What she needed to hear

As it turns out, I didn’t need to do anything at all. Anzu embarrassedly ran away into the shrubbery just to get out of both my and the spectators’ sight.

I watched her small back disappear from the tall grass that probably hadn’t been weeded out for years.

Really, why does she have to react like that when she’s supposed to be someone rich with experience? Is it because she failed to anticipate that we will be seen as a young couple?

Possible.

With that, Eimi had just passed her when it comes to dealing with unexpected situations.

Left behind standing there, I heard the culprits gleefully giggling among themselves as they hollered at me to chase after Anzu.

“Aww… Go on, boy. That place is dangerous. It hasn’t been cleared out for months now, bugs and the sort are lurking in those shrubs.”

Well, with or without them urging me, my feet had already started moving. I took huge strides, allowing me to reach the shrubbery in no time.