A true hero marries a man by his appearance [Comprehensive]

"Brother Eddie! I ~love~you~"

Unexpectedly, I heard such a sentence——this sentence was said in a very familiar voice, and the man who was lying on a high place basking in the sun with his legs crossed almost fell off the roof.

Although it is said to be "almost", in fact he just slipped a little unnaturally.Putting down the raised leg suddenly, he turned over and sat up, except for the indescribable expression on his face, there was no abnormality in general.

"Altoria."

Eddie's voice was still calm, and even because it was too calm, there was a slight hint of coldness.

"Who taught you to say that. You are not allowed to cover up, tell me your name."

Whoever it is, the fate of that guy is not going to be good.

Immediately afterwards, even the scope of objects that could be suspected was directly listed——

"Tell me, is it the itchy Kai, or the unchanging Merlin?"

However, on the ground at this moment, the knight girl who was looking up at the man was confused for a few seconds.

Artoria: "Huh?"

Artoria: "Why did you react like this? It's a little different from what you imagined. But, Brother Eddie, why did you suddenly mention Kai and Mr. Merlin? It has nothing to do with them."

Eddie: "Nothing to do with them?"

Do not believe.

It can be seen from the man's expression as if he was covered by a dark cloud for a moment, that he absolutely does not believe that it has nothing to do with those two guys.

If it wasn't for someone's instigation, how could Artoria, who was as pure as a small white flower, say such words to him suddenly?

So, it must be someone who wants to court death——

Artoria: "Ah, wait a minute, Brother Eddie, you misunderstood, it really isn't."

Before Eddie jumped down from the roof and rolled up his sleeves to clean up the people, the girl who suddenly made an astonishing remark finally came to her senses and quickly stopped him.

Arturia hugged the arm of the man who had suddenly climbed to a height, and shook it coquettishly, her blue eyes sparkled: "I met a new friend today. The sentence just now was taught by her." mine."

she?

When Eddie heard the first half of the sentence, the anger in his heart hadn't disappeared, but it was later discovered that Artoria had really made ordinary, same-age, female friends.

This is really not easy. If you exaggerate it, you can celebrate it.

Maybe it's because she has been traveling in different places and couldn't stay in one place for a long time. Although Arturia is lively and cute, except for her traveling companions (plus Eddie who was dragged in halfway), there is no Make friends again.

So, this is the first time.

According to Artoria herself, her new friend is a little girl named Nina who lives in a nearby village. She is a little older than her, but she has a similar personality and is very reasonable.

It was a coincidence that they knew each other.

The opportunity for the acquaintance was an important item that Nina accidentally lost, that is, a love letter she secretly wrote to her sweetheart.

The love letter was blown away by the wind, almost fell into the river, and was swept away by the river.Artoria, who happened to be passing by, grabbed the thin letter with quick eyes and hands before the love letter fell into the river, and handed it back to Nina who was chasing after her out of breath.

Then, relying on the fate concluded by this love letter, one expressed gratitude while pinching the lost and recovered treasure, and the other said with a bright smile that it's okay to be polite. The two little girls talked very happily and quickly became good friends.

This is the reason for the matter.

Eddie: "..."

"love letter?"

Eddie finally caught a particularly eye-catching keyword from the girl's chattering narration.

"It's a letter that expresses my feelings for the person I like in words."

"……I know."

Of course he knew what the love letter was, but because the reaction was too shocking, he was misunderstood by the girl who thought he didn't know, and explained it to him in detail.

It seems that I can already guess what is going on.

This is simply...

Sure enough, the girl dangling his arm giggled: "Hey~ Nina showed me the letter she wrote, and told me~ what 'love' means."

"'Love' is similar to 'like', if you want to know who you 'love', just think, do you want to stay with that person for a long time, do you want to play with that person - if you are sure , then it must be 'love'!"

"So~so~say~"

Artoria stopped shaking Eddie's arm, and instead tugged at his sleeve, motioning the man who was much taller than her to bend down.

As soon as Eddie was dizzy from her shaking his head, he lowered his head, and there was a strange touch on his cheek.

"Chirp."

The moment he bent down, the petite girl stood on tiptoe with a smile on her face, and kissed the left cheek of the man who was regarded as her elder brother.

Eddie with a small saliva on his face: "..."

Ok.

Although these words are only dared to be hidden in my heart and dare not speak out, the fact is...

The man who was caught off guard and kissed kept his head down. He was silent for a long while, and then slowly - stiffly straightened up.

He remained silent for a while, looking down at the girl who was looking forward to looking at him with a bright smiling face that seemed to be covered with florets.

"Altoria."

"Uh-huh?"

"You are not yet 15 years old. It's too early to think about whether you like it or not. This topic, stop here, don't talk about it!"

Eddie's tone became a little more serious, becoming especially serious.

It is rare for him to talk to girls so seriously. It is really different from the previous situation today, so he must seriously emphasize it.

However, it is worthy of Artoria who can restrain the strongest human beings to death.

She only blinked, and resisted Eddie's solemn teaching as an elder with a naive remark.

"Why, I really 'love' Brother Eddie."

"........."

That's why I said, at such a young age, why do you talk about whether you like it or not.

The unspeakable point is that the man who was forced to act as a mentor to correct the girl's misconceptions, in his life of more than 2000 years, the thing he is least good at and most unable to cope with is probably about "love" topic of.

There was a faint feeling of being poked into a sore spot, but the girl's clear eyes were so pure.

Therefore, Eddie could only take a deep breath, be patient, squat down, pick out some suitable words with great difficulty, and try to correct the misconceptions of Artoria, who has never understood what love is.

"Let me tell you, you don't even understand what your feelings for me are... Damn, why do I feel like I said the same thing to someone a long time ago?!"

Artoria: "Huh?"

"Hey, you think of me as a big brother, or as an elder, so it's just respect, admiration, or more like love between relatives and friends...Damn, I definitely said the exact same thing to someone before!"

Arturia: "Huh?"

Big Eddie seemed to want to educate her.

But, for some reason, every time he said a word of education, he seemed to suddenly recall some unpleasant memories, and he was about to grind his teeth with a displeased face behind him, completely immersed in his own world.

As a result, education basically has no effect, and Artoria was stunned for a while, and even Eddie himself couldn't bear it.

"Forget it! The more you talk, the more complicated it gets, don't struggle anymore, I'm really not the material to be a life mentor..."

There was a flash of helplessness on his face, and he might be worried that Arturia would be like a certain bastard once, who would get into the horns of his talking more and more, so he simply gave up continuing to talk about empty truths.

"Let's put it this way. If you want to stay together and play with you, then, Kai, or Merlin—you should feel the same about them, right?"

Arturia fell into deep thought, and after a while, she nodded thoughtfully: "That's right... If it's Kai, I feel the same way."

"That's right, that's the truth. So don't think too much, if you really don't understand, go to Merlin... that guy is your teacher, he will definitely let you know what is love and what is liking .”

Eddie was just relieved, thinking he was finally going to be free.However, the next moment, seeing the girl's expression suddenly serious, her somewhat wavering heart immediately became firm.

"No, Brother Eddie, that's what Mr. Merlin told me."

Eddie was stunned: "What?!"

"Actually, I just came here from Teacher Meilin..."

"Mr. Meilin told me that he is a nightmare who doesn't understand emotions, and it's too embarrassing for him to ask him such a complicated emotion as 'love'."

"but……"

At that time, Teacher Merlin turned his head so that the students couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.I could only hear his voice was extraordinarily soft, as if there was a hint of perplexed thinking, and a little bit of sudden understanding.

——Artoria, your words have given me some inspiration, and I seem to be able to understand a little bit.

——If you want to be with a specific person all the time, you can be happy doing everything with him, and you don’t want to be separated at any time, these are the expressions of loving him.

--Yeah, I got it.It turns out that I, like you, also...

"He said he 'loves' you just like me, Brother Eddie!"

"It turns out that Mr. Merlin and I both 'love' Brother Eddie, that's great, this is really a happy thing! But... eh, eh, eh, Brother Eddie? What's wrong with you?"

Eddie: "Oh, I just suddenly realized that I really deserved being rejected by Enkidu...nothing."

While the situation is not quite the same, however.

Being confessed by an idiot who doesn't have the concept of "love" in his heart, helpless, speechless, and unable to clean up, this feeling is really terrible.

Both Arturia and Merlin were classified as "idiots" by him, and now he was very tired and speechless, so he gave up completely before continuing this topic.

"Okay, okay, love love love..."

He sighed and ruffled the ignorant girl's blonde hair, almost ripping her bow off.

"Anyway - stop this topic for me first." Eddie didn't take back his hand, and continued to press Artoria's head, looking at her with piercing eyes.

"Now on to the next topic: your 15th birthday present, tell me, what do you want?"

His level of changing the subject is still so bad, and that's the only trick he can think of.

From Nefertari to Artoria, he is keen on preparing gifts for little girls, and this can be regarded as the main way for him to express his importance to a person.

However, Arturia was successfully distracted by him even though her level was extremely bad.

"Hmm..." She rested her chin, showing hesitation, "But, Brother Eddie, I'm still fifteen months away."

The previous birthday just passed, and the gift was also received.The man gave her an exquisite bracelet, which is now on her wrist.

Eddie: "..."

Eddie: "I just like to prepare ahead of time."

Arturia (no doubt): "Oh, yes."

Abandoning the previous entangled content, she once again fell into deep thought seriously.

It took a long time to think, but the man who looked at her calm face was not in a hurry.

Breaking away from the topic he was least good at, he relaxed and made up his mind that no matter what Artoria wanted, he would do his best to satisfy her.

After all, this girl is really likable.

Well, it would be even better if some weird ideas came up from time to time, and I asked him some strange questions, and said something inexplicable to him...

Artoria: "Think about it!"

Eddie straightened his face.

"Oh, why have I thought about it for so long, I should have thought of it tomorrow."

"Tell me, what do you want?"

"Eddie—Big Brother!"

"The 15th birthday present, it's 'that'."

"Nina also told me. The love song sung by her sweetheart is very beautiful. I have never heard it before. I am so curious. I asked Kay to sing it to me first, but he couldn't and rolled my eyes. So... ..."

Eddie: "Wait? Don't you? Hey, little girl—"

"Hee~"

The girl laughed happily, raised her hand high, and blurted out her words in a clear and forceful voice:

"Gift, I want you to sing me a love song~ Can you, can you? Wow!!! Great, Brother Eddie, you are so kind!"

Eddie: "..."

Not anymore.

Arturia Pendragon, who is only 14 years old, is definitely the strongest nemesis of human beings appointed by heaven.

She was here to torment him.

*****

As usual "grown-up time".

As usual, he sat in a hidden corner of the tavern and drank, with a white nightmare as his companion.

Unlike usual, Eddie drank more today than before.

Don't get me wrong, it has nothing to do with drinking away his worries-although the nemesis' wish made him feel quite troublesome, it wasn't to the point where he needed to worry.

The reason was all because of Merlin who had been his drinking buddy for half a year.

"Artoria is causing you trouble again? Sigh, as her teacher, I really feel guilty. Come on, I'll pour you some wine as an apology."

Swish, the empty wine glass is full.

After a while, when the glass of wine was drunk again.

"Did Kai ask you to give him a small stove today to hone his skills? It's hard work, pour another glass, I will thank you for him."

Swish, the glass is full.

Moreover, the magician who graciously poured him wine was quite attentive.Without him reaching out, or even connecting the connection, the rim of the cup was brought to his mouth, and the aroma of the wine immediately wafted to his nostrils, which was especially alluring.

When he first got this kind of treatment, Eddie was unwilling to accept it.

It's not that he doesn't have long hands, and it only takes a few seconds to pour the wine, so where does he need help?

Therefore, he directly refused.

After refusing, Self-reliance refilled the wine, and was putting the glass to his mouth, when he caught a glimpse of the scene that made him pause without a trace from the corner of his eye.

The white-haired magician who was brutally rejected seemed quite aggrieved.

Even if Eddie is not around, as far as Merlin is concerned, no matter where he goes, he has a very clear sense of presence.

However, how lost and hit he is at this moment.

His expression is gloomy, his white hair is wilting, and his feet are not blooming.Looking closer, his eyes were very erratic, and he murmured in a low voice: "Ah, I'm really useless, it's fine if you don't drink well, you can't drink the wine in this store no matter what."

"Then, other than just sitting there, what's the point of my being here... I can't drink with Eddie, and I can't help him pour... Ah, it really doesn't make any sense, my existence..."

Suddenly catching a glimpse of this face that seemed to be gloomy in life, the corners of Eddie's eyes twitched slightly, and his eyes turned slightly to the side.

Coincidentally, just turning his eyes a little bit, the voice of Nightmare's soliloquy became louder by coincidence.

Eddie: "..."

Merlin: "I'm so pitiful, I'm so lonely, I'm really useless..."

... It was so noisy.

Eddie, who just wanted to drink quietly, squeezed the wooden wine glass silently, and finally couldn't bear it anymore.

The culprit: "Oh no—why did the cup suddenly break, the quality is really bad. You wait here, I'll go to the boss to replace it for you."

Before Eddie clenched his fist and beat him, the culprit disappeared as quickly as possible, and when he came back, he really brought back an intact cup.

"If it breaks again, it's too dangerous. Let me check first... well, it's not hurt. It's good that your hand hasn't been scratched by sawdust. But. If this is the case... let me pour you wine?"

Eddie: "..."

"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll be fine. Come on, let's drink~"

Eddie (with a cross on his forehead): "..."

Adhering to the principle of not wasting good wine, he didn't bother to get angry with the guy who was pretending to be stupid.

He still didn't let the inexplicably attentive Merlin feed the wine directly into his mouth, but he still caught the full cup that was delivered.

Not in a hurry to drink, Eddie squinted his eyes and glanced over: "What's the matter with you today, what did you do to apologize to me, guilty?"

Merlin denied it flatly: "No, how is it possible. I just think you are working too hard, and I want to do some trivial things to make you relax."

"Hmph." Eddie snorted softly, "Come on, this level is hard work, so I'm too useless."

What's more, he didn't feel "hard work" at all, and he didn't do much at the end of the day.If I had to say it hard, Merlin basically had to take care of those two young people during the day.

"Okay." Merlin said, "I confess. Actually... I always feel that you have something on your mind."

"I thought it's not good to ask directly, and it's not good to bother you, so I just took a more tactful way to comfort you."

Is the so-called "tactful way" to serve him enthusiastically like this?

After hearing this, Eddie felt that Merlin's way of thinking was too peculiar.The corners of the mouth could not be suppressed to cock a little, but then pressed down again.

"Self-righteous." The first sentence he said to Merlin was so blunt, but his tone was much calmer: "Am I the one who can get entangled in those messy things?"

"Ah, yes..."

"However, I'm really thinking about something that hasn't been resolved for a long time."

After he finished speaking, he returned his attention to the wine, lowered his eyelids, and drank the full wine in one gulp.

Merlin took the empty wine glass, and he was familiar with the movement of filling the wine.

Although he wanted to know what the thing Eddie was talking about, he didn't rush to ask.Pour the wine, pass it over, take it, and fill it up again... After repeating this process several times, as expected, he saw the man's reddish face slowly showing a little alcohol.

After that, Merlin handed over the full cup, and deliberately moved it closer.Trying to stick the slightly cool rim of the cup to the man's lips, the force is very light, as if a dragonfly touches the water, but the man can definitely feel it.

He is tantamount to gambling.

Sure enough, feeling the extra light pressure on his lips, Eddie raised his half-drowned eyelids again.

The posture at this time is that he rests his head with his left hand, and his body is slightly tilted.Merlin brought the wine glass to his mouth, and he only needed to open his mouth to drink it.

Eddie glanced vaguely at the white-haired Nightmare with a slightly hazy but still clear gaze.

"Want to talk?"

"Don't say it so coldly, I just want to show my concern. Then, if you want, I can be the perfect listener, and it's okay to offer ideas."

"cut."

The conversation stopped here temporarily, and Eddie didn't say anything more.

However, Xu Shi really felt Merlin's kindness. He didn't speak, but his change of mind was reflected in his performance, that is, he silently accepted the concern from his companion.

Someone took the initiative to bring the wine to his mouth... Forget it, save a little effort, although it feels awkward, it's not impossible.

well.

The first step of Merlin's plan was finally successfully completed.

Next, is the second step.

"The ankle... should be better?"

When the man's eyes were half closed and he was drinking with his own hand, Merlin stood up, gently placed his left hand on the man's shoulder, and at the same time asked in a softer voice.

Through the trace of mental power quietly buried in the man's body, it can be sensed that Eddie has completely let go of his vigilance towards him.

These days, Merlin has been trying to solve the problem of handcuffs through dreams.He still couldn't get the stubborn thing off, but he massaged Eddie and somehow healed the old wound that was almost necrotic.

Bringing up this matter at this time is to make Eddie more relaxed, remembering how kind he is to him, and to soften the already not so firm attitude.

Sure enough, the results have been shown.

Merlin's left hand wasn't just lying there.His fingers were so nimble, they seemed to slide to the side naturally, stroked the man's silver hair that fell next to the ear, and finally, quite calmly fell on the man's...a little bit beside the corner of his mouth.

A little bit of wine still fell there, and he wiped off the wet drops with his fingertips, paused, and seemed suddenly curious, put the index finger soaked in wine into his mouth, He sipped lightly.

"Well—it's still really spicy."

The heat was so unbearable that when Eddie was startled by his small movements and glared at him with instantly clear golden eyes, Merlin could still show a rather innocent expression.

"Go and go, I won't drink anymore."

After Eddie stared at Merlin, who made him feel uncomfortable again, he sat up straight and pushed Merlin aside.

Just a little uncomfortable, not angry.

Merlin also took advantage of the situation and put down the cup, and sat down obediently.

"...It's okay, it's almost the same as before, I don't feel anything."

"That's still different. You used to be in so much pain that you didn't feel it. Now...haha, it's good that the method works. It's not too late to thank me after you take off that thing. If you still want to give me some thank you gift I don't mind either, I'll accept anything as a gift, of course it'd be better if it's more expensive..."

Eddie's thank you, which was already on the verge of his mouth, was suddenly choked up, so without saying anything, he raised his hand and patted the back of Merlin's head.

"Okay, a present for you!"

Snapped!

Merlin: "Ouch."

He calms down, but when he clutches the back of his head and screams of pain, he tilts his head and smiles at Eddie.That smile clearly meant "Okay, okay, I'm willing to accept this gift too".

Eddie glanced at him, and Ben's still indifferent expression loosened a little.

After another long while, the patient Merlin heard Eddie's voice coming back up.

"That clairvoyance of yours... what a weird name, anyway, it's the ability to get a lot of information, right?"

Eddie frowned slightly, and without hesitating for long, he asked directly, "Can you find someone for me?"

Merlin waited for his words, and readily agreed: "Sure, who are you looking for, do you have any specific characteristics?"

That's what bothered Eddie.

If he had known specific clues, he would have found him long ago, but the problem is, there are no characteristics at all.

He relayed to Merlin the clues he got from the fairy queen more than a year ago, and he couldn't help complaining: "If you go in the direction I want to go, you can meet me. I'll follow you and hurry up." This country has been all over the place, where are people?!"

Mao was not seen.

After complaining, he was still waiting for Merlin's opinion, and then he found that Merlin seemed shocked, unable to speak for a moment: "..."

Eddie: "What's the matter? Ah, I can't find it. It's okay, I'll find it by myself."

Merlin: "No..."

Eddie: "Huh?"

"Avalon...the place you want to go to is Avalon?"

"correct."

"...Okay. You don't need to look for it, I already understand."

"What?"

Merlin raised his lowered head again, hiding his excitement in his gently clenched hands.

"How should I put it...Maybe, this is another trajectory that I didn't see in advance."

Eddie froze for a moment, but before he realized what he meant, there were palms stretched out to him, and the most hearty smile a magician showed.

"It is really difficult to go to the legendary paradise, the distant ideal land, without the guidance of the messenger."

"So, if you don't hold my hand quickly, how can you go there?"

*****

Something happened unexpectedly, and the girl's practice journey needed to be suspended for two days.

The teacher who is in charge of teaching her will take the eldest brother she met on the road to a place to do business. It won't take too long, and it is estimated that she will be back soon.Therefore, Arturia and Kai stayed in a small town for a few days, waiting for them to come back before setting off.

The place they went to was Avalon, and the two young men were not disclosed, because it was not necessary, and it was Eddie's private business to do.

Eddie really didn't expect that the "messenger" he was looking for was Merlin, and he could really meet him just by walking around.

It took a year to find out the truth by mistake... There is no other way, as long as the result is good.

Nightmare seems to be a frequent visitor to Avalon, and the goblins living in that paradise are very familiar with him, as if everyone knows him.

It was also because of the familiarity that Merlin had just led Eddie into the fairyland-like island when he was dragged away by the goblins swarming over.

"I'll be back in a while and wait for me, you must wait for me—"

With only time to drop this sentence, Merlin disappeared before Eddie's eyes.

Eddie: "..."

After being speechless for a moment, he resolutely forgot about the "messenger" who didn't know where he was going.After all, he was here looking for Lucas.

Eddie looked around for a while, because he didn't know the way, let alone where Lucas was, so he followed his heart and chose a direction at random to walk forward.

He took a step.

The petals that were just peacefully spread on the soil were splashed by the footsteps, and the softest color fluttered gently again.

After taking this step, he stopped and didn't move again.

The splashed petals of various colors swayed for a while, then fell back gently, and a few petals barely stayed on the side of his shoes.

"As expected of a paradise, here are all flowers."

Eddie sighed.

Standing on the edge of Avalon and looking around, there is a vast sea of ​​flowers in the field of vision.

People who come here for the first time, want to move forward, and when they take a step, they may have to hesitate for a while, lest their intrusion destroy the tranquility of the beautiful sea of ​​flowers.

Eddie had no such concerns.

After a brief appreciation, he leisurely looked into the distance, only a smile appeared on his lips.

"Don't spend too long in such a beautiful place, even I can't find it, Lucas."

……

No need to search, Merlin came to the lake surrounded by dense forests deep in the sea of ​​flowers, and saw the person he wanted at a glance.

Ah, there is no missing word, so it is more appropriate to say.

Somewhat unexpectedly, it wasn't just Eddie there, there were other... goblins?

It wasn't the ones who laughed and dragged Merlin away, but another batch of shy lake fairies who would never show their faces to outsiders because of their hearts.

How could they show up and chat happily with men from the outside world?

Merlin was a little strange, and wanted to go straight, but then, he vaguely heard a strange voice coming from the front.

Subconsciously stopped, slightly concealed his figure.

That's... singing.

But it's not an ordinary singing voice.

It's hard to say how touching it is, in fact, because of the lack of proficiency and vague awkwardness, the melody of the song seems a bit stiff.

but.

Standing behind the tree, he only listened to the dreaming nightmare that appeared in the distance, and his heart, which thought he could hold back in the shadows for a longer time, seemed to be hit hard and throbbed violently. .

This is a love song.

The fairy in the lake gently plucked the harp, and the clean and pure music became the best accompaniment, against the deep voice accompanying the accompaniment.

Eddie couldn't sing, hadn't learned it at all, and never imagined that one day he would have to work hard to learn it, and learn to sing it to a little girl.

But if he promised, he must do it.Therefore, the fairy in the lake became his temporary teacher.

"If your lover is right in front of you, and you stare at her, her eyes will be the bright moonlight hanging down on the lake at night..."

"Wait, the problem is, I don't have a lover. It's just singing a song for a little girl, don't ask so much of me... Okay, okay, I'm serious. Can it be imagined? Someone has to think about it. "

Sure enough, singing—or love songs—was too difficult for him.

But there is no way, the fairy in the lake has very high requirements, she must make him show a serious attitude, otherwise she will not teach.

Eddie could only barely refer to the few people he knew, and it was quite difficult to conceive an image that did not exist in reality.

It took him a long time to conceive.

And if you want to ask him, during the period of silence, who is the prototype that first comes to mind...

It's also an irrelevant question that doesn't need an answer.

Just look at the final result and that's it.

From a certain moment, the man's originally impetuous face quietly calmed down.

He sat by the lake, his sharp eyes seemed to be empty, without a clear goal, he just looked forward.

When the first word of the lyrics leaked from the slightly opened mouth, there was a slight change in the slightly empty eyes.

The golden eyes were bright, as if he had put the scorching sun into his eyes, and mixed with a softness that had never been shown to anyone.

Fiery love and tactful tenderness seem to repel each other, but in this man's eyes they can blend together without any abruptness.Because he himself is a combination of these two contradictory feelings.

"...you are all my joy."

"...you are all my joy."

An old ballad that has been circulating for an unknown amount of time.The lingering affection lodged in the words all come alive at this moment.

Therefore, the singing voice does not need to be beautiful.

Because what the love song wants to express is contained in the man's eyes.

"You have no worries in the world, but you still have my love. The sound of silk and bamboo is still performing, but you have no chance to fall in love with me..."

What was sung was sad.

However, that is not important.

The man who had no lover at all became serious, and sang this newly learned song to someone he had never met.

I don't know where that person is.

I don't know what that person's name is or what he looks like, but I just subconsciously feel that he is beautiful and gentle, which is what he will definitely like.

but……

The person whose gaze was fixed on him.

The one who sees his expression and is also reflected in his eyes.

No matter who it is, they will believe it without a doubt after a momentary touch.

——What he loves is himself who is stared at by him.

……

……

The nightmare that temporarily hid in the dark suddenly woke up at that moment.

He thought the man had found him.

Because the direction the man is looking at is his hiding place.

--what.

Merlin's eyes widened slowly, and blackness darker than the shadow hidden in the dense forest spread in the pupils.

——It turns out that you love me too.

He was full of joy.

--Very good.

--Very good.

What is still rolling deep in my heart is the ecstasy promoted from an unexpected surprise, and the aftertaste of an undercurrent that slowly settles down.

Before letting the figure appear in the sunlight as usual, the degree of distortion in his heart quietly deepened again, but Merlin's smile was still so gentle and handsome, as if there was no shadow hidden.

Subtly, he licked his lips.

"It sounds so good."

——I can't, and I don't need to pretend to be calm anymore.