Black Iron Magician
chapter-129

Chapter 129 Marital Quarrel

After overcoming the turbulent shuraba, my marriage with Nell was decided and peace came again to me. Yesterday’s enemy is today’s ally. Now that things settled safely, we are sitting on the sofa and discussing our future plans.

「Hmm hmm~♪」

「「………」」

As if the killing intent a moment ago was a lie, Nell is in a good mood, clinging to my arm while humming. On the other hand, Lily, who is sitting opposite me, is chewing on her handkerchief, and Touko has the eyes of a lion aiming for prey in the grass. Oh, this is not peace. Just when I thought I had dealt with the bomb safely, now the Great Demon King and the wild beast have become the enemies.

「Hey, Deris. When will we hold our wedding? Now? How about we do it now?」

「C-Calm down, Nell. Get a grasp of the current situation…」

Nell, who is rubbing her cheek on my arm, has her mind completely pinky. It’s the first time I’ve seen her like this in public. It means that she’s so happy, and as for me, I’m also happy. However! The better Nell’s mood gets, the angrier the people on the other side will be. I have to find a way to get out of this situation by any means. Chinatsu, are you there!?

「No, please don’t look at me like you are asking for help. It’s beyond my support range…」

「Thought so~」

I guess it’s time for me to resolve myself. Well, I heard that marriage can’t be done without the momentum of the moment, so it’s probably better to not think about the trivial problem. It’s not a trivial problem for the two people on the other side, but now I’ll try to stabilize my mind by thinking so.

「Well… as you heard, I and Nell are going to get married. The details of the content and date are yet to be decided, but either way, I think it will be after Haru and Chinatsu’s graduation festival has settled down.」

「Um… Shishou, Deris-san, congratulations.」

「Congratulations! Chinatsu-chan, do we cook red rice at a time like this?」

「Gobuu gobugo.」

「「………」」

「Everyone, thank you for your blessings.」

Nell sprinkles gasoline with a smile in the midst of a forest fire. I’m starting to think that she did it on purpose.

「… Sigh. Well, I guess it can’t be helped. I’ve been prepared for this to happen sooner or later. Nell, you’ve been with Goshujin-sama for about 15 years, right? I’m amazed that you finally did it even though you have such an advantage over me. Well, I’m still one of the Great Eight Demons, so I will congratulate you. Congratulations, hope you will be happy as much as possible.」

「That’s right… I just met Danna recently, there’s no way I can win that conveniently. I’m indebted to Deris-danna, and I wanted to repay it somehow…. If Deris-danna is that close with Nee-san and made that decision, there’s nothing more I can say. Deris-danna, make her happy.」

「T-To think you are thinking about us that much…!」

「………」

I’m sorry to say this when Nell is being deeply moved, but I can’t take the words of these two so easily. Give up just because we got married? Congratulate us uprightly? Hahaha. That’s just not going to happen with these two, right?

(Well, as for me, I’m okay to be in the position of a mistress~. Rather, isn’t that way more exciting? Ah, that might be good! Two people who love each other under an immoral relationship, a forbidden love where they meet in secret. …… This is wonderful!)

(This world has bigamy, right? I can’t win now, but I can win if I keep trying many times!)

―――― They are probably thinking so. Even if I get married, I can’t let my guard down.

「Ah, by the way, if Shishō and Nell-san get married, which house will we live in? Shishō has this house, and Nell-san has that big mansion, right?」

「What are you talking about? We are going to live here, of course.」

「Fufu, that’s a silly question. We are going to live in my mansion, of course!」

「「……Ha?」」

「… Err, huh?」

The air, which was peaceful except for a part, feels like it is cooling down at once. Haru, who asked the question, seems confused by the opinions of me and Nell. More than that, I’m also confused. Why won’t she live in my house?

「Oi oi, Nell. Stop joking. This is the house I’ve lived in since I came to Adelheit. It’s the best position that no matter what kind of training or magic experiment I do, the town won’t be harmed. My favorite black magic stone mine is near, so there’s no other choice to live in but here, you know?」

「What are you talking about, Deris? My mansion has more rooms and the site is wide. There are also servants who will take care of our lives, so it’s perfect for you who have catastrophic vitality! Besides, there is a training facility that has been remodeled for private use, so you don’t have to worry about harming the town.」

「It doesn’t matter how many rooms we have or whether we have servants or not. I let Haru take care of me, and recently Gobuo has been doing a great job. Rather, I won’t feel comfortable in a house that’s too big and has too many people. Okay?」

「It’s not okay! Deris, at that age, how long are you going to be spoiled by Haru? If you think your disciple is going to take care of you forever, you’re wrong! Even I also didn’t get used to it at first. But, people can adapt. Therefore, I’m sure you will get used to it. See, there’s no other choice to live in but in my mansion, right?」

「「………」」

「U-Um…」

After repeating our arguments many times, we stopped. There was no way that we could make each other give in by simply repeating incompatible arguments. Therefore, after much discussion, we came up with this solution.

「Alright, if you say it that far, let’s do this. After the marriage, we will do whatever the master of the disciple who won the next graduation festival says! How about this!?」

「Ufufu, don’t come to me crying later, okay? Don’t think that the current Chinatsu is the same as Chinatsu up to now. You should look at Chinatsu’s special move that was devised by sacrificing Canon and Muno!」

「They are not dead, okay!?」

「Yeah, I will look forward to it. If you think you can beat Haru in terms of growth rate, that is! We have a powerful sparring partner over here named Touko. We will make full use of the remaining days to reach even greater heights!」

「Ohh, by the way, I will be stronger too. Danna, you are a genius!」

Thus, we decided to go our separate ways until the day of the graduation festival and train our disciples in our own ways. We will be together only when going to the academy, and then we will go our separate way again. This is what we have planned until the graduation festival.

Tomorrow : Free time.

The day after tomorrow : Go to Genius.

Three days later : Free time.

Four days later : Graduation festival day.

Well now, it’s a battle to determine whether or not I’m going to be a dominated husband after marriage. For the next few days, I’m going to fully train Haru. I will train her even if I have to get help from Touko and Lily! If I want to be more efficient, yeah, let’s do this.

「Touko, I allow you to stay at my house for a limited time!」

「Seriously!? Yay!」

Touko jumped in joy.