Chapter 100.2

‘Come to think of it, I don’t know anything about him.’

Yurina firmly believed that Reynard was Karion. After all, his imaginary backstory, as it turned out recently, belongs to someone else. Then she literally knew nothing about how Reynard lived before he met her.

For some time there was no answer from him.

‘I know it’s hard to say.’

He is not Karion. His mother’s abuse and client harassment were not his past.

However, Yurina vaguely guessed that his life was as turbulent as Karion’s. Red eyes attracted unwanted attention. That alone was enough, but more than that, he lived in an orphanage, without a family.

Can life in such conditions and at the age of twelve be smooth? He must have lived a different life than Karion, but the wounds he received were no less than that.

“Why are you suddenly asking? You’ve never before…”

Raynard, who broke the silence, closed his mouth again as if he couldn’t control his emotions. Yurina patiently waited.

“You’ve never asked before.”

After a while, his voice became calm, but Yurina read the rebuke contained in it.

However, she couldn’t understand the essence of the reproach. Is it because she asked him so late? Or because she brought up an uncomfortable topic? Yurina bit her lip, feeling that her chest was tight, and she barely answered.

“Until now, there was no reason to ask.”

Because she firmly believed that Reynard was Karion, Yurina thought she knew everything about him. She decided not to ask about his past. After all, it meant digging into his wounds.

“But why are you asking now?”

“I want to know everything about you.”

Reynard is not Karion. So, what was his past like that hurt him so much? Why was he trembling alone in this orphanage?

This question might hurt Reynard, but Yurina wanted to find out just as much. She wanted to get a straight answer and cover his wounds again.

“But if you don’t want to tell me, you don’t have to. I don’t like it, but there’s no need to force yourself.”

“It’s not that I don’t want to.”

Reynard muttered softly as he fiddled with Yurina’s hair again. His voice sounded surprisingly relaxed, so Yurina lifted her head and looked at his expression.

“I was just a little surprised by the sudden question that you’ve never asked before. I thought you weren’t that interested in me.”

“It’s not that I wasn’t interested.”

“Really?”

Yurina got up and lay down on Reynard’s body like a blanket.

“I thought it would hurt you if I asked.”

“But besides you, no one else asked questions either. Marquis, Marchioness, master…”

“I told them not to ask.”

“But why?”

“Like I said, I didn’t want you to get hurt.”

Raynard laughed.

He took a short pause and covered Yurina’s bare back with a blanket.

“The only thing you asked was my name. That’s why it was so strange to me. Is it true that they accept me just for patronage? And by the way…”

“By the way?”

“You told me then that I have very beautiful eyes.”

“Hm, I don’t remember anything like that.”

“What?”

Raynard tickled Yurina’s side under the covers. Yurina screamed and then clapped him on the shoulder. He smiled amusedly and grabbed her by the waist with both hands. His lips touched Yurina’s.

“Anyway, when I heard that, I realized that you weren’t interested in me. I thought it was because there was no need to ask about me. Except for the past, you asked me what I like and what I want to do. Actually, it would have been better if I hadn’t ask.”

“Did you not want to talk?”

“No, I didn’t know what to say other than that.”

As soon as he said that, he shook his head, as if denying his own words.

“No. In fact, I think I was afraid that you would turn away from me after hearing what I said.”

“But why?”

“Because…”

He avoided Yurina’s gaze and bit his lip. Yurina touched his lips to mean not to do it, and then when he kissed her, he smiled and opened his mouth again.

“I thought you would be afraid of me and run away. I always brought misfortune.”

He spoke calmly, but just looking so calm made Yurina’s heart hurt even more. He seemed to be speechless because he had been tormented by someone else’s contempt over and over again.

How many times do you have to listen to that to be able to say it casually like that?

Although his wounds weren’t physical, Yurina gently rubbed his chest where his heart was.

Raynard looked at Yurina, who was stroking his bare chest with a serious face, and whispered in a playful voice.

“Are you flirting now?”

“Uh?”

“Your hands…”

It was then that Yurina realized that her actions were misleading him.

“Oh, that’s not what I meant…”

“I’m fine, but if you continue, I think it won’t end there…”

Yurina quickly covered her mouth with both hands.