Chapter 37: Apology (1)
"I-I see..." Jehanne nodded, looking like she was holding back.
"What is it?"
Xu Tao, although surprised by the increase in his cultivation, turned to her and asked curiously. After all, earlier, she seemed angry about something and had been lightly venting at him. He was still unsure about what the reason behind that was, though.
"T-That... Sorry for getting angry earlier..." she apologized, hanging her head as she twiddled her fingers. Her brows were furrowed, and her eyes shivered with anxiety. "I... shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions and said all that... You must be angry, walking away like that, right...?"
"..."
Again, Xu Tao didn’t even know the reason why she was angry, so he didn’t realize it was him she was talking about. Thus, to him, her earlier outburst was nothing but a mysterious phenomenon that didn’t have anything to do with him.
"Don’t mind it," still, he gave a small affirmation, just like a boss would to any of his subordinates. "And I wasn’t angry in the first place. Though I was confused, well, it’s good enough that you admitted your mistakes," he added with a friendly smile.
"Sir Tao..."
And this casual gesture of friendliness actually made a certain maiden’s heart skip a beat. Her cheeks caught a faint blush as she averted her gaze, opening her mouth while hesitating about what to say.
"L-Later... tonight..."
But squeezing out all her courage, she stuttered out a heartfelt request. "P-Please come to my room..." and ran away as soon as she said up to this point.