Chapter 122 (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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Lara’s voice from beyond the receiver had a strange echo. It was like a droplet falling on still waters. It shook his soul in a round shape, disappearing without a trace when he tried to find it.

“Lara.”

Demian lowered his gaze. This time, he looked away from the receiver and turned to his empty hand. Whenever he reached his hand out, Lara’s pretty fingers naturally approaching and interlocking with his long fingers together. It remained like an afterimage in his mind.

『Demian, God gave me something weird. You remember, right? He said he’d give me a fire to burn the demon.』

“I remember.”

『I have no idea how to use it. I’m not even a sorcerer and I can’t even use alchemy like Valentine.』

Lara calmly talked about what happened this afternoon. Even though she had experienced something amazing and absurd, her voice was so calm that Demian had to eagerly imagine what had happened to her.

『It was a flame when it first appeared, but then it turned into a human shape. God said it used to be called the giant of fire. But it’s too small to be a giant, so I don’t know what to say.』

“Really?”

『Yes, it’s small. Really small.』

“You said giant, so it must be taller than humans, no?”

『Nope.』

“It’s smaller than a human? Is it smaller than Konny?”

Demian recalled Konny, the smallest adult woman he knew. But after giving out a brief laugh, Lara said that it was not even that size.

『You’re wrong. It’s as big as my palm.』

How big was Lara’s hand?

Demian thought.

Was it this big? No, was it this big?

Looking at his hand and measuring the size of Lara’s hand gave him a different pleasure.

Her white, straight fingertips had round fingernails the color of

pale pink. Her slender fingers, like a person without a joint, always had a faint scent. Lara had a habit of sweeping her thick hair to one side, and because of that habit, her fingers always smelled of her hair’s fragrant oil. When she swept her hair like that, her white, round shoulders and slightly tilted neck could be seen. She was very beautiful like that. Lara was so tempting that Demian could not stand it without touching her.

Demian flinched his fingers. The afterimage of Lara’s fingers interlocking into his fingers disappeared in an instant.

“It’s as big as your palm?”

He clenched his fist slightly.

『Yes, for real. It’s as big as my palm. I heard he’s a piece that came off the giant of fire… But let alone a giant, I think I should call it a fairy. Anyway, Konny really likes it.』

“Konny?”

『Yes. It lights up candles when it touches it… The stove turns on, and the room heats up when it walks around.』

Lara’s voice was mixed with laughter.

Giant of fire?

Demian had never heard of it, but listening to her, he could imagine what it looked like.

“If it’s helpful, then that’s a relief.”

『Now tell me. Why did you call me? I don’t think you’re sleepy… Where are you right now?』

“We’ll reach the East soon.”

『There’s no trouble yet, right?』

“Yeah.”

『Did you call me because you wanted to hear my voice?』

Lara asked. Demian had been answering her questions well so far, but now, he delayed his answer for a while. Then, he looked up at the sky again and said.

“Because the moon is up.”

The moon, shrouded in thick fog, shone a dazzling light above his head. This time, Lara was silent for a moment. Then, she laughed and teased him with a mischievous voice.