The Palace

The carriage was already far from the Von Heinlein. The happy and teasing atmosphere earlier became quiet. Max who was bashful became more bashful. He looked like a stiff robot sitting across Erella. Every time Erella move, he flinched and hurriedly stare at his feet on the ground as if he didn't take a look at her. But even though he was too shy to steal a glance at her, he still couldn't help his self to do it.

On the other hand, Erella who was thrilled about his first-time different reaction towards her earlier became quietly shy in front of him. Her boldness and braveness in teasing him were gone in the wind because it just sank in her mind that her crush finally thought of her differently. So her heart kept on pounding hard as if it wants to come out from her rib cage. Her face too became as red as a tomato. She could not stare at him as she normally does when her appearance was still like a ten-year-old kid. All she could do was steal a glance at him too