Chapter 120.5

CHAPTER 120 . 5: —SIDE DIANEIA— CHANGING AND UNCHANGING THINGS

Dianeia undertook the mission of ferrying everyone back to town .
Saying that she hadn’t been much use, and that she should do this much at least, she continued to act as a shuttle for them .

First she sent the injured Athena and Karen to the medical room in the castle .
Then she went back to get Daichi and the rest…but when she returned to the plains…

「Sorry for the wait . I had to accompany them to the castle and… . wait…Daichi-dono…you’re the only one left?」
「Yeah, Sakura headed home to start supper and Hesty…Hesty’s here . 」

She looked and saw Hesty riding on Daichi’s back .
She must have used quite a lot of her power in the previous fight .
Her eyelids were drooping open and shut .

「Are you sleeping?」
「N-not… . y-yet…… . . 」

She said…but her head was slumping forward .

「As you can see, she’s like this . She’s going to sleep pretty soon . 」
「I…see…… . then what will you do Daichi-dono? Will you come back to town?」


「For a little bit . Once I close up the store, I’ll be heading home . I can’t very well leave Hesty in this condition at the store . 」

Hearing this, Dianeia decided that it wouldn’t be wise to invite him to the closing party .
It was regrettable…but it couldn’t be helped .

「Well then, first I’ll take you to your store…then I’ll take you home Ok?」
「Hm? It’s alright . After I get to the store, I’ll walk back . You must be tired too Dianeia, you don’t have to force yourself ok?」
「No, please let me do this much at least . Over these three days I’ve been indebted to you for various things . 」

Just by thinking about it, she could see that from beginning to end, it was thanks to Daichi that things had ended safely .

「Really…I’m sorry about this Daichi-dono . It’s really…pathetic that I have to keep relying on you like this . 」

In her heart she began feeling like she couldn’t do anything right .
As that thought appeared…she began to cry .

「This time…I thought we’d be able to take care of it ourselves… . but we’re really… . so weak… . . 」

Dianeia hung her head in shame as she whispered those words when,

「No, I’ve seen it . You’ve worked so hard . You’ve worked so hard til your body is all injured . What the heck are you saying?」
「Huh?」

Daichi said with a serious look on his face .

「No, this time…I wasn’t able to do anything . I just keep causing you trouble . I thought that I’d be hated for relying on you like this…… . . 」
「Well, though you did give me some troubles, I won’t hate you for it . Also…if you need to depend on me, then do it . If I can’t help then the worst that will happen is I’ll refuse . Everything I do is my decision . 」
「U…umu…… . is that so? Thank you…for saying that . 」

They may be just comforting words, but Dianeia felt relieved just by hearing that he didn’t hate her .

……really, in front of him, she was just a normal mage……

As Dianeia placed her hands on her chest in relief, Daichi peered closely at her face .
PICTURE

「Wha-? D-Daichi-dono? What’s wrong?」
「Hmm, as I thought . You do have a wound above your eye . 」
「Eh…?」

Daichi pointed at her forehead .
Dianeia used the blade of her knife as a mirror to check and saw that there was in fact a wound on her forehead .

「This is……probably because one potion wasn’t enough to heal all my wounds . I guess you could say I had too many and this one wasn’t healed…… . . 」


「I see . Then, I’ve got another so let’s try it . 」

Daichi said and took a potion out of his bag and smeared some of it on his finger .

「Don’t move . 」

He said as he gently stroked her head .
At that moment a pale light flickered and the wound on her head was healed . At the same time…

「Hya…?」

The potion acted as a medium sending the magic within Daichi’s body pouring into Dianeia numbing her body .

「Auu………」

Suddenly her entire body relaxed and she fell to the ground .

「Huh, what’s wrong?」
「U-ummm… . . thank you for healing my wound, but Daichi-dono’s magic power added on to the potion and caused a weird reaction in my body . 」

Daichi looked at his hands taken aback .

「Huh, so there’s that kind of effect too? —Sorry Dianeia . Can you stand?」

As Dianeia started to take Daichi’s outstretched hand to stand, she realized her underwear had a bit of an emergency .

……… . ah this is……… . .

This is what happened when she lost all her tension after the wound was instantly healed .

So Dianeia drew back her arms quickly .

「U-umm, Daichi-dono . For now my underwear has stopped it, but I’ve got a bit of an emergency, so I’d like to go back and change and I’ll just see you next time——」

She said but Daichi grabbed her arm .

「D-Daichi-dono… . . ? You might get dirty…」
「Huh? I thought it was stopped by your underwear?」
「Ah, it was but……… . . 」
「Then don’t worry . Teleport us to the store . I have clothes and a bath, you can use them . 」

Daichi said and squeezed her hand .

「……somehow it feels like Daichi-dono has gotten nicer . 」
「You make it sound like I’m not nice . Anyways, this time was truly my fault so I’ll take care of you . Also…I’ve gotten used to it by now…the wetting I mean . 」
「I’m not really happy that you’re used to it now…but—-thank you Daichi-dono . 」

And so, Dianeia teleported them back to town while she enjoyed the warm feeling of holding Daichi’s hand .