I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit – Chapter 198

Chapter 198

‘I want to live.’

The desire to live in the midst of certain death.

I felt like this paradox would somehow create a miracle.

‘Th, this is……!’

Arun’s lips touched mine.

It was like a thick blanket covering my body.

It wasn’t as thrilling or intense as I had imagined.

Because Arun was too desperate for it to be called a first kiss.

‘Ah……!’

I felt a sensation I had forgotten.

In the past, I could feel other people’s emotions just by holding their hands.

I thought it had completely disappeared, but it hadn’t.

‘I can feel Arun’s heart.’

Tears welled up in my eyes without me realizing it.

And they fell, drop by drop.

Even though only Arun’s emotions were conveyed to me.

A waterfall of emotions that I couldn’t dare handle poured over me.

‘I have to live.’

His desperation to save me made me feel not only sad but also overwhelmed.

‘I must live.’

Even though I died, I still have to live.

If I didn’t even make a desperate vow to live, it felt like I was insulting Arun’s earnestness.

Arun’s desire to save me was truly pure.

There was nothing but his desire to be with me.

Arun’s earnestness was almost pious.

I felt like I had to respond to that piety.

“Thank you, Arun.”

The pronunciation was muffled because our lips were touching, but it was okay.

Just as Arun’s heart was conveyed to me, mine must have been conveyed to him as well.

I felt like a light of powerful mana was embracing me.

It was as if Arun’s being itself, beyond his heart, was penetrating me.

‘I’ll open my mouth a little more.’

So that I can fully accept Arun.

So that his piety can reach my desire to live.

‘I think something is being transmitted.’

It didn’t seem to be a substance.

It felt like a slimy lump made of mana was being passed into my mouth.

‘Tongue?’

It wasn’t a tongue.

I don’t know what it was, but it was very soft.

Arun’s voice was heard.

『Relax your body and don’t be nervous.』

His voice contained an immeasurable amount of love.

His heart was so soft and fluffy that it tickled my ears.

Arun’s voice touched my heart like a love whisper.

『It’s okay. I’ll take care of it.』

I relaxed my whole body.

It wasn’t easy to relax in this situation where we were sharing a kiss that wasn’t a kiss – it was actually closer to artificial respiration – but I decided to trust Arun.

I closed my eyes.

I just trusted Arun and entrusted myself to him.

‘Something……’

It was as if something transmitted from Arun’s mouth was entering my body.

It wriggled like a living creature.

『Does it hurt?』

I nodded very slightly.

Arun hugged me a little tighter.

And he held my limp hand.

As if telling me not to be afraid, with the heart that he would definitely save me, he interlocked his fingers with mine and held it tightly.

『If it hurts or you’re too scared, squeeze my hand.』

‘I’m not scared at all.’

I still don’t know what Arun is doing, but one thing was certain.

Arun definitely loved me.

With all his heart.

So I wasn’t scared at all.

‘Huh?’

My chest tickled.

I could tell what that wriggling creature was.

‘A lump of mana?’

I think I could understand why it felt so cozy.

Various kinds of mana were intertwined, and what was covering it was Arun’s mana.

In other words, Arun’s mana had become a pouch, and that pouch contained powerful mana.

‘This is……’

Something settled in my chest and started beating.

‘Heart?’

Thump! Thump!

I heard an unfamiliar heartbeat.

It was so loud and intense that I was scared for a moment.

‘No. I’m not afraid.’

I had to live.

For my family and for my lover.

‘Arun is giving me his heart.’

Then I had to accept this heart well and make it completely mine.

‘Because Arun is giving it to me.’

So it was okay.

No matter how unfamiliar it was.

I could accept it.

“Ugh!”

I felt a little pain, but I endured it.

I felt Arun flinch.

Through our touching lips, Arun’s worry washed over me.

‘It’s okay. I was just surprised.’

Arun, who had hesitated for a moment, started pushing mana into me again.

It hurt a little at first, but it soon got better.

The foreign sensation I felt in my body had become one with me, making a thump! thump! beating sound.

‘I don’t feel the foreign sensation anymore.’

It really felt like we had become one.

The intense feeling of mana was now wrapping my body with a soft and warm energy.

‘It’s really…… beating.’

Just like my heart.

It was beating as if it were originally mine.

‘It doesn’t hurt anymore.’

It gave me the joy of being able to live.

It was as if the dying flame of life had flared up again.

As if I was witnessing the miraculous moment of the birth of life with my own eyes, an indescribable joy bloomed.

I could be sure.

‘I’m not dead.’

I lived.

I didn’t know that the feeling of being alive could be so ecstatic.

I opened my eyes.

“Arun.”

Heat was rising from Arun’s entire body.

“Thank…… Ugh!”

Arun kissed me again.

After a very short kiss, he hugged me tightly once more.

Arun’s body was trembling.

“Thank you for living.”

I should be the one saying thank you, but Arun said thank you.

I patted the back of Arun, who was crying.

“I’m more grateful.”

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Arun almost fainted several times while transplanting his heart into Isabel.

Giving a new life was never easy.

Arun had to swear several times.

‘My life is made up of Isabel.’

This was an oath to Order.

Since he was disturbing the proper order, Arun also had to pay the corresponding price.

‘I swear. My life is made up of Isabel, so I will close my eyes on the same day and at the same time as Isabel.’

It was a Dragon Language oath.

When he first proposed to Isabel, their souls were bound, and now he made the bond even stronger, binding it with Dragon Language.

The price for completely saving Isabel was the rest of Arun’s dragon life.

And in the end, he did it.

From Isabel, I felt a richness of life that wasn’t there before.

Kadelina, who had been watching everything quietly, smiled.

‘You finally did it.’

She left without saying a word.

‘Ah, what should I do for my last amusement?’

She hadn’t decided yet.

But like 500 years ago, she wanted to enjoy her youth by having a sweet relationship with a cute and handsome human man.

‘I wish I could die on the same day and at the same time as my lover, just like Arun.’

She checked her body.

‘Is my remaining lifespan about 70 years?’

She wasn’t sure, but she thought it was about that much.

It was a time as short as a speck of dust compared to a dragon’s lifespan, but it felt even more precious.

‘I don’t think I’ve ever cherished my life like this before.’

Because of the short time of 70 years, she felt this time was precious.

So this is why humans cherish so many joys and sorrows in their lives.

Kadelina, feeling that, shrugged her shoulders lightly and walked down the path.

‘Huh?’

She saw a man in armor.

“Cool! Sniff Princess! Sniff!”

He was singing a strange song, but his singing wasn’t very good.

He was laughing, crying, blowing his nose, and acting strangely.

“I’m! Happyyyyy!”

He was shouting that he was happy, but he didn’t look happy at all.

“You look sad.”

“Wh, who are you!”

He fell on his butt.

“State your affiliation and name! I am Captain Lucain of the Bilotian Imperial Army!”

“Lucain?”

“Y, you must have heard my name!”

“First time hearing it.”

“You don’t know Captain Lucain, who started as a soldier in the Elbe Mountains and became the second commoner to become an officer, the composer of the Isabel Anthem?”

“I only see a fool who’s scared and babbling nonsense.”

“Hey.”

“Why?”

“You really don’t know?”

“Know what?”

Lucain suddenly became furious.

He couldn’t accept that she didn’t know the Isabel Anthem.

“Then I’ll teach you!”

“……”

“The Isabel Anthem.”

And he came closer and taught her something diligently.

Listening to his teaching with one ear and letting it out the other, Kadelina grinned.

‘He’s quite cute.’

✦✦✦✦✦✦

Arun said.

“I said I’d get you a proposal gift. Now you really have to marry me.”

“L, let’s go back for now.”

Isabel blushed as she remembered what had happened earlier.

‘I, I interlocked my fingers?’

And they shared a kiss that wasn’t a kiss.

She hadn’t been able to fully realize it because she was too desperate back then, but now she felt it clearly.

‘Th, that was a kiss!’

She unconsciously clenched her toes.

She forcibly suppressed the urge to stomp her feet.

“L, let’s go back to my family first. I have to let them know that I’m not dead.”

“Promise to marry me first.”

“I have to go back to my family to get their permission to marry.”

At those words, Arun lifted Isabel into his arms.

“We’re going to warp.”

And he kissed Isabel lightly on the forehead.

It wasn’t just a simple kiss, it was using magic.

“Wh, what did you do?”

“I changed your face and appearance a little. It would be troublesome if there was too much commotion. Hold on tight.”

Arun chanted Dragon Language.

At the same time, Arun and Isabel’s bodies disappeared somewhere.

They appeared at a Transfer Gate.

‘This is……’

It was Isabel Plaza.

A large crowd had gathered and were having a feast, and her father was giving a speech on a platform far away.

‘Wow…… There are so many people.’

It was so crowded that there was no room to set foot.

They had all gathered to commemorate Isabel’s death, and as per Isabel’s request, they were enjoying the festival with alcohol and bread.

“……Therefore, as the ruler of this empire, I command you. My daughter, the daughter of the empire, Isabel’s……”

Ron, who was speaking, stopped.

The faces of the officials in charge of the event turned pale.

“Hey, hey, why is there no sound?”

“Voice amp, check it quickly! Quickly!”

A state of emergency was declared in their own way, but it wasn’t a malfunction of the device.

Ron was staring blankly at one spot.

All this huge crowd disappeared from his sight, and only the figure of one person was captured in his eyes.

‘That child is……’

It was a red-haired girl he had never seen before, but Ron could recognize her at a glance.

Just like his daughter had recognized her disguised father at a glance.

‘I’ll go get you.’

Ron’s figure disappeared from the platform.