"No, it's not like that, I-"

Looking at the girl in front of him who was scrambling to explain to herself, Nolan's heart was slightly relieved, and he secretly laughed at his suspicion.

I spent two months with Yuna, which is not a long time, but it is enough for him to roughly understand a person's personality.

She usually has a clumsy head, and she doesn't know how to hide her thoughts, and she has the purity and straightforwardness that matches that of a sixteen-year-old girl, but she fights extremely hard, and it seems that she has added all her skill points to force.

She never lied to herself, and she didn't look like she would break her word.

Since she is still ready to fulfill this agreement, she should have guessed wrong.

What's more, although it was agreed at the beginning, in fact, he didn't treat her as a real slave.

One is that she has no habit of calling slaves, and the other is that Yuna's experience is distressing, and her strength makes people pity.

He hadn't done anything to take advantage of such a miserable girl.

And in the following month, Yuna piloted Valkyrie, using the alchemical weapons he made to cross the battlefield, and achieved various excellent results, such a wonderful performance made him impressed.

Yuna might envy his alchemical talents, or something.

And her heroic posture when fighting is deeply reflected in his mind, how can this not be what he wants?

He has always dreamed of the world of the transcendental, but unfortunately he is not extraordinary, limited by talent and strength, and cannot perfectly control the Valkyrie equipment and alchemy weapons he made.

Yuna did all this very well, and her active performance on the battlefield was the biggest encouragement to him.

This proves that the alchemy weapon he made is good enough, and the air combat route he envisioned at the beginning is also completely feasible.

It wasn't Yuna who was helped by him alone, he also got a lot of inspiration from her.

In a sense, they are in a relationship of mutual cooperation and mutual fulfillment.

It is not so much that she is her own appendage, but that she is her comrade-in-arms and partner.

He thinks that this relationship is good now, and he hopes that Yuna can also understand what he means-

Although she is her own "slave", she will never treat her as a "slave".

This is the biggest concession and guarantee he can do at the moment.

"I—I just think ......"

Yuna seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end she just smiled at him, "...... It was great to have met you in the first place.

“…… Master, from now on, please give me a lot of advice. ”

Looking at her smile, Nolan felt that something in his heart was touched fiercely, and he immediately shook his head and said, "It's still the same as before, just call me by my name."

"Me too, when I met you...... That's also my luck. ”

With that, he turned around and walked briskly out of the room, a little embarrassed.

He was a little afraid to face Yuna's smile, and he couldn't have a clear conscience about her.

Because, if you really want her to untie this knot, you should have taken off the collar around her neck with your own hands just now.

If the collar that symbolizes enslavement and enslavement is not taken off, there is still an invisible gap in the relationship between them.

However, he couldn't.

He can't do it now.

Why did he put a collar on Yuna at that time? It's the fear that Yuna will betray him one day.

Two days before he met Yuna, he had just been betrayed by Rasti.

It was his adoptive father and teacher who had been with him for ten years, the closest person in his life, and he was ready to kill himself with poison that night.

Yes, in fact, the contradiction between the two at that time was almost irreconcilable, and as a party, he also knew this clearly.

But when the day came when the master and apprentice broke up, he still inevitably felt deeply disappointed.

Intimacy is like a double-edged sword, you can get beauty out of it, and you can get torture from it.

He knows that his personality is not the type of left and right, and he does not want to re-experience the pain of being betrayed by someone close to him.

So he wanted proof, a proof that someone else wouldn't betray him.

The collar was the evidence he had found for himself.

It locks Yuna's neck as well as her heart.

Even though they had been together for a short time, he had a vague feeling in his heart that Yuna might be different.

She shouldn't betray herself, and she may be able to gain a relationship that won't deteriorate.

But in the end he ran away.

Back in his room, Nolan unbuttoned his coat and threw it on, and lay down on the bed.

"Genius, genius, is this the answer you gave?"

He rolled over, reached out to the ceiling, and muttered to himself, "You know the right option, but you still can't take that step, are you a genius or a fool?"

"But...... Geniuses are also not good at things, this little mistake, just ...... Forgive me......"

After touching the soft bed, the fatigue accumulated on a daily basis quickly came to his heart, and he stopped thinking about these troubles, and soon fell asleep.

In the dream, he was the emperor of the Norren Empire, and with a gesture of his hand on the golden hall, two rows of soldiers in alloy armor with magic guides and armor marched out in order.

He stood up and looked into the distance, as a huge humanoid mech descended from the sky and landed outside the main hall with a thud.

"Good, good." He stood up excitedly, "Get up, I'm going to go over and drive the Gundam!" ”

He walked forward quickly, but as soon as his mind moved, the humanoid mech half-knelt down in front of him, and the cockpit on his chest opened.

But I saw a blonde girl wearing a mask jumping down from the cockpit, stopped in front of her, and said coldly:

"Master, this is my car, your status is noble, it's better not to go to the battlefield in person."

"No!" He shouted, "I'm going to go to the battlefield in person, I'm going to fight those strong men to the end of the day!" ”

"Looks like I'm going to have to stop your waywardness." The masked girl stopped in front of him, "If you want to go to the battlefield, please defeat me first!" ”

"You think you can stop me......"

He fixed his eyes on the masked girl, and said in a lost voice, "I'm super, white raven!" ”

As the words fell, he woke up from his sleep, and it was the next morning.

He sat in front of the bed and pondered for a long time, and he couldn't understand the purpose of Yuna's appearance in his dream, and then he angrily hammered the bed and said angrily:

"Really...... Don't get in my way to fly the Gundam! ”

The night passed, and the streets outside were as lively as ever, Noren got up to wash up and have breakfast, and after waiting for a while, a carriage from the City Lord's Mansion came to meet him.

At this time, Yuna was practicing her sword in the courtyard as usual, and Noren briefly asked her about the appearance of the white raven at the celebration, she nodded, and responded as usual.

Seeing that her state was no different than usual, Nolan was relieved.

Unlike Evelyn, Yuna can't hide her thoughts, but she is more introverted, and her emotions are not intense and obvious.

At this time, her quiet and calm expression was her norm, and perhaps her slightly sensational attitude last night was just caused by being too excited after the revenge was avenged.

After saying goodbye, he got into the carriage of the city lord's mansion, and the ceremony to celebrate the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in the city was about to begin.

Of course, that's not the point, he doesn't really like places that are too busy, and what he really looks forward to is the main event after the celebration.

According to what Ryan said yesterday, after the celebration, the City Lord's Mansion will hold an award ceremony for him.

After working for so long, the time for promotion and knighthood is finally coming!

(End of chapter)