Skretil's Ignorance Walker

"I'm fine, don't worry about me."

Lina forced a smile to Lu Ren and Alida, then casually picked up a glass of wine from the waiter and walked to the balcony, leaving the two of them looking at each other.

"Lord Lu Ren, there is something wrong with Madam Lina. You should go and take a look."

The little princess, who was inconvenient to leave, worriedly told Lu Ren. Lu Ren understood and followed her.

At this time, there was a bright moon in the sky outside the window, and the moonlight was shining on the balcony where the banquet lights could not reach. Lina put her hands on the balcony railing and looked at the moon silently.

"What's wrong? I'm suddenly unhappy."

Lu Ren came to Lina's side, and the noise of the party faded from their ears, replaced by the sound of insects coming from the grass and vegetation.

"I'm not unhappy, I just want to be alone."

"Yeah……"

Lu Ren took a sip of the juice he just got and stood silently beside Lina. Since you don't want to say it, I'll wait here for you to say it.

"Aren't you going to eat?"

"If I eat there alone, I will be pestered by other nobles."

Lina turned to look at Lu Ren, only to see her empty eyes looking into the distance, as if she had already understood her own mood.

After a moment of silence, Lina lay on the railing, buried her face and slowly said:

"Next month, Sir Wildy and Sister Marlene will hold a wedding."

"Ah."

"I just heard them say it."

"That's it."

Lina said softly, while Lu Ren listened quietly on the side.

"After all this time, the two of them are finally getting married."

"What about you? When will Verdi marry you?"

Lina, who was originally depressed, raised her head with a blush after hearing Lu Ren's words. She was so excited that she couldn't speak properly.

"You, you, you guy, what are you talking about? Do you want to say this now?"

Seeing how excited Lina was, Lu Ren took a sip of the drink in his hand. It was a juice made from grapes. It was sour and sweet.

"Am I wrong? Aren't you also Verdi's fiancée?"

"I...I, I am different from Sister Marlene."

"Ok?"

Seeing Lu Ren looking at her with confusion, Lina became depressed again.

"...Do you want to hear the story between me and Master Wildy?"

"...Is it very long?"

"A little."

"Can you pick out the key points and talk about them briefly?"

Looking at Lu Ren who was showing some resistance, Lina sighed helplessly.

"My hometown was once besieged by the Sea Clan. At that time, although my father, Count Valuca, organized the army and the people to resist desperately, it was to no avail.

The city wall was broken by giant turtles, and the city was full of their murloc slaves. I also participated in the battle. At that time, I was surrounded by a group of murlocs and raging sea guards, and I was about to lose my life..."

"Then Verdi came down from the sky to save you and repelled the invasion of the Sea Tribe?"

Interrupted mid-sentence, Lina looked at Lu Ren resentfully. Even though she couldn't see it, Lu Ren could sense a sense of oppression with his senses.

"Ahem, I won't talk anymore, you continue."

"I fell in love with Lord Verdi at first sight. After the battle, I asked my father to betroth me to Lord Verdi, just like the unruly daughter in all the stories."

Having said this, Lina drank the wine in her hand again. Although this small amount of wine could not make her drunk, it made her face stained with a trace of crimson.

"Of course Lord Verdi rejected my father's request for marriage. Knowing that I would be very angry and aggrieved in the future, he ran to Lord Verdi to question him. How was it? I was very arrogant and unreasonable at that time, right?"

As Lina spoke, she tilted her head and looked at Lu Ren. Under the moonlight and the slightly red cheeks, she actually felt a little tempted. Of course, Lu Ren couldn't see it. She just felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

"Verdi is both gentleman and gentle. When faced with my unreasonable troubles, he did not drive me away, but patiently persuaded me.

But maybe I took advantage of his gentleness. I didn't listen to his persuasion at all, and pointed at his nose and asked, "Do you hate me that much?" '

In the end, Lord Wildy had no choice but to agree to the marriage, so I joined Lord Wildy’s team, and I have been there until now. "

After saying that, Lina cried again and climbed back to the railing.

"I know that he doesn't like me at all, and he only agreed to the engagement with me out of necessity. I have always been afraid that he will drive me away after he marries Sister Marin."

Lina's tone was a bit crying, and Lu Ren quickly comforted her when he saw this.

"It's okay. Although we have only been together for two months, I can feel that Verdi and Marlene are not that kind of people. Since I have signed an engagement with you, I think Verdi will not refuse."

"..."

"Moreover, after my observation, you are like a family. Maybe he does not have any love for you, but you are already a family. You know this better than me, don't you?"

"If he doesn't like it, then what if we are a family. When the time comes that he and Sister Marin are loving each other, I can only watch from the side."

"Don't scare yourself. You know better than me what kind of people they are, don't you?"

Lu Ren's persuasion had an effect, Lina stopped sobbing, she raised her head again and looked at Lu Ren.

"Hmm... Well, that's right. Master Wildy is not that kind of person. It's because of this that I fell in love with him."

Wiping the moist corners of her eyes, Lina forced out a faint smile.

"That's right, and when you get back, you can go find Verdi and ask him when he will marry you."

After hearing Lu Ren's words, Lina's mood that had begun to calm down began to jump up and down again.

"You, you, you, how could I take the initiative to ask about such a thing?"

"What's the point? You have to take the initiative to strive for happiness. Just say, 'You are already married to Marlene, when will you marry me?' and then set the date first."

"Why are you in such a hurry? After Mr. Wildy is finished with his wedding to Sister Marlene, maybe he will consider me."

Lu Ren paused, then spoke slowly after thinking for a moment.

"I, maybe I will leave after attending Verdi and Marlene's wedding. Before I leave, I want to attend your wedding."

"Go? Where are you going?"

Lina didn't react when she heard Lu Ren's words, she asked doubtfully.

"Maybe you don't care, but although you are a family and live together in harmony, I am an outsider after all, and I can't live in your house forever."

"What's the point? The king will definitely reward you with a big house. Then you can live in your own home; or you can become our family."

"No, that's not what I mean. I know too little about the outside world, whether it is Farania where I am now, or the Central Kingdoms, Ancient Rus, Nien, Iris, and Spirit Rats as you mentioned. I don't want to be bound. Here, I want to see all over the world.”

"But the outside is different from Frannia. Falania has a powerful army. They can ensure your safety in Frannia. Once you go outside, goblins, orcs, tauren and even demons will harm you. I have been an adventurer before, and many adventurers have died in dangerous forests and wilderness even in Frannia."

"It's not like you don't know my abilities. Although I can't say I'm invincible, I can still protect myself."

Lu Ren patted his small chest and assured Lina.

"Do you have to leave? You can stay and become our family. You and Lord Verdi will be invincible when the time comes."

"No, no, no, I don't like men, so there's no need."

"what?"

Hearing this, Lina suddenly stepped back and looked at Lu Ren warily.

Lu Ren also regretted her momentary gaffe. She was now a little girl in a world similar to the Western Middle Ages. Maybe same-sex relationships were prohibited for them.

"Um...does Flania prohibit same-sex love?"

"...Although it is not encouraged, it is not prohibited either."

After hearing Lina's reply, Lu Ren breathed a sigh of relief.

"You don't have to be so vigilant. I don't have any thoughts about you."

"Yes...yes."

Lu Ren looked at this guy helplessly. He clearly liked to take advantage of him before, but now he acted like he was taking advantage of her.

"That's it, then Sister Marin's worries are unnecessary."

Lina said to herself, she lowered her head and thought for a moment, and then thought of something.

"In this case, you can go to the central countries, where there are people who believe in the Jer god system, and they advocate that love has no gender, or you can go to the farther Iris Kingdom and the Spirit Mouse Kingdom. In those two countries, there are It’s women, no men.”

"What? All women?"

Hearing Lina's words, Lu Ren suddenly became interested, and her dull eyes seemed to have a glimmer of light.