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「Ehehe, YAAAY! Then I’ll come over there! 」

Latifa smiling merrily.in high spirit.

Rio was looking at her truly happy smile as pondering why she really happy just by rinsing his back.

「Then, let’s start」

「um」

Rio rising from the bathtub while averting his gaze from Latifa.

He wwrapping the towel on his waist and sit on the bathtub stool with his back facing Latifa.

「U~hm, well, let’s go」

After she make foams with a towel, Latifa began to timidly washing Rio back.

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Even though she just assetively make an approach some times ago, maybe due to the mental strain, the way she move her hands is awkward.

Though it doesn’t mean that it’s painful, she using a little bit too much power.

As a brief silence descending in the bathroom —.

「..... As I thought, oniichan back became bigger」

Soon, Latifa muttering with deep filled emotional tone.

「Is that so ...... 」

When he answering that way, suddenly, a soft feeling pressed upon his back.

She came and embracing RIo as if enveloping him from behind.

Rio back twitching in surprise.

He can feel Latifa warmth from the other side of her towel.

Since she has yet to immersing herself in the bathtub, parts of her body is cold.

And then, Latifa face was sticking closely to the side of his face.

「L-Latifa?」

As his body stiffening, Rio calling Latifa name.

「...... Ehehe, be careful. Oniichan. You will go back to that kingdom right ....」

Latifa answered after a brief pause.

Her body and voice is trembling a little.

For her, she have absolutely no good memory in Strahl region, especially in Bertram kingdom.

She have nothing but gruesome memory in that place.

She’s wondering why RIo want to goes back to that place.

(Maybe Latifa just worrying about myself.)

Is what he thought.

「.... Don’t worry. I don’t know how long it’ll take for this time but, I’ll make sure to go back here periodically」

He said that to relieving Latifa worry and then stretching his hand and gently patting Latifa face.

RIo smiling gently to the warmth that was tranmitting to this hand.

「 ........ See you later, Latifa」

As he saying that, Rio bracing himself.

As he might kill someone with his own hands once he goes out to the human race society.

Different with this village, that place is full with malice.

At least, he’ll kill Lucius with his own hand once he find him.

But, in what way he’ll do that.

He already steeled himself long ago.

He’ll thread upon it, even in that kind of world.

At that time, nothing will change even if he lost something within himself.

Even if the warmth that transmitted to this hand will lost ......

As he’s thinking about that ——.

「You know, I love oniichan no matter what. That’s why, take care」

As if reading his thought, Latifa saying that words with smile that resembling the virgin mary —–

「.... Thank you」

Rio tightly grasped that hand.