Chapter 141 – Volume 29 – Just for You and for Eternity (1)
“Hey, hey. Don’t run when you’re not even single.”
“Hee hee, but since I think I’ve finally been released from the academy, what should I do? Now I can sleep with Carly every day, right?”
“Yes, I will. Walk slowly. Let’s cross our arms here.”
“Yes!”
Rosaria was very excited, as if she was glad that it was finally vacation.
As expected, today seems to be the best timing.
Since Rosalia felt this way last summer vacation, I wondered if she would feel the same this year as well.
It was a similar atmosphere.
“Oh, look at this Carly! It’s for real!”
“Yes. There are quite a few. Shall we buy them all?”
“Yes!”
Before she went to the villa, she came to the exhibition hall and was looking at her new comics.
This time, according to the sender, she said that there were some works in the form of game books, so she was going to buy them while visiting the capital.
But did this come out as a game book more than expected?
It hasn’t been that long yet, so I thought there weren’t many.
Looking at it now, I can see that most of the new works tried to adopt the form of a game book, even if it was simple.
After a quick glance, it seems that the work just had one ending, but only the middle events are changed to options…
‘The speed of adapting to something new like this is really fast.’
And among them, like the sender unknown, there was also a serious game book of enormous thickness.
When I opened the end, there was also a collection of endings, so this must be quite a taste.
To be honest, in the past, there were a lot of works that I couldn’t expect from the story of a manga, but there was a lot of growth in just one year.
I thought I could approach this type of work with high expectations.
“Should I make a game book, too?”
“A series of pink diaries? Or a new one?”
“I’m thinking about it. The pink diary already has a sequel, so it’s ambiguous to turn it into a game book all of a sudden.”
“Then you should start with that work.”
It was a story about Rosaria’s pink diary series.
Obviously, at the end, ‘Cream’, who was the main villain of the work, was completely scolded.
In the end, I prayed and prayed to keep my friends somehow, but because of that sin, I ended up occupying a place close to the bottom of Strawberry’s slavery.
Unexpectedly, Cream was satisfied with that position, and seemed happy as if she was okay just being next to Strawberry.
I remembered it correctly because I had read it again recently.
By the way, if it’s a sequel, will it finally be a fight with the main villain that Milk fought?
“Isn’t that right? First of all, I’ll have to draw everything from what I’ve planned now to the vacation, and then I’ll think about it.”
In addition to the game book, we select and purchase a few more works that look good.
We started going into the villa where we would be spending our time during the vacation.
And the moment I opened the door, the interior of the house with a very different atmosphere than usual was revealed.
“Uh, huh!? Is Carly here originally like this?”
“Do you want to come this way?”
“Uh?”
I was very worried about what events and gifts to give to Rosaria.
As this is probably her belated proposal, she wanted to do what she wanted more.
So she read her work, the pink diary series, and went through her memories of the things that had happened with her so far.
Then, the conclusion I came to was the fact that Rosaria liked ‘me’.
And he valued the fact that he was next to me the most, and obsessed with ‘the specialness that only he has’ and ‘eternity’ in order to erase the anxiety that such a situation would break.
This part was evident not only in Rosaria’s usual actions and words, but also in her cartoons.
Is it me that the person you want to confess to likes the most?
That itself is a very happy thing, but it made me very worried about what kind of gift to give.
And the result is this event I have prepared.
I drew a magic circle that I made in advance.
When the magic was activated, a small light continued like a road, revealing the future we had to travel.
And then the pictures on the wall began to appear.
“…Is this a Kali drawing?”
“Yes. It’s less cute than what you drew, but I tried to draw the things you and I spent as much as possible.”
To be able to look back on the time she had with her since she was young.
Along her long stretch of wall, I walked with her through the times we had in her past.
From the warm and happy memories of the innocent days when they still knew nothing about swordsmanship.
The image of her, who was the only one by my side, wielding only a sword under the pressure of having to practice swordsmanship.
The days when I abandoned my tsundere temperament and turned into a megadere, and the days when I taught myself magic.
And now with my baby in my belly.
“These are the things you gave me. These are memories of only you and me that can never be replaced by anyone else.”
“Carly…”
I handed over a book of pictures we had seen while walking until just now.
This is the gift that I would like to give her, embodying her ‘speciality’.
These are pictures that tell our story, made up of pictures drawn only for Rosaria, which are not even released elsewhere.
‘I haven’t slept very well lately because of this…’
I thought the best time for D-Day would be at the beginning of vacation.
Actually, seeing Rosaria in a good mood today, I think it was a good choice.
But the problem is that when I decided to do this, there was not much time left.
In the end, it was the result of investing everything in drawing while staying up all night.
She honestly said she didn’t sleep until two days before vacation so she tried to force Nia to sleep saying she was crazy.
But I don’t want to ruin today, so I finished my preparations as soon as possible and slept soundly yesterday.
In any case, I was too busy investing time in this work, so I postponed the additional scented candle illustration from an unknown sender.
Now, you can work on it slowly while on vacation.
Actually, if I had only prepared that cartoon, I wouldn’t have had to work so hard, but I prepared one more thing.
There were two things I thought about about other gifts.
Concerns about how to properly process me as a gift that she likes.
I was worried about whether I could express the ‘eternity’ that Rosaria wanted.
I touched on the next activation condition for that magic circle earlier.
Then the road we had walked was burning strongly, and the surroundings began to be dyed red.
While Rosalia’s eyes were on the flames, she took off the glove on her left hand and secretly tied her ring finger in a place prepared in advance.
“Rosaria, I might not be able to say that I’m giving you my all. I’m greedy.”
But in me you are a very important person.
That’s why the day I can erase you from me forever won’t come.
Therefore, your traces will remain on my body forever, and even if you die, they will not disappear.
“Uh?”
Roaring!
At that moment, the flames grew stronger and even the cloth tying my ring finger was burned in an instant.
Only my hand remained in place.
It seems to be the same as usual, but there was definitely a difference in this hand.
“…Strawberry?”
“It’s a ring designed with a strawberry as a base… It’s a tattoo. I drew it on my finger while thinking of Rosaria. Because it’s a tattoo, I can’t erase it for the rest of my life.”
Through tattooing, it is imprinted on my body as an indelible seal.
A part of me imbues myself with the fact that it is Rosaria’s property.
That was how I presented myself to her to her.
“And this.”
I opened my palm and handed Rosaria a gold ring with the same pattern on it.
Gold, of course, is a metal that never changes, symbolizing eternity.
The gold is treated with anti-deformation alchemy, so the drawn patterns won’t be easily erased.
“This is me I’m giving you. Leah.”
“Ring…”
Rosalia, still in a state of surprise, slowly took her ring and began putting it on her ring finger.
Since I had it sized up beforehand, it fit perfectly without any problems.
She took my hand right away and became incredibly happy while comparing the patterns she drew.
I was relieved to see it.
He calmed down as much as possible and continued the conversation.
“To be honest, I thought about it a lot. What can I do for you? There are so many things I’ve received so far. There are many things I’ve made difficult. Actually, I haven’t done anything for you.”
“Carly…”
“It’s late, but I love you, Rosaria.”
“…Yes!”
Just like that, Rosaria hugged me and started to cry.
I told him not to cry, but I decided to cry like this and then I was beaten for saying something like that.
…Well, I feel like I’m going to cry if I get something like this all of a sudden.
“Didn’t it hurt to draw this?”
“It hurt a little, but well, considering it’s a gift to Rosaria, it’s not a big deal.”
I think it’s more difficult when you’re thinking about what to give.
Once I was sure of what to do, there was nothing particularly difficult.
Rather, it was more of a problem to worry about when this didn’t work.
“Carly, you know what?”
“What…?”
“The more I go in these days, the more I’m coming back to the old Cali.”
“…Once upon a time? How was I?”
“Doesn’t she know that she drew a picture too?”
“I don’t know, I drew it from what I remembered at first glance. It’s too old.”
Rosaria heard me and just laughed.
He said there was such a thing, and in the end, he ended the story without telling me anything.
I had no idea what the hell she was going to say.
“I just want to say that if you fall in love again with the way you fell in love, it’s cheating.”
“…Can I take it as a compliment?”
“Yes, very good. I love you.”
I’m not sure, but did it happen because Rosaria seems to be happy?
