“If you don’t have the strength to think for yourself, just do as I say. Go ask the Mage Tower Master to make some medicine for your illness.”

After a while, the room fell silent, and soon I felt the bed shake.

Ah, there’s a sweet scent. It’s a smell I like.

“If you’re going out, at least take care of yourself.”

I felt his hand gently stroking my head. It felt nice.

“If you’re going out, at least take care of yourself.”

I felt his hand gently stroking my head. It felt nice.

“Even if it’s hard, does the Master prefer being here rather than being with me…?”

His voice seemed somewhat moist, and I wanted to say no.

Ugh, no. This might be part of Seth’s scheme since he knows I’m awake.

If I said “no,” he would surely respond, “Then let’s go to my place!”

I felt something soft on my forehead. It was an unexpectedly fresh touch, very unlike Seth.

Seth is the type to say, “I’ll put you to sleep,” when the female protagonist can’t fall asleep, holding her until she’s exhausted, making it impossible for her to walk on her own.

Then he would say something like, “Now you can just stay in bed. Hurry up and sleep.” Ugh.

But to put me to sleep so purely like this feels very strange.

The trembling touch that carefully stroked my cheek as well.

***

After Seth left, my meals significantly improved. Milan’s chef had decided to reside at the Magic Tower.

Wow, it feels like my treatment has been upgraded even though I’m in prison.

“Was the food really that bad?”

Yuno asked with tears welling in his eyes, but I couldn’t even bring myself to say the formal “no.” It truly had no taste at all. Not even a bad taste, just completely flavorless.

I should have focused more on the meals than on the elevator settings, but I missed that.

“Ugh, I’m sorry.”

While apologizing for the food, Yuno steadfastly avoided mentioning the night activities. He was silently expressing his determination not to stop.

However, it seemed he had heard something from Dietrich or maybe Seth, as he had become a bit more subdued.

“Liri, what kind of magic do you want to see?”

Having heard me say to Seth that I wished he would stay longer, Yuno was trying to win my favor.

“Teleportation.”

“…Where do you want to teleport to?”

Of course, he looked at me with suspicion.

“To your study.”

“If it’s that, then okay!”

As soon as I finished my meal, Yuno took my hand and teleported.

“Ugh….”

I felt like I was going to throw up.

I sat down on a nearby sofa to catch my breath.

“It didn’t feel like this when I used the magic circle before!”

“Teleportation and magic circles operate differently.”

“How interesting.”

As I marveled at this new information, Yuno casually asked, “Liri, do you want to learn magic?”

“Yeah.”

Seeing my eyes sparkle, Yuno seemed to be in thought.

“If you’re worried, I don’t have to teach you teleportation. Just something simple?”

I counted on my fingers.

“Like starting a fire, or shooting water from my fingers. Or just moving my fingers to make the curtains flutter?”

“Even gods can’t use magic, it seems.”

…If I were a god, would I be captured by you? Huh?

Noticing my disapproving gaze, Yuno quickly nodded.

“Alright.”

“But do I have any magical power?”

“No.”

I figured as much.

“I checked a while ago, and there’s none at all. It’s surprisingly remarkable.”

Don’t be amazed by that!

“To learn magic, you need magical power, so it looks like that’s the only way.”

Beep beep beep beep!

Suddenly, a red alarm went off.

“Yuno! I don’t think I need to learn magic—”

“—You can do it with me.”

That line sounded very familiar.

“By forming a bond, I can transfer my magical power to you.”

“Can’t I just take a magic potion?”

“Did you know about that?”

“Yeah!”

Actually, I just remembered. There was some setting like that.

By the way, where did this guy get the potion?

As I frowned, Yuno looked quite disappointed and sighed while waving his hand in the air.

Then several bottles filled with a golden l*quid appeared.

“This is a potion infused with my magic.”

“What a pretty color.”

When I complimented it, Yuno’s earlobes turned red. He fluttered his eyebrows and whispered as if he were about to faint.

“Just in case there’s a rejection, try melting just one drop on your tongue.”

I carefully opened the bottle and tilted it to let a single drop fall into my mouth.

Boom!

A faint explosion sounded from somewhere, and the tower shook slightly.

Suddenly, my mouth was filled with the magic potion.

Gulp.

Before I could even react, I swallowed a huge amount of liquid, and the substance that had splashed on my face and clothes seemed to evaporate and disappear.

“I knew Liri wouldn’t have any rejection.”

Suddenly, Yuno approached and wrapped his arms around my waist, pressing his lips against mine. A cool energy flowed between his warm lips.

It must be magic.

After a while of transferring his magic to me, Yuno whispered in a low voice.

“All the humans who absorbed my magic ended up dead.”

Yuno may have awakened his powers, but he wasn’t always an archmage.

It must be related to what he experienced during his time as a slave…

“I injected my magic into hundreds of humans.”

…have you?

“I wanted to prove that I’m not a strange being. But they all died.”

Yuno’s golden eyes dimmed.

“You’re the only one for me.”

I was speechless.

“Liri, I love you.”

He tightened his grip around my waist.

“My goddess.”

Then he tensed his body, and I fell backward.

Yuno, sitting on my legs, took off his gla$ses, and his golden eyes glinted dangerously.

“Can I?”

“No.”

I responded firmly but patted Yuno’s back as he leaned over to hold me tightly.

“Why not? Let me. Okay?”

Yuno, who had burrowed between my legs, began to breathe heavily.

“Liri. My goddess.”