The Doll and The Prince - v2 Chapter 79 (Patreon)

Himari (1)
I looked at the neatly collapsing mansion hidden behind a gate. The explosion reverberated in my stomach. A familiar sensation. I had just returned from the battlefield not long ago.

"... I didn't feel anything in particular."

Miss Otoha murmured softly.

"I might not even remember living here..."

Suddenly, it got noisy, and people in black clothes rushed out of the gate. It seemed like the servants were evacuating, so there didn't seem to be any danger, but since the number of people increased, my guards, Sakuji, and I remained cautious.

"Mourning clothes. Everyone is wearing mourning clothes."
"Mourning clothes?"
"Clothes worn when someone dies."
"I see."

The voices of Miss Otoha and Naru. The mansion collapsed without a fire breaking out. They handled it with remarkable efficiency.

"Even if someone from the Nijou family died, it seems like they would not be sad."
"Yeah."
"I'd cry if Naru died."

Naru looked surprised at Miss Otoha words.

"Because I love you. I'd cry even if His Highness Hiiro died. I wouldn't want Yoshino or Murakano to die either. But..."

Interrupting her words, Miss Otoha looked at the collapsing mansion and the servants in mourning clothes coming out of the gate.

"My heart isn't moved by this sight."
"You would cry if I died?"

Naru asked curiously. They seemed to get along very well, so I thought they surely would, but it seems like he doesn’t really understand.

"I would cry. It's sad. If someone dies, you can't talk to them or touch them ever again. It's lonely."
"... Yeah. I don't want to not be able to talk to Otoha."

The petite two embraced each other gently. Miss Otoha wrapped her arm around Naru’s her left arm, which only reached up to his elbow.

He’s a Combat Doll... I couldn't help but look closely at Naru with a strange feeling. The scar running vertically above his unopened left eye. His thin, small body. He was definitely an enemy on that battlefield.

"Although, I wouldn't be lonely if Hitachimaru died, because I would die too."
"I'd die too if Hiiro died."

They're saying some dangerous things...

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