Incompatible Interspecies Wives

Chapter 169: The Flow of Time (1)

We set off for Stockpin.

I hadn't seen Ner and Arwin since then.

Our parting had happened so abruptly.

As I headed towards Stockpin, I couldn't get them out of my mind.

Even when I tried not to think about them, their faces kept appearing.

Since we became a couple, we had never been apart.

No matter what mission we completed, we traveled together.

Their warmth was always within reach.

But now, things were different.

'Divorce.'

We were completely strangers now.

There was no reason to call each other lightly anymore, nor could we.

No more sharing a bed, no more going on walks together.

We couldn't even hold hands, or hug each other.

I might never see their faces again in my life.

It was the obvious path I had chosen, and I was used to farewells... but the distance between us felt strangely awkward.

I had no regrets about my choice.

But it wasn't something I was used to.

Even though I had given a heads-up, the members of the Red Flames seemed to find my divorce awkward as well.

Many of them looked at me, filled with confusion.

I didn't bother to resolve their confusion.

Resolving it would inevitably mean explaining Ner and Arwin's actions.

This was a secret I had to carry.

Gale and Sien followed us.

For some reason, it felt natural.

Gale, perhaps worried about me losing Adam Hyung, or my separation from my wife... no, my ex-wives, kept trying to support me.

He even promised to help stabilize the foundation of our newly established family.

Sien, having given up her position as a saint, had nowhere else to go.

I no longer had a reason to push her away.

Though she had relinquished her former status along with her role, having the hero of the human race in our territory wasn't a bad thing.

...Honestly, I also felt a sense of reliance on her.

I needed someone to lean on after losing everyone.

Sien's presence didn't feel awkward.

Maybe because I'd known her since I was 11.

Or maybe because we were closer than anyone else at one time.

I couldn't say for sure.

Sien seemed to have heard about my divorce belatedly.

Only then did she seem to realize why I had leaned on her a few days ago.

She looked at me with a pained expression from some point on.

As if trying to comfort me, she kept approaching.

As if expressing my pain on my behalf.

Seeing her prioritize my emotions more than anyone else, I felt an inexplicable sense of comfort.