FIDWTGM!

C177-180

In my words, Max stared at me for a long time. In time, his forehead was slightly wrinkled.

"You know the future? Did he ever come back to the past?''

I shook my head at the question.

"No, the truth is..." I told him that I was a reincarnation, and that I had read the story of this place as a book where I lived. "... that's what happened." In the hope of helping him, I told him a shortened version of the story in the book, but his expression and atmosphere were unusual. I frowned unconsciously and looked at him.

'You don't think I'm crazy, do you?'

Of course, I think it's nonsense, so I don't have anything to say even if he treat me like a madman. But I kept hoping he'd understand me. It was then...

"That story was honestly struck me. Beatrice is the strongest wizard and the main character."

'Are you believing me?'

For a moment, I was so moved that Max burst out laughing and opened his mouth when he opened his eyes at the sight of him holding me in my waist as if I had been bound.

"But there's something I don't understand. Come on."

"What, what is it?" Then he soon got serious.

"If what you really said is in the book, and if I came to save you, it's very strange to think of me as 'scary'." Only then did I realize that I made a slip of my tongue.

'I must have said about the torture and that I was scared!'

Then, he asked, pulling my waist.

"So what did you hide from me?"

"Oh, that's..."

'How can I tell you that I killed myself because I was afraid I'd be tortured by you?'

I could not answer and hesitated. Now, he said, bringing his mouth to my neck.

"If you don't answer, I will torture you as you say."

"To, torture! Are you sure you want to do it?" When asked in a fit of surprise, Max bent his eyes and smiled wickedly.

"Of course, it would be fun to brand this pretty neck for mine." I blushed at his words, covering my waist with one hand and sweeping my neck with the other.

"Too much." Then he stared at me with an expressionless face.

"Tell me honestly. What happened to you at the end." The friendly look in his eyes made me bite my lips and answer frankly.

"I killed myself. I was scared to be abandoned by my dad, and you said you'd torture me." That's strange. It's definitely a story in a book, why am I crying? When I became unknowingly sad and wept, he sighed.

"I didn't ask you to cry, but I'm sorry, Juvel." The warm warmth that enveloped me, his arms that held me were so warm that I felt relieved. It was when I stopped crying. He stared at me and asked. "That's why you avoided me?" I nodded slowly. Then Max wiped my tears in my eyes and sighed. "That's what it was, too." Then I asked with a flinch at the low-pitched remark.

"Is your heart hurt?"

"Of course, you just believe in the contents of the book and fear me recklessly." It was when I was smiling awkwardly when I saw him talking reproachfully. "I was so nervous about it."

"You are nervous? Oh, so that's why you cried then?" When asked as if making fun of Max's words, he blushed and turned his head. Then he said quietly.

"Maybe you were afraid of my cruel side, and I was afraid you'd leave me at any time."