Up until now, Allen had never been involved in frivolous conversations.
　He snickered at his peers who neglected their studies in favor of women, and wondered why they wasted their energy and precious time.

　But now that I'm in that position, I understand .......

　You become aware of it at a moment's notice.
　Your hand stops working. Your thinking stops completely.
　You can't think of anything else, and you can't even blink.
　You feel happy when she laughs, and you feel heartbroken when she is sad. Every move she makes disturbs Allen's heart in a thousand ways.

　Therefore, Allen was beginning to understand what these feelings were called.

(After all, I've been thinking about Charlotte for ......)

　I've been putting off conclusions and turning a blind eye.
　But that was no longer enough. Someone whispered to me that it would be easier if I just admitted it.

　The forbidden box is right in front of you.
　As Allen reached for the box with a trembling hand...

"......, Mr. Allen!
"Whoa!

　Then he looked up with a start.
　You'll find that Charlotte and Lu have entered the bathing area and are looking at you with concern.

"Mr. Allen, how can I help you?　You look like you've been thinking about something. ......
No, no, ...... no problem. I was just thinking about something.

　Allen smiles deceptively.
　And then he put the forbidden box back in the back of his mind.

(It's best if it stays ...... like this.)

　Charlotte finally found out what she wanted to do and started to change.
　The only thing Allen can do at such a critical time is to watch over her and support her.
　If he becomes aware of these feelings, he will not be able to resist them. He would immediately take her hand and shout out the decisive words.

　And that would be sweet Charlotte.
　Even if she doesn't want to, she will respond to Allen's feelings and whisper false love to him. That would mean that she, who had begun to walk on ...... her own feet, would return to being a will-less doll.

　That's why Allen has decided to keep his emotions bottled up.
　So Allen decides to seal up his emotions, so tightly that they will never come back.

　With his mind made up, he turns his attention back to Charlotte.
　Then ...... quickly looked away. The water had soaked Charlotte's clothes, making them quite transparent. You can even see the color of her underwear. You can see the color of her underwear, and she doesn't seem to notice.

...... You should get up now. It's getting cold.
"Oh, wow.

　Allen snaps his fingers, and a bath towel falls from the sky.
　Charlotte pulled it over her head and smiled.

I'll do it then. What about you, Lu?
"Ooo-roo.
"Hmm. Take your time.

　Sitting at the edge of the pool, Charlotte wipes her hair.
　Allen sits next to her. As she dipped her feet into the cool water, she felt her worries slipping away.
　Charlotte nodded her head as she watched Lu play in the pool.

It's such a big garden, isn't it? Why don't you use it for more things?
"Hmm. Well, maybe we can expand the garden.

　The garden is unnecessarily large enough to build another mansion.
　But for now, the only area that was being used properly was the one where Allen was cultivating the various herbs used to make potions.
　It's not a bad idea to grow vegetables and flowers now that your family has expanded.

But ...... that would require a lot of maintenance.

　Allen looked around the garden and said.
　We bought this place three years ago, and the weeds have expanded their territory even more than they did then. There's a lot of work to be done on ......, including mowing, leveling, and removing pebbles.

　If you want, you can call up Megath or Glow. I'm sure Megus would be more than happy to work in a flower shop, and I'm sure the Glow gang would be more than happy to work if Charlotte wanted them to.

Well, we'll think about that later. It seems that the previous owner hadn't done much to the garden.
Were there other tenants before you, Mr. Allen?
Yes. I've never met any.

　I never met him.

Apparently, the previous owner disappeared one day about thirty years ago.
"............ What?