Before anyone knew it, they had naturally become close enough to joke with each other, and no one found it strange. If people from even further "back then" could see how far things had come, they would probably be jealous, wouldn't they?
After shooing away the little girls of the Three Fairies, who were celebrating with delight, she had to make sure no one saw what she was about to do to the still-lying Miyuki. Ash pulled out the heart he had been treasuring in his chest, which was beating furiously, wearing a baffled expression.
All the other hearts had gone straight back so quickly. Why wouldn't this one return? Or rather... why was it beating even faster while in my hand? Was this related to me too?
This was why I didn't understand women's hearts! They were so easy to calculate when I was plotting against them...
"Ash-sensei... dear husband~"
For some reason, the sweet voice that came from behind him made his scalp tingle.
"What have you done now?"
As Ash searched over Miyuki's body through her clothes for the source of the problem, seemingly trying to find somewhere to stuff the heart without the slightest concern for personal space, Reika beside him cast a rather resentful, old-fashioned remark his way. "You clearly already have me. Why must you commit such improper acts with another bride?"
"Could it be that my lord has grown tired of me? Is this what they call... an affair? Sob, sob. All those vows about cherishing me were merely flowery words. A maiden's love was treated as a joke. I am truly too heartbroken for tears~"
"Smack!" Finally pulling his hands away from Miyuki, Ash slammed both palms onto the tabletop. His face was nearly covered in black lines.
"Why am I 'my