Rain, who had safely returned to his castle, had planned to sleep for the first time in a while after reporting to Shelfa about his victory.
Rain normally set aside nighttime for training and only slept once every few days or so. His powers as a Dragon Slayer were what allowed him to live such an absurd lifestyle.
Anyhow, he had been planning to take the day off, but——
Shelfa was rather reluctant to let Rain go, likely because he had been away for too long.
They had begun what Shelfa liked to call “storytelling” in the evening, and it had already become nightfall by the time he had noticed.
In any case, the princess simply loved being by Rain’s side and was very, very happy to be “storytelling” together with Rain.
Rain, for his part, also tried spend time with Shelfa whenever he had the time.
Even now, he had pulled up a chair next to the bed she was lying in (her bedtime had long since passed) and was telling her tales of his past exploits.
“——And so, the world I saw back then was different from our own. Do you get what I mean?”
“I can imagine it, more or less,”
Shelfa answered with a super-serious look on her face as she nodded up and down.
She should have been fairly sleepy by now, but she didn’t show it at all.
“You mean to say that……there is more than one world out there, yes?”
“That’s right. If there exist worlds with daemons, there also exist worlds without them. The world I happened to catch a glimpse of was probably just one of those many worlds…… It was a different world from this one, but there was also a lot it had in common, strangely enough.”
“……My favorite world is the one where you are, Rain, regardless of which one that is.”
“That so?”
Rain laughed and moved his right hand a little from where Shelfa couldn’t see. He continued,
“you should hurry and go to sleep soon. ……It’s long past your bedtime.”
Shelfa shook her head a little but was unable to fight back against her sleepiness.
Eventually, she gently closed her eyes and fell asleep……
Rain smiled at Shelfa’s defenseless sleeping figure that was filled with a deep sense of security and stroked her golden hair.
Then, his unclasped the small hand that was wrapped around his own and placed it underneath her covers. He got up quietly so he wouldn’t wake her and left Shelfa’s bedside.
He turned to the small mirror hanging from the wall and stared deeply into his own reflection.
“I have a hunch that that something’s about to happen……”
he quietly whispered to himself.
“It looks like some grim reaper or another out there has their sights on me.”
He saw his hips curl up sarcastically inside of the mirror.
“Fine. Come and try to defeat me if you can. I’ll be waiting for you anytime……”
As always, there was not even a hint of fear within him.
Rain, who had safely returned to his castle, had planned to sleep for the first time in a while after reporting to Shelfa about his victory.
Rain normally set aside nighttime for training and only slept once every few days or so. His powers as a Dragon Slayer were what allowed him to live such an absurd lifestyle.
Anyhow, he had been planning to take the day off, but——
Shelfa was rather reluctant to let Rain go, likely because he had been away for too long.
They had begun what Shelfa liked to call “storytelling” in the evening, and it had already become nightfall by the time he had noticed.
In any case, the princess simply loved being by Rain’s side and was very, very happy to be “storytelling” together with Rain.
Rain, for his part, also tried spend time with Shelfa whenever he had the time.
Even now, he had pulled up a chair next to the bed she was lying in (her bedtime had long since passed) and was telling her tales of his past exploits.
“——And so, the world I saw back then was different from our own. Do you get what I mean?”
“I can imagine it, more or less,”
Shelfa answered with a super-serious look on her face as she nodded up and down.
She should have been fairly sleepy by now, but she didn’t show it at all.
“You mean to say that……there is more than one world out there, yes?”
“That’s right. If there exist worlds with daemons, there also exist worlds without them. The world I happened to catch a glimpse of was probably just one of those many worlds…… It was a different world from this one, but there was also a lot it had in common, strangely enough.”
“……My favorite world is the one where you are, Rain, regardless of which one that is.”
“That so?”
Rain laughed and moved his right hand a little from where Shelfa couldn’t see. He continued,
“you should hurry and go to sleep soon. ……It’s long past your bedtime.”
Shelfa shook her head a little but was unable to fight back against her sleepiness.
Eventually, she gently closed her eyes and fell asleep……
Rain smiled at Shelfa’s defenseless sleeping figure that was filled with a deep sense of security and stroked her golden hair.
Then, his unclasped the small hand that was wrapped around his own and placed it underneath her covers. He got up quietly so he wouldn’t wake her and left Shelfa’s bedside.
He turned to the small mirror hanging from the wall and stared deeply into his own reflection.
“I have a hunch that that something’s about to happen……”
he quietly whispered to himself.
“It looks like some grim reaper or another out there has their sights on me.”
He saw his hips curl up sarcastically inside of the mirror.
“Fine. Come and try to defeat me if you can. I’ll be waiting for you anytime……”
As always, there was not even a hint of fear within him.
