I Can’t Run Away From the Girl Who Saved Me

194 – Sylvia’s Happy World (2)

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When did you fall asleep?

Sylvia slowly rubbed her sleepy eyes and raised her upper body while pondering such questions.

The soft texture of the blanket, warmed by the sunlight streaming in through the window, slowly fell away as it brushed against her skin.

Her body was naked, covered under the blanket, without a single thread on it, but thanks to the warm sunlight, she didn’t feel the cold at all.

No, rather, the warm sunlight and the slightly cool breeze blowing in through the window felt so good that I found myself smiling even in my sleep.

The neat wooden walls, which were not as shabby as a cabin but still had a cozy atmosphere, were lined with hand-woven knots, and from beneath the knots hung cute flower pots with fragrant grass growing there.

Growing plants, which was Sylvia’s only pastime when she lived alone in the forest, remained as her hobby.

It was a very simple hobby, but to Sylvia, who had spent all her time focusing on swords and training, it felt like a very luxurious hobby.

Sylvia closed her eyes tightly at the delicious smell of bread wafting from somewhere.

It was a beautiful morning, it couldn’t be more perfect.

“…sob,”

Sylvia stretched her arms upward and stretched them.

As his stiff body became more energetic, Jamgiun left Sylvia’s body without showing any sign of regret.

I felt refreshed and a refreshing feeling permeating my whole body.

In that moment, the faint smell of fresh bread wafted past her nose.

Moon,

At the same time, the door opened quietly.

“Huh? You’re awake. I was going to wake you up anyway.”

The perfect character for a perfect morning naturally entered Sylvia’s ecstatic space.

The young man appeared carrying a silver tray with a steaming hot loaf of freshly baked bread, a teapot filled with fragrant black tea brewed with care, and cute cups, and approached Sylvia with a smile that resembled the morning sunlight.

“Good morning, Sylvia.”

“…”

“Sylvia?”

Sylvia tried to say something, but her mouth wouldn’t open easily.

An overwhelming emotion that cannot be fully expressed in words such as happiness filled Sylvia’s beautiful eyes that had regained their original color.

Ash’s face was fully reflected in those clear, transparent eyes.

“Ash…”

“Yeah, why is that?”

Sylvia felt uneasy.

What’s strange?

There was nothing strange about Ash’s appearance.

It wasn’t that his appearance was strange.

Everything was perfectly right.

But, that’s why Sylvia couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.

Because I never imagined that I would have such happiness in my life.

No, I definitely felt happy even in that little cabin where I stayed with Ash.

But this sense of everything being perfect, without any deficiency or lack, was quite foreign to Sylvia.

“Hmm…”

Ash carefully placed the tray on the small table next to the bed, then slowly sat down on the bed and walked over to Sylvia.

Then he slowly ran his long, thin fingers through Sylvia’s tangled hair and said:

“Did you have another nightmare?”

“… nightmare.”

“It’s all over now. All the problems that have been bothering us are gone…”

“…”

“No, it’s not gone.”

Ash smiled brightly.

“We overcame it. Together.”

“… ah,”

Sylvia sighed softly.

The demon king is dead.

The terrible curse that had been tormenting her and Ash was also gone.

Ash, who had stayed by Sylvia’s side due to the curse, still remained by Sylvia’s side even after the curse was lifted.

The two people who saved the world but did not want any reward settled down to live together in a place far away from the humans who were working hard to rebuild the world.

However, it was not as if they were isolated from the outside world as in a forest of reclining trees, so the two of them would sometimes go out and buy necessities and enjoy a sort of outing.

Sylvia said with a small smile.

“Sorry, I was out of my mind for a moment.”

“… Is it still like that?”

“Don’t make such a gloomy face. It’s because Ash is here that I’ll get over it. If I hadn’t met Ash, I might have killed the Demon King and committed suicide.”

“Oh my, where did you hear such bad words?”

Ash lightly tapped Sylvia’s forehead with his finger.

Then he picked up the bread on the tray and slowly tore it off with both hands.

The soft yet elastic flesh of the bread burst like a bomb as it tore apart, releasing the savory smell it had been holding onto.

Sylvia let out a growling sound without realizing it.

“Ugh,”

“Ahaha, I was hungry.”

“Ugh, I’m embarrassed.”

“I didn’t know that Sylvia still felt ashamed of me.”

“… You, don’t tease me too much.”

“Why? Look at this.”

Instead of his hands full of bread, Ash took Sylvia’s face and slowly pulled the cloth covering her body with his lips.

Sylvia’s skin was clearly visible, shining white under the sunlight.

“What’s there to be ashamed of, sleeping together like this every day?”

“I told you not to do it.”

Sylvia slowly grabbed the ends of the blanket with both fingers and draped them around her shoulders, glaring at Ash.

Ash smiled and put down one slice of warm bread, then tore the other slice between his thumb and index finger and brought it to Sylvia’s mouth.

Sylvia opened her lips without saying a word, even with a pouty face.

Ash smiled and carefully placed a piece of bread into Sylvia’s mouth.

His fingertips lightly brushed the inside of Sylvia’s lips.

“Is it delicious? This time it’s my own work.”

“…Yeah. It’s delicious.”

To be honest, Sylvia had no idea what bread tasted like.

This was because all of her nerves were focused on Ash’s fingers lightly touching her lips.

I felt like my lower stomach was tickling and burning for no reason.

Sylvia tried hard to hide her excitement and pulled the edge of the blanket tightly with both hands.

Ash poured black tea into a teacup and spoke in a soft voice.

“Now all that’s left is for us to be happy.”

“… Yeah, that’s right.”

“Well, actually, I understand that Sylvia feels uneasy.”

“… okay?”

“Yeah, I guess there’s nothing I can do.”

Ash slowly put down the bread and kettle and slowly brought his hand to Sylvia’s stomach.

Then he rubbed Sylvia’s stomach very carefully and whispered.

“I’m scared too, because this is my first time being a father.”

“…ah.”

“Sylvia will be a strong and pretty mother, but it will be her first time too. She can’t help but be scared.”

Sylvia slowly placed her hand on her stomach.

Certainly her stomach was unnaturally bulging.

And she could clearly feel something small stirring within it.

“But we are a couple who have defeated the Demon King. We can overcome this too. Right?”

“… Ugh,”

Sylvia lowered her head, startled by the sudden outpouring of tears.

I was happy.

I was so happy that I thought my head was going to explode.

Ash silently hugged Sylvia’s shoulders and patted her head.

Knock knock,

Every time Ash’s fingertips touched the back of her head, she felt an indescribable happiness spread throughout her body.

Sylvia whispered in a tearful voice.

“I love you… Ash.”

“…”

Ash said nothing.

“Ash?”

“I want to say something nice in return, but I can’t think of anything.”

“… fool.”

A wry smile spread across Sylvia’s tearful face.

“Just say whatever you want, you idiot.”

“Yeah, I love you.”

Sylvia wrapped her arms around Ash’s neck and pressed her lips to his.

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Ash was chopping firewood in the backyard.

However, Ash, who was not accustomed to physical labor, could not possibly chop firewood skillfully.

Of course, he left pregnant Sylvia to sit quietly inside the house and went out bragging, but Sylvia, who was used to physical labor, could easily tell how much her husband was struggling just by the sound of the axe and the wood clashing and Ash’s panicked voice.

It was extremely dangerous because it would not split, or the wood would bounce off the axe, and there were even cases where it missed completely.

Finally, Sylvia sighed and sat up from the rocking chair in the living room.

Then she walked to the kitchen and mixed the lemon juice and honey, adding a magical ice cube at a time to make a drink, and poured it into two chilled iron glasses.

“It seems like it’s been a while since I’ve made something.”

Sylvia smiled with satisfaction as she took a sip of the drink she had made, then took a glass in each hand.

Then he slowly walked to the backyard where Ash was.

Ash was struggling to free the axe that was stuck in the log, unaware that Sylvia was approaching.

Although it may have seemed pathetic as a man, Sylvia, who knew all about Ash’s strengths and his manly side, simply found her husband’s appearance cute.

Sylvia called her beloved companion in a soft voice.

“husband-“

“Oh, Sylvia? Why did you come out? Just rest.”

Sylvia shook the glass in her hand without saying a word.

It was a drink made as an excuse to give him a break, because if I had said, ‘I’ll chop the firewood for you,’ it would have hurt Ash’s small pride.

And as Sylvia had planned, Ash put down the axe stuck in the wood and slowly approached Sylvia.

“Here, drink this.”

“What is this?”

Ash brought the glass to his lips before Sylvia could answer.

Ash’s face, seen up close, was glistening with sweat.

There was a slightly damp, sweaty smell, but to Sylvia, it was an alluring scent that reminded her of the love they shared during the night.

Sylvia looked at Ash with a pleased expression, slightly grabbing his collar.

“Oh, it’s been a while.”

“huh?”

“Why, Sylvia brought this to you before. Don’t you remember?”

“Oh… is that so?”

“That was when Sylvia hadn’t shown her face to me yet.”

“Wow, so that means when we first met? That was a long time ago.”

Let me try to remember, I definitely remember something like that.

The day I gave my dagger to Ash along with a drink while he was fiddling around with an old carving knife to carve Leila’s symbol.

Sylvia found it very cute that Ash remembered that long-ago day, which now seemed distant.

Sylvia smiled bashfully and brought the glass to her lips as she spoke.

“It’s different now, because I can drink next to Ash.”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

Sylvia took a sip of her drink.

The sweet and sour liquid pleasantly stimulated the tip of my tongue and the roof of my mouth.

“it’s good.”

“Yeah, it’s really delicious.”

Ash, who had already emptied his glass, responded to Sylvia’s monologue.

It seemed like he was quite thirsty.

Sylvia offered Ash her half-empty glass.

Ash asked as he took the glass.

“Aren’t you going to drink?”

“Yeah, Ash looks thirsty.”

“That’s true… hehe,”

“Just drink that and relax.”

Sylvia walked slowly towards the firewood.

Ash followed Sylvia and whined.

“Oh, I’m not single anymore, so I can do this kind of thing.”

“Fine, what can I do when I’m not even good at it.”

“What if you get hurt?”

“Are you hurt?”

Sylvia said, easily pulling the axe out of the block of wood with one hand and draping it over her shoulder.

“who?”

“…”

“I find it cute when Ash makes that stupid expression.”

“This… um, I pulled them all out so it was easy to pull out.”

“It’s lovely to see you being so stubborn about something so stupid.”

“…Like Sylvia, who always says she’s going to squeeze me, but then surrenders first and whines at night?”

“…”

“I was wrong.”

“yes.”

Sylvia pushed the block of wood to the ground with her foot, then swung the axe with one hand and cut it in two.

“Ash, you don’t have to do anything.”

“… Well, I also wanted to be a support to Sylvia.”

Sylvia chuckled at Ash’s seemingly shocked reaction.

“I’m relying on you. Much more than Ash thinks.”

“… Is that so?”

“Then, I can’t live without Ash.”

Ash nodded.

“…Me too. I can’t live without Sylvia either.”

Sylvia walked up to Ash, lightly kissed his cheek, and smiled bashfully.

Then he motioned for Ash to step back.

“Ash supports me. That’s why I like Ash. So leave the hard work to me. If Ash continues to support me, I’ll protect you.”

“…Sylvia.”

“Okay, Ash?”

As soon as Ash had stepped back far enough, Sylvia said, easily splitting the wood with her axe.

“I will protect Ash.”

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