489 A Question of Trust (2)

Sorry for the lack of releases. I was a bit busy. Releases should be back to normal after today...

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When Bloed returned to the Machine Revolutio Tower, he told Regina and Liu Ying about his chat with the headmistress.

When he reached the part of the Heart of the Forest, the two girls fell silent.

The first one to give her opinion was Liu Ying.

"I don't like this idea. Princess Elwha is our friend. We can't do something like this to her."

"But it's a fact that the headmistress's words are true," Regina added before looking at Bloed. "Master, what do you want to do?"

Bloed closed his eyes and fell deep into thought.

He thought the same as Liu Ying. He did not want to betray Elwha's trust.

He knew better than anyone how it felt when the people that you trusted betrayed you. He did not want to make anyone else feel the same because of his ambitions.

Plus, there was another thought in his mind.

The words that Saintess Charise told him when he rescued Princess Elwha.

[You must make her trust you enough that she willingly uses the Heart of the Forest for your sake.]

The question was, did Princess Elwha trusted him that much?

His relationship with Princess Elwha was not bad, and in fact, it had improved greatly recently, at the point where she took the initiative to kiss him.

But the Heart of the Forest concerned the future of her race. He knew how important that was for Elwha.

In the end, Bloed heaved a sigh.

"I will talk to her."

"Master?"

"Bloed?"

"I will let her make the choice."

Regina sighed and Liu Ying let out a small smile.

Bloed's words meant that he did not plan to betray Elwha.

"I knew you would not do something like that." Liu Ying's smile became bright as she kissed Bloed softly on his lips. "Go and talk to her. Who knows? Perhaps she will agree."

Bloed smiled and kissed Liu Ying's back before going to Princess Elwha's room.

After he knocked on her door, he heard her bell-like voice coming from inside.

"Who is it?"

"It's me."

Princess Elwha did not reply immediately, but Bloed soon heard a strange noise in the room.

A few seconds later, the elf princess opened the door.

Her face was slightly flustered, and her silver eyes were looking at him nervously. Unlike normal, she was only wearing a casual t-shirt that resalted her beautiful white hair.

Bloed was momentarily dazed by her beautiful appearance, making Elwha, who noticed it, become red.

"H-Hey, why are you here?"

Bloed snapped out of his daze and thought for a moment before putting on a complicated expression.

"Can I go in? I need to talk to you about something."

The white-haired elf was startled. She quickly noticed that Bloed's expression was serious.

But she hesitated about allowing Bloed to go inside. After all, this was her room, and Bloed was a man.

Just a few days ago she impulsively kissed Bloed, making her nervous around him. She barely could look at him in the eyes.

If she was alone with him in the room, she could die of nervousness!

But when she saw the seriousness in Bloed's bright-blue eyes, she ended nodding.

"Okay."

Elwha's room was very simple. Just a bed, a desk, a wardrobe, and a bath. However, she had decorated the room with several potted flowers that gave it a very fresh feeling.

Besides it, Bloed also saw a few books scattered around the desk. Mainly books about magic.

"What did you want to tell me?" Princess Elwha asked nervously. After all, she felt awkward being alone in a room with the man she had strange feelings for.

Bloed did not notice her nervousness and just fell silent.

In the end, he heaved a sigh.

He had made his choice.

If he wanted trust from Elwha, then he needed to show her the same level of trust.

No longer hesitating, he told the elf everything.

He told her about his past, about his mother, about his dream, and about his plans.

He did not even hide his recent conversation with the headmistress, revealing to her everything that they talked about.

It was a huge bet. If for some reason, Elwha decided to betray him, then just leaking this information was enough to cause him endless trouble.

In the end, it was a question of trust.

And this time, Bloed decided to trust her.

When Bloed finished speaking, Princess Elwha was completely silent.

Her face contained a mix of several emotions. Surprise, doubt, relief, and fear.

But most than anything else, it contained happiness.

Through her mental connection with Bloed, the elf princess could feel that everything he told her was from the bottom of his heart. He needed to use the Heart to further his plans, but he did not want to betray her.

And if she did not agree, he planned to help her either way.

Elwha could not understand why he was doing so much for her.

In the end, she was unable to control her emotions.

Standing from her seat, the elf princess approached Bloed and kissed his lips softly, stunning him.

This time, though, her kiss contained much more emotions than last time.

Bloed could feel her overwhelming affection and absolute trust through their connection.

"… I think I like you." She said with a blush after kissing him.

Bloed nodded dazedly. "Well, I noticed it."

"What a lame answer. It doesn't seem the answer of someone with two girlfriends."

Bloed smiled wryly.

"Thank you for trusting me, Bloed." Princess Elwha looked at him sweetly and caressed his cheek. "I really, really, really, feel happy now."

Bloed looked straight into her eyes and nodded. The truth was that he was also happy now.

No man will feel bad knowing that a beautiful girl such as Elwha liked him.

He felt a little complicated due to Liu Ying and Regina, but there was also Aya and Little Gina, so he was not as resistant to accept the love of others as before.

However, he needed to listen to her answer now.

Feeling his thoughts through their connection, Princess Elwha curled her lips up slightly as her silver eyes looked at his face with a gentle expression.

"You rescued me and protected me all this while. I don't think that father will mind paying a little bit for that. But please, don't be too hard on him."

"So you agree?" Bloed was stunned. He did not think that Princess Elwha would accept so easily.

Seeing his expression, the elf princess could not help but kiss his lips again.

"But you have to promise me something."