85 – Conflicts even while traveling
While the two were walking down the street together, a rather familiar sight was caught in their field of vision.
It was similar to the street performance we had seen together when Ariel stopped by Ardenum in the past, but the number of performers was slightly larger than then.
Perhaps it is because Ardenum is closer to a village compared to this place, so even the scale of street performances is somewhat different.
“It’s similar to the show I’ve seen before. Is not it?”
“Yeah. It seems a bit bigger, though.”
At that time, obviously, there were no such large balls, and there were no dangerous sights that spewed fire.
It was only that some of them jumped backwards in place or drew attention by showing feather-like movements.
Ariel, who immediately became bright-eyed, hesitated for a moment, then suddenly tugged on Edgar’s sleeve.
As expected, a smile formed on his lips.
“Ed, why don’t you go see it?”
“I can’t see you. let’s go.”
Edgar gently hugged Ariel by the shoulders and looked down at her involuntarily as he made his way through the crowd.
According to his memory, it must have been about four years ago.
At that time, Ariel’s height was smaller than it is now, so if she was buried in the crowd, she couldn’t properly see the performance.
In the end, she was able to have a good time thanks to Edgar giving up on the viewing and even hanging her.
Fortunately, however, this time it didn’t seem necessary.
“Put.”
The moment Edgar was about to join the crowd and watch the performance, the sound of air escaping came from Edgar, who couldn’t hold back his laughter.
Ariel tilted her head at this.
There didn’t seem to be any particularly interesting sights, but I wondered if there was air in my lungs.
“Why are you laughing?”
“When we first saw each other, you were like this. When I thought about it, it was funny.”
“Oh, it wasn’t that small! What kind of pudgy am I!?”
When the height of Edgar’s palm was quite low, Ariel screamed in a huff.
Can we say that it is fortunate that the sound of the performance was quite loud and there was no attention from the surroundings.
“Ah, honestly, that’s right.”
“Because it is not! Besides, if you say you’re too far away, it’s just that you’re as big as me!?”
It was Edgar who smiled smirkingly and asked for consent, but Ariel did not intend to go over it lightly.
In the first place, there was an unfair side to her as well, there were quite a few people around her who were shorter than her.
Still, it’s embarrassing to always think of yourself as a pudgy.
By the time she was seventeen, she was already taller than her mother, Helen.
Besides, Shuri, who is a year older, boasted a smaller body than Ariel from the first time we met.
On the other hand, Edgar was the tallest among men.
Even within the Loveheim family, there were few people who were greater or similar to him except for Creed.
Yulken used to be taller than him, but as Edgar grew older, he now surpassed even him.
In other words, Ariel belonged to the small axis as far as he saw it, but in terms of women as a whole, she was always above average.
She didn’t know that, and it was her feeling that she wanted to feed this stupid man who was always busy making fun of him.
And, at the same time, I had this thought.
‘Do you like taller people?’
Ariel placed her hand on top of her head and measured its height.
A position that reached about Edgar’s chest.
I don’t think it’s that big of a difference in height, but I’m starting to feel strangely anxious.
“Ed.”
“Why?”
“Do you like bigger ones?”
“… what?”
Edgar’s gaze almost went down for a moment at the sudden question, but soon after realizing that he was talking about height, he quickly shook his head to get rid of the nonsense.
The problem was that even that instant of gaze was caught on Ariel.
“Ji, where are your eyes heading now! you idiot!”
“It’s because you suddenly asked me something strange.”
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Knowing that there would be no point in stepping back, Edgar rather took a step back.
Because it was his argument that Ariel’s fault for suddenly asking after everything had been discussed in the first place was not without it.
At this, she screamed with her face reddened.
It was because it was absurd to come out as if he didn’t know what he was talking about when he considered himself like a short-haired person just a moment ago.
“Chi… ! Did you mean height!?”
“Know. I realized too late.”
Edgar, who responded calmly, motioned for her to come over here for a while.
Then, while pouting her lips for a while, Ariel eventually approached him.
Edgar laughed inadvertently at the sight of him looking like an angry cat.
tight.
“Huh!?”
A shrill scream escaped from Ariel’s mouth as Edgar suddenly came up behind her and embraced her.
“What are you so surprised about? Even though I was doing this in the carriage.”
“Yeah, but people… … .”
“Aren’t we interested?”
It’s not that it’s not, in fact, people around me only focus on the performance. He didn’t even look at the two of them.
In the first place, it doesn’t matter whether or not someone shows affection, as long as it’s not at the level of a manly thing to show in an open place.
“Um, that’s fine too.”
“What… … .”
Ariel struggled as if to let go, but there was no strength at all in that action.
Edgar was like a chimney, wanting to point out that point and make fun of it, but he decided to condone it just this once.
“It feels like being hugged. I think this difference is just right.”
“What kind of pillow am I?”
“You have no right to say that. Who was the one who slept hugging someone on the way home?”
“That, that doesn’t matter now!”
Ariel retorted with her face blushing.
But Edgar didn’t change his complexion and told her to be quiet and watch the performance.
In other words, it conveyed the meaning of hugging it as it is.
In the end, Ariel just kept her head down and didn’t say anything until the performance was over.
But he didn’t bother to let go of Edgar’s arm.
It could be said that it was a spectator posture worthy of two people.
* * * * * * *
The two enjoyed the performance very much and soon headed to a nearby street.
As well as spending a leisurely time looking at the items displayed in the show window.
Among them, what caught Edgar’s eye was a doll shop.
It was because a teddy bear on display outside attracted his attention, starting with the material and boasting a look that seemed to be quite expensive.
“doll? Did you like dolls too?”
Ariel, following Edgar’s unconscious footsteps, expressed her doubts.
Edgar smiled wryly, asking if that could be the case, and stared at the objects on display through the window again.
Rather than being particularly interested in dolls, I thought of the doll I bought for Ariel and looked at it.
When he visits her room once in a while, it is still displayed on the side of the bed, but it is remembered as quite old.
“how? Would you like to buy one?”
“A doll? I don’t have to… … ?”
Ariel tilted her head at the sudden suggestion.
Of course, I used to like dolls, but lately it’s been a long time since I’ve been interested in it.
At one time, before he resolved the misunderstanding with Yulken, he had been arguing that the woman who would take over the position of the Loveheim family was playing with dolls.
So even after that, I could have it if I wanted to, but I didn’t bother to buy or collect more.
The few more that I had were all worn out or worn out, and I only keep the only teddy bear that exists now because it was given to me by Edgar.
So I didn’t think it was necessary.
However, even Edgar, who does not favor unnecessary consumption, was quite stubborn today.
As if he wouldn’t listen to Ariel’s opinion, Ariel’s eyes widened as he took her by the hand and rushed into the store.
“Welcome. Hee hee, you must be a young lover.”
A small jingling bell greeted the two of them, followed by an elderly old man.
As if he were a craftsman who specialized in making dolls of this kind, there were a lot of tools for making dolls around him.
“Excuse me. Would it be possible to purchase the teddy bears out there?”
“Yes, it is possible.”
With the words to wait for a while, Nogu took out the dolls on display from the glass box and brought them.
The teddy bear that Edgar had handed over had a mischievous smile and had a similar impression, but this one had a ribbon attached to it, giving it a more feminine feel.
“Oh, come to think of it, it must be a bit cumbersome to carry around.”
“Can’t we just leave it here?”
“That too.”
Edgar was worried for a while because the doll was quite large, but thanks to Ariel’s advice, he was able to clear the situation.
Soon after, Edgar asked the store manager if he could pay the fee and take care of the goods for a while.
He nodded, saying it was natural.
“You look cute. is not it?”
“Yeah, I like it.”
Obviously, I really liked the appearance, but Ariel couldn’t help but question it.
Why did you want to buy this doll? If you were thinking of giving a gift, there would be many other things.
In the end, Ariel, unable to contain her curiosity, decided to ask him directly.
Moaning in her head alone was not her taste.
“Why are you a doll?”
“What, don’t you like it?”
“I didn’t mean that, I was just curious.”
It’s something he bought. There’s no way I wouldn’t like it.
I just wondered why it was a doll.
And I wanted to know if he was trying to hand over a gift even though it wasn’t a particularly special day.
In response, Edgar smiled lightly, went behind the teddy bear, grabbed both cheeks, and patted her as if presenting it to her.
“I remembered the doll in your room.”
“Why?”
“Actually, it was a gift I gave you to think about me when I was lonely. But now that I think about it, I have a partner, but he doesn’t have a partner.”
At the word pair, Ariel inadvertently overlapped the two teddy bears and their situation.
It was something she had been thinking about as well. I wish I had at least one friend who would keep me from being lonely next to that chubby teddy bear that reminded me of Edgar every time I saw it.
However, she couldn’t bear it because there was nothing in her eyes that she deserved, but Edgar seemed to have the same thoughts.
“Isn’t this enough?”
“… Well, it’s not bad even if it’s not to my level.”
Ariel nodded obediently, thinking that it wouldn’t be too bad if she thought of this teddy bear as herself.
Even if she’s past the age of playing with dolls, this should be fine.
The problem was that I was overshadowing myself, so I felt uncomfortable leaving this store alone.
“Are you going to take it? It must be cumbersome.”
“Are you going to leave me as a hassle?”
“Seriously, how much did you care?”
Edgar, who laughed at Ariel’s theory, shrugged and nodded.
After all, if she had magic, it would be ridiculous to carry it around without getting a speck of dust on it.
It may be cumbersome because there is simply no place to store it, but I thought it would be okay if I took turns carrying it around.
“Then, would his name be Riel?”
“… Heh, it’s just a doll, so there’s no way you’ll give it a name.”
Ariel, who snorted as if it was unreasonable, responded proudly.
However, the scene Edgar saw earlier was somewhat inconsistent with her words… … .
“Apart from that, call the teddy bear in the room Ed… Whoa!?”
“Oh, when did you see that again! you idiot!”
In the end, even after traveling far away, there was no end to the uproar between this childhood friend and lover.
Although the main cause was Edgar, who was cubic for nothing.