Chapter 489 - Between Heart to Heart (1/2)
Chapter 489: Between Heart to Heart
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It was nothing strange for Rhode to have a person of an opposite-sex accoht However, Rhode felt an unprecedented peace and tranquility with Christie around
The little girl’s petite body snuggled in his arile body like a pitiful doll made of crystal Christie rested her hand on Rhode’s chest and gazed at Rhode with her clear, round eyes that were always fondly attached to hihts about her This wasn’t because Christie lacked charis, her slowly-developing body also let off a youthful, yet seductive charm Not to entle in her actions Before Rhode could feel a sense of lust towards her, a feeling that he had never felt before occupied him
He wanted to protect, accorow up healthily and happily… Rhode was soht of his because he had never felt this way for a wo was even more complicated as he faced Christie before hier sister
After that night, Christie insisted to ‘supervise’ Rhode’s work and rest and Rhode couldn’t do anything about it In order for Christie to not sleep too late and affect her health, Rhode had no choice but to put down his paperwork and rest with her
Her condition looksher warht to himself When he first met Christie, she was allowing and her condition was n However, Rhode couldn’t help but worry every tiht of the mysterious powers contained inside her After all, he wasn’t aware of hoould affect her in any way
“… Rhode…?” Christie’s soft voice sounded in his ear
The little girl was always soft-spoken as though every word required a lot of her strength This wasn’t because of her health issues; instead, it was because the little girl was unfah Cliff Village for a long ti couldn’t be easier However, it wasn’t easy for Christie to find a way to speak norain Due to this, Christie would often not be able to speak smoothly and would always pause and hesitate betords Fro used to her style of speaking gradually
“What’s wrong, Christie?” Rhode stroked the little girl’s silky hair as he gazed into her eyes while Christie narrowed her eyes at ease and lifted her head “… You should rest… Rhode… It’s very late now… You need to sleep… early…”
“Don’t worry, Christie I will keep my promise,” Rhode assured her and let out a bitter s at a child Indeed, Rhode was behaving like an obedient child in front of Christie for the past two days He would get up and sort out the intelligence report instantly after Christie had fallen asleep because he knew that the little girl wouldn’t be able to watch over hiht’ due to her weak body However, Christie was no duht of a way to take care of hiently He realized that he had been neglecting her for a while now and he was also clear that as a guild leader, he couldn’t possibly be by her side every day On the other hand, Christie didn’t have the strength to help Rhode and the others, which resulted in her being disassociated with the She had always been searching for tasks that she could do and this hy she took the initiative to take care of Rhode She hoped that she could become someone useful and not someone who always needed to be taken care of
Due to her gruesoirl knew better than anyone that good things wouldn’t just fall from the sky She worked really hard within her capacity like helping Lapis with the designs or running errands for others within the Fortress However, these tasks seenificant for her Besides, Rhode could feel that Christie wasn’t too satisfied too
He wasn’t worried that Christie would feel defeated But he wasextreme that her body couldn’t handle But…
“Christie, how have you been doing in the Fortress?” Rhode lowered his head and spoke gently in her ears while Christie nodded slightly “… Good… Rhode, everyone treatsto be ood that you canher cheerful words
Rhode had once requested Bubble to get along with Christie since; after all, Bubble’s age was closest to Christie a in the Fortress Besides, Rhode also knew that even though Bubble had a malicious mouth, she was actually really soft-hearted Furthermore, both Bubble and Canary were full of curiosity towards this little girl who looked al from Christie’s tone when she mentioned Bubble, Rhode could see that she liked the little fellow too and that was the best he could hope for
“But… I hope to be with… Rh-…” Christie mumbled and before she could finish her sentence, she couldn’t resist the teirls shut her eyes slowly and she fell into a deep sleep
“…” Rhode caressed her long hair gently and he knehat the little girl was about to say