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The blonde and the lady woke up the next day.
"Neito, I wish to stroll around the village whilst the sun has not reached its prime." The lady says and folds the futon.
"Then we shall." The blonde says and wears his straw hat.
The both of them had gone out of the small inn and began their walk around the calm village.
Every step the lady takes gives her heart a tingly sensation, as if walking beside the man is the reason for that feeling.
"Neito, forgive me for my intrusion, but why have you gone to the shrine and lived there?" The lady asks.
"I have lost both my parents, lady Y/N. I have nowhere to go and I do not want to be a servant of nobles. So, I ran away from the village and to the mountains, and found the shrine all dusty and shoddy." The blonde says, reminiscing his years when he had lost his family.
"I am sorry, Neito. I should not have asked. Please forgive me." The lady says and feels guilty.
"It is fine, lady Y/N. I have fooled you for so long, it is only right that you know something about me." The man says and gives the lady a comforting smile.
The woman grins back but immediately looks away after, as she felt bashful at the sight of the handsome man's smile.
The blonde felt the overwhelming tug of his chest when he saw the lady's smile and he looked away as well.
"Lady Itsuka, we do not know that man! Let us leave him alone!"
"No! Let go of me this instant, lady Shiozaki!"
The blonde man flinches as he hears the ruckus behind him and the lady. "Lady Y/N, let us go back to the shrine, the sun is beginning to puncture us." The man says and ushers the lady to walk faster.
"Neito?! Neito! That is you, am I right?! Tetsu! That is him! I am certain!"
"Lady Itsuka, calm down, please. It is impossible for that man to be Neito. Come, we shall go back to our place."
"Neito? That is your name, is it not?" The lady asks the blonde man beside him as they had exited the village.
"Yes, but they must have mistaken me as someone else." The blonde man replies and reassuringly smiles at the lady.
"I apologize that our stroll has been cut short." The blonde adds.
"It is fine. It would have been too excruciating to walk back to the shrine at noon." The lady says.
"Indeed, you are right, lady–"
"Tetsu, I am not a blind woman! I know that is Neito! My eyes do not lie! Have you not missed Neito since he disappeared?!"
The loud shriek from the ginger haired woman was too impossible for the blonde and the lady not to hear. The blonde ushers the lady once more to fasten the pace.
"Neito, I am worried so..." The lady says as she gazes at the man beside her. But his expression was stiff.
It was silent throughout their journey. They reached the shrine and bowed at the torii gate. The blonde spoke.
"They were my friends."
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