Newborn

From a distance, Takeuchi watched the armoured men cleaning up. Now, he was sitting down at the side of the road after helping them.

"Just hold still." Asaka said.

Looking at Asaka, who was bandaging the wounds on Takeuchi's arms, he had to say that Asaka was very suitable as a mother.

Thinking about it, Takeuchi giggled, but at the same time, the feeling of protecting her rose in his heart.

"What's so funny?" Asaka said, her eyebrows knitting together as she examined his injury.

She is mad. I better apologize... Takeuchi thought.

"Sorry, I just thought-" Sighing, Takeuchi paused.

Many things came to Takeuchi's mind. One of them was that he wanted to tell her that they would go home safely.

But when he thought about how he almost died at the hands of the goblin, he couldn't tell her that.

Then he thought about encouraging her, but he saw that he was the one who should be encouraged. He held his tongue, as words just didn't come out.