Chapter 173 Aoba / The Life of a Happy Couple (2/2)

His teeth were chattering in terror and he shook in horror.

「Hmph!」

Taiyou, without mercy, kicked the side of his head with his right foot like he would a ball.

The soldier spewed out bloody vomit.

A merciless kill. After seeing that, the numbers fleeing increased.

The matter was decided.

He stopped to take a breath and allow some enemies to run.

「Aoba, it’s better if you don’t look.」

「No, I’m watching.」

「Really?」

「Well, I’m your wife, right?」

Whether that was an answer or not, she still drew closer to him as she said it.

There wasn’t a trace of that nervousness or fear she had just before and after the beginning of the fight.

And there was something even more different.

Taiyou thought he understood…better now.

(I think so now.)

He didn’t know if what he felt now was correct, but he thought at least it seemed that way.

Asv he thought so, he powerfully held Aoba to him.

After that, he attacked those remaining.

As they scattered in every direction, he attacked them from behind wherever he could.

One after one, the defenseless men dropped.

「So this is all of them.」

Taiyou’s legs stopped moving, and he looked around.

The fire around his illuminated a hellish scene of blood and bodies.

In the middle of that was the calm Taiyou and Aoba, who he drew close to him.

Drip…drip.

Blood dripped from his fist while he was bathed in spurting blood, as he looked like a Titan that was holding a princess in his arms.

「Three of them ran inside.」

「You counted them?」

「I’m your wife, right, Natsuno-kun?」

「So, is this the new line of yours?」

「I’m the least noteworthy of all your wives up to now, so I have to do something.」

「No, no, all the others just think that about you. Kotone and her sisters use telepathy, Kohaku is an old woman in a young one’s body, and Shirokiyami is the world’s best swordfighter. It’s not that they’re more noteworthy; they just stick out more.」

「But I think I should stand out more, develop myself.」

「Really? I think your character is developed more than enough.」

「You think?」

「『Father, Mother…Mama…Mother』」

He imitated Aoba’s tone.

「Kyaaa, stop that! Please!」

「You call out to your parents when you’re scared, but it’s crazy you have four parents. There’s no one like you with all those parents like you have.」

「Wha?」

「Wha?」

They spoke as if they were on a cheerful date, as they walked along the stone tiles.

The atmosphere returned to silence, as they could hear groaning all around, but as both of them really went listening to it they were fine.

There was one thing that still seemed a bit off between them.

「Why did you say『Wha?』just then?」

「Because…being this age and still calling out to your parents is embarrassing… I thought.」

「So that’s it?」

Taiyou responded loudly.

「What about you having four parents to call to?」

「Well, I have four of them.」

Aoba simply said the truth.

「They all love me.」

「You’re right.」

「Oh.」

「What now?」

「I was just thinking, from now, my kids are going to have it hard. In the same way, they’ll have a big family to call out to.」

「Yeah.」

His eyes opened wide as Aoba skillfully tapped at him while she held on. She spoke as if she were in a play.

「Sorrrrrry…Father…Mother…Mama…Mother…Mother…Momma…Mumz…um…um…Mazza!」

「That’s not someone’s mother, but something else!」

Taiyou responded.

After calling out seven different people, Aoba’s mouth closed.

Even if she tried, she couldn’t force out any more.

「Sorry, I can’t think of any more. I can’t think of more than nine.」

「Why did you give up there? Don’t give up!」

「Why are you getting so passionate about that?」

「Well, you have 20 people you consider as『brothers』in this world, so you still have a while to go!」

「Whaaaa? That’s a lot.」

He thought it was great he could think up these things without Kohaku or Hera here.

As they joked around, they walked up to the building before them.

They could feel something, as one man flew out at them.

「I told you…」

Taiyou spun half around, and faced the new enemy directly.

「Don’t come at me from the left hand side!」

Crack, crick, cronk!

The sound of bone and flesh being destroyed, as the enemy let up a small, fierce cry.

Then he grabbed the body and tossed it like trash, and turned to the building.

Before the two again enemies were standing.

They had come from inside, a small groups.

There was one figure that they recognized.

「Long time no see. I never thought I’d see you here.」

「Anna Juunishima.」

Whether this was the second stage or not was yet to be determined, as there stood Anna and her underlings.