“Guhhh!”
“Endure it, just a little longer.”
“What should I do? Shall I wipe your sweat for the time being?”
I wasn"t responding to Alba"s rebuke, but I was grinding my molars and mustering energy.
Yuri-san hurriedly wiped the sweat on my forehead with a handkerchief in a fl.u.s.ter.
d.a.m.n, if I let my mind wander, it"ll be difficult to hold on to my consciousness.
What I"m doing right now is taking the spirits that Jaja is controlling into my body.
I was gathering all the green spirits under my control in the faint ‘light" that I can feel in the center of my body.
In less than two minutes, after following Alba"s directions, they"re already almost gone.
“If my hypothesis is correct, this spirit came from you and was given to the twins little by little during breastfeeding and daily contact. For the twins, their existence is too strong. When the total amount they can take is exceeded, it is released as this special ‘ability" along with an explosion of emotions.”
Like I said, what are you saying!
“Sorry but I don"t have any leeway! Can you explain it more clearly?”
“If you leave it as is, it"ll soon happen again and they"ll rampage.”
Say that from the beginning!
An explosion of emotion, strong feelings. In terms of emotions, is Nana sorrow and Jaja pleasure?
So the spirits acc.u.mulate so much in their body that it overflows and is triggered by strong emotions?
Eh? So does that mean I have to do this regularly?
“Au”
Jaja was in my arms and made a strange expression.
She had her right hand on my cheek and her left hand tightly grasping the clothes on my shoulder, looking very uneasy.
Oh, poor thing.
“Don"t worry, it"s almost over, okay?”
I tried to smile as much as possible.
If I made a painful expression, my daughters will be scared.
“Dah”
“Ah, Nana, can you wait a bit?”
Nana was at my feet looking up at me and was solidified.
Don"t worry papa won"t lose to something like this. Even if I"m riddled with wounds, but I have willpower.
The green spirits jumped into me one after another under the control of my will.
The momentum was tremendous, half of what I could see in the surrounding area was already gone.
The floating toys that were tied up together have already fallen to the floor.
My body has already regained its weight, and felt abnormally heavy due to the sudden return of gravity.
Every time a spirit is taken in, my internal organs and a feeling of exhaustion beyond imagination kept growing. At the same time, the back of my eyes throbbed in pain. My dizzy view gave me a headache and made me feel sick.
I"m bracing my legs and somehow standing on my feet, but barely.
“Okay, it"s almost over for Jaja. How is it?”
“I-it"s diifcult.”
“Spirits are a collection of power in the first place. It"s hard to take them in. If you liken the spirits to air, it"s the same as a balloon forcibly taking in air from outside. If you weren"t st.u.r.dy, you would"ve exploded and fainted a long time ago.”
Don"t say such a scary thing now…
Why does everything this guy does make him seem like a scammer?
I wanted to complain about the fluffy gray scammer rat, but I didn"t have the energy to do so.
“Is Jaja already okay?”
The spirits were no longer visible in the dining room.
Even what was inside Jaja"s small body, has now almost disappeared.
Okay, that"s good. Nana is next. If it"s this painful every time I do this, I might as well do it all in one go.
“Yuri-san, can I leave Jaja to you?”
“Y-yeah. Come, Jajchan.”
Jaja"s weight left my arms.
I closed my eyes and felt around looking for the sofa.
“I should have sat down.”
That said, I was floating up until now, so it would have been hard to sit down.
I felt the unique fluffy sensation with my palm and drew my body closer.
When I managed to sit on the sofa, I sunk my head deep into the headrest. Ahh, I"m going to fall asleep at this rate.
“… No, I have to do Nana.”
I pumped myself up and stood up.
I reached out to Nana, who was still sitting on the floor and looking at me.
“Come, Nana.”
“Au”
She"s still not as good as Jaja, but Nana has been getting better at flying recently.
She wobbled as she floated up and unsteadily approached me.
“Ah, ah!”
Nana reached her hands out to me as she flapped her wings.
It is a sight that you will want to provide help no matter how many times you see it.
She finally reached my knees and jumped into my chest.
“Dah”
“Yes, good girl.”
“Au”
I softened the blow and caught her with my chest.
Even when she Aoi holds her, Nana has a habit of nuzzling her face on her chest.
I love that gesture because it tickles my desire to protect her.
In Jaja"s case, she"ll bite. It"s cute but it hurts.
“Nana"s body has very few spirits compared to Jaja. I think it depends on how much they"re normally in contact with you.”
Does that mean we have too much skinship?
That"s so cruel.
“No, as long as you gather the spirits regularly, you can fawn on them. They have to get the human factor from you anyway.”
I see, I have to do this every few days.
s.h.i.t, bring it on idiot. If you want to play with Jaja and Nana, this is nothing.
“You really are an idiot huh. I"ve said many times but you"re dependable.”
Ah, you"re not praising me, are you?
“Now let"s quickly finish it up. I have to return to that child too.”
To the dragon who we asked to be a bodyguard?
“And how long are you going to arrive?”
“Hmm. It"s a bit noisy in Kansai. I"m going to take a little detour, so it"s about two weeks?”
So around June?
“I see. I"ll make sure to prepare.”
With that said, I closed my eyes.
I sensed and caught the spirits in Nana"s body with a sense that is hard to explain.
“Ah”
“Oh, leave it to papa.”
I opened my eyes and peered into hers.
Beautiful eyes. My favorite eyes.
Then I looked at Jaja who was being carried by Yuri-san.
She seems to be tired, and is quickly nodding off.
“Jaja is already sleeping, shall we also take a nap, Nana?”
“Dah”
Listening to Nana"s response, I started manipulating the spirits.