The three men bowed once more before silently turning around. Their footsteps gradually faded into the distance until the enormous hall became silent once again.
Only Sefira remained. She quietly rested her cheek against one hand. For reasons she couldn't understand.
Her thoughts once again drifted toward Noah Eldritch.
She unconsciously pressed her lips into a thin line. "...Why am I thinking about him so often?"
She couldn't understand it. "He was merely a frivolous young man. A shameless flirt. Just like countless other men. He even flirted with me. There was nothing special about that."
She slowly closed her eyes.
"But... When I disguised myself. I wasn't beautiful."
"I deliberately appeared plain. An average, nerdy girl that no man would notice."
"No one approached me. No one even looked twice."
She slowly opened her eyes again.
"So...why did he? He even call me cute so many times."
