The Assassin Girl Who Stayed by My Side in Another World… Somehow Followed Me Back to Modern Japan - Chapter 47: Don’t Wanna Let Go

Chapter 47: Don’t Wanna Let Go

On the way to school, even though I couldn’t see Aira,

I could definitely feel her way closer than usual.

…Actually, scratch that—

She was definitely closer than usual.

I mean, she was literally clinging to my arm.

And even though she’s small, her chest was totally pressing against me…

Which was making me feel all kinds of weird things way too early in the morning.

“…Aira, it’s kinda hard to walk like this. Could you maybe scoot back a bit? Just holding hands would be totally fine.”

I kept my voice low—just enough for her, the clingy one, to hear.

“…You don’t like it?”

“…That’s the problem. I do like it.”

“You’re happy? Really?”

“…Of course I am. If the girl I like’s holding me this close, how could I not be happy? …But still, I need you to back off.”

Not long ago, she was just my daughter.

…But I honestly think this change has been a good one.

There’s not a single part of me that regrets any of it.

If anything, I feel guilty for making Aira hold back for so long.

…But still, thinking like that is dangerous.

If I don’t pull it together now, I’m gonna end up doing what I shouldn’t be doing—

And besides, we can flirt all we want once we’re home.

So yeah.

For now, I need her to let go.

“You’re happy… so why?”

“…Even if I’m happy, it’s still kinda hard to walk like this, y’know?”

“…Fine.”

Aira reluctantly—like, seriously reluctantly—nodded and settled for just holding my hand instead.

“I mean, once we get home—”

I was going to say, “You can cuddle all you want when we’re back home,”

But then I remembered…

Even before we officially started dating, our personal space situation was already kinda questionable.

Not exactly normal for a parent and child.

…Though back then, I was still thinking of her as my daughter.

“And at school—”

Even at school, where she’s technically invisible…

Or more like, she’s mastered disappearing from perception on some otherworldly level—

She’s still super close.

She’s literally sat on my lap during class before.

…Wait a sec.

We’re dating now, right?

Has anything actually changed?

“…We’ll save the flirting for later, okay?”

“…Okay. Got it. You’re buying that… protection thing, right?”

“…After school.”

Not that I’m 100% sure we’ll actually go through with it today.

…It’s not that I don’t want to.

It’s just… I’m a coward.

There, I said it.

“…I’m looking forward to it.”

She said that with a smile, squeezing my hand a little tighter than before.

…Yeah. There’s no running from this.

Not as a man.

“…I know.”

And with that, I picked up the pace toward school—

Quietly bracing myself… for everything to come.