Wayne held Chris's hand tightly and walked on Central Street.
"Wayne, you're trying too hard!"
Chris frowned and grabbed him as he kept walking forward.
"Oh... I'm sorry." His steps stopped, and his fingers relaxed slightly, but he still didn't let go completely.
"What happened to you today, Wayne? It's very strange..."
Affected by his mood, Chris also seemed a little worried.
At this time, Molly and Eve had been asked by him to rent a carriage and go home first, and not to come out again today.
Wayne opened his mouth, but ignored her question.
"We have to go to the City Guard first." He said, "I feel like something bad will happen..."
The moment he finished speaking, a huge explosion sounded from behind.
"boom--"
After the deafening sound, it felt like the whole world was silent for a moment, and then faint screams and wails came from the direction of the circus.
Chris stayed for a second, then her expression changed, and she pulled Wayne back and started walking back.
However, it failed to pull.
"……do not go."
Wayne's eyes were full of darkness.
"We...can't help. Let's go find someone from the city guard to deal with it."
"But-" Chrissy wanted to say something else.
Wayne immediately interrupted her: "No buts!"
"If it's there -" His low voice sounded like a pleading plea.
"I won't be able to protect Chris..."
The commotion at the circus began to expand.
Chris pursed her lips and said to him seriously: "Wayne, maybe you don't understand, but... I will definitely not get into trouble in a place like this."
She raised her other hand as if to swear.
"I promise, I will stay next to you! If I see danger, I will turn around and run away immediately!"
The voices calling for help became louder and louder, and Chris said anxiously: "...There were many children who came to watch the performance just now. Maybe as long as someone can provide a little more help, greater losses will not occur. "
——After all, she and Wayne are also powerful magicians.
Moreover, he still has the aura of the protagonist.
That's what Chris thought.
However, this reason failed to convince Wayne.
"——Those people are not as important as Chris."
Chris's pupils were dilated and she stared at him blankly.
As if he couldn't believe that such words would come out of Wayne's mouth.
Wayne just stared into her eyes silently.
Then, in a tone that felt strange to her, he said the exact opposite of what she expected.
"...To me, Chrissy's safety is more important than anything else in this world."
"I'm not going to put the possibility of Chrissy...in danger, no matter what."
…
In the end, Chrissy couldn't resist Wayne, whose brute force was much stronger than hers, and was pulled away by him.
It was only when they went to the City Guard to report the incident that they learned the specific information about the riot.
Deaths, 24 people.
Seriously injured, 8 people.
Slightly injured, 62 people.
Some of them were even killed or injured in the chaotic stampede.
The murderer, motive, and method of committing the crime...are all unknown.
Wayne informed the City Guards about the person he suspected, but the City Guards were in chaos because of the death of their top officer.
The affairs officials there simply recorded the clues he provided and asked them to return home immediately and tighten martial law.
Until they left the city guard, the atmosphere between the two was still silent.
Knowing the bad consequences, Wayne felt very uncomfortable.
Perhaps, the people who were watching the performance with me just now, who were happily and cheering, will sleep underground forever in the blink of an eye.
But if he had to choose again, he would never look back.
because of him--
Back home, the two once again accepted the care from their mother.
Seeing that both of them looked tired, Ashwell didn't say anything more and just asked them to go to bed early.
Duke Elliot was urgently summoned to the palace to discuss matters. He had many things to deal with at home and had no time to take care of them.
After Wayne fidgeted in his room for a while, he left the bedroom, went to the other side of the corridor, and knocked gently on Chrissy's door.
No answer.
He tried turning the doorknob, but it didn't lock.
"Chris, it's me." He said a little louder, "I have something to tell you. Can you come in?"
Still no response from inside.
After a moment's hesitation, Wayne opened the door.
I saw Chris sitting on the edge of the bed with her head lowered and a pillow in her arms.
She didn't look towards the door, she just laid her head on the pillow and looked at the carpet blankly.
He closed the door and walked over gently.
Then, he bent his knees half-kneeling beside her bed so that he could see her face clearly.
"Chris, will you blame me?" Wayne asked softly.
Chrissy's body paused slightly, and there was a hint of melancholy in her brows.
Then, she shook her head and said softly: "No, because Wayne also cares about me."
Her voice was a little sad.
"I'm just... in a bad mood... I shouldn't have encountered such a thing..."
Wayne suddenly took her hand and asked her to look at him.
"Chrissy."
He felt that he could hardly contain his feelings.
At least--
He wanted her to feel what was in his heart.
"I...I always want you to know that you are more important to me than anyone else..."
He raised her hand slightly and put it to his lips.
"Although, you might have thought I was joking before, but I... really, really like Chrissy." The tone of the confession was more like a whisper.
"Every minute and every second I spend with you is a joy."
"Just the thought of seeing you again when I open my eyes makes me look forward to the next day."
"Seeing Chris need me...I felt that my existence in this place has meaning."
"I can't imagine... not even you beside me."
--enough.
After kissing the back of her hand deeply for two seconds, Wayne raised his head and looked into her eyes as clear as glass.
"I……"
——Don’t say it.
"Love you."
Wayne stared at Chris with longing and admiration.
Every day I spend with her, I feel like I like her a little more.
He could no longer imagine that there might be another person in the future who would hold her hand every day, help her tidy up her messy hair, accept her natural coquettishness, and be held in her arms when she fell asleep.
Just thinking about it makes me feel unbearable.
He wants to have her.
Chrissy looked at herself steadily, with tears in her eyes, and seemed to be very touched by this true revelation.
It must have been conveyed, my sincerity.
Wayne gave her a gentle and affectionate smile.
However--
The beautiful girl in front of him turned her mouth slightly downward and showed him a bitter smile.
"……sorry."
He heard the heartbreaking rejection.
"I can't accept your feelings."
My sister is the villainous daughter
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