Spinoff Chapter 15
***
“Belkiel!”
Sez hugged Belkiel tightly, calling out his name before choking up slightly.
“I really, really missed you from the bottom of my heart…”
Hearing Sez’s softly murmured words, Belkiel was at a loss. Of course, he didn’t show it outwardly. He was used to maintaining a stoic expression.
“I’m so happy you came back…”
“…Sure.”
With that brief reply, Belkiel pondered what to do next and patted Sez’s back awkwardly. Then, he felt a gaze on him.
“…”
The girl who’d bumped into him earlier, looking disheveled, stood before him. She didn’t say a thing and just stared at him intensely, her red eyes mirroring Eton’s. And at that moment...
“I was worried when you didn’t arrive on time, only to find you troubling Her Imperial Highness again.”
Matias approached, sighing as he looked at Harriel.
“Come along with me. The prince has been waiting for quite some time…”
