I Played the Role of a Hated Hero, but for Some Reason, I'm Loved by the Last Boss and Living W

Voluntary Proposal

Translated by AmaLynne

The next morning. I woke up feeling the warmth of my beloved’s body next to mine.

Even after last night’s shocking confession, Demiurge’s sleeping face was so peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

However, as expected last night, I was in no mood to enjoy an affair with Demiurge, and the two of us simply slept in the same bed.

I looked at Demiurge, who was breathing a small sleep, and gently touched her hair.

「Myuu……fuu~……hus, bhand~……」

Instantly, a sweet murmur escapes her mouth and she presses her head against my body.

「Next wheek gho~……」

The voice of the love of my life almost melts my brain.

「I wonder if God dreams, too……」

As I muttered this, Demiurge pulled me close and hugged me tightly.

I wondered if she was awake, but her breathing was still regular. I tried to crawl one finger on her back, but she only shuddered and wriggled.

「Nn~~……」

「Haha……this is the former demon god…?」

Demiurge was intimidating and mysterious when we first met her.

However, as I spent more and more time with her, I somehow forgot her original image and she became just a lovable being.

Seeing this defenseless, pampering figure is a comforting sight in itself.

However,

Now that I’m confronted with the facts Demiurge told me yesterday, I’m reminded that she is not just a pure maiden in love.

To share your heart with someone different from you, you have to twist something to fit together.

It makes sense, when I think about it. In the first place, as living beings, I, Demiurge, and the four powerful demons are all different from each other.

Even if we can exchange words, it is only natural that there is a big gap in the way we think and our sense of values.

For a god like Demiurge to step onto the same footing as humans and embrace feelings of love and affection, she would have to drastically change the way she had always thought.

She went to such lengths to be close to me.

Learn love, to love, and connect with your own emotions.

It’s easy to say, but hard to do.

I just have to be honest about the feelings I have as a human being. How easy it is compared to what Demiurge did.

「Demiurge…」

I realize the depth of her feelings and hug Demiurge’s body tightly.

But I could not get the face of Behemoth that had given up on me the other day out of my mind.

「Huh…horrible, I…」

I felt self-loathing in a double sense, for thinking about other women while holding my wife, and for imposing my values on her without even knowing about Behemoth… I closed my eyes again on the bed, where the sun had not yet risen.

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「Good morning…」

「A-Ah, yeah. Good morning, Behemoth.」

When I visited the spring, which was swarming with Holy Apples, I found Behemoth there.

「Ares, meal…?」

「I intend to. Now I just need to wash my face.」

「I see…」

A simple conversation. However, the downcast expression she showed the other day does not seem to be present on her face now.

However, she rarely shows emotional ups and downs in her facial expressions, so it is difficult to gauge Behemoth’s inner feelings just by looking at her face.

I can’t easily judge that she doesn’t care about what happened yesterday, just on the surface.

「…Today, what are we going to do?」

「R-Right…a-anyway, now that we’ve got the map, let’s go back to Cid and expand our hunting range.」

「I see…」

「Yes.」

「………………」

「………………」

A-Awkward…

It is common for conversations with Behemoth to pause in the middle.

But right now, this silence is somehow suffocating.

「C-Come to think of it, what was Behemoth doing here?」

「Me…? I bathe…」

「Ah, I-I see. Then I’d better not be here. I’ll just collect the Holy Apple and leave you alone.」

「Don’t you wash your face…?」

「You don’t feel comfortable with me in the bathtub, do you?」

「Not really.」

「Ah…」

She shakes her head immediately, and I think back to my conversation with Demiurge yesterday.

―――Even if I expose my skin to humans, I don’t feel a thing.

Behemoths do not seem to be bothered by the fact that their skin is seen. They don’t have that kind of human sensibility and sense of shame.

If that is the case, then it is probably more difficult for her to understand my taking my leave out of concern for her.

Behemoth took off her clothes quickly, paying no attention to my presence.

Unable to move quickly or turn my head away, my eyes fell on her balanced, naked body.

「Ares… if you don’t go, help wash my back…」

「Eh? No, no, it’s…」

「Don’t worry… I’m not looking to mate anymore…」

「―――!?」

I am not sure how I can be honestly pleased with these words, even though they are what I should have been looking for.

Behemoth has lost the familiarity with me that it had until the other day, and has become a mere acquaintance.

「If you don’t want to, that’s fine… I won’t force you…」

After saying this, Behemoth quickly turned her head away from me and went into the fountain.

I was unable to follow her and stood there, unable to move.

Even if I had been able to move, what the hell was I going to say to her?

If I was to make my relationship with Behemoth clear, the only two choices were to mate or not to mate.

But yesterday, I imposed my value that if they copulate, they must like each other. What’s more, In a sense, this is no different from saying that if Behemoth liked me and was coming on to me, I could accept it.

……is the worst.

I tore my gaze away from Behemoth cleansing herself in the fountain.

「What are you doing, husband?」

「―――!? Demiurge!」

「Oh…husband…」

It was Demiurge who appeared from the bushes.

She had been staring at Behemoth when she suddenly appeared, and her voice unexpectedly trailed off.

「Umu. What on earth are you doing here, husband? Were you, by any chance, aroused by the sight of naked Behemoth?」

「N-No, that’s now!」

I quickly thought of an excuse, but the fact remains that I was just standing there in front of the naked Behemoth, staring at her.

Seeing me unable to speak, however, Demiurge smiled somewhat mischievously and teasingly, instead of the indignant expression she had on her face when I and Yggdrasil had mixed baths before.

「Fufufu… I know what you mean.」

「Eh?」

As I tilted my neck, Demiurge suddenly turns her body around and calls out to Behemoth.

「Hey, Behemoth? How would you like to bathe with me for a while?」

「Mmm, okay…welcome…」

「Umu. Then I will wash Behemoth’s back. By the way, husband is obliged to participate. Husband will wash my body. Is that alright, husband?」

「O-Oh…」

Without asking, Demiurge quickly drops her clothes to the ground.

Unlike the fantastic figure I saw last night in the moonlit night, Demiurge’s skin shining in the sunlight is translucent and…

Really, it’s beautiful.

No matter how many times I see her, I can’t help but be mesmerized by her charm.

She approaches me and says,「Come on, husband」. and quickly pulls off my clothes and takes me to the fountain.

When I reach the bottom, Demiurge turns her back to me and says aloud,「Let the washing begin.」

「Nyahu~……Lord’s hand, feels so good…」

「Fufu……it wasn’t often that I got to spend time with you like this.」

「Uh-huh…but, not bad…」

「That’s good.」

Both of them are relaxed.

With a splash, Demiurge splashes water on Behemoth’s back and later slowly removes the dirt from her body.

Occasionally, I hear a glazed voice from Behemoth, which is heartbreaking.

However, I followed Demiurge’s lead and gently poured the water from the spring onto her back, and gently washed her body with the palm of my hand.

And when we had almost finished washing each other’s bodies, Demiurge suddenly cut to the chase.

「……Husband, and Behemoth, I have a few words with you two, if you don’t mind.」

「Mmm, what’s up?」

「Nn……」

「Umu. That…something I’m not too keen on talking about either…」

Demiurge closed her eyes for a moment, then opened her eyelids determinedly.

「Maybe… If husband is willing, even in the slightest way, to accept an affair with Behemoth, then I am willing to allow it.」

「Wha!?」

「But then, you must be prepared for the consequences.」

Then, Demiurge had said something outrageous.