Author: aji (あじ)
Translator: sleepingjay
“Anyways, why are two grown-ups like us moping by the lake like this and worrying over this and that love stuff, huh?”
“……True.”
“Ah~ Two grown-up men, hunched over in the light of dusk, throwing pebbles into the lake….”
What was he on about, all of a sudden.
Him narrating our situation in detail like this made me want to bury myself in embarrassment, so please stop.
On top of that, he had been silently looking at me with warm mirth in his eyes, and my face grew hotter by the minute.
“Why the heck are you acting up now.”
“Lilius is unexpectedly a romantic, huh? Ah, this amazing youthfulness…… No, no, it’s fine —there’s no law that adult men can’t enjoy their youth.”
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With a cheap smile, Seth shrugged his shoulders.
He then waved a hand in front of my face, as if to say, “No worries, I don’t mind at all~”. Because of that, something snapped inside my brain.
“Qtja jgf sbe rwlgxlcu jybea? Ktja’r jii sbe tjnf ab rjs, gluta? Ktfc vlf.”
“Ykkkbkbkbk! Qjl—tfs, vfjat lr kjs abb wemt! Yg gjatfg, sbe kfgfc’a fnfc jrxlcu ja jii!”
“Prc’a la cjaegji obg wf ab vb atlr ab qeclrt sbe? Pa’r bxjs ab mgs wbgf, teggs eq cbk, cb cffv ab yf gfrfgnfv.”
“Yeowwwwch! S–someone…….Heeeeelp me, Commander Jill—!”
When tears welled up in Seth’s eyes, I eased up on the strength constricting him and released him.
Since I had put a little bit of real effort in it, Seth was staring at me with resentful eyes full of complaints, but I met it with disregard.
“T–thought I’d die….! I even saw Commander Jill waving his hand at me from the other side of the field of flowers…..”
“Don’t put Jill to death as you please.”
Even my feelings of gratitude had gotten blown off somewhere else, seriously. When I thought that I was cheered up by this idiot, I even felt that I was too pathetic.
I was going to stop worrying for today already. If an answer to “What’s the best thing to do” was so easy to come by, then worry wouldn’t be such a universal experience.
But thanks to Seth hearing me out, I was able to be a little bit more honest in admitting what I was thinking.
In the path dyed by the evening glow, I walked side-by-side with Seth who was still muttering complaints under his breath.
Since Seth had sneaked off despite being on duty, I parted ways with him at the Knights’ station.
From the lake to the town, the sun completely sank and the deep night saturated the sky.
Today Jill probably came back late again.
Rather than specially returning here after work, it should be simpler for him to rest in a mansion in the capital.
Even so, Jill still came back no matter how late it was, as if it was a matter of course.
For example, even when he could only spend one hour, Jill would look at his sons’ sleeping faces before going to work. Though he said that it was because he couldn’t do fatherly things, for me, if I had had that kind of father I would have been very happy.
When Andrea and the others grew up, such a father’s care would remain as a gentle memory in their hearts. And then Andrea and the others too, would pour in their love towards their own children.
Certainly, Jill might be awkward.
Using himself up to exhaustion without even noticing it, and never saying a word of complaint even when taking on a raw deal.
If—if such a Jill also had times when he wanted to whine, then I wanted to be there by his side. Quietly, a wish for the future was born.
I actually didn’t like to think about the “future”. The same went for exchanging promises.
But gradually, it was changing. The world I should have hated was changing.
If I could accept that world, then I—
At the moment I thought that, I felt a piercing killing intent from my rear, and instinctively moved away from that direction.
In the spot where I had been a few seconds ago, countless daggers had stabbed in.
The blades dully reflected the moonlight, as if laughing at me.
bACK UP DAGGER THROWER, LILIUS AND SETH GAVE ME WARM FUZZY FEELINGS AND I KNOW HOW TO USE THEM
thanks for the chapter! ♡
Ahhh, a cliffhanger! So who did it, the merchant who was rejected by Jill or someone else like the witch aka Jill’s ex-wife and Lilius’s evil sister? And all this when Lilius and Jill have a little crisis in their relationship.
Thank you for the chapter!!!
the merchant?
thanks for the chapter! <3
thanks for the chapter!