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“You’re really… fine with me?”
“Yes, I am.”
Gazing at the gold ring on her left hand, Lady Violet ascertained, with her eyes teary and voice shaking.
In response to her query, I continued to hold her left hand and maintained the smile on my face as I answered her.
I got a little carried away, but my words were a reflection of my true feelings.
I’ve never held a favorable view towards marriage. Even this marriage, I considered it part of the otome game and an unavoidable sequence of events, hence I never gave much thought to how to lead a married life.
Being a couple just on paper wasn’t exactly what I had in mind… but given that we did end up together, I thought the least we could do was get along. That was my line of thought.
However, seeing Lady Violet cry made me want to stay by her side for some reason.
“Thank… you… Thank you very much. So, I’m not alone…”
“No, you’re not. I’m by your side.”
Her tears now didn’t look sad like they did earlier but showed relief and happiness, as if it would make her happy if my words were true.
It’s alright if she sheds tears till she’s drained of them and I’d be grateful if it somehow ends up comforting me as well. But, in this kind of situation…
“Hoho”
I heard a voice. A female voice.
A voice often heard in Shiki, so excitable that one would imagine the owner to be calm and composed only during prayer, one belonging to a woman a year younger than me.
That’s strange. She’s supposed to be asleep.
I see. Then this must be an auditory hallucination. There’s no other explanation. Truly none. I can’t sense any movements from behind me.
“I-I-I…! Ms. Cyan, I just saw a confession for the first time ever! Oh, but Lord Clo and Lady Violet are married, what do you call it then?”
“Of course, it’s what they call conjugal relations, Cottie. Naturally they’ll engage in a joint activity later tonight.”
“Joint?! That makes sense. They are a couple… no, a family!”
“Yes, it’s because they are family!”
“How long have you two been awake?!”
I wasn’t hearing things after all. Not just Cyan, but even Apricot had come to.
How long, just how long have they been listening? How much of our conversation did they hear? My confession aside, if they heard about the details of the assassination then it would be bad in more ways than one…!
“The thunderbolt earlier woke me up.”
“Same here.”
That’s when I confessed!
The thunderbolt is what influenced me to finally decide on what to say to Lady Violet. This makes it hard to resent it.
“Never mind that, I’m glad everything is resolved. The fact that Clo’s here must mean the Fenrir has been taken care of?”
“Well, Gray should have put it to sleep and captured it by now.”
“Everything’s settled then. Besides, Io’s been on the edge lately. I’m happy if your words gave her some relief.”
Shit, she’s usually an oddball but she’s sharp at the weirdest of times. She doesn’t seem in need of urgent care, I wonder if I could just leave her here.
But she’s probably the one who injured one of Fenrir’s eyes and if not for that, it may have taken me longer to get here.
Would it be awful of me to not be grateful to her for that? This whole thing must have also scared Apricot…
“Also, I fought with the Fenrir too, so you better take good care of me. I’m but a poor, delicate girl!”
“Stop calling yourself a girl when you’re a grown-ass adult. Besides I’m sure you’re the one who gouged out Fenrir’s eye. What’s so delicate about you?”
“Hm… my head?”
“That’s nothing to brag about.”
I’m certain she’s doing all this on purpose, including her delicate girl quip.
Fine, I’ll do it. Once Lady Violet has cried her eyes out, I’ll lend Cyan a shoulder. She probably needs some first-aid too.
It would also be a good idea to let the sopping wet Apricot borrow the bath once we return. Come to think of it, the hot spring—
“Hold on”
“Oh?”
While I was thinking about what should be done with those two, I suddenly felt a tug on my sleeve from the direction Lady Violet was sitting.
When I turned my attention towards the source, Lady Violet looked at me with fear etched on her face.
“You’re… leaving my side…? Weren’t you going to be my support…?
Eh, what’s with that?
Stop tugging my sleeve while looking up at me with teary eyes and speaking in that fragile voice. It’s making me not want to leave your side, goddammit.
“It’s alright, really, Lady Violet. I’ll stay by your side and I won’t go anywhere.”
“… But you just tried to go to Ms. Cyan.”
“I did but it’s alright. Please don’t sound so forlorn.”
Hmm, she’s in a very fragile state of mind right now.
Of course, I meant it when I said I’d be by her side and would always have her back, but thinking back I don’t really know what a normal married life entails. Uhh, what am I supposed to do as her husband in a situation like this…?!
“Heyy heyy, Clo’s freaking out. What do you think, Cottie? Please share your thoughts on seeing a hesitant Clo.”
“Hm, to revel in peace he needs to take a seat beside her and conduct a ritual to bestow tranquility by having their hearts bond.”
“I see, a kiss. Not to worry. You lost lambs. As one of the thousands serving God, I shall stand witness to your act.”
Should I really leave these idiots behind?
I know I should comfort her or kiss her to show my affection. Frankly. I’d do it if I’m allowed to.
But I’ll be damned if I have my first kiss in front of this horny idiotic nun and delusional idiot. Moreover, Lady Violet would hate it if I kissed her without warning.
“You’re not going to do it…?”
Please stop, Lady Violet. Please stop saying things that’ll make me sway.
Ah, dammit. The two idiots fanned the flames.
But would it be better if I kissed her at the very least? Never mind a kiss on the lips, but I wouldn’t mind kissing her on the cheek or the back of her hand.
I’m sure the two idiots are going to shoot daggers at me later.
“Hmph, if it were me, I would have no trouble making such a small gesture… achoo!”
“Huh, are you okay, Cottie? Are you cold?”
“Y-Yes. Since I had to focus on keeping up Asgard, I couldn’t spare any attention to maintaining my body temperature. Ugh, my clothes also feel so heavy…”
Hm, then all you gotta do is remove that heavy, witchy cloak you have on. The hat too, while you’re at it.
But I’m sure she would never take them off in front of others. Even back when she first arrived in Shiki she was so particular about her appearance that she’d rather collapse due to heatstroke.
“Ah, Clo’s looking as if he wants to ask us to strip! I see, so he’s trying to get us out of our clothes when we’re exhausted and defenseless after battle!”
“Wha! Huhuhu! Fine by me, Lord Clo! My body can certainly outshine a top tier diamond. I can’t fault you for being curious!”
“I see, so you’re still very much interested in female anatomy, Lord Clo… then should I also strip…?”
“Alright! Clo, you take your clothes off too! Even a crime isn’t that scary when everyone does it together. Let’s go!”
“Hey, look here, you damn nun.”
What’s with these people?
… Sigh, don’t tell me that the magic Ms. Schwarz used, infected them with her exhibitionist fetish…?!
Nah, they are probably just delirious from the fever and the adrenaline from the battle probably has them excited. Yes, that must be it. Though, I don’t know much about how adrenaline works.
“…Lord Clo, do you intend to give me three moms?”
The voice came from the entrance of the cave.
The rain had stopped before we knew it and with the moonlight drawing a silhouette around him, stood Gray, looking at me very coldly.
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Space Preservation Magic or Asgard
A name Apricot arbitrarily gave the spell. It isn’t usually called that.
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