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Takkurun: Warning – beware of sweet talk
Chapter 44: The Awakened Feelings
As I was waking up, I found the young lady sitting next to me, so I embraced her instinctively.
In order to survive in this world, I followed the nobles’ orders.
In order to survive in this world, I trained hard to learn the ways of battle.
In order to survive in this world, I got engaged to the daughter of an important noble family, young lady Beatrice.
In order to survive……
It was supposed to be like that…..
In order to survive, I need a good relationship with the Imperial household.
I’ll marry the princess and take the young lady as a concubine.
Is this really the right answer, I wonder……..?
Since when?…
…did I start thinking that this always displeased-looking young lady is in fact adorable?
…did I start feeling love for her? Was it because I am the only one to understand her real thoughts?
…did I start loving her so dearly?
…did I start thinking that I don’t want to part with her, not even in death?
“Bea, I really love you. More than anyone.”
My words came out spontaneously, stunning the young lady…..urm…..stunning Bea.
“….Me……too.”
‘….Me……too.’
Bea’s face was completely flushed and she was about to start crying.
I looked at her and slowly pressed my lips on top of hers…..
(The Masters are kissing!!)
……Listen up, spirit!
Don’t interrupt us now!
Hm?
Masters…..Why the plural?
You sure said something I can’t overlook!?
I was feeling reluctance to part with Bea’s lips, but I had to.
Bea, don’t make such a face…
It looks like I did something against your will when I kissed you…..
A little depressed, I asked the spirit in order to confirm my suspicion.
“Listen, little spirit, just now you said Masters, with an ‘s’…..What is Beatrice to you?”
(Hm? She’s my Master.)
……….Oi, oi!
“Then, what about me?”
(You’re my Master too.)
Calm down for a moment, stupid self……
What is it Bea? Why are you pulling my sleeve? Hm? Do you want to play with the spirit?
I got it, I got it….Go play there.
The spirit is calling Bea her Master?
Because she’s my wife?
No, we are not married yet…..
Don’t say……
“Hey spirit, who actually created you?”
With a blank expression, she answered.
(My Master and my Master. It’s pretty obvious, don’t you think?)
I thought that I was definitely the one who achieved this spiritification.
It was different.
Beatrice and I did it together!!
“Ha, haha, hahahaha, ha haa ha ha haa ahahaha“
It’s useless…I can’t stop laughing!!
I see now, we both created this spirit! We both achieved spiritification!
In this case, the terms should be different now.
Bea and the spirit approached me.
Bea started to softly wipe my face dry with her cute handkerchief.
“What’s wrong? Why are you crying?”
With a somewhat ‘worried’ expressionless face, she continued to wife my tears.
I see, I was crying…..
“Sorry, I made you worry. I am fine now.”
I said, and gently brushed Bea’s hair.
The spirit was sitting on my shoulder, smiling brightly.
“Good then. But what happened?”
“Well, it’s just that all my worries disappeared. I can be with you now without feeling reluctance……When I thought about receiving everyone’s blessings and be able to marry you freely, it seems I started to cry. I was crying with happiness.”
Bea’s face got bright red again, while she was glaring at me.
“Don’t say such embarrassing words with such a serious face! But……”
She paused for a moment and looked downwards.
“Me too….Being able to marry you….makes me happy….”
She said and smiled. I really thought she looked adorable.
Then, she…
Embraced me again….
…………………….hm?
Something felt out of place……..
“Bea smiled!?”
I was startled………..
Moreover, I couldn’t hear any other thoughts from her.
What actually happened?
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Takkurun: This is by no means a “wall-hitting” service
(I actually have no idea what he means by that…..I only get an image of a reader hitting a wall with their head, after reading this chap….xD)
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Translation: Nana
Proofreading: Carmina
DA BEST (among the worst): Mockii
Chapter 45: Bea’s Smile
And the second chapter for today… o^v^o
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Chapter 45: Bea’s Smile
“…….Bea, it’s the first time I see your smiling face. It’s more lovely than usual.”
“….You’re embarrassing me.”
“Haha, your shyness makes my heart beat faster.”
“Stop it already!”
With a flushed face, Bea started to beat me repeatedly with her small fists.
….I can’t get enough of this.
I don’t really understand the reason behind this, but Bea’s expressions got considerably softer.
Moreover, she smiled.
Then her face got bright red with embarrassment.
That Bea, who always had a frown on her face and always looked angry, she…
She makes me want to tease her more by flirting with her.
But, because I was in a trance while flirting with Bea, the fact that I didn’t notice his presence made me regret my actions immediately.
“Urm, you two, are you done yet?”
Master has such a brilliant face, like he ate some sugar.
Ah! This is bad.
“Master, I didn’t notice you. I am very sorry.”
“….Father, did you see?”
Bea was trembling, casting her eyes down.
Master cleared his throat, then opened his mouth.
“…Bea, sometimes not knowing makes you happier. W…well, come with me.”
We followed my master, whose eyes were spinning, to the waiting room.
My mother-in-law, Lamia, who wearing a dress this time, was already there waiting for us.
“Bea, it’s been a long time.”
The servants were dismissed, so the conversation was done in a comfortable tone.
“Yes, mother. It’s been a long time.”
Bea was sitting next to me. Maybe because she felt embarrassed, she folded her arms around mine and buried her face in it.
Mother-in-law was speechless.
Master had an expression saying ‘not again’ on his face…
“Well now, Bea….You’ve become quite the spoiled child.”
When she heard that, Bea increased the pressure of her grip on my arm.
I thought she was going a bit too far, but since Bea wanted to do this, it couldn’t be helped.
I brushed her hair gently with my free hand.
Then I felt this huge wave of killing intent coming from my master’s direction.
……Very good. I can play this game too.
I fully employed the use of my magical power.
“Stop it already, you idiots! Can’t you see that Bea is crying?”
My mother-in-law said, and I looked at Bea. She was trembling lightly, her tears floating in t
he air.
“Bea, I’m sorry.”
“Bea, I was in the wrong.”
“Really now…..That’s why men are stupid……”
Both my master and I were prostrating ourselves in front of her.
Bea raised her face slowly.
“It’s natural for a wife to want to be spoiled by her husband. Sonia, it was your fault, you know that?”
“Yes. I’m sorry, Lamia.”
I was internally laughing at his misery, when the chance blow came my way.
“Zest, you too. Don’t release such stupid amounts of magical power! You could kill a normal people with that, you know? Think about measure, you fool!”
“I am very sorry, mother.”
Behind my mother-in-law’s back, my master was laughing at me.
……..Damn you.
As punishment, Lamia ordered us to stay in that kneeling position for a while longer, and we obediently did as told.
We couldn’t go against her or answer her back.
Because it would’ve worsened the situation.
“So, Zest, did you come up with a better answer? Let us know.”
How? Why did they know that?
“Haha, your face says ‘How did you figure it out?’… Well, you and Bea were pretty much enjoying each other’s company moments ago. Isn’t that obvious enough?”
They laughed at me, implying that I was too easy to read.
As expected of them…
“Yes, I got a better solution. We actually had it wrong from the beginning.”
I explained them the whole story.
The fact that spiritification was not my achievement entirely.
The fact that the spirit was calling both of us her Masters.
They both listened to my explanation then let out long sighs of relief.
“I see. In this case, the circumstances have changed.”
“Yeah, the problems have completely vanished. That’s great, right, Bea?
Mother-in-law stroked Bea’s hair, and she got embarrassed again.
However, as I was watching this genuinely happy Bea, my heart softened.
I lost all sense of my feet.
But since I wasn’t forgiven yet, I had to tolerate it.
“Then, I’ll go report this to his Majesty.”
My mother-in-law left the room at a quick pace.
She wanted to rapidly get rid of her worries, I guess.
“Then, I’ll go help Lamia out for a while.”
Unsteadily, master started to follow after her.
Is Bea all right now? My feet are really starting to hurt, you know?…..
Bea, the spirit and I were the only ones left in this waiting room.
Well, the spirit is in fact trapped by the charms of a cookie.
“…Zest-sama, did you reflect upon your actions?”
I couldn’t answer her instantly.
Because I didn’t repent for what I did!
“…..Yes. I feel bad for what I did. I’m sorry, Bea.”
The pain in my feet made my eyes get a little moisty, but I was nonetheless looking at Bea.
Surprised, her eyes opened widely, and she wondered whether she made me cry.
Flustered, she approached me and wiped my tears.
“You…don’t have to cry….Zest-sama, please don’t cry.”
Bea’s face looked rather disturbed.
Haha, she really is cute.
As an apology, she said she wanted to do something for me, so I asked her to let me sleep in her lap.
Surprisingly, she quickly consented.
Moreover, she even started to clear my ears with an ear pick.
This is wonderful! It’s every man’s dream to sit in a girl’s lap and get your ears cleaned.
Her lap is so soft and she smells really good…..
The pain in my feet is not bothering me at all anymore…..
The ‘ear picking’ feels good too….This is the best!
And so, I was about to fall asleep when….
“Zest-sama, this is Albert. Was that sake popular with the girls, a while back? We were actually thinking to copy your technique and………….Pardon me!”
Albert, you idiot! You damn fool!!
Think about your words first……
It hurts……Bea, you’re ‘stabbing’ me with that ear pick. It hurts…….
That idiot, he actually dared to run away…….Bea, it hurts.
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Translation: Nana
Proofreading: Carmina
DA BEST (among the worst): Mockii
Chapter 46: Ears Covered in Blood
There you go ^^
The fifth chapter I’ve missed during my waaaay too long break.
Another chapter comes tomorrow, and with it I want to upload regularly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays… (well, at least I will try xD)
Also, I’m kind of preparing another work for you guys, something rather different than SH, and I hope it’ll be on everyone’s liking (I, for one, am pretty excited about it).
With that being said, enjoy chapter 46 and wait for chapter 47 tomorrow.
PS: Even tho I’ve been rather ambiguous about this new novel I’m working on, I hope you’ll be looking forward to it (*.*)
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Chapter 46: Ears Covered in Blood
“So that’s how it was?…..Zest-sama, I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. The jealous you was rather adorable too, so I am fine.”
“Zest-sama…..stop it.”
Bea was ‘hitting’ my arm repeatedly.
‘Poko-poko, poko-poko’
Yes, we’ve reconciled.
I explained her that I was in charge with serving refreshments to the guests, during the army’s party.
That Albert, I’ll make sure to carefully ‘train’ him some more later.
Still, when looking at Bea and the spirit playing with each other, they really seem like they’re sisters…..or, mother and daughter.
Children, huh?
While in Japan, I never got married, I was always single, but now, I’ll get married soon for the first time in my life and I’ll also have children.
I must protect them no matter what.
I gazed at the two girls cheerfully playing with each other, when our eyes met.
“Zest-sama, won’t you choose a name for this child already?”
…….I completely forgot.
“I wanted to decide on it together with you. Did you think of a good name?”
Good, I managed to successfully deceive her.
She smiled with her whole face.
Lately, she started to laugh and smile a lot.
With an adorable smile, she started to talk.
“Actually, I have one in mind…….Will it be all right to call her Toto?”
Toto?….I wonder why she choose this name.
“Toto?….Does it have a meaning?”
My question made her blush excessively, but she answered nonetheless.
“It comes from both our names…..” (1)
Damn it, this girl is way too cute.
She made it up from both our names…
(Master, is Toto my name?)
The spirit asked, her eyes glittering; I grinned at her and answered.
“That’s right. From now on your name is Toto. Do you like it?”
She looked down for a while, her little body trembling slightly, then raised her head energetically.
(I am Toto! I like it very much. Thank you Master and Master.)
And then, she hugged Bea and started to rub her little face against hers.
I’m glad she liked it.
However, calling us Master and Master is a little too confusing.
“Toto, calling us Master and Master is too confusing. Can you think of some other way to call us?”
Toto seemed to be troubled.
(I know! Can I call you then Dad and Mom then?)
As expected, I didn’t see this coming�
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At such a surprise attack, both Bea and I started to blush excessively.
But we both created this spirit, there shouldn’t be any problem for her to call us that.
“I…I don’t mind…..What about you, Bea?”
“Me too. I don’t dislike it…..”
(Theeeen, Dad and Mom! That’s what I’ll call you.)
Toto concluded, her face covered in smiles.
We too got influenced by her radiance, and started to smile as well.
Is this what family feels like….?
Thinking about that, we’ve spent some really happy moments together.
However, at that point, the unexpected hit me.
“Zest-sama! What is the meaning of this? Why doesn’t Toto have any other clothes?”
Yes, Toto has no other closes, except for her ‘original’ attire.
She’s still wearing that black leather dress, made from the exchange diary’s cover, with golden embroidery and the mithril chain around her waist.
She only had that.
Incidentally, she doesn’t wear panties either.
……You’re wrong! I only saw that when she was sleeping, it’s not like I’ve deliberately checked.
Nonetheless, she seems fine without having another change of clothes, but from a girl’s perspective, this is unacceptable.
“We must go to the tailor right away. Well, Zest-sama?”
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