episode_0019

“Ugh…”

Aion opened his eyes after such a long time.

It was definitely around lunchtime when I sucked up the poison, but when I closed my eyes for a moment and opened them again, the sun had already set.

“What’s going on..?”

Aion had been down for more time than expected.

He tried to slowly move his body from where he had fallen, but something was caught in his arms and legs and he couldn’t get up.

Aion, who was about to get up from his seat, felt a heavy sensation on his arms and legs and raised his head to look at them.

Aion, who was looking at his arm, couldn’t help but smile brightly.

“……….”

A blanket was covered over Aion’s body, and he was held in both hands by Danawa and Frega.

When I checked, it was a little different from the last place I saw before I collapsed. It seemed like Danawa and Frega had moved it to the room after I collapsed.

However, their bodies were unable to carry Aion to the bed, so they ended up bringing a blanket and pillow and putting them on me as I lay there.

Aion was so moved by their appearance that he couldn’t say anything.

I just stared blankly at their sleeping faces.

Their eyes were red and swollen from how much they cried.

They were fast asleep in the living room, holding Ion’s arm.

The dog that Aion had treated was also sleeping with its body curled up around his leg.

Aion burst into laughter as he saw the puppy like that.

‘But I guess you know that I saved you..’

Aion smiled as he looked at the gray puppy.

After watching them and the puppy for a while, Aion carefully shook his arms to wake them up so as not to startle them.

Aion, who was greedy because he could see their sleeping forms up close, wanted to see their sleeping forms up close, but sleeping in this position could be bad for their bodies, so Aion carefully began to wake them up.

“Hmm…”

When Aion waved his arms, they squirmed as if they didn’t want to get up.

“You’re not going to wake up?”

“Ah…Mister…?!”

As Aion spoke softly to them while watching them struggle, they opened their closed eyes and looked at Aion.

“Are you awake?”

Aion looked at them and smiled kindly.

When they saw Aion’s appearance, they stared at him for a moment in disbelief before running towards him.

“Are you okay, sir…?”

Danawa and Frey cried as they hugged Aion’s chest, and they swayed and buried their faces in his chest.

“I thought we’d never meet again..!!”

They cried out as they dug into Aion’s arms.

It was Aion who felt how anxious they must have felt while he was down.

To others, I was just a guy with ominous black hair, but to them, I was like a family member they could rely on.

They were saddened when Aion fell, thinking they would never see him again, as he was always a strong ally on their side.

And looking at them like that, Aion stroked his head with a tingling hand and then looked at them and said.

“Do you think I’ll leave you guys behind?”

Aion said, patting their heads.

At Aion’s words, they hugged him tightly as if they would never let him go again.

“Huh…?”

Did they wake up to their cries? The puppy that had been curled up and sleeping near Aion’s legs pricked up its ears.

He slowly approached Aion, who was looking at him, and began to lick Aion’s cheek with his wet tongue as if to express his gratitude.

“Eww! Stop it..!”

Aion was startled when the puppy’s wet tongue touched his face and tried to push the puppy away.

Despite Aion’s reaction, the puppy paid no attention and licked Aion’s face, who had saved his life.

So they felt each other’s warmth in the living room.

Their short day came to an end.

***

Since that day, a big change has occurred in Aion and their daily lives.

Although Aion had a certain degree of tolerance to poison, he suffered from muscle pain and dizziness for about two days when too much poison entered his body.

I spent more than 18 hours a day lying in bed, not moving, except for the time I spent preparing their meals.

Danawa and Frega took turns caring for Aion, and he was watched over by them even when he went to the bathroom.

To be honest, Aion was grateful for their care since he wasn’t so sick that he couldn’t use his body, but he was so frustrated that he tried to escape once, and their care and security became even more strict.

That’s why Aion eventually gave up on escaping and just lay in bed for two days.

Their nursing must have been effective. After two days, Aion’s body quickly recovered and he no longer had any problems moving.

Now that he was no longer dizzy or sore, Aion acted as if he was flying.

Seeing Aion like that, they looked at him with eyes that were both happy and somewhat regretful.

Honestly, I think the past two days have been fun, except for the fact that my whole life was under surveillance while I was being cared for by them. Every day was enjoyable as I grew closer to them.

Aion’s face never left a smile as he felt like they were now a real family.

And there was one more piece of good news.

It was precisely because the puppy treated by Aion was surprisingly intelligent.

The gray-haired puppy, even on the day he came to the lowly Aion’s house, did not bark in fear of the changed environment, but behaved quietly as if he knew that this was his home.

Above all, despite being untrained, they followed Aion and her words very well.

“Hand!”

“Head!”

“Sit down!”

The puppy immediately understood what they said, followed them well, and didn’t even bite, so he became our family in an instant.

Among them, the person who showed the most loyalty was none other than Aion.

The dog seemed to know full well that Aion had healed its body, and it did everything Aion said.

Thanks to that puppy, Aion’s daily life has become much more comfortable.

Since Aion and the puppy slept in the same room every day, they were able to become close quickly.

Every morning, at Aion’s request, the puppy would head to their room to wake them up.

Because they were the ones who opened their hearts and no longer closed their room doors, the puppy came and went freely in and out of the room, waking them up.

Since the dog came home, Aion has been able to relax.

The dog, with its excellent sense of smell, would bark loudly to warn of any monsters or intruders nearby.

Aion was surprised by the dog’s sense of smell and loved the dog.

The dog that Aion brought home was different from other dogs in that it could immediately detect scents from far away and reacted sensitively to surrounding sounds, becoming a strong family member of Aion and the girls.

But perhaps because her sense of smell was so excellent, when Aion started cooking, she looked at him with her mouth drooling.

Aion loved the dog and gave it food that it could eat without any problems.

Aion, who was raising a dog for the first time in his life, also loved dogs.

They lived together, calling the gray dog, Meongmeong, without a specific name.

They lived together with smiles every day.

They also became closer to Aion and now they even had some skinship with him.

“Mister…”

Freya, who used to be shy and timid, changed into a confident person and acted like she was feeding Aion in front of Aion and Dana.

Danado also fed Aion, and Aion lived happily ever after.

At first, when they did this kind of skinship, Aion strongly refused, thinking that it was a line that should not be crossed between family members.

After seeing them looking upset, Aion eventually changed his mind and decided to let some level of skinship pass.

Aion changed his mind and decided that it was okay to have moderate skinship with them without crossing the line of family, and eventually decided to accept the small amounts of skinship they did.

As a result, they started making cute requests, such as linking arms with Aion and asking for a piggyback ride.

Since it wasn’t an unreasonable request to buy them anything, Aion spent time with them whenever and wherever they wanted.

They spent the day smiling happily at Aion’s actions.

Aion and the girls spent time together, happy just by seeing each other, without money or material things.