Chapter 275: Settled Matters
Lux’s Side
For a little while.
As I waited quietly alone in my room, drinking tea and waiting for the two of them to return…
“Sorry to keep you waiting, Lux!”
“We apologize for the wait, Master!”
The two of them came back to my room and said that in bright voices.
“I’m totally fine. But more importantly… were the two of you able to have a good time together?”
“Yeah! The conversation really picked up, and we even talked about some deeper things. It was super fun!”
“…That’s right.”
Siana nodded along with Elina-san’s words.
Deeper things… they’d made up enough to talk about things like that.
Feeling relieved, I stood up from the sofa and spoke.
“If that’s the case, then let’s go to the dining hall together now and have a meal like we did before!”
“Yes, Master!”
“I’m in! But even though this was so sudden today, is it really okay for me to join too?”
“Of course! Please make sure you eat plenty!”
“Thank you, Lux!”
After that, the three of us walked down the hallway together toward the dining hall.
Once we arrived, just like the last time Elina-san visited this mansion, the three of us started eating together.
They still had completely different personalities, but…
Their tastes and table manners were very similar. They happily shared their thoughts on the food, and it really looked like the distance between them was close.
“…”
A moment where the kind people who are kind to me were having fun right in front of my eyes.
I strongly wished in my heart that this kind of time would last forever.
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Elizalina’s Side
After the three of us finished our meal.
Since it was getting fairly late, Elizalina prepared to head home.
Or rather, from Lux’s point of view, Elina was being seen off at the front of the mansion by both Lux and Siana.
“It’s sad to say goodbye already, but it’s late, so it can’t be helped, right?”
“That’s true… but we can always…”
Lux let out a small sound, as if he’d noticed something, and then continued.
“We might even be able to see each other tomorrow!”
Tomorrow. At the event I’ll be hosting as Elizalina, I suppose.
It’s true that Lux and Elizalina would be able to meet there.
In fact, if we didn’t meet there, there’d be no point in Elizalina holding that event tomorrow at all. Meeting could practically be considered a settled matter.
However, when I meet Lux then, it won’t be as Elina, but as Elizalina. I won’t be able to meet him as Elina.
Thinking that, as she looked at Lux smiling in front of her, she felt a slight pang in her chest… but.
Since she couldn’t very well say that, she opened her mouth and matched Lux’s tone.
“That’s true. If we meet again tomorrow, I’ll be counting on you then.”
“Yes! I’ll be looking forward to it as well!”
“…Then see you, Lux. And you too, Siana-chan!”
“Yes, Elina-sama.”
After that.
Elizalina boarded the carriage and had it head toward the royal castle.
“…Elina, huh.”
She still can’t cast aside the temporary persona of Elina just yet.
Not until the time comes for me to be united with Lux as Elizalina.
And that time might be tomorrow.
To be united with Lux…
“…Lux, I’m already thinking about you all the time.”
Even after leaving Lux behind and riding in the carriage.
Even when she falls asleep.
Even when she wakes up.
Even while eating.
Even while carrying out her official duties.
You’re always on my mind, Lux.
“My beloved Lux…”
As she murmured that, the corners of her mouth lifted and her cheeks flushed.
Elizalina continued to think about Lux without pause as she returned to the royal castle. Elizalina’s love for Lux showed no sign of stopping.