The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapter 31. I'll Never Admit It

The little fox hugged Reda while crying. Afterwards he wiped his tears and pulled the girl with him. They went back to the old hut and talked a lot together.

Intentions want to clean up the dining room, now instead turned away to tell the story to the hut.

“Reda-sama, Reda-sama is better?” ask the little fox

“Already. Sorry to surprise you like this, Ryuunosuke.”

“Ryuunosuke is fine, Reda-sama. In addition..” the little fox saw what was on the other side of the tatami. He walked and took the stuff.

“Hakuren-sama and Kuroto-sama who gave all this?! They are so good~” said the little fox with a feeling of pleasure

His tail that swayed when touching and seeing all the vegetables became his own entertainment for Reda. The girl even laughed a little at it.

However, it seemed that Ryuunosuke was aware of something else there. He looked at the small bag of salt and sniffed the other part of the small pouch in his hand.

“This aroma..Nagi-sama aroma and this one Ginko-sama aroma. They both also gave this to Reda-sama.”

Ryuunosuke looked at Reda who was behind him. He realized that the girl must not have known this.

“Thank God, Reda-sama. Ryuunosuke is sure everyone will realize how good Reda-sama is. Ryuunosuke is also sure Aragaki-sama will like you.”

Ryuunosuke stood up with the mushroom in his hand and approached Reda.

“Reda-sama, Ryuunosuke will make breakfast for you. Sweet sit here ya~”

“Thank you very much, Ryuunosuke.”

The little fox brought all his vegetables to the well behind for washing. Once clean, he ran to cut everything small and sauteed it with oil brought by Nagi and the others.

The egg is also cooked into a fried egg. “Thank God there's salt. At least Reda-sama can eat dishes that have a salty taste.” he thought

Reda just sat down while waiting for his breakfast that had passed from the morning.

Although there was no rice, but all the vegetables and mushrooms were made in large quantities by Ryuunosuke. Almost everything is used so that Reda can be full as a substitute for rice.

“It's ready! Reda-sama, this is Ryuunosuke who made it. Everything was made from the menu that Reda-sama taught me. Ryuunosuke guarantees it tastes good. Come eat, eat~”

Reda looked at the tail and ears of the little fox kept swaying impatiently. With a small laugh, Reda picked it up and started eating it.

“Enak no?” asked the little fox with a curious look

“Enak. Ryuunosuke also tasted, I can't possibly spend it alone.”

“Reda-sama should spend it! Ryuunosuke will tidy up the dishes in the dining room first. After that, we go to the market to shop.”

The girl could not resist the little fox because her stomach was hungry. He could only nod and see Ryuunosuke coming out of the hut.

Reda looked at the food in front of her and began to shed tears again. This time it was not tears of sadness, but tears of happiness.

“This is what is called happiness before death? I wish I could feel happiness like this too when Nushi-sama would smile.”

“Fight a little more, Reda! They want to acknowledge your efforts. Nushi-sama will also definitely see you even for a moment.”

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In his room, Aragaki stared at the ikebana sent by his loyal servant three days ago. Aragaki never forgets to take care and change the water.

So fascinated with the gifts she received that she took care of him every day like that.

“I think I should ask the little fox to make me like this again.” he said with a smile

Aragaki stood up and walked out of her room. He went outside to look at the cherry blossom trees in the garden.

“I feel good after this. I don't know why, I've been enjoying so much lately. Food, flower garden atmosphere and gifts from Ryuunosuke.”

“I don't think this is so bad. Plus, I don't have to look at that dirty girl's face. I think I can calm down.”

The murmur was not heard by anyone but himself, but Aragaki did not know the truth.

The ruler walked over and saw his little fox who had just come to clean the dishes in the dining room.

He wanted to approach her, but he saw that the fox was so happy that it broke the intention and chose to wait for him to finish cleaning the dining room.

“I don't think I should bother him.” thought

Aragaki walked into the room next to the dining room while sitting down enjoying the sun coming into the room.

Inside the empty room with nothing but a sitting pillow and a table, Aragaki pondered for a moment.

“I think, when we've lost our loved ones forever. Loneliness and regret for a lot of time that has been wasted and missed without their presence in every moment.”

Aragaki sighed for a moment and said in a soft tone.

“I think I should start spending a lot of time with Ryuunosuke and the others.”

As soon as the thought suddenly appeared in the mind of the ruler, he stood up and walked out of the room. What a coincidence, Ryuunosuke just came out of the dining room next to him.

“Aragaki-sama?! What is Aragaki-sama doing here?” ryuunosuke asked in surprise

“I'm just walking around after changing the ikebana decorative water made by you, Ryuunosuke.”

“Ikebana? Ah!” Ryuunosuke almost forgot that he had to pretend to be the one who made the artificial ikebana decoration Reda three days ago. The little fox simply nodded and smiled in response to his master's sentence.

“Where are you? Why is it in such a hurry?” ask the master to his little fox

Perhaps due to being too innocent and happy, Ryuunosuke replied with a smile and confidence.

“Ryuunosuke is going to the hut to pick up Reda-sama! We will go shopping and buy meat for Aragaki-sama!”

“...” instantly Aragaki's eyes turn serious and cold

With a cold tone filled with hatred, he asked his little fox.

“Go shopping with that dirty girl?”

“...!!” Ryuunosuke was now shocked. He swallowed his own saliva and nodded. Seeing that, Aragaki let out a heavy sigh.

“Ryuunosuke, I don't understand what's good about that dirty girl? Until anytime, I won't accept it.”

“I will never admit that dirty girl. Even if he is the damned human you like, I will never accept him as anything in this place.”

“Higashi no Mori does not need the dirty blood of Kamakura residents and I do not need the devotion of a despicable human like him.”

Hearing the village girl he loved being insulted like that, Ryuunosuke clasped his clothes tightly and shouted towards his master.

“Why Aragaki-sama is so evil to Reda-sama! Reda-sama is very good to you! Reda-sama is so attentive to Aragaki-sama! Why is it so cruel to say such a thing!”

“Because it's the reality. There was nothing good and useful about the dirty girl. He was just trash in this place, just like when the villagers threw him away to die in this place later.”

His gaze really showed his hatred for Reda. Aragaki who originally intended to do things with Ryuunosuke, now forgot that intention and turned towards his room again.

He did not do the thing he had thought of before just because he heard his little fox defending the village girl.

The little fox was still silent. Drops by drops of tears started to come out from his eyes. Just now that he wanted to show his smile, he had to hear the insults for Reda to return after three days had passed.

“Why does Aragaki-sama hate her so much? Reda-sama is the girl destined for you. Please help Ryuunosuke unite Reda-sama with Aragaki-sama from the sky. Hiks..hiks...”.

From the rooftop, Hakuren and Kuroto heard everything.

“If Reda-sama hears Aragaki-sama's cruel words, I think she will cry again for being destroyed.”

“That's for sure. The village girl is weak. Hakuren, I don't understand why you and the others are so supportive of Ryuunosuke's actions, but.”.

“But?”

“But I feel, I feel a little sorry for the girl.” Kuroto's sad look watching the little fox cry alone made her feel very sorry for him.

“Ryuunosuke keeps crying for the sake of fighting for what he thinks is right. If Ryoko-san is still alive, I'm sure she will scold Aragaki-sama for continuing to make her son cry. No matter whether Aragaki-sama is the master or not.” Hakuren said

While Aragaki who was just halfway to his room stopped.

“What do I do? Why am I the one who made that beloved little fox sad?”

He recalled the delighted expression from Ryuunosuke's face just a moment ago when he said he was going to go with Reda to shop.

“That happy expression..I always thought when did he last make such a cheerful looking face when I told him?”

“But, even if he's happy, if it was caused by that dirty girl. I deny everything he does. He was nothing more than a descendant of sinners who seized everything I loved back then. I will never admit it.”

“I hate that dirty girl. I hate it.”

With a cold gaze and a face full of resentment, Aragaki had instilled such a great deal of hate onto Reda.

The hatred that might be more deeply rooted in his heart and become the biggest test Reda until the 3 months he had finished.

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