The Village Girl And the Fox Prince

Chapter 13 - Don't Fall in Love?

The day has changed. Welcomed with the chirping of birds that perched on the branches of trees. His voice is very loud. Sunlight slowly began to rise above the horizon.

Hazel who was still asleep in the subconscious, followed by her eyebrows that began to move. His forehead shriveled, slowly his closed eyelids began to open.

The first thing he felt was his entire body ache. He slept overnight in a sitting position. But there was one that astonished him, his body covered in blankets raised a question mark in the mind of the girl.

“As I recall, I never wore a blanket. Even if I knew I was going to sleep, there was no way I would sleep here. Lest Lynx go into the room and see all this?” Hazel began to guess.

Actually it does not matter if the man saw it, only Hazel had wanted to hide it until the stitches were finished. But what can be done, if Lynx already knows then he does not need to cover it again.

Getting up from the chair, Hazel stretched her body for a while. His nose is furrowed, detecting the aroma of cooking that can make his stomach rumble.

“Is it possible that he has woken up so early to make breakfast?” Hazel muttered again, her smooth legs slowly walking out of the room. Wanna check it out for yourself.

Upon arriving in the kitchen, Hazel immediately put on a cengo face without blinking. But a few seconds later, his mouth could not help but laugh. So that a burst of laughter broke out, echoing in the quiet room and making the man who was struggling with the furnace of fire immediately turned his head.

“BWAHAHAHA!” Hazel could not make her mouth stop from breaking up, her stomach began to cramp from laughing too much. So that the corner of his eye released fluid.

Lynx who laughed because she heard the girl's laughter, at that moment she could immediately guess what was funny here.

Before speaking, Lynx made a flirtatious pose. Wiggling her body to resemble a woman. Sometimes he looked at Hazel.

“Are you laughing because I'm wearing this outfit?” Lynx said it with a voice that mimics women too, but still his voice sounded funny because his typical hoarse can not be lost.

What Lynx said about the clothes she was wearing, it was true. Hazel was made to laugh until her mouth stiff because of seeing Lynx's posture which was very unsuitable using royal servant clothes.

Do you know what royal maid clothes look like? A kind of black and white dress on the knee. These clothes should look sexy to a real woman. Because Lynx is wearing it, so it looks tickling.

Don't know where Lynx got the outfit from, but it certainly looks pretty laughable. Just imagine, a man with large muscles and his tall body was wearing such clothes.

But Hazel couldn't deny that Lynx's calf was perfectly smooth and pure white. There are no fine hairs growing there. Exactly like a woman. It's just the man's posture and manner of walking that messes up his appearance.

“Ah, fuck. Early in the morning I was made to laugh out loud,” Hazel said as she rubbed the wet end of her eyes. “Again, why are you wearing such clothes?”

Lynx scratched his nape while widening his grin. “It's not yours? I got it in an old closet there. Only these clothes remain. Yesterday's clothes I washed myself. I sunbathe behind the house.”

Hazel's fingers stuck to her chin, her expression looking like she was thinking hard. “Hm? I never had clothes like that. It probably belonged to someone who lived here. But whatever it is, you don't really fit in. After dry later, release.”

“... I get a little goosebumps seeing you wearing clothes on your knees like that,” Hazel added shuddering.

Lynx nodded obediently while respecting the girl. “Ready!”

“You have breakfast together? I've made something. This morning I was looking for fruit in the forest. There are apples and berries. You can eat it right away. Everything I have washed until clean,” he continued offering.

Hazel moves towards the dining table. Seeing that it was there already provided a lot of fresh fruits in a large basket. Tidy and looks beautiful. But it was a bit ambiguous for Hazel.

Know why Hazel thinks ambiguously after seeing the fruits?

“Why are you picking fruit in the forest?”

Lynx's beautiful eyeballs roll quickly to the right and left. “Eum, that's for you. Isn't that good for human health like you?”

Like an adorable little boy, Lynx keeps both hands behind her back. Next to his feet moved the tip of his thumb on the floor, his gaze went down. No meeting with the girl.

“Ka-because it's special. More precisely it's a gift for you. I don't have the money to buy you fancy things or anything you like. So I was thinking of finding fresh fruit around the forest here,” Lynx said shyly.

But Hazel still doesn't understand where the man's intentions are. So that the confused strokes on his forehead did not go away.

“Gift for me? Why do you suddenly intend to give me a gift?”

“Sorry if it was sassy earlier. I saw what you did last night. You made me clothes, didn't you? Though you need sleep, but you are willing to do it just for the sake of ak-”

“Don't be too confident,” cut Hazel fast, making the man's gaze instantly highlight her.

“I did it because it was already the responsibility of my promise. After all, I got a job and money because of your help too. I should have done that. Seeing you in distress without matching clothes, so what's wrong if I make you clothes?”

Getting such an explanation, somehow Lynx was a little disappointed. Not that he was not happy, but his expectations from the beginning were not what he wanted.

And seeing Hazel's drastically changed expression when discussing this conversation, Lynx was increasingly convinced that here she was just in love alone. Well, Lynx knew that from the beginning. But not expecting when more aware of it, it was quite painful.

Lynx kept smiling, hiding a feeling of disappointment at the expectations she had made of herself. “Whatever it is, thank you. I also have the right here to give you a gift. Because you've been so good to me. You helped me a lot, Hazel. So let me return the favor.”

Hazel did not listen to what the man said, her mouth focused on chewing the fresh apple in her hand. But only a few times he chewed, he felt something that made his mouth stop moving.

Lynx, who did not know why Hazel had suddenly stopped chewing, could only put on a confused expression. As Hazel gives him a cynical delicacy, Lynx grows more confused.

“What's up?”

“You didn't really wash these apples and berries using soap did you?” Yes, the reason Hazel stopped chewing was because the taste of soap on the apple skin was so strong.

With a feeling of guilt and a little fear, Lynx nodded her head slowly. “Ma-sorry, but I did wash it with soap.”

Hazel had expected it, so she could only force herself to smile and choose not to nag in the morning just because of the man's stupidity.

“Hei, Lynx,” call Hazel with a look of resentment, but a forced smile still lingers on her face. And now his appetite is gone.

Lynx who had expected that the girl would scold him, hurriedly bowed her back. “I'm sorry!”

But it turns out...

“Let's promise.” Unexpectedly, because Hazel suddenly switched the conversation.

“Eh?”

“... To not fall in love with each other,” added Hazel, making clear what she meant.

Lynx's heart rate stopped for a second. Why did Hazel ask for that all of a sudden?

Lynx, who had re-energized her body, asked flatly. “Why do you want to make such an appointment?”

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