CH 157

Margo and Sarasa had investigated things about Heinrich and so, Margo handed me a letter before we parted ways. According to the report, apparently Heinrich had been gathering a private army in his residence. Unlike Bavarian-sama, Heinrich wouldn’t dive into the dungeon recklessly. Without any doubt, his target must be me, the one who could concoct part-healing potion. It seemed it was only a matter of time before my cabin was surrounded by Heinrich and his private army.

In the end, that potion was really something that shouldn’t be revealed to the eyes of the public. Still, there was no use regretting it now. Now that I had Yurina-san as my spouse, the chance came at the right time. I should look at the situation positively and seize the chance to go on a honeymoon with Yurina-san.

I steered the wagon north toward Tairant while taking a big detour west of Resta. It didn’t matter wherever we went. At any rate, as long as we kept on moving, our pursuer wouldn’t be able to catch us. The blue wolves were also following us from behind. I could see a glimpse of their figure from the shades of the tree. 

I was sitting on the coachman’s seat together with Yurina-san. The two of us were wrapped in a quilt made from red grizzly bear skin. The quilt was very warm. Of course Ash was with us too. He was being held in Yurina-san’s arms. It looked like Ash was feeling comfortable too. 

I was attacked by goblins and giant spiders along the way but I knew fire was their weakness after using appraisal. While the blue wolves were keeping them busy, I grabbed the opening created by the blue wolves and attacked them with the flame from hellfire sword to finish them off. 

16:30

I could see the sun setting on the mountain ridge. The silver white world around us was dyed in a beautiful crimson red color. Yurina-san and I decided to camp under an evergreen tree to protect us from the snowfall. Continuing to travel in a wagon at night could be dangerous so we decided to camp here because we wanted to travel cautiously. 

I lit the firewood with a fire dagger to make a bonfire then I used the bonfire to make warm soup with dried meat and vegetables. The soup worked wonders in warming our cold bodies. As for the water, we used water produced by the water board. 

I had placed two tree stump chairs in front of the bonfire. Yurina-san and I sat next to each other by the bonfire. 

It was a really nice honeymoon.

I wonder if this is what they called the ‘suspension bridge effect’?

I remembered that term was used in a movie called ‘Speed’. There was a part in the movie where the main protagonist, played by Keanu Reeves, made love with the heroine in a life threatening situation, in which the bomb that had been planted in the bus would explode if the bus slowed down. 

Our situation was exactly like that. 

We were literally in danger where a nobleman was chasing after us. In the thrill of that danger, we were huddled together while sipping a warm soup. In the midst of the dark night, my heart was beating faster than usual as I could feel her body temperature while watching her visage that was illuminated by the light from the bonfire. This beat of my heart, I honestly didn’t know if it was due to the thrill or simply because of her charm.

It seemed thrill was indeed the spice for love.

Besides, a honeymoon in a horse-drawn wagon between two people and one dog while being surrounded by the silver white nature all around us like this… If you really think about it, the situation really created the perfect mood for us. Most girls would be delighted and judging from the cheerful expression on Yurina-san’s face, my prediction was not far off from mark. 

“Ice.”

I uttered and almost immediately I could hear the sound of the ice making a clinking and crisp noise against the glass. While warming my body by the bonfire, I sipped the alcohol with the ice I had created together with Yurina-san. The burning sensation on my throat felt irresistibly delicious. The alcohol we drank during our journey felt many times better than usual. 

After enjoying our time drinking alcohol while watching the snowy scenery, we decided to clean ourselves using the water warmed by the bonfire before we went to sleep. Since she had become my wife, I decided to wipe her back. At first I wondered if she hated it because she was embarrassed but it turned out, that was not the case. She had old scars all over her body and she covered her body with a tattoo to cover the scars. 

When she told me the story behind her scars, I almost lost my cool for a moment but I knew there was no point in getting angry now so for now, I gave her a part-healing potion to drink. 

Then, within seconds, her scars were healed. In fact, not only her scars but her tattoo also disappeared. I guess the tattoo was identified as scars too. Her body was now clean of any blemish and scar. 

When she looked at her scar-free body ,she became very happy. 

I’m glad she’s happy. 

“Contrary to my expectations, life in isekai is surprisingly hard too, huh.”

My heart ached a little upon knowing the dark part of this world. It turned out the dark part of this world wasn’t any different from the world I was originally from. 

After that, Yurina-san and I laid the quilt on the back of the wagon. We huddled together under a single quilt to keep our body warm. From a distance, we could hear the howling of the blue wolves. Under the starry sky, Yurina-san and I laid down together while looking up at the blue full moon in the sky. 

Suddenly, I wondered if my best friends were staring at the same moon as me too or not. No matter how far apart we were, we were still connected because we were still looking at the same scenery after all.

I felt a little embarrassed because I thought of something sentimental like that for a moment. On the other side, Yurina-san was looking at me curiously as I was feeling embarrassed at myself.

Then suddenly, Ash slipped into the futon slowly, as if he was trying to say “me too!”. Looking at Ash’s cute behavior, Yurina-san and I unintentionally made eye contact before we then laughed. 

Yurina-san and I kept our gaze locked at each other as we kissed. Ash, who was snuggling near our stomach, then popped his face from the futon, as if he once again said “me too!”. The two of us then rubbed our cheeks together against Ash before we kissed him too. Satisfied, Ash squirmed back under the quilt. 

After that, Yurina-san and I continued to kiss and hug each other until we were satisfied. 

……..We need to go to sleep before we go overboard. 

I said to her, “let’s sleep.”

She then nodded and pulled the red grizzly bear quilt to cover our head. The temperature outside was reaching the minus and it was even colder at night. It would be better to minimize the part of our body that came in contact with open air as minimum as possible.

Thanks to Ash’s high body temperature, the inside of the quilt felt comfortably warm. 

I could feel her breath, the sound of her heartbeat and scent with all of my five senses. Everything about her felt pleasant to me.

A short while later, I could finally start to hear the sound of her breathing soundly as she fell asleep, looking all comfortable. As I thoroughly savored the feeling of her, the greatest happiness of my life, I was also falling asleep before I knew it. 

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T/N: I like this chapter. This chapter really shows their bonding moment. I also hope Yurina-san can heal mentally too since MC has healed her physical scar for now.