Chapter 243 – Angela) There Was No Need to Worry

Chapter 243 There was no need to worry

〈This episode is from Angela’s point of view.〉

Tak Tak Tak Tak!!!

“Hey, heck!”

Ah, I shouldn’t run too much just thinking of the baby in my belly…
My heart is so full, I can’t slow down.

“Huck, huck.
Lord, Lord!”

“Huh? Angela.
Why are you running like this?
Be careful.
I’m going to fall.
I was just about to take you to your tent.”

He’s talking to someone.
A demon with small goat-like horns.
Priestly uniform in black and red.
The goddess of the Black Sun Goddess.

“Huck, huck.”

“Are you okay?
Catch your breath
That’s right.
There is nothing to be in a hurry about.”

“Whoa…”

After giving me time to hide for a while, I introduce myself.

“This is the priestess who will be examining you today.”

“Nice to meet you.
This is Lina.”

This.
I wanted to confess to him right now.
The timing… It got weird.

“This is Angela Valentine.”

“It is an honor to meet the Moon Knight.
Let’s go right away.”

The journey to my tent was short, but felt very long.
It feels like the words will pour out like inflated water balloons here and there.
And worrying about the child, it looks like it will explode any second.

Thump thump thump.

“Ruler. Give me your wrist
Take a deep breath.”

I sit on a chair in my private tent and receive a gynecological examination.

Thump thump thump thump.

The priestess’s glowing red hand caresses my stomach.
Her breastplate was off, and her uniform was kicked up.
Kamuy has her back turned beside her.
… He’s a good man at times like this.
I’m also concerned that I’ll be ashamed.
Since you’re going to be the father of a baby, you must be serious.

“Hmm?”

The priestess tilted her head.

Several times it scans my belly red, then asks me a few questions.
Menstrual cycle, last menstrual period, morning sickness, etc.

“…”

Kamu even covers her ears.
Cute.

“Ugh.
Got it.
Listed soldier.
Would you like to come here?
You should listen together.”

“Ah, yes.”

Camu is sitting right next to me.
… Her hands are full of sweat

Back.

“?!”

“…”

I hold his hand tighter than mine.
Really, I can’t let it go.

“That… You may be embarrassed, but please listen.”

“Yes.”

“Yes… !”

Gulp.

It’s short, but it’s like an eternity.

“Have you ever heard of an imaginary pregnancy?”

“”!!!!!””

Oh my god.

“Originally, it is a very rare phenomenon, but during wars, it is not so rare.
The detailed cause is not known, but it appears more frequently in cases of intense stress.
Some say they want to have a child, while others have a false pregnancy because of the fear of pregnancy.
Nothing is known for sure.”

“Well, then…
I haven’t had my period for a while, and I’ve had morning sickness…”

“It can be.
The symptoms of an imaginary pregnancy are very similar to the changes in the body that occur during a real pregnancy.
Amenorrhea or irregular menstruation, abdominal bloating, changes in appetite, changes in breast size, secretion of milk, and even pains similar to those of fetal movement or childbirth can all appear during pregnancy.
Therefore, it is very difficult to differentiate by the symptoms according to the appearance.
I check the birth of life by directly finding it with divine power, but in Sir Angela’s body, there is only one birth of life that belongs to her.
The same goes for other conscious tests.”

“Ah, yes… That’s right.”

“Yes. Maybe it was because he was under great stress during the war.
It’s nice to have someone by your side who genuinely cares for you.”

“Kuhm!”

The priestess looked at me and Kamyu with her soft eyes, and Kamyu cleared his throat awkwardly.
The priestess explains in detail the causes, symptoms, and methods of overcoming false pregnancies.

“In fact, I have heard of Sir Angela’s bravery and admired her.
‘Dragon Hunter Angela’, a female knight who jumped over the dragon’s head for the one she loved.
It’s a hot topic in Jangan?
There must have been an uproar among the ladies of the Demon King’s army, right?
It’s the best romance since Rumika-sama’s imprisonment!
Fufufu, it’s an honor to meet you like this.”

“Bye, don’t say anything.
As a Guardian Knight, this is a natural step.”

“Awesome.
Hmm, anyway, it’s not pregnancy, it’s a symptom of a psychological change, so you can eat and rest.
Are you Camus?
You are truly a rare lucky man!
All the noble ladies prick up their ears because they are curious about Kamyu.
Oh, of course, their wives will hate Kamyu-sama very much.”

“…”

Should I like it or not?
He has a complicated expression.
It feels like all the love stories in the neighborhood are being exposed.
Nationally as well.

“As promised, let’s finish this.”

“Yes. Thank you for your effort.”

Kamu bowing in greeting.
The priestess extends a red healing hand to the burns on Kamyu’s body.
She treats meticulously, and delivers her precautions.

“The initial action was so great, I don’t have anything big to say.
I changed the bandage and applied burn medicine.
It’s an enemy, but it’s a great treatment.
Phenomenal.
See him tomorrow morning and receive follow-up treatment.”

Still wearing a hospital gown and a cape, he has a much improved expression.

“Here.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”

“You’re welcome.
The priest had a hard time.”

He hands over a small pouch and places his hand on the priestess’s head.
Lina, the priestess who gently closes her eyes.

Parts Tsutsutsu!!!
Tsutsutsu…
Jijik.

Hypnosis, ‘amnestic’.

“Huh? This is…”

“Thank you very much for treating my burns at my request.
Be sure to take my sincerity with you.”

“Ah yes.
May the protection of the black sun god be with you.”

Nod

The priestess walks out, and her awkward silence hangs.

“Uh… That, that, um… It’s been a lot of trouble.
My heart suffers, my body suffers because of me.
Haha, now I don’t have to worry too much.”

Should I say congratulations, but his worried face.
Awkwardness and regret are all mixed together.
Okay.
Originally, it’s something to celebrate and be fortunate.

… Congrats? Relief?
Why am I not happy?
It was something I was very worried about.
He didn’t have a child he didn’t want, a half-blooded demon.
Shouldn’t you wake up and shout for joy?
Aren’t you supposed to dance?

… Do not be ridiculous.
I don’t care about any of that now.
Because the conclusion is the same.

“Follow me.”

Thump

“Uh, huh?”

He’s upset
I put on one of my cross-bags and carry only one phantom rapier on top of my uniform.
I held his hand and left the tent.

Whii-ik-!

Flutter, Flutter!

My Royal Griffon flew right at the whistle.

“Get on.”

“Uh? Ugh! Okay.”

First, ride the griffon and hold out your hand.
A royal griffon with a white head and wings, and only the body of a lion.
It is stronger than a normal griffon, which is all brown, and has excellent endurance.
Enough to soar even with the two of us on board.

“Let’s go!”

Flutter! Perler—billion!!

Wooooo!!

“Turn it off… !!”

He awkwardly hugs my waist and buries his face in my back as if he hasn’t adjusted to the rapid rise yet.
There’s even a handle on the back of his saddle.
They say it’s like a cheeky demon.

Shuhuaaaaa!!!

A royal griffon soaring through low clouds.

“Don’t close your eyes, look over there.”

“Yeah, but it’s too fast…”

“Do you have any glasses?”

“Ah, I didn’t know how to fly, so I left it…”

“I’m closing my eyes for a moment.”

Woo woo woo woo-!
Shuuuuu…
Flutter, flutter, flutter.

Flying above the clouds, slow, level flight.
Only then did he barely open his eyes.

“And…”

Nice sunset.
It’s summer, so the sun sets late.
It’s nice to be able to see such a faint scenery together thanks to you.
This is why I can’t stop flying.

“Hey.”

“Huh.”

“Can I borrow your pilot’s glasses?”

“Oh, no, it’s okay…”

“Ruler. Here.
Since I borrowed this, can you release it?”

“…”

The pilot’s glasses I put behind my back.
A bandage tied to the side.

Squeak.

He wraps his hand around my waist and unties the bandage.
Shameful writings that are revealed again.

‘Angela ❤️ Camu’

“”…””

I’m so embarrassed I can’t look back.
I am not a girl
It’s a knight

I really don’t know how to convey my feelings.
Even if you think about it and think about it again.
Are you embarrassed and ashamed to say anything?

Nene-sama said it was okay to speak frankly and plainly, but…
How can you say that easily?
Ugh… !
You need time to prepare!

So, for now, let’s replace my heart with that phrase.
Don’t be surprised when I tell you my feelings later.
Let’s give a hint in advance.

Whee woo woo…

Camu wears pilot’s glasses with embarrassing writing on them.
Look at the scenery more comfortably.

“It must have been regrettable.”

“Huh? What?”

“It’s an imaginary pregnancy.
You weren’t really pregnant, were you?”

“… Good luck what
I didn’t want to win your heart with an unwanted pregnancy.
It’s a foul.”

“Even if you were pregnant, I wouldn’t have leaned on you for that.
Did you say
I have my family.”

“You hate me.
You will suffer alone, will I be comfortable with you?”

“As long as you are unnecessarily strong in responsibility.
It’s a nuisance, that.”

“Really… Twisted us.”

Whee woo woo…

“I remember flying together before.”

“~~!!
That, it is.”

Wait a minute, I felt something big pop on my ass.
Should I pretend not to know?
Anyway, a cheesy demon.

“At that time… You were so sweet.”

“Uh, uh… That, right?
Haha…”

“When we went on a date together in the palace, we prepared thoroughly.
In the villa, in the guest room, in the dozer, even in the bathroom…
It is very gooey to the bone.”

Width.

A hot forehead touches my back.
The perverted demon drowsman looks very embarrassed.

“I’ve been thinking a lot.
The words you said
The things I said.”

“…”

“I’ll go down.
Hold tight.”

“What?Hee heeprofit!!!!”

Flutter, shyuuuuu!!!!
Wooooo!!!

Royal Griffon’s shogi, dive.
It’s a battle dive.

A Royal Griffon that fell almost vertically from a high altitude drop.
I landed on a deserted hill.

A space surrounded by reed fields and silver grass.
I have to say embarrassing things from now on.
I wish it was just me and him.

Purr.

Royal Griffon panting.

“Right. Great job.
Eat this.”

Hand over a few chunks of raw meat that was loaded onto the saddle.
The guy who sits next to me and eats hard.
Stroke his chin

“Can I sit down?”

“Then. I got better after receiving treatment earlier.”

We sat leaning against the fluffy Royal Griffon.

“That’s what I said before.”

Before being defeated and raped by him.
He asked me

[Look.
The bereaved families of those you killed are here.
He said he had finished his resolve and pulled out his sword.
Didn’t you have time to think because you couldn’t win?]

A voice that trembled with excitement.

[… What do you want to hear?
You said that day, demon.
No guilt
There is only determination.
That I slash demons,
That you caught me like this
That just happened
I do not resent
I do not accept resentment.]

[When I tried to break it,
You’re already half broken.
To kill the same intelligence
I didn’t expect you to be so indifferent.
If anyone sees it, they’ll think they killed a cow or a pig.]

[I did what I had to do.
Do you remember all the people you killed?
That’s what war is all about.
It’s just a pity that I couldn’t finish it quickly.]

“You apologized for that.
Long ago.”

Okay.
The day he met Nene and came back and hugged me.
The day they praised me for stopping Marianne’s rampage.
I apologized.

[The words that I do not resent, and do not receive resentment.
I really thought so.
I really want to comfort you
It wasn’t a spoken word.
I really think so
Because I was living.
… But I love my father more than anyone in the world
I was proud of it.
I couldn’t keep my words.
My family, my father’s keepsakes.
Chasing those things
The other person’s family was ignored.
Actually, I was resentful.
While killing the master’s family,
Those who shamelessly redeemed my father
I was resentful.]

[Because I didn’t think I would be defeated by an ally.
Those who do not resent and do not receive resentment
An enemy, not an ally.
No wonder you weren’t prepared.
If it was an enemy
You may not be resentful.
…
I resent you because you are also unfair.
So is reality.]

[… Thank you for comforting me.
But that’s not what I want to hear from the victim.
… Sorry.
It was not something that could be done by forgetting and ignoring each other.
It was something I had to apologize for.
I’m sorry. Pretending not to know.]

[Okay. I’ve hurt countless people too.
…
Rather, what I did may have been hypocrisy.
Still, it is Dori who is sorry.
Me too. You also.
We all have to apologize to someone else.
Thank you. For apologizing.
I don’t know if I deserve an apology either.
I am also a sinner to be resentful by someone.
Thank you though.
Now you… For making me hate you less.]

[Thank you.
Apples… For accepting it.]

“Because I was mentally controlled at the time.
There is no hypnosis now, so I apologize again.
Sorry.
Pretending not to know your pain.”

“That apology and mind control have nothing to do with it.
Thank you though.
For not letting me hate you again.”

It’s real from now on.
What you want to say
Things I learned from thinking about it all night and talking with Nene.
I look ahead again.
All I see is reeds swaying in the wind.

“So I was more concerned.
I imagined it.
If, if we hadn’t been at war, would we have met?
What if I was a demon or you were a human?”

“Hmm… What do you think it was like?”

“It probably didn’t go well.
They probably didn’t meet each other due to differences in social status, didn’t get to know each other, or pretended not to know each other.”

“Okay?
I have a different opinion.
If you… They would have become good friends, no, more than that.”

“Is it so?”

“Huh.
Before meeting you at the lake for the first time, you were giving a speech next to Marie.
It was really bold and cool.
Have charisma
I only thought you were a bad guy and came here aiming for you, but I was worried that you were a more proper human being than I thought.
A serious, sincere, and dignified person.
So I ran into you while thinking about looking at family photos by the lakeside.
Didn’t I ask you what to do with you?
Even though it’s an enemy, it’s enough to think that way.
If we were of the same race, or if we weren’t at war.
Surely you must have gotten along?
… Like I like you right now.”

“No.
My opinion is different.
I would have still been a knight, and you would have opened a psychiatric clinic and lived your life in peace.
Then we would never have met.
I wouldn’t have fallen in love with the therapist.”

“Is it?
Haha, that’s what I heard.
Deputy Knight Commander and a psychotherapist don’t match.”

“That’s right.
Ironically, because we met like this… This is how we came to be.”

Like this.
I look back at him
He was looking at me long ago.
Earnestly.
Just looking at my face brings a smile to my stomach.
This moment when he is talking to me, he really enjoys this moment, with an expression that he is going crazy.

“We aim for each other fiercely, hate each other, run into each other, and fight.
Hurt, love, dominate and obey, hypnotize, hate again.”

The words I’ve been holding back for a while leak out of the thin water balloon in my heart.
Knock knock here and there, holes drilled.
The wall of the heart that couldn’t stand it collapses.
Like a wall,
As if it never existed in the first place.

“And… Love you again.”

Tup.

“!”

Sitting side by side facing each other, I held his hand.

“When I had morning sickness, I was at a loss.
Am I not able to get out of your bondage like this again?
Am I bound by the sins I committed in the past?
But that said, it didn’t matter.
You guys also talked about it.”

“You… ?”

“Yes. Love is made up of three things.”

“Emotion, reason and trust.”

“That’s right.
He told me to look back at the past.
Memories of being hypnotized.
The memory of loving you.
Is it sick, dirty, or happy?”

I don’t know if there was a wall in my heart or not.
Maybe today is the day I talk the most since I was born.
Articles are short and clear, but I learned how to say the meaning.
Looking at his eyes, my heart swelled, and I couldn’t choose what I wanted to say.

Entire
All
Because I want to say

“When I think of that time… I was still happy and ended up laughing.
Isn’t that paradoxical?
It’s such a pleasant memory, but I did my best to forget it.
Every pleasant memory is full of you…
I was looking for reasons to reject you, to push you away, to erase you from my head.”

“Angela…”

It’s like a crybaby demon.
Tears are already welling up in my eyes.

“I made a logic that I hated rationally.
Because they are of different races
Because the enemy
Because if you give birth to a mixed-race child, you will be fingered.
Haha, but to form an alliance and fight together…
You really seemed like a man who could do anything.”

Even though it’s hard and hard, he somehow manages to do it.

“So I decided not to trust you this time.
A despicable demon, an insidious hypnotist!
I can’t believe it, I don’t want to believe it… It’s full of trustworthy things, right?
You are responsible for everything.
I do not evade.
I take the blame.
Walk quietly
Fight bravely.
I never give up.
That is… Especially if it’s a woman you love.”

Suddenly, tears are dripping down his face.
Fool.
Like a crybaby
Usually men talk about this and women cry, right?
Oh, you did it last time, so it’s my turn this time.
You can’t just receive it every time.
Because that’s chivalry.

“When I think of you, my heart overflows.
You are such a sincere, sweet, strong and wonderful man.
And a demon as trustworthy as you… No, there will be no men.
To you who devoted yourself to me and loved me… What can I dare to repay?”

He barely suppressed the cry that rose from his throat, and only his tears flowed incessantly.
It’s like a stupid demon.
You put your body through hardships for me, and your mind goes through hardships.
At best, I was moved by sincere thanks and compliments, and my sadness melted away.
Great hedgehog.
How inefficient is that…
It’s good to live at a loss.
Therefore… You deserve everything.
Really you… A knight among knights.
You are my one and only lord in my whole life.

Seruk.

It happens.
Get down on one knee in front of him and kiss the back of his hand.

It’s the first and the last
Listen carefully.
This confession, the oath of love.
I’m ashamed because I’ll never do it twice.

“I, Angela Valentine, swear to become the woman of the demon tribe Kamyu Franz.
I will be where your heart goes,
Your words will soon become my convictions,
The place where your feet touch is where I will be.
This is what I declare entirely of my will.
I swear on the honor of the Valentine family and the conviction of chivalry that my eyes will always contain only you.”

In front of his eyes, the stupid man covers his mouth with one hand and weeps.
This man whose tears flow like a waterfall.
… Cute I want to die
Now I get it
Why is Nene so pretty, pretty?
Why did I talk to this man by the lake?

I’m so stupid.
I’m trying to find a reason why I like it.
Create a logic you want to dislike.
Did you know?
How firmly he loves me

Therefore
This is my answer
Compared to your love
A ridiculously small reward.

“I love you. Lord.”