When the Main Protagonists Broke Up

When he said it was okay, I didn’t hesitate any further, so I gently nodded my head.

“Great.”

Responding like that, I gestured to Lian to go.

But somehow, Lian’s expression wasn’t very good.

He seemed to be enduring something as if he had something to say to me.

“Lian, do you need anything?”

“…no.”

“Yes, then-”

“Brother, let’s go quickly. Let’s go and play together!”

The children started complaining to Lian as if they couldn’t wait any longer.

“Go quickly. Go and have fun.”

“…All right. Be careful, lady.”

“Huh.”

After Ryan and the kids left for the playground, Aiden and I got on our horses.

“The two of you are also taking a break.”

I looked down at the ever-smiling Mary and William, and realized that going with Aiden was a pretty good choice.

“My lady, be careful.”

“Be careful, lady.”

“Yes, I will come.”

So Aiden and I started to tour the town on horseback.

“After traveling for two years, whenever I go to a place, there is a first feeling, right? Hemoa was somehow a place where I felt comfortable from the beginning.”

“I did too. I chose this place as a home for my children because I felt warm in the village.”

“That’s right, a warm feeling. It’s really rare to feel like this.”

“It’s nice to hear that Belita felt the same way. There is a place overlooking the town. Would you like to go there?”

“Are you at a glance?”

“Yes, the road is also flat, so it’s a perfect place to ride a horse.”

“Is it so? Let’s go.”

“Then follow me.”

“Yes.”

Aiden ran ahead, and I sped along with him.

The road to the hill was more fantastic than Aiden had said.

The scenery was open everywhere and the road was very clean, perhaps someone had deliberately removed all the stones.

“Is it really good?”

I followed Aiden closely and spoke to him.

“I knew you would like it.”

Answering that, Aiden raised his cool lips.

It felt so good to ride a horse in the cool breeze.

I felt free and my heart was pierced.

So, intoxicated with that feeling, I said the wrong thing to him without even realizing it.

“Shall we have a match?”

“You mean the match?”

“Yes, whoever gets to the hill first wins.”

“What if I win?”

“If you win…Why don’t the loser grant the winner’s wish?”

At my words, Aiden pondered for a moment.

“Wish….”

“You think you’ll lose?”

“Any wish?”

“Yes, anything you can listen to.”

Even as I was talking, I thought that the current me really wasn’t like me.

It was all the more so because he had never spoken out without a countermeasure after coming here.

But now, I wanted to do as my heart went without any restrictions.

“Great.”

“Great. Then let’s go!”

When he said he would, I set off right away.

Apparently, men and women have different physiques and motor nerves, so it was an acceptable foul.

I ran like crazy on my horse.

There was also a feeling that I couldn’t lose to him, but if I could really go, I wanted to run to the end and go wherever it was.

The instinct to run unbound so that no one could catch me kept waking me up.

“Belita!”

But Aiden, who was chasing after me, called me in an urgent voice.

But I didn’t stop.

In order not to get caught, I rather ran faster than my current speed.

Then the interval between the sound of Aiden’s horse’s hooves became incredibly fast.

In the meantime, he kept calling me, but I never answered.

After running for a while, I saw a hill in front of me.

I wanted to run more, but the end was in sight.

The thought of reaching the end made me feel sad.

Still, I was ahead of Aiden. If it went on like this, it was my victory.

I shouted, looking at him who was running right after me, drunk with the joy of victory.

“I won! I won- Huh? Kyaaak!”

“Belita!”

At that moment, the horse stumbled forward as if it had caught on something, and its body floated into the air.

Now all that was left was to fall and roll on the sidewalk.

I slumped to the floor, crouching down to minimize the pain.

Then he rolled mercilessly down the hill and stopped moving after a while.

But it was strange.

The impact on my body wasn’t as great as I thought.

It was only then that I realized that someone was holding me.

I shouted, looking at him who was running right after me, drunk with the joy of victory.

“I won! I won- Huh? Kyaaak!”

“Belita!”

At that moment, the horse stumbled forward as if it had caught on something, and its body floated into the air.

Now all that was left was to fall and roll on the sidewalk.

I slumped to the floor, crouching down to minimize the pain.

Then he rolled mercilessly down the hill and stopped moving after a while.

But it was strange.

The impact on my body wasn’t as great as I thought.

It was only then that I realized that someone was holding me.

He, too, lifted up his body, which had collapsed after me.

Fortunately, Aiden seemed to be fine as well, as if there were no injuries.

However, there was a lot of dirt on his body.

I must have been like him, so I laughed for a moment.

“Puff! Oh, I’m sorry. That’s why we’re so funny….”

“I guess so.”

Then, instead of tearing off his clothes, he came over to me and brushed the grass and dust off my hair.

“I-I will…!”

Embarrassed, I stuttered and my body backed away on its own.

“…All right.”

For some reason, his voice seemed lower than before.

Are you offended by my refusal?

However, this kind of friendly skinship was not adapted to the young.

“Hey, thank you. I was careless and almost got both of them seriously hurt.”

“No. I’m glad you’re okay.”

“Still, I’m sorry and thank you. Uh? But then, who won?”

Neither made it to the finals because things happened before they reached the hill.

After thinking for a while, I continued.

“The match is the one I won. Because I was faster anyway. Right?”

“All right.”

He agreed without a word.

“In return, since you saved me, I will also grant Aiden’s wish.”

“A wish?”

“Yes, since I won the match, I say a wish to Aiden, and Aiden saved me, so I say a wish to me. Are you okay?” I thought, but it was a good decision.

He nodded slowly as if he thought so too.

“Great. By the way, how long is the wish valid?”

“Well, actually, I don’t have anything in particular in mind. Shall we say that it will be valid for a while?”

“I will.”

“Yes, I like it.”

That’s how we left each other a wish.

We looked around the village from the hill and returned to the orphanage.

“Miss!”

Mary came up to me and asked me with a surprised face.

“My lady, why are your clothes like this?”

“Oh, this is no big deal.”

I deliberately avoided answering because I was afraid that if I told him that he fell off his horse and rolled over, he would worry too much.

“Even Confucius…uh….”

“Wait, Mary!”

For a moment, she could clearly see what Mary was thinking.

I called Mary urgently to get rid of the bad thoughts floating around in her head.

“It’s not what you think!”

“But, lady…Both of them have clothes….”

“No, something like that!”

I answered confidently and clearly.

I was in the middle of making excuses to Mary, but Lian approached me, probably playing with the children.

“Miss.”

“Rian, did you have a good time with the kids? Did you say hello to the children?”

“Yes. But the girl’s clothes….”

“Nothing. Anyway, let’s go.”

I chose to leave this place quickly because I thought I would say something strange if I stayed here longer.

“I need to go now.”

I turned to Aiden, greeted him, and moved to get into the carriage.

“Belita.”

“Yes?”

When he called, I paused and looked at Aiden.

“I will escort you.”

“No, it’s okay.”

I deliberately turned down his favor, as it would arouse more suspicion if the two stood side by side.

But he was already approaching me.

“Go up.”

“Thank you.”

Reluctantly, with the help of his large hands, I climbed into the carriage.

However, the hand that touched him was as hot as if it had been burned.

“I’ll see you next time on the eve.”

“Yes, it will.”

“Then I’ll see you then. Please return carefully.”

“Aiden too.”

He made eye contact with me, nodded slightly, and stepped back.

Then Mary came in and the carriage door closed.

When everyone got on, the carriage started without delay, and so we left Hemoa and returned to the capital.

* * *

Equestrian competitions and harvest festivals are approaching tomorrow.

So today, a eve was held to commemorate the beginning of the two.

Early in the morning, I was getting ready to go to the eve festival.

Unfortunately, the letter I received from Adela yesterday said that she was unable to attend.

Although he felt better, he said that he hadn’t recovered enough to participate in the eve festival.

‘Then is only Aiden coming?’

The thought of seeing him reminded me of the moment we met in Hemoa not too long ago.

And the image of the banquet hall that came up afterwards was messing with my head.

‘The tailcoat suits her very well.’

There’s nothing wrong with that face, though.

‘I’ll have to see it again when I go.’

As I thought of the people I was going to see, ironically, I thought of the man I least wanted to see.

But recently, I realized that Kane was strangely quiet.

‘Did I finally give up?’

If so, it’s fortunate, but judging from the man’s words and actions, it didn’t seem like he would give up so easily.

So, you had to stay vigilant and stay vigilant.

“My lady, my lady!”

Mary came into the room calling me.

‘No way?’

There was a similar situation last time.

Recalling that time, I watched without taking my eyes off Mary entering the room, nervous involuntarily.

“Miss!”

“What’s the matter?”

“I definitely left the hair ornament for today along with the dress, but I can’t see it. What should I do?” Oh what else am I saying

“You can do something else.”

“That’s what goes best with the dress I’m wearing today.”

Said Mary with tears in her eyes.

“I can’t see where he went. Sorry. I should have taken good care of it, but it’s my negligence.”

“It’s okay, I’m pretty no matter what I do.”

“That’s right! My lady looks good with anything!”

It was just a simple throw to reassure Mary, but it was received so well that I felt embarrassed.

“I’ll look for it one more time and if it’s still not there, I’ll bring something prettier than that.”

“OK got it.”

Mary hurriedly left the room.

The outfit she was wearing today at the eve was a light blue dress that slightly exposed her shoulders and chest.

The neckline was exposed, and the hair was neatly put up.

Originally, as a hair ornament, I had prepared in advance a pretty one with small blue sapphires tightly woven along a line.

It wasn’t that the hair ornament had feet, and it didn’t matter too much that Mary had forgotten about it and couldn’t find it.

It’s a pity, but even if I couldn’t find it, it would have been enough to insert another decoration.

“Miss!”

By the time I finished everything except the hair ornament, Mary had just entered the room.

“I found it!”

“Okay? I’m glad.”

“Yes! It fell on the closet floor!”

Mary came to me.

And he put a sapphire headdress tightly on his head.

“Wow, you are so beautiful.”

He smiled lightly at Mary’s praise.

“What about your father and mother?”

“The Duke and the Madame have almost finished all preparations.”

“Then let’s go down.”

“Yes.”

Going down the stairs to the second floor, passing through the hall and out of the mansion, I saw Lian standing dignifiedly in front of the carriage, just like today.

And at the same time I looked at Lian, Lian looked at me.

However, Lian’s eyes widened slightly when she saw me.

“Rian.”

“Miss.”

“Rian, isn’t the lady so beautiful today?”

Mary opened her mouth with a proud face.

“My lady is always beautiful.”

What are they doing today?

In particular, Lian had never said anything like that to me before, so I looked at him with a strange expression.

“That’s right. But isn’t it much more beautiful today?”

“Merry.”

I called her to stop.

“Especially the straight and long neckline that can be seen when the hair is twisted up-.”

But today, she couldn’t stop praising me.

“Stop.”

“Oh, sorry. But you know, too, when you look in the mirror. I am a bit worried today.”

“What?”

“I think all the nobles who come to the eve will fall in love with you.” The exaggeration was severe.

Of course, I was quite satisfied with my appearance in the mirror earlier than the other day.

But not to that extent.

I was about to say something to Mary when my parents came out.

And my parents seemed surprised as soon as they saw me.

‘What?’

The only thing that’s different than usual is that I have my hair up.

Or do I like blue?

Anyway, everyone told me that I was pretty, so I was embarrassed at first, but gradually I felt better.

And just like that, we set off for the imperial palace.

* * *

The banquet hall for the eve was prepared in the largest garden of the imperial palace.

As it got dark, many nobles had already gathered there for the eve.

I followed my parents around and greeted some nobles.

Afterwards, as we sat down, Aiden and the Duke of Bayern approached us as they were about to go to the table next to us.

“Duke Heitz, long time no see.”

“Duke of Bayern, how are you?”

Obviously the two didn’t like each other.

Although they were polite to each other, it was perfectly evident in their eyes, tone of voice, and attitude.

After the Duke of Bayern greeted his father and mother, he also exchanged greetings with me.

And now it was his turn to say hello to Aiden, who was behind him.

“Bian Confucius.”

My parents don’t yet know that we call each other by name.

It wasn’t necessary to announce it one by one, and it wasn’t polite to call her by name in an official setting like this.

So, after a very long time, I called him formally.

“Princess Heitz.”

He seemed to have the same thoughts as me.

“It would have been nice if Princess Byun came too, but it’s too bad.”

“My sister was also very sorry. He was particularly sad about not being able to meet the princess.”

“Is that so. Please tell the Bayern duchy that you will visit again sometime.”

“I will. Thank you.”

“Kuhm!”

It was my father’s cough. It meant that I didn’t like the current situation very much.

“Then please take a seat.”

As I guessed, my father told the Bayern people to return to their seats quickly.

“I was going to go now anyway. Let’s go.”

The Duke of Bayon took Aiden and returned to their seats.

“Belita.”

And as soon as they walked away, my father called me in a gentle voice.

“Yes, Father.”

“Are you going to keep going in and out of Bayern Street like that?”

“It’s because Princess Bayern is not feeling well. You can’t call someone sick.”

“Honey, Belita will take care of herself.”

My mother kept admonishing my father not to interfere.

“Okay. Belita, I believe in you.”

Then, at the mother’s words, the father immediately closed his mouth.

‘As expected, mother.’

My loving and wise mother.

I also wanted to be like my mother.

So the other day, when the Duke of Bayern told me that I looked like my mother, I was in a good mood the whole day.

I gave my mother a grateful smile.

There is still some time before the eve begins.

I pretended not to look and kept glancing in Aiden’s direction.

Curiously, Aiden was also looking at me, so I kept making eye contact with him.

Every time that happened, he was smiling and smiling prettyly.

It was then.

Suddenly, Aiden disappeared from sight and the black tailcoat took over.

‘Ah, what is it?’

I got a little annoyed inside and raised my head, and there was a person who made me go beyond irritation and get angry every time I saw him.

He was completely blocking my view, as if he knew who I was looking at.

I glared at him with a displeased expression.

But, like a shameless human being, his expression was motionless.

After a while, he gave me a brief look, then immediately turned his head and greeted my father politely.

“Duke Heitz, long time no see.”

“Hmm. Long time no see, Duke Maxius.”

His father was greeted by Kane, revealing his uncomfortable feelings.

After Cain greeted his mother, he came back to me.

“Princess Heitz, long time no see.”

“Yes, I see. Long time no see, Duke Maxius.”

The chill dripped from his voice, but he answered politely.

I had no intention of hiding my feelings for him, but this was a formal occasion.

My parents were there, and it was clear that many other nobles would pay attention to the situation on this side with their ears perked up, so I never wanted to do anything that would get them caught.

But Kane stared at me.

‘What.’

When he was about to feel displeasure along with doubt, he opened his mouth.

“You look really beautiful today.”

I’m not at all happy to hear you say that.

“Thank you, Duke.”

Hearing an unpleasant sound at all, I forced myself to say thank you.

“Keuheum, how about the Duke go back to his seat for 20,000? It looks like the eve will start soon.”

Father too!

My father was telling Kane to get out of the way.

“Yes, I will. Before that, I have something to tell you.”

You’re not trying to say something weird again, are you?

I wanted to believe that I wasn’t such a sensible person who couldn’t choose the time and place.

But I couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

“I want to have my first dance with the princess later. Could you please allow me?”

Of course I can’t allow it.

Why do i have my first dance with you

“I am-.”

“Of course not! Say something that makes sense!”

Just as he was about to answer, his father’s angry voice resounded throughout the banquet hall.

“Honey!”

My mother stopped my father from pointing his finger at Kane out of excitement.

“I want to hear the princess’s answer.”

Even in this situation, he was very calm.

I thought my answer was something different, but my answer was no different from my father’s.

It was just a little, just a little bit different.

“I already have someone who promised me my first dance.”

At my words, a crack finally appeared in Kane’s face, who had stood brazenly without a single expression on his face.

“Who…is it.”

“This is Prince Baian, who is sitting over there.”

I thought about it the other day, but I didn’t want to involve Aiden in my business with Kane.

However, I didn’t want to see Kane thinking, ‘I can do anything for you anytime’.

I wanted to distort that face.

The last time I accidentally used Aiden instead of using it, Kane’s reaction was bigger than I thought.

So, in a situation where I was a bit emotional, I blurted out the words without even asking Aiden for consent.

“This time, Bayern…Confucius.”

“Belita, what are you talking about? Baian Confucius!”

He raised his voice again when he heard that his father was Prince Baian.

“Father, calm down.”

But his father’s voice was so loud that Aiden, who was sitting a little further away, must have heard it.

Aiden, who had been staring at me for a while, stood up.

Then he strode on his long legs and quickly approached me.

“Belita, what is it?”

“Hey, that….”

I was going to wrap up the story here and talk to Aiden separately later, but the situation was completely twisted.

I hesitated a little before opening my mouth, hoping that Aiden would help me.

“Duke Maxius asked me to dance, so I was saying that my first dance partner would be Prince Baian.”

“Is it true?”

Kane asked Aiden.

I slightly turned my back on Kane and signaled Aiden with my eyes. Please, I hoped he would understand the meaning of my eyes.

“Yes, I made a promise to have my first dance with Princess Heitz.”

Hearing Aiden’s answer, Kane’s expression instantly turned cold.

Phew….

But whatever his expression was, I let out a sigh of relief and looked at Kane triumphantly.

“Sorry. So, I think the duke should ask another lady to dance.”

I sighed and told him.

I thought that if I talked to this much, I would quit because the seat was also a seat.

But still, Kane was Kane.

“Then the second time-”

Again, it sucks again.

His pride was hurt, and he even said the second time in his mouth with a look on his face.

“No, today I will only dance with Prince Baian. So get someone else.”

And I gave him a complete refusal.

Kane’s expression contorted as he could.

‘If this is enough, I’ll give up.’

But I underestimated him too much.

Immediately, words that could be said to be the flagship came out of him.

“You are really too much. How could a princess do this to me?” Am I too much?

Kane’s words now sounded as if I had done some harm to him.

What are you, come out like a victim?

It was absurd.

I felt like I was going to get sick of the shamelessness that went beyond the limit.

However, the emotional response to this human was not good.

If he came out emotionally, and I also went out emotionally, I could have planted a misunderstanding in him.

These types of people were more likely to label themselves as lovehate, believing that even the hatred they felt towards them was because they had love.

I wanted to show him that I had no feelings whatsoever.

So I deliberately raised the corner of my mouth to the end and replied with a smile.

“Okay, so go back to your seats now.”

Kane looked at me with a shocked expression at my calm response, as if he knew I would act nervously like last time.

But I turned my head to Aiden next to him, ignoring him.

“See you later.”

And as if showing off, he said to Aiden with a bright smile, not the forced smile he had before.

“All right.”

However, Aiden only answered and did not move.

It seemed that he intended to stay by my side until Kane left.

But when Kane was still looking at me without budging, I was about to open my mouth to say one more word.

Pooh-.

The sound of the horn announcing the emperor’s appearance echoed throughout the banquet hall.

“Here is His Majesty, Emperor Christian Winston Baltheus, the brightest sun of Baltheus. Everyone, stand up and pay your respects to His Majesty.”

Then, following the attendant’s loud voice, all the nobles rose from their seats.

Following the emperor, the empress, the prince, and various members of the royal family appeared in a row.

Kane looked at them and at me, then turned around with a resigned expression and went back to his seat.

Aiden also made eye contact with me, then nodded and went back to where he was.

When the two men disappeared, my father looked at me from the side with fierce eyes.

However, the emperor’s congratulatory speech began immediately, so the father did not say anything.

There was nothing particularly important to hear from the emperor’s words.

All they said was that they had a great harvest due to this year’s good harvest and that they should enjoy the festival.

And he did not forget to ask the winner of the equestrian competition to do his best because he prepared a special prize this year.

After the congratulatory speech, the emperor took his seat at the highest seat of honor.

Fireworks of five colors exploded in the darkened night sky, announcing the start of the eve.

As the royal musicians settled down, the sounds of musical instruments and magnificent songs spread throughout the banquet hall.

All kinds of food and drinks were placed on the table.

As the surroundings became noisy, my father started questioning me with an angry voice as if he had waited.

“Belita, what the hell are you talking about having your first dance with Prince Baian? Is that true?”

“Right, Father.”

“When did you make that promise?”

“Last time when I went to visit Princess Bayen in the hospital, I asked her.”

Maybe it was because I didn’t doubt that Aiden would join me in my lies, and the lies came out easily even in front of my father.

“Princess Baian didn’t ask first, did you ask first?!”

“Yes that’s right.”

“What is this! You forgot what you promised me!”

“Father, please calm down and know that I had a good reason.”

Saying that, I looked at my mother.

It was to ask for help.

After reading my earnest eyes, my mother approached my father.

“Honey, calm down. You have to show the dignity of a nobleman.”

“I look real now!”

“I will go home and tell you everything. So, father, trust me.”

I meant to tell my father why I did it.

However, this place was not a very suitable place to talk about the events of the past.

It was necessary to have a serious conversation about this matter in a quiet place.

“Honey, if we don’t trust Belita, who will?”

“Kuhm.”

My mother’s words made my father quiet.

“After the eve is over, you will have to tell us everything without lying about what happened.”

“Yes, I will for sure.”

“Then you’re going to dance with Prince Baian today?”

“Yes, because I made a promise with Confucius.”

“Why on earth-. All right, I got it. You know what to do.”

“Thank you, Father.”

My father’s permission for today’s work was barely given.

My mind was definitely relieved, and the food spread out on the table came into view.

I lifted the wine glass from the table and sipped it.

It was a top-notch wine with a sweet aroma and moderately astringent and sour taste of grapes.

While I was enjoying the eve sipping wine like that, the calming music stopped and soon the cheerful music rang out.

It was the dance time, the highlight of the eve.

In fact, I had no intention of participating in this dance time before coming to the eve.

Even if someone asked me to dance, I was going to refuse them all.

But Kane made me dance with Aiden.

I glanced sideways at the seat where Aiden was sitting.

Aiden was already up and coming toward me.

His eyes entangled with him.

The moment I met her straight purple eyes, I couldn’t move as if someone was holding me tight so I couldn’t turn my head.

And he arrived in front of me in an instant.

“Princess Heitz, would you like to dance with me?”

A long, large hand that I had already seen several times reached out to me.

“Great.”

There was no hesitation.

I ended up holding his hand again.

He took me by the hand and led me through the dancing crowd in pairs.

When we appeared, I could vividly feel the warm gazes of the people.

I knew very well why they were looking at us.

It will be fun.

You will hear that it is a very interesting spectacle.

But it didn’t matter.

At this moment, it was just him and me.

One hand wrapped around my waist and the other held my hand.

I gently put my hand on his shoulder.

And slowly move your body to the music.

Although she had never learned to dance, Belita’s body remembered it.

And although in Belita’s memory she had never danced with Aiden, our union was perfect.

The people who had been standing there watching us dance casually moved one by one.

After a while, I didn’t feel the gaze looking at us anymore.

Except for one person.

As we passed him earlier holding hands with Aiden, Kane looked at us with a cold expression.

And I could feel that their eyes were still on us.

But Aiden and I focused on dancing instead of paying attention to him.

“Thank you.”

“What do you mean?”

“Thank you for joining me in my lies.”

“I am not lying.”

“Yes?”

When I told him that I hadn’t lied, I looked up at him in bewilderment.

“Actually, I wanted to ask Belita to dance. I just couldn’t tell you because I missed the time.”

Saying that, Aiden smiled slyly.

This feeling of something thumping somewhere in my body right now was clearly due to the music.

If not, it’s just that he’s handsome, and I’m just instantly fascinated by his beauty.

“Is it so?”

“That’s right.”

“I see.”

“Yes.”

Feeling like my lips were burning, I deliberately played on words at him.

Then he accepted my prank without question.

We continued to answer so that the conversation would not be interrupted.

“Did you practice riding a lot?”

“Well, to some extent.”

“I hope you win.”

“Aiden must win too.”

“I will.”

After that, he also talked about Adela, who was unable to come here.

“Adela said she would come to see Aiden play in the finals? Will you be okay?”

“Even though I said I didn’t have to come, I couldn’t break my sister’s stubbornness.”

“Ah….”

As expected, Aiden was weak against his older sister.

“But shouldn’t you be worried about whether you can make it to the finals first?”

I made a joke with a playful face.

“Then, if I go to the finals, will Belita come and see me?”

“Yes?”

Why are the conversations so jumpy?

I was in a situation where I would make a joke and suddenly go to the finals.

Looking up at him with a slightly embarrassed expression, Aiden continued with a nice smile.

“If you come, I think it will give me a lot of strength.”

I was momentarily troubled, but when I thought that he had helped me today, I nodded my head willingly.

“Great. Aiden helped me today, so I’ll go see him. However, it is the final.”

“All right. I will definitely make it to the finals.”

Seeing Aiden riding a horse the other day in Hemoa, his skills seemed to be sufficient.

That’s how we had many conversations and continued to dance in our own world.

Looking around, it seemed that everyone else had already changed partners several times.

But we didn’t.

As if what he said to Kane was true, they never changed partners and only focused on each other.

And after the short dance time, the music stopped.

As a result, everyone who was dancing stopped.

“It was a good time.”

“Me too.”

At that moment, fireworks more colorful than those that first exploded in the night sky exploded.

“Wow!”

I looked up at the night sky and cheered.

“So pretty. Yes?”

I was so excited watching the fireworks that I grabbed Aiden’s arm and ran away.

“Oh, sorry.”

Then, realizing what I was holding, I quickly removed my hand from his arm and apologized.

“It’s okay.”

I smiled awkwardly and looked up again.

However, I could feel his gaze toward me, so I couldn’t even see the fireworks.

The person next to me was automatically conscious of it, and tension surged.

“Haven’t you been to Peorat yet?”

“….”

I knew what he was asking, so I couldn’t say anything easily.

“I remember a moment like today.”

I took my eyes off the fireworks and looked at the man next to me.

His eyes looked sad.

Was he sad when I denied meeting him then?

“…I am.”

I opened my mouth slowly.

And now I can say what I wanted to say if I met him.

“I am Bell. Who are you?”

“…I am Eden.”

“Then, it’s been a long time since I saw you at Peorat and Yullita. How have you been, Eden?”

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