But even after Iver said that, Isabel, her face flushed red, still did not take back her diary.
She generously gave her diary directly to Iver--
That made Iver realize that he might have underestimated Isabel a little.
Perhaps she had not intended to show Iver her heart... She also understood the significance of this "Last Will Diary," so the diary was, in essence, a letter. She had written everything she wanted to say in the diary, along with the causes and consequences, and gifted it to Iver.
"I'll keep it safe."
Iver smiled as he carefully tucked the diary close to his body.
But what truly delighted Iver was that Isabel had given him her diary... In other words, she believed she no longer needed it.
Perhaps the change was not very great yet, but this was a precious beginning. She had decided to abandon her past self, cast aside her former fears--and step forward.
After exchanging secrets, both of them wore faint smiles. Once Iver had returned to his wheelchair, he went to the door and called back the people who had left earlier.
Lily and Yulia were also a little flushed, but David wore a thoroughly puzzled expression. Yanis, meanwhile, was smiling brightly, as if she had just eaten something sweet.
--Seeing them like this, Iver could roughly guess who had been listening and who had not.
To distract David, Iver asked him, "Has the Grand Guardian finished speaking yet?"
"I went to look for Father just now," David explained. "There were quite a lot of people there... I saw him talking with Grandma Meg and the others."
His single-threaded brain had, as expected, forgotten about Iver and Isabel's affair.
But as he said this, David still looked a little worried. "They seemed to be arguing... At