Chapter 10: The Escape Journey with a Stalker Companion, Part Two
“Mmm, Xiao An, I was wrong to blame you. You truly are Dad’s thoughtful little cotton napsack for helping me out.”
In truth, I had vaguely sensed that Xiao An’s sudden declaration of wanting to marry me might just be her wanting to participate as the top player in this game we were playing, given her love for games.
There was another reason too… she wanted to keep me here.
Because that possibility still existed, though neither the clever Xiao An nor I deliberately brought it up.
In this world that has already reached its ending, neither of us wanted to leave any regrets.
In any case, after soaking in the hot spring for a while, I got out before I became too weak. Xiao An, however, had gotten so dizzy she was completely limp, soft, and lacked strength. The flush on her face lingered, making her look like she had a cold.
I remembered when I used to bathe with Xue Qing, she would also accidentally get dizzy. Children’s bodies really can’t handle heat well.
It was my carelessness as well. I should have left earlier.
Moreover, I was also feeling a bit dizzy. I used to be completely fine after soaking for this long, but today, for some reason, I felt a little lightheaded and my body felt unusually hot.
After carrying Xiao An out of the hot spring, we returned to where the airship was previously docked. The guard and housekeeper, Miss, handed us yukatas, seemingly unfazed by our naked state… or that’s what she wanted to imply. But I thought, “Miss, please don’t stare at my crotch.”
It seemed the guard, who was in her prime, was also full of interest in the male body.
I shrugged, put on my yukata, and then helped Xiao An put hers on. However, Xiao An didn’t want to wear it because she felt it was too hot.
“How are you going to wear a wedding dress like this?” I said.
There was nothing else I could do, so I decided to let her cool down first. Sitting on the long bench where we rested beside the airship’s docking area, I had Xiao An rest her head on my lap, while Li Nai fanned her.
After a short while, Xiao An’s complexion improved, and the frown on her brow relaxed. It seemed she felt much better.
It was also due to winter; she recovered quickly.
“Mmm, I was completely fine with this temperature before…”
“Heh heh, how is it? The feeling of ‘hot’ and ‘scalding.’ You’ve never experienced them before, have you?”
“Scalding is one thing, it really hurts. But… I heard that when you face the person you like, your body also gets hot, right?”
“Yes, when you get nervous and excited, your heart beats faster, your blood circulates more rapidly, and your body temperature does indeed rise.”
Xiao An exclaimed joyfully.
“So, that means when I see the person I like, my body will get hot!”
“So to say—”
“It seems that’s not impossible.”
When you see someone who makes your heart flutter, your body does indeed heat up.
That overwhelming, exciting feeling of liking someone.
“Then, I think feeling hot is a kind of happy feeling.”
Xiao An said so.
Looking at her expression, I clearly felt that I was happy at this very moment.
And I confirmed once again that I would not regret my choice.
Since Xiao An had recovered, we returned to the airship. According to the next steps, after the cleansing process, it was time to change into wedding attire.
As expected, I put on a black wedding kimono.
This means they are indeed going to hold a Japanese-style wedding?
That’s true, after all, we are quite close to Japan.
And I changed into a kimono, so that means…
“Husband Juncheng, do I look good in this?”
A voice came from behind me. I turned around and saw Li Nai dressed as a bride, so surprised I couldn’t even utter a word.
Shiromuku.
Li Nai, wearing a shiromuku, appeared before me.
She was so beautiful I forgot to breathe. That… is that really Li Nai?
I was a little stunned.
No, honestly, I really didn’t expect her to be this beautiful.
The pure white kimono symbolizes purity and flawlessness…
Really… she’s so serious…
They say that when a woman is in her wedding attire, it’s the most beautiful moment of her life. Now I understand that it wasn’t an exaggeration.
“What’s wrong? Heh heh, you’re all dazed, aren’t you?”
“…Completely dazed.”
It was impossible not to be dazed.
This pure white beauty.
Compared to a regular wedding dress, Li Nai wearing a shiromuku gave off an inexplicably mysterious and distant aura compared to her usual self.
I remembered some information I read when I was bored. White clothing is generally only worn during funerals, so the shiromuku itself means marrying with the readiness for death.
Perhaps because Li Nai had experienced death before and was in an ambiguous half-alive, half-dead (zombie) state for a long time, it perfectly matched the meaning of the shiromuku.
“Eh? Are you being so direct all of a sudden? I’ll get shy~”
“Oh really? I’d actually quite like to see you shy.”
“Ehh? Ehh? In this situation, am I being flirted with?”
“You’re about to marry me, and you still care about that? It’s a wife’s duty to be flirted with by her husband.”
I walked step by step towards Li Nai, closing the distance between us to the limit. In fact, the white robe she was wearing had already come into contact with the black kimono I was wearing.
“So it’s a duty, ahaha… Ugh, that’s a bit too close, Juncheng….”
I cupped Li Nai’s chin, forcing her to look up at me. Our faces were now just a paper’s width apart.
“Juncheng?”
“….Husband.”
Even Li Nai got shy?
Isn’t that incredibly cute, Miss Li Nai? No, Mrs. Li Nai.
I always thought this unrestrained zombie had no such emotion as shyness. I didn’t expect that after putting on the shiromuku, perhaps with the added status of ‘newlywed wife,’ even Li Nai revealed a super rare shy expression.
I kind of wanted to push her down.
“Ugh! Really! You two are leaving me here to flirt again!”
→ Light Novel Unfortunately, our private time was interrupted by Xiao An’s arrival.
As expected, Xiao An was also wearing a shiromuku. However, unlike Li Nai’s, her attire had quite a bit of red on it.
Ah, this is the shiromuku in its most traditional sense.
Unlike Li Nai’s captivating beauty, the red and white festive dress contrasted with Xiao An’s blonde hair. Xiao An looked very cute in it. Is it because she’s a blonde loli?
“You’re very cute.”
“Mmm, instead of cute, I’d prefer to hear adjectives like ‘beautiful’…” Is it because of this figure that it’s not working out?”
“I think it might have something to do with it.”
Because she’s cute, she’s cute. In short, she’s cute.
Beauty overshadows all flaws, adorableness suppresses a thousand beauties.
The element of cuteness is so strong that Xiao An looks cute no matter what she wears. Well, she’d look cute even if she wore nothing.
I didn’t mind, but Xiao An seemed to care deeply. She crossed her arms and pondered seriously.
“Mmm, then would it be better to use my adult form?”
“Hmm? Adult form? Can you still change back and forth like before, Xiao An?”
“No, no, this is…”
Before she could finish, the alarm sirens blared.
The guard, Miss, walked over with a serious expression and said something to Xiao An, then gathered everyone and left the airship.
“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
Xiao An replied.
“They’ve arrived.”
Who are “they”? Naturally, it’s the dangerous girls who have been chasing us all the way.
