"You seem to be in much better physical and mental shape now, Rudolf."
"Mm... thank you for your concern and for sharing my worries during this time, Palmer, C.B. Thank you."
Three days had passed. After several days of recuperation with Kitano by her side, the Symboli Rudolf of today was completely different from a few days ago. Although she still seemed gentler and more approachable than before due to her weakness, there was no doubt that the "regression period" from the past few days, which was not convenient for many people to know about, had been safely passed.
However, because everyone knew that Rudolf's recovery was going well, the number of visitors had been decreasing day by day. It wasn't until yesterday, after she had completely regained her senses, that Kitano was finally able to successfully return to everyone at Tracen Academy.
And yet, Rudolf, who was sitting on the hospital bed and seemed to be recovering well, didn't appear to be that happy. Faced with Palmer and C.B., who both wore mysterious smiles, Rudolf vaguely guessed something and couldn't help but ask them with a troubled expression, "Um... you two, is there something you want to say to me?"
Rudolf's inquiry made C.B. and Palmer exchange a glance. In the end, it was C.B. who spoke with a slightly gentler tone, asking curiously, "Rudolf, don't you remember? What happened when you first woke up three days ago?"
"Three days ago..."
Faced with C.B.'s question, Rudolf showed a bewildered expression. Clearly, C.B. and Palmer now fully understood that their president seemed to have no memory of the "Luna mode" she had displayed upon waking.
However, this was within their expectations. After all, based on their understanding of her, if she had had even a shred of rationality at that time, it would have been impossible for her to expose her unknown side in front of so many people. What this "Emperor" could not tolerate the most was showing weakness.
But it was precisely because of this that the vulnerability she had shown was so precious, wasn't it?
—You must be thinking that, right? Mr. C.B., Mejiro Palmer.
At this moment, Symboli Rudolf, who was sitting on the hospital bed with her head down in thought, revealed a deeply hidden smile in a place where no one could see. She was completely confident that she had already figured out what the two girls opposite her were thinking.
Yes, Rudolf remembered. She remembered everything she had done three days ago, crystal clear! Not only had she done it to Kitano while fully conscious, but she had also explicitly exposed her "weak" side in front of everyone.
In fact, the moment Rudolf, guided by the Three Goddesses, learned that Kitano had used his own life to bring her back, she had already recognized her own heart before she woke up—she knew that it was impossible for her to be separated from him again.
The moment he chose to save her with the little time he had left, she knew that she already owed this man too much, so much so that even if she spent her entire life, she could not repay everything he had done for her.
Their fates were already intertwined; neither could part with the other.
But Rudolf had also reflected on herself. She knew that C.B. and Palmer's previous warnings were also correct. In Kitano's heart now, she was not necessarily the most important person, because she did not understand the changes he had gone through after so many reincarnations. She didn't understand his current life, and she even had very few opportunities to get close to him.
So, how to change this situation? How to make herself once again the person he cared about in his heart, so that it would be convenient for her to understand everything about him now? This became the question that flashed through her mind before she woke up.
And everything she had done three days ago was her answer.
Rudolf had used the public display of her "Luna mode," an almost coercive method, to close the distance between herself and Kitano again. She wanted to, in these few days, restore his feelings for her to their past life, back to the intimate relationship of their childhood.
Facts proved that her method was very effective. In just three days, the opportunities for her and him to interact had almost surpassed all the time in their past life.
During this period, she, in this "Luna" mode, had spoken a great many heartfelt words to him. She continued the sincere and frank way of conversation from their childhood and expressed as much as possible the feelings she had never expressed before, which were overflowing and uncontrollable... in the tone of a child.
Including but not limited to words like "I will never let anyone take Kitano away," "I'm thinking about Kitano all the time," "You are my only friend, my only trainer"... This was the limit of what she could express. Any more, and she might have given herself away due to excessive shyness.
And the effect was excellent. During this period, she could feel the change in his attitude towards her... from the initial helpless coaxing of a child to later responding to her words, and slowly and seriously talking to the her of his childhood. All of this indicated that their relationship was quietly recovering.
As for why she let others see—of course, it was to numb their nerves. Just like now, she pretended to have amnesia and let Palmer and C.B. think they had caught her weakness. But in fact, besides a little bit of her dignity, she had lost nothing.
By the way, she also wanted to use this "self-destruct" method to throw the not-so-honest horse girls in his team into a state of confusion, to buy herself some time...
Rudolf knew very well that it was definitely not just her and C.B. who had recovered their memories. Those horse girls now surrounding him, every single one of them, she suspected, had some connection to her Kitano, and might have even had a similar drama of salvation as her own.
So, she would "self-destruct" a little and convey the message to these horse girls that "it's not just them who have recovered their memories"... let them be suspicious of each other.
And she herself could pretend not to know anything and rebuild her connection with him, without even being suspected by these people—and this was the tactic she had devised before she woke up!
She named this tactic the "Continuation of Childhood Memories and Development into a Couple Plan"!
"Um, you two, did I do anything three days ago?"
And even though the plan in her heart was already complete, Rudolf's surface still showed not a single flaw. Her acting skills were particularly exquisite. After scanning the mysterious smiles of C.B. and Palmer, she also showed a bewildered and anxious expression and asked quickly, "Did I do something wrong? Or did I say something unnecessary?"
"Well... C.B. and I don't know much. I think you should ask the person who has been with you all this time."
A different smile appeared on Mejiro Palmer's face, her unique "interested smile"! This smile, before she met the equally "very interesting" Kitano, she had only ever shown to Rudolf.
But this time, behind her smile was a hint of schadenfreude unique to Rudolf... she and C.B. would not tell her that what she had done a few days ago had been filmed by the two of them as precious material.
However, Palmer had heard that C.B., after filming, had deleted the photos with the reason of "preventing herself from getting too excited and sending the photos out." And Palmer herself, after admiring these photos alone for a while, had also chosen to delete them because Rudolf was always hugging him in the photos, which she found "uninteresting."
Besides, what was the point of using such an embarrassing thing against Rudolf too many times? It was better to let her maintain this state of not knowing anything and explain it to her when there was a chance in the future.
—Of course, the truest thought deep in Palmer's heart was actually because she thought that if Rudolf recalled these things, it might cause some chemical reaction in the relationship between her, who already had past memories, and Kitano...
Although Palmer herself had already decided that it was impossible to interfere in her sister's pursuit of him, let alone eat her sister's leftovers... but since her grandmother had said that everyone in the Mejiro family had to cooperate with her sister, then she, this older sister, would give her a little boost in the matter of her future brother-in-law.
But she still had to make sure that Rudolf would not confirm this matter with him... then, it was probably okay to reveal a little bit of a bombshell.
"—Trainer Kitano, please come in. I think your Miss Luna has almost recovered."
"Eh?"
However, just as Mejiro Palmer had clearly said this nickname that only the direct relatives of the Symboli family would know, Rudolf also put on a look of astonishment to show her wavering. A moment later, following the direction Palmer and C.B. had left, she saw that familiar face she had been longing for.
And when Rudolf saw his familiar gentle smile again, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat—this was not an act. This was Rudolf's heartfelt, first reaction upon seeing the person she liked come to her side again, a love that was about to overflow.
"Rudolf, it looks like you've recovered well. I'm relieved."
"N-no, it's nothing... Thank you for your concern, Trainer Kitano..."
At this moment, Rudolf also put on the shy posture that any girl whose "little secret was exposed" would do—she lowered her head to hide her flushed face, but her blush, in the eyes of the three, was entirely because her nickname was exposed. And only she herself knew that this was her subconscious blush upon seeing him.
"Well then, if you have any other questions, just ask him. He's been taking care of you all this time." And Palmer, seeing her like this, also felt a little more comfortable. Before getting up with C.B., she didn't forget to turn her head and tease one last time, "I think he will tell you everything he knows, right?"
"Ah..."
This time, in the eyes of the three of them, the wailing Rudolf, like a small animal, was obviously even more red-faced. And Palmer, seeing that her plan had worked, was finally relieved.
Rudolf in this state... clearly, she definitely doesn't have the shame to go and confirm what happened three days ago with him.
It could be said that Mejiro Palmer had gone to great lengths to give her sister a boost. But the one thing she hadn't expected was that the Rudolf, who had always been "uninteresting" in her mind since she had become an adult, after her "strong" shell was broken, had cleverly pieced these fragments together into a new shell...
This was a shell called "a seemingly broken strength." And this time, the shell she used to protect herself and achieve her goal would no longer be seen through by anyone... She would use this appearance to get close to the person she had always wanted to get close to.
And now, the wailing Rudolf, after feeling him sit down beside her again, and after she was sure that the two outside the door had gone far away, she finally said to him in a slightly shy and gentle voice, "That, that... Trainer Kitano... if possible, could you please not mention what happened three days ago in front of me..."
"I seem to... not want to recall these things... I seem to have said a lot of embarrassing things. Please, please understand..."
"Is that so? But I think that version of President Rudolf seems easier to get close to."
And Kitano, seeing her so shy, couldn't help but tease her a little. He almost, just like a few days ago, took the initiative to reach out and ruffle her beautiful hair, only to realize that his action seemed a bit out of place with their current relationship.
However, under his gaze, she did not make any resistant movements. And her slightly lowered horse ears seemed to also indicate her obedience at this moment. He, after a brief moment of surprise, also immediately understood her mood at this moment.
After all, he already knew very well that she had recovered her memories from the previous playthrough; and now she probably also realized that he knew she had recovered her memories.
In his opinion, she was just subconsciously maintaining her strong shell, maintaining her few bits of self-respect. But in fact, they both knew very well that they both remembered each other.
This was also the first time he had clearly known of an existence who had recovered past memories and had recognized him. It's just that because of some of her and his past experiences, the two of them tacitly understood each other without saying it out loud... probably so.
"Please, please don't laugh at me... Kitano..."
And her a sentence of holding back her shame, also made him can't help but laugh out loud. He, with a more gentle attitude and action, stroked the beautiful hair of this childhood friend of his from a previous playthrough, and in this playthrough, the first horse girl to recognize him.
And Rudolf, who was covering her face and seemed to be holding back her shyness, felt his touch on her head. The smile under her palm couldn't help but widen a few points, and even gradually reached an extremely twisted arc.
—Everything was going according to her plan. Her and his relationship was continuing in a way that no one else could notice, and this was the result she wanted.
A strong sense of joy filled her chest, making her almost unable to resist singing out loud. But she still held back her joy, covering her face and mouth tightly, controlling her emotions. Now was not the time to celebrate!
Just continuing the relationship was not enough. Her and his relationship had to continue to develop. While maintaining his good impression of her from their childhood, she had to let him feel everything she had done for him, let him feel her suppressed feelings for him, the voice she wanted to convey. This was the key!
This time, I absolutely, absolutely... will not let anyone take you away from me again, my... "exclusive Trainer-kun."
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