But if I wait any longer, I'd end up wetting myself...
Ah, if I asked Yuki to come with me to the toilet, he might be disappointed... But if I wet myself, he'll be disappointed too.
After all, a wife wetting herself is not something you can tell people about, no matter how you look at it. If it was a different kind of wetness, I'd be happy, but this is different.
I'm just scared... And because I'm scared, I've turned into a little girl who can't even go to the bathroom...
"Ugh, it's all because Yuki showed us that thing..."
Looking at Yuki sleeping soundly beside me, I recalled the events of earlier today.
* * *
"...Hey, by the way, do you have any other... 'movies', was it?"
I had asked Yuki that while he was relaxing after coming back from the cemetery.
"Hm? What's up?"
"If you have more, I want to see them."
I pounced on him as I said it.
Yuki didn't mind, and supported me so I wouldn't lose my balance. Yes, he really is wonderful.
"Oh, that sounds interesting. Just as Labyris asked, are there no others?"
"Yeah! I'd like to see more if you have them!"
Ratz and Riel added, having overheard our conversation.
"Hmm, I have a few, but... I wonder which one I should show you..."
"Heh, you really have a lot of variety, don't you?"
"Amazing as ever."
Seraria and Milly said, walking over to join us.
It seemed everyone was interested in these "movies".
"Well, it's not just movies. If we started watching dramas series, we wouldn't finish in one day."
Saying that, Yuki ended up showing us a movie carefully selected by him.
By the way, he'd set up a big television in the banquet hall for us, so everyone could watch comfortably.
Last time we had to peek at it on a little notebook computer? It was hard to see sometimes, but this time there was no problem at all.
* * *
"Wow, that was fascinating~"
"Totally! It was so intense! I'm amazed they survived filming in the middle of a battlefield like that!"
"Actually, it was a war movie, but they were all actors..."
"Ara? How impressive. I really thought it was a real battlefield."
The movie we had just finished was a war story from Yuki's world. It featured large-scale battles with bows and shields, following a protagonist who charged alone into the enemy camp for his country and repelled the invaders.
"But that ending was awful."
I clung to Yuki as I said it.
"I hated it too, Onii-chan."
"You won't do anything like that, will you?"
Aslin and Filia followed suit, clinging to him with worried expressions.
It couldn't be helped. The protagonist in the movie had taken out the enemy commander, but he was struck by a rain of arrows and died right there. The final shot was a beautiful headstone honoring his heroic deeds.
"No, no, I'm not going to do anything that gets me killed. I don't want to do something so obviously fatal, and if I ever said I would..."
"I wouldn't let you. Absolutely not."
"Derieu is right. I would stop you by any means necessary." (Seraria)
"Hahaha. I'd even stop you by putting a collar on you." (Ratz)
Everyone glared at Yuki while saying such dangerous things. It's only natural; leaving your wives behind to die is unforgivable.
"I don't want to die and leave you all behind either. But anyway, that's not what this is about. Did you enjoy it?"
"Yes, it was very interesting. But you mustn't imitate him, okay?"
"Indeed. No imitating allowed."
"Understood."
"...I won't, geez."
We have to keep telling him clearly, because if we don't, Yuki will secretly push himself too hard.
* * *
And after that, we started talking about how to make films.
"So this is the 'video camera'?"
"Yeah. You press there to record."
"This button?"
"That's it."
With Ratz as our representative, she took the camera and filmed the surroundings, then connected it to the TV to show us.
"Ah, that's me!"
"Nii-sama, Nii-sama! I'm on the screen!!"
Aslin and Filia were beyond excited. I was more than a little surprised myself.
"And so, by filming simple shots like these and editing them together, you build a movie."
"I think I get it now. Hmm..."
"Well, you understand video now. Oh, that's right. It is Obon, so should we watch that?"
"""That?"""
I wish I'd stopped Yuki then.
Yes, what Yuki showed us after that was—
『...Did you notice it?』
"It was there it was there it was there it was there...!!"
"Please calm down, Derieu. It's not that scary..."
"W-What?! E-Eris, are you not scared?! It's a ghost, you know!? It's really on the screen!!"
It was a summer "Paranormal Special."
Having just learned how cameras work, we were horrified by the idea of impossible things being caught on tape. And the abnormality of it—unlike ghosts or zombies, their expressions seemed designed to incite terror from the depths of one's soul.
"Ah, h-hahahaha..."
"If you're scared, Sheila, you can go back to your room with Killue, you know?"
"P-Please stop, Yuki-sama! You show us this terrifying thing and then tell the two of us to go back to our room alone?!"
The two of them were shaking and hugging each other tight.
It's scary... It's really scary!!
"...I guess I went too far. How about Ratz and Milly?"
"Hmm, well, it is scary, but that's about it. Like Onii-san said, many are probably fakes. But if there are real ones, I find myself wondering what they're trying to say... I can't bring myself to just reject it out of fear."
"...You're right. I wonder if my brother would show up if I used a camera?"
I understand what Ratz and Milly—who also lost her brother—were saying. I understand wanting to see them again, even in this form...
But it's scary!
What was with that teleportation?! Coming in at impossible angles!! Just a head!! Just a hand!! Noooooo!!
* * *
And that brings us to the present.
"I... I'm at my limit."
The dam is about to break. As a woman, I'm about to lose my dignity.
Just as I resolved to stand up and head for the bathroom, my body froze.
"Eh?"
At first, I didn't understand. Why wouldn't my body move? But slowly, the reason became clear. My leg. Something was grabbing my leg.
"Hii—!?"
I let out a small cry, but Yuki, Aslin, and Filia wouldn't wake up!
"Uoooohhh..."
The grip on my leg tightened, and something started crawling out from under the futon. Out of that dark abyss... a head appeared...
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"
* * *
The result: I had an accident.
As it turns out, the one holding my leg was a terrified Derieu, who had crawled over to my side.
"...You won't hate me?"
"Hm? It's fine. Come on, let's go."
The next day, I was even afraid to touch him.
Would he be disillusioned? Would he think I'm a child? But in the end, Yuki didn't change. He wrapped those warm arms around me and smiled.
"...But keep yesterday a secret, okay?"
"Sure."
The story was settled as "Yuki spilled some water." Only Yuki knows of my moment of disgrace. Derieu was still half-asleep and didn't realize what happened.
