episode_0047

Marien was pacing outside Daejeon with a nervous gaze.

Thanks to the fact that the young lady had made her noble appearance known to the world, she had accompanied the 3rd Grand Duchess as her personal maid.

Just before entering Daejeon, I cheered a girl who was anxious with a bright smile.

I hope that Prince Elden will recognize the young lady’s hidden sincerity.

I hope you realize that simply running away from past karma does not mean you are clinging to it.

It was Marien who I was rooting for so much.

‘well… ‘You must be doing it, right?’

please.

I hoped things were going as you hoped.

I hoped that I would take the advice he gave me to heart and free myself from my twisted obsession.

I hoped that she would return to the way she used to be.

‘You must have started eating by now…’ ?’

You will have to wait for at least an hour.

As this is a position that has begun after a long wait, there will be many things to solve.

But.

Click.

Suddenly, the door to Daejeon opened from the inside.

‘huh? what?’

It’s only been 30 minutes since the lady entered, but who is leaving?

Inside Daejeon, there will be only the candidate and the young lady, right?

no way…

‘Is this Prince Elden?’

Sadly, it was as expected.

The person who opened the door and left for Daejeon was Prince Elden.

Hehe!

Marien, who remembered the warning that she would be killed if she revealed what she had helped, hurriedly tried to hide behind a pillar in the hallway, but she was already one beat too late.

“…Luckily, my ankle seems to have healed well. I saw it moving so quickly.”

Prince Elden spoke so bluntly.

Marien was embarrassed because she had never imagined that she would encounter him.

The main character, the young lady, would be the last to enter and the first to leave.

Marien hesitantly came out into the hallway and bowed.

“Ah… Yes, four. Thanks to you, I am completely healed. Thank you. Confucius.”

“What are the thanks? You got hurt because of me.”

Marien raised her head and saw Elden.

and.

‘…?’

I saw a wound on his right cheek.

It was clearly a wound that did not exist during the first face-to-face meeting.

There was blood at the end of the wound, indicating that it was a fresh wound.

An ominous feeling fills my esophagus.

I wanted to ask about it, but I couldn’t.

“Then.”

Prince Elden quietly passed by after saying a short greeting.

The steps were so bold that I felt like I couldn’t see them anymore.

It felt like those steps were my last steps down the hallways of Daejeon.

I felt like I couldn’t ask if it wasn’t now.

That’s probably why.

Despite the rudeness, I overcame my fear and called him.

“Um, Prince Elden?”

He stopped and just turned his head.

I gathered courage and asked.

“Now… May I ask where you are going?”

A question that omits context.

A question that implies so much.

The question that popped out without any time to think about it was truly foolish, and I tried to correct it.

If only Prince Elden had not dared to ask a question.

“Did you say Marien?”

“Yes? yes. Well, that’s right… .”

“You broke your promise to me?”

“… !”

Hehe!

Marien freaks out again.

Even though it was a gentle voice and gentle eyes, there was something about the devilish spirit radiated by the Confucius named Elden Rapellion that made one’s stomach tingle.

Just as he was about to sue him for a deadly crime, the atmosphere changed.

“I would like to ask you a favor in return for breaking my promise.”

“Yes, yes?”

Marien asked back with a somewhat frightened look on her face, and after hearing the request, she was unable to leave for a while.

“Please take good care of Grand Duchess Lemian.”

He responded with a faint smile, and once again moved forward towards the end of the hallway.

A question with many implications and context omitted was answered with the same thing.

What does it mean?

What is implied?

What did I omit?

Marien, dumbfounded, could only stare endlessly at Elden’s back as he opened the grand gate at the end of the hallway and went outside.

He is moving towards a pure white beam of light.

He disappears into a dazzling halo of light.

Marien could only watch until the gate closed.

Cooung.

**

Click.

I left the office of Gelwood, the central aide to the Grand Duke of Winterfell.

Holding a treaty with the Archduke’s seal.

I folded it up and put it back in my arms.

Lord Gelwood expressed his disappointment, but unfortunately, it seemed as if the ending had already been decided.

The obsession created by stubbornness and stubbornness only delayed the ending.

The Battle of Marriage, which has already descended into chaos and catastrophe, will be virtually meaningless.

In the original work, the female protagonist would have taken the lead in all situations and developments, and decision-making authority would not have been passed on to the central aide.

The female protagonist would not have shed tears or become obsessed with the abstainer.

I feel sorry for the female protagonist, but as someone who was unfairly made into a pachyderm character, I just wanted to blame the person who caused this catastrophe, who possessed me with Elden.

please.

I just hoped that she would be happy after the engagement battle, as was my true wish.

In that way, I just hoped that we could escape from the past and live each other’s lives, walking our own paths.

what… .

The face that despaired after being slapped, the sight of her collapsing like a tragic heroine, and the voice that asked me to consider my wounds bother me… .

‘I’ve done enough.’

Although it may be difficult to understand, he offered a sincere apology, and although it may be difficult to understand, he also gently told me that he was now a different person.

Although my anger didn’t go away, I received a gentle slap.

As a possessed person who became a villain without even knowing why, he fulfilled his duty and responsibility to the fullest.

It would be impossible to do more than this.

‘First of all, I guess I’ll have to stay until the wedding war is over.’

Lord Gellwood pleaded.

I won’t ask you to participate in the evaluation, so I ask you to stay at least until the engagement battle ends.

They say that since one candidate has already disappeared, there is no way to resolve the matter externally if another candidate packs up and leaves during the wedding ceremony period.

Because I understood, I agreed.

It wasn’t a difficult task.

Since I was planning on looking for a chef while enjoying the Monster Cooking Festival that would be held after the Battle of Marriage, I had no particular reason to refuse.

There was nothing good about being looked down upon by the Grand Duchy.

Since he has obtained the treaty with the Archduke’s seal, Dobby has gained freedom, so he can move to his lodgings as soon as the battle of marriage is over and enjoy the festival.

The restriction of not being able to go out into the city during evening hours has been lifted, and we are no longer able to experience the whoopie house experience of evaluation matches.

With that in mind, I left the central castle.

The sky became dark.

Tuk.

Fighting.

Patter.

Heavy raindrops are falling.

The escape from the whoopee house was officially successful.

It rains as if to celebrate it.

A scene from a movie came to mind a long time ago.

It was a scene I really wanted to emulate if I was to escape from the tomb of unfair debt.

For this moment, it’s okay to enjoy the joy.

Part of me wanted to enjoy the rain with my shirt off like the main character in a movie, but I didn’t want to pour cold water on a place where my once-abyss image was finally being reformed.

I got down on my knees.

I opened my arms.

I closed my eyes and raised my head to the sky.

He seemed happy and opened his mouth.

I tried to enjoy each and every raindrop falling on my face, hands, and into my mouth.

If only the rain hadn’t suddenly stopped.

Just like that, I just opened my eyes.

I saw an open umbrella and Rendler holding it.

Rendler with a proud face.

“You’re catching a cold.”

… … Write it.

I’d like to show you the movie The Shawshank Redemption.

**

I arrived at the annex with Rachel and Rendler.

It was late, but for some reason I felt sad about falling asleep.

So I suggested it to the two.

“I would like to have a small celebration party in the living room, how about it?”

“Are you talking about a party? haha. You seem to be in a pretty good mood. Well then, it’s been a while since I’ve ordered the maids… .”

“That’s it. All three of us. How about it?”

Wouldn’t it be so sad to drink celebratory wine alone?

I wanted to get really drunk today.

I wanted to drink cold beer until my stomach exploded.

Of course, Rachel would refuse, so it was unfortunate, but I proposed it with the intention of toasting to Old Man Rendler.

In the original, Elden made numerous toast offers, but Rachel refused them all under the pretext of being an escort.

But.

“Then, I will have the guards on standby.”

Rachel readily agreed.

I asked back with joy at the unexpected incident.

“Oh? Really? What happened to our teacher?”

“… … I will get ready and go to the reception room.”

Rachel, who dismisses this, enters the annex entrance first.

I saw Rendler.

A look of excitement was evident.

… It seemed like he was crying a little.

“Do you really want to share a drink with a small person?”

“If you don’t like it, quit.”

“Well, how could that be! As I was about to share a cup for the first time since attending Confucius, my heart was so full that I couldn’t help but feel… ! Big!”

Then I will die happy. Inspiration.

I think we should do some bad things before we die happily in old age.

“Soin, I will bring you the best drinking experience with this happy heart!”

“If you bring the maids, you will be scolded.”

Rendler, who was about to run away, hesitated and asked what I said.

“Ha, not even one person?”

… … When I look back, I wonder if the old man really wants to play.

I would like to record the cause of death on the tombstone as a happy death, not a happy death, but I did not want to take away the rest of those who were having a comfortable night.

As I frowned silently, Rendler quickly ran away.

Eat.

It was funny to see the old man like that, so I laughed and started walking towards the front door.

okay.

Let’s raise a toast in a big way for today.

With that in mind, I changed my clothes and headed to the living room. When I opened my eyes the next day, I found myself asleep in the corner of the living room floor.

Her body was covered with a soft blanket that could not have been prepared in the living room.

“Hmm?”

and.

“… … .”

On the sofa in the living room was Old Rendler, half draped like laundry being dried.

Mucus was dripping from my nose, which couldn’t resist the cold.

Rachel was nowhere to be seen.

I remember drinking quite a bit.

After a while.

…Puetch!

A coughing sound announced the wake.

Umm…

What happened?