Ch 116

There was no particular pain, but as I still had no energy, I fell asleep immediately when I closed my eyes. As my noble father in law said, I will have a lot of work to do after he vacates his position, so it would only be right to rest while I can. Thanks to the warm sunset that tickled my eyelids when I awoke from my nap, I could feel the presence of someone standing next to me.

Assuming that it was Izek, I didn’t check to see who it was. However, it was the presence of my beautiful sister-in-law who looked just like him, visiting me while I was alone.

Throughout my time of pretending to be a patient, Elenia would often sneak up to the door and disappear after quietly observing the family doctor or maid tending to me.

Even if she was wary of me, it couldn’t be helped, but more than that, I just felt like I wasn’t ready to face her.

I didn’t know how to prepare for it.

Elenia stopped pacing and stared at me with a stoic expression while I was looking away from her.

The sunset pouring in from the window with the curtains slightly drawn tinted our faces with a crimson dye.

“······You’ve already heard about it.”

The voice that finally rang was calm and dry like her.

The long hands exposed under the wide lace sleeves looked particularly lifeless today.

“I sent Marta to another place.”

“Ah······.”

“It’s not Ruby’s fault, so I hope you don’t misunderstand. This was something I should have done earlier… It seems that none of us knew what the people around us were really like.”

It was a stupid question to ask “Why did you do that?” Weren’t there moments when you felt like you knew what the reason was even if it wasn’t said out loud?

So Elenia, who turned her attention to the scenery outside of the window, slowly caught her breath, avoiding my eyes just staring at her.

“I don’t think I’ve tried to get close to anyone. I probably didn’t try because I didn’t care… now that I see that, I’ve found that I’m worse than my brother.”

I wondered if word had circulated that I was secretly hiding away beasts, but it seems that I was agonizing over a completely different issue.

“It sounds ridiculous to say this after the time we’ve spent together, but I believed that it would be okay for anyone to leave anytime. Like my mother…It wouldn’t matter if they suddenly left.”

“······.”

“If I’ve been living like that… I can’t even imagine how Ruby has been living all this time…”

The voice, which had been carrying on quietly, dropped dangerously like the calm before the storm.

I was in the middle of it all.

“Ruby, I’m… I’m sorry, I really don’t know what to say.”

She said something incomprehensible again.

Saying she’s sorry?

I didn’t think she had anything to feel sorry for in this case…

“I like the warm, pleasant atmosphere that hasn’t been around in a long while, I like how the crazy disturbances always catch me off guard, and I envy you for always being sincere.….”

“………”

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“Even though I felt unsettled and I knew something was wrong… I wanted Ruby to feel comfortable here so I didn’t try to figure out what was really going on. I didn’t want you to leave so I didn’t bring up the issue or try to acknowledge it.”

you really

closed her eyes and pretended not to know, saw what she wanted to see, turned around, and forgot about it, but it was not

wasn’t the

were all the same pebbles

because we didn’t want to experience anymore pain and wanted to avoid

would be the end if I

realized sooner that that wasn’t the end, that it could only completely coalesce together after it crumbled into sand and that it could become even stronger and withstand more powerful forces

wouldn’t have to cry

swallowed the dry

silently

silver hair dyed red by the sunset descended like a veil to

arm and held Elenia’s slightly drooping hand,

“You know, Ellen.”

head again, gazed at me with a puzzled

even get a sense of what kind of reaction would be the most appropriate and what kind of expression I should make in this

of my wilted mouth, smiled, and

northern pie that you can scoop up

eyes, which had been vacant

didn’t expect to see this

suddenly took on a remarkably, youthful

because of

join me Ellen? I

gained the courage to speak up, it seemed as

sparkling star-like iris appeared in her wide eyes while

Elenia’s smile that I had never seen before, a small, faint,

That will be

* * *

and then sunny days uncharacteristic of the north appeared, but

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something to do with

it’s pleasant to see so

“Madam…”

to the escort knights who were murmuring with a look of distress, putting

my shoulder, I set my feet on the snow-covered

the dark, blue sky at dawn and the all white garden

were a series of footprints on the

because I’ve been in bed for

and endurance, but it seems

keep my body healthy from now on because

the garden in the greenhouse would look like at the moment so I started heading in the direction towards it, but suddenly,

off its appearance in the front yard of the rugged landscape of

I came out

snowballs tightly, the cold air started to make me sweat. I was engrossed in the moment of making this winter

“…….Ruby!”

·······No, who is this?

haughty husband who’s

and smiled broadly at

whole time he was walking towards me, making it clear that he didn’t like my carefree

You came out alone

out alone because you weren’t

fur cloak and wrapped it around my body, stopped and looked at

of embarrassment flashed in his sharp

waiting for a long time to comfort you when I heard that you were

“…….about that.”

where did

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