“What is going on right now, Senior?”
“Th-that is…”
That was a look in Sylvia’s eyes that he had never seen before.
Cold enough to send shivers down my spine.
Sena gulped and took a step back.
Cornered, and Sylvia seemed twice as big as usual.
“How rude. How dare you speak to the angel like that.”
Lucia raised her mace.
Sylvia, still staring intensely at Sena, spoke in a low voice.
“Step aside.”
Grabbing the mace with her hand, Sylvia growled.
“If you don’t want to die.”
“…!”
It was a murderous intent that even made the Inquisitor shudder.
‘This is going to turn into a real fight.’
Lucia wouldn’t back down.
She was already an apostle of Justitia.
“Lucia. Ellie.”
Sena had no choice but to separate the two.
“…Please wait outside for a moment.”
**
With Ellie and Lucia gone, the room was filled with an awkward silence.
If there were water here, it would freeze.
‘Sylvia was always an awkward junior.’
She would be angry if she heard this, but to Sena, Sylvia was only like a little sister.
Sylvia always seemed her age. In her actions and speech. To Sena, who had lived a past life, she seemed even younger.
However, Sylvia was a genius who had passed through the ranks of the Teutonic Knights at that age.
Sena knew this intellectually. What could happen if Sylvia set her mind to it.
But she didn’t expect her to emit such a chilling aura.
“Explain.”
‘Should I play dumb?’
Sena scratched the side of her head and tilted her head.
“Ahaha, what are you talking about?”
“Senior.”
“Y-yes?”
“Do I look like I’m joking right now?”
Shaa-
Sylvia’s dark aura intensified. Sena hiccuped.
‘Right, this situation isn’t something I can joke my way out of.’
Sena lowered her head.
This time, it really seemed like a dead end.
“…How much did you hear?”
“From the part where you asked to get rid of the wings.”
“So you heard everything from the beginning.”
Tick-
In the chilly silence, the ticking of a pocket watch could be heard.
Whose pocket watch was it? The Inquisitor Lucia’s, who needed to record time of death?
Or Ellie’s delicate pocket watch?
“Yes.”
“…”
“I’m going to die soon.”
Tock-
The ticking sound stopped.
Only then did Sena realize that the sound of the pocket watch belonged to Sylvia.
Sylvia’s pupils trembled slightly.
Sena managed to force a smile.
“Isn’t it cool? It’s a bit cumbersome, though.”
“I knew that Senior’s health wasn’t good. But, but… to say you don’t have much time left?”
“Tada-. I even got a halo over my head. Now I’ll be easy to see at night, right?”
‘Stop it.’
Sylvia bit her lip.
Sena always deflected when asked difficult questions.
Despite being easily found out, Sena was a liar who always spouted obvious lies.
Until now, Sylvia often let it slide, charmed by Sena’s unique cuteness.
But this time, there was no way she could let it slide.
“…Please wait here. I’ll bring some death row inmates.”
Sylvia turned to leave the room immediately.
Sena hugged Sylvia’s back tightly.
“My knight.”
“…”
“Don’t go. That’s an order.”
Feeling the breath of the small figure holding her, Sylvia closed her eyes.
‘No matter what is said, I won’t be swayed.’
It was Sena, after all.
The one who would smile even when kidnapped, and try to save the very person who tried to kill him.
Such a person would never accept extending his life at the cost of someone else’s.
“Senpai, do you remember?”
“Huh?”
“My knight oath.”
Instead of answering, Sena tightened her embrace around Sylvia.
“To do my utmost to heal our own life. That was the content of the contract.”
“Yes, I remember.”
“…If there’s a way to make Senior healthier, I’ll do anything. Because I’m your knight. So this takes precedence over any order.”
“Sylvia.”
Sylvia felt her back grow wet and her body stiffened.
“No.”
“…”
“That’s wrong.”
“…Even with your body in this state, you say that?”
“I don’t want to live that badly. Not by taking someone else’s life. You know that too.”
“I may be different from you, Senior. If you can’t do it, I’ll knock you out and do it by force. So let go of me.”
Whatever Sena said was pointless.
Sylvia had already made up her mind.
She had resolved it when she listened to Sena’s conversation from behind the door.
‘I’ve finally found a way to cure Senior’s illness. No matter what is said, I must achieve it. Absolutely.’
Even if she was resented to death, she had no intention of letting Sena go like this.
“I’m sorry about earlier.”
It was at the moment she was prepared to knock Sena out.
Sylvia’s actions halted at the unexpected apology.
“You said I could, but you essentially refused.”
“…It’s too late for that now.”
“You were very sad, weren’t you?”
Sena’s hand touched Sylvia’s chest. Sylvia couldn’t move a single finger.
“The way to extend my life isn’t murder.”
“Y-your hand.”
Despite the situation, Sylvia stuttered. Her face quickly turned red.
“It’s about doing something Justitia would hate.”
“L-let’s talk after you take your hand off.”
Sylvia’s icy demeanor shattered in an instant.
Sena removed her hand from Sylvia’s chest, but Sylvia still felt the lingering warmth.
Her head felt dizzy. Sylvia slowly turned her head.
Sena, bathed in moonlight, was fidgeting with his hands, looking a bit embarrassed.
“What do you think it is? Something Justitia would hate.”
“H-how would I know?”
“A priest must remain pure. They say a nun loses her divine power the moment she loses her purity. Justitia probably hates it when her creations are defiled.”
Sena whispered.
As a man, he wondered if it was okay to say this, but honestly, he was too embarrassed.
But there was no other way.
This was the only way to get through this crisis.
And, the only way to make up for the earlier mistake.
“Would you like to… do something bad with me?”
Sena extended his hand to Sylvia with a smile.
“But we might be punished by heaven.”
Sylvia’s rationality snapped at that moment.
With a sound like something breaking, she threw Sena onto the bed.
Sena, extremely flustered, awkwardly hugged Sylvia as she burrowed into his chest.
“S-Sylvia. I’m not going anywhere, so slow down a bit…”
Soft lips touched his. Sena closed his eyes.
‘So this moment has finally come.’
Should he be glad that he gets to experience it once before dying?
The certainty was that he felt strangely at ease.
If things had continued as they were, he would have died feeling sorry towards Sylvia forever.
‘Maybe I’ve been holding on well until now.’
But now that this moment had arrived, Sena felt worried.
‘…What exactly am I supposed to do during this?’
He knew the theory, of course.
But he wasn’t exactly sure about the specifics.
In his previous life, he had been too busy studying.
In his current life, the thought of doing anything as a minor felt inappropriate.
After that, he was too busy surviving.
‘Do I just stay still?’
…But wouldn’t that be too pathetic?
He was a man, after all. Losing during the day and at night too was too much.
At least at night, Sena wanted to win.
Perhaps his desperation was heard.
A scene flashed through his mind.
-‘Remember this, Sena.’
-‘Huh? What’s with you all of a sudden?’
It was the night before he entered the Academy, when Seria became an official priest, and they were sleeping together.
-‘Someday, you’ll find someone you love, right? You look like that.’
-‘…Is that a compliment? Thanks. You’re pretty too, Seria.’
-‘Hah, you should have said that yesterday. I wouldn’t have hesitated to eat you up.’
-‘Huh?’
-‘Anyway, for that day, I’ll teach you something, so just follow what I do from now on.’
-‘…What?’
-‘This is for me, no, for you. First…’
Seria had taught him various things.
Honestly, they were embarrassing actions to do in front of a childhood friend.
However, Seria was a bit scary that day. She talked about the sadness of having to live as a celibate from now on.
So he had no choice but to do everything she asked.
-‘I’ve raised you well, and now thinking you’ll give it to another woman makes me furious.’
-‘Father Seria…?’
-‘What, Sister Sena?’
Surrk.
Sylvia took off her clothes
Sena stared blankly at Sylvia’s body for the first time.
She had a good figure, probably because she was a knight.
Sena slowly touched Sylvia’s abs.
Sylvia’s body trembled slightly at the touch.
It seemed to bring her back to her senses a bit.
Sylvia, having shown everything, covered her chest with her arms.
“W-what are you looking at?”
“I was just noticing how hard you’ve been training.”
“…Of course. I’m a knight, after all.”
“Yeah.”
Sylvia bit her lip and turned her head slightly.
“If you don’t want to, just say no. I can stop now. It’s not like I want to do this with you either.”
“Sylvia.”
“What.”
“You’re drooling. And, you’ve been pretty wet down there for a while.”
“…”
Sylvia’s body suddenly heated up enough for Sena to feel it.
Her face turned bright red too. Sylvia quickly wiped her lips.
“I-it’s weird if I’m the only one undressed.”
Sena thought for a moment, then grabbed the skirt below and pulled it over his head.
“I’ve made up my mind, but if you keep hesitating, I’ll run away…?”
“…!”
“Don’t hold back, just go ahead.”
Sena held the skirt in his mouth and turned his head to the side.
“… It’s my first time, so please be gentle.”
