"It hurts, Gar-kun"
Tia, hugged with her thick arms, said so with a smile.
"... tier"
Gadio calls her name with a sense of purpose.
"Well, you don't have to be so lonely. I'm here."
She also replied with a voice full of overflowing love for him and turned her arms around her back.
"Tia...... ugh"
"Hehe, I can't believe you got such an enthusiastic hug from Shiny Gar. You're gonna try to come back to life."
In my arm, I did have that feeling.
Is it a dream?
Yeah, maybe it should have been a dream after a while.
But this is a reality, a nightmare, a happy reality.
"But it's about time... hey, it's getting really painful... gibberish!
Boo-hoo, and Gadio's back slapping tier.
So he returned to me and loosened his arm and grabbed her shoulder and looked at her face from the front.
"That's a lot harder. I didn't come pin when they said six years, but if I saw Gar-kun's face, I wouldn't want to, but I'd know."
"Tia's no different."
Saying, hands close to her slightly reddish cheeks.
Its fingertips were trembling.
It's like touching a statue of a sandy goddess that's about to collapse.
And when my index finger came into contact, it returned a silky smooth feel.
I can't believe it no matter how many times I'm sure.
But there he is.
Tia, who should be dead, right in front of you.
"But this warmth hasn't changed."
Tia layered her own palm on a large hand that touched her cheek.
narrow her eyes, and she also seems to be sure that Gadio is right in front of her.
The two of them feel each other's presence in silence.
The feeling of the air was creating a world for just the two of us, hard to come close to the other.
Keraina looks at them like that with a complicated look from a little further away.
After it lasted for a while, Tia slowly let go of her hand, regrettably.
"There's so much I want to tell you, why don't we go inside"
She turns around and asks Keraina.
"What's going on with my room?
"Oh, uh... it's just like it was at the time, and it's cleaned properly"
"Oh, well, thank you, Keraina. Well, why don't we talk in my room?
Gadio was drawn to Tia and went inside the house.
With both of their backs, Keraina can only drop them off.
I haven't caught up with my head understanding.
She doesn't even know about church experiments, she can't even guess why.
So I just had to be left alone and stand up on the spot.
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In one part of the country, trees were swarming with very beautiful fruits.
But the fruit is poisonous, and if you eat it, your body will be eroded little by little.
Everyone who lived in the area knew it, and naturally, no one would notice it, and I didn't want to say it.
But a man who lived in the region ate nuts that were only about the size of his fingertips because of his interest.
Since then, he has continued to eat it every day like he was possessed, and at the end of it, he has apparently vomited blood and died.
Even though the people around him stopped along the way, why couldn't he have refrained from ingesting?
It's a simple story.
The nuts tasted very sweet.
Because he was captivated by it.
Just that.
For just that reason, the man continued to take poison into his body of his own free will and died.
Gadio remembered such stories he had heard from Lowe.
At the time, he laughed and flushed, 'He's a stupid man' - now, does he have the right to laugh at a man, etc.?
"Mmm, I'm getting snug and wild, Gar-kun"
Tier's own room in the mansion.
She was sitting on his lap sitting on the couch touching his face.
I've always been in this position when I sweetened him before.
Nevertheless, it was about a year before her death that we were able to have an intimate relationship so far, although not for such a long time.
"But Gar-kun, who used to be thin and refreshing, is fine, but Gar-kun now this is nice. While leaving a shadow behind, I feel I have become a respectable adult man worthy of protection. That's my husband."
"... do you?
"Yeah, that's right. Don't be modest. That's what I thought."
That's what I'm talking about, getting stuck on a thick chest plate.
Gadio was naturally, spinning his arms around her back.
It's like a habit.
Because he always held Tia with his arms around his back, wanting to take some skinship.
"It's only been about a month for me, but it's been six years."
"The Mansion would not have changed"
"This room or something, it stayed amazingly intact. But the townships of Wang Du and the people who lived have all changed. So is Keraina, and Halom...... is that it? I didn't think my kid with Soma was getting that big."
Tia said lonely.
Six blank years can no longer be filled.
Seeing her like that, Gadio loosens his guard a little bit.
She has feelings, she has plumage.
If you're saying this isn't tier, what do you have to believe?
If you insist - the only thing I was worried about was not feeling that heartbeat in my chest.
"And me too... you're changing."
"I'm back, you said. What happened to you?
I really didn't want to hear it.
Even if it's a dream, if it ends happily ever after, that's fine, Gadio was really starting to think so, embracing her.
But actually, it doesn't either.
The fact that the impossible is happening, and that it is at the hands of the Church, is an undeniable fact.
Then ask. You can't just not, and in some cases - you have to think about killing her with your own hands.
"I'm not sure, either, that Origin Core was embedded in my body, which was dead."
- Origin core.
I expected it, but the name came up.
Gadio grabbed his fist and said in a squeezing voice.
"Again, yes... is it"
"With that mouthful, Gar-kun knows about the Origin Core. Then I guess I can skip the explanation. Anyway, I finally got permission to go out because I was able to control that strange force, weaken it, and adjust it so that my body wouldn't become a monster."
It was quite surprising to Gadio that it was told from Tia's own mouth.
If it's a church trap, you should hide the inconvenience.
No, on the contrary, are you trying to lure him off guard by revealing false information in grandeur?
I can't read my intentions - wrinkles lean between Gadio's brows.
Tia stared at it, stretching her index finger, touching it and squirming her wrinkles.
"Oh, my God, you look so hard, I hope you laugh more because we got to see each other again."
"It doesn't work either, the Origin Core is a dangerous thing. Even that monster that destroyed our team was reinforced by the core, wasn't it?
"I hear that from the doctor, too. Control was still sweet at the time, he said. That's not why I'm convinced, but I couldn't say anything more than I've come back to life like this"
"Who is the Doctor?"
"Someone who heads the Necromancy team. My real name was, I guess, Dafiz Sharmus. He wears glasses, he's always in white, he's a little guy."
If you ask one, ten will return.
At this rate, why doesn't she hide it, so much so that the more you ask where the institute is, the more likely you are to answer.
"Why are you telling me everything," he said. There's no reason for me to hide it from Garkun, is there? And the doctor told me not to hide anything. "
"I don't know what that means. What do you mean... the church guys brought Tia back to life for what purpose and they bothered to see me!?
Disturbing Gadio.
Even in front of him like that, Tia spins her words smiling in a calm manner.
"I don't know about the other research teams, but at least the purpose of Necromancy is - to bring the dead back to life, because that's all. If someone you care about is dead and sad, I want to save that person. I really think that's all."
Tia doesn't look like she's lying.
At least, to Gadio, who knew her in her lifetime, it seemed so.
The Original Core, indeed, has just the power to perform the miracles that humanity has ever given up, as long as it can be controlled.
If that achievement is tier in front of him right now...
"... no, I still can't believe it"
Gadio said so, shaking his head to the side.
Tia gave him a sad look when she saw him like that, but he immediately goes back to smiling.
"It will be difficult for you to accept it immediately, the doctor also said. That's right, not only for Gar-kun, but also for Keraina. You've been dead for six years, and all of a sudden you're gonna have trouble coming home."
"I'm sorry... I'd love to be honest with you if I could."
But I can't do that.
When the church is involved, it's more than we know for sure.
"Don't apologize. Hey. But you'll see me again, won't you?
"Again? Are you going somewhere?
"My body still needs to be fine-tuned. If you get distracted, Origin might take over your body. So I have to get back to the lab in about two hours."
"Right..."
Unfortunately, Gadio thinks so.
I can't, no matter how much I tell myself it's a "church trap," she's right in front of me, and she's certainly Tia, my own dead wife.
I can't contain the joy.
"You look lonely here, so I love Gar-kun. I hear you'll be able to live with me when you're done adjusting, so just be patient until then."
Really, if the time is coming - how happy I am.
"Until the time comes, can we stick together like this?
I won't refuse to go that far.
"Hehe, good. Gar-kun is as kind as ever."
Tranquil, dreamy time flows.
The anxiety that swirls in Gadio's chest still doesn't go away.
But every time I feel her plump, sure, it's fading.
Dangerous.
But what you get at the price of the risk is too big.
The soaker he soaked, the more Gadio couldn't get out of the sweet swamp.
◇ ◇ ◇
Keraina carried the box Gadio dropped wide, to the kitchen.
The contents were cakes for two.
Plenty of cream applied, with a number of fruits on top.
It doesn't look good on Gadio, I don't even have to think about who it was prepared for.
Bite your lower lip.
I wasn't sure if it was regrettable or sad, nor was Keraina herself.
"Hey Mom, who's that one?
Soon Harom, who was next door, asks his mother.
"... Gadio's wife."
"Dad's, ma'am? I thought you were gonna have a mom.
I never said that.
But there was an air that was steadily moving in that direction, and Halom, as well as Keraina, was expecting - I was beginning to hold onto something I was sure of.
I can't right away. But a year from now... No, two years from now, I was wondering if I could marry Gadio.
"My real wife is back. I'm not here."
"Real? Was my mom fake?
"... eh"
Harom's words without malice pierce Keraina.
Word choices were bad, that's not something you can describe with the word real or fake.
Because Keraina's thoughts were supposed to be true.
But for the second time, the second.
Two people licking each other's wounds, it's just a compromise.
"Hey, Halom's dad wouldn't be my dad if he was there? Then, Halom, I don't want that guy!
"Come on, Halom, if you say that..."
"Because that guy, I'm scared! My mom's so much nicer!
"Oh... oh, you won't be able to get mad if they say it's nice or something anymore!
Keraina crouched in, saying as she stroked Halom's head.
"Tia's a good kid. I'm sure Halom would love it if we talked."
"I don't think I can"
"Don't make up your mind before you do it, people..."
"No, no mom, not because I hate being scared of Halom"
Harom had a more frightened look than he hated it.
Having found something disturbing, Keraina listens to her words, without denying it without a headache.
"He's a tease."
To the abstract words, Keraina tilts her neck.
"Empty?"
"I'm laughing, but I'm not laughing, it sounds fun, but it doesn't seem fun at all"
"Hmm? I'm sorry, Harrom, but I was wondering if you could tell my mom."
"... I can't tell you, because I don't know. But that's what Halom thought."
The feeling of a child is something that adults do not understand.
I guess it simply doesn't go well with Tia - but actually, if you talk, you'll miss it properly.
Because it's always Tia who gets nostalgic for kids everywhere they go, and Keraina, who used to be a lot worse off than she is now, was on the frightened side.
She didn't think deeply about Halom's words, and when she stroked her head again,
"In the meantime, would you like some cake Gadio bought me?
And I laughed.
Halom still had an uneasy look on his face, but he couldn't resist his appetite and shook his neck vertically with stiffness.
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Then two hours later, a pick-up carriage arrived in front of Gadio's mansion.
When Tia says goodbye to Gadio and Keraina, she says, "I'll be back soon," and returns to the institute.
Dropping off the carriage until it is out of sight, the two walk out towards the front door.
In the meantime, we don't have any conversations.
With the awkward air dragging on, the night stays up -
◇ ◇ ◇
Back home from the guild, Flam surrounds the table with Milkit and Eterna.
Normally, my hands don't stop before delicious handicrafts, but only today is Eterna looking strange.
"Maybe there was something in there that you didn't like?
Milkit asked her in horror.
Then carry it to a pinch mouth so that it can be repaired,
"No, especially"
and return an ambiguous reply.
During dinner, Eterna was in that condition all the time, and that hasn't changed since the meal was over.
As Flam and Milkit cleaned up, I blurted up into the universe and wondered if I'd thought about it, but instead I stood up and went upstairs.
The two remaining in the living room looked each other in the eye and at the same time tilted their necks.
The mystery was solved while Eterna was in the bath.
I just went upstairs and tried to get into my room, Flam.
You noticed that footstep, the ink talking from inside the room.
"Hey Flam, who was that guy?
"That guy?
"It was about past lunch, someone with a grandfather and granny voice should have been here...... oh, and by the way, it looks like Milkit was napping after chores"
It should make sense that she won't say anything.
Surely I should have been drying my futon today, and I must have fallen asleep because of that warmth.
Imagine that sight, flam cheeks loose.
But it doesn't matter now.
Besides, I'm concerned about visitors.
"Hey Ink, was that person Eterna responding?
"It should be. Um, why don't you tell Flam?"
"It's no big deal, so I didn't think I'd have to tell you."
"I've been talking for a while."
Is that pair related to what's wrong with Eterna?
Nothing like exploring it, Fram asked her straight out of the bath.
But all I return is vague words that don't get the guidelines.
Eterna was so bad at lying that her eyes blushed - and Flam laughed.
However, even if I know it's deceptive, I can't know the truth unless she tells me.
Flam had to give up.
If you go to sleep and wake up, you might be back to normal.
Perhaps I pulled back slightly because I also had such sweet expectations.
But things never got better with the passage of time.
Speaking of things unusual - after that day, Eterna went out somewhere fluffy and silent more often.
It's just that.