Knight and Wand

Chapter 107 The Promised Night
"shoe?"

"Hmm~ No."

"toothbrush?"

"Guess again."

"Incense? Is it perfume?"

"It's still not right~"

"comb?"

"Come on, we're close." Leon said amusedly.

Olivia, who had her eyes covered, couldn't guess correctly. She pursed her lips helplessly and said, "I surrender. You really stump me. What is it?"

Leon had had enough of the trouble and stopped making things difficult for the girl.

"Okay, here's the answer, ding ding ding~"

He moved his hand away and handed the hair accessory he was holding behind him to the girl.

"!?"

Olivia's eyes slowly widened.

The girl was unprepared and startled, her heart suddenly beating like a drum.

Fa.Fa hairband?

Headband? ! !

Leon, who had no idea of ​​himself, smiled and said, "It's just a small token of my appreciation. It didn't cost much. I don't know what color you like, but the blue one will definitely suit your blonde hair."

But the girl's head was buzzing so much that she could hardly hear the other person's voice.

Her cheeks were burning with fever, and her pupils seemed to be trembling in her panicked eyes.

"Leon. You...you...no, I...you want to give me a headband?" Olivia blushed and waved her hands, stammering, her words incoherent as if she was possessed by Hawke.

Leon looked at the girl's intense reaction and became confused.

He looked down at the blue headband inlaid with amber in his hand. It might be expensive for ordinary people, but for a wealthy family like Olivia's, it shouldn't be particularly expensive.

Or maybe you just don’t like the style?
Leon scratched his head and said, “Do you think this color is inappropriate?

How about I change one for you? I also bought a lot for Elena, Xiaolina and the others, and there are some white and light blue ones in my bag. "

He said, looking at the bag.

"What?" Olivia was stunned.

".Bought them for everyone?"

The nervous and confused mood suddenly seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water, and slowly calmed down.

The clever girl listened to the other party's foreign accent and then she remembered.
Yes.

She almost forgot that Leon was not from Orlando.

Realizing that the person in front of her seemed to have no idea about the traditional customs of the North, Olivia felt inexplicably worried.

He seemed to be relieved, but there was also a sense of depression in his heart.

However, the next moment the girl was secretly annoyed by her previous fantasy, and her face became even redder.

Leon turned around, ready to take out a hair accessory from his bag for the girl to choose from, but his hands suddenly felt empty.

Olivia reached out quickly and took the beautiful blue hairband.

"No, I like this color, and..."

The girl didn't dare to look directly at the boy in front of her. She turned her head and muttered in a low voice to test him: "In Serian, can you give any female headband as a gift?"

Leon raised an eyebrow.

He thought, what could be so casual about giving a hair accessory?
It's not a ring gift.
Ok?
His heart skipped a beat and Leon's eyes widened.

After hearing the girl ask this, his active mind couldn't help but think of the subtext behind this sentence.

".Headbands. In the Kingdom of Serian, there really isn't much particularity in giving them to friends as gifts." Leon said sheepishly, but he didn't make clear the vague premonition in his mind.

Although his action was unintentional, if he made it clear, if he got the hairpin from the girl in front of him, Leon felt that his heart might break into eight pieces.

However, after Olivia confirmed that the gift was just an ordinary one, she felt sad.

Carefully folding the hairband with both hands, she said to Leon sullenly: “Thank you for your gift, I’ll accept it.”

"Well, as long as you like it," Leon nodded angrily.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room seemed a little silent.

"By the way." Leon had an idea and took the initiative to speak up to break the sudden awkwardness.

"Actually, I want to give you a headband because I always see you tie your hair into a ponytail, which is quite troublesome when wearing a helmet. I do know how to tie your hair into a bun that is convenient for wearing a helmet. Do you want me to help you tie it and try?" he suggested with a smile.

This is also the truth. Leon has been holding back the desire to change the girl's hairstyle occasionally for a long time.

Hearing this, Olivia's eyes were filled with surprise again.

She looked at Leon and her lips moved silently.

I didn't know how to answer. My originally calm heart was once again stirred up by the sudden and abrupt request.

The girl raised her hand and touched the ponytail behind her head. Her face felt hot and she also felt resentful in her heart.

I also need this hairband.
Tie her hair yourself?

Did he really not know the significance of gifting a headband, or was he teasing himself on purpose?
But looking at Leon's unique black eyes, there was no impurity and they were full of expectation.

Olivia turned away her eyes, her heart beating faster, and nodded her head as if possessed by a ghost: "Ahem~ then~ let's give it a try."

Seeing the girl nod, Leon was delighted.

Even before he tried it, he could already imagine how well Olivia would suit the ladylike braided bun.

Leon quickly went to his bag and took out the wooden comb he carried with him, then moved a chair over.

At this point, there is no way to back out, the girl thought.

She walked over and sat down with her knees supported, her body somewhat stiff.

Leon came behind the girl and reached out to untie her ponytail. His originally calm mood became distracted when his fingers touched the delicate and beautiful hair.

Shaking his head to calm himself, Leon cleared away all distractions and continued to untie the rough cloth that bound the girl's hair.

The hair was untied.

Under the candlelight, the bright golden hair fell naturally on Olivia's petite shoulders.

Raising his hand, Leon gently held the girl's hair as if he was holding a treasure, and carefully combed the strands of hair that passed through his palm.

He recalled the way he had tortured his wild sister's head in his previous life, and concentrated on carefully untangling and weaving the hair.

Feeling her hair being carefully combed by him, and her head being constantly stroked and fiddled with by Leon's hands.

Although she was extremely shy, Olivia's body gradually relaxed because of this indescribable sense of security.

In the quiet room, only the slight sound of combing hair was heard, and the original subtle awkwardness quietly dissipated in the contact between the two.

Soon, Leon finally used the carefully braided pigtail to wrap around the round bun on the back of the girl's head and fix it.

He stretched his hand in front of the girl and gestured, "Give me the hairband, and I'll help you wrap it in and secure it, and it'll be done."

Sitting on the chair, the girl immersed in the inexplicable warmth suddenly became sober. Olivia lowered her head and looked at the hairband in her hand.
Biting her lower lip, the girl simply closed her eyes, and as if mustering up the courage, she handed the headband to Leon, then silently clenched the cloth on her trouser leg.

She felt her heart beating so fast that it seemed like it would jump out of her chest.

Leon continued to tie his hair silently.

Tuck one end of the blue headband under the girl's bun, then pull it out and tie it into a beautiful bow, centering the round amber stone decoration.

He did all this, and seeing that his skills were not much rusty, he even secretly pinched the girl's cute hair.

Having taken advantage of a little, Leon admired his masterpiece with satisfaction and patted Olivia on the shoulder: “It’s done, it’s perfect, it really suits you, I’ll show you in the mirror.”

He took out the bronze mirror he carried with him and handed it to the girl.

Suppressing her complicated thoughts, Olivia glanced at herself in the mirror.

She tilted her head slightly and glanced at the bun on the back of her head.

Especially seeing the headband that has firmly "bound" her braids
Really tied up.

As if she had done something shameful in secret, the girl looked away evasively, her heart pounding, not daring to look at the hairband in the mirror any longer.

"Are you not satisfied? Do you want to change it back?" Leon looked at the girl's reaction, feeling uneasy, and raised his hand to indicate whether to untie her hairstyle again.

Olivia's eyes widened and she waved her hands hastily: "What? No, this is fine."

As she spoke, she stood up and touched her hair that was tied up at the back of her head as if nothing had happened. This hairstyle really made her feel a lot lighter.

When she touched the headband behind her neck, Olivia couldn't help but look at the other person's luggage bag which still contained a lot of hair accessories.

Leon also followed the girl's line of sight, thought for a moment, and asked hesitantly: "From what you just said, isn't it inappropriate to give a woman a headband without permission in Orlando?"

He now understood why the old tailor reacted that way when he asked him to buy the headband.

Olivia stared at Leon with complicated eyes, pursed her lips and sighed: “Since you said that Serian has no tradition in this regard, then it should be okay to give one to Sister Elena privately. After all, she is not from Orland like you.

But if you give the headband to Little Lina and the others, it will definitely cause a lot of misunderstandings. Besides, you won't buy one for Aunt Milia too, right?"

Hearing this, Leon scratched his face in embarrassment. Well, it was indeed not left behind.

Apart from the ones he picked for the girl in front of him, he also prepared the ones for other people as employee benefits.

But now it seems that in the Northern Kingdom, giving women headbands obviously means something.

Oh my god, when I think about it, I and the women around me almost suffered from bad reputation.

It would be fine for Ms. Elena and the maids in the house, they just need to explain it clearly, but Milia in the kitchen has a husband, and it would be bad if it caused rumors.

But now we have managed to prevent the embarrassment that almost happened.

"Thanks for your reminder, otherwise it would be troublesome if people misunderstood me." Leon was thankful.

He then said to Olivia, "But since we've already bought them, it's hard to return them. I might as well give you all the headbands. I'll buy them some shoes when I go back."

Olivia's eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but ask, "Give it all to me? Are you afraid that people will misunderstand me?"
I'm not afraid of misunderstanding you."

Hearing the girl's tone, Leon was stunned for a moment and was speechless.

But looking into the other person's eyes, he seemed to sense something from them.

Leon was a little moved, but he was not sure. "I'm sorry, I really don't know the customs of Orlando."

Hearing this, Olivia felt guilty about the hair accessory behind her head, and her pretty face turned red again.

Compared to the other party who did something stupid unintentionally, she was clearly aware of this tradition, but accepted this behavior.
The girl sobbed in her heart and regretted her impulsive and bold behavior.

She couldn't imagine how her friends would view her once they knew the details of this tradition.

"I don't need so many. Let me give them the headbands. It's okay for women to give to other women."

Having said that, Olivia, feeling dizzy and unable to bear the shame any longer, grabbed the sword on the table, slung it around her waist, and walked towards the door.

"It's so late, I'll go back and rest first. See you tomorrow." The girl quickly ran to the door.

Just as she grasped the door handle with her left hand and was about to open the door and slip away, her right wrist was suddenly grabbed by Leon.

"Can I ask you something?"

Leon's voice suddenly asked from behind the girl: "Before you leave, can you tell me what giving a headband to a woman means in Orland?"

Everything around became quiet.

Holding the girl's wrist tightly, Leon could feel the girl's panic and trembling when he asked the question.

Although as long as the other party uses force, he can easily break free from his hands.

"I didn't expect you to be so mean, Leon"

The girl avoided his gaze and complained with her back turned, "You can guess roughly, why do you ask me specifically? I see you just want to tease me? Right?"

Hearing the girl's cute accusation, Leon smiled, then took a deep breath and continued, "Then I'll just make a wild guess. In Orland, is it true that men only give headbands as tokens of love to women they like when they want to show their affection to them?"

This speculation caused Olivia to fall into a long period of confusion and silence.

It took a while.

The girl turned her head to the other side, her red face avoiding the gaze of the person behind her, and muttered in an inaudible voice: "This is not the time to show your love."

This is almost a disguised answer.

Leon said seriously.

"That's a proposal? Right?"

The girl didn't say anything else for a long time, and her little head with her hair tied up in a bun just nodded silently.

An indescribable shock surged into Leon's heart.

He already understood that the significance of this action in Orland was a hundred times more serious than he had expected.

This is not something that can be easily glossed over.

Leon never felt like one of those stupid, slow-witted characters from the comics of his previous life.

And he never thought that, with the girl's personality, she would accept such a meaningful "engagement gift" just because of her friends' misunderstanding.

I truly felt that the girl in front of me also had a real liking for me.

Leon tried hard to suppress his almost uncontrollable excitement.

He asked the girl with undisguised sincerity:
“Olivia.

If one day in the future, it is no longer because of misunderstanding.

I send you the hairband again.

Will you give me another chance then?"

The boy's shocking words that went straight into the girl's heart actually made Olivia slowly relax.

She seemed to gradually make up her mind and turned around.

Those bright green eyes slowly returned to their former calmness.

However, there is still a hint of resentment.

"Fool.
I won't give you a second chance.
Didn’t I already take your headband?”

Joy and a sense of happiness that I never dared to hope for.

Then it filled Leon's heart.

(End of this chapter)