80 – Dance in the Moonlight
Arden learned this dance one day while living in the arms of his father’s comrades.
Although she made up her mind to hide her identity until the day she avenges her father, she will one day meet the man she loves in a nice place. He said there might be.
Millia, a member of the society, taught me that a girl should learn at least one dance.
Even after that, she had danced with the members of her society as a joke, so Aden’s dancing skills had been developed to her fairly excellent skills.
Enough to teach a friend of her age
‘Now I can dance quite well.’
Aden smiled heartily as she carefully studied the steps of Belle, her own dance student.
She was so nimble and nimble when she wielded her sword, and even he was busy scurrying around when he first encountered her dance.
It was just yesterday when I smiled at his dancing skills as he showed me each step, step by step, while holding my hand.
It still has a bit of a rough side, but compared to then, it’s just dazzling that it has grown so much.
In contrast to that wild appearance and ferocious eyes, even trying to show gentlemanly gestures as much as possible is very endearing.
‘Loveable?’
The moment you go crazy thinking that far.
Arden quickly withdrew his gaze from Belle’s face and widened her eyes.
Lovely, what does this mean?
He obviously owes a lot to Belle and is undoubtedly her most grateful friend.
However, isn’t the expression lovable an expression that can only be used between members of the opposite s*x who like each other or between family members?
Although she can’t thank her for cheating on her friend who helped her avenge her father, she just apologized for cheating.
Isn’t it tantamount to asking the person who saved you to hand over the bundle when you have these feelings?
In the first place, there’s no way he would be interested in a girl like this.
That’s how Aden tried to deny her own feelings while lowering himself.
However, the human mind is not as easy as it sounds, so there was nothing I could do about keeping my eyes on Bell’s face.
“What are you looking at so intently? Is there anything you can do to punch a hole in someone’s face?”
Her gaze was so blatant that she opened her mouth, unable to bear being bothered by even Bell, who casually skipped over a few things.
Surprised by those words, Arden almost let go of her Belle’s hand, but she felt her powers draining and Bell held her hand with her superhuman reflexes, and they both fell apart. It didn’t happen.
“Ah ah, nothing… ! That, just because my dancing skills have improved.”
She was right in feeling that way, so Aden was able to utter her excuses without feeling remorse.
Bell didn’t have any doubts either, and she nodded her head at those words and moved on to the next step.
“… Well, it’s because I learned while hanging out with you for a few days. At first, I wanted to hold hands and dance with some guy.”
“Did you even think of that? That hurts a little….”
“Don’t overthink it. Probably all guys with average tastes would think the same.”
It’s a proposal that I made for Bell, but I didn’t expect the person concerned to think so.
Her candid remarks made Aden feel a little tear in her chest, but after Belle’s words, she came to understand a little.
In the past, even when I was in the death squad, when the men of the death squad had something to get together with, I would throw out words like that as a joke and hate it.
It must be a little different from the world of women.
With that thought in mind, Arden noticed Bell’s growing heartbeat.
Even though she doesn’t care, she keeps following his face with her eyes and appreciating the feel of his thick hands.
Still, she decided to calm her mind and bring out her words that she had prepared.
That’s why she wanted to dance with him today
“Thank you, Bell.”
“Why are you suddenly grateful?”
Just as Bell was about to close her distance and support her back, she spoke what Aden had been trying to convey to her.
It was quite absurd to him, but not from her point of view.
From the moment he brought up the story about his followers and told the truth, it was a story he really wanted to tell.
“Because it was thanks to you believing in me. If it wasn’t for that, I might have lived chasing the man who killed my father all my life. Even if he died on the spot, if I hadn’t seen his death with my own eyes, he wouldn’t have gone away as much as he felt sorry for me.”
“You don’t have to thank me. I used you because I needed your strength.”
“I know. Thank you nonetheless.”
In a situation where you can feel each other’s warmth much more clearly than before.
Arden conveyed her sincerity to Belle, who avoided her gaze as she scratched her cheek.
Even if she did it all because he needed it, the fact that she benefited from it does not disappear.
Moreover, even at the end of the last one, Aden hesitated.
Even if he, helpless, who couldn’t even prevent his father’s death, now seeks revenge, he wonders what’s the meaning of it.
However, because he pushed her back, she was able to make up her mind to get revenge.
Although I couldn’t achieve perfect revenge due to the appearance of the phantom, thanks to that, I felt like I was relieved of the burden on my heart.
All of these are the result of Bell’s creation.
“I will never forget today. I will repay you no matter what. Those are the words my father left me while he was still alive.”
If you have time to reflect on the person you want to avenge, prioritize going to the person you want to repay.
Dillard Feltner is a proverb that her man passed on to her daughter from a very young age.
Now that there is no object of revenge, Aden decided to show her sincerity to Belle, the person she is most grateful for at this moment.
Of course, before that, I should thank the death squad.
“You don’t have to go that far…. Whatever you want to do.”
“Yes.”
I wondered what if I rejected even this feeling, but the answer that came back was quite positive.
Thanks to that, Aden was able to face her bell, responding with the brightest smile she had ever worn.
Heart pounding. Heartbeat.
‘It’s strange. I thought I was fine.’
The song is heading towards its climax.
I wondered if I could control my throbbing heart just a moment ago.
Arden looked down at his body, bewildered at the strong beating that she began to feel again.
As I move in step with her bell, I watch the beating of her heart in her chest.
Perhaps because she took the contents she had stored inside out of her mouth, her heart was in a more peaceful state.
Then, where does this pounding pulsation come from?
“Ah….”
Raising his head and examining Bell’s face again, Aden was able to recognize the source of the beating.
Until just a moment ago, he had maintained his usual brusque face to the fullest.
She had never seen her before in her life, her shy boy’s face, avoiding her gaze, gazing at her distant mountains without looking down at her.
By the way, Aden’s current outfit is a bit more unconventional than the one her Marie has been wearing.
Almost all of her back was hollow, and basically, if not as much as Elisha, it was enough to reveal all of Aden’s body, which has a great body.
Especially for a tall person like him, it’s even more impactful as he gets to look down directly down to Aden’s breastbone.
It is very difficult for a man who has just become an adult to face that and not have any feelings about it.
Arden’s face turned red when he realized that fact.
‘Belle is also conscious of me.’
However, the emotion hidden in those blushed cheeks was joy, not shyness.
The moment when I tried to fold my mind, thinking of myself as an old man.
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For the first time in my life, when I found out that the man I had a crush on saw me as a woman.
Where in the world is there a woman who doesn’t feel joy in that.
I can feel his rough hands on his bare skin more and more clearly.
Every time I saw him avoiding my gaze, I got grumpy, and even the desire to somehow make him see this side welled up.
Knowing that she wouldn’t hate such a troublesome woman, Aden smiled mischievously and squeezed his hand a little tighter as she led.
“… Belle, could you stick a little closer?”
“What? More here?”
“Yeah, it’s hard to move my feet at this rate.”
I made up my mind to become a troublesome woman to him just for today.
Even after that, Aden deliberately narrowed the distance between the two, and asked him to be more bold with the hand holding his back.
I think I am a very ungrateful woman, but what can I do?
And the boy’s face shown for the first time by her blunt-looking man was enough to make her woman’s heart ache.
Maybe this is maternal love.
Aden moved her feet as calmly as possible while rolling her feet as she had no way to scratch her tickling chest.
One step, one step.
It would be nice if I could get a little closer to his heart like this.
With that thought in mind.