Juouheika to Sunakaburi no Hanayome
Does Spring Come for a Terminally-Ill Esper
19 - Even though it wouldn’t be strange if he died at any time, death always passed him by. And as if in exchange, it took away the people around him. His mother, the most precious person in the world, his trustworthy teacher, and colleagues who had become like family after sharing life and death situations. 26 - Lucas swallowed a sigh as he saw Iberis not readily agreeing to his question. He knew it was difficult for someone to regain the will to live overnight, but he couldn’t help feeling frustrated. He tried to persuade Iberis in the gentlest voice possible. They're so cuteee~~ I'm melting “That’s right. Lucas Lowell Blake.” “Hmm, but why is his surname ‘Blake’? Yours is ‘Allis’, isn’t it?” Haha, why are you getting so serious?” Iberis laughed softly at Lucas, who looked genuinely flustered. His gentle eyes curved into crescents and his small lips formed a soft arc. Lucas unconsciously stopped walking at Iberis’s brightest smile he had seen so far. Although his complexion was still pale, the way his face lit up when he smiled was quite impressive. 44 : On the day Armand couple died in the accident, a Name suddenly appeared on Iberis’s right ankle. The meaning of a Name appearing on one’s body was clear: the guide connected to Iberis’s soul had awakened. Since the Name engraved on his ankle happened to be the same as Armand’s son’s name, Iberis occasionally felt the urge to check if he might be his guide, despite the slim chances. Lucas. 48 - Still, they were softer and more pliable than expected. Lucas recalled applying lip balm to Iberis’s slack lips after finishing guiding a few days ago. As he remembered the sensation of the rough skin becoming soft and moist under his fingertips, a strange thirst arose within him. If those cold, dry lips were to become warm and moist… What am I thinking just now? Lucas, who had been unconsciously wetting his lower lip with his tongue, suddenly stopped 52: Level 2 Guiding 101 a taste 58: Iberis, who had been standing still gazing at the kindergarten, flinched when a pleasant baritone voice wrapped around his ears. “Why are you here?” Surprised by the voice that shouldn’t be heard here, Iberis reflexively turned his head and widened his eyes, confirming it wasn’t an auditory hallucination. He saw Lucas standing there with his characteristic stoic expression. “I came to pick you up, Major.”
Jounetsu Kakumei