Chapter 65
After all, she was Maribel at that time! We just spoke of silly things and laughed together . I felt nostalgic remembering it . And the one in front of me was Maribel but the Marius doesn’t know of me .
“I have business with that person . ”
That glance was the glance used on someone he met for the first time . If I were to confess I am Veet here, will our relation go back to normal? Will she interact with me like before? I discarded such naive thoughts and put on my mask .
“Onee-sama’s business is also my business!”
“I don’t have any business with you!”
After all, I wouldn’t be accepted . I don’t even want to think that I was a human-eating dragon .
“Hmm? So that’s how it is . ”
Oh shoot . Kikuko-onee-chan also had sharp perception .
It seems she felt something from our short exchange . No, mostly from my mental state . She can probably see right through me .
“I am sorry . Veet, did you say? I don’t know of them . ”
Onee-chan told Marius, with an intriguing smile . His eyes opened wide as he heard it .
“Y-you’re lying! Sorceress-sama said the Ki-ku-ko person would know!”
“Hmm, but you see, I don’t have any memories of the other side . I am so sorry . Besides, I have school so I need to go . Itoka-chan, the teacher said it’s fine if you don’t come to school, alright?”
What do you want to do, Kikuko-onee-chan?! What are you thinking?! Besides, what image would a teacher have if they say you don’t have to come themselves?!
“Fufufu”, she gave a bewitching smile and left . Or so I say but she just went into the convenience store acting all cool and turned around to give me a wink and then headed off to the desert section . Thinking that Marius wouldn’t possibly mistake the convenience store for school, I turned to look at him but it seems that was the least of his worries . “No . . this can’t be . To think she doesn’t have any memories…” he weakly muttered .
“Then what should I do from now on…”
His big eyes got moist with tears . The white wings on his back also huddled up seemingly . As if like an abandoned small bird .
I don’t know how he got to this world and neither of what he will do from now on .
To the small white bird who had lost his way, I ended up saying,
“Would you, like to come to my house?”
I couldn’t leave him be like that .
“Umm, Marius-kun, was it?”
Going about this character has become quite hard and annoying . What do I do? But I can’t revert back to normal now .
The fact that I ended up thinking Marius as cute when he meekly nodded as I asked him if he wanted to come, is a secret .
He sat on the sofa I led him and restlessly looked around . The white wings on his back are also in good health . It was hard returning home secretly in this state .
My parents are in Hawaii for vacation . Younger brother is off to another-world trip with his friend . My elder brother also joined in on the trip late and so no one is here to rebuke me even when I bring an unfamiliar boy to the house .
“I am Itoka . ”
I said with a strained smile . And as I said that, Marius looked at me with an uninterested expression .
“Oh, and?”
“Introductions are standard for humans . ”
“I am no human . I am a half angel . ”
I see, not a human, eh? I will forgive you since you’re acting way more aloof than I expected . When I remembered how she acted like this when we met for the first time before as well, I couldn’t help but laugh a bit .
“What are you laughing for?”
“Ah, no, sorry… By the way, what will you do from now on?”
Marius was at a loss for words . His gaze wavered and he bit his lips .
“It’s… none of your business . ”
Right, it’s none of my business . And I don’t want it to be my business either . But I can’t help but aid a troubled pretty young boy . More importantly, if he were to walk on the streets looking like that, he will definitely stand out and will be targeted by weird people so I am scared .
“Oh, but I do . I brought a stranger to home and we are talking like this . It’s not none of my business . ”
“Then help me search . ”
A sudden straight ball?! Since this is Marius, I thought something completely unrelated would come up but here we are . Is he in that dire of a state?
“Search?”
For me? For what? I am supposed to be dead in the other world . Then don’t go doing something stupid like searching for the dead . The dead are dead . They won’t come back .
What exactly is going on in the other side? Are they gonna call me back and ask me to save the world again? Isn’t it peaceful there now?
I wanted to ask . I wanted to ask a lot of things . About the world, about many things . But, as I am now, I don’t have any right to ask those .
“A girl with brown hair and blue eyes . ”
“A foreigner . . ?”
“Fo-re-nar? what is that? It’s just a girl . Although a bit weird . ”
General question answers like this are hard . Speaking of blue eyes—that’s something that isn’t inherited by Japanese people unless they are half . I am sorry but I have not seen any person like that in this area . When I said that, Marius lowered his gaze and just said “I see” .
“How about you ask someone else?”
“Sorceress-sama said that she would be here… 3 days . I must find her within 3 days . ”
He told himself as if he had just resolved himself of something .
“W-what will you do, after you find them?”
I wanted to ask that . It’s something I shouldn’t ask but my curiosity got the better of me . For what purpose did you come to search for me?
My heart is going wild with those beats . I tried to remain calm when asking that but my voice betrayed me . However, it seems he didn’t notice that and muttered in a low voice .
Translations by AsianHobbyist Website .
“… . . I will punch her . ”
Pu-pu-pu-pu-punch?! That’s the first time I have heard such a low voice! It’s as if you’re a boy! … . . oh, you’re a boy .
Marius smacked the table and suddenly stood up and shouted .
“I will definitely punch her! A slap would be too weak! …Why did you go and die?! I was waiting the whole time! You will die after saving the country?! That’s not like you, Veet! I… I… I wanted you to come back home more than that!!”
A tear came up on his big eyes like a pearl and fell off the skin .
“Why… did you die . . ”
It was painful to look—his powerless state falling back on to the sofa after letting everything out . desperately trying to hold back the tears .
But, ahh… so I was thought of that much, huh? I felt like crying, seeing how much she liked me to cry for me . ‘Thank you’–I want to say . I want to scream it out . And ‘I am sorry’…
But, I couldn’t do anything other than watch over him .
I can’t interfere as I am now . I can’t be anything other than just an onlooker .
After all, I can’t accept ‘myself’ even I trampled all over Marius’ feelings .
—Sorry .
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