Chapter 73 (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

“I’m curious.”

Lara slightly smiled. Her shining eyes were as big as a cat’s. Demian sighed and swept up his hair with one hand.

“On the battlefield.”

“I already know about that.”

“The demon kidnapped him, so I chased him and rescued him.”

“What?”

It was the first time she heard it. She could not believe the Crown Prince Acerus had been kidnapped by the demon. That was why he was so obsessed with the war against the demon forces.

“Demian.”

“What?”

“So you were the hero who rescued the empire’s damsel in distress from being taken by the demon lord.”

“I have heard that about a hundred times in the Empire and now I’m used to it. At that time, I was younger and my hair was pretty long…”

“What? You had long hair?”

“I even got weird misunderstandings.”

Demian frowned as he was genuinely annoyed. Rather than those weird misunderstandings, Lara was even more curious about the younger Demian with his long hair fluttering in the wind.

“I think you would have looked sexy.”

“Is that a compliment?”

“Yes, a sexy man is charming.”

“Thanks, Lara.”

Demian laughed out loud. Surprised by its owner’s laughter, the horse neighed.

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The fog clung to Lara’s hair and made it wet. Her wavy hair was soaked with dew and became more curly. Lara swept her hair with one hand and looked at Demian’s straight hair with envy.

When she returned home, Konny was hanging out with Valentine without sleeping again. As she hung out with Valentine—who slept during the day and was awake at night—Konny’s sleep schedule ended up all over the place.

“Konny, hurry up and sleep. You can wake up late, so have a good sleep.”

“I was just about to go to bed.”

Konny smiled with a cute face and ran to her room.

Lara’s whole body was wet because of the fog. Even wearing a cape was of no use. She rubbed her wet face with her fingers and then rubbed her hand again on the hem of her clothes. Then, Demian held her hand. His fingers were cold and damp like her. The same went for his eyes.

“Demian?”

“Lara.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Once I take you to the Empire, my mission with Acerus will be considered done.”

“So?”

Demian looked at Lara without even moving. It was dark all around, but bluish light stayed only in his eyes.

Her fingertips trembled. Demian lightly scratched Lara’s finger with his fingernail. When Lara put her finger together, he grabbed her hand again. Tension lingered in his fingertips.

“Ask that question again.”

“Which one?”

Demian did not answer, but Lara quickly noticed what he was saying. So she asked again without thinking long about it.

“Is there any place…that you think you have to go back to someday?”

Demian’s fair complexion shone like the moon. With his long outer corners of eyes slightly folded, light shone from his blue eyes, and his red lips gently pulled up, he whispered to Lara.

“You.”

It was a smile that Lara had never seen before. Lara stared at Demian blankly as if she had lost her words. He, who had always worn a savage smile because he did not know how to smile properly, was smiling like the moon in the night sky. Mist formed into dew on his thin eyelashes. He looked like a twinkling fairy of the night.

Lara approached him one step closer without realizing it and swept his eyelashes with her other hand. Water droplets were on it.

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She had to say it. She had a thought that she had to say it now.

“I like you.”