If someone with Phoenix Seal was recognized as mine, wouldn't she
be excluded from Phinis-sama's target of eradication if she had one
too? —That seemed to be Shiva's… I mean, Shiva-san's reasoning.
Well, Phinis-sama did say she would let the girls off because they
were mine and they would be her children, too.
If that was the case, Shiva-san's conjecture might not be wrong.
Besides, there was also a chance that the curse might be purified if
my power circulated from inside her instead from the outside of her
body—or so she said.
――Hence the 'embrace'.
Well, you know, it wouldn't hurt to try it out, right?
I mean, a life was at stake here, so I agreed to her request with a
strong nod.
Let's set aside the fact that the girls then gave me a look full of
suspicion…
The result——Shiva-san was completely cured.
I wasn't sure which of her conjectures worked out in the end, but the
bruises disappeared from her body without a trace, and all the
powers I had gained so far poured into her body just like with the
other girls. She even commented that her body had become so
much lighter than before.
In other words, not only she made a complete recovery, but she also
had powered-up.
With this our party's force had increased in overall strength; all's well
that ended well.
Mm-mhm, I nodded to myself but,
"——Oi."
"...Yes." Called by Arca wearing a really scary expression, I replied
timidly.
Not to mention, I was still lying in bed. With Shiva-san.
Don't get the wrong idea, we weren't doing the deed, but…
"Fufu♪."
――Pat, pat.
"..."
She was giving me a lap pillow…
I didn't know why, but Shiva-san was strangely kind to me after she
was completely recovered…
In a really cute manner, she had asked me with a smile, "Oh, yeah.
Shall I give you a lap pillow?" so I couldn't turn her down…
"""""..."""""
――Stare~.
"..."
The result was this.
Shiva-san was completely nonchalant in this situation. Was this what
people called the composure of an adult?
Onee-san-type older women sure were amazing…
"So, for how long are you planning to spoil him?" asked Arca.
"My, isn't it okay? It is a wife's duty to care for her beloved darling
once in a while, right?" Shiva-san replied.
"Fufu, you spout some interesting stuff. Since when did you become
Exa's wife?" Magmell asked with a smile that didn't reach her
twitching eyes.
Shiva-san smiled leisurely and said, "Just a while ago, of course. I
never thought he would love me that much, after all. Thanks to that,
this Onee-san was completely captivated by him."
"Well, good for ya, then. But ain't ya mistaking onee-san with
'auntie'?" Ophir asked boldly.
Yet, Shiva-san was completely unperturbed, "Fufu, little girl whose
only merit is being young and has no sex appeal—what would you
know? To me, you only look like a female Great Ogre, though?"
"Who's a Great Ogre!? Just why's everyone keep callin' me a Great
Ogre!? I ain't have no resemblance to them, aight!?" Ophir yelled in
protest but,
"No, you're totally similar to one."
"Yes, I think you're similar."
"Yeah, similar."
"Mm, similar."
"Oiiiii!?"
She unexpectedly got betrayed.
The Great Ogr… I mean, Ophir fell down to the ground and held her
legs close to her chest with a gloomy aura around her. I gave her a
look of pity.
"In any case, stay away. You're unpleasant."
――Crack.
"Ofh!?"
"Oh my."
Arca started to forcibly pull my head away.
I mean, could you please pick another place to pull!?
My neck made a crackingsound, you know!?
"What an uncouth girl. I was just having a great time."
"I'm fine with being uncouth. In any case, I'm taking him. I will allow
no objection."
――Yank.
"Noo, my leg's gonna come off!?"
"Hold on a minute. Exa-sama will spend some sweet time with me."
――Yank.
"Unfortunately for you, it's my turn next."
――Yank.
"No. I already booked him."
――Yank.
"My, my, then I think I'll monopolize the boy a bit longer."
――Yank.
Huh, wasn't this strange!?
Why did everyone pull my neck, right arm, left arm, right foot, and left
foot apart!?
I was floating in the air!?
More importantly, I'm dying, I'm dying!?
Well, I won't die, but I'm dying!?
"What the hell're you guys doin'…" Ophir retorted, sounding like she
was put off.
As her voice echoed in the room, I kept being pulled like I was being
tortured.
This isn't the time to be doing this!?