It was always this one man who came through for me at the last minute and rescued me. Who stated that he was an evil man?! In my mind, he was a heroic figure who was plagued by a scandal that was going about among the locals. Even though my tears hadn't stopped falling, I was finally able to relax. I drew a trembling breath as I inched my way closer to his ear as I was clutching him, and I spoke the words "I love you" in a low voice.

He couldn't believe what he was hearing, Asta. In spite of the fact that I was not an expert...