Translator: Missme
Editor: Aru
“I’m afraid my cousin is causing you a lot of trouble, Miss Lena.”
“Cousin?”
“You’re right. My aunt merely asked me to look after him for one day.”
In an instant, I realized what had caused my bewilderment when Ryan confessed earlier.
“I have no fiancée, and my parents are dead. Although I have one older brother, you can rest assured that he’s not involved in my private life.”
It reminded me of what Herschel said when he proposed to me.
‘They may appear to be radically different, but their confession content is identical……’
No? Both of their eyes are purple, come to think of it.
If Ryan’s hair turns brown, the line thickens, and the skin over there burns a little, I think he’ll look like Herschel…
Rather, is that common confession a characteristic of their bloodline?
Or is it because they got educated in the same manner?
I’m curious.
“Would you mind sending him over here, Miss Lena?”
“No! I’m not going!”
Herschel raised his voice when he saw Ryan grasp my skirt and stretch it.
“Ryan! Stop bothering people you’ve never seen before!”
“It’s not my first time seeing her! She’s the one I’m going to marry!”
I believe the conversation’s topic is off but is this simply my misunderstanding?
“I know Miss Lena would never promise to marry you. Stop lying and come here.”
“No! I’m really going to marry her!”
“Ryan Chest!”
It’s chaotic.
I alternated between Ryan and Herschel with an awkward face.
During a war of nerves, Ryan suddenly bounced out screaming “Argh!”
“Stop bullying my sister!”
“Hey, Mila! I’ve been so nice to you. How can you pinch me!?”
“To me, Elena eonni is more precious than you.”
Ryan pointed at Mila while pointing at her.
However, Mila just snorted lightly and hid behind me with a quick step.
Herschel, who easily got Ryan thanks to unexpected supporters, lightly punished Ryan by patting his butt.
For a short time, Herchel’s scolding, “Who told you to go alone?”, and Ryan’s crying, “I’m not a child!”, shook the house for a little while.
“Apologize to Miss Lena, Ryan.”
“I didn’t do anything wrong! Is it a crime to confess my love?”
“Other than that, you messed up Miss Lena’s skirt.”
Herschel pointed to my ruined skirt.
The lace on the skirt stretched on the child’s hand was a little torn.
“It’s okay, Lord Themis.”
If it had been the clothes I really loved, I might have been offended, but today I was wearing clothes that didn’t matter if they were relatively damaged.
I wore them because I thought comfortable clothes would be good to play with Mila.
‘This is nothing.’
I could get it repaired or just buy a new one.
“Is this basket the only thing you need to do?”
I picked up the basket from Ryan earlier before the disturbance a few minutes ago.
“Ah, originally, Ryan wanted to play with his friend next door, so I was going to bring him a basket and let him play, but Miss Lena was here…… ”
“Don’t mind me. If Mila is okay with that, that’s fine.”
I looked at Mila.
When asked, “What do you want to do?” Mila looked at River, not Ryan.
The dog with large golden fur tilted its head with its tongue out.
Soon after, Mila nodded her head.
“I want to play with River.”
* * * * *
After a while, Mila ran around the garden with River.
Naturally, the place where I stayed in the garden.
No matter how safe the fence door was, I couldn’t go inside leaving Mila behind.
I and Herschel sat on the chair with a table in the garden in the middle.
And I took the cookies out of the basket that Ryan brought.
I also invited Dame Rutger to sit down and join us, but she refused, saying it was okay.
Then she went to a place where she couldn’t hear our conversation and stood and stared at us.
As if she really shows what an escort knight is like.
So the only ones eating cookies are me and Herschel…… No, Ryan was also with us.
Ryan, who thought he would play with Mila, sat next to Herschel and looked at me with a continuous smile.
“Uhm, Ryan……?”
“Yes, noonim.”
“Don’t you want to play?”
“It’s better to see you than to play, noonim.”
I see.
“So, noonim, what do you think about marrying me? Don’t you think I’m okay?”
My expression kept loose at the innocent child’s response.
If a grown-up man had said such a thing, I would have been able to cut him off firmly, but it was just embarrassing as my opponent was a child.
I didn’t know it would be resolved soon if I said yes, good as if I were comforting him, but I don’t want to lie to avoid the situation.
“Ryan, you’re still young to get married.”
Meanwhile, It is fortunate that Herschel is working hard to mediate next to him… or not?
“You’re supposed to catch fate as soon as you see it. And Hyung, in love, it doesn’t matter if I’m still young.”
“So, you think that Miss Lena is your fate?”
“Yes! I got the feeling as soon as I saw her. Oh, it’s my fate! Noonim, you felt the same way, right?”
Nope! I didn’t feel that……
However, when I saw the smiling child’s face, I couldn’t speak, so I just smiled awkwardly.
A small bracken-like hand popped between Ryan and covered Ryan’s eyes.
“What? Mila, is it you? Put your hands away.”
“You’re going to wear my sister out. So stop looking at her.”
“Why does it matter? She’s not even your real sister!”
“Elena eonni is my guest. Don’t make my guest uncomfortable.”
Saying that Mila pulled Ryan’s hand.
“And you should go wash River with me.”
“What? Wash him yourself. You played with him.”
“That’s why I’m saying I’ll accompany you washing him. River is your dog. Or would you prefer just taking him home and washing him by yourself? If that’s what you want then go back right now.”
“Hey, you’re so cheap!”
“What? You’re going home with River?”
“Oh, I’ll wash him with you! Noonim, I’ll be right back, so please wait a moment……!”
“Don’t say nonsense and follow me.”
Mila headed into the house with River’s leash in one hand and Ryan’s back in the other.
I can’t believe such a powerful force came out of that small little girl, maybe she had to be an aspiring knight, not a trainee priest.
“Apologize to me, Miss Lena.”
Huh?
After reconsidering Mila’s career choice for a moment, I looked at Herschel.
“What?”
“What Ryan did earlier. There were only a couple of times when Rian and I showed similar tastes, but I didn’t know that we would be this similar.”
“Do you and Ryan have similar tastes, Lord?”
“Yes. There are quite a few overlapping aspects, starting with the appetite. So when people see us together, they always ask if we’re brothers.”
They have a similar taste… then does it mean that Ryan also……?
At that moment, my hands trembled without realizing it.
But I shook my head off before the imagination came to me in detail.
I shouldn’t think like this.
“By the way, it’s been a really long time since I’ve seen you, Miss Lena. How have you been? How is your day working as the knight’s deputy?”
“As you can see, I’ve been well. The same goes for work. Everyone in the Royal Knights is so kind.”
“That’s a relief. The person in the back, is she your escort?”
“Yes, She’s Dame Astry Rutger.”
“I’m sure he’s not a member of the Royal Knight… Did you hire her yourself, Miss Lena?”
“Yes, she’s assigned to me by Count Van Der.”
“Come to think of it, Count Van Der is your guardian. Seeing that she even assigned you an escort, she must be a good person. I’ve never seen her up close, so I was worried, but I’m glad.”
“You’ve never seen her up close?”
Herschel nodded at what I said.
No way. I think they saw each other last time.
“Yes, because she’s a busy person, she’s always surrounded by people.”
“Didn’t you see her before? The day I left the theatre company.”
“I didn’t remember seeing her back then…… Was she in the carriage?
“No, she was right next to me.”
Herschel frowned as if he were fumbling over his memory.
“I don’t remember.”
“You even asked her for a duel, Lord. Don’t you really remember?”
“If it’s a duel request, are you talking about that bastard?”
“Yes, that bastard… No, I mean yes, that person is Count Van Der.”
I looked at Dame Rutger’s countenance and corrected my words.
I almost refer to Count Van Der as ‘bastard’ because I was too swept away.
“That bastard is Count Van der?”
“Yes.”
“That can’t be true. That bastard was a man, right?”
“I couldn’t explain it to you, but that person back then was a woman and it was Count Van Der. If you can’t trust me, you can ask Dame Rutger.”
Since it was the Count who sent Dame Rutger, I could prove what I mean.
“It’s not that I don’t trust Miss Lena. However, I didn’t recognize her because she had short hair and was wearing a men’s uniform even though she was not a knight.”
“I think most of the time, Count Van Der always dressed like that.”
Looking back, when Count Van Der first visited the theatre, Bill told me that a male nobleman came to see me.
“I apologize, Miss Lena.”
“What?”
“I apologize for everything I’ve done before. I was in a hurry, so I think I made trouble for Miss Lena with my hasty judgment. I’m really sorry.”
“Oh……”
I didn’t know I’d apologize for this.
“I won’t ask you to forgive me. That’s entirely up to Miss Lena, and honestly, I feel like I’m apologizing too late…… But I thought I should still apologize.”
Herschel groaned and rubbed the back of his head with his large hand.
Certainly, when I think about what happened then, I was ashamed and hated Herschel’s behaviour.
Well, is it because a lot of time has passed now?
“It’s okay. I forgot.”
I didn’t feel ashamed anymore.
On the contrary, the way he apologizes even now makes him look a little different than at that time.
“Really? Thank you!”
Herschel smiled broadly.
It felt strange to see a man as big as a bear smiling like that over a trivial matter.
When I avoided his gaze, looking elsewhere for no reason, a short silence subsided.
With the sudden silence, I felt that Herschel and I were not very close.
The atmosphere was so awkward that I wondered how we had talked so far that I glanced at the mansion behind me without realizing it.
I was wondering when Mila would come.
After a long silence, Herschel opened his mouth first.
“Come to think of it, you must be busy because it’s the end of the year soon. You may not be able to come due to work for His Majesty’s birthday banquet, right?”
“Oh… I think I’ll quit the knight templar before that.”
“You’ll quit the knight templar?”
“It was temporary.”
I already told Caleb, so it doesn’t matter if I tell Herschel.
“Then you’re going back to the theatre?”
“Yes.”
“I’m happy to see Miss Lena’s performance again.”
I only smiled awkwardly at Herschel’s words.
“Then, would you then attend His Majesty’s birthday banquet?”
“Well, I don’t know yet.”
The crown prince asked me to attend the birthday banquet as Caleb’s partner.
However, I wasn’t sure if I could meet Caleb again and I didn’t intend to talk about it.
Of course, even if I couldn’t attend the banquet as Caleb’s partner as the crown prince requested, I still have to go if he asks me to go because the contract period is not over, but if not…… There’s no reason to go.
I don’t even want to go that much.
Because, in the original story, Caleb and Vivian start to feel favourable in earnest at the Emperor’s birthday banquet.
I bit my lower lip at another throbbing feeling.
I hate myself so much that I have feelings for Caleb even though I know what the future holds, and I can’t completely erase my feelings.
It’s pathetic to feel jealous and envious of Vivian.
However, if it goes wrong with the original, I’m afraid I’ll be dying again.
“Can I ask why you couldn’t decide? Is it because of your partner?”
“Oh? How did you know?”
Surprised, I looked at Herschel and he said.
“Ladies rarely enter alone, so I just guessed. So, Miss Lena.”
“If your partner hasn’t been decided yet, why don’t you come with me?”
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Translator: Missme
Editor: Aru
“I’m afraid my cousin is causing you a lot of trouble, Miss Lena.”
“Cousin?”
“You’re right. My aunt merely asked me to look after him for one day.”
In an instant, I realized what had caused my bewilderment when Ryan confessed earlier.
“I have no fiancée, and my parents are dead. Although I have one older brother, you can rest assured that he’s not involved in my private life.”
It reminded me of what Herschel said when he proposed to me.
‘They may appear to be radically different, but their confession content is identical……’
No? Both of their eyes are purple, come to think of it.
If Ryan’s hair turns brown, the line thickens, and the skin over there burns a little, I think he’ll look like Herschel…
Rather, is that common confession a characteristic of their bloodline?
Or is it because they got educated in the same manner?
I’m curious.
“Would you mind sending him over here, Miss Lena?”
“No! I’m not going!”
Herschel raised his voice when he saw Ryan grasp my skirt and stretch it.
“Ryan! Stop bothering people you’ve never seen before!”
“It’s not my first time seeing her! She’s the one I’m going to marry!”
I believe the conversation’s topic is off but is this simply my misunderstanding?
“I know Miss Lena would never promise to marry you. Stop lying and come here.”
“No! I’m really going to marry her!”
“Ryan Chest!”
It’s chaotic.
I alternated between Ryan and Herschel with an awkward face.
During a war of nerves, Ryan suddenly bounced out screaming “Argh!”
“Stop bullying my sister!”
“Hey, Mila! I’ve been so nice to you. How can you pinch me!?”
“To me, Elena eonni is more precious than you.”
Ryan pointed at Mila while pointing at her.
However, Mila just snorted lightly and hid behind me with a quick step.
Herschel, who easily got Ryan thanks to unexpected supporters, lightly punished Ryan by patting his butt.
For a short time, Herchel’s scolding, “Who told you to go alone?”, and Ryan’s crying, “I’m not a child!”, shook the house for a little while.
“Apologize to Miss Lena, Ryan.”
“I didn’t do anything wrong! Is it a crime to confess my love?”
“Other than that, you messed up Miss Lena’s skirt.”
Herschel pointed to my ruined skirt.
The lace on the skirt stretched on the child’s hand was a little torn.
“It’s okay, Lord Themis.”
If it had been the clothes I really loved, I might have been offended, but today I was wearing clothes that didn’t matter if they were relatively damaged.
I wore them because I thought comfortable clothes would be good to play with Mila.
‘This is nothing.’
I could get it repaired or just buy a new one.
“Is this basket the only thing you need to do?”
I picked up the basket from Ryan earlier before the disturbance a few minutes ago.
“Ah, originally, Ryan wanted to play with his friend next door, so I was going to bring him a basket and let him play, but Miss Lena was here…… ”
“Don’t mind me. If Mila is okay with that, that’s fine.”
I looked at Mila.
When asked, “What do you want to do?” Mila looked at River, not Ryan.
The dog with large golden fur tilted its head with its tongue out.
Soon after, Mila nodded her head.
“I want to play with River.”
* * * * *
After a while, Mila ran around the garden with River.
Naturally, the place where I stayed in the garden.
No matter how safe the fence door was, I couldn’t go inside leaving Mila behind.
I and Herschel sat on the chair with a table in the garden in the middle.
And I took the cookies out of the basket that Ryan brought.
I also invited Dame Rutger to sit down and join us, but she refused, saying it was okay.
Then she went to a place where she couldn’t hear our conversation and stood and stared at us.
As if she really shows what an escort knight is like.
So the only ones eating cookies are me and Herschel…… No, Ryan was also with us.
Ryan, who thought he would play with Mila, sat next to Herschel and looked at me with a continuous smile.
“Uhm, Ryan……?”
“Yes, noonim.”
“Don’t you want to play?”
“It’s better to see you than to play, noonim.”
I see.
“So, noonim, what do you think about marrying me? Don’t you think I’m okay?”
My expression kept loose at the innocent child’s response.
If a grown-up man had said such a thing, I would have been able to cut him off firmly, but it was just embarrassing as my opponent was a child.
I didn’t know it would be resolved soon if I said yes, good as if I were comforting him, but I don’t want to lie to avoid the situation.
“Ryan, you’re still young to get married.”
Meanwhile, It is fortunate that Herschel is working hard to mediate next to him… or not?
“You’re supposed to catch fate as soon as you see it. And Hyung, in love, it doesn’t matter if I’m still young.”
“So, you think that Miss Lena is your fate?”
“Yes! I got the feeling as soon as I saw her. Oh, it’s my fate! Noonim, you felt the same way, right?”
Nope! I didn’t feel that……
However, when I saw the smiling child’s face, I couldn’t speak, so I just smiled awkwardly.
A small bracken-like hand popped between Ryan and covered Ryan’s eyes.
“What? Mila, is it you? Put your hands away.”
“You’re going to wear my sister out. So stop looking at her.”
“Why does it matter? She’s not even your real sister!”
“Elena eonni is my guest. Don’t make my guest uncomfortable.”
Saying that Mila pulled Ryan’s hand.
“And you should go wash River with me.”
“What? Wash him yourself. You played with him.”
“That’s why I’m saying I’ll accompany you washing him. River is your dog. Or would you prefer just taking him home and washing him by yourself? If that’s what you want then go back right now.”
“Hey, you’re so cheap!”
“What? You’re going home with River?”
“Oh, I’ll wash him with you! Noonim, I’ll be right back, so please wait a moment……!”
“Don’t say nonsense and follow me.”
Mila headed into the house with River’s leash in one hand and Ryan’s back in the other.
I can’t believe such a powerful force came out of that small little girl, maybe she had to be an aspiring knight, not a trainee priest.
“Apologize to me, Miss Lena.”
Huh?
After reconsidering Mila’s career choice for a moment, I looked at Herschel.
“What?”
“What Ryan did earlier. There were only a couple of times when Rian and I showed similar tastes, but I didn’t know that we would be this similar.”
“Do you and Ryan have similar tastes, Lord?”
“Yes. There are quite a few overlapping aspects, starting with the appetite. So when people see us together, they always ask if we’re brothers.”
They have a similar taste… then does it mean that Ryan also……?
At that moment, my hands trembled without realizing it.
But I shook my head off before the imagination came to me in detail.
I shouldn’t think like this.
“By the way, it’s been a really long time since I’ve seen you, Miss Lena. How have you been? How is your day working as the knight’s deputy?”
“As you can see, I’ve been well. The same goes for work. Everyone in the Royal Knights is so kind.”
“That’s a relief. The person in the back, is she your escort?”
“Yes, She’s Dame Astry Rutger.”
“I’m sure he’s not a member of the Royal Knight… Did you hire her yourself, Miss Lena?”
“Yes, she’s assigned to me by Count Van Der.”
“Come to think of it, Count Van Der is your guardian. Seeing that she even assigned you an escort, she must be a good person. I’ve never seen her up close, so I was worried, but I’m glad.”
“You’ve never seen her up close?”
Herschel nodded at what I said.
No way. I think they saw each other last time.
“Yes, because she’s a busy person, she’s always surrounded by people.”
“Didn’t you see her before? The day I left the theatre company.”
“I didn’t remember seeing her back then…… Was she in the carriage?
“No, she was right next to me.”
Herschel frowned as if he were fumbling over his memory.
“I don’t remember.”
“You even asked her for a duel, Lord. Don’t you really remember?”
“If it’s a duel request, are you talking about that bastard?”
“Yes, that bastard… No, I mean yes, that person is Count Van Der.”
I looked at Dame Rutger’s countenance and corrected my words.
I almost refer to Count Van Der as ‘bastard’ because I was too swept away.
“That bastard is Count Van der?”
“Yes.”
“That can’t be true. That bastard was a man, right?”
“I couldn’t explain it to you, but that person back then was a woman and it was Count Van Der. If you can’t trust me, you can ask Dame Rutger.”
Since it was the Count who sent Dame Rutger, I could prove what I mean.
“It’s not that I don’t trust Miss Lena. However, I didn’t recognize her because she had short hair and was wearing a men’s uniform even though she was not a knight.”
“I think most of the time, Count Van Der always dressed like that.”
Looking back, when Count Van Der first visited the theatre, Bill told me that a male nobleman came to see me.
“I apologize, Miss Lena.”
“What?”
“I apologize for everything I’ve done before. I was in a hurry, so I think I made trouble for Miss Lena with my hasty judgment. I’m really sorry.”
“Oh……”
I didn’t know I’d apologize for this.
“I won’t ask you to forgive me. That’s entirely up to Miss Lena, and honestly, I feel like I’m apologizing too late…… But I thought I should still apologize.”
Herschel groaned and rubbed the back of his head with his large hand.
Certainly, when I think about what happened then, I was ashamed and hated Herschel’s behaviour.
Well, is it because a lot of time has passed now?
“It’s okay. I forgot.”
I didn’t feel ashamed anymore.
On the contrary, the way he apologizes even now makes him look a little different than at that time.
“Really? Thank you!”
Herschel smiled broadly.
It felt strange to see a man as big as a bear smiling like that over a trivial matter.
When I avoided his gaze, looking elsewhere for no reason, a short silence subsided.
With the sudden silence, I felt that Herschel and I were not very close.
The atmosphere was so awkward that I wondered how we had talked so far that I glanced at the mansion behind me without realizing it.
I was wondering when Mila would come.
After a long silence, Herschel opened his mouth first.
“Come to think of it, you must be busy because it’s the end of the year soon. You may not be able to come due to work for His Majesty’s birthday banquet, right?”
“Oh… I think I’ll quit the knight templar before that.”
“You’ll quit the knight templar?”
“It was temporary.”
I already told Caleb, so it doesn’t matter if I tell Herschel.
“Then you’re going back to the theatre?”
“Yes.”
“I’m happy to see Miss Lena’s performance again.”
I only smiled awkwardly at Herschel’s words.
“Then, would you then attend His Majesty’s birthday banquet?”
“Well, I don’t know yet.”
The crown prince asked me to attend the birthday banquet as Caleb’s partner.
However, I wasn’t sure if I could meet Caleb again and I didn’t intend to talk about it.
Of course, even if I couldn’t attend the banquet as Caleb’s partner as the crown prince requested, I still have to go if he asks me to go because the contract period is not over, but if not…… There’s no reason to go.
I don’t even want to go that much.
Because, in the original story, Caleb and Vivian start to feel favourable in earnest at the Emperor’s birthday banquet.
I bit my lower lip at another throbbing feeling.
I hate myself so much that I have feelings for Caleb even though I know what the future holds, and I can’t completely erase my feelings.
It’s pathetic to feel jealous and envious of Vivian.
However, if it goes wrong with the original, I’m afraid I’ll be dying again.
“Can I ask why you couldn’t decide? Is it because of your partner?”
“Oh? How did you know?”
Surprised, I looked at Herschel and he said.
“Ladies rarely enter alone, so I just guessed. So, Miss Lena.”
“If your partner hasn’t been decided yet, why don’t you come with me?”
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