Chapter 195 - Stay by my side (2/2)

Allen didn't know what it was, but he felt a sudden change in her presence.

”Not even going to spare some words I see.”

”I already said what I had to,” before Allen could inquire on the details Lyn was dragging him away.

Allen simply allowed the girl to pull him along. Just now, the surrounding aura seemed different.

”What was that?” Allen asked once they were safely out of earshot.

”Nothing.”

This girl, she dares to hide things from him?? No, Lyn wouldn't do that. Allen reached over and patted her hair, ”Would you like to get something to eat?”

”I'm hungry!”

He supposes it won't do any harm staying in his brother's mansion for a bit. He doesn't want Lyn to travel when her stomach is empty.

....

”Slow down, if you eat so quickly you'll choke,” Allen didn't think the servants would prepare such a feast for his arrival. Because when he asked about food, they immediately lead him to this room.

”But everything tastes so good!”

Now that he thought about it, Lyn doesn't eat extravagant meals normally. Allen recalled the first time he ate some with her; she had a strong he allergic reaction. Later on, he learned that eating high-quality food strengthened her mark. That's why, whenever he visited her, he brought plain food. Allen wanted to prevent that mark from getting stronger; after all, whenever it grows stronger, she ends up in pain.

She seemed fine. Sure enough, after she took a bite of the chicken, he saw nothing amiss. Nor did Lyn show signs of discomfort in any way.

Allen reached over and brushed a strand of rice from her mouth. Lyn laughed, ”Thank you, Allen.”

”...”

It feels strange for the two of them to be like this. Allen has always maintained a reasonable distance from her. He didn't want anybody to think he was attached. The moment he showed he was, the moment they would harm her. These thoughts did not just emerge recently. Allen has always had them.

Allen recalled what his brother told him and stood up. He lifted Lyn of her feet too; the girl looked at him, confused.

Lyn lost her balance, and he catches her, their eyes met briefly, and that was all it took for him to engulf her into a hug. ”Um, Allen?”

This is unlike him, a guy who discarded his emotions a long time ago has no right to be with her. Someone like him doesn't deserve her. But in the end, he was only thinking about what he wanted and not what she wanted. He didn't think to listen to her.

”You told my brother that you'd stay my fiance?”

”I spoke to Kazuya too,” Lyn nodded, ”I want us two to take a break from our relationship when I return to the Mist Kingdom.”

Allen's eyes widened in alarm at the girl's words. Staying his fiance aside, this was the last thing he thought she would do.