple from another world come here without going through the ways I mentioned earlier." (Garden)

"What do you mean?"

"It's the only way that a couple from another world can be summoned to this world." (Garden)

"I don't know about it, which is for sure before I was here, I was in a room and suddenly the room went black and my head hurt, after that I don't remember anything. And when I opened my eyes I was already in the woods and not in the palace."

Of course I kept it a secret about the kiss.

"Hmmm. Your case is quite a step or even just this time it happened. We'd better get to town to find out about your problems, who knows if anyone understands your problems." (Garden)

"City?"

Leona answered my question again.

"Yes, you're willing to join us, after all we just completed a mission and want to go back to the city to get some rewards." (Garden)

"Mission?"

"Woy. Boy, you didn't forget what we said first, that we were adventurers." (Garden)

Actually I forgot, but to find it safe I lied.

"Of course I remember."

"All right then, now we're leaving." (Garden)

Then I approached Rin and held her hand and I walked after them both.

"Ha. The owner of the sign of the woman can read the mind of her partner, yes. Rin must have been acting strange, maybe she already knew. Tu-tu-tu-wait a minute, just now while I was sleeping on his lap I was thinking about the incident when I was in the warehouse, gawaaaatttt!! Then he knows!" My mind is starting to get messed up.

I saw Rin bowing her head. And suddenly for no apparent reason, my face turned red.

Leona was looking at me and she was smiling.

"I think you guys are a good fit." (Leona)

And for some reason after hearing that, my face turned red.

"Hahaha, you're going to kill Leona, don't bother them." (Garden)

Rin and I walked into the city with Garden and Leona.

"Connected"