戸からは光が零れている。朝が来たようだった。我は、今日も長い時を隔てる事なく、朝を迎えれた様だった。呻く様に、体を揺らすと、すぐ傍で「んん・・・」と寝ぼける様な声が聞こえた。その声の主は「」殿。故あって、我を居候させてくれている恩人だ。我は彼に抱きつきながら、彼の胸の中で寝ていた。始めは少し慣れなさがあったのだけど、もう彼の体温を感じながら寝ている事も慣れた。今では、彼の胸の中が我の寝床でもあると言える。少し前までは、千数年も寝ていて、まさか目覚めた後、見ず知らずの「」殿の胸の中が寝床になるなんて、想像もしなかっただろう。この「」殿の体温が、我がちゃんと日を跨いで目覚めたと感じさせられて、安心できる。我は彼の体温を感じながら寝る事が慣れてしまったのだ。肌寒く感じる朝だったので、我はもう少し「」殿の胸の中で「」殿の体温を貪る事にした。我と「」殿はその後、寝床から起きて、食事を取った。食事の時は、大体我が話し、「」殿が聞くという流れになっていた。我は事を起こしたがりの性分で、つい、何か面白そうな事を思いついたら、得意になって話し立ててしまう。それを「」殿は、少し困った顔をしながらうんうんと頷き、我を褒めてくれたりする。それが我には嬉しくて、ただ嬉しくて。そんな「」殿と暮らす日々が我の日常になっている。・・・暫くすると、「」殿は勤めを果たすべく、家を出た。以前、我も手伝いたいと申し出た事もあったが、「」殿は困ったの様に笑って、我には少し早いよと断られた。・・・「」殿は、我の方が遥かに年上だと言うのに、我を子供扱いしている節がある。それが、何か悔しい・・・。我は、「」殿のお役に立ちたいと思っているのに。そう言えば、あの方にも、我はよく子供をあしらわれる様に我と接する時は、「」殿の様に困り顔で笑っていたものだった。・・・過去の事を考えるのはやめよう。あの日々は過去なんだ。不死の肉体を得て、3人ずっと一緒に居れると思っていて、いや・・・。余計な思考を我は振り払って、我は、いつもの様に部屋を掃除して、その後、家にある本等を読んで過ごす事にした。そして、大分時間がたっただろうか、我はふと、人里に行ってみたくなった。「」殿と行った、あの場所。我の知らない物ばかりで楽しかった。そんな風にあてもなく、人里へ行き、町並みを眺めていると、妖夢殿と偶然出くわしわっふるわっふる

Light is spilling in through the entrance. It seems morning had come. As usual, I greeted the morning early rather than wasting any time. As I stretch out my body, I hear a sleepy-sounding groan coming from nearby. It was the voice of my lord. He is the good will that took me in and let me stay with him for free. I sleep with him in my embrace, tucking my head into his chest. At first it felt awkward, but now I am used to having his warmth there when I sleep. I could say that his chest is my futon now. A short while ago, I never would have imagined that after waking from my thousand year slumber and meeting my then-unknown lord, I would be sleeping so soundly in his grasp. His warmth makes me feel safe, reassuring me that I have managed to make it to another day. I have truly become dependent on having his warmth there to sleep. Being a cold morning, my skin felt cold; I decided to snuggle back up to my lord and pilfer his heat. A bit later, we rose and had a meal. During our meals, I mostly speak while he mostly listens. With me being the type to love fooling around, whenever I think of something interesting to do I tell him. He usually puts on a hesitant expression but nods and approves, praising me. It makes me delighted. That is how we spend our days.

A while later, having things to do, he departed. In the past I offered to help him, but he declined, saying I was still too young. Even though he says I am much older than him, there are still times when he treats me like a child. It is somewhat vexing... I just want to be of use to him. Now that I think about it, that person also treated me like a child when speaking to me, wearing the same uneasy smile as my lord. ...I should stop thinking about the past. Those days are long gone. I thought the three of us would be together forever, immortal, but.... Stopping myself from overthinking it any further, I returned to the room and started cleaning as usual. Then, I read the various books around the house. After a seemingly long time had passed, I suddenly felt like going to the human village. The place I had gone to with my lord one time. It was fun, seeing so many things I had never seen before. Thus, I randomly set off for the village, and looking around at the sights I happened to see Youmu... to be continued