Shuu blinked at the question and quickly pulled himself together. He had not meant to worry Rin with his actions as well. The quiet child hardly spoke, but at the moment, concern shone clearly in his bright eyes.
With a practiced smile plastered across his face, Shuu gave the boy a nod of acknowledgement and smiled at him.
"It's fine. You don't need to worry about me. My head just ached for a minute, but I am fine now."
Shuu was not fine. But if a small white lie would make the kids feel better, then he did not see the harm in it.
Neither Rin nor Caelis seemed to believe him. But it was not as though they could do anything either. So they simply returned to the imperial castle so that no harm would come to them.
Still, that experience was something that itched at the back of Shuu's mind.
He was not a sentimental person, and he especially did not care to dwell on things like the vendor and what had happened. But this time, things were different.
