My Husband Was the Master of the Magic Tower Chapter 109

 

Even if I blinked for a moment, the face in front of me didn’t disappear. For a moment, I thought I had fainted and was seeing something, but seeing how clear my vision was, I thought that wasn’t the case.

 

If it had been a fantasy, I wouldn’t have broken out in a cold sweat this much.

 

At that moment, it seemed like only me and Dante existed, with no surrounding sights or sounds.

 

“…”

 

Dante didn’t respond, making it pointless that I called his name. It’s the same with the facial expression that seems to have mixed so many emotions that they disappear, and the lack of any reaction to my words. The warmth surrounding me was familiar, yet everything else was extremely unfamiliar.

 

However, saying that it was difficult to read his emotions didn’t mean that Dante’s condition couldn’t be recognized.

 

Through our bodies touching, I could feel Dante taking a quick breath.

 

I could tell from him breathing that everything up to this point, and that he had caught me, had been done in a somewhat urgent manner. The moment our eyes met, I thought Dante’s eyes were shaking.

 

At that moment, Dante suddenly pulled me into his arms.

 

For your information, Dante has never hugged me so violently before.

 

“W-Wait.”

 

If you hug me this hard, I can’t even just hold you. Let alone being so tight that my whole body hurts, I won’t be able to breathe. Because the survival instinct kicked in before anything else, I twisted my body reflexively. It seemed as if Dante could sense the obvious resistance, and the force surrounding me loosened even further.

 

Meanwhile, the hand that touched my body was clearly hot, and a foolish thought lingered in my head.

 

It’s really Dante.

 

It was only for a moment that I was about to relax, when suddenly I came to my senses.

 

“You… Wait. How did you get here?”

 

Even though I went outside, there was still a collapsing building in front of me, so it means that Dante came here, not me.

 

As if the momentary silence was an illusion, the entire area was filled with a huge roar. The sound of walls collapsing, ground breaking, and a tall building turning into mere rubble.

 

Now that I see it, the exterior of the building is just as white as the interior. And those white rocks were falling down noisily, losing their shape right nearby.

 

After watching the building collapse, I turned my eyes back to Dante. Even with the unignorable loud scene next to him, Dante didn’t even pretend to turn his head. The purple eyes contained only me, and I had to stare into those eyes without moving.

 

No matter how much I think about it… I don’t understand his way of doing things.

 

Just as I didn’t expect the building to collapse while being told we should all die together, I didn’t expect Dante to come here so quickly. No, I vaguely thought he was coming. But I didn’t know he would come at such a timely time.

 

Did he follow the spirit’s traces with Kade’s help? But if that were possible, wouldn’t he have come a long time ago? With so many question marks running around in my head, Dante soon lowered me to the ground.

 

As if it were a lie that I was lying on the precariously shaking ground just moments ago, my legs quickly settled down firmly on the soft ground. Short blades of grass brushed around my ankles, and I saw wild flowers blooming sparsely.

 

I had no idea that there was a scene like this outside the ‘shell’ that surrounded that building. I looked down from afar and raised my head, making eye contact with Dante again.

 

Dante still didn’t answer anything and just looked at me silently.

 

Nothing is certain, but I know this much. That silence shouldn’t be overlooked without a care in the world.

 

“Mmm…”

 

Am I doing a good thing by calling Dante’s name right now? I hesitated for a moment, unable to speak, because I felt like I might provoke Dante if I made a mistake.

 

In the end, it was Dante who broke the awkward silence.

 

“Ei.”

 

My name, called for the first time in a while, somehow had an eerie resonance. I tried to answer right away, yet my voice didn’t come out properly so I swallowed dryly.

 

Dante didn’t seem to care whether I missed the moment to answer or not.

 

As a listener, the expressionless expression and incongruous words stuck in my ears to the point that I wanted to run away.

 

“Didn’t I ever tell you that I can’t live without you?”

 

“…No, I think you did…”

 

“I did?”

 

“Mmhm.”

 

“Is it like this even though you remember that?”

 

A harsh tone follows, which is clearly different from usual. As I remained silent, having nothing to say even though I had ten mouths, Dante opened his mouth again.

 

“How can you do this when you know that?”

 

“…”

 

“The fact that I can’t live without you means…”

 

Dante’s voice seemed to quiet down for a moment.

 

“I just meant that there shouldn’t be anything that would cause you pain, regardless of whether you have a body on which wounds disappear in an instant.”

 

“Dante.”

 

“But why did you even make this choice?”

 

Towards the end, the sentences began to break apart more and more messily. The ends of his words, which had once been sharp, became increasingly blunt, and his grip on me became tighter and tighter.

 

“I told you I couldn’t afford to lose you again. This isn’t all solved even if you die and come back to life. You don’t know what that means?”

 

That can’t be. I answered in a whisper, and Dante was silent again after that.

 

It was meaningless to say that it was an unavoidable choice in that situation and that I did everything I could. It was my stubbornness to come here in the first place, and it was I who reassured Dante, who was anxious that I might encounter something difficult.

 

I was the one who broke Dante’s trust right before his eyes.

 

Yes, I admit it. I wanted to avoid dying as much as possible, but I never struggled thinking that dying wasn’t possible. And just recognizing my feelings like this would have been enough to make Dante angry.

 

I stopped trying to make excuses and answered calmly, lowering my gaze.

 

“Sorry.”

 

“…”

 

“…I really won’t do this next time.”

 

Dante was about to say something in response to my humble apology, but then I covered his mouth. I felt like the rebuke was conveyed through his eyes, so I added somewhat hastily.

 

“But I didn’t lie that I would do my best to come back to you.”

 

The reason I chose to jump in the first place was because I wanted the body to be as intact as possible. I could honestly say that I kept thinking about how to get back to work faster.

 

He opened and closed his mouth several times in response to my words, and then a deep sigh was heard.

 

For now, we have passed one critical juncture.

 

“…Change your habit of taking the hurt lightly, and don’t jump into something like this in the future.”

 

At first glance, it seemed like Dante’s anger had subsided, but I knew he was still in a low mood. I’m suppressing what I want to say over and over again to create sentences worth saying out loud.

 

My hand, which was hovering near Dante’s face, moved down and was placed near his neck.

 

A body temperature so hot that it felt like it would burn, and a pulse that was pounding as if it would burst, were transmitted through my hand.

 

I guess just saying sorry right now isn’t enough. When I get the chance later, I’ll have to grab him and say it properly.

 

“If something like this doesn’t happen again, I will.”

 

“…Until the end, you’re not saying you won’t do it again…”

 

Because the voice that said that finally sounded like a complaint, I was able to make a faint smile.

 

“It’s better than lying to you.”

 

At my words, Dante sighed and said that it would be better to lie.

 

Only after the commotion had passed and there was a lull, I was able to look around. A building that has now completely collapsed, and unidentifiable holes fill the surrounding area.

 

When I finally took a good look, the outside was like an open plain, with nothing visible except traces of what used to be a building.

 

“Have you seen where Masha went?”

 

“No. But she will come soon.”

 

Although I wondered how he could make a statement without even seeing her, I didn’t think Dante would just say empty words to reassure me. I didn’t ask any more questions, and just nodded, intending to wait for Masha.

 

It was a little strange that even though Masha jumped into the same gap, her arrival point was different. Well, for that alone to be surprising, I have to be amazed at the fact that the building was surrounded by something.

 

…So how on earth did that wall come to be broken? Did I really break it?

 

The moment I had a question that I had previously overlooked because I was too distracted, something suddenly caught my eye.

 

Behind the hole that Masha and I came out of.

 

“…Dante.”

 

As I was unconsciously looking at that place, I quietly called out to Dante. No, I couldn’t help but go ahead and grab Dante’s sleeve.

 

As I looked inside, I felt a sense of fear for some unknown reason.

 

It looked like an abyss so far away that the depth couldn’t be guessed.