Ayaka and I decided to approach Princess Myrcella.
It wasn't some grand decision or anything dramatic like that. It was simply something that felt necessary and something that had been sitting in the back of my mind ever since that day. Since her boyfriend was the one who saved me, it was only natural that I thanked him properly. Back then, when he rescued me, I had already lost consciousness. Everything after that had been a blur. It was also darkness, pain, then waking up somewhere safe.
I never had the chance to say thank you.
And that fact lingered.
That was only natural. I had to thank him.
But the moment I started walking toward him, something strange happened.
As I got closer, a sensation crept up on me.
It was something unfamiliar. It was something that didn't have a name. It wasn't pain. It wasn't fear. It was… odd. Like a faint pressure in my chest, subtle but persistent, as if something inside me was stirring without my permission.
It was weird.
