Chapter 99: Please Just Stay Still

Momo puts up a barrier that keeps outside energy from entering. I understood that.

The Abyss's magic already inside that barrier is covered by my magic. I understood that, too.

Then we press our bodies completely together to block off even more magic. I understood that, too.

Fuck, I understood everything. That's the problem.

'...Seriously? This is the only answer? Really?'

I was flustered.

No, of course, from Momo's perspective, it wasn't such a difficult request.

Hug tightly? It wasn't something I could do casually, but it wasn't something that required steeling myself to do, either. If we were the same sex.

That's the problem. If we were the same sex.

And I was the opposite sex. Pretending to be the same sex...