Chapter 39

39.) I Want to Say I Like You

(Slow POV)

[-Charlotte. I want to be by your side]

Its the only word that I wantedto sayto her.

The only word that the black piggy duke couldnt say in his whole life.

[We have been together for a long time since we were children. That is why I thought my feelingswouldjustbetransmitted to you.] (Slow)

Charlotte seemedlikeshe wastrying to saysomething, but sheseems a bit troubled right now.

I can see her mouth opened a little, shocked.

This is the first time I see her like this.

[No matter what kind of personI am, I dont care whether Iama noble or not. It doesnt even matter whether I can use magic or not. For me, those kindsof thingsarent worthy enough to think about.] (Slow)

Magic is not just a useful and convenient tool for us;itsalso a devastating weapon at the same time.

In this world, if you have talent to use magic, it could affect your destiny a lot.

But, magic wasnt everything.

[I was bound, boundby the heavy chain called the Duke Dening Household. And only after I threw away my family, I could cut off those heavy chainsfrom my body. When I think abouttheplanI made atthat time, I guess it was really reckless and foolish.] (Slow)

Beingborn in the Dening Household and becominga boy that was liked by the great wind spirit.

When I was aware of my surroundings, my father told me that my future hadbeen decided for me.

I was to be the next head of the Dening Household and wouldbe burdened to lead Dariss military in the future.

That is the destiny of someone who was born in the family oftheDuke Dening Household and loved by the spirit.

Even among the history of the Dening Household, I was one of the peoplewhosefuture has been decided at an extremely early age.

What a boring life, I think.

So, I will live as free as I want since I was still allowed to do as I likedas a child.

And that way of living that let me call forth the wind spirit to me.

But you know,Charlotte?

My life has changed.

My decided future, the rule that was made by the adults.

My whole life has changed since I met you.

Even though I turnedinto the black piggy duke after meeting you, when I think about it now, I dont regret my decision that time.

After all,living the way you like at that time

Really fun.

And even though I was stilltheblack piggy duke at that time, I have made friends.

Even though those friendsof mine always bring trouble to me, but I cant deny that theyareall my most important friendsthat walk with me toward our bright future together. Vision currently still cant contact his father. He is living strongly with the hopes to take up the possibility to raise his family name again. Then there is Deppa, a commoner that has a great dream and fights foritwithout giving up.

I cant lose to those guys.

The time has come for me to run towards my own dream.

Charlotte has been always thinking about my future. It made her think that she is no longer good enough for me.

I can see her disheveled hair covering her face..

She opensher big eyes and waitsfor my words.

She is waiting, prepared for anything that wil

l happen.

[Charlotte, I dont care even if you cant use magic at all]

After she hearsmy words, Charlotte becomessurprised and her shouldersstart to tremble.

The words cannot be stopped, the feelingson those wordsarealso beginning to overflow.

I move thehair on her face with my hand.

Her eyes wereso red, the clear tears starting to form on both of her eyes.

[I wishI could havetoldyou my feelingssooner.]

I always think to tell her my feelingsone day.

Those wordsI just said naturally came out from my mouth without even thinking about it.

Imalways thinking that it would be so beautiful if I was able to say those wordswith a romantic scene at the background.

And it would be perfect if I said it when my diet hadbeen a success and Ihadturnedinto a macho man.

[Imalways been late at everything. I am really just a darn pig to let the most important thing in my life gethurt.]

To make Charlotte tobecontinuously worrying about it, I was truly a fool.

I was truly a big idiot.

I still havent changedmyself from that black piggy duke in the past.

I was truly an idiot on top of an idiot thatisalso a darn foolish pig.

I always think that if I turn myself into the white piggy duke, I will automatically get the beautiful stage where I could become someone appropriate to confess my feelingsto her.

No, its not.

I was wrong.

I shouldnt just foolishly follow my destiny.

[CharlotteI like you.]

She opened her eyes widely.

Her face turned into sakura colour, how cute.

It has been opened for me.

With my intention, there comes my new path.

And my words, you will be the first one to hear it.

[I really like you.]

Hearing my own wordsmade me realize it once again.

Charlotte, I really like you.

I cant help liking you.

I dont even know when it started, but I like you.

[I have always, a~~~~~lways lovedyou since a long time ago.]

Your face that changed from pinkish sakura coloured into a bright red one is really cute.

(??? POV)

[There is a story book about the black dragon Sekhmet inside Charlottes room.]

[The noble child cant save the princess.]

[Since he was a child, he has read it times and times again. The noble boy could feel the anguished feelingsthe nobleman experienced.]

[When he wantedto say he likes her, the princess of the northern kingdomwasalready gone]

[Thesadness and hopelessness he feels atthat time, I can understand it now.]

[That is why, I wont make the same mistake twice.]

{???POV)

[I like you, I truly like you. And because I like you I dont want to get separated from you for the second time.]

(Charlotte POV)

[Eh?]

It was as if the time has stopped.

I cant understand what happenedhere.

Just now, whatdidSlow-sama just say?

Eh? Eh?

Even though I dont understand what was said, it seems I cried.

I cant feel my face at all, my chest also became numb.

Evenafter all this time I have been with Slow-sama, Ivenever seen him showing suchanexpression like this.

He was looking straight at my reddening face.

[A-ahaha. How embarrassing. What the heck was I saying just now.]

[Eh, eh? Slow-sama. Eh? ]

[Uhhm. Did Charlotte also want to join my morning run? Yes, thats okay! Lets go dieting together! And also, lets train magic together with everyone ! Yoshi! Lets train! Lets train our magic together,Charlotte!]

Slow-sama looks likehewantsto leave here in haste.

Without even lookingatmy face, he was looking to the other side of the plaza while looking like he was talking to me.

But, this is also helping me.

There is no doubt that my faceistruly red now.

Slow-sama was currently talking in high speed without stop.

He was saying things like Buhhi or Buhyaa.

The disorderly Slow-sama right now looked exactly like a pig.

I havethis feeling that I just discovered another side of Slow-sama just now.

Umm, eh?

WhatdidSlow-sama sayjust now?

I was so surprised, I forgot what he said to me just now.

I only remember it was something really shocking to me.

All my tension from before has gone before I noticedit. If its now, I believe I can say it to him.

[UhhmSlow-sama]

With this momentum, I have to say it to him.

I have to tellhim that I was someone from the northern empire.

[S-slow-sama! The truthis,I]

And then,I see that Slow-sama focusing his eye into the other side of the park.

I also try to focus my attention to the place where Slow-samaislooking at.

[-SLOW-SAMAAA!!!!]

It is true, there is someone calling Slow-sama in a very loud voice from there.

Somewhere beyond the park, there is someone who keepscalling Slow-samas name.

Ah, it was Deppa-san.

A commoner student who became able to use magic just now.

Actually,I am a bit jealous of him.

Because I have no talent at all on using magic.

Deppa was calling Slow-sama with a loud voice.

Deppa ran towards here with great urgency.

[Deppa! What happened!?]

Slow-sama standsup while shouting.

I was surprised seeing the two of them act like this.

I wonder, what exactly happened?

Slow-sama saw me first and then makes his eyes fly toward the educational building that was far from here.

Onlyfora moment,he looked bewildered. But then, he straightenshis back and pullsout his brown coloured cane.

Only by withdrawing his cane, Slow-samas atmosphere changed drastically. There is this mysterious kind of feeling around him now.

Then not long after, there is this warm wind wrapping around him.

Thatwind that Slow-sama createdmadethemysterious atmosphere just now dispersed.

But Im glad it has turned into this.

Because thatthing before was just tooshocking for me. I cant even tell what happenedthat time.

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