Yuto had no idea that a 'Narrator' tag had been added to him.
After all... chronologically speaking, Yuto's own Archon Quest hadn't ended yet, so he naturally wouldn't receive the corresponding settlement.
However, none of this mattered much to him.
Under the Sharpening of time, Yuto had long stopped caring about what irrelevant people thought of him.
Strictly speaking, Yuto only ever cared about two things: his work and those who cared about him.
Aside from those who cared about him, other people's opinions of him weren't very important.
—He wasn't an object that could only raise his standing based on others' evaluations.
...
Unknowingly, Yuto had already arrived downstairs at the apartment Furina rented.
However, when he got there... he realized a problem.
—Would he disturb Furina, who was sleeping, if he went in now?
He had just been so engrossed in recalling past events that he hadn't considered this most crucial step.
To Yuto, disturbing someone's deep sleep was truly an unforgivable sin.
—Especially when the one being disturbed was the adorable little blue cake; he couldn't bear to do it even more.
After a brief moment of thought, Yuto gently shook his head.
"Forget it, I'll just make do at the office for the night. I'll finish things early tomorrow and then..."
As Yuto mumbled, he looked up at Furina's room, a look of surprise appearing on his face.
He had accompanied Furina for four hundred and eighty-nine years; he was intimately familiar with her daily routine.
Although it had only been two or three hours since night fell, according to Furina's schedule, she should have already been resting by now.
But at this moment... the light in Furina's room was on.
Yuto raised an eyebrow slightly, silently calculated for a moment, and finally decided to go up.
After all, to the outside world, Furina no longer had the power of a God; she was just an ordinary Fontaine girl.
And Yuto and Furina's relationship was quite good, so those vicious fellows might very well use Furina to threaten him.
Thinking of this, Yuto quickened his pace up the stairs.
If Furina was fine, that would be good, but if something happened to Furina... he could make the appropriate decision immediately.
Just as he had said before, the current nobles were not true nobles in the real sense.
When they knew they were about to be destroyed... who knows what kind of crazy behavior these guys would exhibit.
...
Yuto softly opened Furina's door and was momentarily taken aback.
The soft light made the entire room feel exceptionally warm, perfectly aligning with Yuto's definition of 'home'.
But just this... wasn't enough to surprise Yuto.
What truly astonished him was Furina, who was sound asleep, sprawled on the living room table.
Under the soft light, the girl's sleeping face exuded a sense of tranquility, and the noble and elegant aura accumulated from years of playing the role of a God unconsciously flowed out at this moment.
The scene before him made Yuto recall a fairy tale from his previous life called "Sleeping Beauty."
At this moment, Furina... was even more beautiful than the Princess in that fairy tale.
And the entire scene in this room reminded him of certain snippets from standard sci-fi romance movies from his previous life.
A husband who worked night shifts would come home from work to find his wife still waiting for him.
Because he got off work too late, his wife would fall asleep while waiting.
This scene before Yuto brought him precisely that feeling.
But...
Although this scene was very heartwarming, comparatively... Yuto still wanted to know why Furina did this.
After all, he hadn't told Furina he would be coming back tonight, nor had he mentioned beforehand that he would be working overtime today.
"Could it be... that Fufu went to ask Sedna after I left Palais Mermonia?"
Yuto blinked slightly, seemingly puzzled.
And Furina, who had been sleeping on the table, seemed to sense Yuto's gaze, so she slowly raised her head and gently yawned.
Perhaps because she had been sleeping on the table, Furina's neat and smooth long hair had become a bit disheveled, but she herself didn't seem to mind.
"Hmm? Yuto... I knew you'd come back!"
Furina's voice was slightly muffled, as if it were a "side effect" of just waking up.
The girl rubbed her eyes, then propped her chin with one hand, her beautiful heterochromatic eyes fixed on Yuto, who was still standing at the door, seemingly hesitant.
Perhaps it was because Yuto's gaze lingered on her, or perhaps it was because the content Furina had rehearsed in her mind earlier made her a little shy, the girl's cheeks were slightly flushed.
"W-welcome home~"
Furina stammered a bit.
—Even though she had practiced it hundreds of times in her mind before Yuto arrived... she still felt a bit flustered when it came to the actual moment.
Upon hearing this, the look of surprise on Yuto's face finally dissipated somewhat, replaced by a characteristic smile.
At this moment, he had already guessed some of Furina's little thoughts, but... he couldn't expose them yet.
Emotion itself is a process of providing emotional value.
Now that Furina was trying every means to provide him with emotional value, he also had to reciprocate accordingly.
To put it simply... if he were to expose Furina's little thoughts now, that would truly be a lack of romantic understanding.
Thinking of this, Yuto sat down in the chair beside Furina, and while doing so, reached out and gently held her soft, boneless hand, saying softly:
"Yes, I'm back."
Almost the moment Yuto held Furina's small hand, the girl's cheeks visibly reddened even more.
Although she was still a bit shy, she had to admit that she really liked being with Yuto.
This warm feeling... was truly addictive.
...
After a brief moment of tenderness, Yuto turned his head slightly, looked at the blushing Furina, and gently asked:
"It's so late... were you waiting for me?"
Upon hearing this, Furina slightly raised her head, looked at his gentle sea-blue eyes, and then lowered her head again.
"Mhm..."
Listening to the girl's affirmative hum, Yuto's lips couldn't help but curve upwards, and then he gently pulled the girl into his arms.
"Now... do you feel a little more at ease?"
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