The Doll and The Prince - v3 Chapter 7 (Patreon)

Naruhito (44)
Mutsumine, who had carried Sai out, quickly returned. The door was open, but he seemed hesitant to enter.

"Bathroom."

When I said that, he hurried over to me. He gently picked me up and took me there. I couldn't sit down, so he had to support me, even inside the bathroom. Damn it~

"You want to go by yourself to the bathroom, right?"
"Yeah."
"You said the same thing before, even though you couldn't move your legs."
"Mm."
"I'm sorry for that time. Sorry for giving you strange medicine and handcuffing you. I've wanted to apologize for a long time."
"I know."

That was Mutsumine's job, and he gave me food. It's fine.

"... You're light, aren't you?"

He said something like that before too. When I smiled wryly, he asked what was funny.

"Mutsumine says the same thing."

He looked surprised.

"You knew my name?"
"Uh-huh."

I know that kind of thing. The doctor always calls you that. Come to think of it, Mutsumine never calls my name.

"My name."
"I know it."
"Don't you call me by it?"
"Can I?"
"It's fine. Why?"
"... No reason, really."

He kept staring at me without putting me back on the bed.

"I thought I had no right to call your name because of the terrible things I did. Also, Prince Hiiro told me so. I thought that was my punishment."
"Punishment."
"I... dissected the bodies of Dolls other than you, one or two more. I knew they were human when I dissected them, but when I saw you, Naruhito, I thought you were terribly broken."

That's just how it is. I've always been like this, so there's nothing to worry about.

"You lack imagination."
"I'm broken again."
"They say I'm not feeling well."
"Please fix me, Mutsumine."

"... I'll study like my life depends on it."

"Haha."

Getting tired, I closed my eyes.

"I promise."
"Mm."

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