Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

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Even if it hurts her now, I have to stop her from doing anything further.

"..."

Her long, swaying light gray hair obscured her eyes.

She sat on my lap, quietly with her head down.

Her bangs still covered her face, making it impossible for me to see her expression.

There was a moment of silence.

It was as long as an eternity.

She looked up.

Don't resist me.

A silver light shimmered in those pale gray eyes.

"Accept me."

The moment I was gazed upon by that radiant light at extremely close range, my body convulsed uncontrollably.

wrong.

It's that the speed of my heartbeat has been disrupted.

Just as humans cannot defy the laws of nature, my body is about to submit to this "silver light".

Seeing that I was stiff and had forgotten to breathe, she brought her face closer again.

She placed her hands on my chest, deciding to confirm with her lips "yes".

But there was a force within me resisting this feeling, and the sacred words imprinted on my back kept burning hot.

No matter how much the body wants to submit, the "longing" in the heart never fades.

My brow furrowed in anguish, and I called out softly:

"—Miss Seele."

I called out her name.

It's like wanting to tell those eyes what you feel.

At this time──

Miss Seele shuddered as if she had been electrocuted.

He appeared to be reacting to the girl's name.

It was as if I had finally seen her reflection in my eyes.

Miss Seele quickly stepped back.

Her eyes, which had originally shone with a "silver light," had turned back to pale gray. She stood there dumbfounded, as if she couldn't believe she was about to do something foolish. She hugged herself with her slender hands.

"No, that's not it... This isn't me."

Miss Seele began to mutter to herself.

And he turned his back to me, keeping his distance.

"...Seele, Miss?"

"Please turn around first."

"what?"

Please don't look at me for now.

Please—

Miss Seele pleaded with me in a voice so faint it was almost inaudible.

After watching her retreating figure for a while, I turned around as requested. Still sitting on the bed, I curled up and hugged one of my legs. The clamor of the celebration outside never ceased, almost as if mocking us at this moment.

I don't know how much time passed—

"...Mr. Bell."

"……What's up?"

Miss Seele spoke slowly.

"I promise I won't do anything against your wishes, so... can you sleep with me?"

As soon as the dim magic stone lamp went out, the room immediately became pitch black.

The only light source in the room was the flickering light coming from outside through the curtains.

Miss Seele and I lay back to back on the narrow bed.

I couldn't sleep at all. That's understandable.

Because Miss Seele was lying right next to me, I could feel her body temperature up close.

Even her breathing and heartbeat seemed to be clearly audible.

"Mr. Bell."

"……Um?"

"You're utterly disappointed in me, aren't you?"

"...That's not true, I don't dislike you."

I could never possibly have those kinds of thoughts about Miss Seele.

But she felt that those words were quite cruel to her.

"By the way, don't you want to get a girlfriend?"

"What are you asking all of a sudden?!"

"It seems like all the children in the orphanage want their parents."

"So what are you talking about!?"

The original atmosphere immediately crumbled.

It's made me suffer from a guilty conscience for no reason!

This person really doesn't know how to reflect on their actions at all!

After I couldn't help but complain like that, I heard the sound of someone turning over.

Then a pair of hands reached out and hugged my body.

I reflexively tensed up, and Miss Seele rested her forehead against my back.

"You're not even allowed to turn around and look at me."

I tried to push Miss Seele's hand away, but she stopped me first.

Faced with the hands encircling my waist and Miss Seele pressed tightly against me, I couldn't help but wriggle my body.

"Miss Xi'er, you just promised you wouldn't do anything...!"

"Because I feel so cold."

The hands that were holding me were indeed very cold.

"But...!"

Even so, I still wanted to break free from the embrace, but I vaguely sensed Miss Seele pouting unhappily and saying in a reproachful tone:

"You were hugging Ryu earlier, weren't you?"

“Hmm…!?”

I couldn't help but groan. I always felt that anyone would react like that when caught cheating.

"W-Did Miss Ryu tell you...?"

"That's not true, I was just guessing. But your reaction just now, Mr. Bell, already gave me the answer."

—Because you have looked strange ever since you came back from the depths.

Upon hearing this, I could only manage a dry laugh.

I feel quite helpless about how easily I can be tricked into revealing information.

"Ryu is a very important person to me... How could you do such a lewd thing to her?"

"I...I didn't! Or, perhaps I did something rather ambiguous...! But I absolutely didn't do anything inappropriate to her!"

"Really?"

"real!"

"So you won't do anything inappropriate to me?"

"Of course not!"

"why?"

And you even asked why...

I was speechless for a moment, and it took me a while to finally come up with the answer.

"Because Miss Seele is Miss Seele... I can't do it."

This answer seems completely unconvincing.

The hands that were hugging my body suddenly tightened.

"Idiot, Mr. Bell is a big idiot."

"Why...why are you suddenly cursing at me like that...?"

"Idiot. You idiot."

Miss Seele kept scolding me and kept bumping my forehead against me.

I was at my wits' end and couldn't think of a solution, so I just let her treat me like this.

I rested my head on one hand, and could only continue to stare at the wall beside the bed.

"Fool……"

With that whisper, a breath of warm air landed on my back.

It's just like a child throwing a tantrum.

Today... I really saw many sides of Miss Seele that I didn't know.

I could still hear my own heart pounding, but the subtle atmosphere from before had completely dissipated. Although it was a bit rude of me to say that to Miss Seele, I breathed a slight sigh of relief.

I felt relieved after confirming that our relationship had not changed.

—But I never imagined how cruel this would be for Miss Seele.

"Miss Seele, why are you doing this to me...?"

After a moment of hesitation, even though I rephrased it, I was still asking the same question.

Miss Seele, still resting her forehead on my back, answered softly.

"Because I don't want to be like everyone else... no different from Ryu and the others."

"Like everyone else...? What do you mean?"

"Anyway, Mr. Bell, that naive little kid, will never understand."

Miss Seele refused to answer in a slightly forceful tone, but a moment later she whispered behind my back:

"...Actually, even I don't understand it."

"what?"

"Why would I do something so reckless?"