I tried to be Her loyal sword

chapter 22

I speak hard and forceful that excludes emotions. When I saw him, his glowing golden eyes sank deep. Although I heard the desired response, the grievance did not go away.

I certainly expected this answer to come back.

Reiner and I hadn't met before?

Of course, you would have discovered my name through a background investigation. Because there is no other way. He and I couldn't have met...

"Why are you so obnoxious?"

Although he is still expressionless, Reiner's face, which seems somewhat gloomy, caught my attention. As he wrinkled my face in confusion, I gently lowered my sword that was pressing on his neck.

"Where is the source of the information?"

Regardless, I have no choice but to believe he did a background check with his mouth. Reiner, who appears in 'Fairy Night', I decided to raise doubts since he is not a character who tells lies, even though he remains silent.

"I learned it by accident. No one else knows Mir's real name, so don't worry."

"That's right?"

"Yes"

It's not real?

I narrow my eyes to see his intent. Reiner's face was still indifferent and hard to read, but my intuition whispered to me that he wouldn't lie.

Because Reiner doesn't carelessly talk about other people's secrets in the first place. In the novel, he was a perfect gentleman. Hard but straight person.

In the world of the novel where various characters were flooded, it was a character that seemed flat, but it was a character that was loved by people because it was the standard to be seen after a long time in the overflow of the singularity.

'Because he doesn't seem to have malice'

I can't see the malice in his sunken golden eyes. What you can see is...

'Sadness, anger, desire, longing'. Only dark eyes created by mixed emotions that I can't understand... I finally put my sword away.

"Reiner Einhard."

At last call your name. Reiner who was thinking about something with his head down, raised his head.

"I will remember your name."

Reiner's pupil dilated. Both cheeks blushed slightly. The tail of his mouth rises slightly. For some reason, he seemed happy.

"Then, you shouldn't do it without permission. Please take Mercenary Mir's real name to the grave."

"...Oh."

As he coldly took it, his mouth, which had gone up slightly, quickly found its original position. Reiner bites his lips.

"...Yes"

A small breathy voice tickled my ears. "Why do you look disappointed?" is my mistake. He seemed stupid when he heard the blackmail. A flag about to get weird. I sighed after capturing the minute.

"I'm sorry to put the sword. I'm sensitive to this part."

"Okay. It's my fault to do a background check first."

We gave and received an apology, even formally. Despite the same deadpan, she was worried about Reiner, who seems much more depressed than before.

'...Does matters.'

There are many things that have not been resolved, but there is no more time to lose. I must hurry. I had to go to Aria.

"Well then, have a nice day. Thanks for your work behind the scenes."

In the end, I wanted to be polite and turn my back rudely.

"Wait a minute."

Reiner called me. When I slightly turned my head, I saw him repeatedly biting and releasing his lips. Wait for something to say and slowly opened his lips.

"You have been the object of my admiration for a long time. I wanted to be someone like you."

It was a sudden confession, but the ocean liner who made such a confession and I who listened were serious.

'...I want to be someone like you.' Absurdly, I overlapped the boy with him again...

'My head hurts.'

I pressed my temple firmly. Even if I tried to stop myself, one hypothesis that kept coming to my mind was unsettling. After a long sigh, I reached into the spatial pocket and took out the handkerchief.

"Take"

I threw a handkerchief at Reiner. He took the handkerchief gently and looked through me. 'Why are you looking at me like that?'

"I don't know why you want to look like me. I want you to be a better person than me."

'You can be a better person than me.'

I said something similar to what I said to the boy then, it was an impulse. When I turned my head, I couldn't see his expression. There was no movement in the alley until I left it and went back to the cafe.