episode_0147

All preparations are complete.

There is plenty of time. As planned, Deltan planned to sleep with Agnes after proposing and talking about future events.

Failure wasn’t even a thought.

‘If I was going to reject you now, I wouldn’t have created this relationship.’

Isn’t it okay to add something a little embarrassing? This means that it is safe to say that they are already in a common-law relationship.

Of course, I didn’t prepare half-heartedly with just that in mind.

At the fountain in the count’s garden, the sunset slowly sets and colorful lights begin to light up.

The table in the middle had a white tablecloth, a colorful vase, and two candles.

Everything was satisfactory.

Deltan adjusted his suit’s tie and sat cross-legged in his seat.

It was some time later that Agnes appeared.

“What is all this?”

Agnes’ eyes widened and she covered her mouth.

However, Deltans did not believe that naive reaction.

Anyway, as if the rumors had been a bit big, Deltan Hebron’s proposal was one of the hottest issues in the entire system right now.

“What are you pretending not to know?”

Are you planning to make it up like that and say you didn’t know anything?

Deltan snorted, stood up and pulled out the chair across from him. One hand was still handling the ring case in his pocket.

“Sit.”

“I tried to act surprised. Was it okay?”

“It’s too obvious, so I don’t like it.”

it was good. It felt like it was out of consideration on her part to at least pretend to be surprised.

However, since I don’t feel like being honest, I say the opposite.

Agnes chuckled and sat down.

“Can I look forward to it?”

“Up to expectations.”

When Deltan returned to his seat, they were finally facing each other.

I see Agnes smiling, resting her chin on the table.

The fully decorated appearance is different from usual and gives a strange impression.

“So what is the order?”

Agnes asked.

Deltan said, gathering his dazed mind.

“Starting with rice.”

“Just rice?”

“A little alcohol too.”

“I can’t drink alcohol.”

“I prepared something for you to drink.”

“Was there such alcohol?”

“You can purify the blood of the first-class demon beast you caught when you went to the east.”

“What on earth is a demonic beast?”

“It’s a food substitute for you.”

While they were talking about something insignificant, Gerhart and Eryl appeared.

Eryl was bringing appetizers, and Gerhart was bringing wine, a basket, and glasses that had been purified by refining all the mana of his old body for today.

Clink, wine is placed in the chilling basket.

The appetizer was a dish using vegetables and the raw, ground flesh of a demonic beast.

“Have a good time.”

After pouring wine into a glass, Gerhart bowed his head and walked backwards.

In the meantime, the accident in which Aryl followed him backwards and almost tripped and fell was just an accident.

“What wine is it?”

Agnes asked curiously, looking at the wine in the glass.

The red liquid with bubbling bubbles was none other than sparkling wine made by purifying the blood of a demonic beast and mixing it with carbonic acid.

“Sparkling wine.”

“Ah, carbonic acid. You made that too.”

“Because it is an important matter.”

The moment he said that, what flashed through Deltan’s mind was the cola he drank when he met Robrace before being called to the hall.

‘That taste can’t be recreated.’

Deltan put a lot of effort into recreating carbonated drinks and champagne, but it was impossible to recreate the taste of cola that we had on Earth.

What kind of magic are they doing?

Deltan remembered his promise to uncover its secrets when he returned to Earth.

“Eat.”

“Yes.”

I took the appetizer in one bite. And then I raised my glass and took a sip of champagne.

‘So far so good.’

Deltan’s one hand was fiddling with the ring case in his pocket until this moment.

It’s about timing.

Once the conversation has started and the atmosphere has warmed up, you can show the ring and propose.

The meal has begun.

“Your rumor spread so much that even I, who doesn’t leave the house, knew.”

“If you didn’t leave the house but heard a rumor, it means there is a spy in the house.”

“Whose?”

“Gerhart, among the assholes in the drones, among the hunting dogs, I am closest to Pobbler. Or did you roast and boil Eryl?”

“Oh, there are some of them. But anything more than this is a secret.”

“As you wish.”

What followed was mainly an extension of the conversation we always had.

Things like what happened in or around the mansion, or what they did and what impressions they had when they were away from each other.

Deltan nodded and focused on the story.

‘I’m not in the mood yet.’

I wish there had been a conversation topic more suitable for a proposal.

Or, there was a perception that the conversation should be directed in that direction.

But it wasn’t easy.

When I came to my senses, half of the main dish, steak, was gone.

‘… !’

Only then did Deltan feel a sense of crisis.

Agnes slowly shifted her gaze to see that she was shaking her glass and smiling, as if it was quite surprising that she was drinking alcohol for the first time in her life.

“It’s a little bit spicy, but like you said, it doesn’t put a strain on your body. This is so amazing. The taste is much better with a little bit of sweetness.”

It just seems like a good drink.

No, I guess I forgot the purpose of today due to the taste of alcohol.

This was an off-the-charts situation.

Deltan recalled feeling very perplexed.

“… Really?”

“Yes, can you make more of this? I want to eat it often.”

It will happen. No, since the body has awakened new blood in the first place, even if it is not that, you will be able to drink a small amount of regular alcohol.

Anyway, that wasn’t the important thing.

‘This can’t go on.’

It’s a major accident.

Originally, I had planned to propose right after I finished eating the main dish.

However, at this rate, the main dish evaporates within 3 minutes.

The opportunity to create an atmosphere disappears.

The Deltan’s eyes trembled as if there had been an earthquake.

‘how… .’

What should I say directly? You need to change the topic and set the mood yourself.

It was an artificial intervention rather than a natural transition, which I didn’t like a little, but it was not the time for Deltans to be reckless.

Okay, let’s do it.

It was the moment when Deltan, who had made up his mind, took a sip of wine and was about to open his mouth.

“… .”

Deltan felt speechless.

‘What should I say?’

In this situation, Deltan didn’t know what to say to change the topic.

Because it was Agnes who always brought up the story about their relationship.

*

It is an inevitable human habit to look back on the past and regret it only at the moment of failure.

Delta people were also not completely free from such characteristics.

Of course, Deltans do not know failure. His life was always filled with moments of praiseworthy feats that overcame crises and ended in success.

However, they were all connected with material things, not emotions, and something that could be calculated as success or failure.

This wasn’t the way to express one’s feelings to someone.

All the prepared words are thrown into the trash can.

No matter what I said in this atmosphere, I couldn’t follow up with what I had prepared.

I feel sick to my stomach.

The fact that he had never approached her first and expressed himself explicitly became poisonous and made Deltan’s throat sting.

The psychological defense mechanism against unfamiliar words is too strong.

Your pride is too upright to bend down.

Embarrassment eventually led to action.

With a clang, the wine glass that had slipped from my hand broke and scattered on the floor.

“Deltain?”

Agnes asked in surprise.

“Ah… .”

Deltans once again lamented the situation that left them far from the atmosphere they wanted.

“Are you okay?”

As Agnes tried to get up, Deltan raised his hand to stop her.

“It’s okay. Wait.”

Just like that, I snapped my fingers.

The remains of the glass were quickly removed and put to one side.

Gerhart, who appeared late, handed me a new glass and collected the remains of the broken glass.

Deltan couldn’t concentrate on all that.

Boom, boom, my heart is pounding. It’s shocking that he ended up causing an accident because he couldn’t even propose.

No, it would be more correct to say that it was more of a shame than a shock.

Deltan criticized himself for having mistakenly assumed that he had been taking the initiative in receiving and receiving her love.

‘You idiot… !’

My teeth are clenching for no reason.

Agnes’ expression sank.

The embarrassed mind perceives it as a negative signal.

There is impatience.

I make up words while thinking about the training, but even that is not easy.

Even if I try to put it in a positive light, I can’t think of anything better to say than ‘I made a mistake because I was nervous,’ but my pride blocked me from saying that.

“Deltain.”

Agnes put down her glass.

I got up from my seat.

Are you leaving? Did I fail? Even after all the chaos, I couldn’t even say a word… .

“Look at me.”

In an instant, Agnes came right in front of Deltan.

Lift up the head of the Deltan who had fallen down on his knees.

Our eyes met.

It’s a pretty stern expression that doesn’t suit her.

“What are you doing?”

Is it a criticism? no. Agnes was a person who had never been angry.

Deltan recalled that fact once again.

That too was her own expression.

“That’s not like you.”

“Just… .”

“Are you nervous?”

When Deltan’s body suddenly stopped, Agnes smiled mischievously.

“I told you not to have any expectations. So I didn’t have any expectations.”

It stimulates pride as if to relieve tension.

If it had been like usual, he would have been upset at this moment and regained his normal self right away.

If it were like usual.

“I… .”

The word ‘I’ was the most common word in the Delta people’s vocabulary.

Even though it was used so often, it was always a word that only expressed dignity or confidence.

For the first time today, my confidence was erased from the Deltan’s ‘I’ word.

“I, so… .”

What should I say?

When I think about it, I don’t remember ever telling you that I like you first.

Even at the moment of confession, I was guided by the atmosphere and was able to give an answer quite comfortably.

I don’t know what to say now.

Unanswerable sentences linger in my brain.

Nothing comes out of my mouth.

The expression slightly frowned.

“It’s okay.”

Agnes brushed the area around Deltan’s eyes with her thumb.

I feel like my tense muscles are gradually loosening up with the movement.

Even at this moment, Deltan realized that he had received her help.

That set off an alarm in Deltan’s mind.

‘What I was trying to say was… .’

I meant it.

This is because she already knew that what she wanted was sincere, and Deltan also recognized the importance of expressing it.

But what is this?

I’m thinking of ugly excuses.

He is talking weakly.

The Deltan Hebron that Deltans themselves knew was not that kind of man.

The moment he reflected, his pride began to function properly.

Chin took Agnes’ hand.

‘Sincerity.’

Just think about that.

I spat out the words.

“I want to have your child.”

What followed was three seconds of silence.

Deltan felt like it was too late.

‘… ‘Fuck.’

It seemed like his senses had not yet returned.

That damn order.

I was wrong this time too.

“Push… !”

Agnes laughed. Like someone who has seen the funniest comedy in the world.