episode_0050

that’s right.

It’s that face.

If you had known that I was Erincia, you should have made a face full of screams and sorrow.

You should have been sweating like I did, as if you were facing the fiery pit of hell.

If that were the case, I would never have slapped you.

It’s all your fault.

《Sorry, sorry… . Grand Duchess.》

《Apologizing Ichigo, I think your knees are too straight? Prince Elden?》

dump!

Yes, you had to kneel on the floor of Daejeon with your knees crushed like that.

《I will pray like this. Please forgive me.》

《Hohoho. yes. It seems like you’ve finally gone down to where you belong?”

“This is a natural position for trash like me.”

This is it.

How good.

Self-reflection?

You should have done it in front of me, not on your own.

It should have been done in front of me, like a sinner confessing to a priest.

“okay. But don’t belittle yourself too much.”

“yes? what… What do you mean?》

《Because it stinks less than other trash.》

And I should have done the assessment and leniency myself.

I, who was a victim of violence and ridicule, must do this.

It’s not what you should have done, it’s what I should have done.

《The words… ?》

“that’s right. If you want to receive leniency, you will be able to receive it much lighter and faster than other trash.》

If the weight of the sin is light, then of course you just have to pay for it lightly.

I was thinking of doing that.

The stench of other garbage was so bad that it was difficult to get near it without covering your nose.

Just as the worse the odor, the harder it is to remove, the odor you give off will be removed more easily than other trash.

But you’re saying you’re going to run away without even doing the light laundry.

“how is it? Do you want to be treated kindly by me?》

“I’ll try my best. In order to be forgiven by the Lady Erincia of the past, I will endure and accept everything you ask me to do.》

Ho ho ho.

Yeah, it should have come out that way.

How good does it look?

What a heartwarming sight!

A sincere appearance of the perpetrator appealing to the victim for leniency.

In the end, my earnest wish to become my husband.

The scream of a frog in a well who realizes that there is no one who is strong forever.

Enlightenment that the karma of evil deeds will one day strangle you.

You don’t know how anxiously I’ve waited for this moment.

《You will do anything?》

“yes. I will accept any punishment.》

《Puhup. then… Do you want to roll on the floor like a dog like I did?

“yes.”

Rolling and rolling.

Puheap.

You’re really rolling around like a dog.

funny.

《Shall I bark like a dog this time?》

“Woof woof!”

“Phew, that sounds good, but did you forget that dogs walk on all fours?”

Elden bends his legs, stretches out his arms, touches the floor, and barks like a dog.

“Woof woof! Wow!》

It’s so funny and pathetic, but at the same time, it makes me sad and sad to think that this is how Deron and his group looked at me.

I’m still happy though.

It was worth the anxious wait, because the sight of a villain named Elden Rapellion atonement was more touching and touching than expected.

《I like your decision to atone without hesitation. Then, shall we see how far that decision will go?》

《I would be willing to die if I could be forgiven by Erincia and enter into an engagement with Archduchess Lemien.》

Ho ho ho.

As expected, you have a great attitude.

Honestly, it’s more than I expected.

If you keep that attitude until the end, it will definitely come true as you wish.

《Then, I have prepared the monster dish you hated so much. Would you like to try it? I prepared it carefully myself.》

《… .》

“why? Wasn’t determination enough to overcome hatred?”

《Ah, no. Thank you. I will eat well.》

Elden eats monster food.

Soon, his face turns bright red and he starts gagging.

I heard you guys talking at the Academy.

You all said that monster dishes are disgusting and dirty filth.

You said you couldn’t understand the uncivilized bastards who cook with such hideous things.

You almost vomited just looking at it, Elden.

So, this is a dinner that I worked hard to prepare.

So, of course, I had to struggle to eat the food while feeling nauseous.

Instead of eating it happily as if enjoying a gourmet meal, I should have ate it with vomiting like other trash.

Like now.

How good does it look?

《Wow… , Ma, it was delicious… .》

《Hoo. So you’ve proven that your resolution wasn’t just a bluff? “If you marry me, you might have to eat that for the rest of your life, is that okay?”

《If I can atone by the Grand Duchess’ side, it doesn’t matter anything.》

okay.

That’s how it should be.

Elden Rapellion, you should have done that.

If you’re truly going to atone, it’s only natural that you do it with me by my side.

You knew it too, right?

Did you notice my feelings that I didn’t even know about?

Did you see an opportunity to become one of the Dukes of Winterfell as a light atonement?

If so, I’m really glad.

Because you made the right decision.

《Hohoho. It would be great if it had been like this a long time ago.》

“It was my fault. If I could relieve my anger, I would roll in the fire pit of hell.》

“Even if next to me is the fiery pit of hell?”

“I’m willing to endure it.”

Ho ho ho.

okay.

You were that kind of person.

You were a person who always fought back.

You were a person who didn’t shy away from a fight.

So, it’s natural that I won’t back down from a fight.

yes?

Ha ha ha ha ha.

“Oh, lady? Are you awake?”

ha ha ha.

“… Why, why are you smiling?”

haha.

“Ah, lady… ? Are you having a good dream?”

under.

It was a dream about Elden again.

… … … .

… … .

…

okay.

After a long time.

It was a good dream.

**

“What… Did you smile in your sleep because you had a dream?”

Marien asked as she sat down on the bed.

Unlike that day when her entire body was wet from a nightmare, my young lady’s face was pure white, just like before she fell asleep.

Marien did not know whether that light was fortunate or unfortunate.

“… .”

Lemian touches my left hand without saying a word.

The hand that had hit Eldon in the face, creating a blood stain, was wrapped in a bandage.

I told Marien that I got cut by a broken plate.

My palms were throbbing.

A foreign feeling that could be a throbbing pain or some kind of new throbbing.

Eat.

Lemien smiled, raising one corner of his mouth and moving his chapped lips.

“Yes. It was a good dream. After a long time.”

“… Relief… Is that right?”

Lemien smiles again at Marien’s question.

That smile looked so lonely and bitter that Marien had to swallow a sigh.

I can’t tell you how surprised I was yesterday.

It was Marien who even screamed when she saw the blood on the hands of the young lady who opened the door of Daejeon.

“Now, what’s there to be glad about?”

“… Are your hands okay?”

“Yes.”

“I’m glad… . Please eat some of this.”

Marien handed me winter flower tea.

This was the tea I always looked for when I needed peace of mind and body, and occasionally when the pain of the day was throbbing.

However, the girl who received it did not speak.

“Not… Please eat? Eat at least a little bit.”

“That’s it.”

In the end, the young lady had to put down the teacup.

You’ve never been like this before.

This was the car I was looking for when I needed stability and rest.

no way… Does that mean we don’t need them anymore?

Marien looked at her daughter’s face with concern.

The pupil that contained the blue coast has turned dark blue as if it contained the abyss of the sea.

The light, which I thought would recover after a good night’s sleep, was the same as yesterday.

“Lady… ? now… How about you stop?”

Marien cautiously asks a question.

In response to that question, Lemien looked at the window where the dazzling sunlight was shining.

The window with particularly dazzling sunlight today.

Lemian answered, pressing the palm of his bandaged left hand with his right hand.

Again, with a smile.

“How could I quit?”

“… Yes?”

Instead of an answer, an unknown question was asked, and through the words that followed, Marien was able to understand the sunken dark blue eyes of the young lady.

“I couldn’t even start.”

The only person who can return the brilliant light to my young lady’s dark blue eyes is the Prince of Elden Lapelion.

And the official approval of his declaration of abstention, as well as the appearance of a treaty signifying amnesty, made my young lady’s eyes look even darker.

Also, Marien was unable to stop the young lady who stormed out after hearing the news.

Jump up!

bang!

The door to the central aide’s office is opened roughly, making a loud noise that sounds like it will break.

Lemien stormed into Gelwood’s office and called him in an angry voice.

For the first time, it was a vicious and malicious statement.

“Gelwood-!!”

And Gelwood, who had predicted the crack’s visit, greeted her with a sad expression.

He, who made the decision of a lifetime to prevent the collapse that the crack that had begun was plotting to collapse, was faced with the crack that was plotting the collapse.

“Are you here? Grand Duchess.”

“Are you crazy?! Who are you to grant pardon to Elden? I didn’t forgive you, so what right do you have to forgive me?!!”

Please fix “. Before leaving for the capital, His Highness delegated all decision-making authority to me.”

“What?”

“It’s not that I forgave him, it’s that I just met the predestined end. I heard the whole story from Prince Elden. Please stop now. I beg you like this.”

I couldn’t even start, but they kept telling me to stop.

Lemien, who didn’t know what to do to stop, had to fight alone amidst a catastrophe that he didn’t know when it had started.

It was a fight against empty space, against emptiness, with no one to accept it.