Hearing those words from her surely put another smile on my face. Simple words but they carried most of what she’s feeling for me. Edel lived most of her life scared of men. It’s hard to imagine how she’s living before meeting Haruko and after her grandmother passed away.
Yet, despite the difficulty, she remained in this country instead of returning to her mother. Just from that alone, it projected how strong she was as a person. She might appear like a scaredy-cat during our initial interactions but that’s mostly because of her trauma. And even though she turned into an adorable koala after warming up to me, she’s apparently a little different when she’s only in their company.
From what I heard from Haruko, Himeko and Mina, without any presence of men, Edel was like a headstrong leader and a kind older sister. As a third-year, she’s the oldest among them, even older by a few months than the other third-year, Minori-senpai.