Chapter 236 - 235 - Declaration Of Love.

"Mom, have you received any other letters from the capital yet?" Noah asked as he walked out of his room and arrived in the living room. His mother was sitting on the couch along with Lisandra and Ciaphia was sitting in a chair next to the couch.

Noah didn't understand why she was sitting in the chair but didn't ask since it wasn't something irrelevant.

"Hm? Ah, Noah. You finally woke up, I thought I would have to go to your room to get you out of your bed." Emma turned to look at Noah as she kept a large number of cookies in her mouth.

When she spoke, a bunch of cookie pieces flew out of her mouth and littered the couch.

"Don't talk with your mouth full, that's disgusting." Noah smiled at his mother and then sat down on the couch along with her and Lisandra.

"Pour yourself some tea and get some cookies. Dala made a lot of cookies, I even had to ask her to give some to the village peoples."

"She made that many? you should have just saved the leftovers for us to eat later or tomorrow morning."

"That's true, isn't it? But now whatever." Emma took another cookie and put it in her mouth. Then she took another sip of tea and took a deep breath.

As Noah watched his mother, Ciaphia who was in the chair right next to him walked over and say something in his ear.

"What, you want to do this today?" Noah exclaimed in surprise.

"Hm?" "What?"

His mother and Lisandra next to him looked at Noah curiously. When they looked, they saw Ciaphia with a red face walking away and sitting in the chair again.

"Nothing. it's just that Ciaphia wants to go on a date." Noah looked at Ciaphia and smiled.

"So that's it?" Emma looked at Ciaphia and made a positive sign with her hand, "That's right, win him over." She said as she gave Ciaphia a big smile.

Lisandra on the side, on the other hand, stayed silent looking like she didn't want to talk much about it.

"It's not that, he's just joking. I just asked him to help me practice my fencing. This idiot." Ciaphia pouted at Noah, but he didn't care and took a sip of tea.

"Don't worry, I can help you today. But first I have to talk to Rose, I want to see if she's better."

"Hm? But isn't she already leaving the house and working together with Rieli in the vegetable garden?"

"Yes, but Rieli came to see me and said that Rose was still quite sad and worried."

"Got it." Emma placed her cup of tea on the small table and then stood up. She raised her arms and slouched as she opened her mouth. She looked tired.

"It's true, Mom. I asked you before and you ignored it..."

"About the letter, right? No, I didn't get any new letters after the last one. But from what the queen wrote, it seems that everything is going very well."

"I see. It's just that I am extremely worried about my classmates who have stayed in the capital. And I would also like to ask that you somehow try to get information about Rose's friend."

"You like Rose, don't you?" Listening to Emma's statement, Ciaphia looked at Noah and Emma looking a little worried.

But after that, her concern disappeared.

"She's a good friend, so I want to help her," Noah said as he smiled and soon after took another sip of tea as he stood up from the couch.

"Got it. Don't worry, when I send the next letter I will ask about your friends and Rose's friend."

"Thanks, Mom."

"You're welcome. Well, now I need to go, I need to take care of a few things. It looks like have some houses that are suffering from cracks."

"Want some help with that?" Noah followed his mother outside the house.

"Don't worry about it. You can train Ciaphia now."

"Oh, okay, see you later."

"See you later."

After that Emma said goodbye and Noah went back inside the house. 

He looked at Ciaphia who was still eating.

"Can you stop eating now? You're going to end up getting fat."

"Shut up, you idiot," Ciaphia grumbled as her face turned red.

Noah smiled and then walked over to her. After that, he took the cup of tea from Ciaphia's hand and placed it on the table.

"Come on, time to train." Noah took Ciaphia's hand and pulled her.

With her hand suddenly being grabbed, Ciaphia felt her heart speed up and her face become hot.

"You don't have to hold my hand like that..." She said low with traces of happiness on her face.

"Let's go soon." Noah who hadn't realized this continued holding her hand and pulled her out of the house.

Meanwhile, Lisandra who was sitting on the couch looked at that scene extremely embarrassed.

"Man, she's so cute when she's embarrassed. But it's also kind of depressing that Noah is so indifferent even though he said he would try to return her feelings..."

Lisandra placed all the teacups on the tray and then carried them to the kitchen.

There, Clachel was finished cleaning up the rest of the dirty dishes.

"They're so cute, aren't they?" Clachel had the view of the room, so she could see Ciaphia and Noah together as they left.

"I wouldn't say they're cute... I feel sad for Ciaphia..."

"Feel sad? You don't think Noah likes her?"

"I think he likes her, but not enough to accept her as his girlfriend or wife."

"I see... But maybe in time, he will start to pay more attention to her."

"Maybe... But I hope Ciaphia won't be disappointed, I don't want to have to console my friend who was rejected by my younger brother."

"Hahaha..."

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After moving a little away from the houses, Ciaphia and Noah approached the small 15 square meter arena that had been made inside the village. 

Well, it was called an arena, but it was the space where a house stood previously and was demolished. After this, this space had started to be used for training by Noah and also a few other people.

Mostly they were teenagers Noah's age.

"Didn't you say you had to talk to Rose?" Ciaphia said as she reached the small area.

"Oh, I forgot about that, leave it for later. Now let's get down to business, where's your sword?"

"Oh, I forgot in my house." Ciaphia smiled and scratched her head a little awkwardly. She looked a little embarrassed and nervous. Noah looked at her a little suspiciously as he had begun to realize her true intentions.

But even realizing this, he said nothing and started walking out of the training camp.

"Where are you going?" Ciaphia shouted after seeing that Noah was leaving.

"We are going to your house to get your sword. I will also take the opportunity to pick up a sword for me to use."

"No, wait..."

"What?" Noah stopped walking and then turned to look at Ciaphia.

He was calm and was waiting for Ciaphia to say something, but ciaphia was quite nervous and her hands were slightly shaking.

Noah didn't rush her, he just remained silent while waiting for her to say something.

Ciaphia continued in silence for about two minutes before she closed her eyes and with a little difficulty opened her mouth to say something.

"Listen, I... I like you and...." She said as she stuttered and felt an overwhelming urge to run out of that place. But Ciaphia controlled herself and closed her eyes as she trembled.

"That way of acting doesn't suit you." Noah smiled at Ciaphia and then approached her and held both her hands.

"Ciaphia, I like you a lot too, but..."

"..." Ciaphia heard this and had already begun to feel her heartache a little. Tears began to appear in her eyes as she looked at Noah.

Noah looked at her and looked extremely shocked.

"Hey, hey, calm down, I haven't said anything yet."

"But you..."

"You have to wait for me to finish talking, all right?"

"Sniff... But..."

"What I was going to say is..." Noah for the first time felt a little embarrassed talking to her.

"I like you a lot too, but I'm too young yet. I'd like you to wait until I turn 15, after that I can match your feelings, how about it?"

Noah said as his face turned a little red and he turned his face to avoid Ciaphia's eyes.

'I thought a lot about it, and I think it's the best thing to do. She's young, and I like her too.' Noah thought as he smiled and looked at Ciaphia.

Ciaphia who heard that looked surprised and continued to cry.

"Is it true? Sniff... Is it true?" She continued to cry as she held Noah's small hands.

"Yes, that's right. I thought about it a lot, and I decided to accept your feelings. I like you a lot. You are funny, you are a beautiful woman, and you are also a person who is very close to my family."

"But isn't Lari also beautiful and a person who is close to your family?"

"How can I put it... Besides her being much older than me, I couldn't stay together with her. As much as I try to treat her as a future wife, I can't see more than an older sister, just like Lisandra."

"Got it...Good..." Ciaphia let go of Noah's hands and sat down on the floor.

"..."

"I threw myself on you so suddenly, I didn't think you would accept to stay together with me..."

"Hahahaha... And speaking of which, how did you fall in love with me?"

"I already told you. We spent a lot of time together, I couldn't help but fall in love with you."

"Urgh, that makes me a little embarrassed. But why don't you tell me how it happened?"

"Only if you tell how you decided to stay by my side."

"... Okay, I guess."

"Okay."