Chapter 20 - After the Chaos - Part 2
After closing the door and taking a few steps back—lost in thought over why that young maid had acted so strangely—Sophia slowly turned around, still immersed in her own musings. With the clothes the maid had brought in her hands, she felt embarrassed once again; she didn't want to face Noah's nearly bare body.
Timidly glancing at Noah, Sophia stared at her own hands for a moment and thought,
'No, I'm really going to have to...'
before quickly turning away.
She wavered between dressing him herself or asking for help, and all that echoed in her mind was:
'...Will I really have to dress him in these clothes?'
As time passed, her embarrassment only grew.
'...No, it's better if I ask someone to do it...' she reflected after several minutes of hesitation.
Standing near the door, she considered,