Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi

Chapter 555 (True): The Place I Returned To

My field of vision is dyed red, and it feels like time has slowed down.

The black stream covers the sky, swirls like a whirlpool and spirals far into the distance toward the tip of a mountain.

Something taps my shoulder.

I don’t know if it’s a bandit or a monster or an innocent citizen, but it doesn’t matter.

Right now the whole world is my enemy.

To begin, let’s eat this guy alive and――

「What are you crying about? With such a frightened face and tears pouring out of your eyes, it’s like you’re a strange person.」

Blonde hair that makes even the best gold thread seem dull flows in the wind, clear blue eyes that are almost transparent stare at me, voluptuous boobs and ass that materialize a man’s sexual desires, and an astounding figure highlighted by a narrow waist. Furthermore, the impossibly white skin which a human can never achieve……that seems to draw me in.

「And this beauty which is comparable to that of a goddess……aah, it hasn’t changed. All of it has remained the same.」

The dark vortex instantly disappears.

My field of view brightens and the flow of time returns to normal.

「Fufu, you’ve gotten better at praising a woman~」

There’s no mistake.

I’ve waited years for this, I’ve seen this many times in my dreams.

The one standing in front of me is my beloved Lucy.

「Ara, so I left my shawl in a place like this. That reminds me, I was creating a grave for a raccoon dog that died and that’s when……thanks for finding it, Aegir.」

I wipe my face with a sleeve, blow my nose, and promptly stand up with a smile.

「I’m home, Lucy. I came back.」

「Yes, welcome back. Why were you crying?」

I fix my collar and clear my throat.

「Hahaha, it was just a yawn.」

「Clinging to a grave and yawning so loudly, you’ve become quite the strange person.」

Lucy grins as she walks around me cheerfully.

She’s now more than a head shorter than me, yet I only feel happiness from her teasing.

「That’s a mistake. Something was in my eye.」

「Arara, an entire rock must have been in there if you created such a big puddle on the ground.」

She stands on her tiptoes and pokes my nose.

I’m stuck.

I can’t cover up the fact that I wailed so hard it echoed throughout the forest.

I turn to Lucy with a pitiful pout and whine.

「Pff, you’re like a giant dog. Come here.」

I dive into Lucy’s arms without hesitation.

Her arms are no longer able to wrap completely around my larger back.

To make up for it, she locks her arms tightly around my shoulders and buries my face in her ample bosom.

Lust doesn’t well up despite being enveloped by her luscious breasts that are beyond a man’s wildest delusions.

I simply indulge in their warmth like a child snuggling up to their mother.

Vampires like Lucy don’t have a body temperature.

However, she feels warm somehow.

Because of how embarrassing it is, I whisper words in my heart so Lucy can’t hear them……while they may unknowingly leak out of my mouth, I know it’s soft enough that at least they can only be heard by myself.

I’ve done it.

I made it in time.

All the blood I shed.

All the deaths I escaped.

All the friends I cut.

Everything, all of it was worth it.

I have yet to prove that I became king.

I also haven’t thought about Lucy’s future.

But for now, I just want to be held by Lucy.

I want her to stroke my head.

It was a long and winding road in which I’ve gained and lost many things.

And I was finally able to return to this forest……no, to Lucy’s breasts.

Overwhelmed by a flood of emotions, I embraced Lucy even tighter.