Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 630.2: Moonlit Confession (2)

As Alicia opened her eyes, she found herself staring at a familiar face that looked more mature than the one in her memories. Her eyes wavered as she took in the details of his facial features. A moment later, she snapped out of her daze and remembered the earlier battle.

“Y-you are…”

“Alicia, have you remembered the past?” Roel asked.

“…”

Alicia fell silent. She shook her head, then frowned. She didn’t know how she should answer that question.

The strong emotions she had felt from the bits of memories she recalled made her realize that she harbored strong feelings for Roel, but it had happened so abruptly that it confused her too. She didn’t know whether she could trust those feelings or not.

The memories she had recalled were too limited for her to discern the Ascart House’s true nature. If the Kingmaker Clan had known about her true identity from the very start, the goodwill they had shown to her could have been just a lie.

That would mean that the emotions she felt toward them were just sandcastles built by the sea; they would come crashing down at the slightest impact.

She thought about how the Mother Goddess had been betrayed by the Kingmaker Clan time and time again, and that further stirred her deepest fears. Thus, when Roel reached out to her, she instinctively avoided him before quickly slipping out of his arms.

“Alicia?” Roel murmured hesitantly.

“D-don’t come over!” Alicia exclaimed as she struggled with her bound body to turn her back on him.

“…”

Roel found himself at a loss for what to do. He hesitantly stood up and carefully approached her, but her trembling became more and more intense as he drew closer to her.

I should have known it wouldn’t be that easy.

With a sigh, he sat down behind her and quietly looked at the sky above.

Her earlier subconscious murmur indicated that she had recalled something, but what she remembered appeared to be limited. She gave him a feeling reminiscent of her younger days, when her heart was closed off, but unlike then, she was able to clearly express he

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