He invoked his “Lightning Clad”. Electric discharge started to gather in his right hand.
“!? Ababababababa”
Yue was shocked by the discharge. She released Hajime’s arm and finally opened her eyes, while she twitched a little.
“...Hajime?”
“Yeah. It’s Hajime-san. Sleepyhead, wake up…”
“Hajime!”
“!?”
She woke up and widened her eyes when she saw Hajime. The next moment, she jumped towards Hajime. In the nude. Hajime trembled.
Yue buried her face into Hajime’s scruff. and he noticed she was sniffing. He decided there was no helping it, and just stroke her head with a smile.
“My bad, seems like I worried you a lot.”
“Yeah….I was worried…”
It seems she didn’t want to stop clinging for a while. He let her do it until she was satisfied because she did take care of him. Hajime continued to stroke her head gently.
When Yue calmed down after a few minutes, Hajime asked about what happened. By the way, he made Yue cover herself with the sheet.
“So, what happened since then? Where is this?”
“...After that…”
She said that after the battle, she felt dizzy from her magic depletion and snuggle right next to the collapsed Hajime. Then the double doors in the room automatically opened. Reinforcements? Yue stayed vigilant but nothing ever came. When she started to recover bit by bit, she decided to enter the door.
The sacred water was healing Hajime little by little. Still, he was in a dangerous state with all his serious injuries. His tough body had escaped death, but she didn’t know when the sacred water would lose to the poison. Both of them would be finished if a new monster appeared. Therefore, she had to check it out.