The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

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Chris' room set up within the Royal Castle of Larchia - was, now Erica's room. I waited for Kota to count my fingers from the encounter ten days ago... Erica's gaze is pointing a glance under the ice when she says she received a visit from Mr. Weight White.

"... so... what? Are you... are you saying you're marrying Sonia?

Worthy of an icy gaze, this is also a chilled out voice. Alone in the room with Erica, a pretty girl, despite an event where a man wouldn't be surprised to stick his fist up high, it's extremely cold words and attitudes that can be directed.

"Yeah...... eh, Erica? The... here, here, here? It's a reunion around the corner, right? Aren't you supposed to be smiling?"

"Shut up."

"- Yes."

"I mean, the... weights' language? Will you stop it? I'm so angry."

".................. Yes"

Kota, sink. I'm being pulled by the character of Weight, because there are some things, but there were still circumstances where Kota himself had to make the character because of the extra uncomfortable, but it seems like it was counterproductive to Erica today. Well, of course it is.

"... I'm sorry, Erica. I didn't mean to be ridiculous or dishonest..."

"... it feels like you can't do it when the atmosphere is bad, right?

"... Yes"

"I don't know how you feel. But I don't, and I know it's not your fault. More importantly, I also understand that you would have done it for me. Yeah, well, you know I really have to thank everyone, right?

"Erica."

"But right?

Say so, give me a smile to fall in love with.

"- That's why I'm not convinced!

Unexpectedly, Kota blocks his ears with his hands to an unexpected loud voice. I don't mind Kota like that, Erica kept talking like a machine gun.

"You know what!? Still, I was pretty lonely all by myself!?" Will everyone come and help me? 'Or' So, if you can, I want Coata to come and help me the most... 'or' Ya, if you come and help me... Ko, hold me to Coata! 'Or he was having such a delightfully embarrassing delusion!?

"Ah, Mr. Erica! Oh, please calm down! It's kind of paranoid."

"Can you calm down! 'I'll marry you' if that opens the lid, what is it!? What? What am I supposed to look like? I don't know if I should laugh. - Uh-huh!

Outdoors to 'To, Your Majesty! How did you do!' What a voice. 'Shut up!' Shut him up with one word. Erica takes one step and takes that foot to Kota.

"............... why are you backing off?

"………… no"

Because I'm scared.

Oh, my God, I can't say that, of course, but Kota will look in the direction of the day after tomorrow. Such a disappointing hold on both cheeks of Hota, Erica gave herself momentum to turn back to Hota.

"Goddamn it! Yes, it hurts! It hurts, Mr. Erica!

"Shut up! Don't look away. I'll look right at you!

I don't have ears to ask. In response to Erica's behavior, as she panicked, Kota gazed at Erica - and took another step backwards without thinking of that burning gaze.

"- What, Erica!?

"Shut up!"

As if I had been prefetched the action, I was held tight, tight, by Erica, not to say I would not let go.

"... oh, the..."

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"... eh, Erica...?

"... I don't think so, do you?

"Yes, no! I don't think so! So, but..."

"... well, fine then"

Are you relieved by Hota's words, Erica's hold loosens just a little. Until recently, I couldn't let him escape, but I felt a little bit of tenderness and sweetness in my skin, and I embraced Erica very tightly.

"... you know?

"... Yes"

"As I said earlier... do you really appreciate it? Emily, Ayano, Zion... and I'm sure Sonia wasn't convinced. Still, I understand you're putting up with me to rescue me. Because of me, I'm sorry... you think?

"... right. But just one correction. The first time you saved us was because of Erica, who helped us escape. Sure, there must be a problem with 'how to', but no one has challenged 'what to do'. So the way you say you're patient, or 'my fault', etc. is..."

"... yeah, I get it. I'll do it for me."

"- Well, fine."

"... from what position, the way you say it"

Give him the face he was burying in his chest and show Erica laughing at Couscous funny. To Erica like that, Kota responded by clapping her shoulders.

"Really. I wonder which line it's from, me"

"The strength of being loved," he said?

"If you're in love with a weakness, you've heard of it, but the strength of being in love is too bad, right?

……

"Mr. Erica?

"Mm, I'm just a little surprised." Erica, are you in love with me? 'Cause I thought they'd say something like that. Or, "What's so good about me?"

"... well, the neighborhood... the... hey?

"Hey, hey, hey."

"Yes, no, I don't think this way of saying it feels right either. But if I'm not mistaken, I think Erica would be very fond of me."

"... yeah. I'm Erica Orenfeld van Flame."

You said you liked Courta Matussillo.

"... I want to be with you the whole time. I want to be next to you, laughing. I want you to laugh all the time. I want you to grow with me and see it grow first. I want to be in that relationship, laughing if I'm happy, crying if I'm sad, comforting, comforting. Get you a coater."

Give me the best smile of the day.

"- Crazily enough, I love you"

Just a little bit, turn around like it's lit.

"Eh heh. I said."

Is that even embarrassing, Erica, who nods her face at Kota's chest again? Kota gently stroked Erica's head like that.

"... thank you. I'm so, so glad."

"... really?

"What do you do with lying? I'm glad you decided, aren't you?

"That's what they said, 'I like'? Or did they say, 'I like you'?

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"Coata?"

"... you're coming, Erica"

"I didn't want to give in. Let's go, man."

"... the latter."

"I don't know about the latter. Please say it right."

I gave him the face I was burying, and he said, 'Holy shit!' Erica sparkles her eyes just saying. Even though he was stuck in words for a moment, Kota opened his mouth as he eventually gave up.

"... I'm glad Erica told me she likes it. I don't hate Erica either."

"What's with the hatred? You like it? You don't like it?

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"Coata?"

Expectations and anxieties.

Hota scratched her head like she was in a bit of trouble to Erica, staring at her with mixed eyes.

"... ha. Oh, already, I get it! I get it. - I get it! That's right! I like Erica, too!

Surprised look, for a moment. Loosen her cheeks with joy, Erica buried her face in Kota's chest three times.

"... glad"

"... what?

"... that Coata... spoke to me like she was talking to Ayano"

"... right"

"Something? I've always felt like only Ayano was' special '. It's kind of like a space for just the two of us, and I was wondering how much we could get along with Cota, because that's what I thought."

"... I'm Weight White now."

"... I told you not to, didn't I? Are you mad at me?

"... sorry"

Couscous and Erica laugh strangely at Kota, who bows her head. After staring slightly at the figure, Kota distorted his face with regret.

"Um... I'm sorry I'm somehow unfaithful, but I still have a crush on Erica, too. But..."

"Disgruntled"

"... right"

"Hmm? Oh, no. I am unhappy that I have returned the way I spoke. You mean you like Ayano, Emily, Scion, Sonia, of course?

"... Yes. I'm surprised and pitiful to see if this was all I cared about. And the way you talk... I'm sorry, it's kind of hard to light up."

Erica carries on her words with a bitter smile all the time saying 'I can't help it' to Kota like that.

"So many attractive kids, right? Fine, nothing."

"... No, it's not good"

He says he favors the woman in front of him, but he also speaks of favoring other women before the roots of his tongue are dry. Erica smiled softly and gently at Kota, who had such an indescribably uncomfortable feeling.

"As Cota knows, I'm the daughter in the side room."

"... Yes"

"Well, I'm pretty sure I paid some attention... but right? Georg, my father's king, loved me equally, as did my mother, Lieselotte. She was close to Angelica, who was the Queen, and Liz is my precious sister, unlike her mother."

"... right,"

"My house may have been a little special, but I don't have a side room... or so much resistance to saying that someone I love loves loves someone else. That would be a lie if I told you I wouldn't be jealous... what is it? You even feel like you could enjoy that. If you were going to Ayano's, you could fool around with Emily or Sonia, or if you were just giving Emily a gift, Zion and I could go protest Cota. Well, I guess it would be nice if you just gave me a little bit of priority to make time, but... if I said that, I guess the other kids would too."

"... In-law, don't you think it is?

"Why?"

"Why..."

"You have a lot of important stuff, don't you? Then you're not wrong to make a desperate effort to protect it all. You like that, don't you, Coata?" Effort. "

Erica smiles at me for saying so. but also for a moment, Erica frowned 'Gugu'.

"Well... for once, listen, I'll put it down, okay? Coata is if I walk away from Coata's side... and that, like, dislike... sad?

"... it would be natural. Do you have plans like that?

My eyes say things as much as my mouth.

Erica opened her mouth with a slightly bounced voice, remembering the relief that two letters of anxiety had dwelt in Kota's eyes: 'I am taken care of myself'.

"Take care of it better than make it 'important'. 'Cause it's your job to make sure that everyone matters and that you don't want to let them go."

"... Yes"

"Ayano to Emili, Sonia and Scion, not just me...... there might still be more, but welcome in the kid who loved Coata and wanted to be on Coata's side, and take care of him. Treat him just equally, without discrimination or distinction. No matter how tired you are, respond politely."

"... Yes"

"I'm sure this is a very big deal to take to Coata, huh? 'Cause it means there's nowhere to rest. If you're going to turn that look to me alone, I'll give you a break if I say I'm a little tired... which way? Why don't you throw us all out and celebrate with me? There's a way to do that, though? His Royal Highness Wang, isn't that good?

"... no"

"No?"

"... yeah, 'no'. I'll do my best. I will try. Don't let anyone grieve, don't make anyone feel hard."

Eyes with determination, towards Erica.

"- It's all important. So I'll take care of them all."

"That's too bad. I was wondering if I could be alone."

I guess I'm not as sorry as I say, Kota also loosens his brow root to Erica, who laughs funny and corny. Staring at Kota like that, again, Erica buried her face in Kota's chest.

"... I said that, because you don't have to be so elbowed. Sometimes I think it's not bad for you to say something stupid."

"... Yes. I'll do it right."

"Your father was, and I'm sure Coata can do it. So."

Lots, love, huh? and.

"-"

I give him the face he was burying, and his heart rings like an early bell on Erica's expression with an unusual smile, like Hua's opening. Too beautiful for that smile, Kota can't stop being kind of thrilled and swallows the sawdust and saliva. Erica circled her eyes and laughed at the unexpectedly loud noise.

"... n"

Eyes down, nails first. It's like waiting for something - and unfortunately not as young as Kota seems. Open your mouth to understand exactly what it means and ask for correction.

"-No, I won't!

- I heard a voice echoing through Ed's castle from outside. The two who returned to me so much to his voice distance themselves as if they were in a panic.

"Oh, please stop! That's disrespectful!

"What's disrespectful? Let me tell you something, huh? You're a hundred times more disrespectful, huh? Who said no to me? I didn't grab my sleeve."

"Oh, that's - but!

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've been to this castle many times. I don't need you to show me around, but it's okay."

"That's not the problem!

"Don't worry, but yes! Because one finger touches Georg's big lady! If I make any disturbing moves, then don't hurt me.

A voice slowly approaching. and at the same time that voice stops in front of the door.

"-Oh, here or here! Hey, Erica. Profitable?"

It was the face of the Lord of the Maritime Empire who stood thumbs up with the laughter of the prankster, peeking through the end of the door that opened with a loud noise with Byrne.