49-49. Determination

After the battle was over, we went back to the capital once.

The report that we defeated the brave men had already gone to the capital, and we were welcomed with open arms the moment we returned to town.

It's a good idea to have a party afterwards, but we couldn't be happy about it.

I read the air and went to the party at first, but later I said I wanted to be alone and slipped out and was resting in my room that they had prepared for me.

I look at the back of my right hand.

As always, there was an engraving on it.

The Abyssal King (Abyss King) is still aiming at my body. He's waiting for me to hit the bottom of my misery and come back to borrow his power.

There's no way I can be happy in this situation.

I couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"You look troubled," he said.

Mek walked into the room.

'....well, yeah.

I told Meku everything that the Abyssal King (Abyss King) told me about the Mark after that.

''Now that we're going to have a serious talk, why don't you change it back to what it was?''

Okay.

I used my release to return Meku to his original form.

A light arises and Meku appears in his elf form.

''Is it any wonder your lord is troubled? That the mere sight of that imprint would bring in unlucky chi.

I don't want his help. But I'll have to when the time comes.

Don't worry. I'll never let that happen.

Meku said as he looked into my eyes.

My heartbeat jumped as I stared into Meku's beautiful eyes.

'Well, I don't think it's very convincing to say that in my cursed body,'

No, it's not. It's reassuring to have Mek here.

I'd better do something about my curse and your Mark.

'Oh...'

I am grateful to you, Tetsuya, for saving my country and restoring my body, even if only temporarily. I thank you, Tetsuya, for saving my country and allowing me to return to my body, even if only temporarily. I swear here and now that I will do whatever it takes to get you back to normal.

Meku said that with a serious look in my eyes.

'Nya!　I swear it too!

I thought I heard Lenya's voice from behind me and she hugged me from behind.

It's watery to talk about something with just the two of you. I'm one of them.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm too weak to be of much help to you right now, but I promise that someday I'll be strong enough to help you!

Raina said that as she hugged me. My breasts hit my back, and as expected, I'm nervous. I'm sure you'll find that Mekku is looking at it with a sly look.

"Do you want to touch my breasts too?

No, no, no.

My depressed mood was nowhere to be found, and afterwards, I joined the party again with Rainyamek and the others for a noisy night.

The other world is unreasonable. I want to complain about being dropped into a ravine all of a sudden, being engraved with an incomprehensible mark, almost dying many times, and why I invited them to this place.

Still, I decided to fight for my friends and myself, my dearest friends, to the best of my ability.