The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Vol. 13 by Satoshi Wagahara

Author:Satoshi Wagahara [Wagahara, Satoshi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Light Novel
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2019-04-23T00:00:00+00:00

Laila, meanwhile, was seated outside, back against the wall of Suzuno’s room, head down.

“Emilia…” she half groaned out—and just as she did, the door opened.

“No good?” a worried-looking Nord Justina asked.

“I know”—Laila sighed, her head still down—“that it’s not good to panic about this, but…I don’t know. What have I been doing with my life all this time? I’ve lived for millennia, and I have no idea how to make up with my own daughter.”

“If anybody knew how parents can find common ground with their children…”

Nord knelt next to his wife, taking her hand and helping her to her feet.

“I’m sure their name would be celebrated for all of history.”

The stern-faced father let a slight smile float onto his face as he cheered up his wife.

“We’ll have another chance. Look at where we are. You’re still alive, and we’re reunited here in this peaceful world.”

“…Yeah.” Laila nodded as they left the upstairs corridor together.

“There’s never any telling how our lives will work out. I never expected to be living in a shared space with the Devil King at my age. Compared to that, a mother and daughter fixing their damaged relationship seems much more likely to occur to me.”

“And when it happens, you’ll be together with us. The three of us as a family.”

“You said it… Let’s go back home. It’s cold out here.”

“Say…”

“Hmm?”

The couple looked at each other, halfway down the stairs.

“I really am in a panic right now. I feel like this truly is my last chance. If I let this run through my fingers, I’m not sure I’ll be willing to wander like this for another few centuries.”

“As long as you and Emilia remain your beautiful selves, I wouldn’t mind at all.”

“I don’t want that! I’m not sick of living, but I want to be a human being. I want Emilia to be one, too. I want to treat each day as special, exactly like all the countless families do as a given here, and I want to die at the end of it. I couldn’t imagine anything besides living with you and Emilia.”

“…In that case, now is the time for patience.” The husband carefully guided his wife down the stairs. “I hope there’s something I can do for that…but it’s times like these that I hate being just another human. If I could fight to protect you both, at least…”

“You made me human. That’s more than enough of a gift.”

She gave her husband a peck on the cheek and smiled.

“Thank you, my dear. I’ll keep trying tomorrow.”

“Great.”

“Also…”

“Mmm?”

“Um… Don’t be too surprised, all right? About my…place.”

“Oh? Why’s that? It’s not some palatial mansion, is it?”

“No, not that sort of thing…but, um, I’ll do my best to make sure you can come over in two days.”

“Not sure what you mean, honey, but I look forward to it.”

Their casual conversation disappeared into Room 101. Soon, all the lights were off in the building, bringing a final, complete silence to the Sasazuka night right as the two AM hour passed.

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