So, Hadel’s mana outburst incident became a thing of the past.

The knights who had insisted on running away with Hadel all lowered their heads.

“We apologize, Your Highness. Please punish us as you see fit.”

“Yes, punish them! Crush them thoroughly!”

I used my front paws to pat Hadel’s back as he held me in his arms. However, contrary to my encouragement, Hadel’s voice remained calm and composed.

“It was the only choice. There’s no need to feel guilty.”

“Your Highness!”

Seeing the knights shed tears at Hadel’s merciful judgment, I pursed my lips.

“No, why let them off the hook? They asked for punishment! Do as they requested!”

Those guys are excluding me, even though they don’t know if I’ll go on a rampage or not.

While I knew that mana outbursts were dangerous, and running away was the right course of action, my personal anger couldn’t be helped.

As I continued to mutter, Hadel glanced at me.

“Are you cold?”

Of course, he couldn’t understand my words this time either.

“Ah!”

Thinking that Hadel had misunderstood and thought I was cold, he suddenly pushed me inside his shirt. Suddenly coming into contact with Hadel’s chest without any mental preparation, I blushed and curled up.

“I didn’t know. Hadel did it on his own. But even so, I’ll make sure to keep my eyes closed.”

I was trembling out of embarrassment, but whether he thought it was because I was cold or not, Hadel covered me with his hand up to his chin over his shirt. Thanks to that, I screamed as our bare skin came into close contact.

“Why is he being so affectionate all of a sudden?”

As I was grumbling, a sharp voice came from outside the shirt.

“He’s the one who ran away first, so why are you treating him so nicely?”

“Kyu!”

That darned servant!

“Who ran away? The one who treated Hadel is me!”

Oh, I’m going to die of frustration because I can’t explain the truth.

As I was sulking and muttering, Hadel comforted me.

“Don’t worry about it.”

“Kyuwoo.”

How can I not worry? Even though he keeps making rude comments like that.

“I hate the servant. When she finds out that I treated Hadel, she better kneel down and apologize.”

Of course, that will never happen. I had no intention of revealing to anyone, whether it was the servant or Hadel, that I was a human.

“I’ll think it’s fortunate if I return to being a sparrow. Thanks to absorbing a lot of mana from Hadel, he looked lighter than ever. It was probably because my heart was still the same as Princess Marian’s heart, even though I had become a sparrow.

In other words, although I usually looked like a sparrow, if mana entered my heart, I could return to my original form.

“But what’s the point?”

Even though I had absorbed quite a bit of Hadel’s mana, I was able to maintain my human form for less than half a day.

So, in order to maintain it for a longer period of time, I needed to absorb more mana.

“But I can’t.”

Then, do I have to kiss several times? I can’t do it. I can’t do it sober!

“But this time, it was a life-threatening situation, and I didn’t know, so I was dragged into the situation, but can I do it again?”

If Hadel were to face another mana outburst crisis, I might consider it, but I absolutely had no intention of doing it otherwise.

While I was terrified that Hadel’s apology would end, they came with a new task.

“Your Highness, I’m sure you haven’t fully recovered yet, but we need your approval for these documents.”

“It’s about the visit of the birds.”

“Yes. They are expected to arrive soon.”
Listening to that voice, I pursed my lips.

“Whether they are birds or sandals, who knows.”

When you think about it, maybe it wasn’t a coincidence that Hadel got into trouble.

“It’s strange that demons suddenly appeared. They hadn’t been appearing all year.”

Coincidentally, demons appeared when Hadel left the castle? Can we really consider that a coincidence?

“It’s like they were waiting for Hadel to leave. To harm Hadel…”

I shook my head at that thought. As far as I knew, demons were not intelligent beings capable of such activities. Waiting for someone and then attacking them. Honestly, it was closer to a wild guess on my part.

I grumbled while nestled in Hadel’s arms and adjusted myself into a comfortable position. Whether it was because my whole body was warm or because my heart was working hard, I felt sleepy.

“Still, I’m fortunate to be able to live like this again.”

As I thought that, I fell asleep soundly in Hadel’s embrace.

Contrary to what Marian thought, Hadel remembered the situation more clearly than she had expected.

Of course, he didn’t remember the transformation of the sparrow into a human. At that time, he had been on the verge of fainting, and kissing was an instinctive action.

But he remembered things sporadically from the time Marian became a human.

“Pink hair, it was pink hair.”

Like being caught in a whirlwind of spring flowers blooming all at once, her bright pink hair had filled his vision.

And a slim waist that he could encircle with one arm, soft and white skin.