Let’s Make Saving a Habit - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134
Fearing the flames might reignite, I hastily pushed Elysion away.
“Oh, I should eat breakfast.”
It was a transparent excuse, but he chuckled softly and poked my cheek with his index finger.
“Right. Can’t skip meals before something important.”
“…Elysion, that important thing isn’t what I’m thinking, is it?”
Anxiety began creeping in—the fear that I might never escape this bed.
He tilted his head slowly, a smile playing at his lips.
“What are you thinking?”
“What people do in bed.”
“Pervert. Were you dwelling on that the whole time? I meant you facing your parents again.”
His answer was utterly absurd.
“…Seriously! Who’s calling whom a pervert? I can’t believe myself!”
As I fumed indignantly alone, Elysion rose from the bed and pulled the blanket over my head.
“Our little pervert should rest more. I’ll bring breakfast.”
I rustled beneath the covers and peeked my face out.
Then I glared at Elysion as he dressed with a soft chuckle.
By the time I’d struggled free from the heavy blanket, he’d already pulled on his lower garments.
But…
Watching him shirtless like that, my anger inexplicably melted away.
Yesterday I’d been too frazzled to notice.
His body was flawless, as if sculpted by a master’s careful hand. Muscles that were neither excessive nor lacking—perfectly defined.
The kind of physique that only came from consistent, disciplined training.
So that was the body that drove me so relentlessly last night…?
I finally understood why I’d been the one struggling with stamina.
How long had I been staring at him like this?
Before Elysion could even button his shirt.
An idea suddenly struck me, and I decided—since we’d come this far, I might as well lean into being a pervert.
“Elysion, don’t put on your shirt. Just wear an apron over it.”
“Huh?”
Confused, he tilted his head, then broke into a mischievous grin.
“Oh, that’s your taste?”
I nodded quietly, and his knowing smile deepened.
“You really are a pervert.”
“A well-trained one.”
“If that’s what you want.”
Elysion shrugged lightly, tossed his shirt into subspace, and left the room.
The thought of him bringing breakfast in just an apron made my heart race.
I buried my face in the pillow and giggled helplessly.
“This feels like a newlywed’s life.”
My heart swelled with overwhelming happiness. If I’d known it would feel this wonderful, I should have thrown caution to the wind long ago.
I spent a while giggling beneath the blankets before finally rising, washing up lightly, and dressing.
As I was toweling the moisture from my hair,
Elysion entered the room.
He wore the apron I’d requested, just as I’d asked.
“Tania, I’ve prepared roasted butter rolls and bacon for breakfast—does that sound alright?”
Yet my gaze wasn’t on the breakfast he’d so carefully arranged, but fixed entirely on Elysion.
“What a sight. An absolute masterpiece. Truly a gift from the heavens.”
“…Tania, what exactly are you looking at?”
“What do you mean? I’m looking at my future husband.”
At my shameless compliment, Elysion’s face flushed crimson in an instant.
“Ah, life is worth living.”
Had I perhaps been living all this time for this very moment?
“Stop staring and eat your breakfast.”
Elysion averted his gaze awkwardly, cutting the bacon and dipping it with a piece of bread before popping it directly into my mouth.
Nom.
Even his embarrassment was endearing, having seen everything there was to see between us.
As I savored this newlywed bliss, munching away contentedly,
Elysion spoke to me with a somewhat serious expression.
“Tania.”
“Hmm?”
“After breakfast, are you planning to return to the Papiope Family’s timeline?”
“I suppose I should.”
It would be better to act on my decision immediately.
“Then, before you turn back time, I’d like to use my wish voucher.”
“Your wish voucher?”
He seemed to be referring to the agreement we’d made—that he would grant me a wish in exchange for creating the escalator for the Department Store.
“Sion, I didn’t realize it then, but thinking about it now… didn’t you already know how to make that? Taking a wish voucher is too much.”
“Pfft, but I did make it for you, didn’t I?”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
Somehow, I felt cheated.
As I pouted without meaning to, Elysion gently tapped my lips.
“Just hear me out, and if you don’t like it, you can refuse. We agreed on that condition when we negotiated the wish voucher.”
That’s right—we had set that condition.
“…What’s your wish?”
“Once we return to the starting point, let’s gradually reduce how often we turn back time.”
“What?”
It was a request I hadn’t anticipated.
I swallowed the food I’d been chewing and stared blankly at Elysion.
“Tania, I’m not asking you to never use your ability. In fact, I couldn’t force you to do that anyway.”
“….”
“But I’d appreciate it if you could consciously restrain yourself, even just a little.”
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t an unreasonable request from Elysion’s perspective.
If anything, it was strange that he hadn’t complained at all despite the viewpoint shifting around at my whim all this time.
Yet even as I sensed his concern, I couldn’t bring myself to agree readily.
Whenever something went even slightly wrong, I could handle it perfectly by simply rewinding the viewpoint.
I’d lived my entire life that way….
Could I really reduce my ability usage?
Elysion pierced a piece of food with his fork and brought it to my lips again as he continued.
“I’m used to time shifting unexpectedly because of your ability. It’s a bit bothersome, I’ll admit, but if I think of it as being for you, it’s fine.”
I couldn’t even chew the food Elysion fed me as I listened to his words.
“But I don’t think it’s a good habit to rewind the viewpoint every time things go slightly awry, like now.”
“….”
“Tania, no one in this world lives a perfect life.”
Each word struck deep into my heart. There was no fault in what he said.
“We all make mistakes, and we all regret the choices we make. But accepting those things and moving forward—that’s also a life.”
Elysion carefully took my hand.
“Don’t give up on your life.”
Rewinding the viewpoint had become far too familiar to me.
Having repeated it hundreds, thousands of times, perhaps I’d come to think of it lightly.
But hearing him say not to give up on my life….
I began to truly grasp how terrifying my ability was.
Perhaps I hadn’t been rewinding time at all—perhaps I’d been abandoning every life I’d ever lived.
All the versions of me across countless timelines.
That’s why.
I accepted Elysion’s proposal.
“…I’ll try.”
As I slowly nodded, Elysion broke into a bright smile and held out his pinky finger to me.
“Then promise me—once we return to the original viewpoint and meet with Aiden and your Biological Mother, you won’t rewind time unless absolutely necessary.”
Seeing how much he wanted a firm promise, I hesitated to link my finger with his.
I wavered.
There was a vast difference between trying not to use my ability and actually not using it.
But in the end, I extended my finger and linked it with his.
“Yes. I won’t rewind.”
I would cherish the life given to me, treat it as a single, irreplaceable opportunity, and face it with genuine sincerity.

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I steadied myself and summoned the viewpoint.
[Summoning Viewpoint 1.]
The first thing that came into view was Aiden, kneeling before me with his head bowed.
Seeing his pitiful state, I felt tears threatening to spill once more.
Where once they had been born from fury, these tears carried a different weight entirely.
As one human to another, I found myself pitying Aiden.
“Please, rise from there.”
But no answer came. He only bowed his head deeper, apologizing like a penitent.
“Look at me. Lift your head.”
“….”
“Father.”
At that word—Father—Aiden’s head finally lifted, his pupils dilating in shock as our eyes met.
Eyes of deep amber.
How had I not seen it until now? The resemblance was so striking.

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