“Oh, right. Yeah, right. I asked…”

“But no one knows what kind of animal the child will be.”

“Why?”

Idrish propped his chin. There was a faint hint of a smile on his relaxed face.

“For example, if a child is born between you and me, it could be a tiger beastman, or it could be a hedgehog beastman. So people usually marry within the same species.”

Idrish mentioned this without changing his expression, using himself and her as an example.

What’s this? Should she take this as something meaningful?

Her heart was on the verge of performing a symphony.

“Oh, I see. Ah, it’s really interesting. It’s like a random draw. Haha.”

She looked around.

Whether it was because she had honestly acknowledged her emotions for the first time, her whole body was hot.

The air in the room felt too warm.

Her heart was racing excessively, and her hand was still on Idrish’s chest. From close by, Idrish’s gaze at her right now was overwhelmingly fatal.

She needs to find something else to talk about. She has to think of something else…

Then her eyes stopped at Idrish’s chest, where she was touching.

The curse was reacting faster than usual. As if resisting something, the entire black trace was quivering.

“Hey? Why is this happening? Look, Idrish.”

Idrish looked down, bringing their faces too close. She involuntarily moved her face back.

“It’s moving quite a lot today.”

“Right? Why is it shrinking so fast? There must be a clear cause.”

“All I’m sure of now is that it shows improvement when you’re beside it.”

She thought hard about it. It seems like she knows something.

The black trace that had been quivering randomly just a moment ago quickly calmed down. It looked as droopy as seaweed after a wave.

“What could it be? Just now or now, it’s the same to put my hand on it. It’s not like I ate something different, or widened the contact area.”

“If there’s no change in behavior, then something unseen must be at work.”

“Something unseen. What could it be? Energy? Or maybe mood or emotions…”

Wait, emotions?

She felt like she had swallowed a giant potato without chewing.

Emotions.

She pulled her hand away from Idrish’s chest in surprise. Idrish looked at her with curious eyes.

“Why? What’s the problem?”

He put his big hand on her forehead. The feeling of hair brushing against her forehead and the casual yet affectionate touch always made her heart throb.

No way. No way. It shouldn’t be. Hey, there’s no way her feelings for Idrish would affect it.
I placed my hand on Idrysh’s chest again. My fingertips trembled slightly.

For a moment, as if to prove my vague theory, the black traces wriggled and moved quickly.

“No!”

I screamed in panic.

“What’s wrong?”

“I, I don’t know!”

Leaving behind Idrysh, who looked at me strangely, I hurriedly ran out of the train car. I ran without stopping, passing through the secondclass car and on to the thirdclass car.

Some acquaintances who had become close to me called out to me, but I was in no state to laugh and talk with anyone right now.

Because my face felt like it was going to burst.

Only when I reached the last dining car did I stop. I banged my head against the wall. The dining people looked at me with strange eyes.

“Don’t mind me and continue your meal…….”

With that said, I leaned against the wall and slumped down.

“It doesn’t make sense…. So, when I feel affection for Idrysh, the curse on Idrysh lifts more quickly?”

I reviewed the moments up to now.

The moments when the black traces dramatically shrank and my emotions at those times…….

I couldn’t remember every moment precisely, but I did remember those moments when my heart was particularly stirred. And every time, the black traces…. Yes. They fluctuated.

“No. How do I tell this to Idrysh? It’s like announcing how my heart flutters when I see Idrysh. It’s almost like a confession. I’ve just finally come to honestly acknowledge my feelings, and now I have to confess too? No way. I absolutely can’t say it. Idrysh will definitely look at me with utter contempt.”

I moaned and clutched my head.