“Stop spouting things a villain in a movie would say! Treasure yourself more!”
Koutarou had a place he had to return to and a reason for it. He was also bothered by Elfaria's behavior. Suddenly being approached with marriage from someone he had just met was something hard for Koutarou to accept. So his fist instinctively struck out.
“Ehehehe~”
Yet for some reason, Elfaria was smiling as she stroked her recently struck forehead.
“W-What?”
Sensing something ominous from her smile, Koutarou took a few steps backwards, retreating. Elfaria responded by stepping forward three steps and looking up at Koutarou up close.
“Reios-sama, you finally hit me.”
“What about it?”
“I already know that Reios-sama only hits someone he really hates or someone he thinks of more than a friend. Fufufu, now I'm one step closer.”
Koutarou would say harsh things to Clan and sometimes even make use of light violence. But that hadn't been the case with Elfaria who he had just met. In that case, Elfaria had realized in a short amount of time that she needed to become someone worth hitting in order to get along better with Koutarou.
“Come on now...”
“Despite how I look, I'm good at laying down groundwork and creating established facts.”
Seeing Koutarou instinctively drop his shoulders, Elfaria showed a proud-looking smile. She was seriously trying to become Koutarou's wife.
Elfaria and Koutarou were both troubled by having to travel down the path laid down for them. Elfaria wanted to join hands with Koutarou and jump off that path together.