Margaret scratched her cheek with a difficult face in response.
“Well…… we’re the only ones here, so you don’t have to manage your image.”
Hearing her answer, Ruzef asked her with a puzzled face.
“Is that all?”
“Yes?”
She just blinked her eyes in confusion.
“Well, you don’t blame or comfort me……”
“Oh…… don’t you just need someone to listen to you?”
Ruzef was at a loss for words at her question, and only his lips twitched. She’s right. Actually, he wasn’t expecting her to react.
Seeing his expression, she shrugged with a regretful face.
“And I’m not good at empathizing.”
“People who are truly empathetic don’t even realize they are.”
“Is that so?”
Margaret laughed awkwardly.
However, Ruzef thought this was better than giving advice in vague words. He just wanted to tell someone his heart.
However, he didn’t expect that the person he confessed his innermost thoughts to was Margaret Rose Floné, whom he despised so much.
“The Young Lady of Floné I saw in the Vatican and here. Which one is the real you?”
Ruzef suddenly asked such a question.
Margaret seemed a little perplexed at the sudden question. She looked at his face for a while, and then she smiled sadly.
“……your question is weird. Both are me. I decided to accept what I did in the past.”
She slowly looks up at the sky. Ruzef also naturally followed her and looked up at the sky.
“Otherwise, we will not be able to move forward.”
Starlight in the night sky was flowing like a waterfall.
Yeah. Perhaps like those flowing stars, his heart is melting now.
If the way she is now is her, Ruzef would have no choice but to like her.
Her sincerity slowly permeated into his mind. Ruzef wanted to capture this moment deep in his head.
“It seems that you really have become a different person, Young Lady.”
He now admitted that she had changed and determined to trust her.
“Young Lady, I believe in you from now on……”
“Wait a second.”
And just as he was about to say it, she raised her finger and blocked his lips. Looking nervous, she glared over the forest and this time put her index finger to her own lips.
“Shh.”
Ruzef held his breath and bit his lip without realizing it.
“Lower your body. Slowly.”
She raised her hand and slowly pressed him down. Ruzef tilted his head, not understanding what she was saying.
“……yes?”
Margaret glanced at him and sighed, then she grabbed his shoulder and pushed him behind her back.
Margaret’s body leaned over his shoulder, with his back to the wooden deck.
“It seems like a monster is passing by. Be quiet for a moment.”
She leaned her body, raised her head, and whispered. Her breath tickled his ear.
Ruzef suddenly became feverish and his cheeks turned red. It was the first time he had such close contact with a woman, so he unknowingly tensed up and gave strength to his body.
On the other hand, Margaret focused all her nerves on the forest.
“……it seems it has passed, but let’s stay like this for a little while. Just in case.”
It was a resolute voice. Feeling the pressure to obey her, Ruzef responded by silently and vigorously nodding his head.
Because as soon as he opened his mouth, he had a useless worry that his beating heart would burst out of his mouth.
After holding his breath for a while, Margaret moved away from him. Ruzef felt somewhat empty as he watched her move away from him. His heart was still beating fast.
“It was uncomfortable, right? I’m sorry. I was surprised too.”
Margaret looked at him and apologized. Ruzef looked at her confident face with a dazed look, then shook his head hard.
“It was not uncomfortable at all.”
“That’s a relief. I didn’t think monsters would come all the way here. It’s late anyway, so it’s dangerous to stay outside. Let’s go inside.”
She stood up and held out her hand to him with a smile.
Ruzef looked at the hand outstretched to him and then looked at Margaret’s face again. As if Margaret didn’t understand what he was doing, she tilted her head with a confused look.