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“…Woof~,” Rir barked in a troubled but also happy voice, when we were about to go to sleep.

Although I didn’t-

“Shuu…”
“What is it?”
“How long will we keep doing this? It makes me quite happy, but we should go to sleep. If you want to, we can sleep while holding each other.”
“Just a bit longer.”

I was holding her in an embrace. Strongly, tightly. I held her head at my chest while caressing it, showing no intention of ever letting her go.

“Woof~. Eh-heh-heh.”
“…Right.”

While holding the bashful girl and patting her head, I thought back on what had happened today.

Surtr being resurrected. And then, Rir getting killed. That was the reason I was hugging her insistently now.

And one more thing. Ayumu and Mika being alive in this world.

I wonder why I never noticed. On a closer look, their faces, when you changed their hair- and eye-color to black, looked exactly as they did back in middle school. Because of his hair-color, Ayumu now seemed even more girlish… well, his face had also changed a little. To begin with, he’d apparently turned into a girl for real now.

Still, they hadn’t changed that much… I often saw them on posters in the city, so why did I never notice? I had to reflect on that.

Right, that was the most shocking part. Reuniting with the friends who should’ve been dead. That alone would’ve made me happy, but Rir… was also alive again. This warm, dainty, adorable girlfriend in my arms, whom I loved from the bottom of my heart… was alive.

“Shuu… are you crying?”

Before I knew it, my tears had started to flow. When did that happen? And why… although I could think of several reasons.

“Woof… Shuu, can I… ask you something?”
“What is it?”

In my embrace, she started talking apologetically.

“… Alim said earlier, that you can go home… Shuu, you’ll be leaving in a short time, won’t you?”

Oh, that’s true, I forgot.
Surtr had been defeated, but the tyrannical king was gone, too. Still, Ayumu¹ knew of a way to go home. I had to go home, for Mom and Dad…

But if I left, there was a high chance I’d never see Ayumu… Mika… and, most importantly, Rir again.

“Shuu, we’re in Alim’s home today, so we shouldn’t get frisky,” she continued, likely since I stayed silent. “But before you return to your world, could you put a baby in my belly? Please.”

Rir had asked me that for some time now. This was a good opportunity to ask her why she wanted a child with me so much. Still, no matter what… If I had a baby with her, I likely wouldn’t go home.

“Why is that?”
“Woof?”
“Why do you want a child with me so much? You told me before that you want a child with a strong lineage. Is that your main reason?”

Rir shook her head in my arms.

“…Master… Shuu, I want something of yours to have at my side. A keepsake won’t do. Even if you gave me something tangible, there’d come a day when I’d start to think of the time we spent together as a dream.”

She buried her head deeply in my chest. I felt a drop of something land on my arm.

“I… even right now, at this very moment, I am constantly wondering whether I’m dreaming. Worrying that, when I open my eyes, I’ll be a mere tool for sexual relief for a group of men. But if I had a child, that likely would stop. I would no longer have this weird notion of things being a dream. I also heard child rearing keeps one busy…”

…So, that’s how it is. Rir… has these worries, and she wants some kind of proof of her time with me, thus her wish for a child.

“Gotcha… But Rir. If I say so myself, I am a man with a strong sense of duty. If I had a child with you, I would choose not to go home.”
“…Woof. It would be ideal if I could stay with you, Shuu.”

She raised her face, her eyes were red. Her ears flopped down dejectedly.

“But for me, your own wellbeing has the highest priority. I could never force you to do this… If me carrying your child means you cannot return home…” She groaned for a while, as if she was pondering things, until she came up with an answer. “I will bear with it… If you could spend as much of the remaining time with me as possible, that’d make me happy.”

She forced a smile on her face, although her eyes betrayed her sadness. She then burrowed her face in my chest once more.

…What am I supposed to do?

At least… I wanna contact my parents at least. One hour would be enough, I just wanna talk to ’em face to face. And, even if that means they’ll sock me for that, I wanna stay in the world where my best friends are, and the girlfriend who thinks me the most important thing in her life.

Even if they call me some ungrateful son. I’ll bow down as often as I have to.

All I have over there are regrets… Mika’s funeral… and she was alive here. All that really remains are my parents. Won’t it be possible… somehow? If it’s Ayumu².

“… Thank you, Rir. Let’s sleep.”

Having made up my mind, I laid down on my side, still holding her.

“Good night.”
“Woof, good night.”

1. He calls him “Alim” in the original. Likely an error, since he always thinks of him as “Ayumu”.
2. Same as the earlier footnote.

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