Life has really undergone a lot of change for me.

You think to yourself after looking at Mendacia next to you, giving her a warm smile, and lightly squeezing her hand.

After you saved her from the Second Layer of the Depths, she hasn’t left your side, insisting that she stay with you during your journey, claiming that it’s “only fair” seeing as how you didn’t give up on her, and you didn’t leave her side when you very easily could’ve, and gotten the exact same rewards as saving her. However, something more was obviously going on in her head, as normally, a person you saved wouldn’t be this clingy.

You were right to suspect such a thing, as one day, along your journey, she stopped you at a very scenic place you two passed by, holding the both of your hands and blushing slightly, she confessed her love for you and her desire to start a relationship with you. Despite your surprise, you accepted, not really wanting to be alone on your journey, and wanting someone who meant a lot to you to share it with, and who better to do that with than your new girlfriend?

She now notices your smile and your squeeze, tilting her head in confusion, a look she sometimes gave you, being just as adorable as the first time you saw it.

“What’s the matter, little Godseeker?”

She asks, having affectionately given you that nickname from a term she had heard from the Voice of Ethiron during her time in the Second Layer before you met and saved her.

Nothing. Just thinking about how much I love you.

You reply, intending to fluster her, or “ruffle her feathers” so to speak, as birds sometimes do, correlating to her Tiran ethnicity, having her own bird-like feathers that often betrayed her emotions as they did now, perking up and then flattening against her head, accompanied by a blush.

Hehe, anyway… It’s getting kind of late. Let’s find an inn to rest up for tomorrow.

“Okay…”

She replies, not protesting as you two eventually find a nearby inn, settling into a room, climbing into the single bed, and spooning each other.