Chapter 240 - Youre here so its different (1/2)

-Gardens -

”Do you come to these places often?” Lyn asked.

”Hm? In the past, I did, to take a break. But after I started coming in and out to practice riding, it stopped being a place I could relax --” he sits down on the ground. ”Now, I don't come that much anymore. I like the forest outside better.”

Still, the one who taught him to like the forest was Kazuya.

”I see.”

”Right now, you're here, so it's different, though. Just that is enough.”

A strong gust of wind blows then causing the leaf in the surroundings to rustle.

”That's a nice sound,” Rhys commented.

Despite the silence between them, the sound of nature seemed to cover up the awkwardness. Indeed, he always gets a different sort of feeling when he's with her. Thinking about it carefully, the two of them have been through quite a lot in his short time back here. Although at the beginning, he had every intention to respect the happy little family and leave it at that.

Beth kept sending him looks, and there was that silent pressure to do something from Yuzuhara. Hearing the brunette sob, he glanced over, indeed to see her crying. She--?

”I do care about you, Rhys.”

That's ---!

Lyn nodded, ”You're so dear to me, and I respect you, and I want to be your strength, but now I realize that I still care about you and yet I have Kazuya. Someone whom I love a great deal... I. … so…. This isn't fair, is it? I don't know if it's okay to want to look at you the same way as I have until now.”

She's really crying. This might be the first time he has properly seen the girls tears. No back then too, he saw them. He hadn't been joking around with her friends when he said he had fallen in love with her the second he saw her tears.

Rhys stood up and soon kneeled in front of her placing his sword on the ground. ”I want that, too.” she glanced up, ”Lyn, while our status will separate us at times, I still want to be with you. I don't know how much I will be able to give back in return for what I get from you. And I know even how that you still love Kazuya. But even so, if you're thinking about me just a little bit more. I want to be with you from now on. I desire you to be beside me. I will protect the desires of us with both my body. To do so, it might be strange to ask you to help me. But you certainly give me strength. Therefore.. ” he extended his hand out, ”Will you take this hand, Lyn?”

Before Lyn could extend her hand out; however, somebody picked the girl up. ”K--Kazuya?!!”

Rhys looked down, 'A bit late, huh?' He should have done this the other day.

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Meanwhile, inside the ballroom.

She meets up with her brother first, before she returned to Lord Amakaze side. Pupillam was in no rush to go back. Currently, the man in question was surrounded by a group of nobles. She turned to her brother, Joshua.

”Even though I accepted, I still think we should make him change his mind,” Pupillam mumbled. Initially, she didn't have any problems at all with the plan. Not because she harbored feelings for Lord Amakaze, but because it would be a convenient marriage for her. However, ”I can't let Prince Andrew get his way.”

Is it for his fiance's sake? Pupillam doubted it.

”Pupillam, you're the one he asked for. I'm just here to accompany my dear sister. But I do wish you luck with that goal of yours.”