Book 4: Chapter 50
“Luna.”
“What’s wrong? I’m very surprised since this is the first time you have spoken to me.”
Luna placed the clothes she was folding down and looked at Nier. Nier stared at the ground blankly. Ever since she came back, she was out of it. Nier looked at Luna. Her lips twitched and then she said: “Today… I kissed his majesty… now my chest feels unwell. My heart keeps beating and I keep having hot flushes. Luna, what’s wrong with me? Why, why did I do something so outrageous…? Why…. Why did I kiss him when it went to my head……?”
Seeing Nier on the verge of tears, Luna wasn’t in the mood to tease her anymore when she was initially planning to. She looked at Nier. Is Nier really foreign to this feeling? She wants to be with his majesty. She took the initiative to kiss his majesty. Does she really not know she has fallen for his majesty?
Perhaps she doesn’t even know what love is which would explain why she is so scared.
“That is because you have already, like… Ah, no, fallen in love with his majesty.”
Luna looked at Nier. She sat next to Nier and softly continued: “When you want to be together with someone, want to kiss him, and want to hug him. When you kiss, hold hands or embrace you feel flustered, get hot flushes, and get excited, that means that you have fallen in love with him. Nier, I was right, wasn’t I? His majesty is gentle, kind and dependable. Even you were attracted to him, weren’t you?”
“No… I don’t want this… I can’t… I can’t be like this……”
Nier grabbed her own face. She was sobbing gently. Luna didn’t know why but Nier knew. In the past she just wanted to stay by his side. She comforted herself, telling herself she just wanted to stay by his side to pay him back. She didn’t want to and can’t love his majesty. Her majesty wouldn’t permit it. She was a Valkyrie. She couldn’t do something that would leave the empress unhappy, and his majesty couldn’t be with her either. His future should be more beautiful. He shouldn’t be stuck with an orphan.