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Finishing up our work, we had lunch.
I made our lunch together with Futo-chan before we left. I stuffed a rather deformed onigiri (Futo-chan made it) into my mouth and praised her about its taste, to which she happily smiled. After we finished, she said with a somewhat heavy tone, "I told you earlier that you had not revealed much about yourself, but neither have I told you much about myself." "Is there something you haven't told me about?" I inquired. "Yes," she nodded, continuing suddenly, "about the me from long ago and the current me. As I have told you before, before my long slumber, I had two acquaintances named Taishi and Tojiko that I spent my days with. I liked it when we were together. Taishi understood me well, and although Tojiko was an annoying one, it was somewhat fun getting into spats with her." "But we were all in different situations... we were not originally in a position to become friends with another. Back then, Taishi enticed me with the idea of immortality. 'We will become shikaisen, to shed the bindings of this world and spend our days together forever,' he said."
"Thus I entered my slumber in that mausoleum. I was first, with them to follow after seeing my success. But I ended up being the only one for whom it succeeded. Upon awakening, I opened the coffins of Taishi and Tojiko only to find the rotted remains of what used to be two people. Not wanting to stay there any longer, I ran out of the mausoleum and wandered about, eventually meeting you." "After my resurrection, the loss of Taishi and Tojiko was lonely. But the days spent with you were fun. I grew accustomed to daily life with you, and eventually the time I spent with Taishi and Tojiko was relinquished to the back of my mind. I know it is probably too much to ask for, but... I want to stay by your side. I wonder if I could keep living with you forever...?" she finished with pleading eyes directed toward me. She wants to be with me, huh... just what exactly did I think of Futo-chan? I remembered how uneasy I felt when I woke up this morning and she wasn't there. I guess I, too, have gotten accustomed to life with Futo-chan. Guess I don't need to think too much about it then. "I myself want to keep living with you, so... let's be happy from now on as well," I told her. "Thank you... my lord," she grinned with a happy fist pump... to be continued