episode_0148

It’s all over.

Deltan couldn’t even raise his head due to shame.

“Kyahaha!”

Agnes laughed the loudest she had ever seen, and her expression was so bright that it did not create a serious atmosphere.

Deltan blamed himself.

Where on earth did ‘I want your child’ come from?

How can a proposal like this be so tasteless?

There was a rough idea drawn in my head.

Propose in the most romantic words you can. He sets the tone and appeals to Agnes that she needs a child. In the process, he appears trustworthy.

So I entered the bedroom.

… Of course, it is a failed idea.

It would be better to dismiss it as a misfortune brought about by an impatient mind.

Deltan’s body trembled.

Agnes said, belatedly controlling her laughter.

“Fool, what is that?”

I have no excuses.

“You seem really nervous. huh? I guess it’s not easy to propose even in Hebron, the delta of the world.”

Agnes’ touch on the cheek was full of gentleness.

That was making the Delta people even more miserable.

“I was trying to do this… .”

“Probably not.”

Agnes said as she received the words.

The next words hit the point in a way that did not fit the mood.

“It would have been the last thing the child would say. You have a habit of saying important things last.”

Deltan’s fingertips trembled.

“Do you know? Whenever you say something important, you always try to do advance work so that I can understand what you said. If not, they might try not to explain the process at all.”

Was it so? It may seem right.

A new thought that comes to mind is that Agnes has been observing herself closely.

“Child, I’m not saying it’s just the fruit of love or anything like that.”

He’s really quick-witted.

Deltan raised his head.

Agnes had an uncharacteristically sentimental expression on her face.

“Is it necessary for demonization?”

The excuses for why this happened were wrong.

It would be better for your personal life to speak your honest feelings.

No, even if it wasn’t for that reason, it was like that.

“That’s right, I can’t tell you the detailed reason this time either.”

Deltan did not want to deceive Agnes with sweet whispers.

As she has always confronted her sincerely, Deltan also wants to respond.

A sword with seven holes in the blade stuck out of the black pit.

Deltan placed it in Agnes’ hand.

“What is this?”

“A sword that tells me when I lie.”

Agnes looked around the sword for a moment, wondering if it was interesting.

“What are you trying to talk about?”

“I want to convey that I don’t want children only out of necessity.”

Agnes’ eyes turned directly to Deltan.

Deltan said with a hardened expression.

“I’ll give you an example. I’m actually a woman.”

Ugh-

A red light came on in the first hole of the classic sword.

“Did you see it? If I lie like this, the light will turn on. So, everything I say from now on is sincere.”

Agnes closed her mouth and stared into Deltan’s eyes.

Then I answered.

“Okay, tell me.”

The atmosphere is like a hearing. It’s not suitable for a proposal either.

Deltan took a deep breath and spoke.

“The first time I thought about children was when I went to the County of Kargos.”

“The Count’s son?”

“Uh, it just occurred to me because I was watching Henry with his family. What would it be like if it were me, you, and our child in that scene?”

“So?”

“I didn’t feel bad. No, I should say it was good.”

Even saying it was good wasn’t enough.

At that moment, Deltan felt a deep longing and fear that he could not control.

An uncertain future, distrust of oneself, and an imaginary landscape that one still chases for no reason.

The shapes that appeared mixed together had dream-like colors.

“From then on, I started thinking about it. What kind of child will the child I have with you be, and how will you and I raise the child? And will I become a great father at that moment?”

Agnes listened quietly.

But it didn’t feel like a bad sign.

That fuels courage.

“This was before I knew that a child was needed to extract magic flowers. So, that was my true feelings that I couldn’t tell you.”

The classic sword doesn’t move at all. Fortunately, there was assurance that he was conveying his sincerity.

Deltan exhaled again and spoke.

“I had a lot of worries. Isn’t that right? For you and me, a child is… Because being a parent is something you shouldn’t think about hastily. Because if it exists, it is a concept that should not be used.”

Hebron, the Delta, does not know parental love.

Agnes Levadeine knows that too much affection is poisonous.

That’s why the two people didn’t talk about the child carelessly.

A topic that was considered an unwritten rule was being spoken through the mouths of Deltans.

“So, I thought about it for a long time and I think I found a way.”

“A method I shouldn’t know?”

“Uh, but you don’t have to worry. Because as always, I will never fail.”

Deltan squeezed Agnes’ hand.

“I want to be happy. Two of us and three children.”

“How?”

“Becoming a family.”

Deltan reached into his pocket and took out a ring case.

What came out of my mouth was a sigh.

“… I didn’t mean to propose like this.”

“Try it.”

Agnes said with a grin.

Deltan felt his face getting hot.

This damn woman is beautiful even at moments like this.

No, is it beautiful precisely because it is a moment like this?

Just like that, Deltan opened the case and showed off the ring.

“Marry me.”

In front of the garden fountain, Deltan was sitting on a chair and Agnes was kneeling on the floor.

Nevertheless, the person who makes the request with earnest wishes is a person looking down from a high place, so there could not be a more funny composition than this.

It’s such a mess. But I feel strangely relieved.

But the tension never subsided.

Agnes has not yet given an answer.

“Hmm… .”

Agnes smiled mischievously and looked at the ring.

Inwardly, he was thinking, ‘Is he really going to refuse?’, but even so, the small possibility of rejection that he couldn’t let go of made Deltan feel like his insides were turning upside down.

“… What is the answer?”

In the end, I give up.

Agnes chuckled.

“I didn’t know you were thinking like that.”

“Because I didn’t say it.”

“Then I’ll tell you the truth that I didn’t say.”

Agnes placed the Classic Sword in Deltan’s hand.

And I covered it with my hand.

“From the moment I first saw you, you were the only person in my future.”

Deltan’s breath stopped.

The classic sword did not light up.

It means sincerity.

“I never once doubted you.”

Words keep coming out that make me feel hot inside.

“I love you. I never waver in my belief that you will make me happy. It will be like that forever.”

It is a series of short sentences.

However, I keep thinking about whether there is another meaning in it.

Even though I did that, I couldn’t find any other meaning, so I felt like an electric current was passing through my whole body.

Then, just one word, a wedge is driven in.

“Put on the ring.”

Agnes’ thin, white hand was placed on the Deltan.

Deltan’s gaze never left her ring finger.

“Come on.”

A smile began to appear on Deltan’s lips.

Slowly, clumsily, and haphazardly, Deltan placed the ring she had carefully chosen on her ring finger.

“Similar. Jewelry and your eyes.”

Agnes smiled brightly.

“I like it.”

Those words filled Deltan with feelings he couldn’t suppress, and he kissed Agnes.

*

Gerhardt, who brought out dessert late, put down the food and poked the corner of his eye with a handkerchief.

“Congratulations.”

Ah, you were all listening.

Deltan felt his face turn red from belated embarrassment.

What followed was anger, but I couldn’t let it out.

“Thanks to Gerhart. Thank you.”

This is because Agnes finally revealed who the tentacle that was hiding in the mansion was.

Agnes shrugged her shoulders and said.

“I’m the hostess here now, right? What do you think?”

“Still in reserve.”

“So you’re going to lock me up like a bird in a cage and eliminate all my allies? Oh my gosh, you’re so possessive… .”

“It’s not like that.”

Gerhart has already become Agnes’s.

Gerhart no longer looked at the Deltan.

“I hope you enjoy the remaining time.”

That was after Gerhart disappeared.

Should I say Gerhart as expected, the snacks and dessert that came out were perfect.

After finishing their meal, the two went up to the bedroom together.

“What do you do now? Making a baby?”

Agnes said, sitting down on the bed.

What is it like to raise a child without a mood?

Deltan, who unconsciously thought of such a thought, laughed at his own actions.

Has it seeped in?

Suddenly, like Agnes of the past, I began to care about things like mood.

Although he should be upset about that fact, Deltan didn’t feel bad at all.

“Wash it first, right?”

“It’s clean.”

“Because I’m a doctor.”

“Anyway, it’s fascinating.”

Agnes giggled.

This has always been the reaction whenever this type of conversation has come up ever since Deltan said he was a doctor.

“As expected, I’m more suited to being a wizard than a doctor.”

“It’s because you can’t see me working.”

Deltan snorted like always.

The next words were also the same as usual.

“Let’s wait and see when I get back.”

“Three of us with a child?”

Deltan pursed his lips.

His cheeks heated up a little.

“… Uh, three of us. The educational environment is much better there.”

“You must be young.”

Agnes got up from the bed and stood next to Deltan.

The two went to the bathroom and soaked themselves in warm water.

Agnes played with the foam by painting it on Deltan’s face, and Deltan laughed at Agnes for being childish and then started playing with the foam like her.

In fact, it was closer to an act of affection than a bath.

You could think of it as a kind of foreplay.

“Now that I think about it, I was of childbearing age.”

I calculated “ and chose today as the date.”

“Be thorough. You didn’t even think about failure?”

“Because it’s me.”

An insignificant conversation passes through the space of reconciliation in whispers.

The sound of breathing overlaps, adding heat to the body.

After the bath, I returned to the bedroom.

Deltan climbed on top of Agnes’ body and looked down at her.

“Deltain, face red.”

“… It’s because I’ve been in hot water for a long time.”

“Really?”

“… .”

Agnes stroked his cheek as if she wanted something else to say.

Deltan purred his lips, then sighed and said.

“… Because I’m embarrassed.”

“I spoke honestly. Well done.”

Agnes wrapped her arms around Deltan’s neck.

Deltan had a hunch.

Now is the time to get started.

Just-

I snapped my fingers.

The contraceptive magic that had protected his body for a long time disappeared.