Juyoung Hong (16)

Of course, she didn't understand my point fully.

She responded lightly, "Wow, you know how to crack a joke like that?"

"Hahaha!"

I just smiled at her gentle rejoinder.

But I said, looking into her eyes, "Do you remember what I told you when we were kids?"

"What?"

"You told me we should get married. And I told you I would propose with a beautiful jewel, right?"

"…"

Obviously, she was the one who reminded me when she passed by me to confront the Kuhana rulers even though she knew she would be killed.

To be honest, I had completely forgotten it before she reminded me.

Or I may have forgotten it deliberately back then because she was smarter than me in everything at that time. Perhaps I was overcome with an inferiority complex, and I knew too well that it was just useless to look up at a tree that I could not climb.

She replied, "Sure, I remember."

As soon as she confirmed it, I added, "I'm going to try to make it come true."

"Are you kidding me?"