Chapter 71

After she left the room, just like Noah, the girl walked towards the exit of the house. So, when she walked through the exit door and saw that he was still coming down the stairs, she walked over, came face to face with him, and as she took small steps back, she said smiling, "Are you sure you're leaving already? "

Noah looked at her and, as he continued to move calmly, he said, "There's no point in me staying, and I don't have to either. So could you get out of my way?"

Geez, why are you treating your bride so coldly?

Hearing what she said, Noah stopped. He looked directly into her eyes for a few moments, and after those few seconds he couldn't take it anymore and started to laugh.

"...Are you by any chance crazy girl?" he wiped a tear from her face as she smiled and continued, "I don't even know you. What makes you think, that I would marry you?"

She looked at Noah with a serious expression and asked "Huh? And what makes you think that would be a bad thing?"

"And why wouldn't it be?" he laughed "I have nothing to gain from this, do I?"

"What do you mean, nothing?" and annoyed she continued, "You would practically beat me. Wouldn't that be enough?"

"Probably not." he passed her "Then forget it."

The girl took a deep breath and walked over to Noah again. Then, as she walked beside her, she was like, "Look, I admit I didn't want to have to marry you either."

"Look, isn't that great?" said Noah, as he smiled.

"But I promised and, promises must be kept, so…"

"But I have nothing to do with that promise of yours."

"Yes he has." she walked in front of her again "The promise was that I would marry the person who would free me from that curse. So I will definitely marry you."

"You sure are crazy. Who in their right mind would make such a promise?"

And looking a little sad, she replied "A person who wasn't at all sure that this was actually going to happen."

They were both silent, but while the girl held still, Noah overtook her and continued walking toward the forest.

"...Why do you refuse so much, to marry me?" she asked.

He stopped a few steps in front of her "Not for nothing really. But if you can do just one thing, I can definitely accept it."

"Huh? And what would that be?"

"You just need to absorb some IQ. If you can do that, I will definitely accept to be your fiancé."

"Huh? So easy?"

Noah nodded his head and the girl sat down on the floor. Then, as she crossed her legs and concentrated, she slowly began to absorb the IQ around her.

'…Maybe she isn't useless after all…'

"(Deep breath) So, are you satisfied now?"

"…Of course." replied Noah smiling.

The girl held out her hand for Noah to help her up, and as he did, with a smile on her face she said, "You must know that in the end this was all in vain, right?"

"…What do you mean by that?" asked Noah confused.

And as he cleaned her clothes, she replied "I mean you didn't have a choice from the start. Since my uncle would force you to accept, even if you didn't agree to marry me willingly."

"…So why did you do all this? Why did you even accept my request?"

"For curiosity."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Let's see, I met some people, back in the days when I wasn't stuck in a bed. And from the girls to the boys, none of them looked at me, or treated me the same way as you."

"So do you like being ignored?"

"Not exactly. But the girls always pretended to be my friends, and then spoke ill of me among themselves. As for the boys, they always tried to approach me because of my appearance. But you did neither, nor did you pretend to be nice, much less interested in my beauty. And seeing that I admit that I was a little curious why this happened."

"(Smile) So, did you really come after me just because you were ignored? And what would you have done if I had shown interest?"

She shook her head and said "This conversation would have happened, but we were still going to get married anyway."

"Oh, so I really had no other choice."

"As I said. Even if you refuse, in the end the wedding would still take place."

"…Okay, the conversation is fine, but I've wasted too much time here." said Noah as he continued walking towards the forest.

"Wait, I'll go with you."

"Oh no thanks. And you don't have to worry, I'll be back. Even because I don't want to be hunted by anyone, under any circumstances."

"And also, I have to ask the damn old man who the person he was talking about before was."

"…One last question then. Why did your hair look like this?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"