Chapter 72
“Ruby.”
“…Yes.”
“I asked you what happened. I don’t really understand the situation right now.”
My tongue stung and I felt nauseous.
You don’t have to confirm this unnecessary thing.
“Tha… uhn, waaaaah-”
It was then.
In an atmosphere of sudden seriousness, Leah, who just wanted to find her hairpin, stopped looking at us and burst into tears.
She seemed to have been scared.
I wanted to cry with her.
But if I cried here, it would only be a negative factor.
I wanted an innocent childish image, not an impudent idiot image.
To make matters worse, the damn poisoning attempt was helping to create a clear picture of perpetrator and victim.
Sir Ivan seemed briefly enraptured by this unexpected disturbance.
And as soon as Leah began to cry, the floating spell was lifted.
If I had not been the subject of this situation, I would have been deeply moved by Sir Ivan’s unexpected brotherly behaviour.
“What the… Leah, Leah. Hey, why are you crying all of a sudden?”
“M-My, my hairpin, my hairpin, because of me, uhhhnn!”
Poor Leah seemed to have judged that Freya and I fought over her pretty hairpin. I’d rather it be that way.
Ellenia was still waiting for an answer with her eyes fixed on me.
Sir Ivan, who had been struggling to sweep back his pale yellow hair, also turned his eyes to me.
“Good lord. What in the world happened, my lady?”
I gulped at his low voice.
Maybe it was because I’d only seen his usual abusive behavior, but he seemed like a different person when he acted calm.
“My lady?”
In the series of my silent replies, Sir Ivan pressed again, his eyes slightly distorted, perhaps irritated.
He looked scarier than just being angry with her face as if she were a girl-like face.
As the heart beat like a rabbit in front of a fox, the white panic pressed down in my head.
This was what Freya was trying to tell me.
She didn’t have to go through all this trouble in the first place.
No matter how I may be, in the end…….
I just
don’t want to
do you keep putting me
aren’t you saying
don’t want any more fuss. I think she was just surprised. You should go now,
hand on Ellenia’s shoulder, quickly
I should
“Huu…. Brother, you idiot!”
what are you doing?
while wiping tears, now moved her small hands up and
asking him
sat with one knee
What was he doing?
something into Sir Ivan’s ear, everyone was just
what he heard, Sir Ivan soon scratched his head and straightened himself, approaching me
you making me nervous
you’re not someone to do this for no reason. There seems to have been
tone one would use with
Almost a whisper.
to say earlier, I don’t think it would
I want to make sure you don’t get in
does that mean? You’re afraid I’ll
I’ll
“I didn’t do anything.”
“Yes…?”
and
tongue rolled out as
flowed out, my
I’m crazy, really crazy.
at me with
expression, which hadn’t changed for a while, was indescribable.
do you mean,
didn’t do anything just
saying Lady Furiana
again, Freya smiled. As if she had been
just move
the end of today’s meeting.
away from me and
were pouring out, I was caught in a dizzy spell
above
right, it’s all right. It would have eventually happened.
like
want Durahan
uttered a low groan, grabbed the legs of the gnome and tossed them down
final cry from the gnome echoed
“Typical workaholic symptoms.”
Izek recited.
there was a body of gnome beginning to melt down like a lump of sticky
he encountered these days
think that’s something you get to
I know how to enjoy
Izek grinned if he was in
Camu saw him
couldn’t get used to
that thought, Camu crumpled his
so good about
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