Chapter 34 Intermission Tea Party of Black and White ~ The Supplier of Incorrect Knowledge ~ (1/2)
In one corner of the God Realm, the presence of two people say opposite each other in a hanging garden full of colorful flowers.
A silver-white haired woman and girl sat across each other at a table with cups of black tea placed in front of them. They look like sisters, but on one hand is an expressionless woman with long hair, pure white clothing, and ideal proportions. While on the other hand is a young girl with frequently changing expressions with semi-short hair, black clothes, and the appearance of a very young girl. Other than the color of her hair and eyes, you could even say that it was like they were opposites.
[Heeeyyy~ Shiro, let’s do some girlstok~]
(T/N: She spoke about koibana (girl’s talk), but not exactly with the word itself, but with a word that sounds like koibana when spoken)
[Girlstok?]
[It was when girls get together and talk about their love lives!]
[……I don’t remember Kuro having a gender though?]
[I have the appearance of a girl now, so you could say I’m a girl!]
Receiving Kuromueina’s words with a cheerful expression on her face, Shallow Vernal blandly replied in a voice without any intonations.
Although one of them’s a god while the other’s a demon, they have been friends for a very long time, and they frequently chat over tea like this, and today, just as usual, the conversation began with Kuromueina bringing up the topic out of the blue and Shallow Vernal calmly answering her.
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[See, even Shiro thinks that you would like to try feeling love, right?]
[I don’t really think so though?]
[This is where you say that you also think so, even though it may be a lie!]
[Well then, even though it’s a lie, I think I’d like to try it out.]
[Unn, unnn. In that case, I’d be happy to talk to you about it!]
Even when Shallow Vernal replied to her without any emotion at all, it seems like Kuromueina was already used to it, or perhaps she didn’t seem to care at all, and just went on with the conversation.
[However, Kuro has never been in love either, right?]
[Ugghh…… T- That’s totally not true at all. I have received confessions multiple times before……]
[As far as I know, all the people who have expressed their love to you are “women” though?]
[……I’m totally popular.]
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[Rather than popular, in your case though, most of them had gone past having feelings of love to you, they were literally “worshipping” you. Doesn’t that mean you also haven’t felt the feelings of love yourself?]
[Uuuggghhh……]
Receiving Shallow Vernal’s honest words, which are told in a voice without intonation, Kuromueina looked crestfallen as her shoulders slumped down.
It’s true that there are many who dearly love Kuromueina, whether they’re Humans or Demons. However, just as Shallow Vernal said, the majority of them don’t hold romantic feelings, but feelings of worship and loyalty. There’s also the fact that Kuromueina herself is one of the pinnacle beings in the Demon Realm as the Underworld King, making it that there’s almost no one who can be said to have such feelings for her.
Hence, although she had proudly suggested that, the fact is that Kuromueina also had no experience in love either.
[I- I just haven’t had that encounter yet!!]
[How many years did you think you’ve been alive?]
[……A- About 18,000 years……]
[That number sounds a lot younger than I know you are though?]
[I’m a girl! I’m allowed to cheat my age for a bit!!]
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[It doesn’t really make much sense to me though……]
Even though she still doesn’t have any intonation on her voice when she said that, Shallow Vernal has a faint dumbfounded expression on her face. In order to switch the flow of the conversation, Kuromueina decided to forcefully proceed with the previous topic.
[Anyway, we’re going to have girlstok today!]
[I don’t really mind, but what are we going to talk about?]
[Hmmm… I guess we’ll start talking about our preferences! What kind of boy would Shiro like to be in love with?]
[Let’s see…… First of all, as a prerequisite, I think it should be someone I hold interest in.]
[……With just those few words, you basically eliminate almost every being in this world from being a candidate……]
There really aren’t many beings that Shallow Vernal hold interest in. Or rather, even Kuromueina who knows her for a long time, only knows that the number of people she holds an interest in can be counted in one hand.
In the end, this response from Shallow Vernal was equivalent to saying that she evidently had no intention of falling in love.
[How about you, what kind of partner would you like to have, Kuro?]
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[Hmmm. In my case, as expected, I’d want a cute child~~ I’d like to have a child who seems anxious because of not knowing anything, but still, they would want something. I’d like a child who I can teach various things like that~~]
[That’s just your definition of a baby bird, isn’t it?]
[Ugghhh… That’s true but…… if I’m to talk about someone I like, it would be a child like that……]
[Even if you find someone like that, don’t you think that neither of you would hold romantic feelings for each other because you raised that child yourself?]
[Uggghhhh…… N- No, that’s not all! It’s like after I found a child like that, I would feel some kind of spark! It’s like feeling that meeting that child must be fate!!]
[……It’s because they’re all women, isn’t it?]
[Uggghhh…… Why aren’t there any boys that make me feel that spark~~]
After her sharp, expressionless tsukkomi pierced through her heart again, Kuromueina looked crestfallen as her shoulders slumped once again.
It’s true that Kuromueina has met the special person among the baby birds that she was quite fond of…… But they were all females in terms of gender, and none of them were male.
[Hmmm. Love is quite difficult, isn’t it?]
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