Housekeeping Mage from Another World: Making Your Adventures Feel Like Home! Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 4] by You Fuguruma

Author:You Fuguruma
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 2: New Bonds

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It was the morning after Shiori and Alec had shared their deepest secrets with one another, and Shiori woke feeling refreshed. It was as if a weight had been taken off her heart, and the dim mist that had long veiled her entire world had finally dissipated.

She woke in Alec’s arms, and they shared a few gentle kisses before preparing a warm breakfast and eating it together with Rurii. Even something as simple and mundane as breakfast felt suddenly new and refreshing.

The final wall between the two adventurers’ hearts had been torn down, allowing them to connect in the truest sense of the word. Opening up to each other about their pasts marked the start of a new life together.

“I feel like I’m finally in touch with the real you,” said Alec with a smile. “My title being what it is, I knew that I couldn’t hide things from you forever, but I just... I couldn’t muster the courage to open up completely. The best I could do was reveal mere slivers at a time, but I’m surprised how easy it was to simply let it all out, in the end.”

Alec, too, had felt his own guilt about the burden of secrets that he carried with him.

“Me too...” said Shiori. “I was so scared that you might not accept me, and my fear kept me from opening up. But thank you, Alec, for doing so. I couldn’t be happier.”

“I owe you thanks too, Shiori. You see me for who I really am.”

Shiori and Alec’s feelings for each other had grown so deep in the six months since they’d met that both now felt that their respective massive secrets were almost trivial.

“There’s still a lot we have to take care of,” said Alec, “but I think we’ve made it over the biggest hurdle. That’s why I believe that, no matter what happens, we can find our way through it together.”

Alec took Shiori’s hand in his own large, callused one, and dropped a kiss on it, as if making her a pledge. And in truth, it was a pledge—in his gesture was his firm intent to stay with her, no matter what problems they encountered.

Shiori sensed his intentions, and it brought a smile to her face. A single tear ran down her cheek. Rurii bounced around at their feet happily.

In this way, the two adventurers spent the morning chatting. After lunch, they went out to shop for goods in preparation for the following day. It was a day just like any other—but one that had, nonetheless, brought them closer together—and it flowed along peacefully.

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