079 IvansAgony

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Ivan was now trembling with joy.

Ahh, the wonders of fate. The encounter with an Angel that changed his outlook on life and even to be able to served as a knight! How lucky was he.

This was the day he finally felt the presence of god. And with that, regret over his past actions.

Yes, Ivan changed.

He was totally different from the rogue-like him from yesterday. It could be seen from the way he regretted over his past actions.

And when he looked at Willias innocent smile, he was so deeply moved that he trembled. He would have you know the trembling was not from pain.

By the way, his muscles ache, especially from his calf, so he could not even stand and remained lying on the floor.

Well.

!!?

All of a sudden, Willia-chan lost her innocence. She seem to be saying something but Ivan was not listening any longer.

Seeing the sudden serious and mature look on Willia, Ivan, unable to believed his own eyes, rubbed them hard. The sudden movement cause pain to shoot up his calf again but now was not the time to be bothered by that.

What happened?

What happened to the gentle, beautiful, shining, pure, Angel-like, innocent, cute little Willia-chan? She looked like a totally different person with that expression.

..Was she possess by something?!!?

It was definitely possible. Because theywere outside right now, and alone. And Willia was still a child, she would not have the mental strength to guard against it. Ivan had heard of a magical beast called Ghost that possess people every now and then. If that was the case, he need to do something.

The way to force it out was to give the possessed body a shock that forced it out. A shock. which means a hit.

He would have to hit Willia-chan?!

I cant do it!

Willia-chan who lost her innocent was still cute! She had a mysterious aura around her now. There was no way Ivan could hit his treasure, Willia. But that was the only way to save her.

What should he do?

And when he was in conflict about it, a troubled smile appeared on Willia-chans face suddenly. And it had enough destructive power to pull Ivan back to reality.

Ivan-san.

Ivan, whose name had been called by Willia, flushed like the color of boiled Ajipo.

Ahh He dont care anymore

And when he was about to say that out loud..

..There wont be turning back after this, Ivan-san. Is this your [Final Answer]?

Willia-chan said.

That was dangerous. If he were to say that out right now, the reborn him would die on this day too. Seeing Willia-chan waiting for his answer, he frantically cough and cleared his throat before realizing he had no idea what the question meant.

Ivan was only a rogue-ish soldier of Hattuo. Of course, he had never went to school before. He had no choice but to start learning now. Swallowing his embarrassment, he asked.

Erm*cough* What..what do you mean?

Ah, sorry about that. I am asking if it was really okay to be my guard. There would be no turning back.

Was it really okay?

To Ivan, that was a stupid question. Turning his serious gaze towards Willia, Ivan nodded.

Yea. I am jobless anyway and I wanna protect Willia-chan. Plus, I have a feeling its fate!

Surprisingly, Ivan was quite a romantic at heart. To think he had a girlish thinking that it was fate after that shocking encounter, as if lighting strike, with Willia. If Ivans thoughts could be heard, Will should be able to hea

r him puking rainbows and sugar right now.

But, to the unknown Willia, or rather, Will, he was moved by the [Way of Knight] that was in Ivans heart and Ivans value rose in his eyes. And thanks to that, Will had a bright and beautiful smile on his face. That smile was really bad for Ivans heart.

With their eyes meeting, Willia mouth curled into a smile and Ivans heart caught fire despite his age.

Then, I would need to explain. And Ivan-san would have to give up your Hattuo citizenship.

To Ivan, who was filled with expectation, the following conversation was the start his despair.

To start, I am sorry for deceiving you but I am a Noble.

And when I said that, Ivan-san was so shocked he was about to jumped up. But he cant. Because his muscle ache was preventing him from moving.

Noble-sama!!? I, I, had been impolite!

To Ivan who looked like he would kneel down if he could move, there were still many things to be said so I am sorry, but I shall ignored it and moved on. Yep.

Its all right, dont mind it. And again, sorry for deceiving you but I am male.

I am a male.

M, m, malewhat is male? I, is that a Nobles rank?

Yep, he was totally confused right now.

What was that nobles rank thing? He seem to not even know what gender was now. There was no choice, I can only wait till he calm down. We cant continue if he cant understand.

..Male, male iseh.. You cant be talking about gender right

I latched onto the words he mumbled in a tiny voice.

Of course. My gender is male. It is certainly attached. If not, would you like to take a look?

N, no! No, thank you!

I was rejected splendidly.

Luckily too. If he really said Yes please, I would be the one troubled. I withdrew the hand that was holding on to my skirt. Joking, of course.

You got to be kidding.

On the other hand, Ivan, while groaning, had huge drops of tears falling down his cheeks. Was he really that shocked at being deceived? Reflecting upon my actions, I stopped the cheeky expression on my face and stared at him.

Ivan-san, I am really sorry for deceiving you. I could only do this as my name seems to had been widely spread within this country.

I was forced to do this. I would like to shout that my eyes had not been opened to a whole new world of cross-dressing.

Uwahh

But it seem like my apology was not reaching Ivan-san at all and his tears did not look like it would stop anytime soon. No, maybe he just didnt heard that. He was just concentrating on crying. I would like to believe he was not ignoring me on purpose.

In that case, I spread my hands in front of Ivans face.

*Clap*

A loud clap rang across the area.

Ivan-san!

!?!!?

Greatly surprised, Ivan-sans mouth was opening and closing with a stunned expression on his face. Lets keep it a secret that I thought he looked like a Koi fish.

Yosh, now I got his attention, lets continue.

Taking this chance, I will introduce myself. I am William Beryl, Elzmu Countrys Dukes heir.

Tee hee.

I added in my heart and when I looked over at Ivan..

Be, be, be, be, be, beryl?! Duke?! Ive heard the name somewhere but what.. This is.. Ha ha ha ha

Someone, he started a comedy act on his own.

[TN: You broke his mind multiple times, Will, be kind.]

He started laughing. Really, dont force yourself since you cant move. What gag was that, turning a dogesa into a full flat prostrating pose? And the first part, that rapid talking was amazing.

While I was retorting inside my mind, Ivan-san had already lay flat and was kissing the ground.

Thats why I told you not to mind it! Just be your normal self!

Anymore and I will not be able to stand it. [TN: From laughing] I slowly helped Ivan-san sit back up.

Ah, thats why I would need to bring Ivan-san over to Elzmu. Would that really be okay?

At my question, Ivan-san, who had been looking at the stars, turned towards me and our eyes met.

Of course. Dont understimateme, I will plow down any obstacle in front of me.

..Really, Ivan-san was a man straight from Knighthood. So brave and faithful. Ivan-sans strong gaze pressured down on me over and over again.