Shien quietly tried to confirm.
“Do you dislike it?”
Diere gave Shien a glance and countered his question with one of her own.
“Not at all.”
Shien denied it without hesitation.
Out of all of them, Diere was the one that Shien wanted to keep here the most.
As for the reason. Well, you know.
Only…
“Don’t you dislike the Capital though?” Shien tried to confirm, “If you stay in the Capital, then you’re sure to be continuously sought out by trouble. Is that really fine?”
That’s a required concern for Shien.
After all, since he’s decided to devote all his time to the underground magic library for the next month, Shien won’t have any time to secretly keep her safe anymore.
In such a case, there’s the chance that Diere could encounter unimaginable problems.
There’s no way that she wouldn’t know this already.
But Shien’s words did not make Diere change her mind.
“Although I indeed dislike this place, dislike isn’t the same as fear. I can already protect myself now.” Diere spoke tonelessly, “Besides, you know my situation, so I’ll be wherever you are.”
Those words really did move Shien’s heart.
To think that the girl in question, back when they first met, was the one who who he could communicate with the least, the coldest and most heartless of them all. But now, she’s actually saying such words. It really does make Shien want to marry and take her home!
Only, it’s one thing to be moved, but he can’t just turn a blind eye to Diere’s issues either.
If, in the beginning, Shien’s reason for helping Diere was because Lucy asked him to, then now, he’s helping her because he truly wanted to from the bottom of his own heart.
Thus, Shien gave a glance at Airi, who seemed to be getting sleepy, yawned, and looked utterly adorable while doing so. Then, he came up with a plan.
(Worst comes to worst, I’ll have Airi help act as a personal bodyguard for a month.)
With Airi at her side, Diere’s safety should be assured.
It’s only a question of whether or not the little girl in question was willing or not.
It can’t be helped. Airi’s only interested in Shien after all.
She might look like she gets along well with Shien, but when it comes to anyone outside of Shien, Airi would generally affect an indifferent feeling. Even when Lumia and Melika were super warm to her, she would still act rather uninterested.
With that as a given, will the hidden big shot really be willing to be Diere’s guard for a month? It feels rather uncertain.
(If not, then I’m just going to have to get hands on again.)
Shien made his mental preparations for having a “proper” heart to heart chat with Airi.
Later on, everyone also asked Megis to stay for another month, to which he agreed without even thinking about it.
Thus, the matter was settled.
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