Rose was confused.
She didn't know what's going on here.
While she was sleeping in her room, a sudden loud shout wake her up. Rose immediately got up and went out of her room because she recognized who that voice came from.
It was Leon's voice!
She didn't know what happened or why he did that. But she thought that something might have happened so she didn't waste any time and rush towards his room.
When she arrived inside his room, Rose saw Leon looking around him confusedly so she asked him what's wrong.
But what happened next made her stunned.
She saw that Leon got up from his bed and pounced towards her and hugged her tightly.
She was shocked!
Leon had always been cold to her from the start. He didn't even want to get near her, much more to hug her like this.
So why?
What's wrong with him today?
Why does he act like this?
Those are the questions playing around her mind at this moment. She didn't even managed to react at all because his mind was preoccupied by many thoughts and questions.
Then suddenly, Leon let her go before kneeling on the ground in front of her and started banging his head on the floor!
" Rose.... I...I'm sorry for everything I had done to you! I'm sorry for everything! I'm so.... sorry. "
When Rose heard those words, she was stunned. Her body trembled and tears started to flow from her eyes.
Although she still can't understand what's going on here or what's wrong with him, Rose can't help but feel touched deep inside her.
* Bang *
* Bang *
* Bang
The sounds of Leon's head hitting the ground pulled Rose out of her confusion. She look at him and saw that his forehead was already bleeding!
This scene made her panicked. She immediately kneeled down beside him and hugged his head tightly to stop him from hurting himself any further.
" Leon. What are you doing? Please stop hurting yourself. *sniff* Seeing you hurting yourself like this makes me feel sad you know? Please stop okay? "
Tears continue to flow from her eyes as she said that. She was hugging his head tightly, afraid that he will continue hurting himself if she let go.
" No Rose. I... I.. made so many terrible things to you. I have hurt you enough for me to deserve death. I.. let you down! " Leon said.
At this moment, Leon was being enveloped by his guilt. Plenty of memories continue to appear in his mind and it almost made him crazy.
Rose has done too much for his sake. Whether it was in his past life or even at this timeline, she was always helping and doing everything for him!
Leon also remembered the things that will happen a few years from now and how big Rose was willing to sacrifice for his sake. He vowed that he will never let those things to happen no matter what.
This time, no more regrets.
This time, he will do everything he can to make her happy.
This time, he will be the one to protect her.
At this time, it will be.... different.
The past Leon who only knows how to complain and make things difficult for Rose, has... died!
" It's fine Leon. I don't blame you at all. So let's forget everything that happened before okay?"
" Are you...willing to forgive me Rose? "
" Yes Leon. "
" Really? "
" Yes. "
" Tha...thank you Rose. "
Leon stood up after he said that and reached out his hand to Rose to also help her get up before he said: " I promised that from now on, I'll do everything to pay you back from everything you did for me Rose. So, let's get along okay? "
Rose smiled at him before she grabbed his hand and said: " Alright. Let's get along, Leon. "
Unknown to anyone, or even for Rose herself that at this moment, because of what she did, the fate of humanity has changed.
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2 hours later.
" Leon, I have to leave now. I need to go to work. I'll bring you food later. " Rose said as she readied herself to leave.
" Wait Rose. I won't let you leave unless you will drink this soup. "
" No Leon. I brought back this soup for you so you drink it. I have to go now or I'll be late. "
" Then I will not let you leave. "
" You.. why are you doing this Leon? I'm not hungry so I don't like it. " Rose replied stubbornly.
" You leave me no choice but to do this then. " Leon said as he picked up the bowl of soup and went in front of Rose.
Rose was confused on what he's trying to do so she just look at him waiting for his next move.
Leon lifted up the bowl of soup in his hand and without further ado, he poured the soup in his mouth.
Rose was satisfied when she saw that. With a smile in her face, she turned around and was about to leave.
But suddenly, Leon appeared in front of her and without hesitation, put his mouth onto hers.
" Ummnp!"
Rose was so shocked. Her eyes opened wide and she can't believe what just happened.
Never in her life did she ever thought that Leon will do this to her. Not even in her dreams.
" Aaah! "
Leon bit her lower lip which made Rose open her mouth.
Leon then used this chance to transfer the soup from his mouth to Rose's.
Rose finally understand what he was trying to do. She look at him for awhile. Since Leon was even willing to do this just to make her take the soup, she gave up and drank it.
But Leon didn't stop there. He put his hands into her waist and pulled her closer to him and continue kissing Rose.
Leon's actions made Rose stunned for awhile before she finally started to enjoy the feeling of the kiss. She unconsciously wrapped her arms in his neck and let him kissed her like that.
After around 3 minutes, both of them was out of breath so they separated their lips.
Leon look at Rose and saw that her face was completely red at this moment. He didn't know if it's because she was out of breath or because of her embarrassment.
Leon had to admit that he got carried away just now. He was supposed to only feed her the soup but after he kissed her, saw her reaction, and felt the softness of Rose's lips, he cant stop himself from wanting more so he continued to kiss her.
Despite Rose's messy hair, oily face, and unwanted smell around her, Leon didn't feel any disgust towards her.
This made Rose even more surprised. She knows how she look like and smell like at this moment because it was her masterpiece!
She knows that with her current appearance and smell, even a drunkard man will stay away from her if they saw her.
But when she look at Leon, she can't see any sign of disgust or any rejection from his expression.
" W.... why did you do that Leon? "
" Because I can't stop myself. You are just too beautiful Rose. "
" B.... beautiful? Me? H... how can that be? "
Leon smiled at Rose and put his hand above her head and patted it for awhile before he said: " You might be able to fool other people people with your skill Rose but not me. "
Rose was shocked once again when she heard that.
" Wh...what do you mean Leon? I...have to go now." Rose said as she turned around and left.
Leon didn't stop her and let her leave. When she was a bit far, he wave his hand and shouted: " Take care of yourself Rose. "
Rose stopped and wave back at him before she continue walking her way and disappeared from his sight.
" Time to do do my business. "
Leon said before he went inside the house.
===
Inside his room, Leon was sitting cross legged on top of his bed. He's already been like this for 2 hours and didn't move a bit.
Sweat and disgusting liquid was all over his body but Leon ignored it and continue whatever he was doing.
While he was doing that, a small tattoo started to appear in his left hand at the back of his palm.
The tattoo became darker and darker as time passed by.
After another 3 hours, Leon finally opened his eyes. He look at the tattoo in his left hand and a smile appeared in his face.
He then tried to activate the tattoo in his hand but failed.
*sigh*
" As I thought, I'm still too weak. "
Leon murmured to himself before he stood up and went to the bathroom and took a bath.
After that, he once again return to his room and wore another clothes before he began cleaning his bed.
It didn't took a long time before he was done.
" It's almost 2 pm now. Rose might come back at 5 so I only have 3 hours left. I need to hurry. "
Leon said to himself before he went out of the house ran towards the forest nearby.
After running for about 20 minutes, Leon arrived in front of the forest. And without any hesitation, he went inside.
The forest Leon was in at this moment was called ' Dust Forest '. This name was given by the people of Red Leaf town because for some unknown reason, this forest was empty. Aside from grass and huge trees, not a single animal and insect can be seen here.
This made everyone confused why. They first thought that this forest has a ferocious beast living in it. But even after investigating for days, they didn't find any.
Even after the current Queen of Ander Kingdom herself came here before along with the other experts she brought but still failed to find the reason behind this forest being completely empty.
They tried releasing hundreds of rabbits here before to see how it goes but after the rabbits went inside the forest, they vanished!
The queen's soldiers immediately followed the rabbits inside the forest but they didn't find even a single rabbits.
This made them more and more surprised.
The experts stayed in this forest for half a year before finally decided to leave because despite doing everything they can, they still failed to discover anything in the end.
Since then, almost no one visits this forest anymore aside from the people who gathers firewood or people who need wood to build their house.
But Leon was different.
Right after entering the forest, he immediately noticed that there's something wrong in this forest.
He glance on the trees around him and an indiscernible smile appeared in his face.
" Interesting. " he said.
Leon then rushed deeper inside the inside. The forest was quite big so it took Leon an hour before he reached the center of it.
Along the way, Leon continuesly change direction like as if he was playing around till finally, he arrived at the center of the Dust forest.
There, Leon saw a small pond. He went in front of it and scan the place. He continued to look around till his eyes fell in an insignificant looking rock at the other side of the pond.
The rock has a round shape and approximately 2 feet tall. It's quite big and covered with mosses.
Leon hurriedly head towards that rock and put his hand on top of it before he closed his eyes.
* Bang! *
A few minutes after he closed his eyes, the big rock under his palm explode and magically turned into dust before its debris hit Leon.
Leon then opened his eyes and after the dust settled, he saw a Jade tile on the ground which he immediately picked up.
Right after Leon touched the Jade tile, his surroundings started to change.