The Lord Is With You (13)

My efforts to persuade Senior Delphin had ended without a hitch.

She sent me a silent plea with her pitifully trembling eyes, but I firmly shook my head and refused. Of course, that didn’t mean I intended to force her to come along.

I respected Senior Delphin’s wishes in every respect. Even though my heart was overflowing with a passion to help her cultivate her character alongside me, this might put our lives on the line.

I merely kept pressing her until I got a definite answer. Senior Delphin had been pulling a long face, but in the end, she answered through her tears.

“Hngh, I’ll go… I-I’ll go, so… sob, that’s enough, isn’t it……!”

She was even moved to tears. I had no choice but to acknowledge the sincerity of her feelings. If she wanted so badly to change, it was only human nature to want to lend her a helping hand.

I asked her several times, in case she might change her mind, but her answer was the same each time. She had even staked the honor of the Yurdina family, so there was no chance she would change her mind now.

Leaving her sobbing with overwhelming emotion, I walked out of the infirmary.

The marble temple corridor was chilly. The cold air seemed to cool my head a little, too. It was then that I suddenly felt something was off.

Had Senior Delphin really been crying because she was happy...