Ｐ𝕖є𝕜Ⓘᶰ𝑔 ίภŦσ т𝐡Ẹ ᖴยＴ𝔲𝐑𝕖 | L.K Adaptation

C18

"I became the head of the family in my father's footsteps. And by my side, Lisa, you were there."

The eyes that looked at her, while he gently strokes her cheeks, could no longer be seen as eyes looking at an ordinary friend. As Lisa listened while in a state of shock, she realized what Jungkook's wish was.

She was by his side as a wife, not as his friend. It was like a lie.

"I, I must have made a failed potion. We have never thought of each other that way. That's why we are able to be comfortable with each other....... And you've always been greedy for the sword since forever. This is nonsense. It was wrong from the start, right?"

Jungkook looked a little bitterly at Lisa, who was rambling and denying his heart. However, he understood her embarrassment.

"Lisa, remember when we were only about ten years old, when we were wandering through the mountains on our own and met a wild boar?"

"Why are you suddenly bringing up that story......."

Lisa made an impression as she remembered the terrible thing she had buried in her mind. How stunned she was when she suddenly faced a wild boar who seemed very hungry. At that time, Lisa was a beautiful young girl, and Jungkook was also an ordinary boy with nothing special other than the swordsmanship he was learning through his academy, although she was more courageous than her peers.

It was Jungkook who claimed to be the bait in the face of a sudden situation. He first sent Lisa to run away to the other side of him, then he angered the beast by hurling a stone the size of his fist when the wild boar tried to chase after her. Jungkook was by nature a quick-witted person. When the wild boar rushed with a terrifying force, he barely steered the boar to crash into the wrong tree. However, he was still a child, so his physical strength was low and he ran slowly.

'By now, Lisa must have escaped safely, right?'

The moment he felt a sense of relief foretold the end.

'There is a wild boar over there!'

Fortunately, Lisa was able to escape from the nightmare and ran into hunters who could help. However, he could not avoid all the dangers, and Jungkook's body still had a large scar that reminded him of that day.

"You don't know how powerless I felt that day."

"Jungkook, we were both kids back then."

"After going through that, I kept thinking. What if you were hurt by my wrong judgment? What if I can't protect you even when a similar situation arises one day? These miserable thoughts kept coming up."

"......."

"From that day on, I think I became obsessed with the sword as if I was possessed. When I become a knight someday, everything that puts you in danger wouldn't matter...... and."

He narrowed the distance between them and approached her. Her large hand wrapped around Lisa's trembling hand. With his intense hot body temperature, she felt as if she had been robbed of her body temperature. Why was Jungkook suddenly doing this? She was confused.

"Stop it, Jungkook. You just misunderstood it so now you deluded yourself. There's no way you suddenly feel that way for me. It's a very old story, so your memory may be distorted."

What do you mean you like me. Lisa was startled, and so she shook off Jungkook's and turned around. Meanwhile, she wondered why her heart was beating like this. She couldn't face him properly.

"No."

"......!"

Jungkook forced her to turn. Lisa tried to refuse his touch, but she slumped to her knees and opened her eyes wide, startled by his action.

"Don't deny my feelings, Lisa......."

Now that his heart was irreversible, Lisa's remarks which dented him so convincingly made his heart ache. It was a heart-breaking pain that could not be compared to the fear that she might be attacked by a beast or when Lisa shouted at him when she was seven that she hated him.

Jungkook took her trembling hand in surprise and put it on his chest to prove his feelings somehow. Lisa's golden eyes fluttered widely at the rapid heartbeat.

"At first I thought it was a lie. But I quickly recognized it. That my feelings for you can no longer be viewed only as friendship......."

"......."

"I couldn't bear to see your face, Lisa. I already knew that your heart wasn't like mine, so I was trying to sort my feelings out...... that's why I've been avoiding you all along."

Lisa still didn't say anything. Nothing came to mind except his blue eyes, which looked up at her pitifully.

"But it was all my stupid mistake. I love you, Lisa......."

"Jungkook!"

At his tearful confession of love, Lisa jumped up, shouted, and stepped back. Lisa had never thought of him as a the opposite sex. Her friend's confession of love, which she did not know when it began, made her feel slightly dizzy and she grabbed her uncomfortable chest.

"When I heard about your engagement, that's when I realized everything."