episode_0033

“Harry, Harry! Did you wake up?”

I was quickly awakened again by a loud call that sounded like the door was being broken down.

After the commotion with La Boille, I fell asleep just as the morning sun was starting to rise, so I didn’t get enough sleep to feel refreshed.

“Is it already 9 o’clock…”

I fumbled with my pocket watch and checked the current time.

At exactly 9 a.m., without a single error, after moving to the same accommodation as Elisias.

He was so diligent that he didn’t need an alarm clock and came to wake me up at 9 a.m.

I close the lid of my pocket watch again, pull the blanket over my head, and go to sleep.

“Ha~ri!! It’s already early morning! Laziness is the first step to sloth!”

“…”

―Boom boom!!

As Elisias stood still as if dead, he knocked on the door as if he was going to break it. With heavy eyelids, I got up and opened the door.

“Ah, are you awake, Harry? Good morning.”

“…”

I’m in a trance-like state, so I can’t even speak properly.

As I looked at him with half-closed eyes, Elisias hesitated, thinking about something, then cleared his throat.

“Well, if it’s okay with you, let’s have dinner together this morning… hiyak!”

Unable to maintain my sanity any longer, I lost my balance and fell down, burying my head in Elisias’ chest. She held my shoulders as I slipped and fell.

“It’s nice that it’s fluffy”

“What, what?!”

-match!

After hearing that sound, my consciousness disappeared.

“Yes, I’m sorry…I feel like I’m out of my mind after only sleeping for 3 hours…”

When I came to my senses a little while later and woke up, Elisias was looking at me with an angry face.

That short but happy moment suddenly came to mind, so I surrendered, got down on my knees, and raised my hands.

“Party, force majeure…”

“I never told you to put your hands down.”

When I tried to explain a bit out of frustration, Elisias spoke in a cold voice.

He quickly adjusted his posture and raised his arms even higher.

“Yes…I know very well that you are going through a lot of hard work…”

Elisias, who was sitting cross-legged on the chair and crossing her arms, said in a tone of understanding, stood up, moved to sit on the bed again.

“Put your hands down, come over here and lie down comfortably”

When I turned my head to see what he was saying, Elisias tapped my leg.

“Yes? Really? Really, really, really?”

Can I now experience scenes that I only see in cartoons or animations?

Is it okay to feel such luxury?

I must be a happy guy.

“I saw it in the book of the weak knight. The princess gave the knight something called a lap pillow, and the knight quickly cheered up…”

Nice princess! What do you know?

I tried my best to stop the corners of my mouth from twitching, but it was very difficult to control these facial muscles.

“Although I cannot do anything for you, I can at least do these things.”

“Yes! Then don’t worry!”

If it were normal, I would have refused outright because I felt like the dark heart inside me would bloom, but now that I was drowsy and couldn’t feel the tension or anything else, I leaned my head directly on her thigh.

“Ah…I lived for this day.”

“Well, am I that happy…”

I felt like tears of joy were about to flow, but I held them back. Elisias, who saw me like this, was embarrassed, but smiled faintly.

“Don’t push yourself too hard…if you push yourself too hard, you’ll get tired…”

“I’ll try my best”

I start to feel slightly drowsy as I hear a slightly softer voice than usual.

The feel of her thighs on my head was so good that no pillow could compare to it, and the scent of peaches inside put my mind at ease.

My eyelids began to get heavier little by little, and soon I lost consciousness again.

“Oh…what’s going on?”

How much time had passed, when I felt that the weather was getting a little warmer, a sinister voice disturbed my precious sleep.

I slowly opened my eyes, got up, and looked for the owner of the voice.

“Illy…sha?”

It was probably still early in the morning, but I rubbed my eyes as I looked at Ilicha who had already come to my room.

When my blurry vision returned to its original state and I felt a touch on my head, my hazy eyes suddenly opened.

“Good times are good times….”

“That’s not it!”

I tried to deny her teasing and struggled to get up, but I quickly stopped doing so.

Elisias nods his head and falls asleep, probably tired of waiting.

I just stared at that scene blankly, then came to my senses, took out my pocket watch, and looked at it again.

“It’s already afternoon…”

“Hey kid, aren’t you interested in your sister’s lap pillow?”

When Ilicia spoke with a bright smile, I snorted and got up carefully.

I carefully place the dozing Elisias on the bed and stretch.

“Rather than that, you heard it from La Boille, right?”

“Laboeil…? You didn’t come back?”

I was a little surprised when I saw Ilicia speaking calmly.

If it were La Boille’s personality, it seemed like he would show his face to Ilicia, but seeing him leave without saying anything made me feel a bit nervous.

I told Illysha exactly what happened yesterday, but I only told her about the guys’ base and didn’t bother to talk about the red two-headed snake and the person named Kai.

“Anyway, La Boille…if anything happens, I’ll at least say something…”

“La, I gave Laboille another mission for a while, so he will be back soon.”

Seeing Ilicia speaking in a regretful tone, I spoke as discreetly as possible.

It wasn’t wrong, and I thought there might have been a reason why LaBoille went back right away without seeing Ilicia.

“So, you feel like you want to throw it away right now, but you have a plan, right?”

Illisha clenched her fists and smiled, showing her healthy teeth.

“The plan… First of all, the opponent has a weak medicine and can use it as a weapon, so we need a plan to defend it in our own way.”

“Measure plan?”

When Ilicia asked while tilting her head, I handed her the list of necessary items that I had written down before going to bed.

“It’s almost all monster debris and corpses?”

“Well, that’s right, and you have one more mission.”

I pointed at Elisias to Ilicia, who blinked and looked at me as if asking what that was.

“Definitely improve Elisias’ skills while subjugating monsters, Illisha, by force, using all the fighting methods and abilities you know.”

A schedule that kills two birds with one stone, allowing you to acquire materials while subduing monsters and improve Elisias’ level and combat ability.

While I was admiring myself, Illisha pointed to me.

“Huh? So what are you doing little boy?”

“I have to collect medicinal herbs…and I have to prepare something else.”

Illisha finally nodded as if she understood, and I sat down on the chair and just stared at Illisha for a moment.

“Illisha, didn’t you say that last time? Give me everything you have.”

Illisha was startled by my question and turned her head here and there to avoid making eye contact with me, scratching her head.

“Uh…yeah, that’s right?”

“And you tend to keep your words unconditionally, right?”

Illisha reluctantly nodded in the end, but for some reason, her face was a little red.

“Well, I thought I might need some mental preparation…”

“No, I think I need it right now.”

Illisha, surprised by my words, pointed to Elisias.

“Huh? W, here? really? Is there also Elisias? What are you going to do when you wake up…”

Illisha’s face started to turn even redder than before. Then, before I knew it, she came next to me and lightly tapped my shoulder with her fist.

“Ki, kid, do you surprisingly have such tastes? Are you really a pervert?”

“What are you thinking about!”

It felt like something was starting to go out of focus in the story, so I quickly lowered my head and hands together, and Ilicia let out a sigh, slumping her shoulders as if she was disappointed about something.

“So what is it?”

“No matter what happens from now on, just follow my instructions”

This time, he spoke in a somewhat serious tone about something that could put the lives of Elysias Labouil and I at risk.

Although we didn’t say it out loud, we will inevitably find out that it was the organization called the Red Two-Headed Snake that left Leila with such a terrible trauma.

If that happens, she will definitely go on a rampage, and if she does something that deviates from my plan, she may face a bad ending.

“What…Isn’t that what you mean by following any instructions? Anyway, it’s weird~”

I let out the deepest, deepest sigh of my life as I looked at Ilicia, who was busy making fun of me, not knowing how I felt.