The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapter 63. The Smile that Made Me Fall in Love

Reda who was inside the hut realized she was crying. She wiped her tears and tried to smile.

“What are you doing, Reda? Crying like this.Ryuunosuke will be suspicious later if he sees it.”.

Reda tried to smile back so as not to look like a person who finished crying. He did not think of washing his face to cover it up because his mind was too innocent.

“It looks like it's already looking fine. I can smile as usual. Hopefully the little fox doesn't realize it.”

Reda thought her little fox was still behind to hang up the clothes, so she calmly sat down on the tatami.

Not long after, his little fox came like a person who had run away.

“Reda-sama!!”

“Ryu–Ryuunosuke?! What's up?!” Reda panicked to see her little fox panting full of sweat. He immediately stood up to his little fox and knelt down to take a closer look.

“What's up? What the hell's going on? Wasn't Ryuunosuke still drying his clothes?”

His little fox tried to catch his breath and hugged his beloved girl without telling him anything.

“Ryuunosuke?”

Reda who got the hug could only gently rub the fox's small back and ask without getting the answer.

After that, her little fox patted the hand of the village girl with a feeling of impatience.

“Let's go to Aragaki-sama place, Reda-sama!”

“I–iya, but what is it? Why is Ryuunosuke in such a hurry?”

“Ryuunosuke wants Reda-sama to meet Aragaki-sama!” it seemed that the little fox was very adamant with his intentions

“Eh? Meet...Nushi-sama?”

Reda became increasingly confused with her little fox. He just followed the wishes of his little fox with a face full of confusion. But, for some reason his own heart was beating fast when he heard about meeting the man he admired so much.

“Meet Nushi-sama? Does Nushi-sama want to meet me? But, I'm just a girl who is hated by Nushi-sama.”

“Couldn't Nushi-sama be angry because I got sick yesterday? But.but Nushi-sama wanted to hold my hand this morning and we ate in the same room.”

“How is this? Reda couldn't guess. God, please calm my heart. May Nushi-sama not be angry with me.”

When he reached the park, Reda tried to ask the little fox again.

“Ryuunosuke, what's wrong? Why rush?”

“Reda-sama should meet Aragaki-sama. It's important!”

“Important?”

Reda became more worried but also pounding.

As he reached Aragaki's room, Reda and Ryuunosuke saw the ruler standing outside looking at the cherry blossoms on the other side of the room.

“Nushi...-sama.”

Aragaki looked towards the two people who had just come. Seeing the ruler looking at him, Reda instantly blushed and lowered her head in embarrassment.

Ryuunosuke pulls Reda's hand and approaches Aragaki.

“Aragaki-sama, Ryuunosuke has brought Reda-sama. Aragaki-sama should say it now! Ryuunosuke wants to hear it now, Ryuunosuke wants to hear Aragaki-sama say it now!”

The little fox was very adamant with his wishes. He had actually billed the promise of the previous ruler.

Although Aragaki just said she would think about it to her little fox, but it seems that her little fox is not willing to wait.

Aragaki looked at the village girl who was bowed shyly before him. Coincidentally, he did intend to allow the girl to stay there, but the time was too fast.

“This little change of mine seems so impatient.”

Aragaki walked closer to the two. Seeing the ruler approaching, Reda immediately kowtowed to salute.

“Nu–Nushi-sama. I'm sorry for interrupting your time. Ryuunosuke said that I should meet with Nushi-sama.”

“I..I really didn't mean to bother Nushi-sama. I'm sorry.”

That sentence made Aragaki feel a little strange now.

“Before I didn't care about the sentence he said to me. But now, I feel that I don't want to hear that sentence coming out of his mouth again.”

“Not that kind of sentence I want to hear and not that fearful expression I want to see.”

Aragaki who was already standing near the two saw her little fox that was still visible

eager.

“Aragaki-sama should say it! Ryuunosuke wants to hear now! Anyway now!”

The little fox had already made Aragaki unable to resist it.

“I understand.” Aragaki gave her smile to the little fox, making the little fox look happy and blushing with happiness.

“Thanks to that head, I've received it well.”

“...” Reda is silent. He felt that this was not something that would happen in the real world.

“Nushi-sama..be very close to me.”.

The other thing that made Reda surprised until her face red blushed and blushed was the smile Aragaki gave to her.

“Listen to me, my little fox says that you will be lonely if you live in a dark and lonely place alone.”

“Since you also just healed from the wound, it would be better if someone watches over you to help you work.”

“Eh?” Reda was surprised

“My little fox is so worried about your wound, so I think it would be better if from today you stay here.”

Like a dream, Reda really did not believe in what she was hearing now.

“Tanggal...here?”

“True. There are plenty of rooms to wear and if you stay here, my little fox won't worry. Besides, I also thought of destroying that old hut since that place can no longer be used.”

“I will ask Hakuren and Kuroto to move your things that might still be brought to this place and–”

Aragaki's eyes were shocked. Not only Aragaki, Ryuunosuke also looks shocked. Tear drops came out soaking Reda's cheeks and with a reddened face, she seemed to want to believe every sentence of the ruler.

“I can...be here? Is this a dream?”

Aragaki smiled at him, “Of course not. You'll be staying here from today."

"Ryuunosuke will help clean up the room you will be using.”

Reda looked towards her little fox, “Ryuuno..suke..”.

“Reda-sama will stay with Ryuunosuke. Isn't this fun, Reda-sama.”

“…”

Like a wish come true, Reda cried. She was crying because she was happy.

“Thank you, Nushi-sama. Hiks.thank you for your kindness. Thank you very much, thank you very much. Hiks, hiks...”.

Reda could not stop her tears, “God, this is a blessing. Thank you for listening to my prayers all this time. Reda can..with Nushi-sama.”.

Seeing that moved face, the ruler's heart tingled back.

“Eye water that falls on the face that is flushed because it is happy it looks so..beautiful.”.

“His face looks so close now and I just realized that she is different from the dirty girl from that village. This girl is beautiful.”

The ruler recalled the day when Reda first met him.

The filthy girl who was full of eggs and tomatoes thrown at her, incarnated into a beautiful girl who even made her little fox praise the girl confidently.

Plus, Ryoko's ribbon she wears makes the girl look even more beautiful.

This time, Aragaki admitted it. He admitted that the girl in front of him was beautiful. It was so beautiful that it made her feel a thump she had never felt.

“What feeling is this? Why do I feel like I don't want to stop seeing it?”

It seemed, that thought made Aragaki perform an unusual action.

She wiped away the girl's tears with her own hands. The little fox that was there was a witness to the gentle actions of the ruler.

“Do not cry. This is not something that needs to be addressed. If you cry like that, Ryuunosuke will whine again at me.”

That soft sentence was like hypnotizing Reda. The beautiful charming smile and soft voice made Reda's heart beat faster.

“Starting today, you will stay here. That was my decision. Don't cry anymore and smile.”

Reda felt so happy. Seeing the person she loved so much in silence being so close to her made her want to show her best smile.

“Thank you very much, Nushi-sama.”

“…”

That smile was the one Aragaki saw on the day that the girl gave ikebana from the little fox to her.

- Deg Deg

Aragaki's heart beats fast looking at it, “What's wrong with me? Why is my heart pounding looking at it?”

There was no point in questioning and doubting his own feelings. Aragaki must admit it.

“Is this what they call the feeling of love?”

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