Why do you use that stuff?　Did someone force you to follow them?

　Ask the assassin girl.
　Since she said the word "master," in this case the master is the most likely culprit.

　There are many people in the world who force a spell on children and then dispose of them.
　I wondered if it was something like that, but...

But no.

　The girl categorically denied it.

I was born this way.
That's right.

　I was a little surprised, but it happens.

Born ...... my one and only treasure.

　The girl said and gently covered her right eye with her hand.
　Cherish and cherish, lovingly.

　Treasure, it seems, is the right word.
　As I watched the girl with Angel.

!

　Ha! The girl came to herself, kicked the floor and jumped backwards.
　She jumped straight out the window.

Ah!

　I rushed to the window with a panicked Angier.
　The girl jumped out and, with the agility of a wild animal, fled from roof to roof.

Don't use it!

　I put my hands over my mouth and called out to the girl.
　The voice seems to have been heard, because the little body flying on the roof jolted for a moment.

"Are you sure, Master Alec, that's OK, let me go like that?
Yes, I need to prepare myself.
But if I use that eye on someone else, I'll be punished by the Master. And I'll be punished by the Master.
It's okay. Maybe I'll come back. I'm the target, so you won't be using it on anyone else for the time being.
I see.

　Convinced Angel.
　I kept watching the girl running away in the moonlight night and thinking about what I could do for her.

　　　　　.

　The next day, in the aftermath of the feast, I worked on buying up the surplus food in the village of Dax.
　We subtracted the tax from the bountiful harvest, and each farmer had an idea and wanted to stockpile some more, and bought the surplus.
　We bought as much as we had, as if we didn't refuse to accept anything that came our way.

　The surplus in this village, which has a self-sufficiency rate of over 1000%, was more than enough to feed a thousand people for a year.

　　　　　☆

　Night, the second night in the village.
　As I felt the warmth of Angel sleeping peacefully, I heard an almost inaudible small footstep.

　You slowly raise your body on the bed so as not to wake Angel up.

Hi, I've been waiting for you.

　In front of me is the girl from yesterday's assassin.
　Today she is without her weapon, but her right eye is still hidden by her bangs.

I want to hear.
Hmm?
"Is that your girl?
"Angier thing?　Yes, that's my fiancee, who will be my rightful wife.
"Why don't you hold it?
Hmm?

　I nodded my head and said, "What are you talking about all of a sudden?

"You're a nobleman, and all men with money or power are desirable.
"There seems to be a bit of prejudice. It's sad that we can't deny it completely.

　Because I am also a healthy man - no.
　Since I have been reborn in a young body, the urges and desires may be stronger than at the end of my previous life.

Why don't you hold her. If the woman is young, then the village has prepared a woman for you.
"There you are.

　Yesterday's welcome and banquet, and even a glimpse at today's buy-in.
　The woman the village had prepared for me.
　I could feel the presence of beautiful women who, as a nobleman and a man of power, could be offered at any time if I wished.

Noblemen are lustful, half-breed creatures who force women into their arms with their power.
"Is that what your master said?
"......

　The girl looked straight at me.
　Apparently, you're right.

　I thought for a minute and replied, "Maybe I don't like that we're not happy with each other.

Maybe I don't like that we're not happy with each other.
Happy?
"Yeah, happy
"What is happiness?

　I thought that's where...or maybe that's the situation (、、、、、、).

It's hard. Maybe I'd be happier if the people around me were smiling. I try not to think about it any more than that.
Smile.


"You know the smile,
I know. . but I've never done it.
You've never done that?

　A small nod.

I didn't need it.
I think they're happy because they don't have to and they laugh.
"Difficult
I see.
"Can you smile and be happy?
"It happens. Usually it's the other way around.
"......

　The girl fell into a slump.

　As I wondered if she was offended, I saw her mouth and the muscles in her cheeks twitching and twitching.
　It's like she's trying to put a smile on her face, and she's challenging me to do so.

　I reached out my hand.
　I reached out with both index fingers and gently touched the corner of her mouth.

"--!
"Don't run away. ." "You should shape your mouth like this, like this.
"This, this?
"Yeah, that's a good one. There's more like it.

　Then he grabbed the girl's cheek at the same time with both hands and spread them out with a billow.
　Naturally, the girl's face, the shape of her mouth becomes the shape of a smile.

You can also go to ...... and tickle tickle tickle.
"----!

　The girl jerked, jerked and stiffened.
　I tickled her armpits, but that didn't seem to have any effect.

　The girl jumped off the page, turned herself around to cover her body with her arms, and looked at me warily.

"What are you doing?
That's what makes me laugh. Now you're getting something.
"Ki, I'm here, but ......
"Don't hold it back,

　Then he reached out again and said, "Oh, don't touch me.

Wow, don't touch me.

　The girl stepped back further.

It's too soon. ...... scary.
"Right. I'm sorry. Okay--how about this?

　Then he covered his face with his hands.
　Secretly casting a spell, I scattered the parts of my face in random places.

　When I removed my hands, my face, which was like a smile, was unveiled.

"--pfft!
"Oh, that's nice. That's the smile.
"...... Ah
How was it?
"........................ bad, not

　After a bit of a long silence, what the girl squeezed out was surprisingly positive feedback.
　I tried to laugh at her, saying that this line would work.

　Do some facial tricks, tell some funny stories.
　I did all kinds of things to try to make the girl smile.

　It was all worth it, and by morning she was able to produce a faint, little spontaneous smile.

　But as the eastern sky began to turn white, as if the spell had been broken, her face slowly regained its hardness.

　It was as if I remembered that I was a dark dweller and that I didn't have time for this - very much as I said it.

...... I'm going to go now.
Yeah, see you later.
"......

　I thought I was going to jump over the window ledge with my hand on the edge - but the girl turned and stared at me.

What's going on?
"You don't say?
"What?
"Magic Eye, don't use it.

　I thought I heard the words "like yesterday" at the end.

"That's okay now. You're already getting rid of the diminishing lifespan from using it.
"........................... ... Huh?

　Kyoton.

　The girl was dumbfounded, as if she had no idea what had happened.

You got it?
Yes. It's a precious treasure. So you shouldn't let using it shorten its life. So I took that limitation, or curse, or whatever it is--I took it off so I could use it longer.
When?

　I grinned and held both hands simultaneously at the corners of my mouth with my index finger and lifted them gingerly into a smile.
　The girl gasped.



That time ......
"Yes.
"............ all that?
It's enough.

　The girl stared at me with incredulous eyes.