“Yo… you… what are you planning!”
For the first time in my life, I am prostrating.
I don"t know how to do it, so I don"t know if this is correct.
I was thinking that this deprecating manner might fan Yule"s conceit, but I didn"t how to appeal other than like this.
I could not see Yule because my head was lowered, but I could hear her fl.u.s.tered voice.
Suddenly, a hand was placed on my back. Right between the wings.
A small slender hand.
It was unmistakably Aoi"s hand.
Aoi was next to me with one knee on the ground.
“Kunpei-san… please raise your head.”
That voice was trembling.
I followed that voice and slowly raised my head.
I met Yule"s gaze.
She held her forehead with her right hand and look at me and Aoi alternately with an uncertain gaze.
“Mother, we really need Kunpei-san, but not just Kunpei-san, but also father-in-law, Shouhei-san, and the people who are helping us right now. Otherwise we can"t live.”
Aoi slowly stood up.
Her trembling legs showed the damage that she hadn"t recovered from yet.
She always tries to force herself.
Aoi took a frail but a determined step forward.
She slowly headed towards her mothers, so as not to frighten her, who was exhausted and lost her sanity.
When I noticed it, my father was standing next to me.
When I turned towards him, he gently smiled.
As soon as I saw that content face, I felt my body slowly lose strength.
“Nnn~~”
“Ahhh~ Ahhh~”
The twins who were held by my dad were calling me with tears acc.u.mulating in their big eyes.
Jaja was sucking her right thumb and Nana was looking at me with both hands spread open.
“Look”
Father slowly bent down.
I promptly extended my arms and waited.
Nana in my right arm.
When I carefully embraced her with my powerless arms, she rubbed her head against my chest.
Jaja in my left arm.
The mellow smell of infants tickled my nasal cavity.
I couldn"t help but hug them a little tighter and brought them near my cheeks and took a deep breath.
The weight on my shoulder and chest were comfortable.
“Ai…”
Every time Aoi took a step forward, Yule moved back a little.
Even if she was avoiding it, Aoi increased her stride and eventually they were only a one person distance apart.
“That"s it, isn"t? Even mother as well?”
With a trembling voice, Aoi tossed those straightforward words at Yule.
“…Ai”
“Mother!”
Aoi jumped to her chest and tightly embraced the fl.u.s.tered Yule.
“Please… mom… believe in… us…”!
“Ah…”
Aoi inserted her arms under hers, Yule swayed along with two arms.
I thought it would be nice if she reciprocated.
“What are you guys doing! Hurry and run away!”
Suddenly, Alba Germain"s angry voice echoed.
When I followed his voice and turned around, he was panting for breath while sitting on my father"s shoulders.
“The spirits who have lost their place to go are gathering willfully!”
“Eh?”
Speaking of which, there are only a few b.u.t.terflies of light that have been around us.
I looked up at the thick black cloud still spreading overhead.
I realized it was bad in an instant.
That was the existence within the clouds.
It was so big that it could be mistaken for the sun.
A huge thunderball that continued to swell while making a sky shattering sound while being charged and discharged.
“…eh!?”
I gulped.
A large number of b.u.t.terflies of light flew around the clouds, they were shaking left and right and before long they were sucked into the thunderball.
I immediately put power into my legs to stand up.
However, it was completely still.
“Father! Take the kids and run away!”
I gave up as soon as I realized my legs were useless and urged my father.
“You idiot! Hurry and stand up!”
He knew that my body was exhausted, he inserted his arms under mine and started pulling me.
A completely exhausted body that cannot even stand up and had to entrust it to my father.
“Mother!?”
I heard Aoi"s surprised voice.
When I looked, Yule was awkwardly spreading her huge wings and leaving the ground.
“Mother! What are you going to do?”
“… It"s my failure.”
“The spirits are in chaos and gathering together! You can"t control it with your current self! Even if it"s you… we won"t know what will happen to your body if you approach it!!”
Forcibly extending her powerless arms, Aoi chased after Yule.
The wings on her back flapped feebly, surely she can"t even float.
Yule slowly caressed Aoi"s head when she saw that.
Gently and affectionately combing her silky smooth hair with her slender white fingers.
“Wait mother!”
She gently broke free from her daughter"s arms and her legs left the ground.
She slowly turned in the sky and stood in front of us.
“… how cute.”
She raised both arms and stroked the twin heads as she did Aoi.
“……Aaaaaー, Aaー!”
“Uwah! Uwah!”
Jaja and Nana began struggling in my arms.
They moved their hands and feet about and called out towards Yule.
“… Do you hate me?”
“No!”
ー Yule was laughing sadly, and I inadvertently raised my voice.
“If so, I"m happy.”
Yule narrowed her eyes and let go of the twins.
She started ascending up again.
“W-wait! Hey!”
“Kunpei! Hurry!”
I was bent over and held my father back.
“Mom! Mom!”
Aoi was desperately chasing Yule in front of us while unsteadily moving her legs.
“Aoi-chan! Over here!”
Father extended his left arm and pulled her shoulders.
My father desperately escapes to the nest with me and Aoi, and me holding Jaja and Nana.
“No … no, no! No one wants this!”
“Mother!!!”
Yule rose higher and higher while looking at our faces.
Yule finally arrived at the thunderball, smiled gently at, and disappeared into it.
“Alba! Do something!”
Alba Germain, who was siting on my father"s shoulder, shook his head.
“I"ve used up my power to stop that attack earlier… I only have means to escape that thunderball… it has enough power to destroy half of this crag! Yule is probably trying to induce its explosion and absorb the blast with her body! “
There"s no way right!
“You said you were the dragon"s ally, right!”
“I"ll do what I can do! But there are still many things I can"t do!”
… You"re kidding, right?
There must still be something else up your sleeve, right?
Because that person was just desperate!
It"s true she was abusive and injured me, but she was just trying to protect her daughter and grandchildren!
“Nii-chan!? What"s wrong!?”
“Kunpei-kun! Please respond!”
“Kazamachi! What happened!”
Their worried voices could be heard from the smartphone hanging on father"s chest.
Calm down.
If you"re an idiot, think like an idiot.
But what can I do against something like that.
If I knew that, I wouldn"t have been hurt so far.
“Mom! Don"t! Mom!”
Aoi"s sad voice shook my brain.
“Guaaaah!”
Regret is crying from my throat.
“You two! Hurry!”
My father"s impatient voice, different from usual, further spurred it.
“Uwaaaaah!”
“AAaaah~! Aaaaaah!”
“Daaaaa~! Daaa~!”
Jaja and Nana kept calling Yule.
“Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
I roared.
The thought that nothing could be done to deal with this situation became a howl that pierced the heavens.
At that moment.
My field of view was dyed pure white.
The ‘Small light" within me…
shined strongly.
“Na!”
Alba raised his voice in surprise.
“Kunpei!?”
I heard my father"s confused voice.
“Oaaaaah! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Minuscule b.u.t.terflies of light appeared one after another from inside my body.
It filled our surroundings, and emitted a strong green light unlike the other b.u.t.terflies.
“Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! I ha ha! I won the bet, Seraphi!
I could hear Alba, but I couldn"t understand it.
The b.u.t.terflies continued to appear endlessly from ‘inside" in response to my cry.
The force was tremendous, my father couldn"t endure it anymore and let go of me.
“This is your dream, what you wanted! Finally, it finally appeared!”
Even though I know you"re saying something, but I can"t process it.
“Aoi! Can you control these spirits?”
“Eh! Eeeh!?”
“Don"t be stupid! Are you going to let Yule die!”
Aoi"s confused voice was heard.
As well as Alba"s loud yell.
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!”
This voice was already not my voice.
Somebody"s cry was coming out from inside me of its own accord.
It felt like the b.u.t.terflies have already completely filled our surroundings.
“You s.h.i.tty rat! What did you do to my son!”
“Haha! Kazamachi Kouhei! Even you would have felt it vaguely right!”
I couldn"t distinguish between my father and Alba"s voice.
“Uwwaaaaah!”
“Daaaaaa~!”
Now I understand that Jaja and Nana are helping me in my arms.
“Kunpei…san? Jaja…? Nana…?”
Someone was calling us.
“H-help me…”
No, it was asking us for help.
“Please! Please help my mom!”
But it "s okay.
“Gwaaaaaaaaaah!”
Don"t cry
“Uwaaah!!”
That wish will surely…
“Aaaaaaaaahhh!”
Your treasures will come true.
“Gaaaaaaoooooooooh!”
Jaja and Nana let out a strong roar.