Love-Brain and Heredity

Higashino Makoto nodded.

The golden light transformed into three slender blades of light, which hovered in mid-air.

Then it fell.

All three bodies stopped breathing simultaneously.

Evileye covered her mouth and made no sound.

Then came the resurrection.

Golden light surged from Higashino Makoto's palm, enveloping the three bodies.

The light seeped into the skin, into the muscles, into the bones, and into the soul.

The heart starts beating again, the blood flows again, and breathing begins again.

The man opened his eyes.

His eyes are now rainbow-colored.

The mark of someone with rainbow eyes is that seven colors flow within their pupils, like a rainbow.

The other two women also recovered.

The man sat up, his gaze sweeping across the stone chamber. It swept over the magic lamps, over the iron door, and over the red-cloaked girl kneeling on the ground, wearing a magic mask.

Finally, it fell on Higashino Makoto.

"Who are you?"

His voice was hoarse, but calm.

"Your savior. You became an immortal, and I've turned you back."

The man's brow furrowed slightly.

He looked down at his hands.

Rosy, warm, flesh-and-blood hands.

He remembered the sudden magic that had knocked his daughter down with his wife.

"How long... have we been undead?"

More than two hundred years.

The man's pupils contracted slightly.

He fell silent.

The woman also sat up and nestled beside the man, her colorful eyes looking at Higashino Makoto.

"You... you saved my husband and me. Thank you."

She lowered her head and bowed deeply.

The young woman scrambled to her feet and frantically tried to straighten her rotten maid outfit.

"Your Highness, Princess!"

Her voice was sharp, filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"Your Highness—where are you—where are you—!"

Evileye knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face from beneath her magic mask.

"Nastasha..."

"Your Highness--!"

A young woman ran over, knelt before her, and reached out, her hand trembling, to touch her mask.

"You—you're still alive—you're still alive—!"

"Hmm... I'm still alive..."

"That's great... that's great..."

The two hugged each other and cried their hearts out.

The man and woman stood up and walked to Evileye.

The man lowered his head and looked at the girl who was kneeling on the ground, crying, wearing a magic mask and a red cloak.

"Keno."

Evileye's body trembled violently.

For the first time in two hundred years, someone called her by her real name.

"Father..."

You've grown up.

His voice was calm, but Higashino Makoto saw something shimmering in those seven-colored eyes.

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... I... I was too weak back then..."

"No need to apologize."

He reached out and gently patted her head.

"You did what you were supposed to do, you survived, that's enough."

Evileye's tears flowed even more fiercely.

The woman knelt down and took Evileye's hand.

"Keno."

"Mother..."

You've lost weight.

"I didn't... I just... I only..."

Evileye speechless.

She just knelt there, crying and laughing.

Nastasha knelt beside her, also weeping.

Shinano stood behind Higashino Makoto, her purple eyes watching the three people who were burying their faces in their hands and crying.

Higashino Makoto always felt somewhat superfluous.

Rem misses her sister a little too.

Rem wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"Ha, it's only been a few days. There's a limit to how much you can have a sister complex."

Higashino Makoto turned around and walked out of the stone chamber.

"Let's go outside. Let them talk."

Shinano followed behind him, and Rem caught up.

The sound of their footsteps echoed on the stone steps, gradually fading into the distance.

Inside the stone chamber, Evileye removed her magic mask.

A pale, young face, streaked with tears, was revealed.

Blood-red pupils swirled in the light of the magic lamp, like fine, fragrant wine.

"Father, Mother, Nastasha, two hundred years have passed, and our country has perished."

The man remained silent for a long time, then sighed.

"I see... is that so..."

After discovering that he had been dead for over two hundred years, he had already guessed this outcome, but he still felt somewhat uneasy.

After all, it was the country he had sworn to protect.

Evileye... no, Keno sensed the awkward atmosphere and immediately changed the subject.

"How about we go live together in the Re-Estize Kingdom Ri Yestize? It's in the northwest corner of the continent, a country established by humans. I have some teammates there, and everyone will definitely welcome us!"

The king and queen exchanged a glance and nodded.

"Okay, Annie and I will go to where Keno is."

Anne Faslis Inbelen, the name of Keno's mother.

She had no objection to this.

Or perhaps she was more interested in something else, her rainbow-colored pupils brimming with gossip.

"Keno, what is your relationship with that person? I've never heard of anyone being able to resurrect after becoming an immortal."

"He... he is..."

Keno was momentarily speechless.

How should I answer?

Stranger?

Benefactor?

Owner?

Tell your parents that their daughter sold everything to bring them back to life?

Moreover, to be honest, Keno doesn't dislike Higashino Makoto.

She had always hoped to date Hero, a prince charming.

Higashino Makoto, who has the title of Silver Paladin, clearly fits her aesthetic perfectly.

Given that he resurrected her parents, her affection for Higashino Makoto was undoubtedly quite high.

On the contrary, she was somewhat worried that the other party might not be satisfied with her petite figure.

Ultimately, she came to this answer.

"Love... my lover..."

Anne, Keno's mother, was clearly quite satisfied with the answer, and clasped her hands together with a snap.

"I knew it! I knew it!"

"My Keno is the cutest child ever! That man must have been completely infatuated with Keno, and ended up spending a lot of time developing magic to resurrect the undead!"

"This is so romantic!"

Keno hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not object.

Upon hearing this answer from outside, Higashino Makoto nearly collapsed to the ground.

What kind of thought process is this?

Is he the legendary "love-obsessed" type?

Speaking of which, in the original work, Keno fell in love at first sight with Ainz when he rescued Hero, so she does seem to be a bit love-struck.

So, is this actually genetic?

"Sir, what did you say?"

Higashino Makoto patted Rem's head but didn't answer.

Let's move away from each other.

To avoid hearing anything that makes me laugh.