欧宝娱乐

“But, in truth, there really was no reason at all.

He just found her to be his one and only, thus sincerely yearned for her.”
― Sakurase Ayaka (桜瀬彩香), 長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会 1　～ひとりぼっちの公爵令嬢と真夜中の精霊～

&濒诲辩耻辞;顿颈补.”

“…狈辞颈苍?”

“Is there something that you need to say to me?”

“…”

It was a total surprise.

Dia took a small breath and looked back at his purple eyes.

It was exactly because of her beloved person that she felt a feverish and painful mass in her chest, and also trembled in fear and sadness.

“…Just tell me when you’re ready. I’ll be patient if you can’t say it now, but not for long. Besides, I have no desire of releasing you. There are many things I can do for you, but you’re aware there are many things you’re unable to do by yourself, right?”

“Noin, for I am a very cunning human, I can’t say anything about it because I’m afraid of being abandoned by you if I revealed it… even so, you realized that I was worried about something…”

After listening to Dia, Noin sighed slightly before lifting Dia onto his lap.

The feeling of his chest against her back made her fear that her heart would spill out. His warmth gradually seeped into her.

“You don’t have to go anywhere. I told you, that’s the price.”
― Sakurase Ayaka (桜瀬彩香), 長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会 1　～ひとりぼっちの公爵令嬢と真夜中の精霊～

“I’m not particularly intelligent, nor do I have any kind of secret magic or skill. As much as I want to, I can’t compete against those who are far more knowledgeable. I’m not the most beautiful, I’m not good at martial arts, nor am I good at riding. As such, how do I escape from here? Noin, I’m also not a merciful person—my heart is no longer innocent. I’m but a selfish, lazy, and also a cute person who just wants to live a comfortable life free of problems. Therefore, I won’t be a fun plaything for you.”
― Sakurase Ayaka (桜瀬彩香), 長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会 1　～ひとりぼっちの公爵令嬢と真夜中の精霊～

“Dia had lived her entire life without touching what shouldn’t be touched.

The thought that in some cases, it might shed a lot of blood stirred Dia’s heart.

However, this cold man, who always deemed everything human-related as ‘troublesome’, for the sake of enabling her to live to her utmost and survive, touched a lot of inconvenient things without ever mentioning any of them.”
― Sakurase Ayaka (桜瀬彩香), 長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会 1　～ひとりぼっちの公爵令嬢と真夜中の精霊～

“For whatever reason, the truth was apparent—

—he would no longer extend his hand towards Dia, the same way he did on that night during the ball when they first met.

The tears inside her heart felt as if they filled her chest to the brim.

All Dia could do now was to carefully and cunningly pull the thin strings so her beloved King of the Night wouldn’t go anywhere.

If they hadn’t met during that day where the night was the longest, she wouldn’t have fallen for him all over again like that.

She would have stayed as a vengeful ‘ghost’ that wanted revenge on those who killed her loved ones, without being stirred by wishes and hopes like that…”
― Sakurase Ayaka (桜瀬彩香), 長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会 1　～ひとりぼっちの公爵令嬢と真夜中の精霊～

“In her heart, she still waited for Noin to extend his hand to her before everything ultimately came to an end.

She pushed such a miserable wish to the back of her mind, putting a lid on it.

Revenge and wishes were different.

‘Who would save you’; ‘who would kill you’—

—it all came down to that.”
― Sakurase Ayaka (桜瀬彩香), 長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会 1　～ひとりぼっちの公爵令嬢と真夜中の精霊～

“Perhaps after that tragedy, she had no heart left. Or perhaps it was still there, but small.

However, she had decided to love that person in whatever way she could inside that small heart.”
― Sakurase Ayaka (桜瀬彩香), 長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会 1　～ひとりぼっちの公爵令嬢と真夜中の精霊～

“He wanted to give her all the happiness in the world.

—therefore someday, surely, that brilliant smile of hers would return. Then, onward, she would continue to smile.

That was all he ever wanted—such was the form of Noin’s devotion, after finally finding his one and only.”
― Sakurase Ayaka (桜瀬彩香), 長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会 1　～ひとりぼっちの公爵令嬢と真夜中の精霊～