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“Then, if you are paid properly… do you have any intention of marrying Laurent?”

“It can’t be.”

How could that possibly be the case? It’s just an attempt to cause trouble because of the constant marital strife.

“Huh… indeed!”

When I answered with a refreshing smile, the Lord of Bastogne laughed.

“Anyway, I will accept the compensation as promised.”

As I was about to turn my horse around and return to the barracks, Laurent approached me.

“Mari, what did you say to your father to make you like that?”

Where Laurent was looking, the Lord of Bastogne was staring blankly at the field with an expression as if he had been hit on the head with a hammer.

“Oh, it’s no big deal. Don’t worry, I just took the money you weren’t going to give me.”

Laurent tilted his head at the ambiguous words and approached the Lord of Bastogne.

“What did your father, Mari, say?”

“Laurent… You haven’t caught all the fish yet.”

“Yes?”

“Haha! what? Aren’t you getting married? Have you seen all these obnoxious guys?”

The Lord of Bastogne slapped his forehead and laughed.

“Yeah…? If that’s the case, then I need to scold him with money so he won’t say such rude things again.”

The Lord of Bastogne smiled sinisterly and chuckled on the green meadow.

Next to him, Laurent looked at his aging, snarky father with cold eyes.

#

After defeating the monster, we returned to Bastogne Castle.

“Ah~ It was hard!”

I stretched my arms upward.

“Oh.”

“Oh…”

At that moment, the soldiers’ gaze all focused on my chest and quickly disappeared.

“I rode a carriage once or twice…”

I patted my waist.

I was annoyed that they tried to stop me from riding a horse when I said I wanted to.

I don’t know why I’m like this even though I’ve seen them chopping up monsters on horseback.

As I stood there, patting my sore back, Aramis approached me.

“Mari, what are you going to do now?”

“I was tired and wanted to get some sleep.”

I covered my mouth with my hand and let out a long yawn.

“After defeating the monsters, I was thinking about going out for a drink together, but I’ll just go in and sleep.”

“Okay, drink it. I don’t even feel like drinking these days…”

“Oh my god…”

Aramis looked at me with a shocked expression.

“Drunkard Marie doesn’t drink alcohol?”

“Mr. Ai… Don’t provoke me, just go for a drink. I’m so tired, but don’t make me want to drink.”

“Okay, you know it won’t be fun if you get caught in the middle later, right?”

“Yes, please drink and come back.”

I waved my hand and entered the castle.

When I entered the room, Leah welcomed me.

“Are you here? Marie.”

“Yeah… I’m so tired…”

I walked to the bed sobbing.

I jumped up in front of the bed and immediately lay down on it.

“Mari, this is not home. You must behave properly.”

“For people like me, it’s not a big deal if you don’t follow those things.”

As I waved my hand, Leah sighed and came towards me.

“Even if that were the case, wouldn’t it only increase our workload if our clothes get wrinkled?”

Leah grabbed my shoulders, lifted me up, and took off my top.

“Kyaa! Leah is so cool!”

It was meant as a joke, but Leah’s expression distorted slightly.

“I thought he was fine, but I wonder how he ended up like this overnight…”

“No, I was just joking…”

With a sullen expression, I took off my top and handed it to Leah.

Although I was tired, I still endured it, changed my clothes with the help of Leah and the maids of Bastogne Castle, and then laid down on the bed again.

“Ah… I can sleep now, right?”

I smiled in satisfaction and closed my eyes.

smart

I tried to sleep right away, but someone knocked on my door and woke me up from labor pains.

“Tell them I’m sleeping.”

I covered my head with the pillow and closed my eyes again.

“Get out of the way!”

“No.”

“No, get out of the way!”

“Sseu-eup…!”

I jumped up when I heard Leah arguing with someone at the door.

“Leah, who are you?”

“I am Laurent’s hometown friend.”

“Who is that?”

“Isn’t that right? On the first day, drinking tea in Laurent’s room…”

“Ah… that person?”

Pastry chef…? I remember there was a woman with a name like that or something.

“But what was your name?”

“Didn’t you already know that?”

“You don’t know either?”

Leah nodded without hesitation.

“Pannier! It’s a pannier!”

Fanny, who stuck her head through the door, shouted at me.

“That’s right, only the head came in. Leah, just close it.”

“Okay.”

When Leah closed the door, Panier’s neck got caught between the doors.

“Keeek! Open this right now!”

Panier banged on the door and shouted.

The sight of him shouting with a bright red face was kind of funny, so I laughed without realizing it.

“Ahaha! Leah, please let me go now.”

“Ai… Isn’t there a mark on your neck…?”

Leah grumbled while touching the back of her neck.

“So what business is it?”

“It’s just… I came here because I wanted to get a cup of tea and have a drink since I’m the master’s girl.”

‘I’m so tired, this car is like freezing to death.’

I sighed and controlled my boiling heart.

“I’m tired from defeating monsters, so let’s drink next time.”

“Are you… scared?”

“What?”

No, I wish I could get some sleep.

While I was looking away for a moment, Leah quickly came into the room.

“I have been with Master Laurent for quite some time, so he may have been a little nervous.”

What did he say?

“No matter how beautiful a flower is, it dies over time. In the end, wouldn’t it be more advantageous for me to have known him for a long time and developed goodwill?”

Panier smiled and looked at me.

“Last time, Laurent said that he likes big breasts. I know a lot more about Laurent than that, right?”

“So?”

“That Panier, no matter how much you bewitch Laurent with that body…”

“Ai, I’m so tired, what are you saying? It’s really annoying…”

I scratched my head and approached Panier.

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

bang!

My fist passed next to Panier’s head.

My fist lightly smashed the thick wooden door, causing pieces of wood to fall.

“Stop talking nonsense and get out.”

“Mari, always be careful with your words…”

When Leah tried to nag me, I opened my palm to her.

“Leah, stay still. You have to say it clearly this time. If you say it in a good way, they will never understand that and they will attack you again.”

Panier slowly turned his head and looked at the door where my fist was stuck.

The door, which had a hole in the shape of my fist, was cracked in all directions.

“I’m tired so I’m trying to get over it. You keep saying things that are irritating and unbecoming.”

Panier looked at me with a white face.

“This bastard. What if you know Laurent well?”

“So…”

“So, damn it, it seems like you are doing this to me out of some sense of entitlement, but if there seems to be no hope, you should know how to give up.”

I poked Panier’s meager chest with my index finger.

“I’m tired so I tell him to stay later, but why don’t you understand? Huh?”

Panier’s face turned red at my thirst.

“What… are you angry?”

“Ugh…!”

Panier glared at me with tears in her eyes.

Normally, I would have apologized for speaking harshly, but I didn’t want to do that to Panier.

I didn’t like him very much when we first met, and I didn’t like the fact that he came and tried to make fun of me when I was tired, and I also didn’t like the fact that he made a point of telling me that he had known Laurent for a long time.

“It’s too much!”

bang!

Panier slammed the door and ran away.

“Ha… I finally went.”

I lay back on the bed, scratching my head.

Why did you end up in such a bad situation by touching someone who said he was tired?

“But Mari, what should we do with the door?”

“Ah!”

Leah’s words reminded me of the door I smashed.

“What should I do with this…?”

I racked my brain and thought about it, then lay down again.

“I don’t know, I’ll figure it out after I wake up.”

I just closed my eyes and went to sleep.

#

“Umm… When is now?”

When I woke up, the sky was already dark.

No matter how long I slept, it seemed like I had slept for half a day.

‘I felt like something happened before I went to sleep…’

I rubbed my eyes and looked at the door.

The door had been neatly repaired as if it were new.

“Did nothing happen…”

I got out of bed and drank a glass of water.

“Phew… I feel a bit refreshed at least.”

I twirled my neck and stretched.

“I really want to hug my stomach…”

It was getting dark so I thought I should just go back to sleep.

thud!

At that time, someone opened the door and came inside.

“Who is it?”

I turned my head and saw Laurent staggering inside.

“Mr. Mari…”

“Oh my god… Laurent, how much did you drink?”

“I… defeated Mr. Lotos and Mr. Aramis.”

It’s probably referring to winning a drinking contest.”

“Wow, have you lost to those guys so far?”

Looking back, I don’t remember losing the battle between Lotos and Aramis.

“They really can’t drink.”

“I can’t drink it…! I barely won today.”

Laurent staggered towards me and lay down on the bed.

“So why did you bet on drinking?”

I handed Laurent some water.

“Thank you…”

Laurent drank the water in one gulp.

“He said that if I win the drinking bet, he won’t force me anymore…”

“Ugh…”

I slammed my fist into Laurent’s head.

“Now, stop drinking and go to sleep!”

“I want to sleep here…”

Laurent looked at me with a bright smile.

“Why should I sleep in your room?”

I forced Laurent to stand up.

“Oh, that’s right. Mr. Mari…”

“Why?”

“Do you know that?”

“What?”

Whick!

Laurent grabbed my waist and hugged me.

“I now know how to use Auror as well as Mari.”

Laurent smiled and put an aura on his hand.

The surface was sharp, like the aura shown by the Lord of Bastogne.

“You… before you know it…”

“Do you know how hard I tried to catch up with Mari?”

As Laurent leaned towards the bed, I also leaned towards it.

It was as if I had been crushed under Laurent.

“Hey, it’s heavy so come out quickly.”

“I trained for several hours a day to catch up with Mari…?”

“Okay…”

“After making Auror completely mine, I won the sparring match with Mari and was going to confess… but that damn father took the first step…”

I don’t know if Laurent knew or not, but it didn’t seem right for him to talk with his face buried in my chest.

“Laurent… Let’s sober up first and talk.”

“…”

But Laurent buried his face in my chest and said nothing.

“Laurent…?”

I tapped his cheek.

“Keuuuh…”

It seemed like he was completely drunk and just stretched out.

“Just let this guy…”

I was about to hit him on the head with honey chestnuts, but I held back.