Chapter 59 - Howl (10) (1/2)

“Huh?”

I suddenly woke up.

I tried to recall when I fell asleep.

It’s no good.

It seems I was not fully awake yet and it was difficult to think about it.

It’s hard to open my eyes because I slept for a long time.

When I tried to lift my arm to rub my eyes, I notice that I couldn’t move it at all.

“……Ah?”

A hoarse voice came out from the throat.

“Eh? Ow~!”

My whole body hurts.

From my head to the toes, if I moved a little I felt numbing pain.

I was able to move my neck a little, so I checked where I was sleeping.

The first thing I saw was a familiar desk.

A study desk that I rarely used.

Next was a low table and a chair.

It was a simple item that I surprisingly liked.

And then a colored case for clothes.

Four colored cases are enough to store all my clothes.

That is to say, this is my room.

It’s my home.

This time, I turned my head to the other side.

Since I was sleeping on a bed, I was next to the window.

A gentle light was shining in from the opened curtain.

Since the light wasn’t open in the room, this was the light from the moon and stars.

This town was a new district that was added to Japan because of the worlds colliding.

The stars were visible because of the relatively high altitude.

The curtains on both sides of the window were gathered together, making a quiet noise as it swayed in the wind.

When I looked out of the window for a while, something right next to me moved.

I tired lifting my aching neck slightly.

Jaja and Nana were sleeping in infant overalls with Aoi’s favorite cute hood with cat ear decorations.

The twins were sleeping right next to my face wrapped in a towel.

Jaja was sucking on her thumb, which has become a habit recently, and Nana seemed to be dreaming and was closing and opening her right hand repeatedly.

A smile naturally leaked out.

Huh?

Come to think of it, why am I sleeping here again?

If I remeber correctly, Aoi and the kids left, so the dungeon…

“Yule!!”

My memory was refreshed and I jolted up.

“Giii~~!”

I was petrified because of the tremendous pain running through my entire body.

“Uuuuuuuh…”

While sweating, I endured the pain by biting my lips.

That’s right.

What happened to Yule?

In order to make the expanding thunderball explode, she should have flown into it.

I was prepared for the pain, I moved my head and looked around.

My usual room.

Where I sleep with Aoi and the kids, the eight-tatami sized room where I just moved into.

There was a stain on the carpet from when Jaja floated and knocked over a glass of juice.

There were scratches on the wall made by Aoi’s horns when she was still half asleep.

Nana’s favorite little stuffed cat toy that Mikuma brought as a souvenir.

“… What happened?”

“Kunpei-san?”

The door slowly opened.

A familiar silhouette appeared with the light from the hallway shining in from behind.

“A-Aoi.”

“… Thank goodness, you woke up.”

Aoi entered the room with a relieved expression and closed the door.

She walked a bit in the room that was once again covered in darkness and pulled the string to open the light on top of the desk.

“U-um, why am I back home?”

“Do you not remember?”

Nothing at all.

The last thing I remember seeing was Yule disappearing into the thunderball with a gentle smile.

I screamed with frustration, I have no memory after that.

“That’s right! What about Yule… san?! What happened?”

“… Mother”

Aoi looked down.

The desk lamp alone did not provide enough light to see her expression.

My heart began to gradually beat faster.

Eh? …Maybe?

Aoi slowly raised her head.

“Thanks to Kunpei-san, Jaja and Nana, she’s alive. She’s sleeping in Shouhei’s bed right now.”

It was a smile.