“Whether you believe my words or not, that’s your freedom. You can judge by watching my actions from now on. There will be no loss to you either way.”
Askan didn’t answer. But his silence didn’t bother me. I might be getting used to his reticence.
In fact, his permission was not necessary for my affection offensive. Since I didn’t know what he liked, I had no choice but to push my way.
Looking at Askan, who seemed to have finished eating roughly, I spoke again.
“Then shall we go for a walk to aid digestion?”
[This is the time separator]Outside, it had somehow become dark.
It was more glamorous than pitch black due to the lights shining from the mansion, but what I wanted to see was not such a nightscape.
“Hmm, I wonder if it’ll be alright if we go a bit further inside.”
I mumbled to myself as I moved my steps to the garden far away from the mansion.
Askan followed me silently. I had no intention of treating him as a slave, but it seemed he took my suggestion to go for a walk as a command.
I wasn’t particularly pleased with the current relationship, but there was no other way, so I had no choice but to leave it as it was.
When I kept moving into the dark garden where there was no light, Askan, who had been following me silently at first, asked in a curious voice.
“How far are you going?”
“We’re here. Ah, that place will do.”
I pointed with my finger to a chair that was illuminated in the garden. It was more pleasing because I could recline like on a sunbed.
“Why here….”
Leaving Askan, who had a cautious look, alone, I sat down first on the chair.
When I looked up, I could see stars densely packed in the night sky.
It seemed like nothing, but the days when I looked at the night sky could be counted on one hand.
I looked at Askan, who was standing dumbfounded, and patted the seat next to me.
“What are you doing? Come here and sit down.”
Askan looked at me as if he didn’t understand, but soon sat down next to me without a word.
Seeing him sitting strictly upright, looking straight ahead, I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Who just sits when they’re told to sit. Look at the night sky, it’s pretty.”
Only then did Askan’s gaze turn to the night sky.
At first, his eyes, which looked numb, were wide open at some point.
I watched Askan, who looked like a boy of his age for the first time, and then looked back at the endlessly spread night sky.
People are sometimes moved by nothing special.
The night sky was like that for me. I passed by it every day without any thought, but when I looked up at it, I felt a strange heaviness in my heart.
“Have you ever looked up at the night sky like this?”
“…No.”
“So today’s your first time?”
“Yes.”
I was surprised by the unexpected answer. But when I thought about Askan’s past, it seemed plausible.
“I did well to bring you. If you want to see it again in the future, feel free to. By the way, you can’t see stars in the night sky very well in bright places. You have to look at them in a dark place like this to see them clearly.”
“Why?”
“Well. That’s just the way stars are. They only shine in the darkness.”
Askan didn’t answer. But without turning my head, I knew he was looking up at the night sky.
“It’s pretty, isn’t it?”
“…Yes.”
“I’ll teach you a lot of good things in the future. I told you I’ll show you what it means to enjoy life.”
At my words, Askan turned his gaze from the night sky and looked at me. His deep golden eyes were complex.
I couldn’t help but smile at him.
“Let’s have fun with me from now on.”
And don’t forget to save me in the future by the way.
But contrary to my expectation, Askan’s eyes that were looking at me gradually dimmed. The expression that had loosened like a boy his age had returned to its original state before I knew it.
It was when I was feeling puzzled by the sudden change in atmosphere.
Askan looked at me and spoke in a much lower voice.
“Have you changed your method?”
“Method?”
“Don’t play dumb. No matter how much you coax me with sweet words, I really know nothing.”
“No, I’m not that kind of…”
The Tanashia I saw in my dream wanted to have a power to control water by studying the ancient language and magic formula engraved on Askan.
But that had nothing to do with me now.
‘How should I explain this?’
As I was organizing my thoughts about what to say, Askan’s voice continued.
“You asked me to tell you how to steal the power that Miss Noksia has, didn’t you?”
“That’s what I’m saying……”
“And if that’s not possible, you asked me to get rid of Miss Noksia.”
“What, what did you say?”
I was at a loss for words.
Did I say such a thing?
I must be out of my mind! Tanashia!
This was like advertising everywhere that I hated Noksia enough to kill her.
My head hurt so much that I could only support it.
“Please just hit and trample me as usual. This kind of thing… It’s just awkward.”
Askan slowly rose from his seat. And then, bending his waist, he bowed to me, who was stiffly frozen.
“If you allow me, I will leave now.”
I didn’t know what to say. But holding him here would not change anything.
When I reluctantly nodded my immovable head, Askan walked towards the mansion without looking back.
I had no choice but to stare blankly at his cold back.
The path to avoid the death route seemed long and treacherous.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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