Only with Your Heart

Thousands of cranes I couldn't move off the spot for a while, but suddenly I was surprised that a fierce thunderbolt had struck me from the outside, and it returned to me all the time.

Soon the rain became even stronger, and it rang as far as the stone castle roughed the sky making creepy noises with the cubs, so much so that I was afraid to stand alone in the dim corridor.

Are you on Exia's side up to heaven?

Chizuru closed his eyes and shook his head, lifting the hem of the dress, rushing to a certain direction in the dining room.

─ ─ It's not smart to believe Exia's bullshit. She was clearly malicious of Chizuru, and if she wanted to marry Ruklov, because it's no wonder she was planning to interrupt the two of us.

And even if - even if, in the past, Exia and Ruklov really had some sort of 'relationship', it should literally only be a relationship of the past... Ruklov had been away from Chizuru for fourteen years. If, once or twice, you had a relationship with someone, you can't blame them.

Isn't that right?

Chizuru hurried through the corridor and quickly reached the main tower of the castle where the dining room was located.

There were no tears, but no matter how much I tried to shake it off, the way Ruklov held the blonde beauty in his arm glistened behind his brain and didn't leave. My chest is painful and my heart hurts......

I wanted to see Luklov soon.

And I wanted to feel safe.

When we reached the dining room, a large crowd had already gathered and we were about to have a lively lunch.

Because of the rain storm, many candles are lit on candlesticks despite the daytime. The smell of wax, grape wine and food was good, and people's colloquial voices were mixed with the sound of rain.

Ruklov was sitting in his usual upper seat.

I'm just talking about a loan sitting in a place with one empty seat in Chizuru and something with a serious face. Thankfully, at first glance, Exia hasn't looked like him yet.

Wet in the rain outside, Ruklov's hair seemed slightly damp, further deepening its lacquered black glow.

Manly straight stretched eyebrows, deep carved eyes, lips tied together by a strong will...... The nervous Chizuru's body relaxed when he saw someone he didn't love.

Noticing the presence of Thousand Cranes standing at the entrance to the dining room, Ruklov quickly and softly rises up, coming this way with his early feet.

"I was just thinking of picking you up a little later. Hey, what's up?

A big hand touches the cheek of a thousand cranes, and worried black eyes peek into this one. Chizuru's heart bounced.

"Ugh, yeah...... Alde was here first and you would have let me know, wouldn't you?

"Oh. That woman suddenly pulled you over,"

That woman.

The way you call it, it also sounds like you're underestimating her, and vice versa, it sounds strangely intimate. Maybe it's just a twist that makes me think this way.

But anxiety was a monster. I can't control it.

"I just talked to him for a second... it's okay"

Chizuru tried to smile, but Ruklov leaned his neck with a crease between his eyebrows.

"You look pale. You don't feel so good?

"Yes, it's okay. Look, um... it was that day, so maybe I'm a little anemic."

Ruklov nodded lightly as he was convinced, leading her to her usual seat when she put her hand on Chizuru's back. Seat right next door to Ruklov. In such a whisper, I had myself to remember the relief between the bundles.

Nodded, Chizuru sat in a chair.

Lone, sitting next to Rukrov on the opposite side of the seat, glances at Chizuru's face and frowns at him.

"Did that fox scratch you, Chizuru? In that case, we have to fight back. We're just gonna get on with it."

Thousands of cranes accidentally blew out and laughed at the big loan that didn't know who was listening, but didn't even whisper a particular voice.

It's odd to say female foxes. I do feel like Exia is going to have such cunning.

Chizuru shrugged his shoulders, whispering.

"She doesn't seem to think very well of my relationship with Ruklov."

"That would be right. No matter how light it has been, there has never been any shadow of another woman in Luklov. I've been boarding with confidence, and my God! My lovely fiancée sits right next to me."

Chizuru flashed his face down.

"But she's more beautiful."

"If you just look at it at first glance, that woman might feel that way because she's flashy. But it makes me sick to see all kinds of coarseness when I stare at it. First of all, your neck is too long, and your nose is too thin. My skin is rough, and it's like a horse."

Before Chizuru laughed, Nadal, who brought the dish with the dish, seemed to be listening from the side, leaking a lot of laughter. I don't exactly speak up and endorse it, but I throw a slight admiration on the loan.

When Lone corrected his posture, he sat straight back in the chair once again.

"But Chizuru, you are the other way around. It's not all that noticeable. But I can't keep my eyes open when I stare. Fine skin...... small and adorable nose...... crushed black eyes...... supple limbs...... It's like an ecstasy that slowly poisons a man."

It was a pleasure and tickle to get such a compliment after a not pleasant conversation with Exia, even a compliment coming from friendship.

When Chizuru smiles at Lone saying "Thank you," all of a sudden, Luklov's arm draws Chizuru's shoulder from the side.

"Why don't you stop giving my girl a bite?"

Lone laughs with pleasure, but the opposing Luklov looks very seriously rugged and applies an overprotective force to his hand holding Chizuru's shoulder.

"I'm proud that it's my mission to soothe depressed women."

Lone winked at Chizuru with tea glare to show, and began to pretend to concentrate on a roast of thick meat like ham served on a plate in front of him.

When I felt the tension loosen up and glanced back at Luklov, he was just staring down at Chizuru.

That gaze was too serious, and Chizuru turned his smile as he wandered away.

"What's going on?

"There is no need to find a whisper in compliments from other men. If you're attractive, I'll talk to you carefully."

Ruklov shrugged Chizuru's hair with one hand, and when he gently kneaded, he closed his eyes and mouthed the thin stream. Then he raised his face and whispered in a low voice, staring into Chizuru's eyes as he opened his eyes. "Except in bed."

Before hearing the response from Chizuru, Ruklov had already returned to the castle owner's face to look back and ear some instructions to the Nadal boy.

Moving his eyes to the dish on the table, Chizuru felt his cheeks already on fire, gripping the hem of his skirt tightly as he scuffed.

Luklov is not the man who jokes and says this. If you're saying he will, I'm sure he will. I can easily imagine a night when I can be held in his arms in bed and loved all over my body and allowed to hear the next hot, sweet word like a dream.

Simple spiritual structure, but the anxiety felt in Exia's dialogue until earlier was at some point faint and about to disappear.

(It's okay)

Chizuru told himself.

(It's okay, I'm not fooled by that guy's lies...)