The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapter 54. The Form of an Attention Called Betrayal

Aragaki who had walked into his residence looked so emotional. He ignores all the sentences and words he says in front of the tombstone belonging to Ryuunosuke's late mother, Ryoko.

From behind, Nagi and Ginko ran after the master who was about to enter his room.

“Aragaki-sama, please wait a moment!”

Like ignoring his two loyal servants, Aragaki enters without caring for the two youko.

“Aragaki-sama!”

“Nagi, wait!” Ginko stops Nagi who is about to knock on Aragaki's room door

Ginko pulls Nagi slightly into the house and into another room.

“Why arrest me?!” asked Nagi in an annoyed tone

“You need to calm down. Nushi-sama is not being friendly. If until he is angry, we might not be able to stop his anger like yesterday.”

“Tapi–”

“Nushi-sama may take some time. Don't do anything stupid. We'll think of a way together. Instead, we try to persuade Reda-sama to come back to enter. The wound would be serious if left unchecked.”

Nagi who heard that went straight out of the room and ran towards the exit.

In the middle towards the exit, he saw the two tengu entering.

“Why are you here? What about that country girl?” ask Nagi to panic

“Reda-sama is alone outside. We intend to talk to Aragaki-sama.” Hakuren said

“Self?!” Nagi directly approached Hakuren, “Then where is that little fox now?!”

“I think he's still out with Reda-sama.”

“Kh...” Nagi directly through Hakuren and towards the exit. Just starting to run, the little fox appeared and ran while looking very rushed.

“Little change!!” Nagi.

But as if not hearing it, Ryuunosuke ignores the four loyal servants of Aragaki and runs towards Aragaki's room alone.

“The boy!”

-braak

The little fox opened the door of Aragaki's room and entered crying.

“Aragaki-sama, Ryuunosuke please don't be angry anymore. Reda-sama is not wrong, Reda-sama is not wrong! Ryuunosuke dare to swear!”

“Small change!” Nagi runs and sees Ryuunosuke crying near Aragaki sitting down. The ruler completely ignored his beloved fox this time.

As if not believing what he saw, the four servants fell silent and stared.

“Aragaki-sama ignored Ryuunosuke?”

“This is not a common thing. No, this is the first time something like this has happened!”

“Why? Why did Nushi-sama ignore him?”

“Aragaki-sama..”

The little fox kept tugging at Aragaki's clothes while crying like a little boy whining at his master's people.

“Aragaki-sama..hiks...Ryuunosuke please, Ryuunosuke please! Reda-sama is injured and does not want to get up until Aragaki-sama sees her. Come with Ryuunosuke, follow Ryuunosuke. Hiks hiks.”

“Let me go, Ryuunosuke. I'm still trying to be patient with you.”

“Ryuunosuke please, Ryuunosuke please. Hiks..Reda-sama is innocent, Ryuunosuke swore.”

Since it was already quite upset, Aragaki started to slightly snap at him.

“Until when do you want to constantly defend it?! She's just a useless dirty girl!”

“Reda-sama is not a dirty girl! Reda-sama loves Aragaki-sama!”

“She's not a good girl!”

“Reda-sama good! Reda-sama is so attentive to Aragaki-sama! Reda-sama loves you so much, why is Aragaki-sama so mean to her!”

This time Aragaki was so angry that she pushed her little fox down.

“Ryuunosuke!” the four servants of Aragaki entered without his master's permission to help the little fox

Seeing how defiant all his servants were now, Aragaki stood up and began to show his emotions that he had shown yesterday.

“You all really make me angry. I know you've started fighting me. Is this how you treat your master? Is this how you guys reply to everything I did for you guys?”

“After me, you all started supporting my little fox and lying to me.”

“You defended that dirty girl and tried to make me accept her. Am I so stupid in your eyes? Answer me!!”

- Deg

The pale face and coldness started to feel the five of them. Their bodies were trembling with fear. Not only that, cold sweat due to excessive fear created made both their legs limp.

“You have betrayed me. You defended the blood of our friends' killers in the past. Do you think I'll forgive you for all this treason?”

They can't say anything. It's like they should be ready to die at the hands of their own master.

But, it seems Nagi has already decided to do what she once said.

[Since Aragaki-sama himself said that he was disappointed in us. Why don't we all show Aragaki-sama, how far our ‘treason’ has gone to her]

[If when Aragaki-sama returns, he still denies everything about the village girl.I might sacrifice my loyalty to wake up Aragaki-sama. The four of us are witnesses to everything the village girl did]

Nagi looks so sorry. He said inwardly, “I'm sorry, Aragaki-sama. We do it all because we care so much about you. And also..we acknowledge the honest feelings of the village girl.”.

Nagi started to catch her breath and spoke seriously.

“Aragaki-sama. We may have disappointed you. But, this is all we do because we care about you.”

“Peduli? There is no form of good caring if together with a betrayal.” Aragaki is starting to look increasingly cold and cynical. His words began to look heart-piercing. But that was not the thing Nagi was afraid of.

“Aragaki-sama, there are things you should know. During this time, the little fox does not cook the dishes you like.”

“What?” Aragaki's surprised. His aura returned to its original state. The ruler looked shocked.

“Aragaki-sama, who makes all those dishes is that village girl. Reda-sama cooked it. He cooked everything to make you smile.”

For the first time Nagi called out the name Reda with her mouth. Ginko, Hakuren and Kuroto are initially surprised. They were worried and scared if the ruler was angry, but it seemed Nagi did not see that as a problem.

He and his mouth kept talking.

“Since the beginning, Reda-sama has been so attentive to this little fox. He did everything so that this little fox would not be punished by you, he made delicious dishes in order to be able to see Aragaki-sama smile while eating it.”

“He taught this little fox to cultivate wild vegetables and cook so that someday, if he dies, Aragaki-sama's favorite taste can still be felt by you.”

“I, no.. The four of us already know about it and secretly keep this matter a secret to you. We realized it, since the delicious taste he made was served full on the table, Aragaki-sama never stopped smiling while eating it.”

Nagi did not stop. For the sake of opening everything, he continued to talk and did not give the employer a chance to cut his sentence.

“You look so enjoyed it. It proves that Reda-sama managed to make Aragaki-sama feel happy. For the sake of being able to make Aragaki-sama smile, the little fox lied to you.”

“By saying that the meal is made by a little fox, it is for the sake of so that the food made by him is no longer rejected by you.”

“To be honest, we all love the taste of that cuisine. The taste of it.similar to the taste of the cuisine made by Ryoko-san, it may even be warmer and full of feelings of love in it.”

“In addition..In addition, the little fox does not lie. That country girl, Reda-sama really loves you.”

Nagi started to raise her head and looked at the ruler with a look of confidence.

“If this is indeed a form of betrayal for you then *nanao no kitsune (tailed fox seven*), this Nagi has committed treason. But, I did this because I was your loyal servant.”

“That little fox feeling, I'm starting to realize it. Aragaki-sama, we just want you to be happy and with the love of the girl.We hope your pain can be treated.”.

“…”

Aragaki was now completely unable to say anything. Now, it was not just his little fox who sided with the village girl that he thought was dirty.

The four loyal servants in front of him now began to say things that had never been known by him since the arrival of the candidate ‘bride’.

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