The day to say goodbye has come.
Corona is also coming to this place today.
Because Shimei asked me to call her.
I told him that the owner of the house is Corona.
That’s why he told me to bring her.
“Thank you for letting us use your house until now. I’m grateful.”
“No, no! Ah, it’s nothing. . .!”
Shimei bowed his head, and she was flabbergasted.
“I will definitely thank you for this. For the time being, I have the salted meat and fur I tanned during my stay here. Please accept it.”
“Yes. . .! Ah, thank you very much!”
After talking to Corona, he turned to me.
But he doesn’t open his mouth.
He’s still staring at me.
I wonder what Shimei is thinking now.
(I wish I could peek inside his heart. . .)
I, the dragon, and him, the dragon knight.
We meet eyes and stare at each other.
After doing so for a while, I felt something warm was flowing in my chest.
Empathy?
I don’t really understand it, but it’s such an indescribable feeling like our hearts are resonating. A strange feeling.
. . . and then I finally understood.
He also regrets parting with me.
Shimei lowered his eyes slightly and raised his face again.
“. . . White Dragon.”
He reached out.
Sensing it, I lowered my head and presented my cheek to him.
He caresses me with his usual soft hand.
“This isn’t the last time. . .I’m sure we’ll meet again.”
While muttering, he stroked my cheek the whole time.
Shimei leaves me and walks towards the cavalry dragon.
I see off his back without saying anything.
“. . . you. . . is it really okay?”
Corona scolds me with her facial expression.
But please don’t blame me so much.
I want to tell him everything.
But if he couldn’t accept it. . .
The thought of that scares me to the point of shivering.
Shimei stopped.
He slowly looked back.
He looked straight at me.
“. . . After all, . . . you won’t show me your face.”
I look back at him too.
His expression never changes.
(. . . . Ah)
But I got it.
Thoughts came to me again.
Although he is behaving bravely, he is also suppressing his loneliness.
Shimei is thinking back now.
The first meeting with me, the meal we ate together, the night we talked around the fire.
My memories overlap there.
The day I first found him.
Every day I waited impatiently for him to wake up.
From then on, my heart dances with him every day.
(. . . . . . ah. . . . . aaah. . . )
The jumbled overflow of emotions out weighed the fear.
“. . . guru”
The leaked voice no longer makes sense.
But he figured it all out.
He silently turned his back to me and stands still there.
After seeing it. . .
–I removed the dragon transformation.
Corona brought me a fur from the hollow house.
I wrap it around my body.
“. . .Already. . . Turn this way, okay?”
Slowly Shimei turned around.
He looks at me with gentle eyes and smiles softly.
“You finally showed me your face.”
“. . . Aren’t you surprised?”
That I am the true identity of the white dragon.
Also about this black hair and black eyes.
“No. . .”
“. . . Why?”
“. . . I knew it, so”
My breath stops.
He already knew?
“. . .I’m sorry. If you didn’t want to say it, I thought I shouldn’t ask.”
“Why, how did you know?”
“In the stream. . . I saw you talking to her.”
A quick glance at Corona.
I see.
That’s what it was. . .
“. . .I wish you would have told me. You’re mean. I was worried about this, wasn’t I?”
“I’m sorry. I think I was scared too. I thought that the comfortable relationship with you would be broken by pursuing unnecessary things.”
We stare at each other in silence.
He suddenly opened his mouth.
“. . . can you tell me your name?”
“Kamisaka Asahi. . . It’s Asahi. . .”
“. . . Asahi. . . . . Asahi, huh?”
Over and over again, he ruminates on my name.
“Asahi. . . come over here and show me your face better.”
Encouraged, I take a step forward.
Then my feet stopped again.
“What the hell are you scared of! Look!”
“Kya!?”
Corona pushed me on the back.
She pushed too hard.
Shimei hugged me as I went forward vigorously.
Strong arms wrapped around my waist.
“. . .Please raise your face.”
“But I. . .it’s plain. It’s not cute.”
“What are you talking about? . . . To me, you are more beautiful than any other woman I’ve ever seen.”
The face that was looking down is turning red.
Maybe even my ears are bright red.
I took courage and raised my face.
I look up at him from the state of being completely embraced against his chest.
It’s kind of refreshing to look up at him like this, since I was usually looking down in the form of a dragon.
“. . . . Asahi. . . Is it okay?”
“Is what okay?”
Ignoring the words I asked back, Shimei pulled the arm that was around my waist.
The other hand rested on my chin.
“. . . . . .Hmm!?”
My lips were blocked.
His passionate kiss lasted until I was out of breath.
Wow he moves fast.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!
