I looked at the master and nodded.

I slowly extended my right hand and opened my palm in front of my master.

"May I touch my hand?"

Although the master felt puzzled, she stretched out her hand which was not wearing any jewelry and touched my small hand, her fingers resting on the palm of my hand.

It was warm.

It wasn't painful.

I shook my head to wave away the pain that wanted to eat away at my mind. I told myself that my master wouldn't break my fingers and pull my nails again. So I gently grabbed her fingers as my master looked at me in confusion.

"Does it not bother you, master?"

The master showed a smile and shook her head.

I remembered the master's hand is warm.

Finally I reluctantly let go of the master's hand.

Looking at the master's smile, my hands propped up on my knees, and my heart flooded with sweet warmth.

But suddenly Heath Relia's words flashed in my mind, bitterness slightly took over.

"Master...if it wasn't for Heath Relia's persuasion, would you have been so gentle with me?"

I always felt that it was very strange for the master to be so kind to me all of a sudden.

In addition, Heath Relia also said that the current master was the opportunity she had fought for me with great difficulty.

So if it wasn't for Heath Relia, I wouldn't be able to sit next to my master and shake her hand like I am now, right?

The master still kept her original smile.

"Don't think too much."

And then in my stunned gaze the master reached out and touched my head, fingers sliding through the soft blue hair, the warmth washing away the bitterness in my heart.

I couldn't help but touch my burning cheeks until my master removed her hand.

The joy jumped to my face with the corners of my mouth raised.

Yes.

I shouldn't think too much about it. It's just fine the way it is. I don't care if the master did this to me because Heath Relia interfered in it. Anyway, the result is the most important. Even if the master didn't treat me the way she wanted to, I was satisfied, wasn't I?

Heath Relia's help is just the first step toward propelling the master to be kind to me. I will continue to catch up with the master, and I hope that the master will take the initiative to take a step closer to me one day.

"Hmm."

There was a hopeful glint in my gaze as I looked at my master.

I also saw my own joyful look through my master's pupils.

I gathered up my courage.

"Master, how do I pass the test?"

"There is no need for a test anymore."

"Then... is it possible to read my mind?"

"Do you like this very much?"

The master's smile was a bit meaningful.

"Hmm."

I nodded. I thought that some determination and emotion cannot be expressed by words. I want to show my master how much I trust her and rely on her, and my master must be touched by me one day.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll pry into your inner thoughts and find something to displease me, and then put you in jail?"

For the first time, the master spoke to me in a joking tone.

I was so excited that I could hardly control myself. So I could not help but smile. Jumping down from the chair and standing up straight, I patted my chest.

"Asking for a clear conscience."

The master looked up at me like she was looking at a child.

"Hmm. But since you're so loyal, I don't need to pry into your inner thoughts anymore."

My smile instantly disappeared.

It's true that it's a bit reasonable, but it's just a little request from me.

The master refused again. So it's true that the master still felt annoyed when prying into my trivial thoughts.

Then I don’t continue to urge the master to read my mind. I have to sit back in my chair helplessly.

I remembered that a servant had come to clean the garden behind me the other day, and once again I made a bold request to the master.

"Master, can you accompany me out for a walk?"

I looked at the master showed me a smile once again. That smile was not a pretentious one, just a normal smile, the kind of smile that I can only see in front of Heath Relia.

"Where to?"

"That viewing garden out back."

"That's fine."

Following my master as she stepped out of the room, I turned and closed the door for my master. I then walked on her right hand side.

We walked around the long corridor to that viewing garden.

The snow had fallen slightly heavier. We were viewing the view outside from the corridor.

Although winter scenery was not good, for me who had never seen snow before, it was the best scenery because the master was with me.

The snow was stained the remnants of dead trees. Everywhere you look, it's snowy white.

"Master, it's the first time I've seen snow. In my previous life on Earth I always aspired to go to the north to see snow once."

Unfortunately, I died on Earth.

But it's nice to see in this world, isn't it?

"I know."

The master is aware of my past life.

I reached out and touched the snow on the railing and squeezed it slightly.

"It's hard."

I always thought that the snow was soft, but I never thought that the legendary snow was rougher than the edible salt.

The master only nodded slightly and did not speak.

I raised my head to look at the the white snow drifting down from the sky.

I reached out and caught the countless snowflakes melting in my hands.

The snow melts the desperate misery of being in the once cold, dark room.

Finally, I use magic to condense the water stains in my hands into ice.

Like a re-gathered hope, I turned my head and smiled at my master.

Because the master will also be lonely.