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Chapter 64 – We Will Be Reunited: A Blue-Haired Maiden

    Chapter 64 – We Will Be Reunited: A Blue-Haired Maiden


    <span style="font-weight:400">— Paul Greyrat —


    <span style="font-weight:400">After a day of travel and a short night of rest outside the damned teleportationbyrinth’s entrance, our party dived back into the hellhole we had been trying to conquer for the past few months with no results.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But this time, it would likely go a little differently.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After all, my sons were a pair of monsters.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Initially, with the new sword that I picked up from that merchant, and my years of fighting experience pushing me forward, I tried to show off to my sons and Rudy’s girlfriend by taking down the first monsters we encountered. A group of Tarant Deathlords that tried to ster us with their webs being the enemies in question.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Unfortunately for me though, Leon instantly got rid of them as soon as they blocked our path, taking them out with a single sh that echoed through the cavern as he broke the sound barrier with his speed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“…Let’s keep going,” he had said, his eyes steady as he sheathed his sword.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Haa… he was definitely pushing himself.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And while I would usually get upset and say his intensity was pushing everyone else harder than they werefortable with, that… wasn’t exactly the case.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After all, Leon was a fucking monster, so as soon as he stepped forward and flexed some of his King-ranked power, no enemy on the first three floors stood a chance.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And because of that strength, as well as his Demon eye, we had easily reached ourst stopping point in only a couple of hours with no close calls to speak of, and our new party quickly melding together as we continued.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With Leon, he had taken Ghiine’s old spot in the original Fangs of the ck Wolf, with his sword skills taking out anything in a second and his Demon eye sensing if anything was awry.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Though, considering Ghiine was a dumb muscle brained Sword Saint at the time, with nothing past her instincts, her strength, and her tits, Leon was an even better recement.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He also kind of yed Zenith’s part, providing healing whenever it was needed with his chantless casting.


    <span style="font-weight:400">To put it short, with the addition of Leon, our party had already returned to full strength despite the loss of Zenith and Ghiine, and with his magic and smarts, it was probably even stronger.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And then there was my other monster of a son, Rudy, who used magic in ways I had never seen before, providing perfect support when it was needed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He also provided the finishing blow to anything that my sword couldn’t cut with his ice magic, which was perfect for thisbyrinth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And then Sara, who was the most surprising addition.


    <span style="font-weight:400">…Archers were not supposed to be that strong.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She could pierce the hardened skin of those lizard-like monsters as if it was nothing, and I had yet to see her miss her mark once, even when she shot out two arrows at once as if she was showing off at a carnival.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Truly… with her and Eris, my sons had both found themselves some amazingly strong women.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And speaking of my son…


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You’re doing well, Leon,” I said, patting his back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We were currently taking a break before we ventured down to the next floor, the fourth floor, which was where we would be stopping for today.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Although… I had made that promise before I realized our party’s strength and cohesion, so if we couldn’t find Roxy here… we might be able to go a little deeper.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Anyway, while we were meant to be resting, Leon had been standing the entire time, tapping his fingers against his crossed arms as he stared forward, eyes honed with focus.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But I could tell… while he was acting all inspired and confident, he was also fraught with nervousness.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I could see it in as day.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After all, this was how I had been for the first months after the Discement Incident before I met Rudy.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Restless and determined, yet still scared shitless at the fate of my family.


    <span style="font-weight:400">To think that four years have passed since then… wait, there was something more important.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“We’re about to get on the fourth floor. ording to that book, she should still be here since the teleportation traps don’t send people to different levels,” I said, trying to calm his anxiety.


    <span style="font-weight:400">His eyes flicked over to me, narrowing slightly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I know. That’s why I’m impatient,” he said. “She’s right here… or at least, she should be. I can’t sit still when I know that.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah… this damn stubborn bastard of a son…


    <span style="font-weight:400">But I get it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">If Zenith or Lilia were right in front of me, I wouldn’t be able to stay still like this either.


    <span style="font-weight:400">In that way, Leon was a bit better than me, since he was actually putting up with it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But still…


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You should sit down,” I said. “Check over your equipment, calm your nerves, and then get ready to find her. Doing this isn’t going to be of any help.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Leon stared at me for a few moments before shaking his head and stepping forward.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Roxy’s out there, waiting for me, and I won’t rest until she’s in my arms, safe and sound,” he said firmly. “So… I’ll go scout the next floor near the entrance to see if there are any signs.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Haa… got it. Just don’t go too far,” I said, bringing my palm up to my face as Leon stepped onto the teleportation circle with a nod.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Past being frustrated at that damn stubbornness, which he… might have picked up from me, there was something else.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With those words he just said… as well as the way I knew Roxy already felt about him… I had a very strong feeling that my son was about to nab his third woman very soon.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I had heard all about it, both the night they arrived, and during our journey here, about how things were back in Sharia and Leon’s journey since our separation.


    <span style="font-weight:400">First, there was Sylphy.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I remembered her from Buena Vige, as well as her father, who I often worked with.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A damn shame about Laws… a lot of people died in that disaster, but now that I knew he would soon be rted to me, the bitterness of his fate had increased.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Anyway, in the first months of the Discement Incident, I didn’t care for anyone but my family. Andst I checked, Sylphy had been marked as safe, so I had put her out of my mind for the longest time.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But now, I obviously couldn’t do that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She was a good girl, if my memory served me right, and a real cutie too.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With those looks, paired with her elf blood, she was sure to grow up into a beauty that would keep her youth for a long while.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But man… to think that shy and innocent girl would be teleported to the royal pce, and not only survive, but also keep her virginity throughout the entire ordeal.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Not that she had it now… damn womanizer of a son.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And then there was Eris, who I already knew was wrapped around Leon’s finger from ourst meeting.


    <span style="font-weight:400">While I wasn’t attracted to someone half my age, unlike a lot of the scum in the world of nobles, I could still appreciate that she was a pretty girl with a good body. That, paired with her cuteness that only Leon seemed to get out of her, I was surprised that Leon hadn’t had to fight off any potential suitors.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Though, remembering that feisty redhead, she would probably do that herself.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Anyway, with Hilda as her mother, I knew that she was definitely someone who would grow into a beauty, and that’s not even mentioning her loyalty and her strength…


    <span style="font-weight:400">I had warned Leon about noble girls and how their bodies were oftencking without a physical lifestyle, but then he went out and snagged a girl like her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Though, I suppose she isn’t a noble anymore…


    <span style="font-weight:400">Anyway, and if having those three weren’t enough, he had already exined everything to Sylphy and Eris, and they fucking epted it!


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was so jealous-!


    <span style="font-weight:400">No… proud.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was… proud… that my son thought ahead… unlike my stupid ass.


    <span style="font-weight:400">To think I could have had more than one withmunication!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Though… neither of his girls are members of the Millis Church, so I don’t think I would have had it much easier with Zenith even if I talked it out with her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Besides, after holding myself back for four years, the longest time I hadsted without taking a woman to bed since I was a ten-year-old boy, I was more than fine with just my two wives.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Now I just needed to find them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Our group stopped our break a few momentster, packing up and joining with Leon before we began searching the fourth floor in earnest.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The fourth floor had been our previous stopping point for a reason, as the ce was absolutely swarming with much stronger monsters.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But yet again, our new party persevered without an issue, though now our whole group needed to contribute, unlike before when Leon simply massacred anything in front of us.


    <span style="font-weight:400">However, I had a sneaking suspicion that it wasn’t due to the increased difficulty that Leon wasn’t prematurely killing everything, but rather because Leon was preupied with looking around with his Demon eye for any traces of his beloved teacher.


    <span style="font-weight:400">That beloved teacher that he already had a ring for…


    <span style="font-weight:400">But it wasn’t the time to be thinking about that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I turned my body, evading the strike of an Armoured Warrior, an undead monster with four arms that somehow knew the Water God Style, before I shed outward with my new de, reducing the number of its arms to three before backing off.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“These guys are tough,” I said through gritted teeth. “But nothing for you, eh, Leon?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Not receiving an answer, I quickly nced to the side, noticing that Leon was staring at a nearby wall with wide eyes, one glowing purple,pletely ignoring the battle, and most importantly, seemingly unaware de heading toward his neck.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Fucking stupid son!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Leon! Watch-”


    <span style="font-weight:400">A crack echoed through the cavern, interrupting me, and an instantter, the Armoured Warrior that was about to strike Leon fell into two halves, along with the rest of them, as the smell of burnt flesh entered my nose.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Oh… and Leon had his sword coated in fire…


    <span style="font-weight:400">While using fire magic was said to make the air in dungeons andbyrinths poisonous, Leon had assured me he could cleanse the air with wind magic.


    <span style="font-weight:400">So far it seemed to be working just fine, but we still cautioned against it, so for him to use that.…


    <span style="font-weight:400">He was serious.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll be back in a second.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Without another word, Leon then shot forth, sting through the wall he had been staring at, leaving a cloud of dust and crumbling rocks in his wake.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Haa… even though I told him not to destroy the walls and ceilings…


    <span style="font-weight:400">He was using his Demon eye, right?


    <span style="font-weight:400">He must have spotted Roxy, or maybe a sign of her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sorry guys,” I said, bowing my head to the stunned party. “My oldest son acts stupid when he’s in love.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">My words were apanied by another crash and the sound of crumbling stone as Leon rammed through another wall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Haa… fucking teenagers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">— Roxy Migurdia —


    <span style="font-weight:400">It had been a week since I was teleported away from the party, finding myself lost in the long, confusing caves of this damn teleportationbyrinth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">In short, things were not looking good.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was fine on water, as I could easily summon whatever I needed, but my rations were… nonexistent, which meant I had to resort to eating monster meatst night to sate my hunger.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Being born on the Demon Continent, and being an adventurer for many years, I did not have any adverse opinions of monster meat… until yesterday, where I had to chew through the overcooked leg of a scorpion without any spices.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Through teary eyes, I got through it, but I hated it!


    <span style="font-weight:400">What I wouldn’t give for some of Geese’s cooking right now!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Haa… but, unfortunately, my culinary issues were the least of my concerns right now.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I had guessed this was the case after the first few days, but now, I had confirmed it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was trapped.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It seemed that thisbyrinth core had some sadism built into it, as every cavern I had explored had no ways to escape, save for teleportation circles.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But those very same teleportation circles were simply sending me in a loop, and worse than that… the monsters were catching on.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Before, I was able to rest for a few hours by creating a dome of earth, but now, that would simply get overran by monsters the moment I stopped moving, leaving me vulnerable, if not dead.


    <span style="font-weight:400">So, here I was, slowly getting up as another swarm of monsters made their way towards me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hmm… a few Armoured Warriors, which I would have to be careful of, a few Mad Skulls… and that was a lot of Iron Crawlers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Haa… let’s do this, Roxy!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Readying my staff, I felt my nose scrunch in disgust at the scent.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ugh, why did they have to smell so bad?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Wait… was that me?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Taking a discrete whiff of my dirtied robe, I confirmed my suspicions.


    <span style="font-weight:400">…I desperately needed a bath.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Paul mentioned how Leon should be on his way now, right?


    <span style="font-weight:400">I really wouldn’t want him to see me this way.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Despite him being a far better magician, I still had a small bit of dignity I wanted to keep.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Plus… if he did still look at me romantically, I wouldn’t want to give him any reason to stop.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But still, I needed to survive.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I needed to fight for that future I so desperately dream of!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So die.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Narrowing my eyes, I watched as my mana formed at the tip of my staff, concentrating into a thin spinning de as I shot it forth toward the enemies, bisecting one of the Mad Skulls and killing it instantly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Just as I was about to prepare another spell, a mass of mana erupted in front of me, and an instantter, apanied by a loud rumble, all the monsters I was meant to be fighting were cut in half, their corpses flying in the air or hurling toward the walls.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But I wasn’t looking at the mess the battlefield had been reduced to.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Instead, I was looking at the handsome man that had appeared before me, his sword held at his side as his medium-length golden hair drifted across his shoulders.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Wait… that wasn’t just a handsome man.


    <span style="font-weight:400">That face… those eyes… that hair…


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was Leon!


    <span style="font-weight:400">B-But how?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Am I… dreaming?


    <span style="font-weight:400">He wasn’t supposed to be here yet, right?


    <span style="font-weight:400">But here he was!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Releasing the tension from my body, I felt myself lose my footing, stumbling backward, only to be caught a momentter as I came face to face with Leon, who had just sheathed his sword.


    <span style="font-weight:400">…This was definitely a dream, right?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I told you I’d be the swordsman who woulde rescue you,” he said, smirking in a way that made my heart throb. “Well… here I am. Just as promised.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was too stunned to talk.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Was this real?


    <span style="font-weight:400">He was here?


    <span style="font-weight:400">That boy who could barely reach my chin… he had grown so tall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And hadn’t he be a little <em><span style="font-weight:400">too</em><span style="font-weight:400"> handsome?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah… but it felt so good, to be held like this…


    <span style="font-weight:400">“And what else was there? Ah! Right! That feeling, about wanting to be with you when I’m older…” he said, leaning forward so that his breath blew past my ear. “I still feel the same way.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I felt my mind nk for a moment as a pleasant shiver shot through my entire body.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Wow… that… that was a very nice thing to hear.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I know Paul had said that Leon liked me back in Millishion, but to hear it from the man himself…


    <span style="font-weight:400">To think he would still be attracted to someone like me and keep me in his mind for so long…


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was so happy!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Wrapping my arms around him to convey these emotions that were filling my head, burying my head in the crook of his neck.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I missed you,” I spoke with a gravelly voice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I really needed to drink some water.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I missed you too, and I’m d you’re safe,” he said, rubbing my back before his calm tone turned to a teasing one. “But Roxy… don’t tell me you got stranded just before I came on purpose? I know it’s your fantasy, but that’s a bit much.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">…And he was still just as cheeky.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I shook my head as I lightly pounded his chest, “Idiot.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">After the past week from hell, I realized what a silly fantasy that was.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Nothing was romantic about getting covered in monster blood, robes drenched in sweat, and the smell of a girl who hadn’t had a bath in a week-


    <span style="font-weight:400">…


    <span style="font-weight:400">N-No!


    <span style="font-weight:400">I quickly pushed him away, stepping back as I created some distance between us.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah! I was such an idiot!


    <span style="font-weight:400">I can’t believe it!


    <span style="font-weight:400">How utterly embarrassing!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-I’m sorry, Leon!” I stammered out. “Y-You came all the way down here, and then I just hugged you like that when I’m all smelly! I-I understand if- Mmph!?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">My words were interrupted by Leon’s lips meeting with mine, his arms having found themselves wrapped around me yet again as I sunk into his warm embrace.


    <span style="font-weight:400">This… we were… kissing right now… weren’t we?


    <span style="font-weight:400">My first kiss…


    <span style="font-weight:400">It felt… amazing.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He was gentle, and his lips were soft, but I could also feel some of his passion as he sucked on my lower lip, transmitting his feelings of love as I basked in the sensations.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was sweet, it was slightly ticklish, it was… well, it simply felt really good.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Leon… he really was a good kisser.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He must have had some experience to be this good, right?


    <span style="font-weight:400">I felt a little bitter at that, even though I was enjoying the results so much.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah… I really wanted more, especially when his tongue traced mine, sending a shiver down my spine.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But before we could continue, he separated from me, leaving me slightly dazed as I slowly realized what had just happened.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“We have a lot to talk about,” he said, tracing his hand gently across my cheek. “But for now… we should go back to the city.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I nodded dumbly as I felt my cheeks heat up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was flustered, that much was obvious. But I was also embarrassed at my shamelessness.


    <span style="font-weight:400">W-What was I doing?


    <span style="font-weight:400">While I had been disoriented during the kiss, I had noticed my hands trace up to grab his hair and press my body against his.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I… can’t believe it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was nning to go all the way with him before he stopped me!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Right here! In the middle of abyrinth, in a room filled with dead monsters!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Aghh!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Roxy?” he asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-I’m not that type of woman, I swear!” I shouted.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Huh?” Leon said, tilting his head. “I… don’t quite understand, but how about you rest on my back? You look quite tired.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Oh… right.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Jeez… what the heck was happening to me?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Trying to cover my face with the brim of my hat, I nodded before I slowly walked over to get on his back, trying not to squeal as his hands grabbed my thighs to adjust me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Is that good?” he asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was very good.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I nodded, slowly leaning forward to rest on my head on his shoulders before suddenly stopping.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Wait. I had forgotten after that kiss, but I was absolutely filthy right now.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Leon… don’t I smell?” I said hesitantly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Leon turned his head to the side to just barely meet my eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Maybe,” he shrugged. “But… seeing you safe and sound and feeling you so close to me masks any scent quite well.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">He didn’t deny it…


    <span style="font-weight:400">But that was a very Leon-like answer, and one that filled my heart with joy.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I… also wanted to feel close to him, so…


    <span style="font-weight:400">“O-Oh… okay,” I nodded, deciding to lean forward and rest my head on his shoulder.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It seemed like the right decision, as he then pecked my cheek with his lips before standing back up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah… that was very innocent, but it still felt nice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As we began walking back in silence through the various holes in the rocky walls he had made, I felt a smile unconsciously form on my face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He did that to get to me?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Such a crazy man…


    <span style="font-weight:400">And more than that, the feeling of being with Leon after so long… it felt delightful, even if I was dirty and acting so embarrassing.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Leaning on my cheek, I turned my head to the side to get a better look at Leon’s handsome side profile, noticing a few stray hairs beginning to form on his chin, as well as how defined his neck looked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Haa… really, this was quite bad.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was way in too deep. Much worse than my crushes back in my teenager days.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But Leon… he kissed me so passionately, so it should be fine, right?


    <span style="font-weight:400">My eyes then traced down, stopping at a familiar ne.


    <span style="font-weight:400">There was a small carving of a sword that looked to have been done by an amateur and next to it, tied on the string just like I had left it, was the Migurd amulet I had gifted him so long ago.


    <span style="font-weight:400">To think he had kept it all this time… that made me very happy.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I snuggled closer against him as I wrapped my arms tighter around his neck, deciding to rest my tired eyes for the first time in over a day.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Mmm… it felt so cozy… was that his doing?


    <span style="font-weight:400">I had seen a bit of mana drifting off of Leon’s body before I closed my eyes, so it must have been him using some fire magic.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As kind as ever…


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hey, Leon-! You found her?” Paul’s voice said, surprised. “And you’re already holding her like that… well, we got what we came for, so let’s head back.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">A few more voices spoke up, including one I could barely recognize as Rudy’s, and one I waspletely unfamiliar with, both lightly scolding Leon for suddenly leaving and destroying so many walls.


    <span style="font-weight:400">So my Leon did such a thing, just to get to me quicker?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Such a bad boy~


    <span style="font-weight:400">I… wasn’t mad, though.


    <span style="font-weight:400">In fact, that just made me happier.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As the group began to move back up to the surface, Talhand suddenly spoke up, “Ey, you’re the swordsman, right? Let me take the sleepin’ss, so have your hands free.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Over my dead body,” Leon refused before suddenly softening the tone of his voice. “S-Sorry, uh, but… no. I can still attack with magic and search for traps with my Demon eye, so it’s all good.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">…Leon.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Haa… just drop it, Talhand,” Paul intervened. “I told you my son’s an idiot when in love. I’ll be sure to scold himter.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Leon really was acting reckless, huh?


    <span style="font-weight:400">And I could even hear a hint of jealousy in his refusal.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was honestly… very endearing, to see the usually mature Leon, who had likely grown even more since we parted, acting so childish all because of me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But… ‘In love’.


    <span style="font-weight:400">So I wasn’t mistaken with that kiss…


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hearing his overprotectiveness and feeling his warmth, along with the tingly sensation still on my lips, I couldn’t help but feel another wave of bliss wash over me as I cuddled deeper into his shoulder.


    <span style="font-weight:400">In response, Leon gently squeezed my thigh, which he was still holding firmly in his hand, despite his bag bncing me just fine on its own.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Really… he was doing all sorts of bad things right now.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was a good thing my eyes were closed, as I didn’t think I could look at anyone right now.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Especially not Leon.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But, for his sweet actions, I did decide to reward him with a light kiss on his shoulder.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And so, feeling the mostfortable I had in a week, and the warmest I had likely ever felt before, I let myself drift off to sleep, eager to see Leon again once I awoke.


    <span style="font-weight:400">— Leon Greyrat —


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was the day after our sessful rescue of Roxy, and by travelling through the night, we were able to reach Rapan by the morning.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Having slept the whole way, and even hours into today, it seemed that the Roxy had been really exhausted from her past week in thebyrinth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But I didn’t mind.


    <span style="font-weight:400">At least now, she was safe, and well… I really loved watching her sleeping face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But eventually, she seemed to have gotten enough sleep, as she slowly began shuffling under the covers as I watched from a nearby chair.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I wasn’t doing this <em><span style="font-weight:400">only</em><span style="font-weight:400"> to watch her, of course.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Someone needed to be there for her when she woke up to exin what had happened and make sure she didn’t do anything in a panic and, well… I volunteered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Very adamantly volunteered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Huam! Mmm!” Roxy yawned cutely, slowly sitting up as she stretched her arms outwards, causing the nightgown she was wearing to slip slightly past her shoulders.


    <span style="font-weight:400">…I was very d I volunteered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mmm? Where?” she mumbled, looking around with groggy eyes before settling on me, freezing as her awareness began to fill her eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Good morning, Roxy,” I said with a smile. “Did you sleep well?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Huh? Ah… yes, I did,” she nodded meekly. “And… we’re back in Rapan, aren’t we?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She was quick on the uptake.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. It’s only been a day since I found you,” I said calmly. “And I carried you all the way here, so… I’m d to hear you slept well.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her cheeks gained a bit of colour as she nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yeah, it was…fortable,” she said, looking down. “T–Thank you for carrying me and saving me, Leon.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Think nothing of it,” I said. “Saving you was natural, and as for carrying you… well, that was more of a treat for me.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Truly, it was a wonderful treat.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Roxy looked back up at me, her lips curling into a small smile before her face suddenly froze, her eyes darting down to her clothes and over her body.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-I’m clean and… wearing new clothes…” she said, looking back at me through the corner of her eyes. “D-Did you? Y-You know?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Oh, that?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Change and clean you? I wish- no, sorry, Elinalise and Vierra did,” I said, feeling my cheeks heat up as I averted my eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">That was close.


    <span style="font-weight:400">My true thoughts almost came out there.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Jeez, I was acting like a kid in front of his crush.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Although… she was my first love, so I guess that isn’t too far from the truth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, I see,” she nodded, relief evident from her expression.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Though… there was also the hint of a frown on her face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Was she disappointed?


    <span style="font-weight:400">I hope so.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But the look was gone a momentter as Roxy shook her head, looking back at me with a calm smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see. Still, thank you for carrying me,” she said, smirking a bit as my cheeks flushed a bit more. “Hmm… as I thought. While I liked the confident Leon I saw back in thebyrinth, I like seeing the cute side of you too.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Roxy…


    <span style="font-weight:400">That just made me more embarrassed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yeah, back in thebyrinth…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">My words trailed off as I remembered the moment of our first kiss.


    <span style="font-weight:400">How I just stepped forward and kissed her, holding her close as I relished in the feeling of my lips against hers…


    <span style="font-weight:400">Argh!


    <span style="font-weight:400">I had somehow put that out of mind during the journey back, but I can’t believe I went and did that!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Looking back at Roxy, I noticed that she too seemed to remember that moment, as her cheeks were glowing red.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yeah… that…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She looked really cute like that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Dammit… what was I doing?


    <span style="font-weight:400">I needed to stop acting like a child.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I already said it to my father, right?


    <span style="font-weight:400">I needed to be adamant about my love.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to properly convey my thoughts and feelings, and I wouldn’t be able to make my dreame true.


    <span style="font-weight:400">pping my cheeks to calm down, I took a deep breath before looking back to Roxy, who was looking at me in interest.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Right… let’s do this, Leon.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Getting off the chair, I walked up to sit down beside her as I took her hand in mine, rubbing my thumb along her soft skin as I looked into her wide, beautiful blue eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Roxy,” I said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yes, Leon?” she stammered out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I love you.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her blush became more pronounced.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“But… I love two others as well,” I said, looking down at my ring. “So… while I want to be together, you would have to ept that.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Looking over, I saw Roxy’s eyebrows scrunched in slight disappointment and confusion as she muttered, “Two?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Huh.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I expected her to hate me, or at least be extremely sad.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Paul did mention how he told Roxy about Eris and I, so perhaps she had expected this?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Anyway, time to move on.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m sure this is a bit… much to take in, and I don’t want to force you, so I’ll stop here,” I said, gently rubbing her hand before I released it. “For now, we need to focus on finding my mothers. So until it’s all over, I don’t want an answer to my affections.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hopefully, she would take the time to think it over, and hopefully, her decision would be a positive one.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That’s a bad omen, you know?” she said, smiling slightly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Oh, the ‘until it’s all over’?


    <span style="font-weight:400">I guess that was what Rudy would call a ‘g’.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That doesn’t matter. Yourfort is more important than some fate,” I shrugged.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see… so you want me to wait until then… I can do that,” she nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Thanks, but just know…” I said, leaning forward as I cupped her cheek, forcing her to look into my eyes. “Even if you say no, I’ll fight to make you fall for me.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">There’s no escaping my love and my dream, after all.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her eyes opened wide as her cheeks returned to their flushed state, and I could feel her legs shifting under the nket.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Taking a deep breath, Roxy leaned forward, giving me a small kiss on my lips before smiling.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You… won’t have to do anything, Leon,” she said bashfully.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah… so it was like that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was d… really d… but I felt a little stupid now, for saying those embarrassing things just a moment before for seemingly no reason.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Good thing my father wasn’t here to hear that… or Rudy for that matter.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Right,” I nodded. “And just so you know… I am serious about you.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She tilted her head slightly, “How so?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“When we be a couple, I will marry you,” I said, causing her to jolt in surprise. “And after that, I expect to have you, and for you to have me, for the rest of our lives. So… that’s why I want you to bepletely sure before epting.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was a bigmitment, after all.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I had been a bit too fast with Sylphy, and while I didn’t regret it, and nothing bad had happened, things could have easily gotten messy.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Besides, for now, we <em><span style="font-weight:400">did </em><span style="font-weight:400">need to focus on finding my mothers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-I see,” she nodded, getting over her stunned state as she then looked at me with a re.


    <span style="font-weight:400">However, since she still had a warm grin on her face, her fierce gaze lost much of its bite.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Leon… you’re quite selfish, aren’t you?” she said, reaching out to pinch my cheek. “Wanting three girls all for yourself… such a bad boy.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I decided to ignore the pleasant tingle those words gave me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I had a feeling that would be… dangerous to acknowledge.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yep,” I nodded. “But it’s what I want, and I’ll struggle until I get it. I love you three, after all, and I want to build a big family together.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She shook her head with a resigned smile as she released my cheek.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well… while I would have preferred to be the sole object of your affections… I suppose I do like the sound of that too,” she said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Good,” I said, leaning forward to peck her cheek once more.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Right, I should… stop that for now, even if she was very cute.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She wasn’t officially my lover, and instead of exchanging kisses, we should be spending our time resting and nning for the big operation.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But that aside…


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Roxy… it seems we have matching eyes now,” I said, looking at her eye that had a hue of purplepared to the other’s pure blue. “I guess… we have a lot to talk about?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That we do,” she nodded with a smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah… I missed that smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I’m d Roxy was back to me.
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