A Maiden’s Heart Is Hard To Understand

BOOOOOOOOOOOM

Hearing that explosion from behind him, Arthur felt a bad feeling as he looked over towards the carriage, and to his horror and anger, the carriage which was still pristine thanks to the mana barrier was on the verge of destruction.

Without thinking, he dashed inside towards the furthest room, not even paying attention to the cracks in space nor the shouting of the triplets, Leo, and the old butler, which sounded nothing, but mere mumble, since all he could feel currently was worry no longer horror or anger.

Reaching the door, Arthur opened it and saw who he was looking for. The scarlet haired young girl who previously before the battle, was determined to participate, despite the fact she could barely move.

Now her beautiful scarlet eyes had tears in them.

In spite of wanting to comfort her, Arthur knew he had no time for such things when he saw the cracks in space opening up and swallowing everything within its range of suction.

With no time to waste, Arthur went over to the bed, and with a "Sorry" he was about to move the blanket covering her so he could lift her up in a princess carry…

"W-wait, l-let me change my clothes first." She said panickedly with an extremely adorable blush.

"Huh!" Arthur said with a shocked expression, wondering if he had heard wrong? Does she not see the pockets of broken space, the fact everything was a mess, and the carriage's dimension looks to be on the verge of destruction? Most importantly, with them still being inside… she wants to–.

[Humph… how can an idiot understand a maiden's heart?]

[Did you just take her side?]

[…]

For some reason, ever since he decided to hitchhike, Yuki has been acting weird especially when it involves the scarlet haired girl.

Previously he thought she didn't like meeting new people.

However, it seems to be something different.

Although he hasn't known Yuki for long, he could still see an obvious dislike? Maybe prejudice? towards the scarlet haired girl.

"Umm… Miss–." Realizing he still didn't know her name.

"Scarlet, my name is Scarlet Ern Heartfilia."

"Okay, Miss Scarlet, we-."

"No, you can call me Scarlet, just Scarlet!" Scarlet said with puffed up cheeks.

So cute…

"Okay, Scarlet it is then-"

 "Good!" She said with a radiant smile, that not even the purple miasma coming off her body could hide.

[As you can see, the carriage's space is about to be destroyed. If we don't leav-"

"That is more of a reason why you should wait outside so I can quickly change."

"… I don't mean to offend, but you are currently not able to move. After you are cured, it won't be too late to change then"

"Humph, I can still use my mana! Now go and wait outside!"

As Arthur was about to open his mouth he felt something hitting his stomach and was practically flung out the door landing with his back turned to the door, but before he could even turn around to check what happened. The door closed with a click…

[Why don't you go and check?] Yuki grumbled while once again biting his arm.

…

While waiting for Scarlet, as more and more of the space was destroyed, Arthur had nothing to do because Yuki decided to help him keep the space where he stood, stable. He decided to do what he recently found enjoyable, which was teasing the adorable white tiger in his arms.

[Scarlet what a suitable name, huh?]

[Tsk, Yuki is a better name!]

[It seems you really like your name?] Arthur said with a smile of happiness.

[... It's alright… It's at least better than the name Scarlet!]

[I think that they are both beautiful names for two equally beautiful and adorable girls.]

[A-A-Anyway, shouldn't you think about how you're going to leave? You don't think that you can just walk out now, do you?]

[Don't worry, I have a plan.]

[I can't wait to see your so-called "plan"]

A few "agonizing" minutes later, Arthur and Yuki heard a familiar click as they both looked over towards the now opened door where they could see a floating, scarlet haired young girl.