Act Four - A beard. [Video]

[seventeenpills]

Well, the Gods didn't skip over me for this particular prank. It's not as noticeable as some other people's new facial hair but I'm still sort of proud of it.

[The camera zooms in on his chin where you can quite plainly see a downy fuzz. If you squint. And use a little imagination. It's there... just... less than prominent.]

I wonder how long we'll get to keep these?

Comments

[titties]

Hey, it doesn't look half bad on you, either!

[seventeenpills]

Thanks, Battler! I appreciate you saying so.

How about you? Did you get a beard?

[titties]

Nope. ... Guess they skipped me this time, heh.

[seventeenpills]

That's a shame - I think you'd look super dashing with a beard. Especially with your red hair.

[titties]

You think so? Maybe I'll look into growing one out then!

[seventeenpills]

You should try it! At least you can do it voluntarily and if you don't care for it, or your Wife doesn't, you can just shave.

[titties]

... Knowing her, she'd think it was hilarious. Maybe it's not such a good idea after all.

[seventeenpills]

Haha! Why? Would she tease you?

[titties]

She takes every chance she gets to tease me.

[seventeenpills]

Well then, what's the difference if you grow a beard? She's going to tease you one way or the other so really, you might as well have some fun while you're at it.

[titties]

With the way she does it, there's nothing fun about it--!! [ Well alright, there is some fun it is sometimes... ]

[seventeenpills]

Ahh - sorry to hear that. I still think you're lucky to have a Wife though. That must be nice.

[titties]

Marriage is Hell.

[ ... ]

While we're on the topic... Out of curiosity, you wouldn't have anyone you're interested in yourself, would you?

[seventeenpills]

H... Hell is a strong word. For something like that, I mean.

[He had never met Battler's Wife, after all.]

And. Um. I don't know? It's a complicated thing.

[titties]

There's no better word to fit marriage at all!

[ ... ah ]

I get it. ... Well, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to.

[seventeenpills]

Really? Hell still means the same thing in your world as it means in mine, right? It's not a nice place.

Oh, it's not really that I don't want to. It's just a strange situation and I don't really know how to talk about it because I'm not even sure what I think, more than anything.

[titties]

Nope. It's the worst place imaginable, in fact.

... Heh, really? I know how that is. Love can be a pretty confusing thing to think about, huh?

[seventeenpills]

It sounds like it might be even more confusing for you than it is for me! Haha!

[titties]

I think it's marriage itself that make things complicated, but... you're right... My relationship isn't exactly built on the most normal situations!

[seventeenpills]

How so? Was it one of those arranged marriages or something?

[titties]

Heh... Imagining Beato agreeing to one of those is almost impossible to do. We started out as rivals, if anything.

[seventeenpills]

That sounds more like fun than hell. Rivals in what?

[titties]

Rivals in what? ... Ihiihihih, you might not believe you if I told you.

[seventeenpills]

C'mon, man. I live in a magical grey land populated by Gods and fairies and dragons and I can heal people with my mind. My suspension of disbeleif is going up by the day.

[titties]

Heh.... It's true, isn't it? A lot of people'll believe almost anything after coming here!

Well... back then... I denied magic left and right, and she wanted to try to prove that she was a witch, and that magic definitely existed.