"..."
"Is long hair always this troubleso?"
"Hehe, you can choose not to make it so troubleso."
Half of the morning had passed.
Ronald finally synched lips with Heloise before he stood up and got dressed.
He wiped his lips and looked toward the balcony.
The sunlight that shone down there indicated that it was nearly noon. If he wanted to catch today’s lunch at the comrce guild, he would need to leave within an hour at the latest.
Calculating the ti in his mind, Ronald turned to look at the girl behind him who was still tidying up.
"You’ve just been injured, this won’t have any effects, right?"
"Why didn’t you ask earlier?" Heloise rolled her eyes at him before continuing, "Don’t worry, I know my own body, there won’t be any trouble."
"..."
He watched the black-haired girl sitting on the bed, packing up her clothes.
Ronald pondered for a few seconds before cutting straight to the point:
"Heloise, have you considered staying?"
Heloise shook her head with a smile:
"Is this you claiming ownership over ?"
"I just don’t want to have any regrets before I leave Springs. Don’t take it too seriously."
Ronald knew that he couldn’t compromise at this mont.
Otherwise, with Heloise’s character, she would disappear before him by tomorrow or even tonight, and he would never see her again.
Thus, he continued seriously:
"Don’t twist my words, I’m not that kind of chauvinist. In this matter, I simply don’t want you to leave my side."
"That’s even worse!" Heloise’s voice involuntarily raised, even her movents to button up her shirt halted, "So just to satisfy your desires, I should risk staying in Springs?"
Ronald didn’t back down, his grey pupils locked onto Heloise’s eyes.
"Right now, even people in Entrod don’t recognize you!"
"By changing to a na and identity no one knows, you can continue to stay here. If soone really discovers your identity, then we’ll figure out a way to leave this place together!"
"..."
Heloise seed not to expect Ronald to take such a stance.
She sat on the bed, stunned for a mont, and then her eyes began to panic and even avoid Ronald’s gaze.
"You’re not doing this just because I’m beautiful, are you?"
After what had happened just now, and seeing such a rare attitude from the girl in front of him, Ronald almost subconsciously spoke the truth: "That’s part of the reason, but it’s absolutely not the decisive factor."
"..."
clang——
Suddenly, the dagger with the pattern she had once used appeared in Heloise’s hand.
Then she swung it at Ronald’s head.
Ronald did not dodge, but activated the defensive spell of "Angel Guardian" to block the attack.
"Is that what you said?"
"I had already decided, the conversation here today wouldn’t contain a single false word!"
"..."
The air in the room cald for a few seconds.
Then Heloise let go of the dagger in her hand and leaned forward into Ronald’s embrace.
In a voice only the two of them could hear, the girl whispered:
"Ronald, this is very dangerous."
"If we get discovered, escaping might not be successful, and both Grid and Entrod will beco absolute no-go zones. All the human relationships I have had up till now will be shattered in the blink of an eye, and even friends or companions might turn against . You’ll definitely regret it then, won’t you?"
So, Ronald spoke a big truth:
"Before I t you, I never had anyone I could trust in this world."
"..."
Heloise was leaning into Ronald’s embrace, their bodies in direct contact.
She could even clearly feel the pulse of the man in front of her.
According to the abilities Eloise possessed, she could tell that Ronald was not lying.
However, if that were the case... it could be a big problem!
Due to her habitual instincts from work and profession, Eloise imdiately realized that sothing was amiss. She certainly did not know that Ronald was a ti-traveler, and hence, abiding by Ronald’s original identity background, it seed quite unlikely that he had no trusted people in this world.
With a troubled expression, she raised her body, letting her black hair slide from her shoulders, and then opened her mouth:
"You... I..."
"That’s not right!"
Ronald then suddenly pulled Eloise back into his arms.
"Why do you worry so much, as long as I didn’t lie to you, that’s correct, right!"
"..."
After embracing each other tenderly for a while, Ronald and Eloise slowly parted.
"Just stay at my house, declare that you are my secretly trained apprentice from my hotown, now coming to Springs to join . Given the current relationship between the investigative bureau, the church, and myself, this explanation will definitely not encounter any trouble."
Eloise made a thoughtful expression:
"In that case, what should I call myself from now on?"
"Tiara and Pu’er Mo Si definitely can’t be used; we still need to think of a new na."
Ronald was sowhat curious about Eloise’s phrasing:
"What’s the deal with Tiara and Pu’er Mo Si, are those other identities you use?"
"Correct." Eloise nodded generously and admitted, then elaborated, "These were the identities set by my superior in the military departnt. He often put the first syllable of these identities together and said it was ’easier to rember,’ so nonsensical claim."
"..."
"Oh, I see... Hmm?"
Ronald nodded understandingly in response, subconsciously linking the nas together as Eloise ntioned, yet he realized sothing new.
"Does your superior have any distinctive features?"
Eloise seed puzzled by Ronald’s reaction but still shook her head:
"That guy has many identities, but the one commonly used in the military is a dark-skinned man who has a cheerful smile when he laughs. Why, have you t him before?"
Ronald didn’t know what expression to make, so he continued:
"I’m sure I have not t him."
"However, I think your superior might be a cultist."
"..."
Eloise thought deeply for a few seconds, then her expression turned very approving:
"If he is, I don’t really see a problem."
"Being able to establish such a spy organization during the war-torn period in Entrod, it wouldn’t be surprising if he had so special background."
As they were talking, Eloise saw the light on the balcony from behind Ronald.
So the girl tidied her hair and said seriously:
"Let’s not talk about this. I rember it should be ti for work now, let’s hurry, we can’t do anything that raises suspicions right now."
"..."
Ronald stared intensely into Eloise’s eyes, then spoke even more seriously, "We made a promise, I must see you when I return tonight."
"We made a promise." Eloise nodded in response.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds before Ronald stood up and left the bedroom.
He even used Fury’s power to sense Eloise’s now stable emotions before he finally turned and left the apartnt, heading towards the guild as Eloise had suggested.
Just as Eloise had said.
They indeed couldn’t make any suspicious moves now.
"..."
After Ronald had left, Eloise sat on the bed, her gaze conflicted for a long ti.
Until the sunlight gradually shifted from the balcony, she finally sighed as if resigned.
She lay down and lifted the blanket, completely covering herself underneath.
"Right!"
"There’s also this..."
Suddenly, a hand reached out from under the blanket and picked up a dagger that had dropped beside her.
Only then did real silence settle in.
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