Extraordinary – Ordinary – Soap!

"I'm kind of just crying in front of Mr. Ceres."

I laughed as I rubbed my face, now more embarrassed that I cried like a child. Is my eyes swollen? I haven't seen her in a long time, so I'd like to see her face.

"Any face, Lucia is adorable. Besides, I'd rather cry just in front of me because I don't want to show these cute crying faces to the rest of them"

Ms Ceres gave me another kiss when she said something about floating teeth.

"And a name. I was glad you called me earlier without a hint, but no more?

"Ah!"

I called him Mr. Ceres because of his obsession, but Mr. Ceres seemed to have noticed it properly. When you smile a little naughty and beg me to call you again, I don't feel like I can say no.

"but good luck……"

I'm used to this sort of thing, maybe. If you get used to it, this embarrassment will go somewhere too. Maybe.

Once again I will be courageous. It's already a dust to regret. As much as I wish I could have called you later, you should call me now!

"Ceres...... eh... Um, maybe I'm a little embarrassed after all!

"Yeah. Thanks."

I squeezed my courage, but the embarrassment of being unidentified didn't disappear. I could call you, but I'm embarrassed and I can't see your face!

Mr. Ceres grabbed my wrist softly when I covered my face with both hands.

"Bracelet, you're doing it for me."

The wrist of the person Mr. Ceres is grasping is fitted with a handmade bracelet that Mr. Ceres previously gave me. It was hard to see, but if I took it off, it seemed like my bond would be completely broken, and the bracelet I was afraid to leave it at that.

"Yes."

I gently touched my bracelet with the hands of the empty. I'm glad I didn't take it off, again.

"The truth is, it was hard and I thought I'd take it off. Still, I can't let go. Seems like if I ever lose it, I'll have to give it up completely now...... but I'm glad I didn't have to take it off. This is how I met you again."

"Thank you. I wondered what I would do if they dumped me saying I don't want it anymore"

"I won't throw it away. I won't give it to anyone. It's my treasure."

I took the courage and then decided to take another step, hugging it in the arms in front of me. Now, I feel forgiven.

"I won't give it to anyone"

"Neither will I. I will not give it to anyone."

You will be held with your arms pulled as-is. It's embarrassing in public, but now that we're alone, you can do this much...... right?

"Speaking of which, how did you figure this place out?

Second, when I asked her concerned there, Mr. Ceres' face, which was a smile, tightened.

"Where shall we talk from?"

It was only a few moments before he showed himself on patrol. With me in my arms, Mr. Ceres tells me what's been going on since that day.

That as soon as he was gone, he looked for me all over Artad. That you strangled Deputy Commander Astorga. That Maria suggested my survival. That I ran off ready to quit the Knights. That Mr. Gaius followed me.

It made me suffer when I found that the troubles caused by my presence severely broke not only this man's heart, but yours as well.

Looking for me, Mr. Ceres and Mr. Gaius went to many places. At first, the area that seems to be the scope of action of Lieutenant Astorga was smudged. Still, I don't even have a clue, and I'm expanding my search.

"I never thought I'd be this far away."

He said I was thought to be relatively close to Artad because of the early return of Deputy Commander Astorga.

That's also true, even if you hide it somewhere, anyone would think that you would be somewhere you could hide it in that absence time because the person you hid it from is returning to the royal castle.

"It wasn't Lieutenant Astorga who brought me here."

"Sounds like it. When I heard the lieutenant said he didn't know where you were going, I didn't know what to do."

He said he was interacting with Wang Du by letter. Ms Ceres says she used the means of informing us in advance of the next direction to explore and having the information sent there from the castle.

You didn't go back, and I was told that you really didn't like going back even though I hadn't been found.

"So, did Mr. Guide tell you?

"It's not directly, it's a letter. I didn't think Alary was involved. He also ran into the deputy commander on the way here, sent you here before returning to the mission."

Mr. Guide said he hid me in his hometown and then wrote to Mr. Ceres before returning to his assignment again.

But when other men discovered that I was alive, and that I could be targeted for my life, the letter seemed to be strictly sealed and sent to the Knights with a ban on opening it, except in person.

So, because of Mr. Ceres' absence, that letter has always been in the clerk's office of the third squad, Mr. Ceres says.

"Our deputy captain just cared and reported it to the captain of the regiment. I can't even open it if it's a private letter, but he doesn't know when I'm going back, and he's worried about leaving it like this."

The letter written by Mr. Guide to Mr. Ceres was opened at the discretion of the captain and Mr. Renate, where he finally found out where I was and contacted Mr. Ceres.

"Maybe the other knights should have picked us up, but the captain said we should go, and he prioritized contacting us. So, Lucia, I'm sorry. I was late to pick you up. If someone had gone straight from Wang Du, you would have gone home sooner."

Says Mr Ceres, with all due respect, I am glad that I am here to pick him up.

"I'm glad we're both here to pick you up, rather than early or late. 'Cause the last thing I wanted to see was Ceres."

I wanted to see Maria, too, but, after all, I'm glad you picked me up, and I think so.