How To End a Crush - Chapter 10.2

Grania Forest was not far from the Viscount estate. Since I was going to see Arkhan off anyways, I decided to go straight towards the forest to greet the knights.

Since it wasn’t that serious, and since I wouldn’t be going all the way inside, I was sure it would be fine.

“I’m just going for a short visit, but you need to go around, okay?”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“You’re not listening to me, are you? You’re only good at answering, for goodness’ sake.”

I reached out and pinched Arkhan’s cheek.

“Owowow.”

“Don’t go through Grania Forest, and go all the way around it, okay?”

As I quarreled with Arkhan, I could soon see the thickening woods around us as well as Uncle Charles’ destroyed house and our family’s knights who were standing around it.

“Eh, is that the Miss?”

The first knight who saw me widened his eyes.

The knight who stood next to him jabbed him on his side.

“Hey, stop lying… Miss?”

“Ah, it’s the Miss.”

From all over the place, I could hear the doubtful murmurs of “Miss, Miss” all around me.

I awkwardly raised a hand.

“It’s been a while, everyone.”

“Miss, what are you doing here?”

Sheathing the sword in his hand, Sir Zion hurriedly bowed to me.

How many times have I heard this question today, I wondered.

“I was so sure I heard the Lord say you’ll be here tomorrow…”

“I think there was a miscommunication somewhere regarding the date.”

Smiling brightly, I waved my hand in greeting.

Only then did the knights approach me one by one with welcoming looks on their faces.

“Wait, this is not the time for this. Miss, it’s dangerous here!”

Sir Zion unsheathed his sword again and began warily watching the bushes.

“That’s right. Why did you come here?”

“To see this guy off,” I replied and pointed to Arkhan behind me.

In an instant, the faces of the knights cooled down excessively.

“Ah… I see…”

“Why isn’t this the Young Master of Helis…?”

“How mean, all of you.”

No matter what, weren’t they hating on him a little too much?

Arkhan shook his head slowly.

“He brought me here because my carriage wasn’t coming.”

“So it was the Lord’s fault entirely,” the knights whispered, nodding to themselves.

My gosh. They always did have a wicked sense of humor.

“Here comes the carriage. Okay, off you go.”

“Fine, I got it. You can stop pushing me now.”

In the midst of his whining as he headed towards the carriage, Arkhan suddenly spun his body around.

When I was about to put my hand on my chest to calm my racing heart, Arkhan snatched up my hand and placed a kiss on it just like that.

“I’m off, Kate.”

“What the… that shameless… Mmph!” Sir Zion, who had seen him, shouted in a frenzy before another knight covered his mouth.

After blankly standing in my spot for a moment, I flicked Arkhan’s forehead with all my might.

Where’d he learn that from?

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“Owowow.”

“Stop with this funny business and get on with it.”

I pushed Arkhan’s back as he rubbed his forehead with a pained expression on his face.

“You have to avoid the forest, got it?”

“I said I will.”

Waving at me in the carriage, Arkhan glanced at the knights and then smiled with his eyes.

“Thanks for worrying about me.”

“Yeah, say ‘hi’ to your parents for me.”

“Bye, Kate.”

“Yeah, bye.”

I watched the carriage go for a while, then turned around.

“Ack, that surprised me. What’s wrong with all your expressions?”

“I don’t like how he’s still doing that, even though Miss is all grown up now.”

“How dare he do such a thing to our precious Miss! We raised her on our backs! Young Master Helis is never an option, Miss.”

“That’s right. Even if he is the only son and sole heir to Helis County, there’s something off about him…” When Sir Zion answered curtly, all the other knights added a word or two as well.

Really. They worry about the smallest things.

With a face saying ‘yeah right,’ I waved my hands.

“He’s still a kid.”

“A kid…”

Sir Zion scrunched up his face as if he was not satisfied.

Just as I was about to comfort him, a rustling sound came from the bushes.

“It’s dangerous, Miss!!”

Shielding his body in front of me, Sir Zion pulled out his sword and directed it at the noise. The other knights also surrounded me as if to protect me. The atmosphere tensed in an instant.

When I saw what came out of the bushes, I blinked and giggled.

“A deer.”

“…”

“It must have come out to steal crops.”

I picked up a branch nearby and swung it towards the deer slowly.

“Hey, go away.”

Thanks to that, the scared deer turned towards the forest and began to dash away.

“Sigh.”

Sir Zion let out a breath as if he was deflating, patting down his armored chest. His face was a little red as if he was embarrassed.

“Good work, everyone. I’ll be going now.”

When I began saying my farewell and was about to return back to the mansion, Sir Zion opened and closed his mouth in an awkward way.

“You’re leaving? Already?”

“If I leave now, you’ll have one less life to worry about.”

With a clumsy smile, I straightened out my clothes.

“Dad said he’ll take action as soon as possible, so please do your best for a little while longer.”

“Yes, ma’am…”

“We’re not doing anything right now though… Please stay here a little longer and help us pass the time.”

With disappointed expressions, the knights murmured with weak gestures.

“That’s right. Do you know how much we missed you, Miss?”

“But I have to unpack my luggage.”

With a cheery smile, I waved.

“I’ll see you all later.”