Life in Another World as a Maid Mage
09 Phantom to Present
After a pleasant evening and after-dinner time.
Theori and Alec, who were the first watchmen, were left on the floor. Nils said, "Well, give Alec my regards. Please don't hesitate to wake me up if anything happens," he said, wrapped in a blanket, and eventually began to take a little nap. For his next watch with him, Louis fell asleep again early on the ground.
Apart from sleeping breaths, there was no sound other than the sound of the beast ringing somewhere far away and the sound of the groundwater veins flowing, and it was terribly quiet. The pale night purple sunflower (Nato Hortensia) and magic light softly illuminated the dark cave, and Siori, who was looking at the unrealistic sight, exhaled a small breath and smiled.
― ― A glamorous sight that could only be seen in the story. But now it is in front of us as a reality. Siori, who turned from a mediocre OL to live as an adventurer, saw it on a daily basis.
(... this kind of thing has become obvious...)
Rather, now that life in Japan is becoming unrealistic, I realize that I am almost familiar with this world.
My chest is tiny and painful. But it only hurts. The feeling of the previous fiercely heartburning homeland was fading.
You are here, you are here, and someone has taught you strongly that it is good to be here, so you can recognize yourself in this world. I became receptive to living in this world.
--Memories of the world are now accepted as memories.
There are people who take it with all their might, support it, and share their thoughts. I just didn't think it would lighten my mind until now.
Alec, thanks to Alec.
Alec Dia. Someone who seems willing to dedicate everything.
The darling now sat on a magically made rock chair and gazed at Shiori blurrily. I don't think he's loosening his guard because he's hands-on, but it's obvious that he's not looking the same as usual.
After spreading the magic of exploration only momentarily to make sure there were no anomalies, Theori approached him gently.
"... you know, Alec. Are you okay?"
"... hmm? Ah."
Alec turned his unfocused eyes towards Shiori and smiled ambiguously.
"I just wanted to say that there's no problem... but I remember a lot."
Reaching out as he said, he drew Shiori's hips. He held her tight, buried her face on his chest, and exhaled for a long time.
"... I'm really glad you're hallucinating."
A weakly scattered voice. The purple blue eyes, peeking gently, were shaking with anxiety and fear.
Nils is right. I feel weak after turning back.
Theoli turned her arm around Alec's back and gently slapped the baby. Gradually relax from the body that was a little too strong.
After a while Alec finally opened his mouth.
"--It was a terrible hallucination. I was hallucinating that you would be killed in front of me."
"Me?
A lover is killed in front of him.
It was terribly sad, but Alec was off track at the time. He was always persistent and poisonous enough to tremble and murmur - phantom. Was it so miserable before, or was it affected by the poison itself?
I wonder if you have any doubts about Shiori. Alec laughed weakly.
"I've told you before. When my old boyfriend cut me off, I was thrown up."
"... yeah"
--That's true, was it said that memories with you are not even worth the existence? There was only one background for her to say so. But even if I knew that, I thought it was too miserable. For the denial of existence surely shreds and erodes the heart of that man.
"In the illusion... she told me that she fell and stopped moving near you. My brother and her abandoned me, and I don't deserve to be happy with Theori. That's why I was told this was a reward. It was my fault that Theoli was killed, and you were killed for what I did....."
Theoli opened her mouth and stopped. I cut him off because he still seemed to have something to say.
After a while of hesitation, Alec said.
"When I was beaten before, it was still an illusion that she blamed me. That was a long time ago before I met you, so of course you didn't come out... but I knew you'd been poisoned twice. It probably amplifies the sense of guilt and fear that we have. There's no way the first beast could create a hallucination of my past."
"Guilt?
"... ahh. I am."
Having said so much and clogged his words, he eventually raised his face as if he had made up his mind. A bitter smile comes to my mouth.
"Her words at the break up were so intense that I... was always on the victim side. It has nothing to do with that dialogue. I'm sure I broke up with her. It is an indisputable fact that I decided to say goodbye on my own without consulting, and that I made it public at a stage that can no longer be covered. I can't be convinced by saying that I'll let you wait until you're too late to go and introduce another man with good conditions. I was just a coward and a coward... and that's what happened. And so was my brother. Sweet to my brother's kindness, I pushed everything and ran away to a comfortable place."
"Alec...."
--Oh, that's why. Is that why you were so scared and trembling?
I've been asked several times about his past. A deep remorse seeped into each of the words that he spoke of. I know now that I must have lived with regret forever.
You can't stay calm by being caught up in your own mistakes and killing your lover for what it paid for - showing such hallucinations.
(... but...)
Theoli stretched her arms and gently touched Alec's cheeks.
I don't know the details of this person's past. I was just taught in pieces. It was all about his subjectivity. So there may be a tension between the facts.
But even so, I only know him now. All I know is a strong man who always fights without fleeing. He's the only one who cared about each other and said it was his people who supported each other. Strong, gentle, and trustworthy. But there's something fragile about it, and he's the only one who knows it.
His present appearance continued to regret past mistakes, but it may have been formed because of this.
"I was saved by Alec. I want to believe Alec... who saved my mind from being cornered by all sorts of things... I want to believe in Alec, a strong and gentle man who cuts the lead and goes to war without running away at all times."
It may be that the people of the past will not forgive. But I want to be on his side when he saves me.
"... Shiori"
The next moment Alec opened his eyes, he looked like he was crying and laughing. If you were younger - or if you were a boy - you might have really been crying.
"You're still kind. It's too sweet for me... to drown in that kindness."
"... would you like to drown? Together."
While gently pulling chestnut hair to her chest and brushing her fingertips, Shiori whispered. He laughs small with his face buried in his chest.
"It's not bad to live in the sweet, lukewarm water of your dreams... no, it's rather a terrible and attractive invitation. But I don't want to live with all the lies anymore."
As he said, he drew Shiori's body around his arm and confronted him at close range. Eyes with strong determination. He is returning as usual.
"Shiori. I want to live with you. I was going to confront the past to do that, but I guess it was somewhere in the past. I decided to think that hallucination was such a warning to me. It was pretty tough."
"... Alec. I'm really glad you're telling me you're going to live with me, but don't be too upset.
Siori, who became somewhat anxious about his mental state, which turned from an unstable state to a strong manifestation of will, tenderly forgave him.
"... Nils told me the same thing."
That's how he chopped his nostrils with his fingers as he laughed to deceive them, fug, and he made a strange noise.
"I want to live reality with Alec. I've lived desperately in this suddenly thrown out place... but I feel like I've been in a nightmare for so long, it's too sudden and somewhere unrealistic. It was Alec who told me that he was actually alive in this place by pulling it so hard and holding it tightly and admitting to me many times," You're here, you can stay here. "I would be very happy if I could live with Alec. But if you can't do that and break your body, I... it's painful."
It was Alec who told me not to force it, but if it was painful, don't hesitate to rely on it. It wasn't just an attitude, it was clearly conveyed in words. You have saved yourself by saying it many times.
Words are power. There is no form, but if it becomes strong poison, it becomes medicine. Sometimes it hurts people, sometimes it helps - Theori knew that.
That's why we deliver it in words. Warm power in his heart.
"Don't overdo it. Don't get too upset. If it's painful, count on it. I'm by Alec's side... now I'm..."
--Because I love you so much that I want to dedicate everything to you, I will never leave you. So why don't we go slow and don't panic?
Consolidated by the words, Alec stared at Shiori, then wandered his gaze for a while.
"... you. If it wasn't for this place, I'd be pushing it down. I mean, I regret this place terribly."
Finally, he managed to open his mouth and said so, grinning hard, he hugged Shiori.
"Thank you. I was still overwhelmed. I feel like my shoulders are relaxed."
I see.
Fufu, I slipped my cheeks with a smile. The cheeks that touched each other were immediately separated and the lips were blocked. Merciful and gentle mouthfeel. After a while of pecking each other, he said with his lips off.
"--I 'm going to write to my brother when I get home. Both my brother and I are going to talk to her. She's more likely to be turned down, and even if she gets the chance, it'll be a few months... and I'll sort it out in the meantime"
Still in the year, he laughed, saying that that was enough time.
"You and Nils are kind. At least they said they believed in me now. Listening to you and saying you're still on my side, that's all you have to say... it feels like you're saved."
"Nh. Really... good."
This mind of repetition is going to go a little bit back and then go a little bit further. He will be fighting against his inner side in the same way. Everything you wait for may not be the expected result, but if you still want to live with regret, you should just do it.
(Reality, huh?)
There is a reality that I was born and raised in another world. Whatever Theori said, I don't know if he really accepts the fact. It is a lie to say that you are not afraid to tell. But if he is serious about facing his own past for his future, so is he. I want to be honest with him.
(It's about time I made up my mind....)
The gaze intertwined again. The softly narrowed purple blue eyes closed and the lips overlapped again. Now it's a deep mouth.
Passing through the warm, the hot tip of the tongue is broken open, and the tangled tongue is violently ravaged. The hot palm that touched your hips as you stroked down Shiori's back, now slowly stroking up the side line. The hand eventually traced the clavicle before touching the neck.
Even the voices that pushed him to death so that his companions could not hear him were sucked up, and he desperately tried to respond to him while obscuring his fierce and passionate expression of love.
Eventually, Alec stroked the freed cheeks of Shiori with love and whispered, "I love you."
One word fills your body and mind. I love him so much that he fills me.
That's why you tell Theori. "I love you too," he said.