"Don't leave… Don't you want to hear my answer?"
"Your Highness, I am not sure if I am ready to hear your answer since my feelings for you are different from what you are thinking," Arla gently pulled her hand from his.
But Drake stood up and held both her arms and said, "You don't know what I am thinking. You have no idea what I am feeling for you all these years. But I don't have the courage to let you know because I am a coward."
"Don't say that! You are not a coward. You are the bravest man I have ever known. You defying the King and Queen of Zemaria just to help your half-sister fight for her happiness takes a huge amount of courage that even I could not imagine. So don't ever say that you are a coward because, in the eyes of many, you are not!" Arla swiftly uttered.
