Chapter 200 - Misinterpretation

She was visibly surprised by this. Although there was no way he could sneak behind her without her noticing, Light was confused upon why he would do such a thing, but she soon received a reply.

Seeing him wrapping his arms around her, Light's face instantly flushed. She could have evaded him easily if she wanted to, but she felt like even if she could do so, her body didn't react in time...

Her shock was written all over her face, but Ethan to this only smiled while tightening his embrace so that they could be closer to each other.

"You see. Back in the real world someone told me to show my feelings and act accordingly to them, otherwise there would be no proof of their existence in the first place. You always helped me out when I had difficulties, so this time let me ease the burdens in your heart too..."

He couldn't 'see' the same thing Light saw, but as the latter thought, Ethan could understand there was something still burdening her heart, and since she could only rely on him, he would give his all too for her sake.

'I told you many times..I'm weak to physical contact..'

She was about to forget how many times she reminded him she was weak to this kind of contact, but Ethan continued obstinately to not mind her weaknesses, and instead surprise attacked her.

But even if she thought so, she couldn't lie to her d.e.s.i.r.es. She wanted to be embraced by him, and she wanted to feel in this way, but she also had the duty assigned by her mother, blocking her most of the time. Even if the latter clarified in the letter she actually wished her to be happy with him...

After a few seconds, Light slowly replied his embrace by wrapping her arms on his back, and this made Ethan smile.

"I believe your mother's intention when she fused our souls wasn't only for you to serve as a guide through my journey. She is your mother, and a mother can't let her own child go so easily. Even if she herself ended up alone her whole life, knowing her personality I believe she wanted you to also live your life to the fullest, the extent of her love for you is probably more than we can even imagine..."

He couldn't possibly know why she still had her heart with this burden upon, but since when they were talking about her mother Light seemed sad, Ethan could only arrive to the conclusion Light was feeling down regarding that matter, and so he spoke the only words he could think of about the situation..

Little he knew Light already understood this from the letter she received from her mother, but still his words hit her like a truck in full speed. Even if she herself already understood it, Ethan's words made so much sense if joined to the letter she felt her eyes tearing up.

She at first thought her mother was exactly like the other people described her, as from her history Light never saw Qienta's kind side, but when she received the letter where her mother seemed to care so much about her, almost more than Ethan, Light felt a stupid for everything she thought up until that point, and right now he made her recall this.

"...I...I'm such a stupid.."

Hearing her voice breaking down, Ethan sighed as he once again thanked Riveria for her precious suggestions. If she didn't say these words to him, he would surely have hesitated.

He would have thought maybe the matter was something Light didn't want to talk about, but now that she was trembling in his arms, he could only c.a.r.e.s.s her back as he tried to make her feel better, even if he knew this wasn't something he could do anything about.

"But you know, I already knew that."

He, who was previously looking at the ceiling with a sad smile, now had a surprised expression on his face as her words weren't what he expected, but before he could say anything about it, she added

"...My mother sent me a letter, and that's why I knew about the System's doing, as well as how to make you exit your Domain...in that letter she also told me she...loves me more than anyone else, yet your words made me feel once again a stupid for what I thought about my mother before that letter..."

He could feel her stop her trembling, but she didn't move away from him.

"You also tried to use the shared soul to know what I had in my heart, but you can't see precisely what it is, so you thought it was about my mother..."

She was now the one with a smile on her face, a smile different from the others, since the mere thought of him going on his way to console her made her stomach feel strange, but it wasn't a bad feeling at all.

"...So I embarrassed myself just now?"

Ethan was speechless. He knew this was somewhat risky to do, but he believed there would be a low probability of something else being a burden on Light's heart, other than her own mother.

Although he was the one that wanted to move away from her, she didn't allow him to do so.

"...Yes, probably yes"

She inevitably laughed at his words. His words were so filled with intent to comfort her she was caught up in it, but with another thought the situation was really embarrassing for Ethan, while totally funny for Light.

Her laugh made him have a red face as he, knowing she wouldn't let him go now, accepted his loss as he just stayed still.

"..But I honestly don't mind. Even if to a lesser extent, your words truly helped. When I'll see my mother in person I'll be sure to tell her how highly you think of her..."

She was joking around, as it was impossible to not do so after Ethan's display.

"..I can tell her without hesitation since it's the truth. I consider your mother as a really kind person with the people she cares for..."

'I could also see her frightening side for some moments there, so I know she can be terrifying, but that's only for the ones who deserve it'

His reply made her nod as her smile widened.

"...By the way. Since you tried so hard to ease the burden on my heart, I guess I should tell you what is causing that."

Her words made him flinch as he would have wanted to tell her it was enough teasing, but since she seemed to be having fun, Ethan let her go, since he was also curious....

"The problem is..myself. You see, when you are this close to me, embracing me tightly and telling me you will be there for me, I have no resistance to that kind of thing at all..."

Light's face was already red in embarrassment even if she had yet to explain what the reason behind her burden was at all.

"As a Goddess, I still feel it's shameful to let you take care of me since I should be the one taking care of you. Even in the letter my mother told me it was fine if I ended up relying on you more, I feel it'll be.."

Before she could finish her words, this time Ethan understood what she wanted to say. If she relied on him, then she would feel what they were doing was wrong.

'..I guess every Goddess has their own pride after all'

It was only natural for Light, who was born from the most powerful Goddess, to also have a strong pride to her side, but this kind of thing didn't matter to Ethan at all...

"Please, rely on me more"

Tightening his grip on her, Ethan brought her so close to him he could feel her b.r.e.a.s.ts touching his c.h.e.s.t. Even if her pride made her feel it was bad, he didn't want someone he would only rely on when he needed it and then he would forget about the latter for the rest of his life, as if he needed such a thing, then he would've bought a tool.

His words broke Light's speech as she, who was about to add something more, only replied to his feelings with her own...

"...I'll try."

That's all she said as she could feel her emotions on a rampage. Even if she acted collected, Light didn't embrace someone in weeks, and her weakness to physical contact made her feel even more attached to this moment, secretly wishing it could last forever.

But, such a thing was impossible.

"By the way...how about I show you around the house for now..?"

That was all she said while Ethan agreed to her nodding, but after the two separated, something she didn't expect happened.

"Please show me around."

She could feel his hand was really warm, and the feeling was completely new to her, but she didn't find the feeling to be disturbing, instead having her hand in his continued to make her feel that same tumult of emotions following her every time Ethan forgot the fact she was weak to physical contact.

"...I...I will do my best"

Light wanted to ask why he chose to held her hand, but she was too embarrassed to do so.

Ethan wanted to touch her hair once again, as they felt incredibly silky, but since previously the discussion was rather serious, he believed it was better to concentrate his everything in only embracing her, so he didn't have time to touch her hair properly, but that wasn't the only thing he wanted to do.

He obviously knew Light was weak to physical contact, but he didn't care because she wanted to feel in this way, even if she herself sometimes refuted it. He knew it was what she wanted, and since he felt quite the same, Ethan wouldn't back down, even if he still had to tell Ais and Lefiya about this before thinking about proceeding any further with Light, or so he thought.

'Even if Light showed to me her 'wise' and 'collected' side all the time before ending up in my Domain, I was able to also see her other sides, the parts she didn't want to show me because she considered them to be shameless...while in reality that was exactly what made me fall in love...it's scary how easy it is to fall for someone...'

She tried her best for him most of the time, but only the minimum amount of contact was able to destabilize her, making that aura of a superior being around her disappear completely, while only the rather childish and embarrassed side remained, and Ethan thought this was very cute, to the point he fell in love with it.

'..I'll never be able to thank Qienta enough for everything...I'm truly such a pathetic man.'

Or at least that's what he believed, since he would never be able to thank her enough, he wanted to at least know the full story about her, so that maybe he would come to understand why she chose to be alone, as the more he thought about it, the more he felt she didn't deserve this fate, but in the end even if he thought so, he could do nothing to change it, so the only thing left to him were pray and live the life he was gifted by Qienta to the fullest, truly pathetic in his eyes.

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(Alternate Titles: "....Ch 200, with a well deserved plot twist at that!", "Light teasing Ethan while the latter is embarrassed by his misinterpretation is one of the cutest things out there OwO", "The fact Light was actually serious when she told him she will tell her mother how highly he thinks of her is interesting, can't wait for that to happen...")