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“Could you spare me a moment?”
Lepios looked at the woman with a puzzled expression when she said that.
“Um, I’m sorry, but I don’t know you…”
“Oh, right… I’m sorry…”
“…I don’t think it’ll be a problem if it’s just a little bit. Would it be alright if I went and checked with my friends?”
“Yes… Thank you very much!”
Lepios still looked puzzled, but Sol looked at the woman and thought that maybe… Sure enough, Carla didn’t understand, but Celes also looked like she had figured something out.
“Um, could you wait a moment…”
“You should definitely go! There’s plenty of time! Right, everyone?”
Celes and Carla nodded in agreement with Sol’s words. Seeing this, Lepios tilted his head but followed the woman.
However, he was definitely concerned about the situation. Sol secretly followed the two and peeked from behind the building. Carla, who was peeking alongside him, said with sparkling eyes,
“Hey, hey! Could that be a confession?”
“Carla, lower your voice! …But I think it’s a confession. Lepios is so lucky. Even if he breaks up with his girlfriend, he’ll get a confession right away. I’m so jealous.”
Of course, as a friend, Sol thought he should be happy for him and his new love. However, having never had a girlfriend in his life, let alone been confessed to, he felt a little envious.
Next to him, Celes looked at Sol with a slightly puzzled expression.
“I wonder… I could understand if they were already close, but it seems like she was waiting for this opportunity, which is kind of creepy… Besides, she’s a stranger, right?”
“But isn’t it nice to be liked by someone, no matter who they are? And it’s exciting when someone has the courage to confess their feelings to you!”
“It’s just creepy to be liked by someone you don’t know. Hey, Sol, would you be happy if someone you didn’t know confessed their feelings to you?”
Sol felt anxious at Celes’ words. Of course, he would be happy if someone he didn’t know confessed their feelings to him, but he didn’t want to be seen as a frivolous man who would date anyone who confessed their feelings to him.
“Um, well… Of course, whether or not I’d date them is a different matter… Sure, it’d be nice to be confessed to, but maybe we could start as friends first! I think it’s better to get to know each other properly before becoming lovers!”
“But… Even if Sol has someone he likes at the time, would he still date her if they became good friends?”
“Huh!? Um, no… Well…”
Celes’ question stopped Sol’s train of thought. Certainly, depending on the situation, that might be the case, but he didn’t want Celes to think he was being insincere.
“Hey, come on! I just admire the idea of being called out like that and having someone confess their feelings right away! That’s all! Even Celes must have an ideal confession in mind, right?”
“Well… yes, but…”
Sol couldn’t understand what Celes was upset about and felt like crying. He didn’t want Celes to dislike him. He didn’t want to lose her trust over a trivial remark.
As he was thinking about this, Carla suddenly looked panicked. When he turned around, he saw Lepios standing there.
“What are you doing?”
“Ah, um…”
“…This time, you were listening with complete intent, right? It wasn’t just a coincidence.”
Everyone took a step back at Lepios’s imposing smile. Seeing the three of them, Lepios sighed deeply.
“…The content of the conversation is just as you all imagine. However, since I don’t know anything about the other party, I decided to say that it is okay as friend. I told her that I wasn’t someone who could have a fun conversation, but she said that was okay. Are you satisfied now?”
“Ah, yes… I’m sorry.”
When Sol said that, Lepios sighed again and stared at the magic tool for sending messages. Contrary to Sol’s imagination, Lepios did not look happy, but rather a little complicated.
Next to him, Celes glanced at Lepios, then looked at Sol with a puzzled expression again. At that moment, Sol felt anxious again, wondering if he had really messed up.
At the same time, Sol wanted to shout that Lepios was relaxed because he had experience with lovers. For someone who had lived a life of unpopularity, confessing his feelings was a precious experience.
However, Sol decided not to say anything more, as anything he said now would only make matters worse.
Watching Sol, Celes wondered what she should do. Sol said he envied that confession, and Celes felt a sense of crisis.
“…I wonder if Sol likes being confessed to like that. Or is the confession itself nice…? I was hoping that you would feel that you needed me, that you couldn’t live without me…”
She had heard that if a woman confesses her feelings, she will quickly be forgotten. That’s why she had been desperately trying to appeal to Sol and make him fall in love with her.
“…Does Sol already like me? But if someone else confesses their feelings to Sol, does that mean he might fall for them instead? I don’t want that… I definitely don’t want that… I finally understood how Sol feels…”
Call him out and confess your feelings directly. That is Sol’s ideal confession. Celes muttered to herself as she stared at Sol with determination.
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