“Yes, Lady.”

“Roberto didn’t come to tell me anything, did he?”

“No… He brought this to you.”

The gaze that had lingered on Jane’s face fell to Jane’s hand.

In Jane’s hand was a small box.

“What’s this?”

“He said it’s chocolate.”

Ramein blinked her eyes slowly.

“He bought it when he went to town a while ago.”

Jane spoke very casually.

“He bought it to give to me when he went to town?”

“I don’t know if he bought it to give it to me. But he bought it and gave it to me.”

…He bought it to give it to you. He must have bought it to give it to you.
“A while ago, there was a time when he bought pies for you. He said he bought them as he passed by. It seems he bought them while passing by this time too.”

So, he probably bought it to give it to you as he passed by.

…What is this? Is this some kind of romantic interest?

Suddenly, a pinkish air began to permeate the mansion.

“Oh. Lady, would you like some chocolate?”

“No! I won’t eat it!”

Seeing the owner vehemently refuse, Jane widened her eyes in surprise.

“…Do you not like chocolate?”

“Huh? No. It’s not that.”

Roberto would probably hate that I eat this chocolate.

“I ate too much for breakfast. Jane, eat it yourself!”

“In case you want to try it, I’ll leave it here and go.”

“No! I will never eat chocolate for the rest of my life! So, don’t even think about leaving it here!”

…Is there even such a thing as not eating it for a lifetime?

Jane, with a look that said, “Yeah, right,” replied softly.

After Jane left the room,

“What’s going on? Is there something between them?”

I wonder if there’s popcorn in this world?

Ramein, who suddenly got excited, had a delighted expression on her face.

I always think, but other people’s love lives are the most entertaining.

“Oh, right. Last time, was the man you were interested in Roberto?”

Jane had definitely denied it, but Ramein didn’t believe her.

“No. Her expression was too dry for someone who received chocolate from a man she likes.”

It was the expression of someone who received a flyer on the street.

“Or maybe Roberto likes Jane?”

Given today’s situation, that seems more likely.

“She seems happy. Some people have husbands lying down because they’re sick.”

Envious. I’m jealous.

With a bitter voice that didn’t match her smile, Ramein stood up from her seat.

Cedric slowly walked through the garden where the morning sunlight was shining brightly.

“Now I feel like I can live a little.”

It was like dying for someone who used to move so much that they were called addicted to training to just guard the bed.

As he turned his shoulder gently, he groaned involuntarily with a sharp pain.

“Ugh…”

Sharp pain came along with the pain.

Arendt had firmly said not to overdo it for at least ten days.

“What ten days.”

It was obvious when considering the body, but he didn’t like it mentally.

When he was about to stop, at that moment.

“Cedric!”

Ramein’s voice echoed loudly in the garden.

Turning his gaze to where her voice was heard.

Behind her, under the sunlight falling behind her, Cedric’s mouth, which had stopped for a moment, formed a faint smile.

“Do you know what happens if you keep wandering like this!”

Worried about herself, seeing her approach.

It felt like the slight pain he had been feeling just disappeared. The heart, which had been beating subtly, increased its pace little by little.

Isn’t this strange?

No. Is this just natural?

A strange feeling and a strange fluttering that captures him whenever he sees her.
Once again, at that moment when he deeply delved into unfamiliar emotions.

“Don’t think too complicatedly.”

Sylvia’s words brushed past.

He swallowed his breath slowly. Then, looking solely at her running towards him, he silently absorbed her into his eyes.

A smile spread across his lips that had been searching for his own form.

The thoughts that were moving as he sought reasons came to a halt.

“Stay where your heart flows.”

Perhaps it’s already there without me knowing.

The heart that had been living, forgetting even its existence, now raced rapidly because of her.

“Even if you doubt, try following without knowing.”

Even if you doubt or pretend not to know.

“To love someone means, even if others don’t know, you cannot deceive yourself.”

Eventually, he couldn’t avoid not knowing.

“You shouldn’t be wandering like this!”

The short distance that you approach me.

As a few seconds that felt like hours passed, you stood in front of me.

“Did you worry about me that much?”

“Of course. The person who should be lying in bed disappeared. How can I not worry?”

Actually, I’m not sure exactly what love is.

“You seem to be in love.”

But if everything I feel in this moment is love.

With all my strength. At least, not looking back, so I won’t recall any regrets.

…It seems okay to be swept away.

“Did you want to see me like this?”

“…Yes?”

It’s not about making a great love.

It’s not about filling your world entirely with me.

Now it’s just that.

“I wanted to see you.”

Because my world is entirely you.

I can’t stop everything of mine flowing towards you.

A beautiful garden where the wind blows gently,

Not strange even if you fall in love.

There you and I are.

One step. No, half a step.

Because there is no room to spare to find it amusing.

“Ramein.”

He gently pulled her waist with outstretched fingertips and enclosed her in his arms.

“It’s useless to push me away this time.”

And he deeply swallowed her lips.