I was raised in the simulator, and I’m really not a bad woman in Ark!

"What on earth are you doing, Arturo..."

With a tone of exhaustion and a feeble complaint about his own escaping behavior, Arturo collapsed powerlessly against the cold door, like a victim who had witnessed his childhood sweetheart and the yellow-haired boy staying together.

Then he slid down the smooth door panel little by little and sat on the cold floor.

One hand tightly grasped the bow tie on his chest, and the expression on his pretty face was filled with an indescribable bitterness and unwillingness.

She seemed to have done something really stupid.

Am I relying too much on Ekaros?

The black-haired girl with her face buried between her black stockings couldn't help but think, but when she wanted to refute it in her heart, she couldn't refute this question no matter what.

Arturo carefully recalled the past and found that he was indeed overly dependent on Ikaros, and therefore overly sensitive to Ikaros' problems...

Maybe that's why she left, maybe that's why she and Ikaros never took their relationship any further.

In fact, Arturo has always been a girl who is more fragile and more dependent on her than Ekalos imagined.

After all, for Icarus, Arturo is her most important friend, but not everything to her. But for Arturo, Icarus has long been everything that she cannot give up.

Therefore, Arturo cared about her more than Icarus imagined.

But I will become more vulnerable, more dependent on her, more concerned about everything about her, and even more unwilling to appear unbearable in front of her...

"Huh... maybe I should change too?"

Murmuring softly, recalling the scenes of Theresa and Icarus chatting and shaking hands, Arturo felt very uncomfortable, but for a moment he could not find a specific direction to change.

But she will find that direction sooner or later.

After all, she is Ikaros' lifelong friend.

It's been like this all my life.

Chapter 175: Lao Ai: Haha, how could Theresa cheat me?

"Arturo! . . . . "

In the room, seeing Arturo's fleeing back, Ekalos subconsciously reached out his hand and took a step forward to keep him, but Arturo's figure had already disappeared in the room.

Ekalos realized that his inappropriate words just now had irritated his childhood sweetheart, and she immediately wanted to drop everything and chase after that helpless figure.

But the next moment, Theresa's gentle words made her stop.

"Go catch up with Miss Arturo, Icarus. She is... an important person to you after all."

Theresa's voice was gentle and soft. She hoped that Icarus could catch up with Arturo at this moment. Although a large part of the current situation was indeed caused by her, Theresa also felt that her previous behavior and performance were somewhat excessive.

Interfering in other people's feelings and relationships made this gentle prince feel a little uneasy even though he had sufficient reasons in his heart and was driven by emotions that were not his own.

So even though she still wanted to have more contact with Ekaros, she still hoped that the girl at this moment could catch up with her childhood sweetheart and resolve some unnecessary misunderstandings.

However... perhaps it was precisely because of this tenderness that Ekalos, who originally wanted to catch up with Arturo, hesitated for a moment.

Finally, under the silent influence of the Grand Duke in the spiritual space, after thinking for a moment, he sighed and gave up the idea of ​​catching up with his childhood sweetheart.

Maybe they really need to give each other some space to calm down.

Icarus knew that as long as he caught up with Arturo and hugged him to comfort him, Arturo would definitely return to his normal self.

But I always did this before, and I did it again this time. What about next time? What about the next time? What about the next time?

...Ekaros, can you really comfort and protect your childhood sweetheart anytime and anywhere?

Is it really possible for everything to develop as Arturo wishes?

Perhaps Icarus can indeed do it, and he can indeed continue to indulge and pamper Arturo.

But when he thought about his Originium disease, the possible exile that Arturo might face in the future, and finally all the things he wanted to do and the tragedies he wanted to change.

Ekalos felt that it was indeed time for him to start letting Arturo grow up, and it was also time for Arturo to not be so dependent on him.

They are two people after all.

No matter how much Ikaros hoped that the relationship between the two would be inseparable, he could not change this established fact.

Birds that are carefully imprisoned and kept in cages are indeed beautiful.

But only when it spreads its wings and soars in the blue sky will it be the most beautiful.

Ikaros was very sure that he would not let go and allow his most important lifelong friend to escape from his influence and control.

But she also needs to let go moderately to give Arturo room and space to think on his own.

What Ikaros needs is never a puppet who obeys his orders or a beautiful body that does everything for him.

What she needed, what she desired, what she wanted to obtain forever, from beginning to end, was a being named Arturo.

That’s all…

Therefore, the steps taken stopped and the desire to chase was curbed.

Although I feel heartache, although I can't bear it, although I am sad.

But for a better future.

Arturo, my forever and lifelong friend.

You will understand me...right?

The bright and beautiful light golden eyes lost their luster for a moment. With his hands on his chest, he felt the heartbeat that seemed to be the same as Arturo's. Ikaros finally turned around and no longer planned to catch up with and comfort his childhood sweetheart.

Instead, he quickly changed the slightly scary and gloomy expression on his face, and showed a gentle smile with a look of helplessness and distress again, and chose to stay.

He said softly to Theresa, who looked a little guilty, with a sigh,

"Well... forget it."

"Eh? Why, isn't Miss Arturo your most important friend, Ikaros?" Theresa looked at Ikaros, who suddenly stopped walking, turned around and looked at her with a smile. She tilted her head in confusion, and subconsciously blinked cutely, with confusion in her eyes.

Theresa was very sure that the relationship between Ekalos and Arturo was definitely more than just close friends.

Although Icarus didn't seem to have the same love for her as Arturo did, but the fact that they were just close friends meant that the silver-haired girl shouldn't choose to stay, right?

Is it possible that she is now more important in Ikaros's eyes than her childhood sweetheart? Or is there some other reason?

She began to have some random thoughts in her mind, but Theresa was amused by her first thought. After all, how could it be possible? If that was the case, then no matter how much Ikaros looked like a Grand Duke, she was destined not to be a Grand Duke.

After all, the Grand Duke is the type who values ​​relationships and trustworthy people around him the most.

The latter is possible, but it would be better to wait for Ekaros himself to explain the specific reasons.

However, at this time, seeing that Ikaros had no intention of catching up with her daughter, Luciana raised her hand slightly and said, "Um, Her Highness Theresa..."

"What's wrong, Ms. Luciana?"

"Nothing, I just need to go check on my daughter. I'll leave you now... And Ekaros, you must cooperate with this prince. Since you have accepted his commission, you must remember to be responsible to the end."

Luciana didn't say much. In fact, she didn't object to Ikaros's behavior. After all, she could see that Ikaros didn't care about her.

As a mother, she had long felt that Arturo relied too much on Icarus.

However, due to the daily intimacy and relationship between Icarus and Arturo, she never had the chance, nor did she think of mentioning this matter.

Now that Icarus has made up his mind to let Arturo get a little away from her, Luciana, as a stepmother, feels that she should also help Icarus. After all, this is also for the good of her daughter.

Luciana doesn't want her daughter to only be labeled as a childhood sweetheart by Ekalos in the future.

In that case, it would be too easy for your home to be stolen.

Luciana has seen many cases where so-called childhood sweethearts did not suffer the same fate in the end. As a mother who has watched two little girls grow up from little girls to beautiful girls, she definitely doesn’t want to see their teeth in such a future!!!

So, holding Little W in her hand, Luciana left Ekalos' room without any hesitation.

The room was left to Theresa and Ikaros, a pair of orphans and widower.

The already somewhat sluggish atmosphere suddenly became even colder.

Theresa couldn't help but sigh when she saw this. Her personal involvement in other people's relationships had led to conflicts, and this gentle princess couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

As expected, she is still not good at this kind of thing.

"Um... Ekalos, why don't you go find Miss Arturo? I think she's not in a good condition. You don't have to worry about me. It's still a long time before the commission starts, and we have plenty of time to communicate."

After all, I don't want to see the strong relationship between others become alienated because of me.

Theresa spoke softly again to comfort Ikaros, hoping that the silver-haired girl in front of her could catch up with Arturo, comfort him, and then continue the unfinished topic with her.

But in response, Ikaros just stared into Theresa's amber eyes and did nothing. After a brief silence, the smile on his face was replaced by a helpless calmness, and he sighed and said:

"But I can't do this every time, right? Miss Theresa."

“Although Arturo and I have been friends for life, we are ultimately just each other’s friends and family, not the same person.”

"I always used to comfort her and hug her."

"But what about the future?"

Ikaros looked at Theresa. She knew that the Demon King in front of her could not fail to understand what she said. She did not intend to say the following words to Theresa at the moment.

But perhaps it was because of her inner depression that she wanted to find someone to talk to, or perhaps it was because the person in front of her was the kind-hearted demon king named Theresa.

Ikaros still sighed, and said with a tone of helplessness and unwillingness:

"After all, I don't have the power or qualifications to do that forever."

"Besides, even if I did, I wouldn't want my friend to become a mere vassal of mine and lose her own characteristics, her own strength, and her ability to think for herself."

"That...is not what I want to see after all."

“That’s why I stayed. Actually, maybe I stayed because I wanted to become friends with someone like Miss Theresa~”

As if he felt that the topic he was talking about was a bit too boring, Ikaros looked at Theresa beside him. The girl, who felt a little embarrassed, finally changed her original helpless and unwilling look, revealing a playful smile with a bit of joking meaning, and finally made a small joke to Theresa.

For a moment, the originally somewhat depressing atmosphere was indeed eased a lot.

Theresa looked at the girl who winked at her adorably and couldn't help laughing out loud. "Pfft, haha, what a great answer."

"If you don't mind, Ikaros, we can certainly be friends."

Because it was really hard to imagine that the Archduke, who always had a serious and indifferent face and rarely showed a gentle look, could make such a cute move full of girlishness. This time Theresa really couldn't help laughing out loud, but fortunately the Demon King's composure allowed her to avoid embarrassment.

Theresa even took advantage of this heartfelt smile and responded to the girl in front of her half sincerely and half jokingly, feeling comfortable.

"Ahem... Let's talk about the commission first, Miss Theresa."

Ikaros looked at Theresa's gentle smile that came from the heart and her movement to slightly cover up this heart-stirring smile. She couldn't help but blush and her heartbeat shamefully accelerated.

One has to admit that Theresa's natural charm is truly unique in this cruel land of Terra.

Even a straight woman like Ikaros is unable to resist. The charm of the Demon King is truly terrifying.

Ikaros noticed the flash of blush on the girl's face. Although he quickly covered it up, it was still noticed by the careful Theresa. The corner of her mouth couldn't help but curl up. No one doesn't like others to think they are attractive. Theresa is also a woman, so it is natural for her to be the same.

And Ikaros, who had a face like that of a grand duke, showed him this expression.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, Theresa felt the urge to use her height advantage to hug Ikaros in her arms and cuddle him.

It's a pity that the relationship between the two is not good enough, which makes Theresa somewhat regretful.

"As for the commission, there's actually nothing much to say. It's just that Babel Tower will welcome some 'distinguished guests', and we'll need some people who can control their emotions and have nothing to do with the civil war in Kazdel."

"After all, the identities of those visitors are somewhat sensitive."

"And if those who accept the commission are willing, they will probably need to go to Victoria for a while... But that's something we need to consider later."

It was impossible for Theresa to contact Ekaros with a false commission, but she could not reveal too much information for the time being and could only give a general idea.

But she also believed that Ikaros could basically understand what this commission meant and how important it was through her rough words.

"Civil War in Kazdel..." Hearing what Theresa said, Ikaros pinched his fair chin with one hand, his face thoughtful. After pondering for a moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and nodded:

"Well, I probably understand."

In fact, because of the plot of the game in the previous life, Ikaros did not have a deep understanding of the progress of the civil war in Kazdel at the moment.

Although she could see the importance of Theresa's commission, she really couldn't guess anything else.

After all, they are distinguished guests, and the people who receive them are required not to have anything to do with the civil war in Kazdel, and they need to control their emotions.

Why does it seem like Theresa is going to have peace talks with Theresis?

Haha, how is this possible?