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Authors: Satoshi Wagahara
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herself smiling.
“I do not so terribly mind, shall we say, the lukewarm bath I find myself in.”
“Huh?”
“How else could I describe our current situation? As long as the Devil King remains in Japan, he will be the perfect picture of hard work and diligence. We sit here, living in the most glorious civilization we have ever known, surrounded by caring friends and confidants, allowing the days to leisurely tick away. But how much…”
Suzuno gently picked up Alas Ramus’s hand, running a towel up to the shoulder socket.
“How much longer can we live like this?”
It was question neither Suzuno, nor Emi, nor the Devil King could ever know the answer to.
“Mommy, when will we go splish-splash next?”
By the time Emi returned to her condo in Eifukucho, Alas Ramus was wide awake.
“I wonder,” Emi replied vaguely. “If you’re a good girl, Alas Ramus…if everything stays as it is, I bet we can go real soon.”
“Let’s go! Splish-splash peep peep!”
Whether she was aware of Emi’s feelings or not, Alas Ramus picked up on “go real soon” and nothing else, eyes shining with glee.
Recalling her conversation with Suzuno last night, Emi found it suddenly difficult to look Alas Ramus in the eye.
“…All right, Alas Ramus. You’ve been sweating a lot today, haven’t you? Let’s go take a bath together.”
“Bath! Splish-splash!”
One never had to drag Alas Ramus into the tub.
The outings to the public bathhouse with Maou, back when she lived with him, apparently left a positive imprint on her mind. Whenever the subject of a bath came up, Alas Ramus would faithfully spring into action.
It took until now for Emi to realize that it probably had little to do with her genesis. This was just a little girl who loved playing in the water, was all.
A lukewarm bath might be just the thing for tonight. Too hot wouldn’t be good for her. And in this summer heat, it’d make for a delightful soak.
“Okay, I need to get a few things ready. Can you be a good girl?”
“Okey!”
Alas Ramus raised her hand in the air, trotted to the living room, took off the hat she was wearing, placed it on the table, and sat down on a chair. She picked up the papercraft birdcage on the table and began spinning it around, keeping a careful eye on Emi.
It was her way of saying
I’m being a good girl!
Emi nodded, face considerably lightened, and tossed her shoulder bag toward a corner of the kitchen before heading to the bathroom. Draining the water she used for laundry purposes in the morning, she took up a sponge to give the tub a quick scouring as she reached for the shower valve.
“Mommy! Whirr whirr whirr!”
Then she spotted Alas Ramus at the bathroom door, not being a good girl at all, the smartphone from her shoulder bag in her hand.
In fact, judging by the screen, she had already answered the incoming call, hadn’t she…
Must’ve brushed a finger the wrong way when she took it out of the bag.
Emi was crestfallen as she took the phone away. Whoever called must have heard the child shouting across the room at her.
“Um, hello? Hello? Emi?”
The voice from the speaker, along with the name screen, filled Emi with a profound sense of relief.
“Well, thank you, Alas Ramus. But don’t touch Mommy’s cell phone without permission, okay?”
“Don’t?”
“Emi? Helloooo?”
“Oh, but thanks for bringing it to me, though.”
“Ee-hee! Okeh!”
Emi patted her on the head. The little girl gave a ticklish grin in response and trotted back to the living room.
“Emi, are you there?”
“Hello? Sorry, Rika. Alas Ramus picked up my phone for me.”
It was Rika Suzuki, Emi’s friend and cube mate at her workplace.
She didn’t know about Ente Isla and everything surrounding that world, but she knew Maou, Chiho, and Suzuno well enough. She also knew Emi was watching a toddler named Alas Ramus.
“Whoa, that was close. If you weren’t there, she might’ve decided to call up Saudi Arabia and
“I do not so terribly mind, shall we say, the lukewarm bath I find myself in.”
“Huh?”
“How else could I describe our current situation? As long as the Devil King remains in Japan, he will be the perfect picture of hard work and diligence. We sit here, living in the most glorious civilization we have ever known, surrounded by caring friends and confidants, allowing the days to leisurely tick away. But how much…”
Suzuno gently picked up Alas Ramus’s hand, running a towel up to the shoulder socket.
“How much longer can we live like this?”
It was question neither Suzuno, nor Emi, nor the Devil King could ever know the answer to.
“Mommy, when will we go splish-splash next?”
By the time Emi returned to her condo in Eifukucho, Alas Ramus was wide awake.
“I wonder,” Emi replied vaguely. “If you’re a good girl, Alas Ramus…if everything stays as it is, I bet we can go real soon.”
“Let’s go! Splish-splash peep peep!”
Whether she was aware of Emi’s feelings or not, Alas Ramus picked up on “go real soon” and nothing else, eyes shining with glee.
Recalling her conversation with Suzuno last night, Emi found it suddenly difficult to look Alas Ramus in the eye.
“…All right, Alas Ramus. You’ve been sweating a lot today, haven’t you? Let’s go take a bath together.”
“Bath! Splish-splash!”
One never had to drag Alas Ramus into the tub.
The outings to the public bathhouse with Maou, back when she lived with him, apparently left a positive imprint on her mind. Whenever the subject of a bath came up, Alas Ramus would faithfully spring into action.
It took until now for Emi to realize that it probably had little to do with her genesis. This was just a little girl who loved playing in the water, was all.
A lukewarm bath might be just the thing for tonight. Too hot wouldn’t be good for her. And in this summer heat, it’d make for a delightful soak.
“Okay, I need to get a few things ready. Can you be a good girl?”
“Okey!”
Alas Ramus raised her hand in the air, trotted to the living room, took off the hat she was wearing, placed it on the table, and sat down on a chair. She picked up the papercraft birdcage on the table and began spinning it around, keeping a careful eye on Emi.
It was her way of saying
I’m being a good girl!
Emi nodded, face considerably lightened, and tossed her shoulder bag toward a corner of the kitchen before heading to the bathroom. Draining the water she used for laundry purposes in the morning, she took up a sponge to give the tub a quick scouring as she reached for the shower valve.
“Mommy! Whirr whirr whirr!”
Then she spotted Alas Ramus at the bathroom door, not being a good girl at all, the smartphone from her shoulder bag in her hand.
In fact, judging by the screen, she had already answered the incoming call, hadn’t she…
Must’ve brushed a finger the wrong way when she took it out of the bag.
Emi was crestfallen as she took the phone away. Whoever called must have heard the child shouting across the room at her.
“Um, hello? Hello? Emi?”
The voice from the speaker, along with the name screen, filled Emi with a profound sense of relief.
“Well, thank you, Alas Ramus. But don’t touch Mommy’s cell phone without permission, okay?”
“Don’t?”
“Emi? Helloooo?”
“Oh, but thanks for bringing it to me, though.”
“Ee-hee! Okeh!”
Emi patted her on the head. The little girl gave a ticklish grin in response and trotted back to the living room.
“Emi, are you there?”
“Hello? Sorry, Rika. Alas Ramus picked up my phone for me.”
It was Rika Suzuki, Emi’s friend and cube mate at her workplace.
She didn’t know about Ente Isla and everything surrounding that world, but she knew Maou, Chiho, and Suzuno well enough. She also knew Emi was watching a toddler named Alas Ramus.
“Whoa, that was close. If you weren’t there, she might’ve decided to call up Saudi Arabia and
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