episode_0009

A week after leaving Ruberyeong.

The carriage arrived at Fletcher Territory.

Familiar scenes seen through the carriage window. The residents of Fletcher Territory also began to appear in glimpses. Eventually, the carriage passed the main gate and entered Fletcher’s village.

The residents of the territory on the street noticed the carriage my father and I were riding in and bowed their heads. My father responded with a gentle smile to the young people.

And soon-.

The Fletcher family mansion came into view from afar. Although it was only a month, I felt nostalgic and nostalgic.

Now I definitely feel like I’m back.

Our mansion was much smaller than the Luver family’s mansion. Still, it was a nice house that seemed to have been built not long ago.

And the entrance to the mansion.

An elderly, white-haired butler was standing there. With his distinctive white hair, I could recognize him even from afar.

Rachel, head of house.

Rachel was dressed in a butler’s uniform and had her long hair tied back.

And the carriage stopped right in front of the mansion.

It was my father who got off first. Rachel bowed her head to her father and said hello.

“Looking at your expression, it looks like things are going well.”

Rachel’s words seem to be asking about the performance of the business.

“What… , It’s better than I thought, but it’s a little disappointing. Still, this is enough to satisfy me. And again… ”

Just as I was getting off the carriage…

My father glanced at me. And with a gentle smile, he spoke to Rachel. In a slightly excited voice.

“It seems like Chris has found a like-minded friend this time.”

At those words, Rachel looked at me and smiled happily.

“That’s an interesting story. Master Chris, please tell me that story later.”

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As soon as I returned, Rachel clung to me. Was it because Rachel had no children?

The emotions I felt were something that was strange to me.

To avoid Rachel who was bothering me so much, I quickly moved to my seat.

To avoid Rachel’s surveillance, I went to the study. Just before entering the study, I looked around, worried that someone might have followed me behind.

Luckily there wasn’t.

I quietly opened the door to the study and entered. Then he carefully closed the study door and locked it.

Then, he sat down in a corner and took out the letter he had packed in his arms.

A letter that Renia gave me.

I told you to go home and watch it.

I opened the letter with great excitement.

Then it is revealed – pure white letter paper.

“Oh… ?”

For a moment, I couldn’t help but be embarrassed. That pure white letter paper. True to those words, there was nothing written on that letter.

***

Chris left, and Renia went back to the room.

I tried to hold back the tears, but they kept leaking out. Renia was wondering why she was crying.

Renia’s eyes turned to the desk. The place where I wrote the letter from last night.

Because I had rewritten it several times, the desk was very messy. Some stationery was even rolled up.

They were remnants that had been used and then given up.

When she saw that, Renia suddenly became shy.

“I guess it wasn’t too much… ?”

Renia suddenly became nervous.

Just like Chris, Renia wrote down her feelings while living with Chris. And even my honest feelings.

I was worried that it might be too much.

however-.

“Oh… ?”

Renia’s eyes opened wide. At the same time, the pupils were shaking like crazy.

“Probably not… !”

I shook my head repeatedly. I hope it’s not what you thought. I thought something like that should never happen.

“Please… !”

Lenia approached the desk little by little.

and-.

“K, we’re in big trouble!!!”

What Renia was worried about ended up happening.

yesternight.

The letter he wrote all night long… , Why is that letter here?

Renia wanted to deny the current situation. And I realized one thing.

“Well, then what I gave to Chris… ?”

If the letter was here, what did it give to Chris? Renia recalled what happened right after she finished writing the letter.

“I definitely finished writing the letter… ”

I obviously put the letter in the envelope. I remembered it clearly. But to say that there is stationery here-!

“Wow… ! Could it be that I had a new letter with nothing written on it… !”

Renia realized this.

Renia hurriedly rewrapped the letter. And then I jumped out of the room and ran. I went straight to Count Luver’s office.

“Oh, father, please help me!!!”

Before Chris could open the letter, he had to hurry and send it to the Fletcher family.

***

“… What is this?”

No way, you’re going to make fun of me like this in the end… ? It feels like something is going to cool off. But I somehow endured it.

First, I thought about it carefully.

What is the meaning of this letter?

“… I don’t think you were trying to make a joke, right?”

I remembered the image of Renia I saw when we broke up. There was a dark eye shadow that I had never seen before.

In other words, it means that the day has been lost. In short, it means that it is clear that he wrote a letter.

Then this stationery is-!

“Is it hidden by any chance?”

I had heard of it. It looks like a piece of paper with nothing written on it. However, if you do something, the writing will be revealed.

The reason Renia was so diligent was probably because this measure took time.

I quickly brought the candle holder on the desk to me.

“Usually, something like this comes out when you scorch it with fire.”

Light the candle with a match and move the stationery around it.

Nothing happened.

But at that moment-.

“I think a little bit of the writing came to mind?”

Something dark appeared. Deciding that this was the correct answer, I tried to bring the letter closer to the fire.

however-!

smart-!

A sudden knock on the study door.

“Master Chris, are you here?”

It was Rachel.

In my panic, I accidentally brought the letter too close to the fire.

“Oh, no!!!”

The letter paper was completely burned out.

Devastated, I looked at the letter that had turned to ashes. Soon, my resentment naturally turned towards Rachel.

“Rachel! Why did you come to me!!!”

I hurriedly unlocked the door, flung open the study door, and tried to argue with Rachel… .

Rachel’s hand-. My eyes fell on the letter in his hand. A letter that was very similar to the envelope that Renia gave me.

“A letter has arrived from Count Ruber to Master Chris. They say it was sent by Lady Renia… ”

I quickly snatched the letter from Rachel’s hand.

“I want to be alone for a while, so don’t come in!”

Then he slammed the study door shut and returned to his seat.

“… Renia, I’m sorry.”

I accidentally burned Renia’s secret letter. I felt so guilty that I felt like crying.

So, I opened the envelope of the newly received letter, and there were two pieces of letter paper.

And the letter you see as soon as you open it… .

“Hmm?”

[Sorry!!!]

A large apology letter.

When I read it, it was like this.

[I didn’t know, so I threw away the letter with nothing written on it. Sorry.]

uh… ?

That means -.

“I did something strange on my own… !”

It was so absurd that I couldn’t help but laugh. I also feel like I’m blaming Rachel for no reason.

Still, I was glad. What I accidentally burned was the original letter.

“Then, let’s read it.”

A letter written by Renia.

I started reading this.

and-.

“For some reason, my face feels hot.”

Something that makes my face feel hot. Let’s be honest. My face feels hot. For some reason, a smile appeared on my face.

however-.

For a moment, I felt eyes on me from behind.

A crack in the door of the study. There were two people there watching me. It was because I forgot to lock the study door again.

Rachel and my father were looking at me and smiling happily.

“How about it, I said. Rachel.”

“Oh… It really seems like Chris has a friend, just as the Baron said. That’s a woman too! A friend. Probably my deceased wife… Didn’t you meet at that age?”

“That’s right!”

The two of them were talking about something strange. I quickly put on a nonchalant expression. And then I walked to the door of the study.

My father and Rachel were talking to each other, so they didn’t notice me approaching.

Only when I got close to them did they notice me.

“K, Chris?”

“Ahahaha… , I got caught.”

I gave my father and Rachel a harsh look.

“… Don’t open it carelessly!”

He said something.

So I closed the study door. And this time I didn’t forget and locked the door.

I went back to my seat and started writing a reply to Renia.

***

With a nervous heart, I asked Rachel.

“Are you here yet?”

I really bothered to ask Rachel a lot of questions.

but-.

“Yes… , The letter you’ve been waiting for hasn’t arrived yet.”

Rachel wasn’t angry at all. Rather, he seemed to be happy.

“Anyway, I never thought Master Chris would show up like this. It’s really something to buy and see for a long time.”

Rachel tries to wipe away her tears while saying this. I frowned and answered.

“Don’t play around.”

“Hehe, did you get caught? Still, I was truly moved.”

“That’s it. If you don’t come, I’ll go to my room.”

The moment I turned my back on Rachel. A subtle sound was heard from behind. It’s like a small ‘huh’ sound of laughter.

I felt puzzled and looked back.

OK-.

I found an envelope with a letter in Rachel’s hand.

“Rachel, you… !”

“Hahaha, I just wanted to joke around a bit. Please forgive me generously.”

After saying that, Rachel handed me an envelope. Even after receiving the envelope, I thought about it for a while.

‘Are you angry? or not… ‘

The one I chose was the latter.

“I’m going to get angry later, so prepare yourself!”

Letters take priority now.

I quickly headed to the study to read the letter. Also, don’t forget to lock the study door properly.

I sat in a corner of the study and touched the envelope of the letter.

“Uh… ? It’s kind of thick… ?”

The thickness was different.

Well, you’ll find out when you open it.

I opened the envelope of the letter. Then I checked one letter and another envelope. For now, leave the stationery behind.

“What kind of envelope is this?”

A letter envelope inside a letter envelope. First, I opened the envelope. And inside that envelope -.

“Invitation?”

Lenia’s birthday is in a month.

It was an invitation for that birthday.

An invitation that appears to have been handmade.

And the last line of the invitation. It was written there:

[This is the first invitation I am sending to Chris!]