However, although he looked at him with stern eyes, he spoke as kindly as possible.

“Oh! I’m sorry!!”

Chris quickly got up.

“No, it’s okay.”

Cedric slowly raised his upper body.

“Chris, are you okay? Cedric, are you okay?”

Although Ramein threw a question, there was no answer.

‘If there’s no answer, it must be okay.’

Ramein, who came to her senses alone, stood face to face with Cedric, who stood up perfectly.

“Cedric! Did you see?”

With both hands clasped in front of her chest, the wife laughed brightly.

“What are you talking about?”

What were you doing, almost flying on a horse to space?

Still wearing a puzzled expression, he asked.

“I saw you riding a horse! I think I can ride well with a little practice!”

“I think it’s okay to stop riding now.”

“…What? Why?”
The wife, who gave self-doubt to an 18-year horse-riding veteran, sparkled her clear eyes.

“Anyway, Ramein, don’t you think it’s too dangerous?”

Cedric asked with an uninterrupted voice.

“What do you mean?”

“People who say they’re scared of horses… If they run so fast… Of course, you didn’t look scared, but how surprised do you think I was?”

“Ah… Cedric. Did you perhaps jump in because you were surprised?”

Only then did Ramein, who understood the situation, quickly blinked her eyes.

“I was surprised too. Madam.”

Ramein looked at Chris, who had finally intervened.

“Chris. I’m sorry. It was so fun that I didn’t realize… I didn’t mean to surprise you.”

“No, it’s okay. Fortunately, you’re not hurt.”

“But I’m still sorry. And even if I got hurt, I wouldn’t blame Chris. I was the one who said I wanted to learn first.”

I wonder what was said on that side, not this side.

Chris, who answered with a silent gaze, straightened his waist.

“Then I’ll step back now.”

It was time to run away since her husband came.

“Thank you for today. If there’s a chance, next time…”

“Yeah. Chris, you can go now.”

Cedric cut off Ramein’s words.

“Yes! Then I’ll step back!”

Teach me again next time.

Chris, who seemed to be afraid that such a terrifying word would come out, sighed with relief and left.

As Chris left as if taking the horse, Cedric asked with a face that did not understand.

“Why on earth did you suddenly try to learn horseback riding?”

“I think I might have to ride a horse alone soon.”

“What do you mean?”

Cedric, who stood facing her, reached out to her as if to catch her.

“There’s a lot of places I need to go. First, I’m going to Tram Village.”

Her sister Lillie lived there.

“Can’t you go by carriage?”

“I found out that the road is too rough for a carriage.”

Cedric’s eyes, which were slowly walking, leading her, wrinkled.

“It’s rough?”

“Yes. It seems like I have to walk a lot if I ride a horse and go in.”

“Do you really have to go to such a dangerous place?”

Ramein stopped walking.

“It’s a saying that you have to go to that dangerous place.”

Cedric turned his large upper body around and reached out to her.

Looking at Ramein, who looked at him with a puzzled look, he smiled faintly.

“Ramein. Are you worried?”

“Isn’t it obvious?”

At her husband’s instant response without any hesitation, at that moment when he clearly held a faint smile, laughter burst out.

…Why am I laughing?

Approaching her husband, who was looking at her as if asking, she took a step closer.

And gently wrapped her husband’s waist with both arms, leaning into his arms.

…!

Cedric swallowed his breath at the feeling that his heart dropped to the floor for a moment.

Has she ever come into his arms first?

No. She didn’t.

“Ramein. Is there something wrong?”
When she asked about unnecessary anxiety, instead of answering, she smiled faintly, leaning her cheek against his chest.

Her hands, wandering aimlessly in the air without finding a place, were gently wrapped around her waist with one hand and her shoulder with the other.

Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Cedric’s fast-paced heartbeat resonated outside his chest, gently tapping on her slender body.

Feeling that pleasant pulsation, Ramein, who had her head buried in his chest due to the unsettling feeling, slowly lifted her head.

The connected violet eyes, as if never apart, were filled with an adorable charm.

At that moment,

“I like you.”

She whispered softly and smiled like the wind.

“Not as Zelda Myers, just as your wife, Ramein Roger.”

A wistful light shimmered over the lovely violet eyes.

“So I’ve been thinking all night that I’d like to be by your side without any worries.”

At the moment she revealed her hidden feelings,

Though delighted by the unfamiliar excitement, her heart ached.

But even in this moment, her husband’s gaze, caring for her, gently soothed the pained heart.

“Cedric, so don’t worry.”

…I wanted to tell him.

“Even if you don’t say it, I’ll do my best to protect you.”

I’ll try my best to stay by your side.

“If I see you in pain because of me, I don’t want that.”

Because I might get hurt.

I’ll sweep away the fears enveloping me and protect you, even now.

“So don’t worry.”

I really wanted to tell him.

Cedric, who had been staring as if stopped, put a subtle smile on his lips.

“Please tell me once more.”

And he gently strengthened the arms that were holding her.

With a breath entwined, the distance became even closer.

“Cedric, what are you…”

“I want to hear that you like me once more.”

The blue eyes, waiting for his wife’s voice, shone with overwhelming emotions without hiding them.

Ramein held back a stifled smile.

…What do I say?

Do you always have this kind of gaze?

Unable to gather the courage, I couldn’t bring myself to say “love.”

Yet, the wind-like smile that spread over her husband’s face felt like a breeze digging into her chest.

“Cedric, I like you.”

Touch.

The moment the words ended, a soft sensation settled on her lips.

The beautiful smile, spreading over her husband’s face like a fleeting moment, was so beautiful that it made her eyes tingle.

I didn’t want to lose that smile.

“Promise me. Promise me that you’ll do your best to protect yourself for my sake.”

“…….”

“Promise me that you’ll definitely do that.”

The earnestness spread in the beautiful eyes of the wife.

Cedric, as if unable to tear his gaze away, slowly closed his eyes and opened them again.

Step by step.

She comes to me.

It’s okay if it’s not love.

Right now.

“I feel like I’m truly happy.”

The joy of feeling like the world is mine with just one word from you envelops my entire body.
“I will protect you no matter what.”

Because there was no doubt, this moment shines even more vividly.

“I will make sure to do that.”

The fact that I can feel so overwhelmed by my love for you.

“If it’s the lady’s command.”

That alone was enough.

A gentle smile spread on Cedric’s lips as he calmly looked at Ramein’s face, now free of anxiety.

As if the smile had transferred, a faint smile appeared on Ramein’s lips as well.

The space seemed to have stopped, even the wind.

Although our thoughts facing each other had stopped, emotions were pulling each other even deeper.

Cedric shook his head.

And Ramein closed her eyes.

Her lips were tightly pressed together.

As if wanting to disappear the moment it falls.

For a long time, they didn’t let each other go.

The breath they couldn’t swallow seemed to vanish in a space where everything disappeared.

Now, it’s just us.

Just the fact that you and I.

Desire each other.

That alone was enough.

At the entrance of the courtyard.

“Miss Ellina, we’ve been searching for a while. What are you doing here…!”

The servant who was quickly approaching Ellina stopped abruptly.

Just shut your mouth right now.

Ellina’s fierce gaze, as if saying so, was fixed on one place.

At the end of her gaze.

Cedric and Ramein, embracing each other tightly, were sharing a kiss.