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Bertin lowered his head, hiding his face so that it could only be seen by me.
The face that always looked gentle was mixed with exhaustion and resignation.
“It would have been better if you called me.”
His worry replaced his anger.
The words that he spewed like a lamentation couldn’t sound harsh.
He’s still soft-hearted.
Even if he was angrier because I had done as I wished back then, I was not in a position where I could talk back.
If only he was angry and put up a fight like Zen, then I could be less sorry.
“I have no hobby to get hurt, and I also don’t like it if you get hurt. Orion . . .”
I stopped for a moment to wet my dry lips.
It was a bit hard for me to talk as if there was a thorn in my throat.
“Is a good person.”
Bertin lifted up his head at my words.
While I slowly continued my words.
“Because we can’t believe in others, we can’t needlessly make others get involved. We can’t help but rely on each other.”
I thought that was a way to not make any unwanted victim ever again.
“. . .”
“But turns out, there are a lot of problems that we alone can’t solve. When I try to not harm someone, it turns out that it hurts them more. Even if that is not my intention.”
The world wasn’t made the way we wanted it to be.
Numerous variables existed, and there were numerous people involved in numerous situations.
Our plan was very small, but at the same time, it held a seed that could lead a big storm.
“In the end, problems occur. It doesn’t just go our way.”
I thought I wouldn’t experience any harm as long as I didn’t start anything, but it seemed like I was wrong.
“I can’t decide on the beginning of anything. The same goes for the end.”
“. . .”
I couldn’t blame my mother’s remarriage as the cause for the problem in the academy.
Rather, I was aided by it.
“I can’t make my own wish come true while worrying about hurting others or being hurt. Unless I give up on what I’m wishing for.”
There was a lesson I learned from this case.
I wrapped my arms and continued speaking.
I could not stop here.
“That’s why, I will act more actively if needed, and I’m planning to make my appearance on the surface.”
“So Orion is a helpful person for you?”
I flinched before nodding.
Suddenly, I felt awkward acknowledging it so I commented without any reason.
“Although he’s still hard for me to handle.”
As I stole a glance, I saw Orion who kept looking at the golden chair while smiling proudly.
Seeing that he was grinning, my body instinctively flinched.
“When that person came to help me without any hesitation, I was relieved to be honest. And now . . .”
“Say it.”
“I’m thinking of becoming a good sister.”
“ . . .”
He was a very different person from me.
Should I say it felt like entering a new world?
There were a lot of things that I could see, realized and thought about in a new perspective after knowing him.
“So you’re saying you want to sit on that chair?”
Bertin, who was quiet for a while, asked while looking outside.
The cold voice was now returned back to a soft and gentle voice.
I clasped my hands desperately.
“About that, I am a bit relieved the moment I saw you.”
“What is it?”
“Can you please hunt diligently?”
I knew that Bertin Jose Gramia usually perfectly ‘controlled’ his skills.
If he were to reveal his skills, he would have more breathless moments in the courtship of many women, but it was not a business for me who was facing a bigger crisis.
He laughed at my request.
“I’m sorry but I’m dispatched here to guard the other young ladies who stay here.”
He shook his head while laughing.
“Raynia Rocke came with a bundle of money and insisted that the temple’s paladins have to pay their share in the hunting competition. I’m here thanks to that.”
“. . .”
“It is thanks to the daughter of a rich family who donated a year’s worth of the temple management funds.”
“Rany . . .”
My head throbbed as I recalled my best friend who said money was the best while laughing triumphantly.
Bertin looked at me before talking with a playful voice.
“I don’t think you will look ridiculous if you sit on that flashy chair.”
“You don’t say . . .”
His eyes turned like a crescent moon.
When the face, that was blinding enough even when he stayed still, bloomed a smile, surely it would be bad for my heart.
In addition, the gentleness that was imbued in his faint voice made it bad a level higher.
“I think you’ll look beautiful, like a spring fairy. Of course, you’re also shining right  now.”
Today’s dress was Rany’s recommendation outfit, emphasizing the subtle color of light purple silk by adding fabric with dark color under it.
His taste really matches with Rany’s.
It was uncanny, considering he was unilaterally hated by her.
It was really a wonder why Rany was very sick of Bertin like that.
I know that she hates good-looking people, but isn’t there no reason for her to be harsh to a friend that is gentle, friendly and even has the same taste, is there?
It was a question to see her always reluctantly talking with him.
While I was being out of guard thinking about Rany, Bertin launched an attack while sounding nothing was wrong.
“By the way, Zen is preparing to kidnap you from the duchy and confine you soon. Saying you’ll get in danger everyday because you went there. He said there will be no danger if he just ties you next to him.”
The atmosphere that was warm until a moment ago suddenly turned into horror because of his words.