Vol 3 - Chapter 22

Volume 3 Chapter 22

Lidianne was angry — no, that’s not it. She was staring at me in mute amazement like I was some kind of rare animal.

The furrow between her brows deepened, and she glared at me with misty eyes.

“…………Are you mocking me?”

“N-no way! That’s not what I meant….!”

“Then you think I was just talking about nonsense that is not worth listening to?…Well, I guess that’s how it is. I was the one talking arbitrarily after all.”

She casually wiped the corners of her eyes, and along with it, she also erased all traces of whatever feeling she had from her face, and she stared back at me expressionlessly.

She then spoke with a frigid tone while masking all her emotions. It was pretty obvious that she was shutting me out.

“Actually, if it’s not something I have to ask you, then you’re not obligated to listen, either. I said something idiotic. Just forget it.”

“That’s not it — Argh! That’s what I’m pointing at!”

She had hidden all traces of weakness, and was acting haughty and proud and all prickly once again that I couldn’t help but scratch my head in frustration.

Oh well, it was my fault, though.

If Kami-sama was here instead of me, he would probably soothe her with gentle words, given the situation.

But, I wasn’t Kami-sama, and I wasn’t a tactful person who knew how to read the mood.

Besides, even if I was like this, I didn’t just say those words on a whim.

There was something I wanted to clarify with Lidianne.

“Liddy, you’ve never complained about anything to anybody, right!?”

“Complaints? There’s no way I will, of course.”

“As I thought! Then, have you ever summoned anyone to Adoracion-sama’s mansion!?”

“Never. There’s no need.”

‘See!’

I already expected Lidianne’s answers to be like this, so I couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

She had a stoic personality, I already knew that, but this was too much. She was overly cautious, too considerate.

I, on the other hand, complained to Kami-sama until the sunset right after I received the letter of breaking off my engagement.

“So what of it.”

“Argh, for goodness sake!!”

I stepped forward, and Lidianne stepped back, seemingly startled.

I grabbed both her hands to prevent her from running away, and I looked straight at her.

“You, you should say what you just said to Adoracion-sama himself!”

“Wha…what!? What are you blabbering about —!?”

“At any rate, you’ve been keeping everything to yourself the entire time, don’t you? Certainly, I understand how there are things that are difficult to talk about, but still, you should just nonchalantly air it out— Adoracion-sama probably won’t notice anything unless you say so, so you just have to bare it all! Don’t give up!”

Well, I didn’t really know Adoracion-sama that well!

Based on what Lufure-sama said, he seemed like a dense person, and besides, if he was perceptive, then Lidianne wouldn’t have to worry to this extent.

“You have to tell him right away. If you’re going to worry about it for so long, then it’s absolutely better to tell him! It won’t go wrong!”

I squeezed her hands, and her eyes widened even more.

She blinked, as if astounded — but that expression was gradually wiped off her face as she grimaced.

“…What’s with that.”

After a moment of silence, she whispered.

“You don’t even know how I feel, so don’t go shooting your mouth off…!”

Her muffled voice still resounded quietly around us.

She was glaring at me, as if she wanted to shoot me to death.

“There’s no way I can say that, right! I am nothing to that person! I’m just somebody chosen to help change the Shrine!”

“But, Liddy—!”

“No buts!”

She interrupted me while raising her voice!

Her brows were raised, her shoulders were trembling — she was really angry this time.

All her emotions were bared as she glowered at me under the night sky.

“You —”

Her breathing was ragged now as she spat those words.

She gritted her teeth and took a deep breath, then —

“What do you know about me!? Easy for you to say!”

She was putting up a strong front, but behind that, I could see that she was almost close to tears as she screamed.

“You don’t even have any idea what I am going through!”

It was this stubborn, arrogant and domineering girl’s true feelings — the ones she would never divulge to anyone; the true  voice of her heart.

‘Lidianne…’

She shook her head as if to reject me, and she tried to shake my hands off her. I just stared at her, and I also took a deep breath.

I inhaled as much of the night air as I could, then —

“Of course I know nothing of it!!!!!”

I gripped her hands more tightly now.

Her fingertips were cold, but I wrapped them with my hands. She averted her eyes as if to run away, but I trained my eyes on her.

“That’s because you won’t say anything! You can’t expect me to understand that!”

If you don’t say anything, nobody will understand you.

It’s not as if you’re asking for something in return.

The reason for this was simple.

“If you want to talk about something, then it’s okay to do that. I can listen to you as much as you want!”

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T/N: Sorry guys… missed the Saturday posting again. Weekends are really exhausting for me nowadays, because of rl matters. I hope everything will be back to normal soon huhuhu.. In the meantime, here’s the missed chap for Saturday. Thanks for understanding!

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