Chapter 409 (2/2)

It was time to return

That hen…

Someone suddenly pulled me from behind

Shocked by the unknown touch, I held my breath

Wh-what?

It happened so quickly that I couldn’t even speak Reflexively, I pulled away

When I turned back, I saw thethere

Havel

Why was thatyou need from me, Your Majesty?”

‘Please, he isn’t here to criticize ht? That can’t be why, but if it really is because of that, my confidence will break’ I looked at hi my question

“Majesty?”

What, did I say so?

Why was his reaction like this? Did I say sonified and noble Majesty?”

N-not this too

His reaction turned a lot colder It wasn’t a sneer

Havel’s eyebrows raised slightly before sreat to see his s What?

“You talked well in the past; why so formal now?”

“When did I talk so we…”

Ah!

I decided to go silent upon re about the first time he sawat his face, I knehat I thought was correct!

Well…

It was a hoell I reht he would have forgotten it We hadn’t es, a real encounter with no purpose And thewas that he was pretty much the same as he was back then

damn it!

I wanted to puthow I acted the first time I met him Why did I have to live and see this day?

“A lot”

What did he ulped and spat out his next words

What Havel said was unexpected

“Grew a lot”

It was i felt new

Ten years had passed since the first tiroell

Havel said it; I grew up a lot So did he with how his red hair and eyes changed froed a lot

180cm tall, moderately broad shoulders, a slim body ell-defined ave hiood

I thoughtcharrew up a lot, too, Your Majesty I was a kid back then”

It was refreshi+ng to say it out loud, but Havel didn’t seeer self

“You, too, were a kid back then”

“What said that!”

This made me feel like I was back inof knowing everything about the world

I thought he would say so Instead, his eyes stared at ht that I could always hold other people’s gaze, but when I saw him up close, I didn’t knohy, but so hot Was it su up to my cheeks

“It’s nice to see”

“What?”

What did he just say?

Nice to see?

Before I could even ask what he meant, Havel continued

“I missed you”

Uh, huh?

Havel said that and walked away Probably because the break tiet myself to move

Wait…

Wait, wait!?

First things first, I took a heavy breath and raisedcheeks

I… what did I just hear?