Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

[Somewhere in the Demon Continent - Night]

[Luo Qixi's Perspective]

Little Ferguson said he was tired...

He must be really tired...

Just like when we used to travel together, he casually built a campsite using earth magic. His skills hadn't diminished at all; in fact, they were even better than they had a few years ago.

Then, using summoning magic, he produced a sleeping bag or something similar, and immediately lay down to rest.

It's just that it's somewhat different from before.

There was a campfire between us, and to make matters worse, we were facing away from each other...

It was not like this before.

When we traveled together before, whether in the woods by the roadside, on the coast of the Red Dragon's Upper Jaw, or staying in a hotel, we always huddled together, his back against my stomach, or my head resting on his shoulder.

He would complain that I hugged him too tightly, and I would complain that he always pressed down on my hair, and then I would wake up the next morning to find that we were hugging each other again without me even realizing it.

At that time, I thought it was the most natural thing in the world, a child and an adult huddling together for warmth, nothing special.

But now...

After all these years, we're living together again. The campfire crackles behind us, but each crackle seems to remind me that the distance between us, though close now, is also farther than ever before...

I've messed everything up...

The atmosphere right now is really unpleasant. I try to force myself to fall asleep, but my mind keeps replaying the events of the day.

If it were me in the past, when Frantz blurted out "fiancée" in a fit of madness, I would have immediately denied it and then punched him...

But I didn't today.

I lowered my head, my face flushed, and covered my mouth with my teacup, unable to utter a single word...

Why?

Because I lack confidence...

Although he always dragged me into embarrassing situations, a small voice inside him was saying: Actually, this isn't so bad.

The voice was very soft, but it was enough to keep me speechless at the crucial moment.

What made me even more ashamed was my mother's reaction.

Her tone was still so gentle, all smiles, and then she lectured me for ages...

She thought I was actively guiding him, and that I was using my position as a teacher to do something wrong to a child.

Mom and Dad must have felt like the sky had fallen...

Although they didn't say anything outwardly, they must have felt this way in their hearts: My daughter seems to have become the kind of adult who takes advantage of students' immaturity to satisfy her own emotional needs.

But how am I supposed to explain this?

When I told her about the village of Buena, was it him who flirted with me first?

but......

I do have a crush on Trevor...

This is what truly makes me feel ashamed...

I really don't know how to explain this to them...

When I thought about how Xiao Fu was secretly laughing at me when no one was around, I wanted to punch him, but I also wanted to be with him, just like before.

He was going to move the maze to find Mrs. Senis.

When I heard that sentence, the first thought that popped into my head was:

Isn't this exactly what I've been pursuing in my love life for half my life?

Explore a maze with the boy you like, help and rely on each other, hold hands in the dark and walk through passages where you don't know what lies ahead, argue at crossroads whether to go left or right, and cheer together when you find treasure—and then slowly, slowly, feelings will grow between you.

By the time we've conquered the maze and rescued Mrs. Senis, he might have grown up, and then we could become a couple with her blessing.

As I sat there, the more I thought about it, the more perfect the plan seemed.

It's as perfect as a scene from a romance novel.

Looking back now, what exactly did I do back then...?

I ran to his flying vehicle on my own, wanting to surprise him, waiting for him to discover me, and then say that we should go to the maze together.

The moment the machine started, it felt like a mountain was pressing down on me.

Then the field of vision narrows.

I tried to scream for help, but my voice was swallowed up by the roar...

I want to use a healing roller, but my fingertips can only move slightly...

The darkness in my vision was advancing relentlessly; I could feel myself slowly losing consciousness, death drawing ever closer...

My mind was racing at that moment...

Just when I thought I was going to die for this ridiculous reason, he suddenly appeared in front of me and pulled me into his arms.

They rescued me from danger once again.

I had never been so close to the starry sky before; it felt like someone had scattered a handful of diamonds on it.

And those metal fragments scattered across the night sky, their edges still burning with orange-red flames. They fell like shooting stars, tracing bright arcs.

What a beautiful view!

I've never seen such beautiful scenery in my life, and without realizing it, I pressed my face against his chest and hugged him tightly...

I just think he's really amazing...

I don't know if it was the luck of surviving a disaster or the emotion I felt, but I think I even shed tears at the time.

But after we landed, seeing his embarrassed expression, I realized I had messed up.

I want to apologize to him, but he won't even give me that chance...

He only said, "[It's nothing...]"

She also said she was tired and wanted to rest...

But I know...

He must be very angry...

He's right behind me right now, he's definitely not asleep, because when he's asleep his breathing isn't at this rate, and his shoulders aren't so tense.

He just... doesn't want to talk to me...

I'd rather he scold me than be so cold.

He must really hate me right now, right?

Compared to Mrs. Senis, Mrs. Senis was certainly more important to him, but I became the one in the way.

I remembered what Silphie had told me before.

She said she didn't want to hurt someone else's happiness for her own, but I just acted impulsively, almost killing myself, wasting so much of his effort, and delaying his search for Senis...

He has so many things to do, so many things to consider, and such big dreams, but what about me?

Not only could I not help, I also held everyone back.

What do I have that makes him like me?

Because I'm a genius magician?

Compared to these children, I am not a genius at all.

Is that gentleness and kindness?

But Shilufi is gentler and kinder than me.

The more I compare myself to others, the more selfish and foolish I seem...

I just got to know him when he was a child and we traveled together for a while. I was just a bad guy who had feelings for him while he was still young.

Just as I was feeling down, I heard a noise behind me...

I heard him turn over and sit up, then I heard footsteps, but I didn't dare turn around because my face was covered in tears.

He spread the sleeping bag behind me, then lay down and pulled me into his arms from behind. With his other hand, he reached around to my face and gently wiped away the tears from the corner of my eyes with his fingers.

He wiped away his tears very slowly, as if afraid of hurting something.