"When you called my name"
Minato held the large fish in front of Rino. She didn't care now, all her attention was on the fresh fish. It can't be eaten raw, must be processed. Fish processing was left to him, because she couldn't cook, even frying eggs was bad, let alone preparing fish. In cooking, he was as proficient as a court chef, both in killing fish as well as playing a simple piece of music on the piano.
Grilling fish is the only thing that Rino can do. Grilled fish is cooked very quickly, the scent stimulates the taste buds, making her want to eat immediately and always. But she still didn't eat, her eyes glued to the golden grilled fish, her mouth almost drooling. He handed her grilled fish skewers:
"You eat, what are you waiting for?"
"Um"
Rino quickly grabbed it, being careful not to let it fall or fall out. She loves to eat fish, like a cat. But I don't dare to express my happiness when I eat my favorite food outside, simply because I am not used to it. Even though the meal in the knight order was sumptuous, it was not to her taste. The dishes change constantly, the knights must not like any food to avoid the bad guys taking advantage of that to poison the food.
Minato ate very little, the rest was left to Rino to handle, it would be a waste to leave. He liked to see her half-happy face while eating, wouldn't it be better to show a little more emotion? What are you trying to hide?
The wind blowing makes people feel very comfortable.
After a full meal, it was only fish. From afar, Minato saw Rino sitting on the sand drawing wild like a naughty child when going to the beach. Currently, she only wears shorts that reveal her long legs and wears a T-shirt, accompanied by a blue knee-length cape hanging from a tree branch. Her figure is very standard, although behind that layer of clothing is a solid shoulder that is not inferior to a man. Especially the beautiful face attracts people to look at it. Beauty deceives everything. Who would have thought that this beautiful face belonged to the Death Knight who was terrified at the sound of his name?
He stepped closer to Rino. The drawings she drew did not look like a squiggly picture of a child, it was more like an ancient script. He could understand a bit about that number of characters, it was an imitation of a spell that produced a ranged attack capable of wide area destruction.
Is she creating spells?
Undoubtedly the person with the second highest score of the Fragrant Olive Cathedral. Even graffiti creates new spells. Learning a spell is a simple matter, creating it is a thousand times more difficult.
Realizing that someone was approaching her, Rino looked up.
"Go back yet?"
I've eaten enough, now it's time to go home. The sun is about to set, where the orange-red horizon spreads.
"What's the hurry. It's still early"
Minato crouched down, used his arms to lift her onto her shoulders and walked away.
Too light, have you ever had anorexia?
Being lifted up like that, she was a little surprised and struggled: "Let me go."
His short answer was accompanied by a shake of his head:
"Is not"
"What are you going to do?"
Suddenly carrying, people walk like this, afraid to die!
This was the first time she was carried away like this. Before, it was only she who carried people away, the first time she experienced the opposite, she was a bit confused so her reflexes were slow.
Stepping out into the deep water, Minato put Rino down, still holding her hands to make sure she didn't fall. Standing in this deep water, she lost her composure a bit:
"Bring me out here for what?"
"Swim"
It was a far-fetched thing for Rino. Every time her feet touched the sea water, she felt uncomfortable, let alone learned to swim. At least she had a spell to make sure she didn't drown when she fell into the water, but it couldn't help her swim either.
"Don't like it, don't need it." She shook her head in protest.
"What do you think if you drown later?"
"Oh well..."
Rino couldn't find a reason to avoid swimming lessons. It was true that she had drowned once before, but fortunately someone had rescued her in time to board the ship, in fact she could not remember who it was. Recalling the time when the water rushed into the nose, it was quite painful, of course, no one does not want that feeling to happen again.
"Practice and you'll get used to it"
He pulled her forward, the pull was too strong even though she struggled to get out. Now that the water was up to her neck, she felt that she was about to sink, her feet no longer touching the ground. Seeing her shrinking form, he unconsciously smiled and let go of her hand:
"Are you scared?"
"Is not"
Although Rino said that, in his heart, he just wanted to return to the mainland immediately and forever. The water began to flood up to half of her head, she relaxed so that she could come up to breathe oxygen. Water overflowed into the nose, oral cavity, the salty taste of sea water flooded the throat.
Her arms struggled up and down, until she could not float to the surface and then sank into the deep sea. At this moment, her mind seemed to have disappeared, unable to find a way to solve it, an arm pulled her waist, both of them surfacing. Minato hugged Rino, who was breathing continuously due to lack of oxygen. Unknowingly, she had hugged Minato's neck for some unknown time. He reassured:
"I'm here, don't worry"
"..."
At this point, she didn't have the strength to answer when she took a few large sips of sea water, only clinging to the person next to her so that she wouldn't sink. He hugged her tightly and smiled.
"Relax a little, swimming is not difficult"
Rino slowly relaxed herself, her body gradually floating to the surface of the water. Her feet moved in the water, so she wouldn't have to worry about sinking.
Both of their clothes were drenched, sticking to their bodies, separated by only a layer of fabric, and now it was soaked too, like skin to skin. This close contact made Rino feel a little embarrassed, trying to move to keep his distance but he hugged her even more tightly.
"It doesn't have any problems you're afraid of?"
"I'm not afraid. It's just that I drowned before, so I was afraid to practice swimming."
Recalling when he was 6 years old, standing on the deck of a ship when someone pushed him into the sea and nearly drowned, Rino told himself he would never go to the deep sea again. After being in the water for a long time, my feet also started to feel numb and cold. She whispered:
"Let's go back? It's getting dark"
"OK"
Minato stroked her blond hair that was still covered with sea drops. He felt like he'd done it so many times before as a familiar move. He wasn't sure if he'd met her before, or someone like her now.
Is that person and you the same person or two different people?
Rino didn't know how to explain the confused feeling she was facing. She was letting a stranger stroke her hair and even hug her. As someone who grew up in the military, she was quite comfortable with the boundaries between men and women and considered them both equal and completely equal, these hugs were just the norm. But now she was hot-faced because of the actions of the person in front of her.
"Sorry" He jerked his hand back and wondered what the hell he was doing? Losing control with a half-stranger half-stranger girl? It was just that when he touched her, his mind could not control his unconscious actions. Like being hypnotized?
"Hey Minato" The second time she called his name, putting her confused emotions aside, she was completely serious: "Have we met before? I feel you are very familiar."
Every action he does towards Rino brings a feeling of familiarity and warmth. And you want to cry? Of course, there would be no tears shed for someone so calm as her. She did not dare to love someone sincerely, because she was afraid that she would hurt them and when she lost them, it would be difficult for her to overcome the nagging pain day and night.
"I think so, too"
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Open your eyes - the first thing to do when you wake up in the morning. But right now it's still not very bright, darkness still covers the Reality sky, it's only about four in the morning. Minato has a habit of waking up early to prepare for the new task of the beginning of the week. Today he thinks he should sleep a little longer because he stayed up late last night to learn another language - Ricordano. Then he quickly brushed that thought away when he saw the person lying next to him was still fast asleep. In any moment, she was still beautiful regardless, her long blonde hair loosely accentuated the aristocratic beauty that everyone wanted to touch.
Oh, and I swear I didn't do anything to her! Completely clear!
Speaking of yesterday, when I got back to Watanabe town, it was already dark. With no other choice, Rino had to stay at his house for one night. The two sat and chatted for a few hours, actually exchanging knowledge about the two worlds of Utherworld and Reality, not chatting like some fishmongers in the market. Unexpectedly, in the middle of a language case, she fell asleep on the spot, forcing him to study the entire block-thick Ricordano grammar book by himself.
Of course Minato sympathized with her. Rino herself is a hard worker because Nahema is not much less than the King, not getting enough sleep is normal. She deserves a peaceful sleep. This house has only one bed, if you give her bed, he will definitely return to the motherland tonight. But sleeping on the ground is very cold, no one can stand it, so it's convenient to sleep in the same bed.
Master is not equal to enlist!
And the clothes Rino was wearing were his now, because her clothes were all wet during swimming practice. Of course, she bathed and changed herself. At the thought of her wearing her baggy shirt, he laughed again.
That laughter woke the blonde. Her mind was a bit hazy, but she also admitted that this was not her room, nor the luxurious and noble Amaterasu castle. Her blue eyes scanned through to verify everything. The room is simply decorated, bright and has a bookcase.
Hmm? Where is this? But never mind.
Rino was about to close his eyes and sleep again, but sat up again, eyes wide and blankly looking at the [Foreign Creature] sitting next to him. All is well if this is not in a bed.
"You can go back to sleep if you want," Minato said, eyes still fixed on the book. That book was Utherworld's knowledge of the Ricordano language, in just one night he was almost fluent in this language. It's not that different from Reality's language, just thinking a little bit can make the problem simpler.
More importantly, how do you sleep when you're next to a man you barely know?