Shizuku had thought about marriage before. She wasn't some clueless woman; she just got a little absentminded from time to time.
She had thought about marrying Gelman while daydreaming, while reading, while eating, while bathing...
She had even dreamed about it a few times. But in those dreams, she watched from a third-person perspective as Gelman proposed to another version of her.
Whenever she tried to go over to them, she found an invisible wall of air blocking her way. There was no way she could get past it. All she could do was watch.
Besides, there was no point in going over. The proposal would end there. After Gelman said, "Will you marry me?" the dream would shatter.
No matter how many movies or books she'd seen, she couldn't imagine something she'd never experienced for herself—not even in a dream.
But now, at this very moment, the wall of air that had always blocked her was gone, and the story that had always ended there was still going.
Shizuku was at a loss. She raised Evil Tenderfoot and stared blankly at the Greed Dragon Crystal rings in the box Gelman held out to her.
They were so beautiful...
Shizuku had always thought Greed Dragon Crystals were beautiful, but that was all. She hadn't understood Biscuit's obsession with them until now.
The two Greed Dragon Crystal rings represented something more. They had a higher value, one that the stones themselves had never possessed.
Evil Tenderfoot slipped from her hand and dissolved into Nen Energy before it hit the floor.
She blinked her big eyes and asked, "I-is this for me?"
"Yes." Gelman remained on one knee. "If you'll have it."
After a moment's silence, Shizuku slowly breathed out a puff of warm air that became mist in the air.
She