Watashi No Hanayome's
9
“H-Hiroaki, a-what are you doing.”
My body moved on its own, and brandished Shirame and Ryuga towards her. And the moment the mood changed. “H-Hiroaki, let's take it with me.” Emilia pulled my hand.
A few moments later.
In a deserted place
Plakk
“What are you really thinking!!”
“M-Sorry, my body suddenly just moved by itself.”
“How can your body move by itself.”
“I'm sorry.”
“You're messing up the party tonight. Hiroaki, what really happened to you?”
“I'm fine, I'm fine.”
“If you're okay, why are you doing that?”
“I'm sorry.”
“Today your behavior is very different from usual.”
“Sorry.”
“You'd better just go back to the inn.”
“But..”.
“If you keep it that way, our royal good name will be tarnished.”
“Good.” I went back to the inn at that moment.
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“Emilia, where..”.
“I've already told him to come back.”
“Huh, why?”
“The attitude today is very strange, I became worried about him.”
“Wah wah's. Queen of the kingdom Riel, oh yes where is she?”
“King Yunas.”
“Call only Sreder.”
“Sreder, yes. All right, I told him to come back.”
“Huh? What was? Did something happen to her? Is it possible because of the problem just now?”
“Yes, like that. I don't know why, but his attitude is different than usual.”
“Different from usually?”
“Iya.”
“Hmm. Did you ask why his attitude changed?”
“I've questioned him but, it seems he doesn't want to tell.”
“Hmm, just maybe so.”
“Sreder, do you know anything?”
“T-No, this is just my thought.”
“So.”
“But, I was very surprised to see the person nicknamed the strongest king seem to do such a thing.”
“Me too, it's the first time he's done such a thing.”
“Nona Emilia, are you right?”
“Emilia only.”
“Wah, I think it's a little disrespectful. After all you are the queen of the strongest king, at least I should be a little polite to you.”
“(smile) You're a strange person.”
“Hahaha. Miss Emilia, I have a suggestion for you.”
“What is it?”
“(whispers)”
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Parkland.
“What is this?” Every time I close my eyes, that memory comes through. That nightmare, I can't forget. “This sucks.” Even though the accident did not happen, but the memory I can still remember. “Haa. god Sha, why would you do something like this to me.” When I asked the god Sha to erase this memory, he said that my other memories would also be erased. “Haa, why it could be like this.” ‘Tasilah your problem itself, try to make you too helpful to me.’ That's what he told me.
“At this problem itself, yes. How to?” Without any clue, how do I handle it. “At least, give me a little hint.”
A while later.
It is very quiet and comfortable, a suitable place for me. “Haa, shit.” Every time I close my eyes to enjoy this tranquility, those memories come back to haunt me. “If it keeps going like this, I probably won't be able to sleep.”
Nightfall.
Lodging.
Kreeksk
“Ai, how? Is he inside?”
“Iya, and it looks like he is fast asleep.”
“How about we do what Sreder suggests. This is also for his good.”
“Iya. Alright.” Slowly, Ai and Emilia entered the room.
“Ai, please do.”
“Good.” Ai started holding Hikari's hand, and began to channel her mana to Hikari.
Ctrass
“Ai, what happened?”
“The flow of mana is cut off.”
“Deconnected? How can?”
“I don't know, let me try again.”
“Ya, I beg.” Ai did the same thing again.
Ctrass
Ctrass
Ctrass
Ctrass
Ctrass
“It doesn't work. The mana flow keeps being interrupted.”
“What really happened to him?”
“I don't know, but this is the first time I've seen which stream is cut off when someone wants to share which.”
“Hiroaki.” They saw something very sad. “Dia, menagis.”
“It's the first time I've seen him like this, what kind of dream he's had until he made it like this.”
“I don't know, but.. I can't bear to see it like this. Though he was very strong, but he got to be like this.” Emilia hugged Hiroaki who was deep asleep. “Let's just relax, I'm right beside you. You don't have to worry..”
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“H-Hi-roa-ki.”
“Ahhhhhh!!!”
“H-Hiroaki, what is it?!”
I woke up from my sleep. “M-Sorry, I woke you up.” My shout woke Ai up, and Emilia.
“Darling, did you have a bad dream?”
“T-no, I'm fine.”
“Hikari, what really happened to you?”
“I'm fine.”
Plakkk
“After seeing all this, you still say fine. Don't you know how worried we are about seeing you like this!”
“M-I'm sorry, I made you guys worry. But, I'm fine.. I'm fine, you guys don't need to worry.” I slowly walked out of the room. “I will get ready, soon the sun will rise.”
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“Haa.” I felt guilty for waking them up, but it was undeniable that I also felt some discomfort. “Remember this, I hope there is a cure to get rid of it.” At least that's what I want to be able to erase this memory.
A few hours after that.
The kings of other kingdoms gradually returned to their kingdom with the soldiers who escorted him, while I was only 3. “Haa.”
“Hiroaki, what's up?”
“Nothing. Come.”
Outside the gate.
“Shura!”
“Eh?” (Emilia & Sia)
A few minutes later.
Groaaarr
“N-N-PAGA!!”
“Darling, what are you really thinking?! Calling dragon Shura close to kingdom.”.
“Sorry. But, I am currently very tired.” Not physically tired, but mentally.
Shura stopped right in front of me. “Wah wah's. The strongest king was indeed extremely outstanding, not just possessing great strength. But until the dragon race can be conquered easily like that.”
“Sreder, yes.”
“If you have free time, come to my kingdom. I'll welcome your arrival with great fanfare.”
“(smiling) Thank you.” Looks like I got 1 friend at this meeting. “Shura.”
Groaarrr
Shura slowly flew up, and went back home to Riel.
“Hiroaki's. If you're tired, you better take a break. This trip is very long.”
“That's right, if it's up we'll wake up.”
“Thank you, but I'm not sleepy. I just want a quiet.”
“So...” When I say that, they are both silent and I can feel the calmness here.
There was only a gust of wind and a flap of Shura's wings that I could hear. This is what I want, this kind of calmness. But... Still, as I closed my eyes to enjoy this, the memory was recalled by me.
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“Hiroaki..”.
“Stttt, don't be noisy. She's sleeping.” Emilia was looking at Hikari sleeping on Ai's lap. “Although he looks so tormented. What really happened to him, why did he not say anything.”
“Maybe he doesn't want us to worry. At least that's what he's thinking, but he doesn't know that if he hides something from us it makes us worry more about him.”
“Just try him telling honestly what really happened to him, surely everything will be fine. He probably won't be tormented like this.”
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A gentle touch was felt in my head, and therefore I slowly opened my eyes. “Ai.”
“Hiroaki, you're up.”
“Sorry, I overslept.” I tried to get up, but.. “A-Ai..”.
“You better stay like this first, I know you're so tired.”
“It's okay, I'm fine..”.
“You it. Try to listen to what I say. (angry)”
“Sorry.”
“Ha.. Hiroaki, what really happened to you? Tell us, who knows we can help you.”
“I'm fine. Sorry if I made you guys anxious.”
“If you really don't want to tell a story it's okay, but don't make people near you worry.”
“Sorry.”
“Haa, never mind, I'm tired of asking you the same thing.”
“Sayang. If there's anything we can do, just say it. We will definitely help you.”
“(smiling) Thank you.” Even so, I'm not so sure that they can help me with this.
A while later.
“She fell asleep again.”
“It looks like he's very tired.”
“Iya. But, at least his sleep this time was not tormented as before.”
“We just let him be like this first.”
“If that's what you want, I don't mind.”
Afternoon.
“Honey, wake us up almost to.”
I slowly opened my eyes. “Sorry, it looks like I overslept again.” But at least, I didn't dream about it again this time.
“If you are still tired, you can stay like this for a while.”
“Thank you, but I've been fine.” I slowly woke up from Ai's lap.
Far enough ahead, I can already see my kingdom. “Finally we're back.”
A while after that.
The royal back garden.
Shura slowly came down, and there were already people welcoming us including Rin and Sia.
“Hi-chan, welcome.”
“Ya.” I went straight into the palace.
“You can go, there is something we want to talk about.” Everyone here goes, and only the four of them stay here. “Emilia, what happened to her? His attitude is different from usual.” (That)
“I don't know either. He's been like that since destroying the kingdom of Altra.”
“M-Destroying the kingdom of Altra, how can it be? The kingdom has a very strong magic protector, some even say even the strongest attack of the demon lord will not even be able to penetrate that protector.”
“I don't know either, but after doing that suddenly his attitude became strange.”
“Wait, why did Hi-chan destroy the kingdom?” (By)
“I don't know either, but he said it was an order from dewa.”
“So.”
“Rin, do you believe it?”
“I believe, after all there is no reason for him to lie. If it was indeed an order from a god, he would definitely do it.”
“Although he has already killed innocent people in the kingdom?”
“Iya. The reason is clear. After all, how could Hi-chan do what she doesn't want, let alone destroy a kingdom. Emilia, have you forgotten what she told us.”
“Say? What?”
“He once said, all he wants is peace. No more than that. That means if he gets to do such a thing, it means there is something underlying doing such a thing, and the reason for the god telling him to be is enough for him to do it.”
“Wait a minute, but..”
“What do you remember. The time you and I have been on the verge of death.”
“I remember.”
“God gave Hi-chan a wish to save us, and therefore it is possible that she felt indebted to the gods. And not only that, there are still many other things especially when Hi-chan tries to save Ai, she must be deeply indebted to god.”
“But..”.
“I want to ask, has Hi-chan ever done anything bad to you?”
They were silent including Emilia.
“I just got bad news from dewa.”
“Bad news? What is it?”
“God says, that Hi-chan is currently mentally depressed.”
“Press, why?”
“I don't know either, but the gods say that if we don't help him it will be very dangerous for his mentality.”
“But, how to?” (Emilia)
“Ai, do you know why Hi-chan's attitude changed?”
“Sorry, I don't know. I, no. We both have asked him many times, but he does not seem to want to say anything. I've also tried to transfer my mana in order to see his memory, but when I did that my mana flow with him was cut off.”
“Deconnected? How could? Not that it's impossible.” (That)
“I don't know, but that's the truth.”
“How is this, if left unchecked this will be very dangerous for him.”
“We have to do something.”
Meanwhile.
When I closed my eyes again, the memory was immediately recalled by me.”Uhhh!! Why is it like this.” I don't think I'm going to experience anything like that anymore, but I'm not. “If like this continues, will I get used to it?” If until I get used to this, maybe that's when my mentality is completely destroyed. “This is very annoying.”
