Chapter 33: Gaining A Bit More Trust (1/2)

After exiting the bazaar, Aleshia grabbed some things from the carriage before bringing Lawrend to their room. Lawrend was silent all the way as he kept looking at the beginner magic spell in his hand. He was very reluctant to let it go but he was very guilty that he got a stolen object,

”Aleshia, should I have returned this?”

Lawrend could only ask for Aleshia's opinion even though he was still bitter about her actions.

”No. You're lucky to get that.”

Aleshia replied and opened the door to their room. They were located on the second floor of the inn. The room was big enough to fit a big bed with room to spare.

The problem was, they were staying in the same room.

”Aleshia...why didn't you get two rooms?”

Lawrend asked her with a wry smile on his face. He expected her to have gotten two rooms, but it turned out to be only one.

”What? Do you want me to protect you or not?”

Aleshia raised an eyebrow at Lawrend. If she wanted to protect Lawrend she would have to be staying in the same room as him.

”Can't you just come when I need help?”

Lawrend was very conscious about staying in a room with a girl. She was after all very beautiful.

”...You see, here I was doing what you said. So stop complaining and just deal with it.”

Anger was reflected in Aleshia's eyes. Lawrend was acting very annoying in her opinion.

”O-okay.”

Lawrend was taken aback by her aggressiveness. He hugged Allen tighter to comfort himself.

Aleshia started unpacking the bag she brought while Lawrend sat on the bed and sighed. This journey of his was not turning out as he had expected it to be. He watched silently as Aleshia unpacked.

”Aleshia… Do you think, you could trust me?”

Lawrend blurted out all of a sudden. Even he was surprised. He thought that he was just thinking about it.

”Hm? Trust you? A little, maybe, but I'm sure you're planning something again.”

Aleshia has been very wary of Lawrend throughout this journey. That's because Lawrend has placed an Alive Bounty on Ella's head at the first opportunity he got.

It made Aleshia very scared of letting her guard down around him. She doesn't know what surprises he would give her once more. But throughout this journey, she had seen a different Lawrend from what she has seen in the city.

It made her confused. In the end, she decided that it should be one of his plans to let her guard down. So even though she trusted him somewhat by letting Ella live in his mansion while she accompanies him on this journey, she could not bring herself to trust him more than that.

Even that trust was very thin. She has prepared a lot of contingency plans in case they try to do something against Ella.

”Planning?”

Lawrend furrowed his eyebrows at her. He couldn't understand what she meant.

”Stop pretending. I know you have a plan to take advantage of my body or something.”