Chapter 414: After Story: Emilys Proposal (Final) (1/2)
After the incident, Kei and Kyle headed towards a nearby restaurant to talk. It was a good thing Emily didn't teleport them outside the dome, or else both Kei and Kyle would've gotten lost. After ordering their drinks Kyle faced Kei and sighed.
”Do you understand what you did wrong?” Kyle asked Kei as he took a sip of his coffee.
”...I ... I really don't know. I was just trying to confirm if you guys were really not the people I knew.”
”So you betted your life on a guess?”
”It wasn't really much of a guess, it was a hypothesis I arrived after thinking about it properly.”
”An educated guess nonetheless is still a guess. I will ask you once more, so you risked your life on a guess?”
”... I did bet my life on a guess...”
”So now, do you understand why Emily was angry?” Kei tried his hardest to think about it, but he couldn't get the answer. He then shook his head as he responded.
”I don't understand why she's angry, in fact shouldn't I be the one who's angry for her doing all this?”
”It's like you haven't gotten use to my little sister's selfishness. She did all that because she could no longer wait for your proposal and wanted to do it herself.” A sudden realization dawn upon Kei.
'I see... She certainly would've done something as ridiculous as kidnapping me if that was her reason. Still, I wonder why she got angry?'
”Sir Kyle, can you please tell me why she was so angry?”
”I thought that among those in that ridiculous club of yours, you would be the one who has the highest EQ.” Kyle couldn't help but sigh before he continued. ”My sister and I have lost our parents early on in life, you do remember that right?”
”Of course I do, how could I ever forget.”
”Then you must understand, most of my sister's selfishness stems from that past of ours. You see my sister, might look like she's always confident, always happy, yet the truth is deep inside my little sister is insecure, and afraid. She scared to lose those things that she finally acquired using her own power. Among all of you, she's the one who's scared of losing those important to her. Now do you understand why she got angry?”
”... Because I gambled my life, and was actually ready to die... I didn't think of her feelings, I was actually only thinking about mine. The failed proposals, the bet, my insecurities, all I was thinking about was myself. I was actually trying to marry her, to share my world with her, but in the end, I failed and I only thought about myself... I guess I was the selfish one.” Kei weakly smiled as he spoke.
”Heh, took a while to realize that. So now what should you do?”
”I should apologize to Emi.”
”And?”
”I will propose to her, this time I won't fail.”
”Good, so now go.”
”Umm, do you know where she went?”
”Aren't you the guy that can gather all the information in this dome? Aren't you the person who can find someone with only a few clues? Aren't you Kei Kaido of the Mercenary Club?” Hearing what Kyle said, Kei couldn't help but smile.
”Thanks Sir Kyle.”