Chapter 58 - Howl (9) (1/2)

“Yo… you… what are you planning!”

For the first time in my life, I am prostrating.

I don’t know how to do it, so I don’t know if this is correct.

I was thinking that this deprecating manner might fan Yule’s conceit, but I didn’t how to appeal other than like this.

I could not see Yule because my head was lowered, but I could hear her flustered voice.

Suddenly, a hand was placed on my back. Right between the wings.

A small slender hand.

It was unmistakably Aoi’s hand.

Aoi was next to me with one knee on the ground.

“Kunpei-san… please raise your head.”

That voice was trembling.

I followed that voice and slowly raised my head.

I met Yule’s gaze.

She held her forehead with her right hand and look at me and Aoi alternately with an uncertain gaze.

“Mother, we really need Kunpei-san, but not just Kunpei-san, but also father-in-law, Shouhei-san, and the people who are helping us right now. Otherwise we can’t live.”

Aoi slowly stood up.

Her trembling legs showed the damage that she hadn’t recovered from yet.

She always tries to force herself.

Aoi took a frail but a determined step forward.

She slowly headed towards her mothers, so as not to frighten her, who was exhausted and lost her sanity.

When I noticed it, my father was standing next to me.

When I turned towards him, he gently smiled.

As soon as I saw that content face, I felt my body slowly lose strength.

“Nnn~~”

“Ahhh~ Ahhh~”

The twins who were held by my dad were calling me with tears accumulating in their big eyes.

Jaja was sucking her right thumb and Nana was looking at me with both hands spread open.

“Look”

Father slowly bent down.

I promptly extended my arms and waited.

Nana in my right arm.

When I carefully embraced her with my powerless arms, she rubbed her head against my chest.

Jaja in my left arm.

The mellow smell of infants tickled my nasal cavity.

I couldn’t help but hug them a little tighter and brought them near my cheeks and took a deep breath.

The weight on my shoulder and chest were comfortable.

“A-Ai…”

Every time Aoi took a step forward, Yule moved back a little.

Even if she was avoiding it, Aoi increased her stride and eventually they were only a one person distance apart.

“That’s it, isn’t? Even mother as well?”

With a trembling voice, Aoi tossed those straightforward words at Yule.

“…Ai”

“Mother!”

Aoi jumped to her chest and tightly embraced the flustered Yule.

“Please… mom… believe in… us…”!

“Ah…”

Aoi inserted her arms under hers, Yule swayed along with two arms.

I thought it would be nice if she reciprocated.

“What are you guys doing! Hurry and run away!”

Suddenly, Alba Germain’s angry voice echoed.

When I followed his voice and turned around, he was panting for breath while sitting on my father’s shoulders.

“The spirits who have lost their place to go are gathering willfully!”

“Eh?”

Speaking of which, there are only a few butterflies of light that have been around us.

I looked up at the thick black cloud still spreading overhead.

I realized it was bad in an instant.

That was the existence within the clouds.

It was so big that it could be mistaken for the sun.

A huge thunderball that continued to swell while making a sky shattering sound while being charged and discharged.

“…eh!?”

I gulped.

A large number of butterflies of light flew around the clouds, they were shaking left and right and before long they were sucked into the thunderball.

I immediately put power into my legs to stand up.

However, it was completely still.

“Father! Take the kids and run away!”

I gave up as soon as I realized my legs were useless and urged my father.

“You idiot! Hurry and stand up!”

He knew that my body was exhausted, he inserted his arms under mine and started pulling me.

A completely exhausted body that cannot even stand up and had to entrust it to my father.

“Mother!?”

I heard Aoi’s surprised voice.

When I looked, Yule was awkwardly spreading her huge wings and leaving the ground.

“Mother! What are you going to do?”

“… It’s my failure.”

“The spirits are in chaos and gathering together! You can’t control it with your current self! Even if it’s you… we won’t know what will happen to your body if you approach it!!”

Forcibly extending her powerless arms, Aoi chased after Yule.

The wings on her back flapped feebly, surely she can’t even float.

Yule slowly caressed Aoi’s head when she saw that.

Gently and affectionately combing her silky smooth hair with her slender white fingers.

“Wait mother!”

She gently broke free from her daughter’s arms and her legs left the ground.

She slowly turned in the sky and stood in front of us.

“… how cute.”

She raised both arms and stroked the twin heads as she did Aoi.

“……Aaaaaー, Aaー!”

“Uwah! Uwah!”

Jaja and Nana began struggling in my arms.

They moved their hands and feet about and called out towards Yule.

“… Do you hate me?”

“No!”

ー Yule was laughing sadly, and I inadvertently raised my voice.

“If so, I’m happy.”