Bab 119: Sylphy’s Happiness
Sylphy slowly opened her eyes and realized she was laying on a bed.
It was an unfamiliar room. An unfamiliar atmosphere. Unfamiliar presences.
But it wouldn't be the first.
The new distorted dungeons were home to all sorts of hazards and variables. After decades of experience and becoming the foremost expert exploring unknown and dangerous dungeons, she had developed a process for this exact situation.
First, assess the surroundings.
It seemed to be a tower of some sort. The make up appeared to be a black stone, magically crafted. And the source of that mana...
The source of that mana...?
"Oh. You're finally awake, huh?"
A familiar, but also unfamiliar voice. The one that she missed with all her heart and desperately worried she would never hear again.
But Sylphy didn't fall for it. She didn't respond right away.
Instead, she sat up and roused her mana, chilling the atmosphere and space itself.
It wouldn't be the first. It wouldn't be the first time she almost fell for it. It wouldn't be the first where an insidious trap called out to her in her weakness and made her think she had found him.
...But it would be a first for a time like this.
Sylphy blinked, confused at the person she was seeing.
The mana was the same. No, it was a bit different too. Instead of that beautifully vivid shade of red she remembered, it had turned a bit transparent. While red was still the primary color, there were wisps of rainbow light wrapping around it as well.
Not only that, but the face of the person standing there...
A handsome man- No, a handsome young man.
He couldn't be more than eighteen years old. Even so...
A calm and gentle smile. One green eye that shone with the familiar kind light... and a white eye that didn't shine at all.
Blind.
Yes. This was a first. Even though she'd experienced countless hyper-realistic illusions in the past, this would be the first seeing a Rudy like this.
One so handsome, heroic, and sexy-
Sylphy felt her face heat up and quickly stammered, "S-Stay where you are!"
The sexy- Handsome-
Th-The man frowned and then let out a deep sigh. After that, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Definitely need to pummel Being W a few times before killing him in the future."
Being W.
Not Hitogami.
Not the Human God.
Being W. The childish and mocking name that Rudy gave to the god responsible for this entire situation.
One that she had never heard from anyone other than Orsted, Paul, and Roxy since the Spacetime Rend occurred.
Then.
Then...!
Sylphy's vision blurred. Against her will, she started crying again.
"Sheesh..." Footsteps approached her before pulling her into a hug. "I didn't think you were this much of a crybaby, Sylphy."
"Ru...Rudy?" She hugged him back and said, "Is... Is it really you?"
"Yep. It's Rudy, here in the flesh. And you're Sylphy, right?"
Sylphy brushed away her tears and nodded. "Y-Yes. It's... It's me. Your Sylphy."
"M-My Sylphy, you say?"
Sylphy tensed and lowered her head. "D-Do you not want me anymore, Rudy?"
"N-No! I mean, yes! I do want you. It's just... Um..." He frowned and said, "What happened to you? Has that much time passed outside of the Magic Continent...?"
"No." Sylphy shook her head. "There are pockets where time is accelerated, but most of the world is still the same time."
Rudy's frown deepened and he said, "Then what happened to you? Did you get transported into one of those?"
Sylphy shook her head and said, "No. I just did the same thing you did."
"Eh?" Rudy blinked. "What do you mean?"
"I went and explored the distorted dungeons looking for our family. A lot of them took many years to clear while only a little bit of time had passed on the outside." She paused and then looked at Rudy. "Is... that not what happened to you?"
"Wait. You mean you're *actually* that old? As in you've lived out those years... No, probably decades, right? Holy crap, you're older than me now?"
Sylphy huffed and crossed her arms. "You're still 'Rude', aren't you? Meanie."
"That's... But wait..." He trailed off and started mumbling under his breath.
Seeing that, Sylphy smiled.
...Ah. It was nostalgic. Hearing his voice, seeing his focused gaze as he ran through the situation in his head...
Sylphy felt her heart race as well as the nostalgic contentment wash over her just being by him.
"Hold on." Rudy finally finished thinking and looked up at Sylphy. "How long has it been?"
"Hm?" Sylphy tilted her head to think and said, "...I'm not sure. Time for me has gotten a little..." She trailed off, not wanting to think about exactly how many years she'd spent in dungeons.
"Oh. Right. Well... Do you know what year it is? Back at home, I mean."
Sylphy paused. "That's... It should be K417?"
"Wait, what? Then two years have passed already!?"
Sylphy frowned. "...Has it not been that long here?" She looked around and said, "The air here is denser, so it might flow at a slower rate than the other continents, but..."
She paused, suddenly remembering that Stella was still an infant while Rudy looked like an adult already.
Did he find Stella in a distorted dungeon?
As if reading her mind, Rudy shook his head and said, "It's only been six months here. And before you ask, I haven't gone dungeon exploring." He waved at his body and said, "This just happened after I tried a magic experiment."
Sylphy blinked, and then she giggled.
"W-What?"
Sylphy shook her head and said, "Only Rudy would accidentally age himself with a magic experiment. Though..." She paused and then crossed her arms under her chest. "...It's no good, huh? If only six months have passed for you?" Sylphy blinked and then looked at Rudy again. "...You mean you're still just eight? No, nine?"
Rudy frowned. "Well I guess on paper I'd be ten if that's the date. But man, time dilation makes things really weird huh?"
"Tch." Sylphy crossed her arms and muttered, "I have to wait even longer then...?"
After all those years and waiting, mulling over everything that Paul said and what Grandma taught her...
"Wait longer for what?"
Sylphy stared at Rudy and then slowly looked down before looking back at him.
Rudy blinked.
Sylphy sighed. "Nothing. But..." She looked around and said, "...You did all of this in six months?"
It was a utopia, just like the perfect kingdoms in story books. People were living happily and peacefully. Unlike the other continents where people were vying for power, it was calm and tranquil here.
"It's a bit of a long story, but yeah. Actually, how about we take a tour? I've gotta introduce you to Stella too. ...And you need to help me clear up a misunderstanding."
"Hm?" Sylphy tilted her head. "What misunderstanding?"
"She seems to think that I'm a pervert."
Sylphy let out a deep sigh. "If only you were."
"What?"
Sylphy stood up and said, "So who was that Heaven-Race woman who looked like a meaner Zenith? Is she your secret lover? Grandma mentioned that boys like women who resemble their mother, but-"
"NO! She's NOT! God, why do people keep thinking that? Just because I happen to have beautiful women working for me does not mean they're my secret lovers or sex slaves."
Sylphy paused and then stared at Rudy's face. "...Say that again?"
"Huh?" Rudy blinked. And then his eyes widened and he started to sweat. "U-Um..."
Sylphy smiled and grabbed Rudy's hand. "...So you know about it, then? How a boy becomes a man and a girl becomes a woman?"
"T-That's... Um. Sylphy, hold on-"
"No." Sylphy licked her lips and stepped forward, draping her arms around Rudy's shoulders. "I've been waiting for *decades.* And I've been tempted a lot, but I saved it for you. Because I love you. More than anyone and anything else in the world. So..."
"Rika? RIKA! HELP!"
"You owe me a lot of birthday presents, Ru-de-us. Heehee."
"Wait! Sylphy, Stella's right- Mmph!?!!?!?"
-SNG-
Lewd sounds and moans coming from upstairs.
Stella let out a deep sigh and poked Winnie. "Win. Bwock soun pwease?"
"Kay~" The wind elemental floated over to Stella's head and plopped herself down. After that, there was a shimmer and the room became completely silent.
Fai looked towards the stair and frowned. "...That sounded painful."
Wata sighed and said, "Just take a nap with Stella, Fai." He yawned and then curled up beside Stella, letting her hug him like a plushie.
Fai noticed and pouted. "Hey! No fair!"
"You snooze, you... win." Wata yawned again and then closed his eyes.
Fai puffed out her cheeks before flying over to sleep next to Stella.
As for Stella herself...
'Definitely Cheat Isekai protagonist. OP abilities, a genius, a harem of beautiful women... and sex as soon as he reunites with his childhood sweetheart. Baka ecchi Onii-chan.'
Hopefully her parents were better...
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