The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapters 117. Being beside You is my own Desire

“I won't hate you. I'll never hate you again. I've decided to be with you. Therefore.don't cry.”.

Aragaki's words make Reda like waking from her long slumber. He could not stop looking at the ruler who was smiling gently at him and holding the hand he had just kissed.

Aragaki helps the girl to sit down.

No words were spoken from the girl's lips. Her tears were still dripping, yet she no longer cried. Like, just confusion and disbelief that is in him.

“Why?” ask Aragaki gently

“This...really Nushi-sama?”

“Do you think?”

Aragaki put the girl's hand to her own face. He let the girl touch his face. Reddened as if not believing what he was touching.

“It's me. Do I feel like a dream to you?”

“Hiks...Nushi-sama never...never said want to be with me before, so..”.

Aragaki hugged the girl. He showed how valuable the girl was to him right now.

“I won't hate you anymore. I've decided to be with you. I want to be with you and to be by your side is my own wish.”

The ruler wiped away the girl's tears, and softly uttered a sentence that the girl had not heard in all this time.

“Reda..”

- Deg

There is nothing more beautiful to Reda than the name that comes from the lips of the man she loves so much in her beautiful voice.

“Nushi-sama...calling my name? Hiks..”

“I will call you, I will always say that beautiful name. Reda, Reda..Reda.”.

The girl cried and hugged the ruler. She just cried and kept hugging him. Aragaki listens to the voice with a smile and occasionally kisses the girl's hair unnoticed by her.

From outside the room, the four Aragaki servants cried hearing him. Ginko even hugged the little fox who was crying silently.

“Ginko-sama, Reda-sama..can be with Aragaki-sama, right? Hiks..hiks...”.

“Sky, Ryuunosuke. Reda-sama will always be with Nushi-sama from now on. Reda-sama will always be with us too.”

“Finally Ryuunosuke succeeded! Aragaki-sama no longer hates humans, Aragaki-sama is willing to accept Reda-sama.”.

The little fox continued to cry incessantly. Nagi still remembered what the ruler said when he was in the flower garden.

[I love him and will learn to love him]

“Reda-sama.let's hear a soft sentence from Aragaki-sama back then, you will probably cry happily more than this.”

“I, Hakuren and Kuroto are the living witnesses of all the pay for what you've done during this month. A miracle.you can become the heart owner of Aragaki-sama.”

Nagi remembered well, what Reda said when she arrived and faced the ruler at that time.

[I will try to melt the hatred in Aragaki-sama's heart. I will serve Aragaki-sama until there is a human who will be your true love]

“You are the one destined for Aragaki-sama and that will not change from now on.”

For some time, Aragaki and Reda were both in that room. Reda only cried in the arms of the ruler.

When all his feelings have been poured out entirely, Reda fell asleep again because she was tired of crying. He fell asleep in the arms of the ruler. Aragaki understood that and let the girl of her heart rest a little longer.

During the day, Reda regained her senses and got a warm hug from her beloved little fox. Of course the four loyal servants of Aragaki were also in the room.

“Thank God Reda-sama is awake. Ryuunosuke. Hiks..hiks...”.

“I'm sorry, Ryuunosuke. I'm sorry yes. Don't cry anymore, my little fox.”

sniff…

As Ryuunosuke hugged Reda, he smelled the scent he so longed for.

“Bau mother..”.

Nagi, Hakuren and Kuroto saw each other as the little fox said so.

“There is a mother scent on the body Reda-sama. The smell is strong. It's mom's scent..”

“Mother...Ryuunosuke?” Reda herself was confused by her little fox sentence. But it's no longer important. He hugged his sweet little fox back. “Then Ryuunosuke can hug me again. Ms. Ryuunosuke would have wanted to hug you too through this scent.”

The little fox wiggled its tail in delight and hugged its beloved girl back.

Aragaki must be in that room. The ruler sits beside the girl, making sure she is not far away and remains there when she needs something.

Reda doesn't know what's going on. She does not hear Aragaki's love statement back then, she does not remember that Ryoko was present for her and she also does not remember some terrible things that happened to her.

Right now, there were only all the happy and warm feelings that were enveloping him.

Ginko and Hakuren go to the kitchen to bring Reda lunch. Ryuunosuke did not want to leave the girl at all.

“Is...Jorogumo-sama who helped replace my clothes?” ask Reda

“True. Jorogumo came this morning before you woke up to change your clothes. He's been coming for two days.” replied Aragaki

“Two...day?”

The girl began to remember what happened before she was kidnapped. Although faint, he remembered something.

“Has Nushi-sama's order goods been delivered as well huh?”

“Needle?”

“Jorogumo-sama came to deliver the goods that afternoon, right?”

Kuroto understood his point because he witnessed it himself with Hakuren. He was looking for an excuse to make the girl unsuspecting, “Jorogumo-san has already delivered her goods. Don't remember it again! Besides, the item is also already in Aragaki-sama's hands. Is that right, Aragaki-sama?”

The ruler follows the game Kuroto, “Kuroto is right. No need to think about.” Aragaki stroked the girl's head with a smile, “Rest. After lunch, you can do anything.”

Reda blushed as if she did not believe everything that happened. But, he finally understood that the ruler actually accepted it now.

There was a loving look from the eyes of both of them and the little fox knew it.

“Mother..Aragaki-sama finally wants to be with Reda-sama. I have to see this! I have to see this! Ryuunosuke happy, Ryuunosuke happy!”

Ginko and Hakuren bring lunch to Reda.

After eating, Reda ended up alone with her sweet little fox. The ruler with his servant went to the meeting room. They finally discussed something important there.

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In the meeting room, the place where Reda faced Aragaki when she first met. He discussed the important things about the incident two days ago.

Hakuren and Kuroto gave his report first.

“Aragaki-sama\, the part of the forest where we fought already we cleared. We ask *tsurubebi (tree spirit stealth)-*Tsurube to help restore the condition of the trees in the forest.”

“However, the part that has dried due to exposure to kegare is very difficult to purify.” Hakuren explained the condition

Kuroto added the report, “For Nue's demon hideout, we've already sealed it. There should be no more Ara-mitama souls to emerge from there.”

“Thank you. I'll check it out too after this.”

Ginko began to think for a moment with his anxious face.

“Nushi-sama..Nue is dead now. I'm sure our residents will know this news sooner or later.”

“If...if the other rulers find out that Nue who has been a demon who ate the girl from the village, maybe Nushi-sama will be called to the meeting again.”

The three friends see Ginko. No one expected Ginko's mind to go that far.

“That meeting again yes..”

“Aragaki-sama, Ginko's right. Maybe they'll come back. Except Shuen-sama, the others it can only ruin good feelings. Kururugi-sama and Mikage-sama will also definitely start trying to lure your emotions back.”

Aragaki fell silent and thought for a moment. He breathed after.

“I don't want to think about that. It's up to both men to look for trouble. As long as it is not close to Reda, it is enough.”

“I also don't want to announce any of this on others.”

“After all, Reda must still be scared and there is a bit of trauma in her heart. Although she doesn't remember any of it, but making her feel better is the thing I have to do.”

“...” all four of his servants only listened. Their facial expressions could not believe what they had heard, they could only watch the master smile.

“I want to spend a little time with him. My desire to be with her was a thing I had thought about for a long time and since I had promised Ryoko to try to love her, I wanted to do it as soon as possible.”

“I want to give that feeling of love to her and..I don't want to put it off.”.

There was no objection from his servants. What emerged from his fourth face was a blissful happy smile. Nagi even loudly dared to say this sentence to the ruler.

“Aragaki-sama, you should take good care of it. Reda-sama is very beautiful. If you let your guard down a little, maybe you will get a rival later.”

The ruler smiled and said, “Not going. I won't let that happen.”

**

In a familiar place, there was someone who was enjoying warm green tea during the day.

“It seems that I'm starting to get a little curious about Aragaki's state. I heard Nue was killed two days ago.” said someone

A little rabbit nodded his head, “Shuen-sama was right. It seems that Aragaki-sama killed him himself. Yukichi heard a lot of tsurubebi cleaning the place.”

“So. Yukichi, I'm going to Aragaki's place tomorrow. Please send a message for him yes.”

“Good, Shuen-sama.”

A rabbit waitress, Yukichi leaves his own master.

It was the residence of Shuen and the owner, Shuen, seemed to walk towards his outdoor engawa and saw the fallen maple foliage.

“Aragaki, I want to see it. I hope, your heart begins to change with the death of Nue.”

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This story will continue. Along with the wishes of the ruler, Aragaki who begins to fall in love with an innocent village girl, Reda.

Book 1, The End.

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