To begin with, the person in question was receiving a lap pillow from Yue and was partly dozing off into the world of dreams, so he wasn’t aware of Shia’s state. As expected, his bones gave out after having to carry thousands of people. Yue was gently stroking Hajime who became dull as he relaxed his body, [Fumu], she looked at Shia sideways as she tilt her head.
Right afterwards, she looked at Teio and Kaori who were besides Hajime and were looking at her enviously. And once again, [Fumu], she nodded, she slowly called out to Kaori and Teio.
[.....Kaori, Teio. You want to perform the lap pillow?]
[Eh? You’ll switch with us?]
[Mu? Of course I want to]
Teio and Kaori gave her eyes filled with expectations and Yue incidentally laughed.
[.....I’m just asking]
[ [........] ]
Yue had a smile on her lips as if something foolish happened. When they saw that, a blue vein appeared on Kaori and Teio’s forehead. Furthermore, Yue also said, [How is it, you’re jealous right?], as she tightly held onto Hajime’s head.
[......Yue, are you asking for a fight? Are you?]
[Fufufu, mistress, that annoyed me quite a bit]
[.....Are we doing this?]
Towards Yue’s provocative smile, the two people, [If it’s the continuation from the daytime then I’ll take you up on it!], they said while getting up. By the way, the winners of the matching during the daytime was the Yue and Shia pair.
[........If you catch me who’s running, I’ll allow you to be next to Hajime for this night]
[ [ ! ] ]
As expected, they couldn’t hold a mock battle within the town so Yue proposed a game of tag. And the reward for victory was unprecedented. Kaori and Teio’s tension became high even though it was midnight.
When Yue confirmed the reaction of the two people, she gently placed Hajime’s head onto a pillow and stroke him once lovingly. And as if not affected by gravity, she gently jumped towards the window and just like she was dancing, she opened the window as she turned around.
On that occasion, [What?] she glanced towards shia and blinked her eye for a moment. Shia seemed to realise Yue’s intention and with a small smile she nodded in gratitude.
[......Game Start *english*]
As Yue let out those words she slipped out from of the window and in the next moment, she merged with the darkness and disappeared.
[Ku, I’ll definitely catch her! For the sake of sharing a bed!]
[Fufu, I won’t lose]
With a yell full of spirit. Kaori with her silver wings and Teio who grew dragon wings, jumped out from the window.
Shia who was the onlooker didn’t follow them though because she understood that Yue had purposely provoked Kaori and Teio, so she intended to take advantage of the chance that she was thankful for obtaining. Excitedly, she went by Hajime’s side and gently woke him up.
[Hajime-san, Hajime-san…...please wake up]
[N? What’s wrong, Shia. Or rather, just a while ago Yue and them left but…..you didn’t go with them?]
Even while he was still half asleep, Hajime had felt from the flow of magical power that Yue and them had left through the window, why are you still here? he tilted his neck.
[Eh~tto, it seems that I missed it somehow or another, that kind of feeling]
[.....Somehow or another, huh]
[Uu~. Rather than that! Everyone else has left, should we also go out for a stroll? I don’t know anything about Fair Bergen’s interior]
Because of Shia’s hair color, she wasn’t allowed out in public, so the first time she’s been to Fair Bergen was with Hajime and them. At that time as well, since they suddenly left immediately she didn’t have time to explore the whole town.
[.....Ma~a, I guess that’s fine]
[Yes! It’s a midnight date! …….It sounds a little obscene]
[I don’t know about that*A who cares, feeling*]
Somehow or another, he felt that Shia wanted to talk, truthfully he wanted to continue sleeping but, Hajime decided that he had no other choice but to follow along. Shia joyfully clung onto Hajime’s arm tightly. Then the two with their arms entwined walked out into the midnight of Fair Bergen.
After about 10 minutes, as the two people who were on a stroll were having an innocent talk, they came to notice that they’ve walked far enough to not hear the town’s clamor anymore. And they also noticed that something at the top of the trees were shining out in pale blue light.
[Ah~, those are Montofaruta, Hajime-san]
[Montofaruta?]
[Yes, its a butterfly which emits a pale blue light just like the moonlight. They crowd onto tall trees because of the wind, in the night they look just like cheerful stars in the sky. Except, it’s not known when they’ll actually emit their light so this is quite a rare sight. You either see it only once a year or see nothing at all]
[He~e, they’re certainly beautiful things]
The two who were looking upwards, decided that since it was such a rare sight they should get a closer look so they quickly climbed up higher on a tree, they found a thick branch and sat down beside each other. For a while, they enjoyed the light that the Montofaruta emitted just like a planetarium.
How many of them were there? slowly Shia began to open her mouth.
[Ano, Hajime-san]
[N?]
[Thank you very much. For a lot of things that I can’t put in words….really, thank you very much]
[......Ahh. If you want to fully show your gratitude. Then I’m expecting things from you when we take on the great labyrinth]
[Fufu. Isn’t this when you usually say “Don’t mind it”?]
Shia laughed giggly towards the Hajime-like answer. However it quickly changed into a difficult expression and she turned her gaze onto Hajime.
[What should I do to repay Hajime-san?]
[If it’s repaying then didn’t I just receive it?]
[That was just words wasn’t it. I want to repay your kindness in some kind of form. Can you think of what I can do which’ll make you happy? …...If Hajime-san desires it then, I’ll do anything. Really, anything]
Shia’s Usamimi’s moved around ~Piko Piko~ and she edged her but into contact with Hajime. Her eyes that were looking at Hajime were already moistening and contained heat, and her sighs contained enough heat that it seems like it’ll burn on contact. The implied meaning, Hajime had certainly understood what Shia was saying but, he was daringly pretending to have not noticed.
[.....It’ll be fine as long as you’re still the same happy-go-lucky woman and laughing. You’re our mood-maker after all?]
[Mo~u, what’s with that, happy-go-lucky you say! Even though you hugged me in front of the Emperor and said I was important! This is the scene where say, [Then I’ll have you repay with your body then, guhhehhehhe!], and attack me isn’t it. Please read the atmosphere]
[It seems that we need to have a thorough talk about the image that you see me in]
[You’re a single-minded good for nothing]