Yucas had always been a straightforward person. She disliked beating around the bush, and she disliked hiding her burning feelings just as much.
Of course, she was perhaps a little slow when it came to emotions... Otherwise, she would not have kept using excuses to obscure her true thoughts. Whether it was everything she had done for Jonas after returning to the Peacekeeping Forces or her clashes with Noel, every one of those things showed that she actually cared deeply about Jonas.
People found it hard to recognize their own feelings, and Yucas was already particularly dense in that regard. The legendary operative who had completed countless missions had finally fallen before a Trial called "love." By the time she realized it, there was no turning back.
For some reason, after expressing her feelings, she could not help recalling something her mentor had often told her.
"As an operative of the Peacekeeping Forces, you never know whether you'll live to see the evening. If you really fall for someone, do everything you can to win them over. Don't leave yourself with regrets."
It was the most unexpected thing her perpetually strict, rigid mentor had ever said. Yucas had originally paid little attention to those words, but reality had proven that her mentor truly had foresight.
Only after going through confusion, incomprehension, uncertainty, and self-delusion, among other stages, had Yucas finally confirmed it.
I really, truly have fallen for the man in front of me.
And it was the kind of love that would not turn back even after crashing headfirst into a wall.
That was how people were. Before they were certain, they found all sorts of reasons to comfort and deceive themselves. Once they were certain, all of that became motivation to act.
This turn of events genuinely surprised