Vocalia

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Arlia's mind maintained its rational functions until it registered the last four words in Nigel's sentence, upon which it seemed to lose that function entirely, reducing Arlia into an unintelligibly stammering woman with a face as red as a tomato. It took her a while to regain some measure of composure, but even then, her body felt jittery at best. "I-I... I-I... certainly d-didn't expect that..." she stammered, then tried her best to prove that she reciprocated his affection, which she turned out to crave quite strongly. "I love you too, Nigel. Perhaps I was being blissfully naive when I first became infatuated with you upon our first meeting, but now I see that there is a wisdom in it after all..."

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Ouch. What happened?

Doing good, thanks. Getting nervous about exams in two days...

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No. XD

How are you doing BTW?

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"I'd be honored to travel alongside you," Arlia replied without so much as a pause for thought, almost as if she was voicing the first thing that came to her mind. Her face took on a rosy hue and her strange symptoms returned with vengeance. Her mind was a maelstrom of thoughts and emotions, but all of them were centered on the man sitting beside her now. Unable to contain the raging storm any longer, she turned to look at Nigel and, summoning all the courage she had, asked, "Nigel, forgive me if I have threaded into a forbidden territory, but do you believe in love?"

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Nice. :D

I'm thinking of cooking until the end of the ecam. Obviously, I can't eat out during my revision weeks. XD

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Good, thanks. You? XD

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"I can hardly blame you for desiring a peaceful life. Our line of work seems to entail a life of suffering and infliction of pain, emotionally and physically. Your sister is fortunate, indeed, to have someone like you who looks after her well-being," Arlia replied and gently brushed a few strands of his silver hair away from his face. "The blood of the Medici flows in me and there is no escaping that, but if I have the chance of breaking away from this life of mine, I would very much like to travel abroad and see the world with my own eyes without having to shed blood or induce despair to everyone around me. I've always want to go to Italy and explore the roots of my bloodline, not to mention the wonderful collection of arts and food..." she said with a light-hearted giggle.

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Hello. XD

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"To be quite honest, I can't say that I know what I would like to do," Arlia replied with a somewhat forlorn sigh, walking closer to Nigel as if they were truly a couple. Even just being near him made Arlia's heart flutter inside her chest with indescribable joy and she wanted that feeling to remain for as long as it could. Of course, not knowing how he felt about her, she tried to keep her own feelings for him under wraps. "I certainly have no interest in taking over the Family and I doubt I ever would. My father doesn't deem me to be a suitable heir to the family, saying that I'm too kind-hearted to succeed his station."

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Arlia similarly blushed and twiddled her blonde hair, which was actually a wig covering her auburn hair, and replied, "I-I wouldn't mind, Nigel... We certainly aren't meeting to discuss our work..." She didn't say it out loud, but she was hoping that he wouldn't mind if she thought of their secret meeting in such a way, but it seemed that Nigel had taken her words right out of her mouth. Gently holding onto his hoked arm with her other hand, she smiled and said, "Ah, it's nice to be able to step out without having anyone tailing me or looking after me. I suppose one would think that I like being spoiled, but I'd rather do things on my own pace."