4 What Promised Looks Like

That is a small house. It looks like only fit one person to live. That is the man's house. He lives here for a few days alike.

The man opened the door. With "Please" he offered her to come in.

She slowly walks in. The house is quite dark and only gets light from the housing gap. To maintain enlightenment the man let the door open. He then walks in and making light from the wall torch.

The man invents an arcana disk from his left hand and with some kind of magic trick the torch begins to burn.

The man then turns around to look at her. There she can find a complicated feeling on the man's face.

"You must be tired, right? Try to sit here. I want to ask you a few questions first"

The man offered the only chair in the house. She hesitated at first, but the kindness in the man's face take away every little hard feeling on her heart. She sits and the man kneels at her.

"However.."

She gawked and the man voices wake her up.

"My name is Roland"

Roland. She repeated that one word for a few times to remember it. The name of a man that would save her life from suffering.

"What about you?"

But when she heard that Roland questioning her name? She shook her head at that question. Roland confused at first, but then he offered something that surprised her.

"Well, I think that understandable. Hey, how about I give you one?"

She puzzled. Her mind can't take any other kindness than that.

"Hm? What, you seem very confused right now? Are you hungry or something?"

She couldn't answer because she simply can't. But Roland doesn't know that, and he gropes his pocket and takes out a piece of bread instead. The only bread he bought this morning.

Roland put his bread to her hand, "Here, take it"

Even though she doesn't ask anything, Roland gives what he thinks she needs.

"Looks like you hungry, huh"

Now think about it, she had not eaten yeat this day.

Roland smiled at her. That smile was bright that she couldn't stop her heart ticking.

"I know this is rude, but, can I see your face completely?"

She can see Roland feel guilty about that question. She doesn't want her savior to feel that way, so she quickly put out her hood and reveals her beautiful face at Roland.

There Roland can see her short red ruby hair and her innocent face that could make him want to squeeze her cheeks.

Roland was shocked and even glancing at her for some moment. Then he smiles again.

"Thanks for trusting me"

Roland bow on his knee at her. That was awkward that could make her stand up rapidly and make her drop the bread from the thigh.

At that very moment, Roland manages to catch the bread. He looks up at her shocked face and laughs at that.

"Haha... it seems you are very puzzled with my manner, huh?"

Roland stands up and gives the bread back to her. There they stand face-to-face. Roland looks very tall that she must look up to see his face. If she measured she was on Roland's chest when they stood together like that.

At that moment Roland put his big right hand to her head. Patting her and muttered.

"You just look like any other little girl to me. But if they saw you, they will surely..."

His word can't reach its end. Maybe because it's too complicated that he won't talk about it.

Although she doesn't know a thing that Roland talked about, the patting makes her hearts warm. Even her smile could appear without she realizes.

"Hey"

Roland stops patting and calls her. She looked up at that face. It looks like he wants to go somewhere with that expression.

"I'm sorry but I have to go somewhere"

Her prediction was correct. That makes her feel uncomfortable because she would all alone again when he goes out.

Roland seeing that she bow her head of sadness. He kneels again so their face in the same position. Then he talks warmly.

"Don't worry. I will make sure the business doesn't make me stay for long. And then I will surely fly rapidly into this house again"

In Roland's face, she can see honesty, sincerity, an expression that she can only see just one time in her life before. But now she could see that kind of expression again. She feels calm that she can make her voice out.

"Okay"

Roland smiled so brightly at that response. Even he narrowed his eyes to it. But in that expression, she could see an expression of sadness.

That makes her sad too and she doesn't want Roland to feel that way.

"P – please, don't be, sad!"

She spoke unconsciously. Roland surprised by her attitude and manage to erase the sadness on his face.

"Well, okay then"

Roland stands up and placed two hands to his waist. Then he stares her with a face full of happiness.

"If so you too don't be sad, okay?"

Roland gives her little finger. She doesn't know what to do and just glancing at Roland's finger and face.

Roland didn't mad at her because of her lack of knowledge. He smiled instead.

"Give me your little finger too"

She lifts her right hand and gives the little finger to Roland at that command. Then Roland reaches out her little finger with his.

"This is what promises looks like"

She was confused, but Roland's bright face sway her confuse and make her nodded and make a bright smile too.

"Okay, now I have to go"

Roland released their connection. She was feeling lonely when he did that. But when she thinking that Roland would come back for sure. She can feel safe.

Roland walks past her to out of the house. There all she can do just stared his back. He invents an arcana disk that different from before. An arcana disk with the same runic he uses when he fought back then.

Before leaving he has a thing to say. He turns back and talks.

"Hey, if you feel tired, just use my bed and sleep while waiting at me, okay. Because after I come back we will leave here immediately in the morning."

She nodded and smiled at that command. After that moment Roland using the arcana magic and disappear. Leaving a particular light trace where he stood.

From there she is alone. But the feeling that Roland gave doesn't afraid her anymore.

She walks in after closing the door. Sitting at the chair and wondering what business made Roland go to that somewhere. Maybe he reports to someone that he would go with her, leaving this kingdom. That is just the only thing she can imagine.

Even though, that's just okay with her. Because Roland already gives what she needs for her life. A trusting word.

There she smiled again without realizing. Wondering what future they will have. She even hugging the bread Roland gave and not eating that.

There was just only one time she felt that way.

When she still in the shelter with her friends. Which is a very bad place. There they only sleep on the floor and only permitted to come out to train themselves. After that, they commanded to get back to the shelter without giving anything.

They suffered badly. And after training, in the middle of the night, a very kind woman will appear to give them food every night.

From that experience, she could learn to read other people's feelings. And that woman's heart was very kind, honest, and sincerity. It just looks like Roland or Roland that looks like that woman.

Whatever it is, she very grateful because she was given a second chance to meet that kind of adult.

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It's already long enough she waiting for Roland. That makes her feel tired and sleepy.

She yawning and from her eyes tears out because of saturation. She feels sleepy and chooses to get in the bed.

Her body and eyes feel heavy. She even couldn't manage her mind to make her walk straight. Even in the bed she just fell her body without hesitate.

At that moment, someone walks into the house. Maybe that's Roland that just comes back. But there she sees he wear a silver armor. Even he has a shield and sword at his hand.

She wants to have a look at his face. But her body and mind wouldn't give her a chance, and she sleeps instead because of exhaustion.

"Found you cursed little girl"