“Huh?”
I suddenly woke up.
I tried to recall when I fell asleep.
It"s no good.
It seems I was not fully awake yet and it was difficult to think about it.
It"s hard to open my eyes because I slept for a long time.
When I tried to lift my arm to rub my eyes, I notice that I couldn"t move it at all.
“……Ah?”
A hoa.r.s.e voice came out from the throat.
“Eh? Ow~!”
My whole body hurts.
From my head to the toes, if I moved a little I felt numbing pain.
I was able to move my neck a little, so I checked where I was sleeping.
The first thing I saw was a familiar desk.
A study desk that I rarely used.
Next was a low table and a chair.
It was a simple item that I surprisingly liked.
And then a colored case for clothes.
Four colored cases are enough to store all my clothes.
That is to say, this is my room.
It"s my home.
This time, I turned my head to the other side.
Since I was sleeping on a bed, I was next to the window.
A gentle light was shining in from the opened curtain.
Since the light wasn"t open in the room, this was the light from the moon and stars.
This town was a new district that was added to j.a.pan because of the worlds colliding.
The stars were visible because of the relatively high alt.i.tude.
The curtains on both sides of the window were gathered together, making a quiet noise as it swayed in the wind.
When I looked out of the window for a while, something right next to me moved.
I tired lifting my aching neck slightly.
Jaja and Nana were sleeping in infant overalls with Aoi"s favorite cute hood with cat ear decorations.
The twins were sleeping right next to my face wrapped in a towel.
Jaja was sucking on her thumb, which has become a habit recently, and Nana seemed to be dreaming and was closing and opening her right hand repeatedly.
A smile naturally leaked out.
Huh?
Come to think of it, why am I sleeping here again?
If I remeber correctly, Aoi and the kids left, so the dungeon…
“Yule!!”
My memory was refreshed and I jolted up.
“Giii~~!”
I was petrified because of the tremendous pain running through my entire body.
“Uuuuuuuh…”
While sweating, I endured the pain by biting my lips.
That"s right.
What happened to Yule?
In order to make the expanding thunderball explode, she should have flown into it.
I was prepared for the pain, I moved my head and looked around.
My usual room.
Where I sleep with Aoi and the kids, the eight-tatami sized room where I just moved into.
There was a stain on the carpet from when Jaja floated and knocked over a gla.s.s of juice.
There were scratches on the wall made by Aoi"s horns when she was still half asleep.
Nana"s favorite little stuffed cat toy that Mik.u.ma brought as a souvenir.
“… What happened?”
“Kunpei-san?”
The door slowly opened.
A familiar silhouette appeared with the light from the hallway shining in from behind.
“Aoi.”
“… Thank goodness, you woke up.”
Aoi entered the room with a relieved expression and closed the door.
She walked a bit in the room that was once again covered in darkness and pulled the string to open the light on top of the desk.
“U-um, why am I back home?”
“Do you not remember?”
Nothing at all.
The last thing I remember seeing was Yule disappearing into the thunderball with a gentle smile.
I screamed with frustration, I have no memory after that.
“That"s right! What about Yule… san?! What happened?”
“… Mother”
Aoi looked down.
The desk lamp alone did not provide enough light to see her expression.
My heart began to gradually beat faster.
Eh? …Maybe?
Aoi slowly raised her head.
“Thanks to Kunpei-san, Jaja and Nana, she"s alive. She"s sleeping in Shouhei"s bed right now.”
It was a smile.
Tears were acc.u.mulating at the corner of her eyes and she was happily smiling.
“… safe …huh”
I lost strength in my shoulder.
“Guaah!”
“Kunpei-san! Does it hurt?”
When I relaxed, I remembered the pain I had temporarily forgotten.
Looking at me who grimaced in pain, Aoi supported my back and arms
“Please lie down. Although your wounds are healed, it seems you"re in a lot of pain. Uncle said it"s probably the effects of becoming a dragon.”
Huh?
I became a dragon?
Ah, that "s right.
I raised my right hand and touched above my ears.
Nothing.
The large horn that grew out wasn"t there, no matter how you felt it.
I forcibly turned my neck around.
The wings weren"t there either.
The tail that should have been on my b.u.t.t also wasn"t there.
“At that time, when you suddenly screamed, your horns and wings shone like when we manipulate the spirits. However, you weren"t manipulating, it was more like creating.”
“C-creating?”
I faintly remember seeing something.
A tiny b.u.t.terfly made of green light.
Was it a spirit after all?
“… I have never seen a spirit like that. It had the same form as a heavenly spirit and was a b.u.t.terfly, but it was my first time seeing a green one.”
“And then?”
What did I do with that spirit?
“…It seemed to be a little painful, but an imaginable amount of spirits came out. Jaja and Nana let out a roar like they were in alignment with you. A strong dragon aura was produced while the whole body shone with light.”
I looked at the twins again.
They had a peaceful expression.
A cute harmless and innocent sleeping face, no matter how you look at it.
Which reminds me.
“… did the kids roar?”
“Do you remember? I couldn"t remember clearly either, but they cutely went ‘Gaoo" together.”
Ah, so that cute and pleasant sounding roar was Jaja and Nana as expected?
“At the same time, the spirits you created flew all at once toward the thunderball. It was amazing because only a dragon king can control that amount of spirits.”
After hearing the story, it was the twins who were manipulating the spirits.
I looked at their sleeping faces again.
From their appearance of sleeping while snoring, it seems unlikely that they will be on par with an existence like a Dragon King.
“The rest happened in a blink of an eye. The sky turned pure white from a flash and the thunderball was nowhere to be found, only my fainted mother was floating, supported by green spirits. “
Well then.
“For now, everyone is safe… right?”
“Yes, it"s just Kunpei-san. As soon as you stopped screaming, your horns, tail, and wings turned into grains of light and fell down slowly. I was uneasy at that time.”
Is that so…
In that case.
“In that case… that"s good…”
I lost strength and sunk into the bed.
“Jaja and Nana also fell asleep immediately. They"re probably very tired. I carried them home on my back, but they never even woke up once.”
“How long have I been sleeping?”
It was pitch black outside.
Haven"t I been sleeping for a long time?
“It has only been about five hours. Father-in-law is driving Mik.u.ma and Saeki back home. Shouhei-san is making dinner. I"m helping him while taking care of you and the twins. Uncle said not to worry and left, but I still can"t trust that person.”
“What about Alba?”
“When I noticed, he was gone. He had some disputes with father-in-law, but he looked delighted.”
I have a lot of questions I want to ask that guy.
About the dragon eggsh.e.l.l, me transforming into a dragon, the green b.u.t.terfly spirits, and also Yule.
“Fuaaaaah~~”
I let out a big yawn.
As I stretched my body, pain accompanied it.
“Ah, sorry can you lay me down.”
After I got a peace of mind, my entire body became sluggish.
My eyelids immediately called for closing and there was no room for negotiation.
My eyes shut right away.
“Yes, relax.”
“Good night…”
Aoi stroked my forehead with her hand.
That smooth sensation was very comfortable.
“… Thank you, Kunpei-san”
I lightly nodded with my eyes closed.
The drowsiness attacked so quickly, and my consciousness quickly raised a white flag.
A soft object landed on my forehead.
A small noise was made for 10 seconds.
A pleasant feeling spread from there like a ripple.
Wrapped in that comfort, I finally let go of my consciousness.
“… I love you. Good night… Kunpei-san.”
That gentle voice lead the way to the dream door.