Incompatible Interspecies Wives

44 – The World Tree (4)

The morning of the Red Flame Team began quickly.

I gradually wake up from a deep sleep.

When I opened my eyes, it was still dark… But the noise outside was gradually growing.

As expected of a busy day, everyone seemed to be preparing.

I closed my eyes again.

I tried to catch my breath before getting up.

But at the same time, I realized a fact.

Strangely, my body felt lighter compared to rest.

It was warm at the same time.

“…?”

Waking up from a drowsy state makes me curious about the identity of the warmth that I naturally accepted throughout the night.

When I opened my eyes again and turned my head, I got an answer.

“…Ummm…”

Ner was sleeping curled up on my side before I knew it.

With her hands gathered to her chest, her forehead lightly touches me.

Although their bodies were not directly connected, they could share each other’s warmth.

This was the first time I had ever been so close.

Aside from the comfortable rest I was able to take thanks to her warmth, I felt like my heart was filled.

The feeling that our sense of distance has decreased.

I came out with a smile.

As expected, I think we should approach slowly like this.

I closed my eyes again for a moment and just lay there.

I didn’t want to end this moment prematurely.

How long have you felt this way?

‘Don’t forget me, Bell.’

-Pak.

For a moment, I jumped up from my seat at the sound of whispering next to me.

Ner also muttered at the sudden movement and opened her eyes.

My heart races again after a long time.

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“…Berg?”

“…”

I answered, hiding my expression from my wife.

“…Sorry, are you awake?”

“…There is nothing to be sorry about.”

Soon after, Ner blinked an eye at her and touched her forehead.

She seemed to be gradually realizing the identity of the warmth she had felt all night.

“…Ah, that…”

Muttering something, she shuts her mouth.

Actually, there was no need to make excuses for this between the couple.

Well, even though it can’t be called a perfect couple as there is still no deep love involved.

I got up and started getting ready to go out.

I had to listen to the story of the boss from the members who must have returned from an overnight reconnaissance.

Accordingly, we had to come up with an appropriate strategy.

“…Ah. Berg?”

But a mysterious voice from behind stopped me.

Looking back at Ner, she mumbled and tried to say something of her own.

“Why?”

“That…That…No, you…”

A fact came to mind as I was thinking about what she wanted to say.

She

She was supposed to get witchcraft.

“Ah.”

I threw off my top again.

At the same time, she feels grateful to her for trying to give her magic even to the point of stopping me.

It was said that it was a sorcery that was only given to one’s partner.

She added a lot of excuses to that, but it doesn’t change the fact that she does this for me.

“How can I do it?”

“…Just sit with your back toward me.”

I nodded and sat down on the bed.

Ner, who had just woken up, rubbed her eyes and took a deep breath.

“…Ah.”

Very lightly, her fingers touch and fall.

“…Why?”

“Na…Sa, it’s actually my first time…It might not go well.”

“It’s okay.”

“…”

Ner thinks for a while before speaking.

“Isn’t it just a nuisance? I’ll try to practice later-“

“- It’s okay, Nere. Do it.”

Ner swallowed at my words.

I can hear her nervous.

Soon, slowly, her cold hand touched my back.

Although he had already made direct contact by holding her wrist or sleeping next to her.

It was also the first time she consciously put her hand on my body like this.

“Hey, relax.”

Ner says.

I relaxed as she said.

Actually, rather than requesting this ritual because I thought it would be of great help to me… It was said that there is such a thing in the culture of werewolves, so I had a strong desire not to miss it.

Anyway, externally, they are acting as a good couple.

At the same time, I also thought that it would be nice if affection for each other bloomed in this process.

So it didn’t matter much if her sorcery itself failed.

But as Ner muttered something to her, she felt her body gradually heat up.

An orange-colored line emerges from Ner’s body and enters mine.

It was this effect rather than the sight that surprised me about the werewolf magic I was seeing for the first time.

It feels like the muscles in my whole body are waking up one by one. The fatigue that I thought there was no was washed away more cleanly.

It was ridiculously surprising that you said it could fail.

“Ner, this is…”

Ner, however, focuses on her sorcery despite my calling.

I feel her palms gradually getting wet.

When she turned her head for a moment and looked back, in this short time, sweat was forming on her forehead.

“Ner, enough.”

My words are losing momentum.

Ner let out a long sigh and opened her closed eyes.

She asked, wiping off her sweat.

Looking at her, she looked exhausted.

“How about…? Did you succeed?”

But she worried about me before my fitness.

I feel sorry for her as much as I didn’t know she would be having such a hard time.

At the same time, I also felt a great sense of gratitude.

A hand moved naturally and was wiping her forehead.

“….”

Ner’s body stiffened at the touch.

I didn’t know if I hated it or not, but it didn’t matter.

I wanted to.

“Thank you.”

Ner, who had stopped, nodded her head at those words.

Once again, that tickling feeling hung over us.

It’s strange if it’s strange that they only got one step closer after Arwin appeared.

It was a moment when I felt like I had to go farther away.

‘Sub-captain!’

As I approach our tent from afar, the voice of Baran calling me resounds.

“Yes! I’ll go!”

I also shouted out of the tent and put on my clothes again.

Ner sat down on the bed and brushed my forehead that I had touched.

“Get some more rest. There is still time before we depart.”

“Yes.”

As I was about to leave, I remembered what happened yesterday.

She was touched by a trivial remark.

That’s why her tail must have hurt her.

“…”

Ner looks up at me as I stand tall.

Yesterday’s appearance was salty, and today’s appearance was very thankful.

So she prepared her caustic horse to please her.

It’s embarrassing, but it wasn’t something we couldn’t say as a couple.

I spit it out like a joke.

“Your tail is pretty today too.”

Ner’s breath stops, and her cheeks turn noticeably red.

“…Uh…Ss…”

I burst out laughing and walked out of the tent.

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As time passes, we face the battle.

It has been a long time since I saw the World Tree from afar.

It was surprising that such a huge tree existed.

It was a tree the size of a small hill somewhere.

Today, the voice of the person I am trying to forget continues to resonate.

‘You must see the World Tree, Bell. Is it really, really big? Oh, and the elves…’

At that time, I firmly believed that one day I would see the world tree.

I just never imagined it would be like this.

I put in useless thoughts with a sigh.

This is the moment when you have to focus on the bosses you can see along with the World Tree.

Looking at the bosses, I can understand why the elves said they didn’t have time.

The nearby forests and fields are all in ruins.

All that was left was the wall built by Celebrien, the village within it, and the World Tree.

Sometimes the boss was close enough to reach the boss if you shot an arrow from the castle wall.

There was no time otherwise.

Subjugation came first.

Soldiers began to repair.

The cavalry mounted their horses, and the foot soldiers lined up.

“Ner. Follow me.”

I led Nere, who had always followed me.

Then he led the mercenaries to the rear and handed them over to the elves.

Ner would be safe as long as he was with Ascal.

I asked for it while looking at Ascal.

“Please take care of my wife.”

“…That’s right. May Diane be with you.”

Ascal accepted my request and answered.

After that, I looked at Ner.

Her face was colored with fear that hadn’t been evident before.

She keeps looking at my face and blinking her eyes.

I wanted to offer some consolation, but Arwin, who was by my side, caught my eye.

“…”

“…”

Arwin and I briefly look into each other’s eyes.

After this battle, she will be married to her too.

I sighed, looked at Ner, and nodded at her.

Anyway, I roughly finished everything I had to say before going out.

There was no reason to say anything special.

Lowering the visor of my helmet, I turned my horse’s head and ran towards Adam.

“Did you say hello?”

My brother presents a light topic.

I nodded.

I wasn’t ready. It was in the best condition in recent years.

The boss’s cry echoes through Adam’s smile.

Two bosses visible from a distance.

Unusually, it was an individual that was accompanied by two animals.

Accordingly, Adam decided to take on the burden as well.

While Crian and Theodore acted as bait and scattered the monsters, Adam fell with one of the leaders.

At the same time, if our boss Joe hunts the remaining one first, the plan is to clean up the remaining bosses as well.

I had to hope for the best. It was going to be fine

This time, too, the wait was not long.

Adam didn’t waste time as long as he was in the position of a mercenary.

It only adds to the time when I am nervous for no reason.

He orders the subjugation to begin.

“Crian.”

“Captain! Let’s see it live! Let’s go, Diane is watching!”

Krian, the vanguard, charged out with his men in a wind of dust.

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Ner felt his heart beat faster as he watched Berg’s back as he slammed the reins and marched forward without hesitation.

The mind wanders out of control.

Is it because it shows what he’s been fighting?

Much more vivid and frightening.

“…”

Of course there will be more than that.

Ner couldn’t deny that Berg was gradually becoming a meaningful person to him.

And Ner didn’t even think of this uneasy feeling as strange.

Even if it’s just an acquaintance in the first place, I’m worried when my life is in danger.

Berg is more than just an acquaintance…

“….”

…Because he’s a friend, I can’t help but be scared.

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He tried to think so.

Soon, various sounds were heard from far away, as well as the sound of the scarlet team colliding with the leader.

Berg’s leader, Jodo, also dug into the monsters.

“…Ah.”

It was hard to look directly at him at the end, so Ner averted his eyes.

Even though I already knew Berg would survive somehow, I was so nervous. They said it wasn’t that difficult.

“…Ner.”

When I looked away, Arwin was standing there.

“…Arwin.”

She asked, staring at the battlefield that Nere couldn’t see.

“What do you think will happen?”

Ner calms down his heart and speaks his honest mind.

“…It will work. Blackwood was worse than this.”

…And maybe, a feeble desire entered.

Arwin nodded her head at those words and replied with the same dry look.

“…I see.”

Ner looked at the profile of Arwin.

Berg was sure to succeed. He said that he was in the best condition of his body.

And if he succeeds, it will be with Arwin.

Green hair and green eyes. Long ears. Beautiful beauty. Big stature. Feminine body.

Ner suddenly imagined Berg with Arwin.

And at that imagining, my heart tightened with an unpleasant sensation different from the fear I was feeling right now.

“…”

But also, I thought of Arwyn, who seemed to be reluctant to marry.

She got that feeling, at least when she talked to her in the woods in Stockpin.

Because it was Arwin who said let’s support and cheer up together.

Those thoughts put Ner at ease.

“…Let’s do our best together.”

So Ner muttered.

At those words, Arwyn looked at Ner and nodded her head.

No matter what, the die has already been cast.

There was no turning back.