Chapter 149: From now on {TL: By Creed} "Thank you for keeping the promise we made back then." As the conversation about the past ends, Sofia smiles warmly. Her smile is so beautiful... no matter how many times I see it, it still makes my heart race, and I find myself looking away, a bit embarrassed. "There's no need to thank me. It was something I wanted to do... though I must admit, things got a bit risky." If Sofia hadn’t saved me when I was tricked and enslaved, I would probably still be living as a slave. So, I didn’t really do anything. I somehow managed to keep our promise, but... it was all thanks to Sofia. "No, that’s not true." Sofia easily dismisses my thoughts. "Even if you were enslaved, you never gave up, did you, Fate? You kept thinking of me the whole time, didn’t you?" "Yeah, I did." "I think not giving up was the most important thing. If you had given up along the way, I probably never would have met you, an