It’s been a week since the problem in the divine beast people’s village was solved. Thanks to Merlin, the village has regained its usual energy.
Apparently divine beast people have high immunity to begin with, so Luna is already running around with her usual energy. And the beast people are also doing well.
There haven’t been any new cases, so it’s safe to call this epidemic over.
“What caused it anyway?”
“Who knows… Well, I don’t care as long as people in my village are safe.”
That conversation happened a few days ago.
Suzaku thanked us, but we have to be there for each other. That’s what I thought anyway, but she gets mad if I don’t let her have her peace of mind.
“Well then…”
I’m lying on the hammock set up in the courtyard, twirling a feather.
I received a feather from Suzaku, as did Merlin, but what should I do with it?
“Daddy…”
“Ah, geez, you’re gonna fall.”
I’m here thinking, with the sleeping Snow on my stomach, when I feel strong magic energy in the sky.
“Ah, this magic energy… It’s Wil.”
“…She doesn’t usually show up at this time of the day.”
Reina also noticed Wil’s presence, and came out from inside the house with a kind of sour look on her face.
Not that I don’t understand why. She causes a lot of trouble, because nothing entertains her more than seeing our troubled faces, and she likes Reina in particular.
“Hahahaha! It’s been a while, you two!”
“Welcome Wil. This is rare.”
“Oh, I heard you two fell into an interesting situation again. I had to come despite the brightness of the sun!”
This true ancestral vampire usually arrives with the moon behind her, but she seems strangely excited, even though the sun is still rising.
This might be trouble…
“Did you use magic to see far away again?”
“Well… You can rest easy knowing I have been observing your usual flirting from afar too.”
She really peeks into our daily life like someone with too much free time watching videos and checking social media.
“I think we’re entitled to a little thing called privacy.”
“What do I care? I’m a true ancestral vampire.”
She’s implicitly saying that she’s not restricted by people’s common sense.
“Well then, is this the rumored great spirit?”
“Hn? Hn…”
Snow starts moving a little. At first I think she’s waking up because of all the noise, but she just looks a little annoyed and goes right back to sleep.
I can’t move like this, so I’m still on the hammock.
“Kukuku, I see I see… Now this is nice, isn’t it?”
“Your face doesn’t seem to think so.”
She’s grinning, with a face full of malice.
Well, I say malice, but while she does bother us, she doesn’t actually do anything dangerous, so I guess it’s still not so bad?
“Why are you here, Wilhelmina? Don’t you sleep when the sun is up?”
“I told you, I came to see the great spirit.”
“…Just so you know, I won’t forgive anyone who puts their hands on Snow, not even you.”
Reina’s threat to Wilhelmina sounds serious for once.
I’m sure she knows how much stronger she is than her, but she’s still standing in front of Snow to protect her.
“…”
“Wil?”
She’s silent, and with her eyes wide open, putting a puzzled expression on my face.
“Ahh… It’s nothing, I just thought of something nostalgic.”
“…”
“Reina, I don’t think Wil is actually going to do anything serious, so don’t get so mad.”
“Arata…”
I hold Snow in a way that doesn’t wake her up, and come down off the hammock.
At first I think about leaving her on the hammock, but she’s holding on to me tightly, so I stand next to Reina with Snow in my arms.
“See? It’s all right.”
“…Sorry. I got a little on edge…”
“Yes, Snow is important.”
I hand Snow over to Reina, and I do it so easily, that it seems crazy how she wouldn’t let out just now.
Good grief, little opportunist. I smile without thinking.
“And after all that, you still insist you’re not a married couple? What’s up with that?”
Wil is usually grinning, but she looks a little exasperated.
She says that, but while we are family, we aren’t a married couple. Reina understands that too.
…Somehow, I feel like drawing that line is very important.
“Well, I know about that great spirit too. I figured I could look after her, since she’s an ice great spirit, but…”
“…”
“Don’t glare at me like that Reina. I’m not thinking about playing with you two with all I have yet. Yet…”
Don’t speak in that ominous way.
But Reina’s attitude might be a little too much too, so this is a problem.
Maybe it comes from her seeing herself as a mother…
“Reina, Wil is still just here to see Snow.”
“…Yes, that’s right.”
I pat her head, and her stern eyes gradually turn softer.
Then she places her head on my chest, no doubt signaling for me to continue.
“You two are just creating your own little space now, are you?”
“Well, we’re used to your teasing.”
“I see… Then I need to think of new moves.”
Please don’t.
Then again, she gets sustenance from our embarrassment like we do from tasty food, so she probably can’t stop.
“Hn…”
“Ah, Snow is waking up.”
Snow starts moving a little in Reina’s arms, and opens her eyes.
“…”
And then, her eyes fixate on Wil.
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