Chapter 52: Free Air

After proposing to Syl that we live in the country and her acceptance, the next day I was discharged, as I was fully recovered. It is still confusing to me how I got so healthy in only 2 days. The bruises and the stab wound in my stomach were gone. As if by magic, the doctors here must be very good. As for Syl, she only had bruises, nothing to worry about as she is very resistant. Once at the house, Syl told me that she would take care of the cottage, that I shouldn't worry about it, at first I hesitated as always, but in the end I left it to her, although it was strange, she told me not to bring anything, that the house was already furnished, as if someone had lived there before. I guess she did all that. I guess that's ok, but what's going to hurt me the most is not having internet anymore, uffffff....that really burns, my animes....my games....wey....nooooooooooooo. Since, I also wanted to feel what a life without technology is like, just the countryside and nothing else. We traveled in a bus that took us near a forest, we went to a bus stop and we did a walk following a path that was there. I must say that if I got really tired, how ugly is to keep growing....I asked Syl to take me, I sat on top of her, I looked like a child on top of his mother.after about 20 min, we finally arrived at the cottage, cabin, whatever you want to call it, it was in front of a lake, the view was beautiful. We entered the house, and yes it was as Syl said, everything was furnished, ready for anyone to live here, it had 2 floors, everything was wood, it felt very rustic, I liked it, I still miss having a computer....it would be nice here. There are only 2 large rooms, with very large beds that could sleep up to 4 people together with good space. I told Syl that.

『Perfect, everyone has a big room, great』-I was sitting on the big bed.

Syl felt like worried,nervous, like a shy child.

『I'm going to be scared to be by myself in such a big room....*red*can the 2 of us stay here?』-Syl said in a tender way-(*ﾉωﾉ).

『*sigh*All right, I guess so, we're each going to have our space in this room.....*red*』-I touched my head-『I'd be lonely too *smile*』.

We went down to the second floor and I saw the living room, I noticed there was a picture on a table frame.

『What about this?』-I grabbed the picture to see it.

It showed a green-haired girl, she was smiling in the field, her clothes looked curious to me.

『Syl, I think she was the former owner of this hut』-I raised my voice to be heard-.

『Haber , haber』-Syl ran to me-『*surprised*(〇o〇;) *nervous* (I forgot to tell her to remove that) Yes, it seems so, she was the former owner』.

『I see, she looks really cute in this picture, huh, there's another picture here』-I saw even beside, that picture was bigger, it was covered with a scarf, you couldn't see the whole thing-『It looks like it's the same green-haired broad.... looks like there's also more girls accompanying her』-The scarf covered the other half of the picture-』.

『Ahh--h-h-h--aa--h-h-h-h-h-h-aa-a-h-h-h-h』-Syl goes into nervousness-『*agree*I think we've seen enough, we can't see things from the previous owner...we're violating their privacy..... *nervous* I'm going to put them away, so I'll be right back』-"ﾟДﾟ "Syl grabbed the bigger picture, put it against me so I can't see, also grabbed the picture I had in my hands and took them upstairs, she was nervous-

『Ah¿? yes....suppose so (what's wrong with him? did he get a bite or what)』-Look at him walking up the stairs-(─‿─).

After a few minutes. I heard a whole commotion upstairs, it was like things moving.

『That's it! It's all right now』-Syl peeked down the stairs animatedly-(b~_^)b.

『Yes.....yey.....』-I was confused- ( '∀｀)b

Syl rushed down the stairs and quickly checked the second floor.

『Yes! Everything is fine』-She became animated- (･ω･)b.

『Yey.....』-I didn't know what was going on with her- (￣ー￣)ｂ

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We prepared the food to take with us, we decided to hike in the forest, the mountains surrounded the place, I felt it was going to be a lot of fun, besides the food, we also prepared the tents and everything we needed to spend a night outdoors.

『Everything ready, I don't think we need anything else』-Look at the backpacks we are carrying-.

『Are you going to be okay? *worried* On the walk to get here you didn't have any strength left』-Syl as always, she was worried about others- 『Syl-』-Syl as always, she was worried about others-『Syl as always.

『That's a thing from before, now I'm recovered and ready for action』-I showed my skinny arm ┗(｀･∀･'●)-.

We saw the lake before entering the forest.

『It's beautiful』-Syl looked at the lake-.

『Yep, nature is beautiful』-I was doing the same as her-.

Memories came to Syl with the people in the painting, they all looked happy.

『I would like us all to meet again, they are beautiful memories』-Syl whispered, she spoke low, in every word she was full of love- 『Syl was whispering, she spoke low, in every word she was full of love-『Syl was whispering.

『Memories?』-That's all I got to hear-』.

『Yes, the memories we'll make in this place *smiles*』-She stopped by to see me-.

『Speaking of memories, this reminds me of the time I went with all of them to the forest *second world memories* I wonder how they're doing, it's been years』-I looked at the blue sky-』』.

『It would be nice to relive those moments again, they are something so cherished when the years go by 』-Syl said gently-.

『.....¡EEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH?!』-I hit a confused scream-Σ(ﾟДﾟ)『I promised Ron and the ones in the first world that I would visit them when I returned to my original world』-I was screaming-『Noooo! how could I forget!』

I stopped and strained with my whole body.

『Mmmmmmmmmmmm.....*force* *force* *pressure* MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmm』-I was doing force, pressure with my body-.

Syl stared at me.

『I can't...(◯Δ◯∥)I can't transform again...I lost the ability...after so many years without doing it again, without training, I forgot it completely, I can't transform anymore!"』-I was feeling frustrated-.

『Calm down M』-Syl wanted to calm me down-.

『-I left the second world when I was 16, Ron was 17 at the time.... it's been 20 years now..... Ron will be 37 years old..... the others will have grown up too, my brother is all grown up now, and I haven't visited them in so long...how about they were waiting for me to come back, Ron will be disappointed in me...I let him....he didn't want to lose someone else.....and I didn't deliver.....and let alone the first world, they will be with that regret too』-I knelt down, I was angry at myself-『I'm the worst....*snif*』

『That's not true』-Syl touches my head-『I know they wouldn't be like that because you didn't come back, rather, they'd be glad you finally came back』

『But I didn't come back to their worlds, that means they think I'm still searching』-With a tearful voice I say-』.

『I'm sure, they know that you finally came back, their happiness from them, don't drown them with your sadness and disappointment』-She started stroking my head-.

『Syl.....』-I said in a low voice, I looked at her, she moved to wipe my tears-.

『So..... do you want to cancel the excursion?』-She finished wiping my tears.

『....no.....-Let's keep going forward』-I looked at her making a pathetic smile-.

『*smile* It's okay』-She stroked my cheek-.

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It was already night, we got to the top of a mountain, the view was, well, everything was dark. So Syl , with her scarf generated some small lights that scattered them through the vast forest, they were like small fireflies, but these illuminated much more. The place looked wonderful, although I also felt a little scared, we prepared the fire, we prepared the tents, we also brought small portable seats.

We sat around the fire while we ate the food that had already been prepared.

Notice Syl was playing hard to get in this, she doesn't like the dark, even though she had lit up the place, she still felt scared.

『Hyaaaa』-Syl I say a tender cry-.

She went over to hug me, she really was very afraid.

『(I think we better should have cancelled the excursion.....)』-I regretted it(;一ω一||)-『(A no serrr....)』

Bedtime came, everyone went into their tents, I got into my sleeping bag and proceeded to close my eyes.

『(If Syl is afraid of the dark, besides being alone, and we are in the middle of the forest, I am 100% that she will come to-----)』-I thought about what was going to happen-.

*sounds sounds sounds sounds sounds sounds sounds sounds*

『¿M? *scared* Can I come in?』-Syl was outside my tent-?

I didn't answer her, I wanted to see her get upset.

『....*concerned* She must be sleeping...I don't think she'll mind if I enter without her permission』-Syl tries to open the zipper from outside, but she can't- 『Huh?.....*nervous*』

Syl tried several times, but the zipper wouldn't open.

『¿Ehhhhhhh??????』-Syl was getting more nervous.

From inside I could see her getting upset and making sudden movements as she wanted to open the tent.

『(You're never going to be able to open the tent hahahahahahahahahaha)』-Syl was enjoying it-.

『I know you're awake M....*scared*Please open me』-Syl was already becoming unstable-.

『ehhhh?.....¿Qué?????? can't hear you *sorry* sorry, I'm sleeping, I can't do anything』-I wanted to have more fun-.

『¡M! you're awake, please open up for me』-Syl was glad for a moment-.

『I don't know what you're talking about, I'm not M, I'm N, and we're both sleeping right now, please don't tease me and go to sleep too』-I changed my voice a little and kept teasing- 『Syl-『Syl-『Porry up!

『Please N』-Syl was waving her hands in fright-.

『I told you no, don't be a little girl anymore and go to sleep alone』-I kept going on with this-.

The wind started to blow, the branches made sounds as they moved. Syl became more frightened by the strong breeze, her scarf appeared at her neck, it began to glow. It quickly cut my tent into little pieces.

『Huh?...』-I was confused-(◎_◎;)

『¡M!』-Syl jumped in to hug me ,she was very scared, she was also trembling-.

『Hey! You broke the tent』-Me was complaining about what she did-(｀Д')

『¡M!』-She kept hugging me , I was still in the sleeping bag-(｀Д').

『Don't get so attached, I'm choking on your fat balls』-I kept complaining-.

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『Are you happy?』-I was already calm-(ｰ ｰ;).

『Yes!*happy* *smiling*』-Syl couldn't have been more relieved-（＾ω＾）.

『Well, I wasn't.....』-I was sad about my tent-('･_･｀).

In the end the 2 of us slept together in Syl's tent. She has a mania for sleeping with me now that I think about it.For some it must be, well, that I'm lucky, but for me it's unfortunate.....

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We went back to the cabin, we saw that in the back of the house there was a hot springs bath, we didn't realize there was that, so, what better than to relax after that night with a good bath. The bad thing is that it is only one and outdoors. Syl and I were already prepared when we saw that it is only one. Each one was with his towel covering himself.

『Well, you can bathe first, I'll wait until you finish (tsk, I wanted to bathe first (･ε･｀) if I were a loli there would be no problem and I'd get in too, but Syl is the one we talked about)』-I gave Syl the first use.

Syl entered the waters quickly, I was about to leave. Until.

『Ahhh....¿Syl?』-My eyes were covered up-.

『*laughs* Let's both take a bath, there's no choice』-Syl was holding me-.

Her scarf appeared , with one end she covered my eyes and with the other she led me to her.

*SPLASH*

『¡Syl!』-I was about to scold her, she was pulling the scarf away from my eyes, but-.

*squeeze*

『No *red* You can't look』-Syl covered my eyes with the 2 ends of the scarf, she was being shy and blushing- 『No,』-Syl was covering my eyes with the 2 ends of the scarf, she was being shy and blushing.

『Hey, I can't look at anything!』-I was trying to take off my scarf-.

『Yes, that's how it should be』-Syl was happy-『Come on, now let's relax with this nature』.

She attached me to beside her and laid her head with mine.

"Hey, stop it, you brat! You mustn't do this!』-I was trying my best to pull the scarf away from my eyes, but I couldn't-(｀Д')

『Come on *relaxed* let yourself be at ease』-Syl's scarf stretched out, covered my mouth and wrapped around me as if I were a mummy, the only thing that wasn't covered was my nose-(｀Д').

『This is the best』-Syl rubbed her head with mine.

I couldn't move a muscle anymore, he had me completely trapped.

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After that disastrous hot spring bath, I tried to transform myself, I spent the whole day trying hard to do it again so I could see my friends again. But ..... no matter how hard I tried, how hard I tried, I couldn't transform back, I went back to being a simple and ordinary human, with an ordinary and simple life, *sigh* After all, I became just another person... It became night again. After many failures I gave up, I looked up and saw the beautiful dark sky, the stars, the space from the earth.

『How beautiful』-I looked up in awe.

Syl came out of the hut also to gaze at the scenery.

『Since we are not in the city, and the light does not interfere with the sky, we can also appreciate the nature of the universe』-Syl had her hands behind her-.

I was so fascinated by that, it really caught my attention.

『Syl, I think I got interested in astronomy』-I looked at her and said determined-『I want to know everything about space, it's something that was always there, but I never took it important, I'll give my best effort to learn everything』.

『Give it all of you as always M』ω･)و ̑̑༉⑩-Syl encouraged me-.

『I started to give my all...(｡･･･｡)since I met you.....thank you for finding me』(=^_^=) I said sincerely-.

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After being a good while looking at the stars, it was inevitable that sleep would come to us, I did a lot of things this day, well...that ended up making me very tired, age if ugly (^◇^;) I fell asleep outside the cabin, Syl stopped me with her arms before I fell, at this she laughed.

『You're already at your limit (^^ゞ』

She took me to my room, put me on the bed and covered me with the sheets, she lay down beside me and watched me as I slept until she too beat her to sleep.

『♪I know it very well♪

♪I've always seen it♪

(o^^o)♪ all that you strive♪

♪I'll always protect you♪

♪So let me sing for you,♪

♪You say it's only normal♪

♪But it really isn't♪

(o^^o)♪All the effort that you give♪

♪I want to be able to give you my understanding♪

♪So here's my love song for you ♡＾▽＾♡♪

♪Probably the day will come when we'll grow old♪

♪But even though you and I are granddaddies♪

♪I'll want to give you my understanding♪

(o^^o) ♪So this will be my love song for you♪

♡＾▽＾♡♪This song I'll sing for you♪♪』

Syl sang a song while M was still sleeping, sleep finally came to Syl and she slowly closed her eyes as she had red cheeks and a warm smile marked on her face.

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Author's Note: I got it from a Vtuber who made a little song, and this would be the Spanish translated version. In case you want to know the Vtuber is Souya Ichika.

I liked the lyrics because it goes very well and fits perfectly in the relationship that Syl has with M, because as you may have realized by now, the love between these 2 is impossible, for now..... this song as I said before, is perfect to represent Syl's feelings that unfortunately she will never be able to tell them to M.

Here is the Japanese version of the song:

♪Boku wa shi teru yo♪

♪Shanta mi teru yo♪

(o^^o)♪Kan batteru kimi no koto♪

♪Zutto ma mo mo te agerukara♪

♪Kimi nante me ni uta wo♪

♪Atarima toyukedo atarimae shanai♪

(o^^o)♪Kan batteru kimi no koto♪

♪Shannto wakkatte age tta ikara♪

♪Kimi no tame no love song♡＾▽＾♡♪♪

♪Boku mo kimo itsuka oitsuke i kotaro♪

♪Oji-chan Oba-chan ni natte mo♪

♪Shanto wakatte age tta i kara♪

(o^^o) ♪Kimi no tame no love song♪

♡＾▽＾♡♪Kimi no tame ni uta wo♪

Oh well, that's what I understood.