In the Light Screen footage, Artoria saw Yun and the others responding with complicated silence, and immediately panicked, thinking they did not want her to travel with them.
A dejected, lonely expression appeared on the girl's face. "Oh, I see. R-right, I'm sorry. I was being too presumptuous..."
"Y-yeah, you're right. What shameless nonsense was I even saying?"
"That's true. Who would want to go adventuring with a country bumpkin like me...?"
"I-I'll leave right away..."
With that, the crestfallen girl prepared to quietly leave by herself and find some deserted corner to grieve alone.
Seeing this, Yun became even more speechless and hurriedly grabbed Artoria's hand.
Artoria froze at that, instinctively looking at her left hand being held. The distinct sensation instantly made the girl blush again.
Nervously, she asked, "Th-that, wh-what is it? Is-is there anything else?"
Seeing Artoria like this, Yun's feelings became rather complicated. Then, a strange voice in his heart began shouting wildly, as if yelling, What a cute girl, she's just too cute! Ahem! I really want to snuggle with her!
Faced with this perverted agitation in his heart, Yun was speechless. Ignoring it, he looked at the nervous Artoria and said somewhat helplessly, "I don't know what exactly you were thinking, but Artoria, I think you've misunderstood."
"The reason we didn't say anything just now was probably because, like me, everyone was speechless. We'd already taken it for granted that you would be traveling with us—that you were one of our companions on this journey."
"So when you suddenly asked whether you could travel with us, your question completely threw us for a loop."
Artoria was stunned by those words, and surprise inevitably appeared on her face. "Huh? I-is that so? Is that really it?"
Oberon chuckled. "When I first invited people to