The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapter 81. Perfect date bag. 3

"Perhaps if I taste any other food you've taken, it'll taste better."

That was the sentence the ruler said to the girl.

The embarrassed face with the red color on her cheeks so described her embarrassment now.

"Nushi-sama..ta–tadi it..."

"Aren't you the one who told me to taste it? I'm not wrong, am I?"

"That's..." Reda was confused to answer. Now he's more confused.

"I did tell Nu–Nushi-sama to taste it. Ta–but I never thought that Nushi-sama would eat from my chopsticks! Malunya~"

Aragaki knows that the girl is embarrassed now, but she doesn't care about it.

"I want him to get used to interacting and being touched by me. Even though.seeing it was embarrassed like this was indeed not bad."

"His embarrassed face was very pretty. I think I need to do something to get him to look at me."

The ruler took his chopsticks now. He cut the aburage and was about to feed the girl.

"Nushi...-sama?"

"I ate it from you. In exchange, I will do the same. Come on, open his mouth."

"Eh?!" The red becomes redder

"Ahaha, why surprised? It's not the first time I've bribed you, is it?"

"In addition don't you like it, this aburage? It must taste good."

- Blueuush

His face was getting red. The girl was increasingly unable to control her heartbeat.

"Worked by Nushi-sama..with a lot of people here?"

"Why indeed?"

"Ta–but..."

"You refused?"

Reda was speechless with a face full of hope, "It is impossible to refuse! Nushi-sama.disuapi Nushi-sama is a thing that might not happen again! I. I can't possibly refuse it!"

The girl ate it. The embarrassed face remained domineering, but a happy smile sparkled after it instantly adorned.

"Enak, right?" aragaki asked with a smile and her soft voice

"Enak. This is the best."

"Thank God. So, can I get a piece of aburage as well?"

"Nushi-sama wants another aburage? But.on the plate..."

Reda saw the ruler had an aburage on his small plate. "The agency is already on Nushi-sama's plate."

"Aren't you going to bribe me?"

"Eh?! Bribe–"

Aragaki again reasoned.

"It feels like eating from someone else's hand is more delicious."

"In addition, the one I ate from you before was also the best cut."

- Blueuush

Reda's face turned red. As if she didn't know to be embarrassed or happy, she was confused right now.

One side he was eager to do so, but on the other he was too embarrassed.

But he realized that the face of the man he loved so much was already in front of him.

It was so close that everything that was happening now was just an illusion.

Reda endured her embarrassment and started cutting out the aburage tofu that was on her plate. Then, he fed the ruler.

Of course his expression did not change. However, there is a sense of happiness itself that emanates.

"The first moment came, even to touch my cooking alone Nushi-sama refused. Now, we can be this close."

"It feels like everything I've always hoped for is starting to come true."

"God, if only I could always pay attention like this to Nushi-sama forever."

Happiness enveloped the girl. Aragaki also smiled looking at him.

Although it still looked very awkward, but the ruler began to see the girl in front of him was already used to the interaction with him.

This is shown from the beginning he received food taken by Aragaki until he was willing to be fed by him.

Time went by quickly and they were done with the food.

"How does it feel? Do you think I can buy this for Jorogumo?"

"taste good. Jorogumo-sama will like it, Nushi-sama."

"so. Mercifully. Then we buy this and go to her place."

"Good." said the girl with a smile

They decided to buy the menu he ate before leaving the place.

The shop owner's wife approached the girl again.

"Well come again."

"Yes. The food here is delicious, ma'am. I really like the new menu. Thank you so much for the food."

"Thank God." the shopkeeper's wife immediately saw the ruler. He whispered back.

"Aragaki-sama, just don't let go!"

The ruler smiled and answered him this time, "I'm trying now. Pray for me to make him stay with me, Tenko."

The shop owner's wife's tail and ears instantly swayed quickly. "Of course, Aragaki-sama! Sure was! Fight on!"

The shop owner's husband could only smile to see the wife happy.

Aragaki and Reda left the place. They walk back.

Reda brings the food Aragaki bought for Jorogumo.

Aragaki extended her hand back to Reda. The girl stopped because she was confused.

"Nushi-sama, this..."

"Let me bring the food."

"But–"

"It's okay. Give it to me."

Reda gives it to Aragaki because she can't refuse him.

When the food was brought Aragaki by hand, the other hand immediately grasped Reda's hand.

"Nushi-sama?!" the girl was surprised. He came back embarrassed.

"It's starting to get crowded here. Hold my hand tightly, yes, so that you don't get lost in this crowd of people."

Reda's hand that Aragaki had grasped tightly didn't seem to have any chance of letting go.

And it seemed, the girl also had no intention of letting go of the ruler's hand as well.

They walk around looking around. The crowd made Reda very happy.

Sometimes the ruler offered to take him to another merchant's place.

Reda several times rejected it because he felt that it might trouble the ruler.

But without realizing the girl, he occasionally saw things that he thought were interesting. His honest eyes made him sometimes forget that he was walking with the ruler.

"Are you interested in accessories?" ask Aragaki

"ah! That's..." Reda pointed to a beautiful round mirror with floral decoration

"Do you like that mirror?"

"The mirror is so pretty. But, I guess an ugly, ugly girl like me doesn't need it."

Reda had always considered herself low since she always got rejection from the villagers.

Although she had started to gain her confidence since being well received by Ryuunosuke and Aragaki's loyal servant, her little heart was still unable to fully heal.

"Every time I saw my reflection in a puddle while I was in the village, the villagers always said that a bad and stupid girl like me could never get married."

"I know that might be true. A girl like me doesn't deserve to see a reflection of herself in the mirror."

Reda looks moody. He even remembered the thing that would probably be his destiny.

"In fact, when they said that I could finally become Nushi-sama's 'bride' candidate, I might eventually die."

"Marrying Nushi-sama is the most impossible thing for me. Even if we get close, Nushi-sama will never fall in love with a dirty girl like me."

Reda's eyes glazed over as if tears would drip.

But, a soft caress landed warmly on his face. It was Aragaki's hand that let go of his grasp and stroked his face.

"Why sad? That's not true. Who says you don't deserve to see yourself in the mirror?"

The gentle caress on Reda's face made the girl shed her tears.

Aragaki wiped away the teardrops on Reda's face and took her to go to the accessories place.

He asked Reda to stand in front of the mirror she was looking at.

"seen? That's your face."

"..." - ".Reda looked at her reflection in the mirror.

Aragaki stood behind him and said, "That face is the face that my little fox praises all the time."

"When he introduced you, he said with pride and confidence that you were beautiful."

"And I feel it's true."

"Eh?"

Reda looked at Aragaki with a surprised expression. Aragaki's smile greeted him along with many beautiful sentences.

"You're beautiful. So pretty. And I feel your pretty face just deserves to be adorned with a smile."

"Therefore, don't cry anymore and smile."

Reda was happy and moved to hear it.

"Nushi-sama..say me..beautiful?"

"really. You are so beautiful. I'm sure the others agree." Aragaki even asked the mirror seller, "Master, what do you think? Do you also agree this girl is very pretty?"

The merchant smiled and praised Reda.

"Hoo~really a beautiful girl. You are beautiful, miss. Believe what your husband says."

"His husband?! Not mister. It's not..."

Reda face immediately panicked and embarrassed back. He glanced at Aragaki with a red face back.

"Hmm? Not husband? Even though you guys fit in?" the merchant was astonished

Aragaki did not want to make the girl embarrassed again.

"We bought the mirror, right? So, you can look at your face every day to start believing that you're not as bad as you think."

Reda did not say anything because she was already very happy. Lying if he is unhappy.

Moreover, his happiness was further increased after Aragaki actually bought the mirror and gave it to Reda.

"This..really for me, Nushi-sama?"

"You like it, right? This way you can be more confident every reflect."

Reda showed her sweet smile to the ruler which made the man's heart beat fast.

- Deg

"That beautiful smile again.Eventually, I can see it."

With a smile, a sentence said Reda's mouth.

"Thank you very much, Nushi-sama. I'll take good care of this gift."

The accessories merchant was like a spectator of the love story of the two people.

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