Not long after sunset.
Having reported to the guild, exchanged the magic stones picked up, and had a fine feast of return with fellow travellers, Theori and Alec opened the door to the room on the top floor of the apartments. This is a new room just moved.
It's just...
"I'm home."
At the same time as the two greeted home, Louis trembled at her feet.
"... I'm kind of happy to be home with someone."
"Oh, yeah."
Alec smiled at Shiori, who said he was stingy. I gently brushed my black hair with my gloves off.
"For the rest of my life. And... someone will pick me up when either one of you comes out."
I will never go back to the lonely room where there is no one. Siori, who was delighted to cry about such a trivial thing, said that there was someone who would come back together and say hello, rushed and gently wiped the corner of her eyes.
Although Alec noticed it, he wiped his tears with his hot lips. She kept sending her cheeks from her temples and finally her lips were blocked. The two pecked each other several times and then hugged quietly. They smiled as they gazed at Louis, who was plumping at their feet with joy.
This short but dense journey, in the midst of an all-out party crisis, managed to overcome Alec's heart wounds and ushered in a new "companion". But now that I have returned to my "home" where I can even rest assured, it seems like a distant past event.
A warm house for two and one gives us a definite peace of mind.
"Still... your brother's face back then"
"Oh, what a sight. I've never seen that face before."
Now we both remember and laugh.
When Zack saw Allaune in the union (guild) who stopped by to report his return, not as a medicinal herb, but as a magician, he opened his mouth and looked surprised and looked as if his expression was going to fall off.
I was just wondering if there was anything to complain about. "Allaune roared - because he was tired from traveling, and in an extremely unfortunate state that he was hanging from Nils' shoulders - and his expression was completely unspeakable. He was using the magic registration procedure while saying," Well, isn't it unique, yeah? "
However, the name has not yet been decided, so it is in provisional registration status.
"I wonder what kind of name it would be."
When I was with Louis, I almost instantly gave him a name that was too beautiful and impressive with the colour of his body, but Nils seemed to think about it very carefully over the next few days.
"Nils, I'm sure I'll give you a nice name. That Araune seems to have a strong attachment."
"... that's right."
I'm sure it'll be the right name for the lord of the cave.
"Why don't you ask me when I'm going to get my medicine?"
"Yeah."
A request for the formulation of Shiori hand roughness ointment, which is said to be the beginning of this trip. The ointment using Mandrake took about three days to complete. I wonder how that Allaune spends his time in Nils's shop.
"... I can only think of places where I spend a lot of warmth."
"... me too"
Allaune was lying in a woodpot filled with fluffy soil, holding a vial of magic healing medicine.
I thought it was possible, but the two of us looked at each other and burst out. Louis at her feet also trembled.
"- Well, what do we do now?"
Alec, who had his back bag on the floor, said, un-equipped. After hanging the dusty brush on the jacket for two people, Cili leaned her neck and said, "Hmm."
"I want to take a bath after unloading."
An expedition is a short journey of two days a night. There will be no such collection, and the unloading will be completed without sufficient time. It was easier to remove the cargo normally left behind before bathing with this amount.
I see. When I get out of the bath... it's still too early for me to go to bed, so why don't you take a breath and go buy some snacks? I'm in the mood for another drink or two. "
"So what do you make?
"No, you'll be tired too. Let's make proper repairs at the stall."
There aren't as many as there are for a birthday, but there should be stalls for visitors who come to Tris Cathedral to pray for the gratitude and the peace of the New Year for their safe stay last year. The cathedral's religious district is adjacent to the third neighborhood, which serves as a hub for Shiori's activities. If you walk long enough, you'll be able to get to the trail lined with stalls.
"I feel like eating some more delicious Tris Perch smoked fish."
"Sometimes you sell salt grilled food. It's caught in a river in the city."
"Oh, Stridmouth. It's not bad. If I'm lucky, there's a shop that sells that smoke."
"Smoking, that's how I got into it...."
After finishing the unloading while the conversation was going on, Theori peered into the bathroom to fill the bath. The bathtub is bigger than the room downstairs where I used to live alone.
(... both of us seem to be able to afford it)
Both of you.
The next moment that I thought of it without any concern, Alec, who was naked, passed his head and turned red.
"... I see. Maybe you and I can go in together."
Alec might ask me to come along as usual. Or there was something I couldn't tell you not to mess with my playfulness, and Theoli held her head like this.
"Wa, waaaaaaaaaaaaaa...."
If we are going to be together in the future, we will do more than just take a bath, so this is not the case if we are in a hurry, but Shiori, who suddenly became embarrassed, moans little by covering her red face in the bathroom.
Luli, who came in through the gap in the door, trembled to tell me what was going on.
"Yes, it's okay. Nothing."
In a hurry, I stretched the water magically and kept the temperature warm. Louis jumped in joyfully and bravely as he poured hot water into the big toilet beside him. Slime, who loved the bath, started playing with the sound of water.
Looking at it, he smiles, then suppresses his cheeks, checks if his face is boiling, leaves the bathroom with nothing to eat.
"Alec, I've put some hot water in. Please come first."
He raised his voice slightly, but Alec said lightly that he was putting all his luggage on the shelf and taking out the magic sword care equipment instead.
"I hope you get in first. I'll take care of the weapon when I'm done."
I see. Okay. "
Siori, who clapped at him and advised him to go in alone against expectations, breathed out relieved. Whether he blames it or not, he thinks a little before laughing.
"... oh, what, you wanted to come in with me?
Siori panicked to Alec, who showed the appearance of putting his tools down and standing up without waiting for a reply. However, I thought it was somehow not funny that I was just always smiling, and I said it with a smile.
"... do you want to join us?
I guess this counterattack was unexpected. Suddenly clogged up, he wandered his gaze in awe. From time to time, he laughs at Shiori as cute as he panicks, but when he is repeated, he is equally wounded.
Seems so cute, fufu, the little smile of Theori turned his back and said, "Let's go in first." The moment I put my stretched hand on the handle of the door, I heard the sound of pulling the chair and a rushing footsteps. Soon after looking back, he was hugged from behind and took a breath.
"--It's an invitation. Do you want to come in?"
"A, Alec."
I was going to return it for a joke. But now Alec's voice is serious and hot.
"... don't you want to?
"I don't hate it..."
"But?"
"... I'm a little embarrassed after all, and... my body isn't so beautiful."
All wounds left on both arms and legs are fresh and vivid within two years.
The strength of the hugging arm becomes stronger.
"Wounds are everywhere in my body. And that scar is proof that you fought for yourself and survived. No matter what happens, you're so beautiful."
The hot stuff from the back of your eyes is about to come up, and you can endure it. But I couldn't bear the overflowing thoughts, so I slipped off my cheeks with tears that didn't stop.
"... thank you, Alec. So... should I come in with you?
Ah.
Alec laughed jokingly as he wiped Shiori's tears with his fingertips.
"Rest assured. I'm just gonna take a bath. More than that... let's have some fun someday. On the bed properly."
"Ah, Alec...."
When I stared at my boyfriend, who said something terrible, my lips were blocked. Although it is shorter than usual, its mouth is intensely intertwined.
So Alec, who opened his lips, said, "Do you want to come in?" and urged Shiori. Open the bathroom door with his shoulders in his arms.
I've been waiting! That's how they both smiled at Louis, who waved her tentacles with a sound of water.
--Poof. There was a sound of the door closing behind me.