Beyond Space and Time, Again.

The two people who left the Dormitory headed towards the lake in Ruben.

Even though it’s called a lake, it was a small size that made you wonder if it was just a grown-up pond.

Still, there was a promenade around it, and above all, fireflies, which were rare in the Count’s territory, were wandering around, so the atmosphere was quite nice.

It seemed quite nice to stroll around with the sound of insects chirping in small voices as if not to disturb the conversation of visitors, but revealing their presence as white noise.

“It’s a nice place. Somehow, I feel at peace.”

“I know, right? There was a reason why the store owner recommended it.”

I just asked if there was a good place to have a quiet conversation without any particular thought, but I didn’t know he would tell me such a suitable place.

Kyle thought that he should give a generous tip when he returned, and crossed the road with Sylvia.

The night air in Ruben was colder than expected, and dew was lightly formed on the grass at his feet, and Kyle, who was looking down at the scene, took off his coat and handed it to Sylvia without saying a word.

“Kyle, this is…?”

“Wear it. You get cold easily.”

Sylvia’s lips formed a faint smile as she blinked her eyes at the coat he handed her.

In fact, Ruben was in the southern region, so she thought it wouldn’t be too cold at this time of year, and she was regretting not bringing a special coat.

However, she didn’t want to bother Kyle, so she was trying to move on as if she were fine, but she got caught like this.

“…Hehe, thank you. I tried not to show it, but I guess I couldn’t escape Kyle’s eyes.”

“It’s a delusion if you think you’re the only one who knows me well.”

“That’s right. Actually, until recently, I really thought so.”

Sylvia put on the coat Kyle gave her and made a face with various emotions.

Really, until a few months ago at most, she thought so.

Because she has memories of being with Kyle before the regression, she thought she knew more about Kyle than Kyle knew about her.

But that was only until recently.

In fact, she had been guessing even before today’s incident.

She just hesitated because she didn’t have the courage to ask.

“Hey, Kyle. Do you know what?”

“What?”

“I said that to Kyle, right? ‘Someday, I wanted to lie down in a field of flowers that bloomed profusely and roll around like a child.'”

“…You did.”

Kyle hesitated for a moment and nodded.

It wasn’t that he hesitated because he didn’t remember.

He just hesitated for a moment because he knew when she mentioned the memory.

And because he knew what it meant to say those words, he was even more confused.

“But actually, there was something I wanted to do with Kyle more than that.”

“What is it?”

“Watching fireflies.”

“Your dream is small.”

“Oh, come on. What’s with breaking the mood like that?”

Put.

Kyle smiled bitterly as he watched Sylvia act like a child.

He knows that he is saying something very unromantic even when he thinks about it himself.

Of course, the dream itself may be so simple that it seems futile, but if you know the life Sylvia has lived, you should have said something more atmospheric at times like this.

Even if it’s ‘You can see it as much as you want in the future.’

“I’m sorry. I’ve never been good at saying atmospheric things.”

“Hmph. I was a little upset, but… it’s okay. It felt like I saw the Kyle I knew after a long time.”

“What was I like when you knew me?”

“Oh, I can’t express it all in words. You’re always busy making women wait for appointment times, you don’t even send a letter first, and when I suddenly visit the castle and show my face, you make a disgusted expression…”

“……”

Kyle was speechless at the sudden barrage of insults.

It wasn’t because he was hit without knowing why.

It’s just that everything she said was true, so he couldn’t refute it.

Besides, the actions Sylvia is mentioning one by one now are the most regrettable things he never wanted to remember again.

“But it’s funny, isn’t it? I really liked that Kyle.”

“You liked it, you have a unique taste.”

Kyle, who doesn’t yet realize Sylvia’s feelings, only knows that her expression of ‘like’ means human-to-human, and calmly replied.

Sylvia also knew that, but didn’t point it out.

She was just reminiscing about the past and continuing her impressions of that time as if she were relieving her feelings with each other.

“I know, right? But when I thought about it later, it seems like it wasn’t a matter of taste.”

“Then?”

“It’s just that even such treatment was unfamiliar to me. Kyle was the first person to treat me like a normal woman, except for my mother and younger sister.”

“……”

She is smiling hard as she speaks, but Kyle, who knows how much and how heavy the implications are in it, couldn’t laugh.

That’s right.

For a woman named Sylvia Eleanor, even such a normal reaction felt foreign and warm at the same time.

“You were also the first person to look at my eyes and say they were beautiful. I just thought you were saying things you didn’t mean to win my favor, but when I saw Kyle quickly retracting his words, I realized that his true feelings came out unintentionally.”

“…I was so embarrassed that I thought I was going to die.”

“Hehe, unfortunately, that’s none of my business?”

It may sound cold, but literally, it was a story that Sylvia had nothing to do with.

Whether he made a mistake, his true feelings came out unintentionally, or he was so embarrassed that he couldn’t lift his face because of it. Who cares?

It is important that the first impression of a man named Kyle Liard changed due to that short word, and she became interested in him.

“After that, Kyle shared all the firsts in my life with me. In the first place, I had never made an appointment to meet someone. Going to someone’s house, someone walking next to me outside and talking to me, someone buying snacks with me on the street and looking around.”

With a smile, Sylvia, who was walking ahead, turned around in place and approached Kyle with her hands behind her back.

“That’s probably why. The light and kindness Kyle gave me. Maybe they were so insignificant to Kyle that it would be embarrassing to even express them.”

“……”

“But to me, it was brighter than any light I had ever witnessed in my life, and warmer than any touch. What was minimal to you was the best and greatest experience for me.”

Hearing those words, Kyle didn’t know what kind of expression to make.

If he smiled along with her bright smile, he couldn’t because he remembered the actions he had committed and her face stained with fatigue.

But if he made a painful expression, he couldn’t because each word she said touched his heart so kindly.

Thanks to that, Kyle’s expression was distorted so strangely that Sylvia burst into laughter when she saw it.

“Put. Do you know what, Kyle? Kyle’s face right now is very strange.”

“…I think it’s too much to say that I’m ugly in such a roundabout way.”

“Hey, ugly? If Kyle’s face is ugly, are all the people in this world squids?”

“There’s a guy like Vermillion too.”

“Hmm, that’s right. Duke Drake is also handsome. But…”

Sylvia, who was pondering Vermillion’s face as if she wasn’t particularly impressed, stroked her chin and placed her hand on Kyle’s cheek.

Compared to his skin, which was frozen cold in the chilly air, Sylvia’s hand was warm enough to feel hot.

Sylvia thought that this was also the warmth he gave her, and added.

“At least I like this face the most. The eyebrows that are always raised as if a little annoyed, the slightly haggard cheeks as if they have experienced all the ups and downs of the world, and the slightly dry lips.”

“There’s nothing good about it.”

“Others may think so. But I’m satisfied with my eyes?”

She didn’t fall in love with his appearance, but because he was someone she liked, she came to like his face from some point on.

Is this what they call being blinded by love?

Sylvia didn’t want to deny it, so she continued.

“And I was relieved. I was so happy that your face was the same as I knew it.”

“…Sylvia.”

Kyle tried to say something, but Sylvia put her index finger on his lips, gave a mischievous smile, and turned around again.

And then, ttok, ttok, how many steps did she take like that?

“…I waited, Kyle. And thank you. For finding me again.”

As if she didn’t want to show her blushing face right now, she kept a good distance and finally threw out the word she had been waiting for.

The sound of insects chirping, jjireureu, stopped at the same time, and it felt as if the time of the whole world had stopped for a moment.

Feeling as if they were the only two left in this world, Kyle smiled at last as he uttered his impressions inwardly.

Because he thought this was the best way to respond to her first greeting after reuniting beyond time.