Chapter 39: An Awkward Silence For The Two Of Them (1/2)

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The dream broke away, and Lawrend opened his eyes. He breathed in a huge amount of air and sat up before looking around him. He held his head as a searing headache assaulted him.

”What happened?”

Lawrend saw that he was lying inside the carriage. The outside of the carriage was already dark except for a light of a fire flickering right outside.

He stood up, and when he did so, he felt wobbly. To his surprise, there was a blanket covering him that fell when he stood up.

”...Huh?”

Lawrend put it back on the carriage seat before he opened the curtain at the back of the carriage and looked outside.

Lawrend saw Aleshia hugging her legs as she stared straight into the bonfire. There was an air of melancholy coming from her.

Lawrend jumped down from the carriage and approached her. Aleshia sat up alert and looked in his direction.

”Young Master..?”

There was a look of disbelief on Aleshia's face as she looked at Lawrend. She couldn't believe that he looked like nothing happened at all.

”Aleshia? What happened?”

Lawrend called her name in response. He was puzzled at the look that she was giving him.

”You don't remember?”

Aleshia exclaimed in surprise. It was really like Lawrend didn't remember anything that happened before.

”Remember what?”

Lawrend became even more confused by the way she was acting. He doesn't know what she was talking about.

”Nothing, Young Master. How are you?”

For some reason, Lawrend felt that she was being quite nice to him compared to before. He shook his head and just chalked it up to his imagination.

”I'm okay except for a headache. Anyways, what are you doing here?”

Lawrend replied to her with a smile. It feels refreshing for him to talk to her like this. There was no feeling of constraint between the two of them, just a casual chat.

”I… I want to apologize for tricking and not trusting you the other day.”

Aleshia bolstered up her courage and revealed to him what she had been thinking about after what happened today. It was enough reason for Aleshia to believe that Lawrend was really what he seems to be. He was naive, likes to give offers and plans, but that's because it was the only thing he knew about.

She finally realized that when she saw the crazed Lawrend. She realized that he was not like her, who had dealt with countless people and had already gotten used to the disgusting side of the world. Lawrend could be said to be still pure.

His naiveness at the start even led her to allow him to live in the end when they first met. She thought that it was pretty cute of him.

”Aleshia…”

Lawrend felt his heart warm from her words. He could feel the hate that he has towards her fade away. Though, he immediately walked backward as he raised his arm to guard against her for some reason.

”W-What?”

Aleshia was surprised at Lawrend's response to her. She felt like he was looking at her in fear.