Chapter 169 - 164. The Perfect Human
"So they bonded for convenience," Zein sneered. But why then, the Elder looked as if he was trying to convey some great love through the story?
"I wouldn’t deny that," the Elder smiled. But it was a calm and warm one. "It was never an outcome we ever predicted, and while we get to bring Lady Lucia home, they were quite awkward with each other."
That being said, Roan Ishtera was a responsible man. And he was the Paladin, so by nature, he treated Lucia like a princess.
A shy, sheltered girl who was recluse in nature due to the fact that she was a Carrier and shouldered a great responsibility for it; Lucia was scared of men from the start, and it wasn’t easy for Roan to open her heart. Especially at the start, when they had to be careful and hide from the other faction, Lucia couldn’t even reach out to her housemates, and it stressed her greatly.
It took months until Lucia could talk freely with Roan, and even then, she only talked with Roan. Perhaps being imprinted on each other had a factor, but it was also Roan’s persistent and patient attempt that bring down the shy guide’s wall.
"It was a gradual attempt, and watching them from the sideline was quite frustrating," the Elder let out a chuckle for the first time that day. "But once Lady Lucia opened her heart and started to embrace us as her new family, it was easy to see how lovely she was, and it was easy to see the growing affection between them."
Slowly, but surely, they fell in love. Whether it was due to the imprinting, or natural affection and attachment that grew with time, it was undeniable that they loved each other. Zein couldn’t help but recall the bright expression in that photographs; the sheer happiness, the love.
And Zein felt that it was..preferable, to a fairytale-like story of love at first sight, or attachment devised by fate.
"She started to write to her friends again, but unfortunately, we couldn’t let her travel far because those traitors had found us once."
For that reason also, Roan and Lucia started to move from place to place. Part of it was to delude anyone chasing them, and part of it was because Roan wanted to show Lucia the world. But they couldn’t do that forever, especially, because Lucia became physically unable to do so.
Because she got pregnant.