Hearing Meika's words, Negut felt a pang of discomfort.
He wasn't upset by what she said; he was upset with himself.
Negut felt he wasn't as brave as Meika, who dared to speak her mind.
He knew Meika was the shy, gentle type, yet here she was, bravely expressing her feelings.
And him?
Even now, he was still hesitant about his decision.
To agree or not to agree?
Negut felt… He wasn't being a real man.
A man should be decisive and strong. Even if his decisions led to mistakes, he should accept and take responsibility for them.
Negut suddenly remembered his past life on Earth. Because of his indecisiveness and his inability to make decisions, he had missed out on many things.
Perhaps those decisions would have been mistakes, but at least… at that moment, they would have been his decisions, not someone else's.
In the end, his life had been shaped by the decisions of others.