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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Teottry
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“Why with that kind of expression…”
Neiva looked at me as if the world was collapsing.
Like a child who had let go of her mother’s hand, sorrow clouded her face.
In this cold atmosphere, where it felt as if time had frozen, I could no longer just sit and tremble.
I did not even want to think about how she would react if I delayed any longer…
“E-euh…”
I nodded my head.
A nod that meant I would do as she wished.
“Hmm…”
However, even after seeing my nod, her expression did not loosen.
“Delrin…”
Should I have just nodded my head from the very beginning?
Shit…! But what was I supposed to do when I was so scared…
If the situation had been just a little more urgent, I think I would have peed myself. I hadn’t drawn a map on the sheets a single time since I was potty-trained, but I almost soaked this fluffy bed.
Something… something was a bit…
I felt a sensation I had never felt before, one that was squeezing my heart.
“Hmm…”
Neiva soon stared blankly, thinking about something for a long time, then she took her arms off me and began to spit out words at a rapid pace.
“Ha, hahat… Was I too… hasty? It’s strange. Strange… Ah… I’m sorry. You must still be having a hard time because of those dirty bitches, and for me to say something like this… I-I’ll wait. I’ll wait for as long as it takes…”
I did not know if it was a good thing, but in place of her dark and heavy expression, a tearful, girlish expression now appeared.
“I, I wanted to protect you… Delrin…”
However, even the expression of tearful sorrow, when its intensity grew stronger, was just as frightening.
“Is it because I lost…? Huh? I’ll never lose again! I can protect you! I can protect you so that other bitches can never lay a single dirty fingertip on you again!”
“Ah…! E-euh!”
I nodded my head repeatedly.
If I did not, it felt like it could lead to a rather difficult situation.
What if I shook my head here? I could not even guarantee what would happen.
Neiva, who just seconds earlier had been an angel who saved me, instantly turned into a woman with a strange, unsettling vibe about her.
“Why, why… Why are you like that to me… I just wanted to help Delrin…”
It’s good that you’re helping…!
But it’s a little scary…!
Not a little, but a lot!
No. First, I needed to nod my head.
In a situation where I could not even Save or Load properly, if I got on her bad side, I would just be immediately…
Beaten to a pulp like Pilmark…?
Ugh.
I still wanted to believe that Neiva was not that kind of person…
But a person’s heart did not work as one wished, and it kept making me imagine only the frightening side of things.
“If not for me…!”
Out of the blue, right at that moment.
Neiva suddenly raised her voice and shouted.
“If not for me, there’s no one to protect Delrin! The bitches who can beat that bastard Pilmark can be counted on one hand. Do you know that? Only if I help you can you live, Delrin…!”
Should I say she was angry? Or maybe I should say she was really wound up?
She cornered me with a very emotional voice.
“hai, hai ah hoo haihe hih…!”
Why are you like this…!
“You can’t live without me! I, I…! I have to be the one to protect you!”
Neiva embraced me in a tight hug and muttered repeatedly right next to my ear.
“I’ll protect you. I… will take responsibility and protect you. Don’t worry. You’re just very confused, right? I’ll protect you…”
“Heu-eup…”
I can’t breeeathe…
“If we live together, you’ll soon open your heart. I know. That you’ll understand my true feelings someday. Even if you don’t know now, you will definitely understand someday… Because I’m a knight. Because I’m a knight of the proud Kingdom of Albator. I will take responsibility and protect Delrin. You who are weak, handsome, and precious…”
It was a struggle to even breathe due to her body, which was growing hot as she held me.
With my face wedged between her cleavage, feeling her body temperature, which was hot enough to burn, I pushed against her stomach with my cuffed hands to signal for her to let me breathe.
But it did not reach Neiva at all, who was already engrossed in her own thoughts.
“I have to protect you. I have to… I’ll protect you… This time, for sure… I’ll protect you… seriously…”
She just repeated the words, ‘I’ll protect you.’
After that, my life with Neiva began…
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The word ‘cohabitation’ usually made one think of a sticky and happy love between a man and a woman, or a cool and casual daily life between people of the same sex.
But the cohabitation I was experiencing now was quite far from such things.
In a situation where I could not move a single step from the bed, she never left my side for a moment and hovered around me.
“I can’t be away from you because I don’t know when Pilmark will come.”
With those words, she had been continuing a life of close contact with not a single gap.
Just about three hours of this close-contact life with her was enough to make my head spin.
Sweat trickled down from the areas where we touched due to our shared body heat.
The two of us spent time at a close distance where we could vividly hear each other’s breathing, the sound of swallowing saliva, and even the sound of fidgeting fingers.
I sometimes wondered what on earth this was all about, but seeing Neiva’s unstable state, I simply could not push her away.
No, I was the one who was exhausted from being fucked so much, so why was Neiva acting like that…?
Was it a problem with the favorability system? Did she become a crazy bitch when her favorability went up? What, a yandere? Something like that…?
Was there a way to check her favorability? No, did it make sense that there was a favorability system but I couldn’t check what the favorability was?
Wait. Could it be…
Did I read it in such a hurry that I couldn’t check it properly? Could I actually check the favorability…?
It seemed I would have to find out how to check favorability first when my mouth was healed. At this rate, her favorability must be at least 50,000. I was sure of it.
“Heut…”
Her face was flushed crimson.
Neiva, who had now become a shy and fresh young woman again, twisted her body as if she was finally feeling uncomfortable being stuck so close to me.
It was absurd that she was blushing like that now.
It was said that anyone would do strange things when their emotions ran high, but the side she had shown me was something more than just being excited or mad…
It seemed I would have to find out what it was someday. If not, wouldn’t I end up dead?
The image of her mercilessly beating Pilmark flashed through my mind for a moment.
Shit… I don’t want to die like that… really…
“De-Delrin. The room is a bit hot. I’m sorry. I keep sweating…”
She wiped away the sweat that had beaded on her forehead and slightly pulled away her arm that was touching mine.
“Uhm…”
However, as if she had a sudden change of heart, she instead placed her hand on top of mine and spoke.
“I, I… have not had much connection with men, so I may be a little clumsy at these things… but I will be really honest. I like you, Delrin.”
The second confession.
A confession in the style of ‘no tree falls at the tenth stroke’, manly and confident.
“I… will do my best to protect you. By your side, looking only at you, I will protect you for a lifetime, so please… will you accept my heart.”
No.
If a woman like Neiva asked to go out with me, it would be natural to bow down and gladly accept, but I simply could not accept it due to the anxiety that was creeping up in my heart. I was scared…
But…
I nodded my head.
“Oh-hay.”
Okay.
“De-Delrin!”
A bright smile bloomed on Neiva’s face.
Like the beautiful flowers that adorned the garden, her smile was beautiful.
“Aah, Delrin. I will devote my everything to protect you. I will love you for a lifetime, and protect you for a lifetime…”
That word ‘lifetime’ was too burdensome…
But for now, accepting it was the best choice…!
If I didn’t accept and continued to live like this, it felt like a big accident would happen someday, and I simply couldn’t bear it.
I might die before Pilmark came to get me…
Before I continued to be dazed and things got to an irreversible point, it was better to change my mind and accept her early.
And so, my plan was this.
For now, while I was entrusting my body to Neiva, I would do my best to please her and get along well.
And if Pilmark came to get me, I would defeat her with Neiva’s help!
And after fixing my mouth and ankle…!
‘I’ll sweet talk her into just traveling with me until I escape this otherworld…!’
It seemed she would not act violently if we were in a relationship.
And also, her martial prowess must be on a considerable level. Wouldn’t she be a very excellent woman as a companion?
It was also true that Neiva was pretty, so I would just think of it as dating a pretty woman for a while…!
I would just sweet talk her and travel with her until I left this otherworld…!
“Delrin…”
She intertwined her fingers with mine and looked at me.
She was pretty. For real.
She even helped me, and protected me… though she did keep saying she would protect me to a somewhat strange degree…
If I just maintained the relationship well, everything would surely be fine.
And now, to maintain that relationship…
“Aah, Delrin…”
Our lips met…
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