Chapter 188
Chrip!
Birds chirped within the green forest. In contrast to the coldness of the ice castle, warm sunlight shone over Adela.
"I showed you something I shouldnt have." Adela's voice was calm.
Unlike before, there was warmth in Adela's smile.
"I didnt know I was such a sentimental person" Although she spoke calmly, her cheeks were flushed. It seemed like she was embarrassed about having cried in front of another person.
That was understandable. After all, it was the first time she'd cried in front of someone else.
YuSung smiled at Adela. "It's okay. Everyone has moments where they want to drop everything and cry"
He stared at her and said, "Just because you're strong doesn't mean you can be that way in every situation."
Everyone had moments of weakness and days when they wanted to cry. Adela had forgotten that simple fact.
Shed been deceiving herself. It wasnt natural. The clock that had been broken ten years before began to mend.
"I see" Adela looked over the green forest and smiled. The tip of her nose hurt, but she didn't find it weird.
'So I just wanted to cry.'
She accepted her feelings and looked at YuSung, who was sitting next to her.
She began wondering what he was looking at. She imagined that he was also definitely looking over the forest, but he was looking at her.
For some reason, she felt her heart tickle.
Adela opened her mouth. "Thanks for today"
They looked each other in the eyes and expressed their thanks.
She was able to figure out how she really felt due to him being by her side.
"Thanks to you, I was able to figure out how much I liked them" It felt weird for her to say that, but she felt close to him at that moment.
Just looking at him made her heart beat faster. It was the first time she felt her heart race just from looking at someone, but she didnt find the emotion unpleasant.
Instead, she wished time would stop.
'How weird.'
Was she still broken without any way to fix herself?
Still, she didnt express the way she was feeling to YuSung. She didnt want to hear more about herself at the moment. Rather
"There's something I want to know"
"What is it?" YuSung asked, a kind smile on his face.
"Do you also have moments when you want to drop everything and cry?"
YuSung had said that even a strong person had moments of weakness when they just wanted to cry.
Was that why she began wondering if YuSung also had moments like that?
"Yes, I do." YuSung answered faster than she'd expected. Adela looked at the forest and fell into thought. How much time passed like that?
"Then YuSung, if something like that happens Call me."
It was something she would have never said before.
"Just like you stood before me as I cried, I'll also stand next to you."
Her words could be easily misunderstood, but she said them like she was stating the obvious.
Swaaa.
Blue light began shining between Adela and the sculptures. The coldness from the sculptures was being gathered into a certain shape.
Swoosh!
She was trying to diminish the coldness within the sculptures of her parents a bit.
Slide!
Adela put more of her mana in the condensed sphere.
Fwoosh!
The mana surged, and a huge wind began blowing. Adela frowned and kept condensing the refrigerant.
Pang!
"Ugh!"
She had used so much mana that she was grimacing, but one more step was required for her to obtain the colds blessing.
"Could you hand me the egg?"
When he saw Adela sweating, YuSung quickly handed the egg to her.
Adela had to keep up her concentration for as long as possible and slowly began pouring her mana into the egg.
Swoosh!
Enchanting a living being with coldness was a difficult thing. It was as if Adela was using her Trait to engrave her skill on matter. What she was trying to do was on par with a dragons magic.
"Haa Ah" She was breathing heavily after finishing that difficult process. Shed used all of the mana within her body, so her legs were trembling, and she found it difficult to stay standing.
"I'm sorry. If it's this much, it should be Ah?!" She began to fall. Even in the middle of her surprise and confusion, she hugged the egg to ensure she didn't damage it.
She closed her eyes after she realized what was about to happen, but
Tap.
YuSung was fast. He grabbed Adela before she could fall.
"Ah"
Being held in his arms, she looked at him up close.
"Are you okay?"
As always, he had a kind expression on his face.
YuSung was quite surprising to her. She felt that everything would turn out okay if she were next to him.
Hes reliable'
She basked in YuSungs warmth and softly hugged the egg. Unlike before, the heat of the egg felt pleasant.
Badump. Badump.
Adela was holding her breath. Her previously cold self felt hot, and her heart was itching again.
"It feels weird"
She couldn't understand her emotions. She looked at YuSung and said, "When I'm with you, my heart beats faster Why is that?"
She asked something she hadn't been able to before.