The warm ale light from the m seeped through the windows of the mansion, giving warmth to the cold stone walls as pead quiet enveloped the whole manor. It leasant day.

  "Ugh... " ［Grey］

  Yet despite how pleasant the m was, Grey couldn't help himself from letting out a low groan. He was starting the day with a troublesome headache which he got from the ck of sleep.

  He was not able to sleep peacefully because of his failed attempt at fessing to Yuna. Because of it, he despaired throughout the whole night as the vivid embarrassing memory kept repeating itself inside his mind.

  Even when he was an S-ranker, he still couldn't escape suffering from a headache. Thankfully, he knew how to use recovery magid so, he wouldn't o suffer a headache throughout the whole day.

  "Cure" ［Grey］

  Slowly, Grey's headache disappeared as if it was all a dream. And thanks to being a high-ranker, he felt more fortable and eic even when he had not gotten a single wink of sleep the whole night.

  Click

  tally, the moment Grey went out of his room, Yuna was also log hers. Seeing her face so early in the m made Grey remember what happened before. Thankfully, he was able to suppress ging.

  "M, Yuna." ［Grey］

  "Uwaah～. Good m..." ［Yuna］

  Yuna respoo Grey's greeting with an adorable little yawn. Although not as much as Grey, Yuna also had a hard time sleeping through the night as she reflected on Aria's advice.

  '...It's better tret something tha not doing it...'

  Whilst Yuna was log her door, a certain person's words echoed throughout Grey's mind. It was Kris' voice which was trying to remind Grey to fess to Yuna right at that moment.

  It might be because there wasn't anybody or because Grey was mesmerized by Yuna's figure as she basked in the sunlight, but at that moment, Grey felt like he could actually pull it off.

  "Yuna, listen... I have something to tell you." ［Grey］

  Ba-dump Ba-dump Ba-dump

  Once again, Grey's heart raced like a galloping horse as he braced himself to fess. Seeing Yuna's i and still sleepy face, it raced even faster like a mad engine of a sports car.

  "Hm? What is it?" ［Yuna］

  "Umm... Iー" ［Grey］

  "Lre～y!" ［Rhodes］

  But Grey didn't even have the ce to say even half of his words. Out of nowhere, Rhodes' booming voice echoed throughout the corridors as he rushed trey. He was almost out of breath but still did his best.

  Due to Rhodes' sudden interruption, Grey's momentum died off a another failed attempt was added to his tally. Though he really couldn't bme Rhodes as the man did so without bearing any ill will.

  "Is something wrong, Mister Rhodes?" ［Grey］

  "Lrey, I have created a dish with the use of tomato sauce! I want you to be the first oo have a taste!" ［Rhodes］

  Rhodes decred enthusiastically with eyes dazzling brighter than the sun itself. He was clearly excited to show off his new creation to Grey who he looks up to as a great cook.

  "Oh, Lady Yuna! Please e as well!" ［Rhodes］

  "Un, sure." ［Yuna］

  "Then I'll be preparing your portions. Please head towards the kit te, I'll be waiting for you two!" ［Rhodes］

  Still wearing a happy expression on his face, Rhodes left as suddenly as he came in order to prepare what's o be prepared. He was very eic even when he was just panting a while ago.

  As frey and Yuna, they were left to their own with an awkward atmosphere about them. Well, rather than an awkward atmosphere, it was more like Grey was feeling flicted whether to proceed with his fession or not.

  "Right, Grey. What were you about to say again?" ［Yuna］

  "Ah, I'll just tell you ter. Why don't we head to the dining hall first?" ［Grey］

  "..... Okay, sure." ［Yuna］

  Yuna took a little time to answer, but she didn't ask any further questions about what Grey was going to say. After all, she was also looking forward to what kind of dish Rhodes had cooked for them.

  Well, even if she was ag normally, Yuna still couldn't fet about what she and Aria talked about yesterday. And being aloh Grey didn't help at all. One could say that by heading towards the dining hall, she could escape being aloh Grey.

  The two then slowly headed towards the dining hall as they chatted about some trivial things in their everyday lives. During the duration of the time, the two tried their best to not look at one another.

  "Wele, Lrey, Lady Yuna! Please take a seat!" ［Rhodes］

  Whewo arrived i, they received a warm reception from Rhodes. On the dining table, one could easily notice a bowl filled with an e-colored soup which was still steaming hot.

  "Please have a taste." ［Rhodes］

  With Rhodes' invitation, Grey and Yuna took their seats and with the use of a silver spoon, the two gently scooped a little bit of the soup Rhodes had cooked with the use of tomato sauce.

  The two gently blew o soup as without wasting any sed, they fed themselves almost at the same time. It didn't take too long for the two of them to ge expressions as a rich fvor filled their tongues.

  "Delicious!" ［Yuna］

  "This is amazing, Mister Rhodes!" ［Grey］

  "Hehe, I'm gd the two of you liked it." ［Rhodes］

  A sense of pride bloomed in Rhodes' heart as he received pliments from Grey and Yuna. He was only deserving of supliments from being able to make a new dish in such a short amount of time.

  "I'm sure everyone would like this." ［Grey］

  "I feel hoo receive such praise." ［Rhodes］

  "By the way, Mister Rhodes, what will you call this dish?" ［Yuna］

  "I'm gd you asked, Lady Yuna." ［Rhodes］

  A strange glint suddenly appeared in Rhodes' eyes as he heard Yuna's question. Grey couldn't expin it, but somehow, he felt as if something unpleasant was going to happen.

  "Since I am using Lrey's marvelous creation, the tomato sauce. I shall ... the Lrey Special Pork Stew!" ［Rhodes］

  Cough Cough Cough

  Due to Rhodes' suddeion, Grey choked on his food and coughed untrolbly. It was then that he uood why he got such a terrible feeling as soon as he saw the light in Rhodes' eyes.

  With all his power and ability, Grey tried his best to vince Rhodes to ge the name and give it a more normal one. Just hearing it once was embarrassing enough. He wouldn't be able to show his face outside if such a name were to spread.

  It took Grey quite a few mio finally vince Rhodes to ge the was a tough task, but Grey persevered until the end just to prevent the spreading of su embarrassing name.

  After hearing Grey and Yuna's opinions, Rhodes then headed back to the kit to help out the other chefs in preparing breakfast. He was heading out while wearing a satisfied expression on his face.

  "Ah, right. Grey, you have something to tell me right?" ［Yuna］

  "Oh, yeah..." ［Grey］

  Grey had almost fotten it, but after being reminded by Yuna, his heart started to race again. Now that they were alone once again, he could finally fess his feelings to Yuna..

  As the gentle light seeped through the rge window, Grey faced towards Yuna's dire. Grey already k but Yuna really does shiifully when she is illuminated by the light.

  "Iー" ［Grey］

  g Thang Ting Langgg

  One wrey was only able to utter one word when a sudden sound of metals crashing came eg from the garden just outside the kit. His momentum was cut off once again.

  The two checked the cause of such a loud otion by cheg outside the window, and what they saw were several buckets rolling on the ground. They seemed to have fallen over because of a sudden wind.

  "It's just buckets, huh..." ［Grey］

  "Looks like no one's hurt... Right, Grey, you were saying...?" ［Yuna］

  "Ah... Actually, I fot about it. I'll tell you ter when I remember about it." ［Grey］

  "Okay..." ［Yuna］

  What Grey said was a big fat lie. Especially with his "Divine Mind", he wouldn't be able tet anything so easily. He just didn't want to fess when his resolve had died down once again.

  With that, we have e to a total of three failed attempts out of three attempts. It is a splendid record with a 100% failure rate. All because some unforeseen araneous circumstances have occurred.

  After that, the dining hall has slowly gotten filled with people, all waiting patiently for breakfast. When breakfast was served, everyone had a pleasant time as they enjoyed eating with everyone. Rhodes' new creation was also served during it, and as expected, everyoook a liking to it.

  Soon after breakfast, Grey, Yuna, and Eliza headed out the mansion to resume their daily routihey first headed to the Adventurers' Guild to get a quest then headed to the quest location with Eliza riding Grey in piggyback.

  "Yaay～!" ［Eliza］

  And as usual, Eliza greatly ehe high-speed trip. She had already experie quite a number of times yet she didn't get tired of the adrenaline rush aement she feels when riding on Grey's back.

  It only took a few minutes for the three to arrive at the quest location. It was once again located in a nearby forest where they were tasked to eliminate 30 goblins from the area.

  "Haap!" ［Eliza］

  With a wide swing of her sword, two goblins' chests were opened up with a rge wound. And with the power of Eliza's swings, the two goblio the ground with their defenses down.

  Eliza didn't even need Grey and Yuna's help as she subjugated the goblins. She has learnt from her past experiences how to hahem and fihem off effitly while saving up her mana.

  Meanwhile, Grey and Yuna only observed Eliza from afar, watg out for any potential danger lurking in the nearby forest. They were once agai on their own for the third time.

  Of course, being alo that it was another opportunity frey to fess. Eliza may be present, but she was still engaged in bat so there was no worries of being overheard or drawing unwatention.

  "Yuー" ［Grey］

  "Elder Sister Yuna! Look, I've defeated them all!" ［Eliza］

  "Oh～ Our Liz really is an amazing girl!" ［Yuna］

  "Hehehe～" ［Eliza］

  Yuna patted Eliza's head as she praised her for her aplishment. She has gotten stronger and stronger with the passing of every day and it was only natural for her to receive praise.

  As frey, he was frozen on the spot, his mind uo process what just happened. He had miscalcuted how quickly Eliza would subjugate the goblins, thus leading to the current situation.

  Just like Grey's previous attempts, it was another failure. What's even worse this time was that he wasn't even able to finish a single word. He was only able to say half a word! That's right, half!

  Thankfully, Eliza's voice overpped with Grey's, and so Yuna was not able to hear him. After all, he had already run out of excuses if Yuo ever question him once again on what he was going to say.

  "Elder Brrey, am I amazing?" ［Eliza］

  "Yes. You're very amazing." ［Grey］

  "Hehe, thank you!" ［Eliza］

  Grey couldn't pin the bme on Eliza either. She was just a young girl who wao be praised by the people she was looking up to. There was nothing wrong with her as. Things just weren't meant to be.

  "Do you still want to tinue, Liz?" ［Yuna］

  "Un! I want to tinue!" ［Eliza］

  "Okay, then Grey, please..." ［Yuna］

  "Ah, sure. Just wait a moment..." ［Grey］

  With the use of Grey's "Divine Eye", he searched the viity for any goblins avaible for Eliza to fight against, and sure enough there were some located just a few hundred meters away.

  It wasn't the first time Grey had do. Every time they needed more enemies, Grey would just search for them rather than summon some, it was so that they could clear out the forest of potential threats.

  It was hitting two birds with oone. Grey wouldn't o waste any mana and they will be able to prevent harm from befalling to others who would traverse the forest. Eliza suggested it so that she could help out the territory even a little bit.

  "There's a group of goblins 260 meters north and anroup at the roughly same dista. Where would you like to go, Liz?" ［Grey］

  "Umm.... East!" ［Eliza］

  "Alright, east it is." ［Grey］

  With their destination decided, Grey, Yuna, and Eliza then leisurely walked towards the goblins' dires, adjusting their paths every now and theime the goblins moved positions.

  The moment they arrived there, they were greeted by a bunch of seven goblins, and without wasting any time, Eliza unched her attacks aed the goblins in the same manner she did to the ones before them.

  "Grey, there's a boar behind us." ［Yuna］

  As Eliza fought against the goblins, Yuna noticed a rge boar strolling behind them. It was clearly a beast judging from its size and its mana signature. Though it was a rather weak one.

  "Should we hunt it?" ［Yuna］

  "Hmm... Let's just leave it alo doesn't seem to be hostile anyway. We also have a lot of meat in store so there's o hunt it." ［Grey］

  "I see... Okay." ［Yuna］

  As Yuna o Grey's answer, she wore an adorable expression on her face, making Grey's heart beat fast. He saw yet another opportunity to fess his feelings to her once again.

  Of course, Grey made sure nothing could g. He looked at Eliza's dire and firmed that she was still fighting against three goblins which would take her a couple more mio take down.

  Inside his mind, Grey heaved a lengthy sigh as he calmed down his mind and once again strengthened his resolve. His eyes were now full of striermination. But before he could even open his mouth....

  Buhiiikk Thudd Crashhh

  For reasons unknown, the boar suddenly rushed towards a tree, making it fall as soon as it received the impact. It made quite the loud sound too wheree fell. It could even be heard about a hundred meters away.

  Just when Grey was sure nothing could interrupt him, somehow, fate finds its way to intervene. Now, it was in the form of a boar who has nothier to do with its life but bash trees like a mad animal.

  If Kris could be sidered amazing with the amount of times he fessed to Aria, Grey could also be ted as one in a different sense. After all, he already failed five times in a row. It was as if the universe itself reventing him from doing so.

  With that, Grey has finally reached his limits. He has finally snapped from all the failed attempts he had experienced since early in the m. There were er words to describe him other than "pissed off".

  "Yuna, would you like pork for dioday?" ［Grey］

  Grey asked Yuna with a smile which wasn't quite a smile. It was such a menag smile that even Yu shivers run down her spine when she saw Grey's scary expression.

  "Uh... Umm... Didn't you just say we shouldn't hunt the boar?" ［Yuna］

  "I've ged my mind. It's harmful to the enviro with its habit of felling trees. So what would you like? Grilled pork, pork stew, skewers, or fried pork?" ［Grey］

  "Umm... Fried pork, I guess...?" ［Yuna］

  "Fried pork it is. Please look forward to it at dinner." ［Grey］

  Still wearing the same menag expression, Grey approached the boar and without showing it any form of mercy, Grey delivered a single blow towards it, sending it to its creatht away.

  Grey then took out his frustration on the boar's dead body as he aggressively dismas body parts. He felt much more refreshed the moment he finished dismantling the boar as if all his frustrations were blown away.

  After that, the three tiheir daily routine and finished off some moblins. Afterwards, they headed to the guild to process the quest pletion. And finally, they arrived at the mansion just before night fell,

  As promised, Grey cooked an appetizing fried pork dish to fulfill his promise to Yuna. It was a dish not only Yuna, but everyone else enjoyed as they had a hearty meal together.

  With the flowing of the night, all of them soon headed to their own bedrooms to retire for the day. Grey and Yuna in particur felt very satisfied as the exhaustion from the previous day was also washed away in their sleep.

  For the couple of days, Grey attempted again and again to fess his feelings for Yuna, but just like the first fay, all of the attempts were failures. He still maintained his 100% failure rate.

  "Haah... Why? Just why?" ［Grey］

  Grey heaved a lengthy sigh as his lifeless ay eyes gazed outside the window. It was the night of the fifth day yet there was nress made during that duration of time.

  He didn't care anymore and just went to bed once again in order to dition his body. After all, tomorrow is quite an important day for him, Yuna, Gustav, and many more.

  It will be the Labyrinth of Death's opening!

  CHAPTER 57 END