Volume 12 - Chapter 3 – Part 2 (2/2)

Schnee’s words could barely be heard Her back was shaking slightly

“Schnee…”

“I know it is a selfish thing to say But even so, I want you to stay here, shi+n”

shi+n was surprised

A few days had passed since Schnee lost her memories Her reaction noever, was much too similar to her for, or the effects of the cursed tag were decreasing It wasn’t clearly visible yet, but Schnee was going back to noro of his tracksuit and looked up at hiize I lost control for aable to find an answer yet You don’t have to worry about it”

“No, for a servant such as I to liance”

“You don’t need to go that far, okay? Oh, yeah, didn’t you have so to talk to me about?”

It would be pointless to tell her not to worry about it any e the subject

“I have reacted several tiinal me is supposed to care deeply about, haven’t I? When you used the blessed tag, I have recovered soht that if I talked with you Ito when she had experienced sudden headaches or felt abruptly sick

“I see How uess For exas did you remember?”

shi+n tried to ask with different words

“Mainly ss I res towards you, s for me?”

She was just like the former Schnee now shi+n was happy to know that she rehts for him

“As I am now…there is the Schnee that is your servant and the Schnee that loves you, together in the sa with you like this, I am filled with indescribable joy Yet…”

Schnee’s words stopped mid sentence

Silently, her hands stretched to touch shi+n’s cheeks Slowly, as if touching soers traced his cheeks, as if to make sure he was really there

“A part of o A part that thinks that I should cast away this happiness”

I am confused, conflicted So continued Schnee

“Just touching you like this is soto be loved”

Schnee’s gown fell froohich shi+n had never seen before, was revealed The h for shi+n to see Schnee clearly It had caught his interest since they were outside the room, but now that Schnee’s silhouette was so clearly before him, shi+n couldn’t help but s his breath

“Are you, excited?”

Schnee’s face was close The voice he was supposed to be used to hearing now had a sensual tinge to it

“What are you…”

“Are you saying that you do not understand?”

Schnee’s gaze clearly expressed how she would never believe that

She put her arainst his The confused shi+n easily fell under her weight Her face was close, he could feel her warlossy silver hair on shi+n’s face, forcing hi, though: Schnee’s chest also pressed against shi+n’s That softness, coupled with the ly attacked shi+n’s capacity for rational thinking

“Schnee, what’s going on with you, really-”

shi+n ed not to be carried away by the mood and removed Schnee froo too

Schnee was still on top of hierous ate, however, was more of a concern for shi+n

“Schnee? Hey, what’s wrong?”

The instant after shi+n was relieved of distancing her body from his, Schnee held her head with her hands, apparently in terrible pain That was probably the reason why she stopped resisting: judging fro Schnee didn’t expect either

“I’o away soon”

“Could it be that, this happened without us knowing too?”

shi+n had witnessed it just a few times There was the possibility that Schnee hid it, in order not to worry theht now”

After less than 5 minutes, the pain in Schnee’s expression subdued At the very least, she did not see In such a situation, however, she couldn’t just pick up from where they left off Schnee seemed to still be in pain: shi+n touched her cheek and found it very hot

“You did so sick?”

“There is no obstacle to o away soon as well This is o rest I’ anywhere soon We can talk another tiht words, shi+n sat up and put his arms behind Schnee’s back and knees Maybe because of the fever, she barely resisted to being lifted like that

“I ament”

“Well…yeah, that ay too proactive for the usual Schnee”

“Thinking of using my body to snare you was simply too shallow I understand how foolish it was now, but moments before it seemed like the only way”

Weakly, Schnee added that she didn’t knohy she did that

“Maybe your half-returnedweird effects on you I’m sorry, just have a bit more patience We’ll knock out that evil God in no ti relied on a 50 chance and not hunting down the evil deity right away It would have been difficult to do when Schnee just lost her u, they wouldn’t have obtained the assistance of Tzaobath or Sety, after all

“Anyway, see you tomor–”

“Please wait!”

shi+n had laid Schnee on her bed and was about to leave, when she called to hiht hand poked out of her blankets

“Could you please…hold my hand, until I fall asleep?”

Said Schnee, half her face buried in the blankets, her aggressiveness fro fro red

“…okay, that’s an easy request”

shi+n’s hand covered Schnee’s Maybe because of the fever, her hand felt hot till the fingertips

“A…childish?”

“Well, isn’t that fine? To act a little spoiled at tiht…when I turn back…can I…as…aga…?”

“Sure, I proments of Schnee’s question and promised Schnee felt relieved, or was maybe too exhausted: she fell asleep al it would be weird to just stay there staring at her, shi+n left the rooret

“Even in a state like that, she thinks aboutthat both were possible, shi+n was lost as never before However, it was also true that Marino’s words tipped the scales

He couldn’t answer Schnee’s question because he wasn’t ready to cut off either of the possibilities Because he couldn’t be sure that Schnee’s feelings were true

“But I guess that’s just an excuse”

As Marino had firs were due to the affection raising ite her

shi+n could have been unconsciously looking for a reason to go back to his fors into words is really hard…”

What happened until noill happen in the future If he started thinking again there was no end to it Eventually, shi+n reached the conclusion that he thought would leave no regrets Or rather he had reached it already

When he said goodnight to Schnee, he stopped for ait already, but ultimately couldn’t

The words that would cut his connections died in his throat

“I have to tell her properly once she turns back”

When shi+n thought ould be the decision that brought hi that appeared in his ain: “Welco returned home” he felt then The answer had probably appeared then and there

“I’ht”

So whispered shi+n while looking in the direction of Schnee’s roo, however, that he did not have any such time left