Love and the Campfire Light

After standing there in a daze for a full second, Pandora began waving her arms around with her face bright red for the first time. She had never imagined that Ganatica would suddenly say something so shocking, much less considered... how she should express her feelings when faced with this "answer."

At that moment, Pandora's heart was a jumble of emotions, like a toppled spice rack. For the first time in her life, the girl experienced the sweetness and excitement called love. The tongue-tied Pandora did not even have the presence of mind to feel guilty or sad. She had no idea what she ought to say, nor what she was currently saying. Blushing like a startled rabbit, the girl jumped up, then stammered without daring to look at Ganatica:

"Um... well... I... I have to go patrol the camp... um, thank you... Ganatica, no, no, no, I... I mean, I also... I..."

"Okay, okay, I can already feel Pandora's feelings. Um... you don't need to get so excited. Although this might not be the best time to express these feelings, but... but I can feel Pandora's sadness too. I hope you can be happier."

Seeing the girl's helplessly adorable appearance, Ganatica, who had been serious and solemn just moments ago, suddenly felt embarrassed as well. At this point, the well-meaning but emotionally straightforward boy realized that what he had said might have been... too abrupt?

"I... I won't be happy! Ganatica, you... you're an idiot!"

Even Ganatica, with his rather carefree personality, felt embarrassed. Pandora, who was experiencing love for the first time, was even too shy to stay. The blushing girl stood there blankly for a long while before Pandora hurriedly pulled open the tent flap. Leaving behind one tsundere remark, she quickly went off to patrol the