"I always thought if I didn't tell you,"

The captain, who rarely apparently brought home work at night, cut out that story after the meal.

As soon as I finished my dinner, I was moving my seat next to the captain, and I looked up.

"It's a Confession of Love Awesome!?

"No."

My words, which gained momentum, were immediately denied.

"Nah, dude."

I drop my shoulders and sit back on the couch. I was unexpectedly approaching the captain.

I knew it, but I still expect a little bit of it.

"It's about your life ahead of you."

"Life is big again."

Looking at the seriousness of the captain's face on this one makes me want to stick around and tear it up.

'Cause I don't like serious talk, me.

If it's not about me, I guess I'll have to ask it right.

If you can, it's like thinking about something that doesn't matter in the middle of the headmaster's story.

Because the captain knows my character like that, too, or he's gonna get me through.

"You are a guest of the Spirit. And the guests of the Spirit are protected by the country and have their guardians followed. Do you remember this?

... What is it, that?

I blinked my eyes.

I know that a guest of the Spirit is referring to a different world, and you're referring to me.

But you want the state to protect you and put a guardian on you?

Did you ever hear of that?

Trying to dig back into my memory, I can't remember at all.

It's about the serious captain, so there's no way I forgot to tell you.

That means I'm just forgetting, after all.

"I totally forgot"

"... right"

To be honest with you, the captain sighed.

Uh, I'm sorry.

Maybe I forgot something you shouldn't have forgotten.

He seems to have spooked the captain because of his teasing head.

"I mean, you could have guardians in this world."

"You're already like a guardian, aren't you, Captain?"

Not in this fort.

In this fort?

It's as if anywhere but this fort is on me.

"What, does that mean I'm getting out of this fort?

I never even thought about that.

All this time, I thought it was something I was going to live in this fort.

It's not much entertainment, but it's just good people, and I was getting so fond of this fort.

Above all, there's a captain here.

That alone makes me the reason I'm here.

"Depending on the guardian, it will"

"I don't like that! I don't need a guardian!

In ruthless words, I shouted out of the blue.

If I'm going to have to leave here because of my guardian, I don't need a guardian.

Even before, I had no particular difficulty without a guardian.

Then it's okay to maintain the status quo.

"It's not like I can say I don't want it and say no"

"Because..."

I wanted to say something, but my voice didn't come out stuck in which back of the line, and I shut up.

Is that all right with you, Captain?

Even if I'm gone from here, does the captain care at all?

I want you to say no.

But I don't know what the captain thinks, and I'm afraid to ask.

Anxiety spreads through my chest.

"The problem is I haven't heard anything from Wang Du."

"Contact?"

Suddenly the conversation changes and I snap my neck.

"We have rewarded the King's Capital early on for protecting the guests of the Spirit. But apparently someone is hiding the information."

"Um, what does that mean?

"I guess it's normal to think that there's something more wrong with you than with spiritual guests."

"... I'm not sure"

Even if they say it's something, I don't know what it is.

Aren't spiritual guests in a position to be respectfully entertained?

From what I've heard before, I feel like that's the impression I got.

... Well, I've never been treated politely in this fort, but I hope that's more of a pleasure.

Well, you don't have to deal with it any more than you have to. But I'd like to be welcomed.

Is it a luxury to think so?

"It seems their purpose is unknown. You simply don't like the guests of the Spirit, or you want to get the opposite, probably around it."

"Wow, you're not happy"

Oh, my God. Either way, it's tough.

Apparently, it's not always Easy Mode, I just found out.

If you weren't a general peep like me, for example, someone who was a professional in the original world, you'd have the knowledge and skill to change this world.

So I guess it means that some people can be disgusted and others think about using it.

Speaking of which, I also said that humans liked by the Spirit are rare.

How much is the usage value?

"So I want to ask you. Want me to go get Wang Du to protect you?

The captain asked me in a quiet voice.

Turns out the story so far was a foreplay for this question.

"If you go directly to the King's Capital, you can't hide them either. I'm not saying there's no danger, but I'll take care of it."

Dark blue eyes are filled with sincere light.

If the captain says he will protect you, he will protect you.

Hold on so you can't even hurt the tip of your nails.

That's how reassuring it is for the captain.

"Are you saying the captain will follow you, too?

"Oh, I'm going to"

The captain does not lie.

So when I go to King's Capital, I'm really willing to come with me.

To the Wang capital, with the captain.

When I get there, what's waiting for me?

Will something change?

"... can't we postpone it?

Don't think too much, I got that answer.

That's the only answer I could give.

I'm not sure it's difficult, like a guardian, or the value of a spiritual guest's use.

However, I didn't like the fact that going to King's Capital might prevent me from being at this fort... beside the captain.

"I, I still want to be in the fort. I want to be beside the captain."

That's what I tell the captain as he asks for his complexion.

Even though I knew it was just sweet, I put it into words as I wanted.

Because if I could, I wanted the captain to feel the same way.

"Okay."

The captain nodded one with a serious look on his face.

"One day, you'll be going to the King's Capital. A guest of the Spirit is not something he can hide."

"It's okay for a while."

If it's absolute that I have a guardian, I guess I'll have to go to Wang Capital.

Probably because a guest of the Spirit is like a national guest.

I'll always come when I have to face the problem sooner or later.

I know that's about it.

But even if it was for a limited time, I want to live here as before.

If one day we are to leave here... even if we are to leave the captain.

Laugh, thank you so much for everything, so I can say.

Sakura, let me tell you something.

"Yes?"

Thoughts that were sinking into thinkings return to reality with the voice of the captain.

Looking back at the captain sitting next to him, a crease was engraved between his eyebrows.

Only a little more than usual, captain... looks in a bad mood.

The captain remains a difficult face, one sigh.

Then I thought I'd reached out and lay that big hand on my hand on my knee.

I'm not gonna let you go.

Geez, I can't afford to pay with my power. I can hold my hand so hard.

I felt my heart relaxed by the plush.

Anxiety disappears little by little.

I'm not the only one who wants to be with you. The captain wants it too.

There was no way that you wouldn't care if I was gone from here.

"... because you like me?

So I greedily asked.

The captain increased the crease between the eyebrows.

I'm not upset, I'm in trouble, I know.

"In words, do you want me to?

"Of course you are! I'm not the one who just said that."

To convey my dissatisfaction, I deliberately tried to flutter my cheeks.

It's not right for you, I don't mean it.

It's not a lie that you want the captain to tell you as well.

Even if they don't tell me, I'm going to know how the captain feels.

But still. Words or no words are huge.

Because a little something, like earlier, makes me anxious, maybe less.

The captain repeatedly opens or closes his mouth several times.

Then he sighs small again, his hand holding me softly with one arm with a grip.

In anticipation my chest makes a thrill noise.

Decades or minutes.

Waiting in that position, it rocked the eardrum.

"I love you."

It was such a faint, exhaling whisper that I might miss hearing it.

Still, it got to my ear properly.

I felt like my heart had been stirred up and I stopped breathing.

I can't afford to be happy, or mixed up, or think about that.

Somehow, I was about to cry.

"... hehe, I love it too"

It's close to a miracle that I managed to smile and return the words.

The captain's words sounded candid, honest, honest with me everywhere, sweet and gentle.

I felt like a whole heart was thrown over me.

Straight words of love have stuck everything in front of me that I was unconsciously turning away or trying not to think about.

Oh, you can't run anymore. Oh, my God, I thought so somewhere in my heart.

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