“Your whole body is a mess.”
After sharing a tearful reunion, the Saintess declared that to me.
I repeatedly clenched and opened the hand that had been holding the Saintess until just before. It felt somewhat unsatisfactory, lacking that resilient texture to quench this thirst.
But it was after coming back from the brink of death.
No matter how oblivious I was, I could read the atmosphere. Facing the Saintess who was still dabbing the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, I bowed my head like a sinner.
“No, well. But since I survived, isn’t it okay……?”
“Okay, you say?”
The Saintess’s eyes narrowed slightly at my carefree answer.
As if to prove she was angry, the Saintess placed her hands firmly on her hips and let out a snort.
Hmph, her exaggeratedly turning her face away looked quite adorable.
It might be her way of acting cute.
A faint smile naturally formed at the corners of my mouth.
“Do you know how much I struggled to save you? You suddenly collapsed, and no matter how much divine power I poured in, there was no sign of improvement… I grunted and carried that muscle lump of a body all the way down the mountain!”
Hmm, I swallowed a groan and imagined the…