Chapter 207: Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (71)

Cien couldn’t suppress the thumping of her heart.

This long-awaited meeting with Sir Ian had her more trembling and tense than she had anticipated. Various anxieties and worries bloomed within her like the dusk before dawn.

What if forgiveness was impossible?

Despite sensing Ian’s sincerity during the ‘Central Avenue’s Assault on Royalty Incident,’ she couldn’t shake a lingering doubt. Though she had hoped for it in secret, she was still plagued by anxiety.

And so, in facing Ian, she found herself making frequent mistakes.

Startled, Cien hardly knew what she was doing. All she wanted was to express her apology to Ian as fervently as possible.

It might have seemed excessive, but in that moment, it felt right after she kissed Ian’s foot.

Of course, Cien downplayed it as inconsequential.

If asked if it was humiliating and shameful, it undoubtedly was. However, Ian was the bearer of the Dragonblood Script, and, above all, Cien had done things far worse to him.

She could endure that level of humiliation and shame.

It was part of the process of atoning for the sins she had committed against Ian.

But Ian didn’t seem to see it that way.

The previously pleasant atmosphere suddenly turned chilly. In that awkward silence, Cien, now standing, had to carefully gauge Ian’s reaction, her fingers twitching nervously.

‘Ah, I’m such a fool…’

She should have approached it more gradually, but her heart had overruled her caution. The initial goal of wanting to appear favorable in Ian’s eyes seemed to have already crumbled.

Cien’s complexion turned pale as swiftly as it had brightened.

Ian’s words, uttered after a weighty silence, struck like a blow.

“…Are you naturally so clueless?”

The clear criticism drained the color from Cien’s face even further.

Wavering, Cien instinctively began to bow her head to the ground once more.

“I’m, I’m sor…!”

“No, don’t do that.”