Chapter 498 - Red Thread

"So who's first?"

"Let me go first, can you tie it here?" Origami said, pointing his long white leg in front of Lou.

Lou nodded and walked in front of her, he bowed down and took a piece of thread from his pocket, a red colored thread and carefully tied it to her ankle.

Origami looks expressionless while watching Lou carefully tying for her but inside she felt sweet and happy at the same time.

Lou is the only person who touches her in that palace, and right now, she lets her tie it as a mark of his and her true love.

She asks," How does it feel?"

"It's good, it's soft and pretty white, and it's also clean." Lou honestly said his thoughts.

"Good, come at me later at night and i will reward you for your honesty." Origami teasing said.

"Origami!" Her parents were embarrassed to call their daughter benign and bold in front of the other family.

"Hahahah! What a bold girl!"

"Thank you, Grandma." Origami politely said.

Nana path her shoulder and give her a pretty good compliment, she dont like shy one and timid, what hse want is a bold like her who can easily tell what she want than hiding it to everyone.

"See that? That is the kind of girl I want, benign, bold and decisive, simple-minded but cute."

Origami humbly smiled at her while provoking a gaze at the other girls. As if saying.

'One point for me~'

Haruna walked and sat on the stool, she gently said," Can you tie it on my finger?"

"Sure. so where do you want me to tie it?"

"Here."

She shows her right hand pointing the ring finger indicating she wants him to tie it there.

"Sure," Lou took another thread and carefully tied it, he also made a loop and tried to make it as comfortable as possible.

Haruna looked at her hand and the red thread on it, she couldn't help but to smile seeing the result of her careful plan.

Some believe the Romans used to wear their wedding rings on the right hand, possibly because in Roman culture, the left hand was thought of as being unreliable, untrustworthy, and even sinister by some. Meanwhile, the right hand was considered symbolic of honor and trust.

Wearing a ring on the finger symbolizes a different meaning.

The first digit is the thumb, followed by the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinkie

Thumb represents 'Willpower'.

Index Finger represents 'Leadership'.

Middle Finger represents 'Individuality'.

Ring Finger represents 'Affection'.

And Little Finger or Pinkie represent 'Bonding'.

Tying it to her ring finger represents Haruna's unmeasurable affection to Lou, meaning, she will never see another boy in her life except for Lou.

Nana who is knowledgeable can easily see the voice of her. She did not expect that the girl with a very kind, understanding and patient personality, to the point that she's polite to everyone around her, would hide deep affection for her grandson.

"Very good, i like you too, keep that personality." Nana compliments her.

"T-Thank you… grandma…"

In the end she walks back to her sister while trying to hide her face.

It seems they both have a higher mutual understanding of each other than the other girls.

Then tying continues, some tie it on their arms, some at their legs, some extreme like Goemon and Sarasvati let Lou tie it on their neck.

Of course, teasing never ends, from laughing to each other, showing off their choice and some embarrassing ad try to hide it from others.

What surprises Lou while lying is Erina, who actually lines up last and lets him tie it to her wrist making her look confused while Erina feels embarrassed.

He doesn't know what kind of thought he is thinking inside of her mind, for a couple of days he never fails to visit her and cook for her but he never gets his approval.

This girl with an egotist, holding dogmatic ideals on absolute culinary perfection personality actually let him tie if for her.

That's new for Lou even for her Grandpa who is watching from afar.

"What are you looking at? You never see the beautiful girl?" Erina tries to look proud to hide her embarrassment, whispering to Lou.

"No, nothing, I'm just surprised that you let me do this for you."

"Don't worry, I will not try to embarrass you in front of many people, but still, you have a long way to go to get my approval."

"Sure, I will try my best to get that."

"Hmmph, it's good that you know, after this, I will see you to talk about something important."Erina then walks back and sits beside her grandpa while silently watching them.

Of course, she silently touched the thread on her hand and smiled slightly for some reason.

"Are you happy?" Her grandpa asked.

"W-Who is happy?! I'm not." Erina hurriedly hid the red thread into her sleeves while keeping her proud face looking at them.

"What a tsundere granddaughter." Senzaemon helplessly sighs, he doesn't know how the boy can change this girl.

He only hopes that they both understand each other in the end, after all, he can't wait to hold his grandson in the future.

Erina looked angry at him and said," Don't think about it!"

"What are you talking about? I'm not thinking something like that?" Senzaemon hurriedly said.

"As if!"