"... are you serious?

"Yeah. 'Cause there's nowhere else to stay"

I thought it was a joke, but as far as Fall's expression goes, he doesn't look like he's lying.

"I hadn't heard a word yet...?

"'Cause if I had told you, Al, you would have definitely said that earlier when the four of us talked, right?

"I guess so... can't you?

"I don't know if I can... Ha..."

Fall sighed like a shudder, and when he got jitty eyes,

"Al, you really don't know what a woman's heart is. Well, maybe one day they'll stab you in the back, huh?

"Do you get stabbed if you can't read the heart of a woman!?

"Ugh."

"Why am I being scolded?

I want you to stop coming to spiritual damage even though you have to make it full by tomorrow.

"... nothing"

"Hmm?"

Fall lets his face down,

"If you don't like being able to stay with me... it's perfectly fine if you say no, right?

"... you can't say no. In the current situation of the king's capital, if you leave a girl alone at night, you won't be able to sleep rather worried."

"Right! Al, I thought you'd say that! Then let me stay sweet with your words!

"You're changing too soon, Oi."

On a good look, Fall was tongue-in-cheek as flirtatious.

I see. A convicted criminal. Now you're here to take the word for it, Koz.

Well, it's a fact that I'm not going to say no, and I don't mind.

Walking as it was for a while with Fall interacting with no other love, I saw my home.

When I looked again, it was a strange sight inside to say that most of the other buildings were half-destructed or completely destroyed, but that only my house was completely intact.

If it's true that Irvia left me intentionally, I...

"... isn't that what you're thinking now?"

"What's wrong?

"No, it's nothing"

Rest is now a prerequisite. Both body and spirit have to be in full condition by tomorrow.

When I unlocked the house with that in mind, Fall walked into the house before me.

"Sorry to bother you!

"Hey!?

Not long after stopping, Fall went up to the house and walked straight into the living room.

... There's nothing like being seen and having trouble, okay?

I slowly proceeded towards the living room, and walked into the room about a dozen seconds behind Fall, watching as Fall smiled and sat down.

"Welcome home, you. Want some rice? Want to take a bath? Or wa ta si?"

"You just wanted to do it."

"Want to make dinner? Want to take a bath? Or..."

"Make it tea"

"Terrible!?

Fall fell apart deliberately and looked at me with tears like he had made it.

"I... I just wanted to try something like this for once..."

"It's the wrong time to make a big deal out of it."

Rather, why did you try to do it at this time?

"Yeah. I'd rather be a big success"

"Huh?"

Where were the elements of success? Obviously, it just seems like a big failure.

"Al, your face was much stiffer just now, wasn't it? But now I wonder if it's a little softer. You're not too nervous, are you?

"... did you have such a hard look...?

"Otherwise I wouldn't say this, would I?

Could it be that even though this is happening, Fall was kidding more than usual because of me...?

"... thanks"

When I said that, Fall smiled nicely.

"Thank you for being my son-in-law, okay?

"You go home after all."

I was the fool who thanked him decently even for a moment.