151 - - 06-38 Hitoshi, Beena, Count
"I'm not sure if I'm a good match for you, Count, but I'm very happy to have you as a friend.
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Bina had made it clear that she would accept Count Kuzma's proposal of marriage.
After talking to Jin in the morning, she had not been able to go to the Count's room until noon.
"Well, thank you. Thank you very much.
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The count's face did not look good when he replied in this way. Bina saw this and asked him worriedly.
"Um, Count? Is there something wrong with you?
"No, I'm just a little hungover.
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The Count replied with a wry smile. As expected, Bina's reply was vague, so he couldn't say that she had been drowning her sorrows in drink.
"I didn't know the Count was like that. I thought he was a hard man.
Bina said, and the Count replied,
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"He lost his parents early in life, and since he took over the family, he has been working every day, especially when it comes to his relationships with women.
Hearing this, Bina giggled,
"It's not good to be too dexterous. Count, please take good care of me for a long time.
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She bowed her head once again.
"Hey, Bina, I'll announce the official engagement after we get back to Blueland, but, um, could you please call me
Count Kuzma said, his face reddening. Bina blushed when he said that,
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"Yes, yes. I'm Luis, sir."
Both the person who said this and the person who was told this turned bright red.
The person who said it and the person who was told it were both blushing red.
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Jin after getting out of the bath.
He was thinking about Bina, the present for Elsa, the Unification Party, etc., when there was a knock at the door.
"Yes?"
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Reiko, a member of the Royal Secret Maidens with Jin, responds before Laila, and opens the door. Standing there was Reinhardt.
"Mr. Reinhardt is here to see you.
Reiko says, and Jin gets up from his chair and greets her at the door.
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"Reinhard, what's wrong? Come in anyway."
She invited him in.
Reinhardt said that he had been talking with Count Kuzma,
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"I'm here to tell you that Luis and Bina's engagement has been finalized, and I'm here to tell Jin about it, too.
Reinhardt said.
Jin suggested Reinhardt to take a chair anyway, and Laila, a member of the Royal Secret Maidens, started to prepare tea. Reiko is keeping a watchful eye on them.
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"They will officially announce their engagement later on when they return to the Blue Lands. Well, I'm sorry to say this, but it's not easy to take a commoner as your wife, so you'll have to ask your noble friend to adopt you as his daughter.
He added. Hearing this, Jin thought it sounded like something he had seen in a period drama when a merchant married into a samurai family.
Reinhardt changed his manner,
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"Hey, Jin. I was going to ask you something.
"Hmm? What is it?
What do you think about love?
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Jin thought back to what he had been thinking about earlier.
Jin is not a rock, and he is interested in women as much as anyone else. In the past, there was even a girl he thought he liked.
It was when he was in a regular high school. She also went to the same high school and was two years older than Jin.
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She worked part-time during the daytime, much like Jin. She seemed to be a single mother with three younger brothers, and it was quite difficult for her.
In the second year of school, Jin confessed his feelings for her and she said it was okay with him, so they started dating.
However, since both of them were attending a regular school, they could not have a date, and at most, they came to class a little early to talk, or walked to the station together on their way home.
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On weekends and holidays, they have to take care of each other and their younger brother at the orphanage, so they have never been on a date. A year passed like that.
Then came graduation day.
She tells Jin that the managing director of the company where she works part-time has proposed to her. She also told him that it was a good offer and that she was going to accept.
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She also said that she had enjoyed her year with Jin.
When Jin heard this, he could not say anything. I am still a student, and financially I am no match for him. And she has a life. I can't tie her down just by saying I love her.
The words "don't go" never came out of his mouth, and instead, what came out was,
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"Congratulations."
Instead, what came out was, "Congratulations. When she heard that, she smiled as if she were about to cry and said,
"Thank you.
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Thank you. That was the last time I saw her.
After graduation, Jin joined a company that had a bad reputation but seemed to pay well, and spent his days without even a hint of romance until now, when he fell into an electric furnace at .......
"Life, I guess.
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Jin answered in one word.
"I see, love is life. That's very typical of you, and also very old-fashioned.
And Reinhardt.
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"Anyway..."
Jin replies.
"Well, it's true that you don't have a life now. Conlonteau is kind of a, you know, a different world."
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I guess so.
"That's why it makes sense for you to travel around. If you find a country you like, you can settle there. It would be best if it were in the Shoro Empire."
Reinhardt laughs at this, but Hitoshi is not in the mood to laugh.
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"What? What's wrong?
"Nothing."
Jin replies with one word.
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"Well, relationships between people are not always so simple. Especially between a man and a woman.
Reinhardt left the room, leaving Jin to think about it.
Lila's tea did not arrive in time after all.
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"Haku ...... Mr. Lewis, are you over your headache already?"
Beena was in Count Kuzma's room.
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"Yes, thanks to Bina I feel much better.
"Yes, that's good to hear."
Then Count Kuzma said, "Let me make this clear while I still can.
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Hey Bina, what did you think of Jin?
"Well, Bina, what did you think of Jin?
I don't blame you if you liked Jin. I just want to know.
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The Count looks straight at Bina and asks her a question, to which Bina answers honestly.
I liked him.
"Of course."
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But without a moment's pause, Bina replies,
"But now that I think about it, I feel that I was only relying on you one-sidedly.
Beena let out a sigh,
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"Maybe it was a childish feeling.
She then looked up at the Count,
"I've been in love with Luis since the first time he saved me from Count Galana, but I gave up on him because of his status. But I had given up on him because of our different statuses.
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He looks down again.
"It's not fair, it's not fair. But I thought long and hard about my answer to Luis. It's true. If Lewis-sama doesn't like me like this, then I guess it can't be helped. ......
At that moment, Count Kuzma hugged Bina,
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"That's enough. I know how you ...... feel."
"Luis, sir,......."
Count Kuzma held Beena for a while and then let go of her arms,
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"Go back to your room tonight," he said gently.
He then released her arms and said softly, "Go back to your room tonight.