Chapter 1198
Ligo took two steps back, anger suddenly flashing across her face. "You're getting handsy again! Can't you talk properly?"
Hesta slammed on the brakes, looking a little innocent and a little surprised. "...Are you still mad at me? I can barely remember why you were ignoring me. How are you still—"
"You forgot!" Ligo's voice suddenly rose. "You forgot—you actually—you've already forgotten, haven't you?"
"No, that's not what I meant!" Hesta raised both hands in surrender as she hurried toward Ligo, trying to block her path. "Listen to me—"
"We have nothing to talk about!"
"I was wrong..."
"What did you do wrong? You're so noble—move!"
"I really was wrong—I'm not saying I shouldn't have picked up that box. I mean, I made you worry, but all this time I kept pretending nothing had happened. I didn't come see you, and I didn't explain myself—"
"What is there to explain? Didn't you forget all about it?"
"Because... because I was so happy today!" Hesta babbled. In her panic, she could only grab one of Ligo's arms. The two of them became tangled in something close to a scuffle in the empty farm at dusk. "Ligo!"
For some reason, this moment felt familiar to Hesta. She suddenly realized this was not the first time she had apologized so futilely. Belatedly, she recalled her past experience: at times like this, any explanation or complaint seemed superfluous... But could words be taken back once spoken?
"I'm the one who was wrong. I shouldn't have shown up here at all. When you came here, I should have left District 12," Ligo said, still suppressing her anger. "You didn't come here on vacation. You came here to get yourself killed—"
"Well, you're actually right about that," Hesta said, suddenly startled as that fortune