Chapter 1944: Illness' Consultation ⑤

Chapter 1944: Illness' Consultation 5

After listening to my words with a smile, Illness-san quietly closed her eyes. Somehow, it felt like she was gathering her thoughts.

If that's the case, talking to her now would just be a hindrance. Thinking that, I quietly sipped my wine and waited for Illness-san to finish organizing her thoughts.

Just like that, after a while...... perhaps about 5 minutes, Illness-san slowly opened her eyes and looked at me.

Her gaze wasn't the usual unfocused one, but a serious one with her beautiful eyes fixed on me, to which I couldn't help feeling captivated.

[......I may have been overthinking thiiiings.]

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[Yeeees. To meeeee, my feelings for Kaito-sama were speciaaaaal, something I hadn't experienced in the past tens of thousands of years of liiiiiife, so I believed that if I were to put those feelings into wooooords, they had to be just as speciaaaaal.]

From what I've heard from Frea-san, Illness-san had apparently been well-known in the Demon Realm even before the Six Kings system was established, so she must have lived for at least 20,000 years.

For Illness-san, who had lived that long, these newfound feelings must have indeed been very special.

[That's whyyyy, I had been having second thouuuughts. What word could I call iiiiiit, how can I convey such a feeliiiiing...... but after confiding with Kaito-samaaa, I realized I had been mistakeeeen.]

However, thanks to Luna-san, Sieg-san, and most importantly, Illness-san, it never became a major source of stress.

[In that sense, I'm really grateful to Illness-san, and I've always had favorable feelings for you. But well, how should I say this...... Illness-san has been a woman I've admired, a kind and mature lady, so I always thought somewhere in my heart that you wouldn't see me in a romantic way, so today's conversation surprised me...... but I'm honestly happy...... Ahh, sorry, I started rambling about.]

[Kuhihi, in my case thouuuugh, hearing Kaito-sama earnestly telling me how you feel makes me happyyyyyy.]

[Ahaha, thank you. But yeah, let's keep it simple here...... I also love Illness-san as a woman. So, errr...... Once again, I will be in your care.]

[Kuhihi, yeeees. Same heeeeere, please allow me to stay by your siiiiide.]

Yes, I certainly was surprised by the content of the consultation, and I was also surprised at how quickly she managed to gather her thoughts and convey them in words....... but seeing Illness-san smile so happily...... I'm really glad we got to convey our feelings like this.

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [......!?]

Makina : [Ah, her eyes rolled back...... Could it be that because of the previous chapter, thinking it would be a while before they became lovers, she let her guard down and was caught off guard?]