Chapter 12 (1/2)
Chapter 12 – Anxiety and Secrets＊
When Luru, Iris and Gran reached his house, they found histhem
She wore a calm expression
It was still like the cal
However, because it was Luru, he instinctively felt fear
There was no entle and kind personality
That’s why he was used to seeing her calm, but even so, there were almost no instances where she stayed wordless after their eyes met
Usually she would find soraceful way
Despite that, this tile word came from her mouth
Luru felt it extreerous
And as expected, he was right
She was calm, but she approached Luru and spoke to hi her emotions with reason
“…Where were you?”
‘Didn’t Yuumis tell you?‘ Luru wondered, but that wasn’t what she meant by it
‘Where were you? What were you doing?‘ ― she wanted to hear these from his own mouth
And Luru’s judge up to
“…I, went to the ruins for a little”
The very h the air
Luru perceived this with his sharp senses, but dodging it would be unforgivable in ned himself to it
Slap
Luru’s cheek throbbed painfully
However, the one as truly hurt wasn’t Luru as hit, but Medea who had hit him
After the slap, Medea unsteadily walked towards Luru and then slowly and gently e,
“…I orried, you know…?”
“Sorry… but I knew I had to go”
A normal parent would have probably have replied ‘Don’t talk back!‘ or ‘Don’t speak nonsense!‘ or ‘What do you think a child could do if he went?‘
But Medea was soard
“…I see Then, I guess it couldn’t be helped… Gran-san Was my son of any help to you?”
Gran was flustered for an instant at being suddenly talked to, but he i as replied
“He was definitely helpful I plan on explaining to the village chief tous Machines in the ruins, you see They started operating and attacked the village but… the one who stopped theht have held for about a day, and there probably wouldn’t have been any casualties, but if we left it alone there was a chance that a few houses would have been destroyed”
Were Luru not here, Yuue, and Gran would have ended up destroying the was certainly high
Leaving the Lupes Gigantes aside, the Cannon Apis could fly so Gran ht have had quite some difficulty
Being the case, it would probably have taken time
In that sense, Luru was of help
Hearing that, Medea nodded
“I see… That’s good, then I orried that he caused you troubled I wonder if he ed somehoith the martial arts he learned from Patrick…”
She tilted her head a little in confusion
Medea didn’t know exactly hoerful Luru was
Watching his training with Patrick, she could tell that he wasn’t weak, but if she actually saw a Lupes Gigantes and somebody asked her if Luru could beat that, she would only reply that it was impossible
That’s why neither Luru nor Gran mentioned his point
Gran understood this, so he aze and nodded
If you translated his nod into words, it would probably be ‘It’s alright, I get it Just stay quiet‘
After that, Medea embraced Luru for a while, and perhaps because she had finally felt that he was safe, Medea noticed the girl standing next to Gran and tilted her head to the side
“…Oh?[/Ara?] Who ht you be? I’ve never seen you before, huh… You’re not a child of this village, right?”
As though waiting for this moment, Iris stepped forward and bowed deeply She then spoke
“It is my pleasure to meet you, madam My name is Iris For certain reasons, on this occasion, I was discovered by Gran-sa been asleep for a very long time, I was rescued by the two of them…”
The s Iris then moved onto the topic of her future
Once again, her tone was unfaltering and filled with emotion, and Medea listened carefully to her
About how she long ago lost somebody important, about how she pursued their killer, about how at that tiht in a trap and continued to sleep in the equipment in those ruins, and then about how her parents were no longer around…
After listening to all of that, Medea who had ended up co with Iris and was moved to tears, embraced Iris and said,
“I see… So that’s hoas… It e… To have no parents, or anybody to rely on… I know! You can live with us, then!”
Luru watched his ood idea
Without bringing the topic up herself, but getting Medea to bring it up; Luru couldn’t help feel shock at Iris’ wiles However, having even been invited, Iris became even more insistent
“No, madam… It would not do to be provided even food and shelter after already having my life saved…”
Said Iris, gracefully casting her eyes down
Perhaps because she was further ht it up with Luru
“Not at all! Right, Luru? Luru, you want to live with Iris-chan as well, right?”
“Eh? Y-, yeah…”
The conversation orking out like he wanted, but Luru couldn’t understand at all why he was the one being convinced and not the other way around
But there wasn’t anything in particular that he objected to, so he just nodded to show his approval
“While we’re at it… I know! Why not join the fa shouldn’t be difficult, and… I’ve wanted a daughter Dressing up a cute girl in lots of different clothes really is a woo with that! Iris-chan, won’t you becohter?”
“U-, umm…?”
Iris was beginning to notice Medea’s increasingly threatening attitude
That she would be allowed to stay with the to speak about adopting her and whatnot was as expected, soined
“Right! This is a good idea It’s perfect since we only have one son… so it’d be great if we had a daughter too When Patrick comes home, I’ll have a talk with him I’m sure he’ll immediately approve! You’re this cute, after all!”
“M-, madam…”
Despite Iris flusteredly trying to stop her, Medea paid it no heed
On the contrary, she placed a finger on Iris’ lips and said,
“That’s not it, right? MO-THER[/O, KA, A, SA, MA] Okay, try saying it”
“M-, mother[O-, Okaasama]…”
“Aahh! So cute! With this, you’re hter, aren’t you!~?”
Like that, Medea held Iris up in her arms and span around and around
While looking at Luru, Iris gave him a ‘What do I do…?‘ look, but he really didn’t knohat to say
When Luru shook his head, and returned a ‘Give up‘ look, Iris drooped her shoulders and resigned herself
Watching all of this, Gran said,
“Well, didn’t everything work out happily? Though you’re a low-ranked fahter of a noble fa”
“That ht be true, but…”