Chapter 7... I hope you like the previous chapter ^.^. Now, I'm going to continue this story.

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Well, as always, I will tell you that my grammar's not very good and sometimes I use the wrong vocabulary. If there's some parts you don't understand just ask me, I'll explain to you. And of course, I'll try to fix those mistakes...

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"Anissina, how long are you planning to stop talking to us like this?" her brother asked.

Anissina looked at his brother and then looked down. She didn't answer his question. She had been like that since the day Gwendal left for the expedition. Right after Gwendal's figure couldn't be seen again from her bedroom window, she stopped speaking to anyone, including her own family.

Von Kabernikoff's territory was near the sea. Every day, Anissina would see the sea through the window, like she was waiting for someone. When she saw ships coming to her way, she looked at them carefully and trying to figure out to whom those ships belonged to. Anissina never went to her lab again.

It had been three months since Gwendal's departure. And Anissina never received a single letter from him which made her worry about him. But, she didn't have enough courage to send him a letter.

"A letter wouldn't hurt him" his brother said when he saw her writing Gwendal's name on a paper. "He will be very happy to receive one from you, my dear sister"

Anissina's brother, Densham von Kabernikoff, always tried to cheer his sister up. But, Anissina never paid attention to him and so his plans to cheer her up were never a success. Densham had tried to knit for her sister, it didn't make his sister happy, but it did make her angry. Densham tried baking cute cake that Gwendal often did, but it made Anissina became angrier. Then, Densham knew that Anissina wanted to forget about Gwendal. She didn't want to do anything that she often did with Gwendal, she even stayed out of her lab, trying to forget her job which was the most important thing for her before she fell in love with Gwendal.

That day, Anissina was sitting near her window and looking at the sea. Suddenly, Densham burst into the room and made his sister a bit surprise, but it didn't last long until she finally calmed down. Anissina returned her sight to the sea once again. Her brother came closer to her and tapped her shoulder. Anissina turned her eyes to see her brother.

"Anissina, there's someone I want you to see" he said.

"Who?" Anissina responded. Densham was really surprised when his sister finally spoke to him.

"You... you just spoke to me!!" he muttered.

"Do you think I am not able to speak?" she asked him.

"No... I just feel really happy that you finally talk to me after all this time" he said. "Anyway, let's meet him"

Anissina followed her brother, the two of them walked out of the room. Anissina didn't remember when was the last time her brother hold her hand like that, but she didn't mind it. Maybe, she was going to meet someone important. 'Can it be.. Gwendal?' she thought. But, she didn't want to let that thought last longer. If the one she was going to meet wasn't Gwendal, she would be really disappointed. Outside the room, stood a man she knew very well.

"Gunter... Why are you here?" she asked

"He's the one that I want you to meet" Densham said.

Anissina didn't reply. Gunter looked at her and smiled - kindly, not like the usual smile he gave her- which made Anissina curious about his intentions to be in her family's territory.

"It's been a long time since the last time we met, Anissina" Gunter greeted her. "Your brother told me that you didn't want to speak for months, but I see that you've gotten well"

"It's all thanks to you Lord von Kleist. Because she wanted to know who the visitor is, she said, 'Who?'" Densham told Gunter and mimicked how Anissina spoke.

"Can I have some time to chat privately with you, my lady?" Gunter asked Anissina. She nodded, her brother quickly disappeared from their sight when they paid no attention to him.

Both of them entered the room. Anissina sat on her seat near the window, while Gunter sat on the couch in the middle of the room.

"He left you" he began, Anissina looked at him with anger in her eyes but she said nothing. "Don't get mad. I'm here to help you, okay?"

"Help me?" she asked him. "How can you help me? I know you're happy that I broke up with him"

"I never said I wanted both of you to break up, did I?"

Anissina couldn't answer him. "So what kind of help will you offer me?"

Gunter smiled. "Well, I received a letter from him, a few days ago. There's some parts of the letter which are concerning you. Actually, I think he didn't want you to know, but I'd like you to know"

"Why do you want me to know about it?" she asked. "You gain nothing"

"As his best friend and your friend, I'm going to help the two of you" he said.

"Read it" Anissina ordered him.

Gunter opened the envelope and took the letter out of it. He began to read.

'Dear Gunter,

It's been months since expedition began. Our side gain some new allies and we found many places in our territories that weren't discovered yet. There are many places which will become more vital to us to help our country's situation. Actually, this is not the reason I sent you this letter. I was worried about her. Her cry echoed in my ears every time I go to sleep. Just send me a letter about her condition. How's her experiment?? Does she use you as her new guinea pig?

Don't tell her that I asked you about her. Please keep her safe and stay by her side. Protect her. I know she can protect herself, but, sometimes she acted harshly and it made me worried about her. Once again I wanted to remind you, don't tell her that I'm worrying about her'

"That's it. Oh really, Gwendal is too shy to tell other that he cares" Gunter said to Anissina which looked like he said it himself.

"Yes, he is" Anissina said, her voice so soft that when Gunter heard it he looked at her and saw her cried. He was surprised but he calmed himself down and went towards her.

Gunter embraced Anissina, telling her that it was okay to cry. His voice softened, Anissina felt comforted with his words. She stopped sobbing in no time, Gunter kept on embracing her because her body was still trembling.

"I'll protect you" Gunter murmured so softly that it seemed that he was the only one who could hear it. But, Anissina heard it and she believed in those words.


Densham was peeking and eavesdropping at his sister and Gunter. He loved to do those things, because he gained more informations and money. 'How about Anissina having a meeting with Lord von Kleist for an arranged marriage?' he thought. 'It seems like they love each other. Look at that, the way he comforted my sister and how his voice changed when talking to her'

Densham smiled. If the arranged marriage was a success then Gunter would get his sister and he would be able to extend his business. Densham didn't want to arrange the meeting in a rush, he knew the situation wasn't good enough to hold a meeting with such reason. They were having war, but he wouldn't be able to get into the war, since he was a merchant and wasn't skilled enough to survive a war. He can't even beat Anissina when it came to combat, he could only provide money from trading goods. That was his role in this war, to provide money. And so, Densham kept the meeting in his to-do list, so he wouldn't forget his big plan.


This is it... I really don't know what to say about this chapter, somehow it becomes Gunter x Anissina. But I'm not going to keep it long. Just wait for the next surprise!

By the way, I'm so sorry if you found a lot of grammatical mistakes during reading the story. T.T

Reviews are very appreciated.

Bye!! See you on the next chapter!

-Pheria-