“Luvell, what’s the matter?” Maria asked with concern.

“Oh, no, it’s nothing. Haha…”

Luvell awkwardly chuckled in response.

“Well, it’s about time now. Shall we go enjoy the festival?”

As Maria, with a bright smile, was about to rise after checking the clock on the wall, Luvell suddenly stood up and exclaimed, “Wait a moment!”

“The more, the merrier, right? So, let’s all go together!”

Initially, their plan was to enjoy the festival together, and there were no conditions about going alone with just the two of them.

“If we’re all going together…?”

Maria, who secretly hoped for a more intimate date with Luvell, hesitated at the end of her sentence, revealing a disappointed expression.

Should they bring Anselot and that pig-like bird along?

“It’s okay. With just the two of us, we can easily find a way to be alone with Luvell.”

However, not long after, the sound of her plan collapsing echoed loudly.

The carriage, carrying me, Maria, Anselot, Claus, Ilay, and even the personified Piya, gently rolled through the streets of the capital of Luenhart.

It was the last day of the festival, dedicated to the goddess of love and truth, Amor.

We were on our way to witness the temple event called the “Flower of the Festival.”

With a slightly flushed face, I glanced at the quest window blinking in front of me since a little while ago.

A quest Piya brought a while back.
“Lulu, the final quest has arrived! The difficulty isn’t that high, but it’s challenging for Piya to assist you in this state. What should we do?”

“It’s not that difficult. I’ll manage it well.”

Until that moment, I didn’t know.

The last remaining quest in Luenhart…

Having triumphed in the duel, you finally conquered love! Now, all that remains is a heartfelt pact of true love! Seal it with a kiss♡

▷Clear Condition: Kiss of Love

▶Success Rewards: Experience Points +31300, Skill Points +30

…It would be something like this!

“No! Absolutely not!”

I screamed internally.

In the original story, Hazen and Maria awakened their love in Luenhart and shared a sweet kiss.

When reading it in print, it might have been a scene of unmatched beauty.

However, as that moment approached for me, it triggered a state of emergency.

“Having the first kiss because of a quest!”

After all, I had never done such a thing in my past life or this life! Despite maintaining a somewhat romantic relationship with Hazen for almost three years, we never engaged in physical intimacy beyond hugging.

It wasn’t that I had a conservative personality; it was just something I had never done.
When I first met Hazen, I was barely 17 years old, and by the time I received a proposal at the age of 20, I was too busy preparing for the engagement to spend any romantic time with him.

Of course, during my busy engagement preparations, Hazen filled his emptiness by meeting other women behind my back.

“Because of that, the romance about love was completely shattered.”

Recalling the unpleasant memory, I shook my head.

Anyway, what was important now wasn’t the unpleasant past with Hazen.

That darn quest was threatening my lips!

“No matter how much the system enforces it, there’s no way things will go in that direction with everyone moving together like this, right?”

That was the reason I led everyone out.

At that moment…

Suddenly!

The carriage came to an abrupt stop, and cheers could be heard from outside.

“What’s this?”

Opening the carriage window and looking outside, Maria, who was next to me, chuckled and said, “Oh my, it seems a new couple has been born over there.”

A young man and woman were kissing, and people around them were cheering, throwing flowers.

“Ugh! W-what is that?”

“Oh, Luenhart, you don’t seem to know well.”

Surprised by the passionate display of affection between the couple in the middle of the square in broad daylight, Maria kindly explained.

“During the festival dedicated to the goddess Amor, couples born during this period swear true love by kissing in front of everyone.”
“Do they have to do it in front of so many people?”

“People who watch bless the new couple and shower them with flowers. There’s a superstition that their love will last forever if that happens.”

‘It’s just a made-up saying.’

I muttered to myself.

If such things could make love last forever, then why do lovers break up in this world, and why do couples who even get married end up divorcing?

However, I couldn’t openly say such things to Maria, a saint who serves the goddess of love.

“It’s quite romantic, isn’t it?”

“Well……”

I glanced outside the carriage again.

The two lovers, blushing with their lips apart, looked very happy, and the people blessing them seemed sincere.

It might be unfamiliar in Aester, where such a culture doesn’t exist…

“Yeah, it’s romantic.”

I responded with a short laugh.

Thinking back, it was somewhat similar to the romantic love I dreamed of when I was 17.

“…Engaging in public displays of affection in front of everyone on the street.”

At that moment, a sigh-mixed voice of Klaus came from beside.