Chapter 121

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“What do you mean by closer… in which… way?” I asked. A charming smile emerged in my lips, as I gently touched Partner’s chin. I felt the sudden instinct of doing it. I began to finally realize there was something going on. Her feelings for me might be developing, but she seems to be the same as Lucifer.

But of course it’s different than him, she’s my Partner after all, so she has special privilege that nobody else has. I don’t want her to be heartbroken thinking that I will one day replace her or something, or that I will end up with Lucifer and throw her away.

I am still developing my own feelings too, in my previous life I was more inclined into boys than anything else, but Partner is really just way too adorable to act oblivious against. If she really wants to build up such a bond, I am willing to… Uwah, this is embarrassing. And what’s wrong with me?! Why am I holding her chin like this?! Have I suddenly transformed into a super confident woman?

“I-In our hearts… Like… love.” She said.

“Love…? I see… Are you sure?” I asked nervously. Although I acted charmingly, I was internally screaming and trembling. I couldn’t believe I was doing this.

Partner seemed to grow nervous now that I suddenly took the lead, she was getting increasingly more adorable and cuter by the second, and I couldn’t believe how amazing this was. I felt like I wanted to hug her tightly and never let her go from my side.

I might had carelessly raised her as a skeleton back then out of necessity for a new part member, but now, it seems she had grown way more into my heart than I thought, and now that she looked like a cute and charming girl, I couldn’t resist this growing urge which intensified by her previous flirting with me.

“I-I… Uwaahwah…”

She suddenly got all red, looking nervously at the floor, and covering her face completely, resting it in my chest.

“I-I am not sure… I-I thought I could do this, but it feels way too embarrassing!” she proclaimed.

I suddenly felt my spiritual heart beating fast, I couldn’t help but hug her and tell her that it was fine, that she could take all the time she wanted, and that if she wanted and I was ready, we could slowly build up something more than our current relationship.

Agh! But I couldn’t! I was too embarrassed… I wish I could tell this to Lucifer and Emeraldine too! But I can’t do it to anyone, no way! It is way too embarrassing!

“Master…

“I-I think we can do this slowly, right? N-No need to rush. I promise you that I won’t forgive you, even if Lucifer tries to make advances on me… I really didn’t thought you would get such feelings for me, but I am willing to embrace them in my heart and wait for the right moment… Don’t worry, I am not letting Lucifer do whatever he wants with me either.” I said.

“R-Really?” she asked.

“Of course! Uwah, you’re so cute, Partner-chan!” I said, hugging her and kissing her forehead.

She blushed a bit as she rested in my chest, I was actually taller than her now that I thought about it, although I could freely shapeshift my own body to my liking, so maybe it wasn’t just that.

“I-I am glad Master will have a place in her heart for me…” she said with a cute smile.

“Of course…. Why wouldn’t I?” I sighed.

“Heheh… Master, am I important to you?” she asked.

“Huh? Yes… you are.” I said.

I had not realized it earlier, but Partner is way more important than I had originally thought. She was my emotional pillar since the beginning of my journey as a ghost, and she had been at my side, keeping me from not being alone all this time… so of course she’s incredibly important to me, in fact, she’s the most important to me from the beginning!

She’s like my family, like… a sister and then a little daughter… but now this is evolving into something else… l-like a romance of sorts.

I thought it would be hard for me to actually like a girl, but this wasn’t hard at all with her like this. she was just the cutest…

“You’re my little treasure.” I said, as I looked at Partner and gave her a warm smile.

“T-Treasure… Really? Am I your treasure, Master?” she asked.

“Obviously! You’re my precious little treasure… We’ll go and make a big village there, and we’ll build our own house too, and we’ll live there together.” I said.

“R-Really?” she asked.

“Yeah! We’ll take a break while we manage everything and we can spend some more time together without having to constantly wage war and fight against threats all the time… Maybe this way we can develop our bond more and… W-Well, we will see about that.” I said.

“O-Okay! I am so happy… I can live with Master forever too because I am also an Undead… And we’ll live together and make breakfast together, lunch together, dinner together, bathe together, sleep together, and-” she said.

“Okay I think you’re exceeding yourself a little bit there…” I said.

“O-Oh! S-Sorry, I didn’t wanted to scare you… I-I won’t be as forceful as Lucifer… I am not a big mean dragon idiot like him! I-I take into consideration master’s thoughts and emotions!” she said, as steam began to come out of her nose as if she was decided.

“Fufu, you really do!” I said.

Although I feel a bit bad for Lucifer, we are badmouthing him a bit too much, I still consider him a dear companion and I care about him! And I have also begun to consider him something else too! B-But Partner is badmouthing him a bit too much…

Well, I will just shrug it off for now.

After this whole incident, Partner hugged me and then let me evolve on my own.

Time for a quick powerup.

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