Lily’s Happiness
“…Lily.”
I hear a voice. A voice calling my name.
Who-, it was obvious who it was. That low male voice that reached my ears, it was from the person I loved more than anyone, more than anything.
As soon as I thought this, my conscious awoke. My eyelids sprang wide open.
“…Mmm.”
It was so bright. But my eyes quickly adjusted.
And what my eyes then took in, was a sight that was very familiar to me. Not just his form standing in front of me, but even the room I was in.
Nothing was strange, everything that entered my vision was in its right place. Even then, I felt a faint sense of unease.
“Huh…Kurono, why…”
Kurono. Even after inspecting him up and down, I could not point out anything unordinary. Both of his eyes and his hair were black, proof that he was an outsider. What he wore over his tall frame was the jet black robe, ‘Bahamut’s Embrace.’ The trademark of black mages.
“You’re…here?”
This place, yes, it was my home. It was a place I spent thirty years in after being run out of the Light Fountain. It was a small cottage built quietly in the Fairy Garden.
Kurono was standing in front of the table in the middle of the room. I was now sitting up on the bed in the corner.
“Are you still tired? Should I not have woken you?”
“…No, it’s fine.”
I didn’t feel any annoyance at being awakened. I had just dozed off. And either way, I could not be mad at Kurono, even if he had woken me up in the middle of the night. No matter how small the reason was.
“I wish I could tell you to take it easy, but today is the one day that I really need your help.”
So saying, Kurono took a step towards me, and before I knew it he had picked me up. It seemed that my weight did not matter to Kurono, whether I was in the form of a child or in my true form as I now was.
His strong arms carried me into the air as if I weighed almost nothing.
“Ahh!?”
I was suddenly pressed against his chest. Being held like a princess. It all happened so suddenly that I let out a weird gasp. I was embarrassed, but… I was also grinning from happiness. My cheeks grew hot.
“Or I could just carry you to the village like this. If you want to sleep more?”
He added that there was no guarantee that the ride would be comfortable, and gave me a wicked smile. I no longer had the consciousness of a child, and such seductions in my current state were hard to resist.
“I, I’m…fine. Really.”
I sounded shrill. I knew at that moment that I went red in the face. Even someone as insensitive as Kurono would see that.
“But, you haven’t gotten off yet.”
“It’s because you haven’t let me.”
“Can I?”
“…No.”
My, my, his expression seemed to say as he chuckled. Kurono started to walk as he continued to carry me in his arms. Ahh, I was so happy. But, somewhere in the corner of my brain, I think: more, I want more.
“But I will let you down before we reach the village. We can show them how close we are tomorrow.”
Lily’s Happiness
“…Lily.”
I hear a voice. A voice calling my name.
Who-, it was obvious who it was. That low male voice that reached my ears, it was from the person I loved more than anyone, more than anything.
As soon as I thought this, my conscious awoke. My eyelids sprang wide open.
“…Mmm.”
It was so bright. But my eyes quickly adjusted.
And what my eyes then took in, was a sight that was very familiar to me. Not just his form standing in front of me, but even the room I was in.
Nothing was strange, everything that entered my vision was in its right place. Even then, I felt a faint sense of unease.
“Huh…Kurono, why…”
Kurono. Even after inspecting him up and down, I could not point out anything unordinary. Both of his eyes and his hair were black, proof that he was an outsider. What he wore over his tall frame was the jet black robe, ‘Bahamut’s Embrace.’ The trademark of black mages.
“You’re…here?”
This place, yes, it was my home. It was a place I spent thirty years in after being run out of the Light Fountain. It was a small cottage built quietly in the Fairy Garden.
Kurono was standing in front of the table in the middle of the room. I was now sitting up on the bed in the corner.
“Are you still tired? Should I not have woken you?”
“…No, it’s fine.”
I didn’t feel any annoyance at being awakened. I had just dozed off. And either way, I could not be mad at Kurono, even if he had woken me up in the middle of the night. No matter how small the reason was.
“I wish I could tell you to take it easy, but today is the one day that I really need your help.”
So saying, Kurono took a step towards me, and before I knew it he had picked me up. It seemed that my weight did not matter to Kurono, whether I was in the form of a child or in my true form as I now was.
His strong arms carried me into the air as if I weighed almost nothing.
“Ahh!?”
I was suddenly pressed against his chest. Being held like a princess. It all happened so suddenly that I let out a weird gasp. I was embarrassed, but… I was also grinning from happiness. My cheeks grew hot.
“Or I could just carry you to the village like this. If you want to sleep more?”
He added that there was no guarantee that the ride would be comfortable, and gave me a wicked smile. I no longer had the consciousness of a child, and such seductions in my current state were hard to resist.
“I, I’m…fine. Really.”
I sounded shrill. I knew at that moment that I went red in the face. Even someone as insensitive as Kurono would see that.
“But, you haven’t gotten off yet.”
“It’s because you haven’t let me.”
“Can I?”
“…No.”
My, my, his expression seemed to say as he chuckled. Kurono started to walk as he continued to carry me in his arms. Ahh, I was so happy. But, somewhere in the corner of my brain, I think: more, I want more.
“But I will let you down before we reach the village. We can show them how close we are tomorrow.”
