"It's just my own one-sided... "
"Unrequited love, that's all."
She smiled a bit, yet there wasn't much humor in her words.
Instead, there was a slight bitterness.
"In fact, perhaps he still harbors a certain sense of distance towards me now, unwilling to develop too deep a connection with me."
"Maybe, in his heart, his impression of me remains merely as a friend, or even just as that of a Beastmaster and Pet Beast."
"Being close, trusted, even able to lazily sunbathe on his head... "
"But that ultimately is just the closeness of a Beastmaster and Pet Beast, completely different from the true heart-to-heart connection and mutual reliance between people."
The voice of the girl in the black dress was very soft.
"He is very smart, and it's impossible for him not to notice my special fondness and closeness towards him."
