Volume 4 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Volume 4 Chapter 3

Translator: Kurehashi Aiko Editor: Queenie

After that we were taken to the guest room which was located on the mansion’s top floor. Surprisingly, it was way fancier than I initially expected, with lots of expensive furniture that made it similar to a suite in an expensive hotel.

“Should there be anything that you need, please use the bell right next to the door.” The servant had said that before heading out and leaving us alone. When he left, I fell right on top of the bed, feeling completely exhausted. But thinking it may be unbecoming of a wife of the Hero who saved the world, I corrected my posture and sat on the bed instead, lightly stretching my arms. That man stood there for a moment, apparently thinking about something, before eventually sitting on the bed himself.

「Edi?」

「What is it?」

He answered me in an expressionless tone of voice, to which I smiled gently at him and looked him in the eye.

「You’re making that scary face again.」

I guess some things will never change, huh?

「Hmm? You don’t look all that concerned about it though.」

The man’s expression stays the same stone-cold as always, as he reaches his hand towards his hair and brushes through it. I envied his hair. Mine was so long and plain that it would always get tangled up easily if I neglected it for even a moment. I tried to imitate his gesture, and while I was brushing my hand through my hair, some long threads of it spilled through my fingers.

Seeing me like that the man lets out a short sight, and then lowered his head towards me, letting me stroke his glossy black hair. I gladly accepted his offer and began to stroke his hair as if he was just a small child. It was such a cute gesture on his end that I just couldn’t help but to smile brightly.

While I silently kept on combing his hair with my hand, the man’s arm suddenly wraps itself around my waist. The man buries his face in my chest, and it was so sudden of him that I stare at him and blink a few times. Such a thing was completely unlike him.

「……Edi?」

「It’s nothing.」

We stayed like that for a moment, and when that man finally pulled back from me he looked to be somehow relaxed. He then stood up from the bed and walked towards the balcony, opening the window. The smell of a salty breeze enters the room, and for some reason it fills me with so much nostalgia. I decided to speak up:

「Oh my…」

I go to the balcony myself and I can’t contain my wonder in that moment. In front of my eyes there was a panorama of the Isle basked in the orangey glow of the setting sun. Everything here looks like it was taken straight out of a painting: the sea, the white buildings, the wilderness… It was simply magical.

「Why is it that everything here is so beautiful? Say, Edi, don’t you think so as well…」

I tried to turn towards that man, but before I could do that, he hugged me from behind. I then felt that he gently kissed the back of my head, and my cheeks turned red instantly from that. In a sense I was thankful for the sunset right now, I could look at it without having to worry about anyone noticing just how strongly I was blushing.

Even though he was my husband, it would still be embarrassing for me to be seen like that by him. We continue to look at the sunset while he hugged me closely.

「You can really be sweet and kind, Edi. You know?」

「Are you really satisfied with someone like me?」