Chapter 6
What kind of facade would work the best for soone with the personality of a scumbag? That was the problem.
He was still a man, so if I approached him with a cute and pitiful face, he wouldn’t hit , would he?
The marble stairs under the sumr sun glistened white. When it ca to the northern temple, I had imagined a gloomy and dull labyrinth in a fantasy ga, but the uniquely styled building showed off its magnificent and linear beauty.
Of course, my goal was not to explore the temple.
Now I was hiding behind a marble pillar, peeping into the noisy hall.
I didn’t an to hide and snoop, but sohow this happened. I did not like the scene in front of him. Like dieval fantasies, tall paladins in black armour gathered in twos and threes to wield swords glowing a brilliant blue.
This was a region plagued by demons all the ti, so they felt much rougher and more aggressive than the Knights of Romagna.
Their armour and equipnt all looked heavy and massive. How could they move so lightly with that on?
“Who are you looking for?”
The politely resounding voice brought to my senses rather than just looking around.
Without a sound, a Paladin had appeared behind and was looking down at .
A sweet face like a girl. A soft and elegant smile. The curly hair around his temple was a pretty shade; pale yellow.
The man blinked slowly as I pretended to hesitate. Once, twice. Light green eyes glistened with unknown light.
“Aren’t you Lady Rudbeckia?”
“Oh.”
“Don’t get wrong. When you arrived at the port of Elmos, I was also part of the convoy.”
“I see. I’m sorry, I didn’t... “
“No wonder you didn’t recognize . But what brings you here? Did you stop by to see the temple?”
“No. Well, I heard my husband’s here.”
I smiled shyly and answered, and the man was silent for a while.
He seed surprised and embarrassed by the way he was blinking his eyes.
Soon, my gaze turned to the basket in my hands, not knowing what he was so surprised by.
“........Wait a minute,” he smiled nicely again and walked past the pillar.
I was about to peek my head out again.
“Izek! Your wife is here! Izek! Hey! You damn b*stard! Are you ignoring ?! Your wife’s here! Ah, f*ck, this guy isn’t listening!”
I couldn’t believe those words ca out of that fine mouth.
What the hell was wrong with the people in this world?
I hid behind the pillar and stared intently at the statue on the opposite wall. St. Agnes, holding the lamb, suddenly made feel like throwing up again. That was weird. I already threw up today.
“What are you doing?”
The low-pitched voice along with the cold tone penetrated my ears. I lifted my head up and my eyes widened. Izek stood with one arm leaning on a post and looked down at with that fierce look.
Sweat dripped down his tangled silver hair to his forehead. It would be worth a watch if he had a staring contest with Cesare.
“I, uh, this morning–“
“What?”
“I thought you were offended by . So I’m worried...”
I pursed the corners of his mouth as I pretended to look around, mumbling the last of my words. As if I didn’t know what to say. Then my shoulder drooped, powerlessly.
“That’s enough, I’m fine.”
“Wa-wait a minute!”
He imdiately shook off my frail hand. I staggered back and dropped the picnic basket on the floor. The basket fell down with a thud.
Oh, this...
“Ah...”
Ellenia had said that it was a precious fruit in this area.
I squatted on the floor and began to pick up precious fruits that had fallen out. I expected him to leave, but Izek stopped and stared at what I was doing.
His red jewel-like eyes flashed with bewildernt.
“What are you doing?”
What, I’m picking up precious fruits.
You’re such a cranky person.
“I-I’m sorry. I brought it for you...”
“Who asked you to do that? Why are you picking up sothing that fell on the floor?”
“...I’m sorry.”
Open up, dam. Flow, river of tears.
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I pulled myself up, shaking helplessly.
Sniff, sniff.
I was doing this for survival, but I think I could get the Best Leading Actress Award at this point. It was more of a learning instinct from my past life. Once I started crying, the situation would calm down a bit.
Of course, there were people like my big brother, on whom it didn’t work throughout my past life.
What kind of a man would he be?
“I’m sorry to offend you. I just, I think you’re mistaken about , so I’m trying to explain...”
The best knight of the North was still standing there staring at .
What a consistent fellow. Your eyeballs are going to pop out at this rate.
“What misunderstanding?”
“Well, the misunderstanding, that I’ve been trying to figure out a reason to break up the marriage...”
“.........”
“I-I know it’s natural for you to take it that way, and I know it’s okay for you to hate . I’m sure anyone would. But I don’t... “
“Who said that I hated you?”
I sighed and opened my mouth.
With his head tilted, a smile made his lips arch as he approached .
I got goosebumps at that mont.
Far from feeling pity for crying people, he must hate it a lot.
“I don’t rember telling anyone that I hate you.”
“You an, you don’t hate ?”
“No, I don’t hate you.”
Look at him. You’re lying, right?
“A-Are you serious?”
“It’s true.”
“Really, really?”
I held his hand tightly and smiled excitedly with anticipation.
There was a mont of silence. The smile of the man looking down at slowly faded away. Izek stared at my face for a long ti, very silent.
For a second I thought he was going to hit . But that did not happen.
As soon as he blinked, the blazing look in his eyes suddenly faded and the cold look returned.
“... damn it, what the hell am I doing?”
His voice was filled with absurdity. Or should I call it a sense of sha?
The way he turned his body and swept his hair in an annoyed manner, felt like he was frustrated.
Ah, ah.
This was it. I had done this with a risk, but I was lucky to get a reaction.
“Are you alright?”
The next thing he did was pick up the fruit that fell at his feet. Izek glanced at after I questioned him. He threw the fruit into the basket and shoved it towards .
Oh my, he’s so aggressive.
“I don’t need this, so don’t do anything useless.”
“But...”
“I’m telling you in advance because I don’t want to be mistaken, but I don’t care if this clown ga ends right now. It’s just that I can’t wait to see who’s ssing around with . So why don’t you just write a letter and go ho right away, Little Southern Princess?”
I hadn’t seen this side of him before.
I felt more convinced.
I knew I was not the naive innocent type, but for a man like him, pretending to be different and smart was rather dangerous.
That doesn’t necessarily an he was the type to prefer the crying or pitiful ones, so the gap I saw a while ago was a precious clue.
Maybe it was because he thought I wasn’t worth getting angry at.
He would feel like he was being childish even if he argued or engaged in a psychological fight.
It was obvious what I was doing was not worth the vigilance or doubt.
Wait, did this guy who’s only four years older than , call ‘little’? What? Just because he grew up a bit fast?
“But I don’t want to.”
“Why? Do you feel that this gutter is your ho already?”
Did you think I’d even consider this a gutter? Thank you for letting know.
“I’m– I’m falling for you.”
For a mont, I could only hear the sound of the wind passing by.
I dropped my head to hide my red face. I praise my acting skills.
“What?”
“I know you hear that a lot. There’s no way you’d like . But you were the first one to save like that. I’ll try to fix my shortcomings as much as I can, so I don’t want anything. Could you please let be of any help? You said you didn’t hate .”
Aha, I’m the fangirl type. Most obvious and insignificant type for guys like him.
That was the way he would treat from now on. There was hope for too.
I thought I heard a booing sound sowhere.
It seed that soone was watching us in this very exciting situation.
Using this sound like background music, I raised my face and smiled. Be as bright as you were before, no counterasures. Apparently, Izek decided to pretend that he didn’t hear the lines I had just poured out.
Or did he think that he would feel more sha if he faced more people?
It was just heartless to turn around without a word.
I slamd another wedge into his unmoving back.
Only
“I’ll never be a nuisance. I swear.”
Of course, there was no reply back.
Silence.
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