Chapter 129

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They said that happy times would pass by in the blink of an eye but I felt like the time I spent together with her seemed to flow slowly. If I were to describe it, it was like the slow current of a large river. 

When I opened the door to Margo’s store, Ash immediately popped up with his nose twitching at me.

Ash is really super adorable. 

I held Ash up in my arms, went into the store and found Margo and Sarasa were being intimate together. They were not boyfriend and girlfriend anymore. They were already a married couple. The emotional distance between them felt entirely different. Because of that, I felt like this house was just like a warm fireplace. 

Though the heat I felt definitely didn’t only come from the fireplace. 

When I was on my way home, a thought came to me. When I was spending my time in my own house, I felt like time was going by slowly. Maybe Margo and Sarasa were also feeling the same as me, that their time was moving slowly. 

The time I spent alone, the time I spent with her and the time I spent with Margo and the others. I liked all of them. The time I spent together with Margo and the others would fly by in an instant, it was like spending time at a festival. But, the time I spent with Yurina-san went by slowly. I couldn’t feel the passage of time, like I was drifting in clear water. 

As for the time I spent alone… When I was sitting by the fire alone or when I was laying in my bed, thinking about various things, I felt like I was in a cradle. Like I was spending my time in a small but complete world by myself.

The time I spent together with her felt similar to that but there was a slight difference. It didn’t feel like a moratorium or a festival. It was a strange and somewhat nostalgic feeling. She was just there, silently, not interrupting my thoughts. 

The small and complete world of a baby sleeping in a cradle, slowly expanding gently.

It took me later than it should that this feeling I felt was just like a home with a tight-knitted family.

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T/N: I guess when MC is alone, he feels complete in his own small world but now with Yurina-san, his small world is slowly expanding…. But in a good, comfortable way.