episode_0094

“He said he didn’t like me because I was ugly.”

“… … .”

A shadow darker than a dark cloud fell over Ariel’s face when she heard the shocking reason for the failed marriage.

In particular, she had shared numerous stories while writing Elden’s biography, including some about his lover.

In addition to those who cherish plants and animals, they were all focused on character and personality rather than ‘appearance’.

That’s why Ariel felt a little more confident.

Average appearance and average body.

Perhaps her appearance, which suited her more like a fresh-faced girl than a mature lady, might not be a turn-off for Elden.

That’s why I used writing as an excuse to secretly ask questions, and every time, Elden gave me answers that met my expectations.

I don’t know much about what kind of women men like, or what qualities they like in women, but I pride myself on knowing Elden well.

It definitely was like that.

It was only natural that a deep shadow fell over Ariel’s face, whose pride had just collapsed like a sand castle.

‘Anna Youngae is ugly… … .’

Someone like me is beyond my reach.

‘Wasn’t it because I was out of the question to begin with that we didn’t talk about appearance?’

But I think you said before that the heart is more important than looks…?

or not…….

‘I said that the heart is important, not that I don’t care about appearances… Is that so?’

Wheewoo.

Ariel lets out a long sigh, her shoulders slumping.

It was a sigh so loud that it felt like the ground was really collapsing, and Anna, who was walking alongside, looked at Ariel with interest and muttered.

“Hmm. That’s really surprising.”

“Yes, yes?”

Ariel, who was walking weakly as if she was being dragged to a slaughterhouse, was startled.

Of course, the surprise I felt now was nothing compared to the wonders that would follow.

“I never imagined that there would be someone who loved a human disqualified like Elden.”

“Yes, yes-?!”

Ariel let out a sound close to a scream, and everyone’s attention turned to what they were doing.

Mouth, eyelids, nostrils.

Ariel, who had spread all the parts of her face that could be expanded, froze in place.

“… … .”

Perhaps only the person involved did not know that the long-hidden love would be discovered by someone who had not even been in a relationship for half a day.

Anna’s eyes had been seeing it since the moment the group was formed.

Ariel looked at the woman in the hood with envy, feeling regretful that she had become like Joe.

Ariel vaguely followed Elden’s back as he walked away to go to his assigned location.

Even after they had completely dispersed, Ariel would occasionally turn her head in the direction where Elden was.

Ariel asks about the old marriage proposal from the past.

and.

Ariel was so shocked by the story that she even started to stagger.

Every action, every reaction was happening and changing solely due to Elden, so much so that I honestly thought it would be foolish not to know.

So, surprisingly, it was Anna.

Elden Raphelion.

I never imagined that there would be a fool who loved him, a man who was a total failure as a human being and a zero-point man.

Anna, who had been frozen like a statue, smiled at Ariel and opened her mouth again as she walked.

“It’s surprising how surprising it is. It seems strange not to know.”

“Yes?”

Only then did Ariel, freed from the petrification spell she had cast on herself, follow Anna with quick steps and ask.

“Tea, do you drink a lot of tea?”

What a foolish question.

Anna once again chuckled at the innocent question from a girl who was only just beginning to experience love, something that did not suit her age.

“Phew. Are you talking too much that you’re even going around the neighborhood?”

“Yes…? Is that it?”

chuck.

Anna, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped walking and turned around.

Then he looked Ariel up and down with his half-open eyes.

Ariel had to shrink back in response to that blatant gaze, which made her stop walking.

“Why, why?”

“Hmm… No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like someone who would fit in with someone like Elden. I don’t understand. How could someone like Yeong-ae love such a loser? Or is it just a special taste… or something?”

“Yes… ?”

At Anna’s pure and honest question, Ariel, who had been dumbfounded, quickly straightened up.

A vague determination was glimpsed in the hazel eyes that were shaking with bewilderment.

And it was Ariel who expressed that will.

I don’t think there’s any woman who likes someone who badmouths the man she likes.

“What should a young lady who hangs out with Elden be like?”

“What- Are there people who like to play around promiscuously, get drunk, or accumulate wealth rather than cultivate culture? ”

“… Not anymore.”

Ariel spoke firmly, clenching her small fists.

The old Elden was a man who should have been hanging out with that type of people, but the current Elden is a man who has built a wall around that type of people and is working hard to get rid of his past.

He was neither profligate nor arrogant, but was wholesome and humble.

He valued others’ sorrow more than his own joy.

The current Elden is a man who deserves encouragement rather than criticism.

Maybe that’s why.

I felt a little bit bad for Anna who would just badmouth Elden.

Of course I understood.

If he had been insulted like that in front of someone, he would have been scarred for the rest of his life.

However, it was frustrating that Anna’s words and actions when she returned to the past seemed to belittle and mock Elden’s efforts to move forward in the present.

Of course, the biggest reason I wanted to write Elden’s biography was my desire to be with him, but an equally big reason was my desire to change the current situation.

To introduce Elden to the world, who has transformed from a hopeless, crazy, and human failure to a wonderful man.

Of course, it may touch the wounds of those who are stuck in the past, but he said that a culinary tour is not just about eating, drinking, and having fun. If he meets people who were harmed by his own mistakes, he also wants to apologize.

Just like now.

That’s why I wanted to defend Elden so that his efforts and heart wouldn’t be in vain, and that’s why I raised my voice in a firm manner that I usually don’t.

“Yes?”

“You may not believe it, but Elden has really changed. He is repenting his past and working hard not to repeat his mistakes.”

“… Well. They say that when you fall in love, you get blinded by it.”

“I’m not saying that you’re just a slob, but seriously? Not long ago, you subdued a group of bandits near Gelida Village and rescued the villagers. And about a month ago, in the Elkan region, you dug through the snow for three days without sleeping to rescue the villagers who were buried in an avalanche. ”

“Oh, well. Is that so.”

Ariel speaks passionately.

But Anna only gave a cold reply.

“So, are you engaged to be married to Elden? Since you asked about the marriage proposal.”

“Yes, yes? No. We’re not like that. Not yet… .”

“Huh? No way… Unrequited love?”

Anna asked in a tone that seemed absurd.

Whether I looked to the side, forward, or backward, I felt sorry for the small, cute, and lovely Young-ae right in front of me.

The fact that such a young lady was secretly in love with someone like Elden was something that even the goddess of love, Rev, would be outraged about.

Ariel answered in a mosquito-like voice, feeling very intimidated.

“Yes… … .”

“Ugh.”

Oh my.

Anna swept her bangs back and let out a sigh of relief.

A situation that is so absurd that it is ridiculous.

How dare you not only expose yourself, but also ignore the feelings of this delicate and lovely Yeong-ae?

Why on earth is this Young-ae so obsessed with a worthless man like Elden?

It was truly frustrating and an incomprehensible situation.

also.

“… … .”

It was a situation where it was difficult to understand why he saw his past self overlapping with Ariel Youngae.

I am talking about a person who is pitiful and pitiful.

I’m talking about that day when I had to cry all night after being scolded so harshly by a scoundrel I didn’t even care about.

Maybe that’s why.

I felt a strange sense of triumph, and I thought that if I could turn her unrequited love into love, I could turn that day around, when I was supposed to lose.

I felt like I could crush that bastard’s nose.

Fortunately, Ariel Youngae’s plain, makeup-free appearance was excellent, and she was perfect as a material to crush the bridge of one’s nose.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes, yes?”

“There’s a place we can go together after work.”

“Yes? Where?”

“You’ll know when you go.”

perhaps.

Anna Ventria, who I wondered if it wasn’t the faded memories that I had thought had flowed away with the passage of time, but rather that I had temporarily drifted away, bound by the passage of time that day.

**

The night Elden and his party entered the Grand Duchy.

Somewhere in the castle of Winterfell, where pitch-black darkness and tranquil silence have descended.

“… … Hmm.”

A soft moan escaped from between the lips of a girl who had been asleep for months.

On the 100th day since the grand engagement ceremony of the youngest daughter of the Grand Duke of Winterfell, a girl who knew the truth about that peaceful night that was torn to shreds.

A girl who devoted herself to fulfilling someone’s request to protect the endangered Third Princess.

Defying the Grand Duke’s doctor’s diagnosis that he would never wake up, he made himself known with a faint groan in the middle of a November night before midwinter.

“Ugh… … .”