My Husband Was the Master of the Magic Tower - Chapter 126

“Aren’t you really going to catch a cold tomorrow?”

I couldn’t figure out what was so sad about it, but I managed to push Dante into the house, as he continued to shed tears, and wiped him off with a towel.

While I put the towel in the laundry basket, wondering if I should bring him new clothes or, in fact, tell him to wash them first, Dante was already dry.

If this was going to happen, he shouldn’t have come in the rain in the first place. I was almost taken aback for a moment, but I swallowed my words when I saw Dante, who still seemed mesmerized.

To say that Dante used magic to straighten out his appearance didn’t mean that he came to his senses. Dante deliberately relaxed his strength and was unable to respond to my scolding, which lost its pressure, also in fact, only the tears had stopped and his watery eyes remained.

Not only because it rained for a long time, but also because he was half out of my mind. In many ways, these are perfect conditions for catching a cold.

I thought Dante would be standing here all night if this continued, so I clapped my hands.

With the cheerful sound of palms clashing together, the light returned to Dante’s eyes.

“Dante.”

“…Mmhm.”

“If you’re too tired, shall we talk tomorrow?”

Dante shook his head blankly at my words, then suddenly lowered his posture and looked at me.

“Are you tired, Ei?”

“Um, you’re asking me if I’m tired?”

I was briefly silent at those words, but then began speaking one after another.

“I’m tired, of course. I woke up without being able to sleep well, and there was no one at home. When I went out to look for you, you came back in the pouring rain, and as soon as you came in, you said you were going to stay in this dimension.”

“…”

“I’m so exhausted that I feel like I could pass out at any moment.”

Dante looked depressed when he saw me speaking half jokingly and half seriously. His face looked even more pitiful because the crying hadn’t completely subsided.

“…Then… Do you want to rest? Let’s talk later…”

“No. It’s okay to just finish what you’re talking about.”

No matter how tired I am, I don’t think I can put all this behind me and go to sleep. I pushed away the fatigue and dragged Dante to the floor, and soon he sat down obediently following my touch.

As soon as we sat down face to face, I got straight to the point without saying a word.

“Now, if you’ve come to your senses, tell me. Why on earth did you go out alone and why did you bring up such a topic?”

Perhaps he couldn’t bear the thought of hiding it any further by being asked the question right away, he was unable to withstand my momentum and stuttered out his concerns.

Now that he knew that I missed my hometown, he couldn’t hope to shift the dimension again, so he just chose a way to stay by my side as long as possible.

I had guessed it in my head, but hearing it from the person involved made me sigh even more. If I had to be honest, I think I was the one who would be upset, but it was even more so when I saw Dante looking more depressed than me.

The decision I made wasn’t that light, and I think I would have hesitated several times if I had been given time to think about it alone.

I was able to make a choice very easily because I was faced with a person who dug a tunnel in a different way than I did. A choice that will literally decide my whole life.

I can’t leave Dante alone. Even if that is the only way to fully accept my difficult past.

Although it was a decision I made while abandoning my hometown that I had barely returned to, there were various elements of anxiety that would follow, but Dante was so important to me that it all felt meaningless.

The reason I accepted his feelings was because you lived forever, but to think that now I’m choosing eternity for you. I once again realized the truth of the world that we don’t know what will happen in the future.

While I continued to think about this and that, Dante, who had finished what sounded like an excuse or a confession, fell silent.

Dante, who seemed to be watching me with a calm attitude that I had never seen before, spoke in a low, squeezing voice.

“… But, Ei…”

“Yeah.”

“That, what you said earlier. Did you really mean it?”

So, did I say it as a joke in that atmosphere? But instead of giving him an exact answer, I asked Dante.

“But we can’t easily find a way to cross dimensions together, right?”

“Hm?”

“There must be a reason why that person caused such trouble in the past, and there must be a reason why I haven’t been able to come to my hometown for over 200 years.”

In response to my question, Dante opened his mouth for a moment and then closed it repeatedly. For some reason, Dante’s eyes seemed to be getting wet again, but O tried not to notice because I thought that he might not be able to open his eyes tomorrow morning.

Even young children tend to cry more when there is someone watching them. The same would be true for Dante, who shed tears almost like a child in front of me.

Fortunately, I guess I wasn’t wrong; Dante soon realized that he was crying and spoke in a much calmer voice.

“I have to somehow… think about it. But do you really have no regrets?”

“About what?”

“Shifting back to… the dimension where we met.”

Dante hesitated as he said that, but somehow a small smile escaped me.

“It makes a good sense when you put it that way. The dimension we met in.”

“…”

“Actually, I don’t think much about whether I will regret it or not. Whatever decision I made, there were going to be many reasons attached to it, and the same goes for going back to where I was with you. There’s no point in thinking about it if regrets will follow in some way.”

Out of habit, I rested my chin and fiddled my fingers regularly. Dante was silent for a moment as he felt the light beat, but before he became anxious, he opened his mouth again.

“So I’m not worried about any regrets or not, I just chose the direction I thought would be best for us. Do you understand what I mean, Dante?”

He didn’t just think about his own feelings and what he would go through, he thought of us first. Since Dante’s words from earlier that he wasn’t important remained in my mind, I deliberately emphasized the word more.

But Dante didn’t feel stabbed or guilty; he just stared at me blankly.

He’s not thinking something strange in the back of his head, is he.

I decided to pick up a somewhat realistic yet absurd sound to awaken Dante’s consciousness as he gradually drifted into other thoughts.

“Speaking of which, I think I would have chosen that dimension even if it weren’t for the issue of you being left alone.”

“…Why?”

“Hmm, this is a very difficult place for an unidentified person to live. In this world, how could we live together if you appeared like you suddenly emerged from the ground.”

To be precise, the country where I was born and raised is this case. Of course, if you look for a way, he may not be non-existent, but there is a close to 100% probability that he will be related to illegal activities. If I even think about it, it becomes too painful.

I thought it was a stream of consciousness that anyone could do, but I saw the bewildered expression on his face, as if he couldn’t even think of the reason, slowly changing into an expression as if he was gaining enlightenment. But of course. He has only been in this world for a few days.

And regardless of the characteristics of this dimension and that dimension, Dante must have thought about my immortality first, so I can’t help it.

“Of course, even if we can’t find a way and have no choice but to live here, we will somehow stay together.”

And after saying that, I lowered my hand that was resting my chin and made a sound like, ah.

“Now that I think about it, we’re both not even considering the possibility of you returning to your dimension and me remaining in mine.”

“…Of course. That doesn’t make sense in the first place.”

“That’s right, that doesn’t make sense.”

I quickly agreed as Dante’s voice quickly became dark. Whether in the past or present, anything that reminded Dante of a sudden breakup must have acted like some kind of switch for him.

Not as much as Dante, but to me as well. Well, when I think about it this way, I feel strange because it feels like we’re the ones who die if we fall even a little.

But what if I feel like I can’t survive if I fail? How nice it feels to have someone you can think of at any moment.

We can no longer imagine life without each other.

I stretched out my arms from where I was sitting and hugged Dante’s neck as if wrapping it from above. Unlike before when he was wet from the rain, I liked how hot his body felt again.

The warmth that comes from hugging his waist as if it was natural even in a sudden hug. Feeling the hand that will remain by my side for the rest of my life, I quietly opened my mouth.

“I know you’ll always put me first, Dante.”

“…”

“And I think of you just as much. So, if you have something you deeply desire, like this time, I hope you don’t give up on your own and at least tell me.”

After a moment of silence, I felt a small movement within my arms. I couldn’t help but let out a comfortable laugh at the vibration that made me know it was a nod without even having to look down.

“So answer me again. Are you really curious about my old name?”

“…Yeah, I’m curious.”

Dante no longer resigned or said it was fine, and he answered with a trembling but honest voice.

How happy I felt to finally hear that small answer.

I smiled softly again and whispered in Dante’s ear.

“My name is…”