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Leasian turned his head to the side and spoke softly.

“… What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

“What nonsense. I’m serious.”

He tried to hide his face, but it seems he couldn’t pay attention to his reddened ears.

Kamiel’s smile deepened when he saw that.

I gently lifted her still wrist.

“As expected… Seeing as how recently the injury occurred, it appears to be a fresh injury.”

“Let go.”

“Wait a minute.”

Kamiel held her hand tightly with both his own.

I muttered to myself.

‘Sacripicium.’

As he chants the spell, his acquired vitality is transferred to Rheasian.

For a moment, she was startled by the unfamiliar energy that spread from the hand he held to her whole body.

‘It’s warm…’ .’

It warmly wrapped my cold body.

The small cuts on my wrists and hands healed in the blink of an eye, and I was filled with vitality like never before.

Above all, a hand that no one has ever held before.

The warmth of his hands wrapped around me gave me an unprecedented feeling.

“Ah… … .”

When he finished his work and took his hand away, Leasian let out a sigh of regret and then flinched.

‘What am I doing now… .’

“It’s enough now. I think I’ll have to come for treatment like this for a while. I guess it would be better if the young lady had a comfortable time, right? When is the best time?”

Leasian thought about his words for a moment and spoke softly.

“Like today… .”

“Okay. Then I’ll just go.”

Kamiel carefully closes the door.

Leasian was once again alone as always.

However, many things were different from usual.

Flush cheeks and ears that are feverish as if revealing their inner self.

She slowly lifted her hand that was on the ground and placed it on her chest.

Thump, pound, pound…

The beating of the heart was unusual.

Usually, when I overexert myself or wake up with difficulty in the morning, my heart beats violently.

It wasn’t anything of the sort.

‘different. Similar but definitely different.’

Where does this dizzying feeling in my chest come from?

She stared at the closed door, subconsciously thinking of the boy who had just left.

Kamiel started his day facing a ceiling he was not used to.

The feel of the soft bed and the soft blanket felt awkward.

‘Because it wasn’t originally mine.’

What I used before was a bed that creaked at the slightest movement and a blanket that made me want to take it off as soon as I woke up.

Kamiel got up from the bed and headed to the bathroom.

After a while, he returned to the room with a cloud of steam and wiped his dry hair with a towel.

‘Still, I’m glad I can take a bath alone.’

On the first day, taking a bath with several women helping me was extremely uncomfortable.

After struggling with this, I told it to Ilho, and he solved it right away.

Thanks to that, from that day on, I was able to take a bath comfortably.

“I brought you a meal.”

“Thank you.”

Kamiel returned to the room with the meal outside the door.

I put a plate with a simple breakfast on the table and started eating.

‘It was embarrassing even when meat was served on the first day.’

He had lived his entire life eating only Aranz or regular fruits.

I’ve never seen or eaten meat before, so at first I thought, ‘Does grilled fruit look interesting?’

After eating, I realized something was wrong because of the nausea rising from deep inside.

‘I vomited all my stomach that day… . It was really hard.’

Because of what happened back then, from that day on, even the smell of meat made me feel nauseous.

After finishing breakfast, he delivered the dishes to the kitchen and walked around the mansion.

‘I said it didn’t matter if you move around as you please.’

He remembered exactly what Lepurn, the owner of the mansion, had said.

So, whenever I had time, I walked around the mansion… The more I went, the more I realized.

‘The hallway is endless… .’

The mansion was larger than I thought.

Camiel returned to his room after going to a place he had never been to before and washed his body again.

‘Now I have to go to the young lady.’

I was a little sweaty from walking around the mansion a little while ago.

I couldn’t meet her like this.

It may be against etiquette,

I’m worried that she might frown because of the smell.

Kamiel adjusted his clothes and went out the door.

“It was very sharp on the first day… .”

Thinking of her, a faint smile appeared.

Compared to the first day, there was no resistance to receiving treatment now.

Isn’t this some level of progress?

smart.

“Come in.”

Kamiel carefully closed the door and turned around.

“What are you doing? Sit down.”

Rheasian’s voice was still cold, but… .

“Did you wear a dress today? It suits you well.”

“… … .”

She sipped her black tea without answering.

It was a different story from when we met on the first day in messy pajamas.

Perhaps because they were waiting for him to come, they had already lit candles and prepared a table for refreshments.

“Hurry up and sit down.”

“Yes.”

As usual, tea was black tea and dessert was sweet cookies.

Kamiel saw her munching on a cookie and his eyebrows drooped.

“What did you do before I came?”

“I didn’t do anything special. I was just stunned.”

“There are so many books… Do you hate reading?”

“No. It’s not interesting because I’ve already read it all. However, I don’t really want to come and read more books.”

Kamiel looked at her blankly and then sipped some black tea.

‘Do you not want to go out?’

Although it has only been a few days since I came here,

I never saw her leave the room.

It seemed like there was a story here, so I didn’t bother to say it out loud. Not yet.

“Shall I bring it for you?”

“What? No, I don’t need it… ”

“But you won’t always spend your time blankly when I’m not around. Even if you don’t see it, I’ll take it.”

“I hate books piling up in my room. So don’t do anything stupid.”

“If the books pile up, I can return them from time to time. I’ll put back books you’ve finished reading or books you don’t want to read because they don’t suit your taste.”

“Why are you doing this? There really is no need for me!”

The voice at the end of the sentence rose a little higher.

Kamiel’s eyes widened in surprise as it was the first shout he heard in a long time.

“No, I mean… .”

It looks like I’m just as confused.

Leasian tried to say something, but ended up just sipping black tea.

Kamiel seemed embarrassed by her, so he answered without showing it.

“I want you to cherish your time. Seeing that you’ve read all the books there, it seems like you don’t particularly hate books… . Just by reading a book, you can experience many different things. I liked that.”

Due to the closed nature of the village, it was impossible to leave the forest.

In addition, he was not free to even move around outside the house, earning the sympathy of others.

What impressed him the most when he came to this mansion, next to Leasian, was the book.

‘Writing wasn’t difficult because the mysterious glasses took care of everything.’

The glasses were left in the room for him to use.

“We can’t live for 1,000,000 years. Of course, traveling is good, but it takes a long time to do it… .”

But books seemed like the best gift in my finite life.

Reading a medium-length book takes less than a few hours.

However, what I felt there was more valuable than what I had felt over the past few decades.

but. After thinking about it carefully, I thought that maybe it was just my opinion.

“With that in mind, I recommended reading… sorry. I shouldn’t have just forced my thoughts… .”

Leasian stared intently at his slightly bowed head.

The red lips fell and a small voice escaped.

“Then… Bring it to me. Instead, with the things you liked.”

“Yes?”

“Didn’t you hear?”

Kamiel looked blankly at her, frowning slightly, then shook his head.

“No. If you give it to me, I would be honored.”

“The sound you make is… … .”

I didn’t hate him even though he was slightly grumbling.

Kamiel felt a little closer to her throughout the tea time, and even finished her treatment at the end.

‘I didn’t say it… I heard that they try to eat moderately… . ‘Is it thanks to me?’

That was the truth, not pride.

He said he usually doesn’t eat anything.

An ordinary person would have died at an early age, but she was of the Larun tribe.

However, she was very thin, as if the Larun people also dry out if they don’t eat.

“Miss, I’ll just go. Next time I come, I’ll pick up a book I enjoyed… ”

widely.

When he tried to let go, Rheasian quickly reached out and grabbed him.

“Yes?”

“Uh, well, so… ah. okay. I hope you cherish your time. After you leave, I’ll be just as blank as before. So, tell me something.”

“… Is that so?”

“What… ? That meaningful smile.”

“Because it’s cute.”

“… Are you crazy?”

The words may be harsh, but the shame cannot be hidden.

She lowered her head slightly so that her face was not visible.

Then what should we do? My ears are still red.

Kamiel sat back down and faced her.

“What are you doing? Don’t talk quickly.”

Kamiel thought about what to say to her calm words.

As expected, there wasn’t much to talk about.

Just like her, Camiel had little direct interaction with people.

So, there was only one thing that came to mind right now.

“Would you like me to tell you about my younger brother?”

“Younger brother?”

Her pretty eyebrows twitched.

I was glad that he seemed interested.

“I have a younger brother who was born three years later than me. Just like family, they look similar to me.”

“Really?”

“Yes. But unlike me, he is very active and confident. I was always proud of my younger brother. One day… ”

Before he knew it, Leasian caught sight of him talking intently with his elbow on the table and his chin resting on his hand.

“Ah… sorry. I talked too much to myself.”

When he saw Leasian’s posture, he realized it too late and scratched his neck.

She silently stood up and crossed her arms.

After a moment of silence, she opened her mouth.

“Do you like your younger brother a lot?”

“Yes. Because he’s my younger brother.”

“Why?”

“Yes? just now… ”

“Just because he’s my younger brother?”

“… … .”

When Kamiel didn’t answer, she sighed softly and said.

“If you’re going to lie, at least make up your face. As time went on, my complexion got worse and… ”

“That’s… … .”

Kamiel hesitated before finally releasing his lips.

As a result, the voice that came out became even more subdued.

“Me too… I don’t know I used to like my younger brother just fine… Nowadays… … .”

Since when did it start?

No, maybe I just didn’t realize it, maybe it was from the beginning.

His younger brother Cassatt was, as he said, active and confident.

Kamiel wasn’t particularly jealous of his younger brother.

Because he was just envious rather than jealous of what others had better than him.

The problem was that Cassatt was too outspoken.

To put it in a good way, it was honest, and in a bad way, it was overly pure.

‘Sometimes I was hurt by Cassatt’s thoughtless remarks… .’

Cassatt didn’t seem to have specifically intended it, though.

No, on the contrary, it was something I said without much thought, so it struck me like a dagger more than once.

Each time, Kamiel frowned, but did not point it out.

I just tried to distance myself from my younger brother little by little.

‘Then, it got to the point where talking to Cassat became uncomfortable and awkward.’

Even Cassatt, who was extremely transparent, had someone who was careful about what he said.

His own father.

Cassat, who was talkative, became mute in front of his father, especially when Camiel was scolding him.

I didn’t stop him or join him.

“Such a younger brother… It was a little bit disgusting. No matter how hard I tried to think positively, I couldn’t help feeling that way… .”

“… … .”

Leasian seemed to be listening to what he said.

Is it because of that?

Kamiel was able to easily confess his feelings.

“Anyway… I know it’s all my fault. Maybe I’m so narrow-minded that I can only think that way.”

“You… ”

She listened quietly and frowned.

“Are you stupid?”

“Yes?”

“Why is it your fault? It was worth it. That guy was wrong too. How important is it to be selective about what you say? so do i. I hate people who don’t care what to say the most in the world.”

When he concluded his last words, even a hint of hatred was visible.

As if something like that had actually happened.

“Still… .”

“If you say something is wrong, does that mean the world is right for people who hurt each other and get hurt? It’s a meaningless sound.”

“… … .”

“And. It’s natural to be mean to stay quiet because you want to live even when you’re being scolded.”

“Lady… .”

“You say something useless is your fault… ”

“Lady Leasian.”

It was a small but powerful sound.

Leasian stopped at the hard words and looked at him.

He was speaking and smiling awkwardly.

“Is this enough of today’s talk? I’m sorry that you seem so excited too. I brought up something pointless… .”

“No… ”

“I’ll just go. Rest in peace.”

Rattling.

Kamiel left the room, leaving her behind as he tried to catch her again.

“Ha… … .”

Camiel, who returned to the room, sat on the bed and wiped his face as if washing his face.

“Did I react too sensitively? … .”

It was a problem that didn’t need to be that way.

However, the reason for that is… Was it because of the words that seemed to criticize my younger brother?

‘I know it’s not wrong, but… .’

Looking at it objectively, nothing Leasian said was wrong.

If you look at every detail, it was all true.

However, the moment Camiel heard her words, he felt uncomfortable.

‘I really… Just like your father said, you are a terrible person… … .’

I don’t know how many times I regretted it before returning to my room.

But the water has already been spilled.

‘What if the distance I’ve narrowed becomes irreparably wide again?’

Kamiel was afraid of tomorrow when he would meet her again.