Thump, thump.
Her heart fell to the ground.
In an instant, the surrounding sounds were blocked.
It felt as if she was dreaming. It could never have happened in reality.
Rosena looked up at him, forgetting to breathe.
Yerhan also stared at Rosena, still holding the reins.
He was afraid that if he looked away, he’d missed her. He was now giving her a persistent look.
The blue eyes she faced contained so many emotions that Rosena didn’t even dare to fathom.
When she met his eyes, her heart, which she thought had stopped, was busy rolling around her chest.
Then it started pumping as if it was about to pop out.
Finally, Yerhan jumped off the horse.
The fluttering tip of his coat very slowly caught Rosena’s eyes.
Yerhan approached Rosena, who was so stiff.
Every step he took, Rosena’s whole world shook.
Then he stopped in front of Rosena.
“!”
His eye level, which was much higher, quickly fell.
It was because he came down on one knee.
Rosena stared at him with a stiff look on her face.
His blue eyes intertwined with Rosena’s dark red eyes.
Rosena’s body shuddered when faced with his passionate eyes, like seven years ago.
Even after so much time had passed, it felt like she went back to that day.
This moment of silence was frightening.
Rosena didn’t know what to say.
She couldn’t think of anything, it was as if someone had painted shut the inside of her head.
“…I’ve been looking for you.”
A dry voice rang out.
Rosena’s chest became numb at those words.
She thought he would forget everything and live well, but she didn’t know he would still remember her.
Guilt flooded in as she recalled the day she ran away from him without saying a word.
The moment she faced him, many emotions sprang up, but the last thing left was fear.
She didn’t want to lose herself and be swept away like that day again.
The bad behavior was enough for that day.
Now Rosena has a family to protect.
Rosena looked at him silently and managed to speak up.
“Please get out of my way.”
Now, there was nothing for her to talk to him about.
Illian, who was in her arms, came first before Yerhan, who was in front of her.
Rosena turned away to not see his face.
“……”
Yerhan looked at Rosena, who looked away from him, and dropped his head.
Then the child in Rosena’s arms caught his eyes.
The child’s hair glistened gold, close to white in the sun.
Yerhan’s eyes widened when he saw him.
Yerhan stared at the child in disbelief.
The child’s eyes were closed, but his face resembled Yerhan’s.
Unable to take his eyes off, he opened his mouth after a long pause.
“Is he my child?”
Her heart rattled again at his question.
The sound of her heart beating thumped loudly like a drumroll, and it surges through her blood vessels.
Rosena hesitated, she did not immediately answer.
The moment she admits he is Yerhan’s child, she might lose Illian to the imperial family.
She lost her father because of the imperial family, so she couldn’t let Illian go.
Determined, Rosena looked up and answered firmly.
“No, he’s not.”
But the answer was futile.
To everyone on this street, Illian looked just like Yerhan.
Yerhan said, in a trembling voice, as he looked at Rosena who avoided eye contact.
“Why do you say no? He’s my child with you.”
Rosena lowered her eyes in his tone of strong conviction.
She decided to keep her child’s father’s identity a secret for the rest of her life.
But… Why did they encounter each other like this?
Rosena lips were dry.
How would he react if she admits Illian is his child?
Why did she run away and give birth to a child, daring to steal the seeds of the royal family?
Or maybe he’d be mad at her for causing the child to be in this state.
Whatever it was, it wouldn’t be good.
Rosena didn’t intend to lose Illian.
“You’re mistaken.”
Yerhan lowered his eyes at Rosena’s final denial.
He looked at Illian without expression.
Then slowly reached out and insensibly brushed away Illian’s hair.
“He’ll never wake up if you leave him like this.”
“…..!”
Rosena looked up and met his gaze.
Yerhan stroked Illian’s head, but his gaze was fixed on Rosena, and he whispered.
“I know how to heal him.”
Rosena’s lips parted upon hearing unexpected words.
The doctors she met said there was no cure for his disease, but how did he know?
She didn’t know if he was just trying to tease her or if it was true.
But Rosena had no choice left in front of her.
If there is any chance, no matter how small it is, she has to bet everything on it.
Rosena said, clenching her fist, her fingers trembling.
“Please tell me.”
***
It was quiet in the rattling carriage.
Rosena looked out the window, stroking Illian’s head that was on her knees.
All her nerves were focused on the man across from her, even when her eyes were looking towards the outside.
Rosena tried not to care and recalled what had happened earlier.
In a sudden encounter, Yerhan said he knew about Illian’s disease.
And he said it was a disease that only a few people can cure.
The rattling carriage ran through the capital’s largest boulevard. Countless people looked at Rosena’s carriage.
The carriage went deep into the capital, and Rosena’s body unknowingly warmed up.
She felt strange. She felt like she was going somewhere she shouldn’t go.
But if she could save Illian, She’d be happy anywhere. Even if it was in a fire pit.
Rosena looked carefully at Yerhan’s reflection on the window.
He had changed a lot.
Unlike when he wore bloody torn clothes, she first noticed the straight uniform and his wider, tighter shoulders.
In addition, his frame was different, perhaps because he grew taller.
He had changed a lot, but there were some things that stayed the same.
Bright hair akin to flowing honey, and the gaze of his blue eyes toward Rosena.
Even if she tried to look the other way, those were the eyes that hugged Rosena.
It couldn’t have been forgotten.
In fact, even after running away like that, Rosena never forgot Yerhan.
Since that passionate night, sometimes she’d be haunted by strange dreams.
In those dreams, Rosena was hugged by him countless times.
There were times when he coveted Rosena’s body with his fingers, and another day he hugged her so intensely that she couldn’t come to her senses.
It was obviously a dream, but she sensed it so vividly, it was as if she was actually hugged.
Yerhan knew Rosena’s favorite place all too well.
With happiness pouring down like rain, Rosena cried like a child who had lost her mother and sobbed with joy.
With a flowery kiss, Rosena bloomed in his hand.
And in the end, she would be pushed aimlessly towards somewhere and then wake up.
Rosena was afraid of meeting Yerhan again.
She was afraid that she would be deprived of her will and swept away by him like then.
She was afraid to see herself begging for a hug.
If they met again, she really felt like she couldn’t escape then.
Rosena, who was looking at Yerhan through the window, turned her head.
At that moment, Yerhan and her eyes met.
His blue eyes were as clean as the clear sky. But it occurred to her that those eyes were like the day when raindrops were pouring down.
Rosena managed to block his stares by closing her eyes.
An uncomfortable silence ensued, and Rosena, who felt frustrated, opened her mouth first.
“You’re not going to say something?”
Then came the unexpected words.
“Are you uncomfortable being with me?”
Rosena was speechless for a moment.
It was not strange for him to swear and order Rosena.
But she didn’t know why he was so cautious.
Her hand, which was clenched tightly, weakly released.
She wished he’d said mean things that would blow her heart out….
Rosena, who bit her lip slightly, pulled back her emotions well.
And Rosena answered straightforwardly.
“Yes.”
She couldn’t go back to the old time, so she had to draw a line between them.
“…….”
Yerhan was silent, not asking further questions.
His eyes touched Rosena’s wrist.
It was obvious that someone had strongly gripped her wrist.
Yerhan’s eyes narrowed after confirming it, but Rosena didn’t see it.
Rosena looked out the window and asked him.
“How much further do we have to go?”
“…We’re almost there.”
They were getting closer to the huge building that glittered white in the sun.
Rosena opened her mouth when she saw the magnificent building with no end in sight.
It was more like a luxurious mansion than a clinic.
No, this size might be a palace, not a mansion.
Was there such a big palace in the capital?
Rosena, who became puzzled, looked around.
She could see a golden spire and a blue roof that was so tall.
And Rosena’s face hardened, realizing what it stood for.
“Don’t tell me that this place is…..”
Rosena was wondering, but Yerhan, who was sitting across from her, answered.
“It’s the Imperial Palace.”
Thump, thump.
Her heart fell to the ground.
In an instant, the surrounding sounds were blocked.
It felt as if she was dreaming. It could never have happened in reality.
Rosena looked up at him, forgetting to breathe.
Yerhan also stared at Rosena, still holding the reins.
He was afraid that if he looked away, he’d missed her. He was now giving her a persistent look.
The blue eyes she faced contained so many emotions that Rosena didn’t even dare to fathom.
When she met his eyes, her heart, which she thought had stopped, was busy rolling around her chest.
Then it started pumping as if it was about to pop out.
Finally, Yerhan jumped off the horse.
The fluttering tip of his coat very slowly caught Rosena’s eyes.
Yerhan approached Rosena, who was so stiff.
Every step he took, Rosena’s whole world shook.
Then he stopped in front of Rosena.
“!”
His eye level, which was much higher, quickly fell.
It was because he came down on one knee.
Rosena stared at him with a stiff look on her face.
His blue eyes intertwined with Rosena’s dark red eyes.
Rosena’s body shuddered when faced with his passionate eyes, like seven years ago.
Even after so much time had passed, it felt like she went back to that day.
This moment of silence was frightening.
Rosena didn’t know what to say.
She couldn’t think of anything, it was as if someone had painted shut the inside of her head.
“…I’ve been looking for you.”
A dry voice rang out.
Rosena’s chest became numb at those words.
She thought he would forget everything and live well, but she didn’t know he would still remember her.
Guilt flooded in as she recalled the day she ran away from him without saying a word.
The moment she faced him, many emotions sprang up, but the last thing left was fear.
She didn’t want to lose herself and be swept away like that day again.
The bad behavior was enough for that day.
Now Rosena has a family to protect.
Rosena looked at him silently and managed to speak up.
“Please get out of my way.”
Now, there was nothing for her to talk to him about.
Illian, who was in her arms, came first before Yerhan, who was in front of her.
Rosena turned away to not see his face.
“……”
Yerhan looked at Rosena, who looked away from him, and dropped his head.
Then the child in Rosena’s arms caught his eyes.
The child’s hair glistened gold, close to white in the sun.
Yerhan’s eyes widened when he saw him.
Yerhan stared at the child in disbelief.
The child’s eyes were closed, but his face resembled Yerhan’s.
Unable to take his eyes off, he opened his mouth after a long pause.
“Is he my child?”
Her heart rattled again at his question.
The sound of her heart beating thumped loudly like a drumroll, and it surges through her blood vessels.
Rosena hesitated, she did not immediately answer.
The moment she admits he is Yerhan’s child, she might lose Illian to the imperial family.
She lost her father because of the imperial family, so she couldn’t let Illian go.
Determined, Rosena looked up and answered firmly.
“No, he’s not.”
But the answer was futile.
To everyone on this street, Illian looked just like Yerhan.
Yerhan said, in a trembling voice, as he looked at Rosena who avoided eye contact.
“Why do you say no? He’s my child with you.”
Rosena lowered her eyes in his tone of strong conviction.
She decided to keep her child’s father’s identity a secret for the rest of her life.
But… Why did they encounter each other like this?
Rosena lips were dry.
How would he react if she admits Illian is his child?
Why did she run away and give birth to a child, daring to steal the seeds of the royal family?
Or maybe he’d be mad at her for causing the child to be in this state.
Whatever it was, it wouldn’t be good.
Rosena didn’t intend to lose Illian.
“You’re mistaken.”
Yerhan lowered his eyes at Rosena’s final denial.
He looked at Illian without expression.
Then slowly reached out and insensibly brushed away Illian’s hair.
“He’ll never wake up if you leave him like this.”
“…..!”
Rosena looked up and met his gaze.
Yerhan stroked Illian’s head, but his gaze was fixed on Rosena, and he whispered.
“I know how to heal him.”
Rosena’s lips parted upon hearing unexpected words.
The doctors she met said there was no cure for his disease, but how did he know?
She didn’t know if he was just trying to tease her or if it was true.
But Rosena had no choice left in front of her.
If there is any chance, no matter how small it is, she has to bet everything on it.
Rosena said, clenching her fist, her fingers trembling.
“Please tell me.”
***
It was quiet in the rattling carriage.
Rosena looked out the window, stroking Illian’s head that was on her knees.
All her nerves were focused on the man across from her, even when her eyes were looking towards the outside.
Rosena tried not to care and recalled what had happened earlier.
In a sudden encounter, Yerhan said he knew about Illian’s disease.
And he said it was a disease that only a few people can cure.
The rattling carriage ran through the capital’s largest boulevard. Countless people looked at Rosena’s carriage.
The carriage went deep into the capital, and Rosena’s body unknowingly warmed up.
She felt strange. She felt like she was going somewhere she shouldn’t go.
But if she could save Illian, She’d be happy anywhere. Even if it was in a fire pit.
Rosena looked carefully at Yerhan’s reflection on the window.
He had changed a lot.
Unlike when he wore bloody torn clothes, she first noticed the straight uniform and his wider, tighter shoulders.
In addition, his frame was different, perhaps because he grew taller.
He had changed a lot, but there were some things that stayed the same.
Bright hair akin to flowing honey, and the gaze of his blue eyes toward Rosena.
Even if she tried to look the other way, those were the eyes that hugged Rosena.
It couldn’t have been forgotten.
In fact, even after running away like that, Rosena never forgot Yerhan.
Since that passionate night, sometimes she’d be haunted by strange dreams.
In those dreams, Rosena was hugged by him countless times.
There were times when he coveted Rosena’s body with his fingers, and another day he hugged her so intensely that she couldn’t come to her senses.
It was obviously a dream, but she sensed it so vividly, it was as if she was actually hugged.
Yerhan knew Rosena’s favorite place all too well.
With happiness pouring down like rain, Rosena cried like a child who had lost her mother and sobbed with joy.
With a flowery kiss, Rosena bloomed in his hand.
And in the end, she would be pushed aimlessly towards somewhere and then wake up.
Rosena was afraid of meeting Yerhan again.
She was afraid that she would be deprived of her will and swept away by him like then.
She was afraid to see herself begging for a hug.
If they met again, she really felt like she couldn’t escape then.
Rosena, who was looking at Yerhan through the window, turned her head.
At that moment, Yerhan and her eyes met.
His blue eyes were as clean as the clear sky. But it occurred to her that those eyes were like the day when raindrops were pouring down.
Rosena managed to block his stares by closing her eyes.
An uncomfortable silence ensued, and Rosena, who felt frustrated, opened her mouth first.
“You’re not going to say something?”
Then came the unexpected words.
“Are you uncomfortable being with me?”
Rosena was speechless for a moment.
It was not strange for him to swear and order Rosena.
But she didn’t know why he was so cautious.
Her hand, which was clenched tightly, weakly released.
She wished he’d said mean things that would blow her heart out….
Rosena, who bit her lip slightly, pulled back her emotions well.
And Rosena answered straightforwardly.
“Yes.”
She couldn’t go back to the old time, so she had to draw a line between them.
“…….”
Yerhan was silent, not asking further questions.
His eyes touched Rosena’s wrist.
It was obvious that someone had strongly gripped her wrist.
Yerhan’s eyes narrowed after confirming it, but Rosena didn’t see it.
Rosena looked out the window and asked him.
“How much further do we have to go?”
“…We’re almost there.”
They were getting closer to the huge building that glittered white in the sun.
Rosena opened her mouth when she saw the magnificent building with no end in sight.
It was more like a luxurious mansion than a clinic.
No, this size might be a palace, not a mansion.
Was there such a big palace in the capital?
Rosena, who became puzzled, looked around.
She could see a golden spire and a blue roof that was so tall.
And Rosena’s face hardened, realizing what it stood for.
“Don’t tell me that this place is…..”
Rosena was wondering, but Yerhan, who was sitting across from her, answered.
“It’s the Imperial Palace.”
