66 – Ta… What?

As I looked at Rumi sleeping, I remembered what I heard earlier.

[All … Because I hate you. Don’t come… !]

As much as the situation was the situation.

I knew that what Rumi said was not a sincere statement, but rather a lie brought up to get out of the situation.

‘But the reason I remember what I heard earlier is because I no longer know if this relationship is really true.’

If you think about it, it was a natural story.

From the beginning, the being called ‘I’ was a floating being that did not fit into this world.

A being that should not have existed was a loach-like being that changed the story at will.

‘That’s why things happen that shouldn’t have happened.’

I became friends with people I shouldn’t have become friends with, and the story was completely different from the ‘original novel’.

The problem here was that I didn’t know what would happen ‘after defeating the demon lord or demon god.’

‘I don’t know if my spirit will still remain even after the ending of the novel, where I defeat the demon king or demon god.’

I couldn’t figure out whether it was right to accept Shien, Rumi, and Delia’s hearts simply for the sake of momentary joy and happiness.

‘Something… That’s what it feels like.’

It feels like women are making confessions when their lives are terminally ill.

I laughed at that analogy and spoke to Espin nearby.

“Take a rest. “I will be watching Rumi.”

Actually, Espin went through more hardships than me, so I said this to be considerate.

Espin shakes her head and says she will be here ‘forever.’

I was sighing inside, telling her to do as she pleased with Espin’s words.

“… Ah.”

Rumi, who had been knocked unconscious, slowly opened her eyes.

“…… “

Rumi opens her eyes and looks blankly at her ceiling, then looks around her with a bewildered expression.

It seems like I can’t figure out what’s happening right now.

I looked at Rumi and slowly opened my mouth.

“Is there any pain?”

It’s not something I would say after hitting him, but I asked because I thought it would be a good idea to give him some potion if he said he was in pain.

Rumi shakes her head and shows that she is okay.

I looked at this, thinking it was fortunate, and spoke to Espin, who was standing quietly nearby.

“Spin. “I have something to talk with Rumi, so please leave.”

“I was going to do that anyway.”

Espin looked at her closely and nodded her head.

Immediately, he carefully walked out of the room and closed the door.

“…… “

With Espin gone, the silence becomes louder.

I slowly opened my mouth, trying hard to hold back a sigh.

“… “Don’t run away.”

The moment Rumi hears me, she begins to move her lips as if she wants to say something.

I saw Rumi’s reaction like that.

She continued speaking a little quickly, intending to block Rumi’s mouth.

“Even if you run away, nothing will change. On the contrary, it only gets worse. So fight back rather than run away.”

At those words, Rumi clutched her blanket tightly.

She spoke to me in a voice that was slowly crawling.

“… No, I do not want.”

At that reaction, I felt like punching him in the face.

I tried to calm down and continued speaking slowly.

“Then do whatever you want. “You have to take responsibility for your actions anyway.”

At those words, Rumi nods her head as if she would of course do so and the tip of her nose turns red.

It seems like he thought leaving me was a good decision.

After thinking for a moment, I took out the IOU that was in my pocket and spoke.

“Then pay back the money I gave you first.”

I guess he thinks it’s rude to suddenly talk about money.

Rumi sniffs her nose and looks at me, then quickly nods her head and speaks.

“Of course I plan to pay it all back. But … I don’t have any right now, so if you wait a little… “

“Why should I do that?”

“There’s no reason to do that, but he really doesn’t have anything.”

It looks like he was taken aback because a completely unexpected topic came up.

I waved my IOU in front of Rumi, who was embarrassed, and told her the reason for telling this story.

“Then let’s work.”

“… Yes?”

“From what I heard before, it was said that the Lercier family was short of maids. So work there and pay it back.”

No matter what I say, if Rumi makes up her mind, she will be able to leave without much difficulty.

I said it this way because I felt it would be better to touch Rumi’s conscience and hold her teeth hostage.

Rumi looked at me with a blank expression.

I looked at Rumi’s expression like that.

If I give Rumi time, she will only have so many useless thoughts and will try to reject my offer.

I struck quickly to prevent such thoughts from happening.

“Then let me know that. “I will tell the butler, so he can start working tomorrow.”

“Now, wait a moment… ! “I didn’t say I would.”

“Then you have to pay the money right away. No one will lend you such a large sum as you are an academy student.”

“…… “

It was an overly reckless decision, but it was an unavoidable choice.

If Rumi is sent out in the current situation, it is clear what will happen to her.

She couldn’t just pretend not to know this and let it go.

‘So, let’s just keep him at home for now.’

When the situation calms down to some extent or approaches the ending.

I decided to free Rumi and went out of her room.

*

“Wow… Pay back the money. “Isn’t this too much for a sick child?”

As soon as I come out of the room, I see Espin giggling with his arms crossed.

I knew they were messing around outside.

I didn’t expect him to make fun of me so openly, so I clicked his tongue, and Espin continued talking with a smile on his face.

“… Well done. “From what I can see, if we had just tried to catch him with words, Rumi would have definitely run away.”

Perhaps because Espin experienced the power of the Heavenly God Church, he defended my actions and laughed heartily.

Soon, he slowly walked out into the hallway and spoke.

“Oh, by the way, I won’t leave even if you ask me to leave until the situation calms down. “Even if I say that, I want to protect my parents.”

“I have no intention of doing that.”

“Then I’m glad.”

I hummed her song in front of her as if nothing had happened, and smiled slightly as I looked at Espin, who was acting calmly.

I soon calmly turned my gaze away and looked out the window.

‘… ‘I really don’t know what to do.’

Which choice is right?

What kind of relationship should it be?

… Would it be better to go further and face the ending?

When you are looking outside and thinking that it is difficult to decide on anything.

One method flashed through my mind.

‘If all these problems happened because Rumi likes me.’

I thought everything would be resolved if I made Rumi hate me.

… The moment I had that thought, it felt like my complicated mind was being sorted out at once.

If that happens, the problems you are currently experiencing will completely disappear.

‘It makes you hate it…’ ‘

I was slowly walking down the hallway with those thoughts in mind.

Someone starts rubbing their cheek against my calf and ‘meowing’.

“… Luna?”

I told you to stay in the lab, but you came all the way here.

I picked up Luna, wondering why she had come all the way here, and Luna spoke to me with her sparkling eyes.

[Put it on!]

A somewhat unexpected request.

Hearing such a request, I sighed inwardly and patted his head.

Luna talks to me through her giggling.

[What’s the problem? Shall I solve it!?]

She shook her head and said no, so Luna tilted her head and continued speaking.

[I think there is one… ! This is clearly a lie to me!]

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I was a bit bothered by those words, so I thought I should at least close my mouth.

The way we talk is something that resonates in my head, so I can’t find any other way and I’m holding my tongue.

Luna talks to me while licking her own hand.

[Is it a female problem?]

“… What?”

[I’m just asking because I felt like the females were giving me a headache last time… !]

It’s a female… The accent is somewhat strange.

I do not bother to respond to Luna’s words and avoid them.

Luna spoke in an excited voice, perhaps because she had decided that it was a woman’s problem.

[The captain cat I met in this mansion the other day told me. If there is a problem with females, I told them to first eat all the females! If you take responsibility after that, all problems will be solved!]

Ta… what?

I felt her mind freeze at Luna’s words, and I had no choice but to stop her steps.

I never dreamed that I would hear something like this in my life.

I’m sure Luna is in her cat form, and she’s closing her eyes tightly, thinking that she has cat values and not human values.

When Luna looked at me like that, she rubbed her head on my chest and spoke with a bright smile.

[Because I solved the problem. Pat my head quickly!]

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