Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! Volume 8 [Parts 1 to 7] by Hiiro Shimotsuki

Author:Hiiro Shimotsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Intermission

Moonlight streamed in through the window onto Kilpha, who couldn’t sleep. While it had been her request to share a bed with Shiro, she was too nervous to drop off. I’m sleeping with Shiro...

The bed was far too narrow for two people, and they had to lie very close to each other, so that neither of them fell out. With only a thin blanket covering them, Kilpha could feel the warmth of Shiro’s back against hers. How long had it been since they’d turned out the light? Kilpha closed her eyes and tried to sleep again, but it was no good. She just couldn’t drift off. The conversation she’d had with Shiro before turning out the lights replayed itself in her head.

“I might be too nervous to sleep, meow,” she’d said only half-jokingly.

Shiro seemed to take her concerns to heart. “You should try counting sheep,” he suggested. “That’ll make you sleepy.”

“Counting sheep, meow?” she queried.

“Yup, counting sheep.”

Apparently, counting sheep was a traditional charm that helped people to fall asleep in Shiro’s homeland. He had explained to Kilpha that if you pictured some sheep jumping over a fence and counted them as they did so, you would soon drift off before you even realized it. Shiro really does know a lot of things, doesn’t he? Nesca and Rolf are knowledgeable too, but Shiro always tells me stuff I’ve never even heard about before, meow.

Kilpha had tried counting sheep and had made it to well over a thousand, but sleep still eluded her. This is very annoying, meow. I’ve never taken so long to fall asleep, meow.

Kilpha was used to sleeping in places where it would usually be difficult to sleep: on the ground under the stars, on the floors of dungeons, even in caves and grottos. The ability to basically fall asleep anywhere was an absolute must if you wanted to be a full-fledged adventurer. And yet...

I’m in a comfy bed, so why am I having so much trouble sleeping, meow? Sure, Shiro’s next to me, but I can’t believe I’m finding it impossible to fall asleep, meow. Should I just give up?

As Kilpha’s thoughts raced around her head at a mile a minute, she suddenly realized something. Shiro’s breathing wasn’t the rhythmic rise and fall of a sleeping person. Does that mean Shiro’s awake too, meow? she wondered. Should I try talking to him, meow? If I whisper, I shouldn’t wake him up if he is asleep, meow. Okay. I’m doing it.

Having made up her mind, she opened her mouth to call out Shiro’s name, only to be interrupted by her own name being called.

“Kilpha, are you awake?” Shiro asked quietly.

Shiro’s been awake this whole time too! For some reason, this realization made the cat-sìth incredibly happy.

“I am, meow,” she replied.

“Ah, I thought so.”

“Yeah...” She hesitated. “I feel a bit weird, meow. I can’t fall asleep at all, meow.”

“Same,” Shiro confessed.

“You can’t sleep either, meow?” Kilpha said.

“Nope. I know we’re pretending to be engaged, but I wasn’t expecting to sleep in the same bed as you.

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