CH 66

The young soldier clears his mind and faces the combat homunculus talking to him. She had slightly heterochromatic eyes and a varied skin tone.

＜Nah, my shoulder’s aren’t particularly stiff… why the sudden proposal?＞

To his question, the homunculus looked down a little and said,

＜I heard from Katamimi. That Captain sees us as 「partners.」 As a partner, I want to help as much as I can.＞

The young soldier’s expression grew strange at those words, as he answered,

＜…Now that I think about it, they might be a bit stiff… should I ask for a massage after all?＞

The homunculus looked up, and at that time it seemed as if her face grew brighter as well. The young soldier sat down on the bed and the homunculus sat down behind him. Just as she started to massage the youth’s shoulders, he noticed something. It was a large number of gazes piercing his back.

When the young soldier turned his body, he saw the eyes of all the homunculi in the room. Without a single homunculus making even the slightest of movements, they stared at his shoulders,