Kalian stretched out his hand to like he was trying to escort , but I indicated it was fine and walked on my own. He didn’t offer it again, seemingly only doing it out of politeness.
Like that, we walked down the hallway side by side, with our hands to ourselves. Even though Kalian proposed to walk down together because he had sothing to say to , he didn’t speak right away.
If it was Anne-Marie or soone else here right now, they might have made so small talk to liven the atmosphere in order to make it easier for him to speak up. But I didn’t bother going through that trouble.
Besides, the silence didn’t even feel that uncomfortable.
So I just kept walking while checking out the picture fras and decorations on the wall. And the main thoughts on my mind were things like ‘as expected of a great noble house, everything looked expensive’ or ‘that’s pretty, I wonder how much it costs’.
Then a while later, Kalian finally opened his mouth.
“What I want to say is, I don’t know how you’ll take this but…”
Instead of beating around the bush, he skipped the introduction and went straight to the main subject.
“I think you should be careful.”
And the words which dug into my ears were a little unexpected.
But sothing about it was familiar and for a split second, I thought the person next to was Dominic’s avatar.
Maybe I should say like father like son; Kalian said sothing very similar to his father. In the carriage, I’d already heard Dominic tell to ‘be careful if you want to live long’ so for a mont, I wondered if Kalian’s words ant the sa thing.
However, I didn’t see any sign that he was threatening . Rather, although it was faint, the emotion in his voice…felt closer to concern.
From the looks of things, Kalian wasn’t threatening like Dominic but sincerely warning .
“Mm, I’m sorry but I don’t know what I should be careful about.”
I wondered if he knew sothing Dominic did or was going to do to in the future, so I asked for confirmation.
At that, Kalian frowned slightly as if I’d asked him a difficult question.
“I can’t really explain the circumstances. I know what I’m saying sounds strange to you.”
He paused for a mont, as though he was trying to organize his thoughts then he opened his mouth again.
“But I think, it’s almost certain that sothing serious will happen to you soon so…I wanted to tell you to be careful.”
So in other words, apart from telling that sothing bad will happen to , he didn’t know what that ‘sothing’ was nor could he tell how he knew about it.
Just like Kalian said, what I was hearing right now sounded very strange.
I spoke like I was flinging the words.
“If you say that without any other explanation, I could just ignore it.”
“Of course, you might think lightly of my words but…I hope you don’t.”
He was looking straight at and his gaze was very serious.
Kalian’s personality itself was serious to begin with so I didn’t think he was saying this to casually. Despite that, his expression told he was a little concerned about how I would interpret his words.
I stared at his face for a while, then soon enough, I parted my lips slightly.
“Thank you.”
At that mont, Kalian’s eyes trembled. His eyes were a little wide as if he had just heard say sothing completely unexpected.
“I don’t know but you told about it even though it’s difficult for you to explain. So I’ll listen and I won’t ignore it.”
Since Kalian didn’t intend anything bad by telling this, I didn’t plan on being frustrating by picking at what was wrong.
“…It’s not sothing you should thank for.”
But why is it that Kalian’s face got a little darker than before?
If soone thanks you, you should just accept it. In so ways, this guy’s character was exhausting.
“Is that all you wanted to say to ?”
“Actually, there was one more thing but…I think it would be better to just forget it.”
On a closer look, I could see a faint sense of guilt lingering on his face and it made suspicious. But Kalian quickly looked away from and faced the front so I couldn’t study his expression for long.
Baang!
A thunderous roar that seed to rip through my eardrum burst out that very mont.
At that sudden noise, Kalian and I turned to the window at the sa ti.
The sound didn’t seem to be coming from the mansion but sowhere in the distance. I would guess about 10km(6.2miles) from here.
A red light shone in the distance then disappeared, as if sothing had exploded.
But soon enough, another ‘Bang!’ rang out and a light flashed in my sight at the sa ti.
“I’m afraid I’ll have to excuse myself. There’s a carriage waiting for you outside so take care on your way back.”
After saying his goodbye, Kalian quickly dashed ahead. Before he left, his expression was extrely severe.
No surprise there but everyone in the mansion seed to have heard the noise from outside. I could feel the once quiet mansion quickly becoming rowdy.
I moved my gaze away from where Kalian disappeared and looked out the window again. Sohow, it gave a similar feeling to the explosion at the shopping mall.
For a while, I watched the darkness outside the window quietly until a surprised Anne-Marie quickly ran over to .
* * *
“Mr. Lakis?”
When I got ho, Lakis was nowhere to be found.
I guess he had gone out while I was gone. This situation wasn’t that unusual anymore, so I wasn’t as shaken as before.
I went to my room to change and while I was at it, I went to the bathroom and washed up. When I ca out after all that, Lakis was now sitting on the sofa in the living room.
“Oh, you’re back, Mr. Lakis.”
But for so reason, the mont he saw , he sprang to his feet. Lakis was still wearing his outdoor clothing but he was staring at and his face was sternly cold.
Seeing that, I was a little confused.
“Why are you looking at like that?”
However, Lakis didn’t answer , instead he approached with long strides and quickly narrowed the distance between us.
He drew close till he was right in front of my nose and his fra cast a shadow over my head then he grabbed my arm.
“I can sll blood from you.”
When I heard those words, I shut my mouth.
Seeing that, Lakis looked at as if he was searching every inch of my face.
“Did you get hurt?”
“Why would I get hurt?”
I retorted, feeling embarrassed by the sudden situation and Lakis’ eyes sharpened.
“Don’t play innocent with . Another explosion happened downtown, and you said you were going there with the girl next door.”
It was only after hearing this that I understood why Lakis was acting this way.
Ah, so the explosion happened downtown of all places?
It felt kind of weird to tell Lakis I was going to the Crawford’s, so I just told him I was going to look around downtown with Anne-Marie.
“Mr. Lakis…are you just coming back from there?”
“I went out for a bit because it was noisy outside and when I heard people talking, it seed like the place you went to.”
Lakis’ eyes were still cold, and he was looking up and down as he spoke. He looked like he was trying to see if there was any sign of injury on my body.
In other words…Lakis was worried that I might be caught up in an explosion again, so he went to the scene of the incident himself and was just coming back from there.
Of course, I was in a different place at that ti, so I had no involvent with the explosion whatsoever. So it was only natural that Lakis couldn’t find even though he was looking for .
“I guess we missed each other on the way but just tell where you got hurt.”
As I watched Lakis urge , I felt my conscience hurting a bit.
“No, I’m not hurt. I wasn’t there when the explosion happened.”
For a mont, I pondered how honest I should be and when I opened my mouth, Lakis’ face crumpled.
“Although it’s faint, I can definitely sll blood on you but you’re telling you’re not injured?”
The look on his face told he didn’t believe at all. Lakis gave a sharp look as though telling not to lie.
I guess he felt more suspicious because he could sense the slight hesitation in my voice. I felt like he wouldn’t believe it until he took off my clothes and checked himself. So in the end, I had no choice but to be honest about the identity of the bloody sll.
“It’s just my nstruation, you know, the bleeding that happens once a month?”
Instantly, Lakis froze over but for a different reason from before.
His mouth fell open slightly.
His blue eyes were filled with embarrassnt and I watched as he blinked a few tis. Still, Lakis quickly regained his composure. Then he spoke to in a calm voice, as though confirming.
“Really?”
“Really.”
I’m not sure if I should be thankful or not but Lakis wasn’t suspicious anymore. Although after that, he quietly looked away from and there was still so ripples in his eyes.
As expected…Seeing as he was convinced so easily, he obviously had a rough idea of my nstrual cycle even though he hadn’t said anything so far.
Since his five senses were much better than normal people, it was inevitable that he was sensitive to slls so I guess it’s only natural that he knew.
If my face wasn’t so thick, I might have run into the room and covered myself with a blanket in embarrassnt.
“I’m glad you’re fine but I don’t want you to get involved in dangerous things in the future.”
Lakis who seed like he’d regained his inner peace, looked at with a serious look in his eyes.
His tone was like he was pleading with a trouble-making child, so I narrowed my eyes a little.
“If sothing dangerous is going to happen, don’t go there at all.”
“How would I know if sothing dangerous is going to happen?”
“Just try not to go out as much as possible and stay at ho. After all, everything outside the blanket is dangerous.” [1]
While borrowing the words I said in the past, Lakis’ face was sowhat serious. Once again, he looked down at with a serious look in his eyes.
Only
I said it as a joke back then but like before, Lakis was serious.
Then after quietly staring at my face for a while, Lakis slowly opened his mouth.
“Seriously, I’m worried.”
His voice was very soft, almost like he was talking to himself and hearing those words, I felt strange.
Translator’s Corner:
[1] This is from chapter 107.
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