The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapter 42. Looking at it from near the bag. 3

Under the night sky with the numerous petals of cherry blossoms blown by the gentle angina, the two eyes met each other.

The originally so red subside out of embarrassment finally returned to the real world and bowed in greeting.

“Nushi-sama, good night.”

Aragaki didn't say anything. For a moment, he just silently looked at the girl he thought was dirty.

“That outfit..I guess he got it from someone in this place. The thing he was holding was..”.

Not long after, Ryuunosuke comes to look for his master.

“Aragaki-sama, it is time..ah! Reda-sama!”

The little fox's attention was instantly sidetracked, from which the intention of his heart wanted to go to Aragaki to being towards the village girl. That way, he looks happy to run.

“Reda-sama, what is it? It's already night.”

“Ah, Ryuunosuke's. Look, I brought you this. Looks like it was left behind at my place.”

“Huwaa~bola courtesy of Ryuunosuke!”

Aragaki was surprised to see that reaction. The reaction of his little fox who looked happy was only because of the paper ball. The ruler also saw the village girl so close to her little fox.

Even more to his surprise, Ryuunosuke even showed it to the ruler.

“Aragaki-sama, look at this! Reda-sama bought this for me this morning. Good no?”

Like an innocent child, he forgot an important fact that his master hated the village girl in front of him. Reda becomes so scared and panicked when Ryuunosuke says that it is from her.

“Ryuunosuke, Nushi-sama will be angry later!”reda said in the heart

The happy expression of the little fox changed slightly when it saw the glare of his master's sharp eyes that said nothing. His ears and tail immediately descended from fear and his gaze went straight down from fear.

Worried about scolding the little fox, Reda immediately tried to walk to explain it to the ruler.

“Nushi-sama, please don't upset Ryuunosuke. I was the one who bought it for him and–”

Before he finished speaking, Aragaki immediately cut off Reda's sentence and asked the little fox.

“Ryuunosuke..”

“Ya?”

“Do you like that ball?”

“U..iya.” The fox was a little afraid to answer. But, the ruler knelt down and rubbed his head gently.

“Then, play for a while. Later we will go inside together.”

Like a dream, Aragaki allows her to play with gifts from the village girl she thinks is dirty. Although he did not see Reda, but he did not mind the ball of friends given to the little fox.

With a happy feeling, her little fox smiled and walked over to Reda.

“Reda-sama, Reda-sama, Ryuunosuke can play with his ball!”

“Thank God, Ryuunosuke.” The girl smiled with pleasure. Before inviting him to play, he did not forget to bow down and say thank you to Aragaki.

The little fox immediately pulled him to engawa across the park to sit down. Only around the place was it filled with fireflies and light from lanterns, candles and hinotama.

The two played with a view of the cherry blossoms in front of him. Aragaki doesn't seem to care much about it and ignores it. He returned to look at the cherry blossoms while enjoying the blowing night breeze.

In engawa, the little fox whispered to Reda.

“Reda-sama, Reda-sama fragrant once.”

“Ah, I just took a shower. I thought I might get some sleep today, but I forgot to give Ryuunosuke the ball. No. I guess I'll see Nushi-sama here.”

Reda's face was slightly flushed. She's shy.

“Reda-sama, Aragaki-sama did not say anything?”

“No. I was already very worried that Nushi-sama would punish Ryuunosuke earlier. Thank goodness it didn't happen.”

“Ehehe~”

The little fox approached Reda's ear and whispered back.

“Reda-sama, Aragaki-sama really likes his cooking. Great right?”

Hearing that, Reda smiled happily. It seems that the two people are shrouded in happiness until they can hug each other.

“Thank you very much, my sweet little fox~”

“Ehehehe~Ryuunosuke smart, no?”

“Smart. Ryuunosuke is very smart. May Nushi-sama always like it yes.”

The moment was seen by Aragaki without the knowledge of the two. She was silent to see the girl so happy to hug and smile at her little fox.

There was a shadow visible in Aragaki's eyes as she stared at the village girl hugging her little fox.

“It...similar to what Ryoko.” does.

He recalled the sentence said by Jorogumo.

[They said that the girl who came in the night a week ago was shabby. Some even say he is so stinky and has a sneaky intention towards Aragaki-sama]

“Licik yes..” his mind started to remember other things that appeared in his memory.

The day the village girl came, the little fox was so happy and accepted. Even he introduced and defended her all out.

What impressed her enough today was that Aragaki was able to eat with all five of her favorite servants thanks to the girl. That was what he heard from Ryuunosuke himself.

“He asked the little fox to eat with the others for my sake. I think it might be another sneaky way. But, I'm quite impressed and I appreciate it.”

As the two are engrossed in play while telling stories, Aragaki stares at the face of her little fox.

“Never have I seen him get that happy together with ‘bride’ candidates from that damned village.”

“Pita belongs to Ryoko. I know that little fox gave it to me. Taste..”

Unknowingly, Aragaki muttered to himself.

“Pita it is quite suitable for him.” Aragaki realized what she was saying and immediately looked shocked. Like she wasn't, she began to question what she was thinking just now.

“What did I say? The dirty girl was just a dirty girl just like the others. It's not a human being who deserves to be here. He will die like any other, no need to pay attention to dirty creatures like him!”

Aragaki walked closer to the two.

Realizing that the ruler was walking towards them, Reda immediately stood up and moved away with a distance that could be considered tolerable. Aragaki was silent for a moment until she finally acted as if nothing meant anything.

The little fox who saw Reda suddenly moved away so he was shocked. He saw the arrival of his master.

“Aragaki-sama..”

“It's getting late, Ryuunosuke. Time for you to go in and go to bed.”

“...” Ryuunosuke only looks towards Aragaki and Reda alternately due to confusion

When the little fox's eyes met the village girl, she gave her smile.

“Ryuunosuke, rest. I also have to return so as not to disturb Nushi-sama and Ryuunosuke.” time

“Reda-sama..” little fox face becomes moody.

The girl lowered her head to pay respect to the ruler.

“Nushi-sama, thank you very much for being allowed to enter this place and accompany Ryuunosuke. I'll be back in the woods soon. Happy break, may Nushi-sama have a wonderful dream tonight.”

“...” Aragaki did not respond to that remark

But at the end, he was quite surprised to see the sweet smile of the village girl. As there was no sadness and pain over everything that happened, he gave his best smile to the ruler.

Once done, Reda walked to the back door to return to the old hut in the forest.

The little fox saw him go with his fox ears that came down a sign he was sad.

“Reda-sama..” murmured slowly

Aragaki watched her fox who returned showing a sad expression and this time she started to budge.

“Ryuunosuke, if there is still something you want to do before going to bed should be done quickly. I'll be back in my room now.”

“...!!!” hearing that, Ryuunosuke immediately smiled and ran towards Reda

It was seen that he was eager to drive Reda home to the old hut.

At first Reda was surprised as soon as her little fox called her name from a distance. Then they joined hands and walked into the forest together.

Aragaki did not see that directly, but she still knew it.

In the forest, Reda who was holding Ryuunosuke's small hand stopped walking in the middle.

“Reda-sama..”.

Reda knelt down and hugged her little fox.

“Ryuunosuke, did you see that earlier? Nushi-sama did not repel or scold me. I think I'm really happy. Is this a blessing from God? I'm so happy once~”

The little fox was happy to hear it.

“Ryuunosuke was also unexpected, Reda-sama. Ryuunosuke is happy.”

Reda let go of her embrace and said what she felt at this moment.

“It felt like a dream when Nushi-sama saw me without expelling me. Although he didn't talk to me, but it's okay. I'm so happy to see it that close.”

“I. Is this how it feels to see a loved one that close, Ryuunosuke? If it's a dream, it's like I don't want to wake up.”

The little fox was moved and delighted to hear it. The face of this village girl in front of him really illustrates the sincere feeling that comes out of his mouth.

“Ryuunosuke is happy to hear that. We fight again, Reda-sama!”

“Iya. We should be more upbeat huh, Ryuunosuke. Tomorrow, may a pleasant day come.”

“Umm!” the little fox nodded

They again walked along with Reda who was still putting on a happy smile. The little fox looked at him from the side while praying in his heart.

“Mother, Reda-sama loves Aragaki-sama. Help Ryuunosuke as well in order to unite them, mother. We are fighting so that Aragaki-sama can smile and come back as before.”

Like a prayer heard up to the sky, the entire sakura tree in the residence, including the cherry blossom tree of a thousand hopes began to be blown by the gentle breeze at night. Many of his petals started to get carried away by the wind.

Nagi and Ginko who were walking around outside engawa saw hundreds of cherry blossom petals.

-sniff.

When sniffing the scent of the wind that blows with the sakura petals, the two smelled a familiar scent.

“Cannot be...Ryoko-san?”

“This scent belongs to Ryoko-san! But why?!”

On the other hand, Hakuren and Kuroto who were on the roof of the residence also felt the same way.

“Sakura petals of a thousand hope sakura tree. Hakuren, could it be that our friends are trying to convey something?”

“I don't know. But, I think they saw everything that happened in this place. I'm sure, they still expect the happiness of Aragaki-sama”

That night, the village girl received a beautiful gift. In his sleep, he only saw a beautiful light that he believed to be a new hope.

“Hopefully, I can see his smile from up close.”

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