"But…"
"Yes, I'm listening. Let's talk about it."
I sweated profusely and pushed my palm against his shoulder. Of course, it was just an attempt. Kyle didn't budge from the spot, as if he were a rock.
"Your Highness."
"Yes."
"Your Highness?"
"Yes."
"…Do we really have to talk like this?"
Get out of the way! It's so close!
I now began to push his shoulders away with both hands. However, Kyle was still the same. Instead, he tightened his arm around my waist and pulled me closer. Kyle was now sitting on the bed, with me on his lap. I think I had been facing him for about an hour, but even though I was still holding an adult man who was still in good shape, I didn't even show any signs of dislike or annoyance, let alone say that he was heavy. It was refreshing and nice to be able to look down at Kyle, who always had to look up…
…No, no. Not this!
"It's enough to talk about it. I'm not going anywhere."
"I know."
I don't think I know at all.
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What are you ashamed of! That's not the case!
"So, you're from a completely different world?"
"Yes, maybe from the distant future. The technology is more advanced there than here. Instead, there is no magic or demon beasts."
Kyle laughed a little bitterly at the mention of the lack of magic or demons. In a way, it would be a natural reaction. Because of those two things, he has lived a life more like a war than anyone else. After all, I told him the truth, omitting the story that this was the novel I had read, Winter's Heart, just as I had done to Sen.
"I see…"
Of course, it was not a kind explanation, even if it was empty words. Sometimes, the cause and effect were explained backward, and sometimes I was silent, trying to choose the right words. But Kyle listened to me more seriously than anyone else. It must have been an absurd story, but he didn't even send me a hint of suspicion. He didn't stop me first. He just nodded silently, holding me by the waist. As if he had enough of it, as if he had the confidence to chew and swallow any nonsense.
"So to summarize, you died in an accident and were brought back to life by an unknown being. However, things got twisted in the process, and I became a demon instead of a person."
"That's right. What was mistaken for magic wasn't exactly my ability, but your power to help me. That's why I felt like I was colliding with magic."
"Is it a divine power…"
Is there such a thing? The worldview is specific once.
Anyway, Kyle nodded, remembering how the magic had bounced off me unheard in my demonic state.
"I told you that you have to perform a miracle to survive."
"That's right. He came to change his fate. It's a bit of a grandiose expression… The context is roughly similar."
It was a bit difficult to say that I had read the original. So I decided to surround myself with a moderate 'premonition'. After all, what I read and what the system tells me is no different from their original story, that is, the future before I changed it.
"And the fate you said you were going to change…"
"Yes, as you know, it's to save Your Highness. It may sound cruel, but in the dream I saw, Your Highness died early. I thought I could change that future."
"You chose to save me in order to live."
"Exactly."
I laughed awkwardly, stretched my strength and leaned on him. "That's why I told you, right? It's a community of destiny."
Kyle was silent for a moment. I'm probably in the process of putting together the seemingly absurd knowledge in my head. Then he patted me on the back and asked, "Is there a reason why you chose me? There are many people in the world, and I am not the only one in your dreams."
I rested my chin on Kyle's shoulder. It was like being hugged by him at all, but it had the advantage of not showing his expression. And I was fortunate to have that. I'm sure he has a very strange expression.
"Just…"
"…"
"Because you look lonely."
The only thing that stood out to me in the book I closed after reading it for a while was your loneliness. That sad death strangely stayed in my memory for a long time.
"I thought it would be a bit sad to die like that, so I wanted to save His Highness if I could save anyone. I can't help but think I'm cocky, but I did anyway."
"Yes."
"But I thought I was going to be a hamster. Even if you bumped into a hamster before you had an accident."
I am sad that I died, but my human rights were taken away from me. If you think about it, I am the biggest victim.
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Don't scratch your head. What are you going to do with this nasty 'fetch time'?
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…Let's not talk, don't talk.
"Has there been another revelation?"
I stopped talking and stared blankly into the air, and he asked. "It's not so great that it can be called a revelation. Why don't you say this is a bit great… It's like trivial chatter."
[! (►__◄)!]
Why. Why do you open your eyes so much?
"Still, I don't think there is a way to fail. I met the owner well. I often have more demons than when I'm human, but you've been good to me."
"Looks like you have a limited amount of time as a human."
"I don't think so. Now it's about four hours. At first, it was half an hour, so I didn't know how difficult it was."
I continued to complain about my lack of clothes. Kyle laughed at me as if he was sorry for me when I complained that I was barely wearing a shirt and walking barefoot in that cold castle.
"That's why I had no choice but to steal clothes. I didn't know that and misunderstood it as a pervert."
"…What is a pervert! I also have something called face. You can't walk around naked! Speaking of which, please give me more proper clothes."
"Can I take a sweater with me?"
"Because the ingredients are special. Well, it's not free."
I tucked away the sweater I had folded next to the bed. I borrowed his clothes because I didn't like the cruelly cute strawberry pattern. Kyle looked at the clothes he knitted himself and replied with a frustrated tone.
"That's right, too."
"Is this appropriate for a twenty-seven-year-old man? That?"
"I just thought my cashew nuts would wear it, of course. You don't know, but it's so adorable when you wear it… Whoops."
Mouth! Mouth! This guy's mouth! I panicked and covered his mouth with both hands. No, how can you say that you are adorable even though you know that it was this man who was inside your companion? And with such a casual expression?
"What I was going to say at that time."
Kyle's voice leaked out like a mumbling voice because he was silent about me. The touch of his lips on the palm of his hand was softer and warmer than I expected, so I quickly dropped my hand from his face.
"You said you were my companion."
"…Ah, the first time he disappeared."
In fact, what he was trying to say was a 'pet hamster', so he laughed when he explained that he was trying to run away while he was embarrassed.
Is it so fun? I'm laughing a lot today.
I thought they would feel betrayed or treat me like a weirdo.
"Isn't it absurd?"
Kyle shook his head, holding both wrists, wondering if he was worried that my body would fall backward.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't upset. However, listening to your story reveals circumstances that can only be true."
Kyle, who had been reviewing the past lightly, sighed softly.
"That's why you didn't eat mealworms."
"Yes. Please don't put that in there. Kiss them a little moderately."
"…Kiss?"
"Don't you remember? Whenever you go anywhere or go out, lift me up and kiss me at least five times…"
I was complaining, but I suddenly felt his grip tighten on my wrist and shut my mouth tightly. Kyle wasn't looking at me. The tips of his ears were a little red, and he seemed to be a little shy.
I mean, he's kissed me a few times so far. It deserves to be stunned.
"No, why are you so embarrassed?"
If you're ashamed, I'll feel weird too!
I stepped in to defuse the awkward atmosphere. "In other words, His Highness is also a victim. You thought he was a cute and smart beast."
"Cute and smart."
He turned his head and said.
…What? I? Now, this?
"Anyway, it was good that he was friendly."
"…"
"It was okay?"
Then, the atmosphere of the room changed. Kyle's arm came up from my wrist and squeezed my shoulder lightly. Even through the loose shirt, his hands were strangely hot.
"I didn't think of myself as a victim."
"…"
"Did you say it was good? Just now."
No, that's not what I meant.
…Isn't this it?
There was a strange silence, and Kyle stared at me. It was as if he was longing for some kind of permission.
"…"
I couldn't say anything. He wasn't forcing me, so I could do it as much as I wanted. Even if he didn't move directly, he could have said enough. It's a burden, so I ask you to let go of this, and I want you to turn your head.
But I didn't. No, I couldn't.
He just stared at Kyle. He curls his eyes in satisfaction, tightens his arms around my shoulders a little more, and calls my name softly. Until you slowly get closer to your head.
I was just staring at him blankly. As if possessed, as if drunk.
Or, as if they fell in love again.