The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapter 53. For the sake of your smile, Aragaki-sama

The four Aragaki servants shouted out calling Reda's name.

“Reda-sama!!”

Aragaki's eyes widened to see what the girl he thought was dirty was doing. He protected the little fox, more precisely he protected the bowl containing the flower ornaments carried by the little fox.

“Reda...-sama..” The little fox looks pale and in shock.

“Ryuunosuke...is okay? What...Ryuunosuke injured? The bowl broke no?”

“...” the little fox did not answer because it was too shocked

Nagi and Ginko immediately try to help Reda.

“Reda-sama, your wound..your back is bleeding!”

“Oi, village girl, you still strong standing?”

“I'm fine. Gifts belonging to Nushi-sama.” Reda saw Ryuunosuke's small hands trembling while holding his bowl. The girl smiled while enduring the pain, “Thank God, the gift is not broken.”

“Don't think about the gift first! Your back is hurt, stupid!” Nagi was so anxious and panicked

The pale Hakuren and Kuroto try to calm their increasingly cold master and emotions see the treatment his servant gives to the girl he deems dirty.

“Aragaki-sama, why?! We beg you to calm down.”

“Please control yourself, Aragaki-sama. You just got home.”

“Do not try to rule me. Since when do you rule over the person who is your master?”

That cold tone and golden sharp eyes made the two tengu instantly bow and kneel.

“Force us, Aragaki-sama.”

Aragaki looked at Nagi and Kuroto who seemed to have completely ignored Aragaki's words.

“Bad effect and stains on my residence..”.

The two youko looked up after Aragaki said that.

“Dirty girl who dared to make my servant start resisting and betray me slowly. The life poison that hurt all with your rotten goodness it really makes me want to vomit.”

Nagi seemed to want to say something in defense of the village girl, but her clothes were pulled by Reda slowly.

“I..it's okay. Please, don't make Nushi-sama even more angry. Nagi-sama, Ginko-sama, thank you.”

“Reda-sama..” Ginko looks anxious, but he complies with his wishes

She invites Nagi to stand up and kneel apologizing to her master. Reda looked at her little fox who started crying.

“Hiks...Reda-sama is sick?”

“Not sick. Doesn't hurt at all. Don't cry yes.”

“Hiks..” poor little fox crying.

The little fox's tears started to drip so much like nothing was stopping those tears from coming out.

“Stop that disgusting skit, dirty girl. Get out of my sight.”

Aragaki seemed to have no pity or pity on the village girl he thought was dirty. It seemed, that resentment still made his heart hard to accept reality.

The tears and the small cry of his little fox were not heard by Aragaki's ears that were being blinded by his anger.

Reda tried to stand up while holding the bowl the little fox was carrying.

“Hiks..”.

“Don't cry, Ryuunosuke. Everything will be fine.” Reda smiled with a face that was clearly in pain

He took the bowl with the arrangement of the ikebana flowers and brought it closer to Aragaki.

The distance between himself and the emotional ruler was not close enough, but it was probably the closest distance to Reda at this time.

“Nushi-sama, the little fox.The sweet little fox made this for the sake of seeing your smile. The little fox doesn't want you to be mad at him anymore. He chose everything himself. At least, just this once.please accept.”.

Aragaki with a cold face and her emotions tried to throw the thing away, but Reda immediately hugged and knelt before Aragaki-sama.

“I will do anything for Nushi-sama to accept this gift! I will do it so that Nushi-sama believes that this is the real gift of Ryuunosuke!”

“I beg you, give me a chance to prove it! Ryuunosuke..Ryuunosuke already tried to make it for Nushi-sama!”

Ryuunosuke cries and approaches Aragaki.

“Aragaki-sama, Ryuunosuke is not lying, Ryuunosuke is not lying! Reda-sama really only taught me! Do not rule Reda-sama, do not law Reda-sama! Hiks...mom..huwaaa...”.

Aragaki was surprised to hear her little fox was indeed at her feet while calling her mother.

“Mother, mother..hiks..Aragaki-sama is angry at Ryuunosuke...hiks...”.

“Ryuunosuke..”

Hakuren tried to make the little fox calm, but because of his instincts that missed his mother's figure, he immediately hugged Reda tightly while crying in his arms.

“Please, it's okay Ryuunosuke. Nushi-sama is not angry with you. Don't cry yes.”

“Hiks, Reda-sama..hiks...”.

There seemed to be a pain in Aragaki's heart as her little fox whined like that while calling her late mother. He had enough of the drama and walked in without noticing anyone else behind him.

But, Reda who saw the ruler was about to enter immediately stood up and chased after him. He knelt behind her and pleaded once more.

“Nushi-sama, please accept. I will do anything for Nushi-sama to accept it. I'll–”

“Shut! Don't try to test my patience! If you really want to prove everything you say, stay there and don't bother me!”

“I don't care if you eat or freeze to death out there, dirty girl. If it's as hard as you want, do as you like.”

Aragaki left them and went inside.

Hearing that, Nagi and Ginko attempt to chase after their master and explain everything.

Meanwhile, Hakuren and Kuroto try to get Reda to stand up to treat the wound on her back.

“Reda-sama, ignore the words of Aragaki-sama. Stand up, we treat your wound.” Hakuren said with an anxious face

“Forget about proving anything, you're a girl. That wound must have hurt. The blood has not stopped. Quickly wake up now, village girl!”

Reda endured her pain, but she remembered Aragaki's sentence well.

[If you really want to prove everything you say, stay there and don't bother me]

[Never move from where you are and never do anything until I see you]

Reda. Seeing no response from the girl, Hakuren called out to her.

“Reda-sama?”

“I...will stay here.”

“What?! You're hurt, don't be weird or you'll die later!” Kuroto starts to run out of patience due to panic

Ryuunosuke ran hugging Reda back.

“Reda-sama, come on in. Ryuunosuke is fine, Ryuunosuke is fine. The prize is ugly, hiks. Come in.”

“Look at the little fox, he cried nonstop because of what you said! Now stand!”

“But, Ryuunosuke has already made this with great difficulty. I want Nushi-sama to accept it. I want to see him happy with this gift.”

“I...I really want to see him smile again.”

As she said that, Reda looked embarrassed. He had truly established his heart for the man he admired in silence.

No matter how evil Aragaki was to her, that love did not fade at all.

“I..love Nushi-sama. One day, after I die, Nushi-sama will meet his true love. And when that comes, I'm sure that girl will be the luckiest girl in the world.”

“At least, for once before dying.I want to see that smile again. Beautiful smile that I had seen when I first came to this place.”

“Reda-sama..”.

That smile the night Reda came had stolen her heart. Aragaki's gentle face while standing under the moonlit sakura and lantern light was the most beautiful in Reda's eyes that night.

“For the sake of Nushi-sama smile, I want her to see this gift and feel happy.”

“In addition, this is the work of the beloved little servant Nushi-sama. If Nushi-sama realizes it, I'm sure he'll be happy. Ryuunosuke has fought well. I really hope Nushi-sama would accept it.”

“...” no one dared to say anything more to the girl

From his eyes, there was love and pure feeling from him. Hakuren and Kuroto know that.

“You...serius still want to keep your mind that?” kuroto asked with an expression of disbelief

“I'm sure, Nushi-sama will be willing to accept this. I will stay here, Kuroto-sama. Thank you for worrying about me, Hakuren-sama.”

Reda smiled with a blushing face. As if the smile said to the two tengu that ‘all this is my heart's choice’.

With guilt and remorse, the two stood up and went inside leaving Reda.

Ryuunosuke was still crying beside Reda. The sobbing made Reda almost cry. But, he hugged the poor little fox.

“Ryuunosuke, come in and visit Nushi-sama. I'll be right here. Nushi-sama will definitely see me and receive this gift.”

“Hiks..Reda-sama is injured, Reda-sama can die. If Reda-sama dies and is with mom, Ryuunosuke will be lonely. Hiks..”

“I won't die, there's still less than three months. Besides, we haven't managed to see Nushi-sama smiling at the both of us. Excitement, huh?”

“Huwaaa...” his cries became louder.

Reda put the ikebana bowl on the ground and hugged her little fox gently while rubbing her hair.

“My sweetest little fox, don't cry anymore huh. Trust me, everything will be fine. Ryuunosuke told me, right? If Ryuunosuke's mother in the sky supports us, it means we will be nothing.”

“Whatever the stone, if it continues to be dripped water will definitely be destroyed as well. Although it takes a very long time, but if done patiently will definitely succeed.”

“Hati Nushi-sama is freezing like an ice cube that is difficult to melt. But, if we give her gentleness and love, Nushi-sama will definitely melt.”

“We fought from scratch again, remember? This is the first effort of the two of us again, so be excited.”

The little fox started to stop crying. She wiped her tears slowly. Reda held the little fox in her lap and rubbed the cheek of her little fox

“Hmm~Ryuunosuke is so sweet. Is it better?” ask the girl with a smile

Ryuunosuke hugged the girl tightly. “Ryuunosuke will meet Aragaki-sama. Reda-sama should not die.”

“I won't die, little fox.”

Ryuunosuke did what Reda had done before, rubbing his cheek on Reda's cheek.

After that, he went in to meet Aragaki.

The rest of the crowd held the ikebana bowl back.

“For Nushi-sama's smile, I have to fight a little more. All for the sake of seeing a smile and melting the ice of his heart.”

“Just need to fight a little more. Please help me, God. I want Nushi-sama to be the luckiest person in the world.”

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