"Lefi"
"What?"
"I'm ultimately bored, so do something entertaining."
"Oops, here it comes. My husband's sudden and reckless demand. But I am a good wife. I can handle anything my husband throws at me."
"Oh, good, you're more enthusiastic than usual, my wife Lefi. Let's see what you have in mind."
"Well, look at this! –Behold, the towering pillar!"
"Bufu!"
Before Lefi even started her impersonation, the subject alone had me laughing.
At this point, I had already lost.
"Hey, buddy…when did you get so good at this? You really do act differently from usual."
"Hmph, what can I say? A wife is only a wife when she evolves. How about you? Are you evolving as a husband?"
"…Well, since you put it that way, I guess I'll just have to show you what I can do! It's my turn. Watch me, Lefi!"
I mimicked burnt meat.
"…"
"…"
Lefi looked very disappointed.
"…Why don't you say something?"
"My husband doesn't have a sense of humor, huh?"
"Don't be silly, if the world were a better place, I'd be a star by now, a successful comedian."
"Unfortunately, such a society doesn't exist anywhere in the world."
What a load of nonsense.
Was there really no world or society that would accept a talent like me?
After exchanging a few jokes, I said to Lefi again.
"Lefi." (Yuki)
"What?" (Lefi)
"I'm seriously bored. Do you have anything, anything we can do? Chess would be nice, but… something else would be nicer." (Yuki)
"I'm not sure if I'd enjoy playing that. I'm certainly not busy, but… hmmm…" (Lefi)
Lefi and I struggled to come up with anything in particular.
"I don't know how our little girls can have so much fun and enjoy each and every day of their lives. I've never once seen them not having fun." (Yuki)
"I think children are better than adults in that aspect. Adults must first think of ways of 'killing time' in their mind." (Lefi)
"And we argue like this. Yes, adults should learn more about the innocence of children." (Yuki)
"You're childish enough– Well, pure enough, I don't think you need to learn more than you already have." (Lefi)
"Now I think I'm hearing some slander, is it my imagination?" (Yuki)
"It's just your imagination. So, why don't we take a cue from the children and play tag today?" (Lefi)
"I'll never win, will I?" (Yuki)
There's no way I could beat her in a game of physical strength.
Even now, there were hardly any sports in which I could beat her.
By the way, I could barely beat her in table tennis and badminton even now.
In these two sports, if you put too much force into the game, the ball would fly in the wrong direction, which was relatively difficult for Lefi to adjust because of her overwhelming power and her inability to control it delicately.
However, since she started playing with little girls, she learned to hold back with all her might, and this weakness was slowly being improved.
…And, due to the evolution of my race, I have been the one who was becoming less skilled at controlling force, so the gap between Lefi and me was closing in.
The other day, when I was scrubbing a plate, I put too much force into it and broke it.
I was a little nervous, because if things continue as they were, there was a possibility that I might become the number one most clumsy person in our family.
I should practice holding back my power, which I should have been able to do as a matter of course…
By the way, Lyuu and Shii were currently in the clumsy category as well.
There was nothing wrong with that, though, since they were not as bad as we were.
On the other hand, the champion in dexterity would be Nell or Layla.
Illuna and Enne were also dexterous, but they were no match for those two adults.
Enne was unmatched when it came to "cutting," but she was only limited by her mastery of the art.
"Then, I'll go easy on you, but you'll still lose in the end. How about that?"
"Won't that be only fun for you, but not for me?"
"It's going to be fun. It's a wife's duty to support her husband."
"…Okay, fine, let's go with that."
We moved to the meadow area.
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"Haaah, haaah…!"
I was trying to escape.
Breathing hard, sweating profusely, exercising my body to the limit, I fled from the oncoming terror.
My own ragged breaths and my screaming, pounding heart were making too much noise.
"–Where do you think you are going? Hmm? Do you think you can escape me?"
Behind me, I heard the footsteps, the embodied footsteps of death.
The Great Dragon Leficious.
"Damn you, the disaster that brings laziness and corruption to the world and leads it to ruin…! The incarnation of evil who is not satisfied with three meals, a nap, and a snack, and who uses her husband as a slave….!"
"…take this, your wife's rather serious kick!"
"Oi, stop that! That's dangerous!"
I failed to dodge the blow and was kicked into the air. Using my three pairs of wings that appeared on my back, I softened the strike and stayed floating in the air.
I kicked the ground before her attack hit me, so it didn't really hurt that much, but I was still blown several dozen meters up. It was really scary.
"Oh, hey, I thought we were playing tag!"
"Change of plans! I'm going to have to defeat the husband who says bad things about me! Take that, you airborne superhero!"
"Nugaaaaah!"
"…and then, Aerial Strike!"
"Gigaaaah"
"And then, Pile driver in the air!"
"Nuuuwaaaaah!"
Lefi, with wings on her back moved behind me in an instant, and perfectly caught me and performed the following wrestling moves continuously.
Since I was airborne, there was no ring to slam into, but the rapid descent and rapid ascent was quite frightening.
Also, the locking technique was super painful in general, regardless of whether we were in the air or not. My bones were creaking, and I felt like they were about to break.
"Well, are you ready to give up? Hmm?"
"Gugugugu…! Don't think I'd surrender that easily, the bell has been rung, the fight is far from over, Lefi! I have yet to show you my techniques, so don't be so quick to assume that I'm giving up!"
"Well said! Well, then, I will take advantage of your spirit and use relatively less force!"
"Oh, that's a bit–nghaah!"
From then on, Lefi continued to toy with me.
Of course, there was no wrestling in this world, and all the techniques were handed down from me, so it was mostly my own fault.
Well, it was a good thing that I was able to kill some time and had a good time.