Chapter 304 - Reminisce (2/2)
”Should I really clarify?”
”Kazuya, really, quit it…” Lyn leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on his cheeks. ”Let me finish the treatment, okay?”
”Yeah, but you're good at treating wounds.”
”Of course I am,” Lyn trailed off. ”I learned a lot when I was studying in the church. There was also somebody there who got hurt a lot.”
She hasn't seen that person in a long time, though. However, being in this area of town reminds her of those times. Now that she thought about it, she met Rhys back then too. Rhys was that bold young boy who stole her first kiss... Lyn looked over at Kazuya, does Kazuya know about it too?
”Somebody? A guy?”
”Yeah, my first love.”
At that comment, Kazuya's face color turned pale, and Lyn laughed. ”Are you jealous?”
”I thought Prince Allen was your first love. I didn't think there was nobody else.”
Her gaze softened, ”It was a childish crush of mine. I was only ten years old, and the person was twenty. There was a ten-year age gap between us.”
”Ten…” Kazuya looked her up and down. ”Right, I see now you like older men… How about a guy four-five years? Is that within your strike zone too?”
Despite Kazuya's roundabout way of speaking. Lyn immediately understood what he was getting at. Kazuya is talking about Rhys again. Lyn sighed as she applied the bandage on the wound in his arm before she started to wrap them around his waist.
”Why are you so worried about Rhys?”
”He told me that he met you when you were younger.”
”Back then, I was in love with Arthur,” Lyn mumbled. Even though she was flattered by Rhys's feelings. ”I met Arthur first.” Is that why she liked him over Rhys? It was hard to say.
”When was the last time you saw him? This Arthur person?”
”A long time ago, we only knew each other for a few months. He was my brother's enemy,” Lyn closed her eyes. Whenever she thought back to the events of that night, the pain in her heart would grow larger.
Arthur said he would get to the bottom of the case, no matter what. But whoever set him up was very clever. In the end, it leads to her brother chasing Arthur down, and Arthur having to escape. Brother refrains from speaking about that night to her. But, Lyn knew that he had many questions. Who wouldn't?
”What a coincidence. I'm also your brother's enemy. Does the second Princess of the Mist Kingdom have a bad habit of falling in love with her enemies?” Kazuya jokes.
But Lyn starts to think about it seriously, ”It might actually be like that.”
”Hey, Lyn!”
Lyn laughed, ”I'm joking, Kazuya.”
Kazuya looked at her doubtfully, and Lyn giggled. ”Geez,” Kazuya sighed. ”Lately, it feels like I don't know when it comes to you.”
Ah, they were both thinking the same thing. Lyn leaned into his arms, ”I want to talk to you, Kazuya, about the past. About the things I remember. About the future...about us,” she mumbled. There are so many things she wants to talk to him about. Far too many that she has lost count already.