The Nymph Wants to be Plundered - Chapter 235

In the midst of the clutter, instead of picking up anything, Evelyn just stood there dumbfounded, so Nike clicked her tongue.

“Ugh, so frustrating. At times like this, you should just close your eyes and quickly pick things to live well. If it were me, I would have already grabbed ten things.”

“…I’m sorry when you’re being so considerate.”

“Never mind. Ah…! That’s right. Then tell me, do you have any wishes you’ve had?”

“Wishes…?”

“Yeah! Even if it’s something completely absurd, it doesn’t matter—tell me your imagination or wishes. Even if it’s something you can’t see among this miscellaneous stuff. Until then, I’m not letting you out of here, okay?”

She told her to pick items, but now she couldn’t leave until she stated a wish?! It was an even more absurd request, but Evelyn began to seriously consider it. She didn’t want to keep showing an attitude of ignoring Nike when she was trying so hard to do something for her.

What could there be? After moving her residence to the second floor, Cassis’s careful attention and consideration had increased even more, so there really wasn’t anything that came to mind. Then she finally thought of one thing.

“There is…! Ah, but it has absolutely no feasibility…”

“Hurry up and tell me. What is it?”

Evelyn glanced sideways at the wings neatly folded behind Nike’s back.

“I wanted to try having something like wing-like decorations. N-not real wings! You’re surely not going to detach yours for me, right?!”

As soon as she mentioned wings, Nike spread her wings wide and grabbed them with her hands, making Evelyn jump in shock. She was someone who would never want wings that were obviously attached to someone else’s body.

Nike touched her own with playful hands and laughed heartily.

“Hahaha, as if I would do that? Even if I cut mine off for you, you wouldn’t take them because you’d be scared. Anyway, you’re really fun to tease.”

“N-Nike…”

“This worked out perfectly. Hearing what you said reminded me—there was one item I had forgotten about. If you use that, you could at least imitate a fairy. Hmm… Flying high like me would be difficult, but you should be able to get up to that tree over there, right?”

“Really?”

“Of course. Now, sit here and wait.”

Nike crossed her arms and nodded to herself, then left her in the chaotic living room and disappeared into one of the rooms. As soon as Evelyn was alone, she felt a slight sense of self-deprecation.

…No, that can’t be right. She’s definitely teasing me again. Where would there be wings that could lift feet off the ground? It’s probably just a toy or something—whatever she brings, I should welcome it enthusiastically and smile.

At most it would be a finely crafted wing model, so she thought she could thank her when she received it and return it after the move was finished.

Nike came out much later with dust clumps stuck all over her hair, holding a package that looked like a giant kite in her hands. It was proof that she had succeeded in finding that item.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you to the Hall of Glory. Ah! This is called ancient fairy wings, you know? For how to use it, you unwrap this packaging and then recite the words I’m about to tell you from now on. That is…”

“……”

Thus, Evelyn’s eyes widened in astonishment at having received such a precious gift.

“Wow…”

When she entered the bedroom, unwrapped the packaging, and spread it out, it had truly beautiful wings like a large bird lying down. They were more brilliant gold than Cassis’s hair, with only the top feathers being pure white and truly soft. To receive such a wonderful gift that made her want to lie down and sleep right there!

Should she try it on quickly?

The spirits who recognized the ancient fairy wings were gathering behind Evelyn’s back out of curiosity. Unaware of this, she gulped and first threw off the clothes she was wearing. These wings were special and could be attached even while wearing clothes, but she had a great desire to see the perfect attachment form. So, naked.

She recited the incantation Nike had taught her to attach the wings to her back. She planned to quickly go to the mirror after this.

“One who draws beautiful fairies earnestly wishes, please help me follow their example and imitate them for a moment… Ah…!”

Before the incantation was even finished, something amazing happened. The pair of wings that had been neatly placed on the floor each floated up and stuck to her back, precisely to her shoulder blades. At first it was ticklish so her waist swayed involuntarily, but she soon got used to it.

And then…

“Ah, ah…! Wh-what is this?!”

Nike had said that the ancient fairy wings weren’t just wing-shaped decorations but real wings. As if proving those words, the wings attached to Evelyn’s back made her body float up as soon as they spread out. Evelyn rose all the way to the fairly high ceiling and instantly bumped into it. Without even time to rub her aching crown and shoulders, she became very urgent.

“N-no. Put me down! Uh… right. Fairy’s… hup!”

Even when she cried out, the wings that had already stuck firmly to her shoulder blades showed little sign of folding.