After leaving the theater, Furina first looked at the small cake in her hand, then at Yuto, who was noticeably pale, and asked softly,
"Did something unexpected happen today? You look a bit unwell..."
"No unexpected situations occurred. Everything went smoothly, whether it was convincing Neuvillette or conducting the experiment... None of those things were difficult."
Yuto shrugged, then said somewhat sheepishly,
"It's just that I pushed myself a bit too hard trying to verify an idea of mine..."
Hearing this, Furina pursed her lips in annoyance, then scolded him,
"Oh, you... why can't you take better care of your body and control yourself a little?"
Furina shook her head helplessly as she spoke, then sighed, as if she was quite exasperated with Yuto.
Yuto, hearing this, scratched the back of his head a bit awkwardly, quietly listening to Furina lecture him.
After all...
In this world, he was the only one who could be lectured by Furina in such a manner. What was there to be unhappy about?
Didn't Fufu's reaction prove that she always thought of him?
Thinking of this, a very happy smile appeared on Yuto's face, and he listened with a grin as his little blue cake lectured him.
Looking at the smiling Yuto beside her, Furina turned her head away, somewhat displeased, and said,
"You... how can you be so happy when someone's lecturing you?"
"Because it's Fufu lecturing me~ In this world... how many people can be constantly thought of by the lovely Fufu, our great Lady Furina?"
Yuto continued to say with a smile.
Furina's small face flushed red as her thoughts were exposed, but she still tried her best to maintain her tsundere persona, which had long since crumbled in front of Yuto.
"I... I wasn't constantly thinking of you..."
Furina's voice grew softer and softer, as if even she felt she had no confidence in what she was saying.
Hearing this, Yuto gently shook his head, then said with a smile,
"My dear Lady Furina, it was just the first attempt today that I overexerted myself a bit. It won't happen again."
He knew very well that at this moment, he couldn't just be happy; he also had to give Furina a way to save face.
He couldn't let the person who cared about him suffer because of this, could he?
Hearing this, Furina puffed out her cheeks, then asked somewhat suspiciously,
"Really?"
"Of course it's real. How could I... oh no, I should say, how could I bear to lie to you~"
Yuto said as he gently flicked Furina's small nose, hoping to get Furina's mood back to normal.
"Hmph ╭(╯^╰)╮... Alright, Lady Furina will forgive you this once. If you mess up your body again, I'll..."
Furina said as she waved her small fist, glaring at Yuto with a fierce, yet cute, expression, to vent her dissatisfaction with him.
—He clearly promised to keep himself safe and sound, but this guy... broke the rules on the very first day...
Looking at the adorable Furina in front of him, Yuto couldn't help but rub her small head, then said with great indulgence,
"Alright, alright~ I promise you, I guarantee to Lady Furina that this situation will absolutely not happen again~"
"Hmph, it better be."
...
And so, Yuto and Furina bickered and laughed along the way, quickly returning to their warm little home.
After a simple dinner, Yuto and Furina snuggled on the sofa as usual, drawing the energy they had expended throughout the day from each other.
"But... speaking of which, Yuto, how were the results of your experiment with Neuvillette today? Was it successful?"
Yuto gently nodded, then told Furina about the entire experimental process, including the basic conclusions.
After listening to Yuto's explanation, Furina shook her head somewhat helplessly, then asked,
"So that means... they can be generated, and the success rate is high, but how long those consciousnesses can exist in this world is unknown?"
"It's not exactly unknown. Currently, Neuvillette and I hypothesize that their existence time is directly linked to Abyss power."
"If there's enough Abyss power... perhaps a consciousness could exist indefinitely, which in a sense, could be considered a form of immortality."
"Of course, the premise is that it doesn't go insane due to the corruption of Abyss power."
Yuto spread his hands, saying somewhat helplessly.
Hearing Yuto's explanation, Furina nodded knowingly, then snuggled into Yuto's embrace and gently closed her eyes, enjoying the warm moment she had anticipated for five hundred years.
She closed her eyes gently, speaking as if in a dream,
"Yuto... do you know, I really, really love our life now."
"The moment you came to pick me up, I suddenly had a... an indescribable feeling."
"Before, I used to envy ordinary couples. They could go to and from work together, shop together, and enjoy a rare afternoon tea together."
"After work, they would return to their home together, make and eat dinner together, and then snuggle up, enjoying their precious time off."
"But now..."
Furina said as she slightly raised her head, then shifted her position a bit to lie more comfortably in Yuto's arms.
"I don't envy them anymore."
"Because I found my own happiness, found someone to do all these 'together' things with."
"What's more, we've been doing these things for a while now, haven't we?"
Hearing this, Yuto paused slightly, then nodded with a smile.
"Yes~ We... started doing these things a long time ago."
Furina nodded her small head repeatedly, then raised her head with considerable force and kissed Yuto's lower lip, even gently biting him.
"So you see... you must take good care of your body. You can't let strange things or your own reasons affect these ordinary yet happy days."
"I really, really want to... travel more places with you, and experience more of the local customs and traditions that I never got to before."
"And..."
Furina gently leaned close to Yuto's ear. The girl's warm breath tickled his ear, as if a cute little cat was constantly scratching him.
"Don't you also want our footprints to leave a greater mark on this world?"
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