Chapter 45: Quest Breaker (2)
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Two days have passed since I returned from Niflheim. I wonder if this is an aftereffect of vacations since I felt like old gum stuck under a desk and splayed myself out on my bed as soon as I got home. One’s home, especially the bed of one’s home, possesses a bizarre power. The realization that I already considered this place as my home put a bitter smile on my face.
Of course, there are things I can do while lying down. Like doting on the monsters I haven’t seen while I was gone.
“You’re ticklish here, right?”
⎯ Kyarururu!
The fairy giggled once I rubbed her side with my index finger. She would fly up as if to tell me to not tickle her, but she would eventually come back down slowly. This was probably like a scary, but fun amusement park ride to her. I put my heart and soul into massaging the fairy. All while lying on my bed.
⎯ Kyaha? Kyaha.
A different fairy approached and grabbed my left index finger. She then looked at me expectantly. ‘Me too? Me too?’, it was like her eyes were asking me this. Even I couldn’t help but feel my heart tighten.
Are they perhaps not fairies but angels? If I ever have children, I wasn’t confident that I could dote on them as much as I do these fairies.