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Chapter 230
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Argonia Temple. When I returned around nine o’clock, the two priests were busy charging the warp gate. I felt resentful that the old men were stubbornly keeping me from going home when I could have handled it myself. ‘There’s nothing I can do.’ Seeing them struggling to extract mana despite their old age was a bit pitiful, so I decided not to add any more comments. “It’s good!” The priest’s quarters that the deputy priest personally offered weren’t too bad either. Of course, the room hadn’t been used for a long time, so there was some dust, but with Cheshire opening the windows to ventilate and cleaning the blankets, it seemed like it would be quite comfortable to sleep in. I took a shower, put on the comfortable priest’s robe I had borrowed, and dove onto the bed. “Good night, Lilith.” “Huh?” Cheshire looked back at me in puzzle as he grabbed the doorknob and started to leave. “Why?” “Where are you going? Didn’t you say you’d stay with me?” “Mhm. Don’t worry, I won’t sleep and will guard you outside.” “No, what the…” You really want to guard me? “Is there really a need to guard my room? Who’s even here? There are just two old men down there putting mana into the Warp Gate?” “But I can’t let you sleep here alone.” “Mhm. But you should sleep too. This isn’t the middle of a battlefield, and you don’t need to stay up all night guarding my room.” “…” “You have to train again tomorrow, so what if you stay up all night?” “It’s okay. I don’t have to sleep.” “No! Sleep!” Cheshire rubbed his forehead in embarrassment. “Okay. I’ll sit outside the door and sleep.” “Why are you sleeping on the floor when you have a nice room?” “Because I have to guard you.” “No!” It’s frustrating! “Sleep here!” “…” Seeing my stubbornness, Cheshire’s lips twitched slightly before he reluctantly sat down on a nearby chair. “Wow….” “Good night.” “Am I going to eat you?” “That’s not it….” “Am I some kind of beast? Have you ever seen a small and harmless beast like me?” “…” “Have you seen it~!” “No, I haven’t.” I put on a thick face and patted the bed vigorously. “…It’s not like that.” Cheshire firmly refused. I sighed and got up. “If that’s the case, you can sleep in the bed. You have training tomorrow, but it’s my day off from the Wizard Tower, so I’m fine. So even if I’m a bit uncomfortable, I’ll just manage.” “Lilith.” “Why?” “….” Cheshire closed her eyes tightly. Eventually, after a moment of consideration, he said, “Alright,” and pushed me onto the bed, then sat down beside it. I lay back down again, watching Cheshire’s back as he sighed deeply, unable to lie down himself. “How did the gate…? It’s discharged…? Of all days…? Sigh, why is this happening…?” “…?” “That’s ridiculous….” I was dumbfounded when I heard Cheshire, who was usually quiet, mumbling incessantly. “What do you mean by that?” “What?” “I told you I didn’t do it?!” I jumped up in frustration. “When I asked you to play with me more, I was really planning on going home? The gate discharged by accident? What kind of god am I? I don’t have the ability to control the gate at will…!” “….” It’s not like there isn’t anything. There’s nothing I can’t do, really. “Mhm! I can do it, but I really didn’t do it! It’s unfair!” “I know. I never said you did it, so why are you doing that?” “It’s because you keep looking at me strangely!” “I didn’t look at you strangely.” “….” “Insisting that I sleep in the bed is a bit strange, though.” “I just don’t want to see you sleeping on the floor! And you!” I felt a bit hurt by Cheshire’s strong aversion to the idea. “Do you dislike me? Is it that you don’t even want to lie down with me? We used to take naps together all the time.” “No, I don’t dislike it. It’s just that we were younger back then. Now, with the Duke worrying and all, it feels like I’m doing something wrong.” “What’s so wrong about it? We’re just boyfriend and girlfriend. I’m not asking for anything weird. It’s just about holding hands and sleeping together!” I reached out and grabbed Cheshire’s hand, then lay back down. He awkwardly followed, lying down beside me. “Haa….” “Let’s sleep now!” We lay side by side, holding hands, in a straight posture. A silence fell over us. When I glanced to the side, Cheshire turned his head away as if he didn’t even want to make eye contact with me. “It’s too much. With you being so sensitive, it feels like we’re doing something even worse.” “I won’t do anything bad. Don’t worry.” “Lovers don’t do anything bad, right?” “We’re still young, so it’s considered bad.” What is this Joseon Dynasty mind? Could it be that, like me, he was reincarnated here from a Joseon Dynasty scholar family? “Are you a scholar by any chance?” “What?” “No, but do you know Sir Raoul from the Paladin Order? He just had his second child.” I heard from Dad. Sir Raoul is an 18-year-old knight, the same age as Cheshire. “….?” At my words, Cheshire suddenly got up with wide eyes. “I’ll just sleep over there.” Then he tried to go back to the chair. “Oho.” It’s fun to tease. I chuckled and grabbed Cheshire’s arm. “I was just joking, young man! Why are you getting so serious~!” “….” Cheshire glared at me as if he was annoyed at me for speaking like a sinister aunt, then sighed and laid down again. I turned to Cheshire and stared at him. “Hehe.” “….” “Cheshire.” “…Why.” “Thank you.” Cheshire’s head, which had been staring stiffly at the ceiling, turned to me. “What?” “Hmm.” I wanted to say it at least once. Now would be the perfect time. “You’re doing business with Dad for me. You’re risking your life.” “….” “But you know, I don’t want to feel grateful to you.” Cheshire looked at me with a puzzled look. “You know, why are you trying to kill His Majesty the Emperor?” “….” “Is it because I’m Primera? Because if His Majesty the Emperor is alive, I wouldn’t be able to live safely?” “Mhm.” “Is there any other reason? If I weren’t Primera, you wouldn’t have done business, right?” Cheshire thought for a moment and said. “No, I would have done it anyway. Because if just one Emperor disappears, the world will be a better place.” “Do you also desperately wish for that? Be honest with me. Creating a happy and better world for everyone is the reason James is pursuing his business, right?” At first, Cheshire began learning to wield a sword to repay the favor to his adoptive father who took him in. Later, his obsession with the revolution and risking his own life was driven by the compulsion to “eliminate the Emperor” after learning that I was Primera. “I don’t want to be grateful to you. I wish you had another reason besides me.” The path Cheshire walked for 7 years. No matter how much I thought about it, there was no sign of Cheshire’s own will anywhere in it. It wasn’t for a great cause, nor was it because he had a vision of the world he wanted after the revolution succeeded. That always bothered me. “Everyone has their own reasons. My reason is you.” “Of course, but I hope you have a reason beyond that blind and simplistic goal. Think about it. What is it that you truly want?” “I’m more than willing to give my life for the sole purpose of saving you. So I’m satisfied with my reasons right now. If you ask me to think of another reason, I don’t know right now.” I nodded, swallowing a sigh at his answer that I didn’t even think about twice. “Yeah…” “….” “Cheshire.” “Mhm.” “Do you have a dream?” “Dream?” “Mhm. Think of a situation that would make you happy if it happened right now.” “….” “Eating your fill of delicious food, or lying in bed doing nothing for a year, or petting a cute cat….” I laid down, resting my chin on my hand, and smiled at Cheshire. “Imagine it.” “I don’t know.” “Phew, what’s so hard about this? Just imagine it.” “I don’t really understand why I need to imagine something that isn’t going to happen.” “….” Phew. I had no choice but to give up and lie down. “Then just, don’t imagine and just think ‘I want to have a good dream’ and sleep. So that you can unconsciously have the dream you wanted.” “….” “Hey! You can do that much, right?” “Okay.” Cheshire nodded and closed his eyes. I watched his face for a while until he fell asleep, then slowly hugged his side and clung to him tightly. “Just your hand.” Heuk. Cheshire, who I thought was asleep, pushed me away and grabbed my hand. “Let’s just hold hands, we….” “Tch.” “….” How typical of Cheshire. In the end, I gave up and said goodnight. “Have a good dream, Cheshire.” 1sec * * * Chirp chirp chirp. The sound of birds chirping. Cheshire opened his eyes to the warm sunlight streaming in through the window. It seemed to be morning. “Honey, how long are you going to sleep?” A familiar voice. Cheshire turned his head outside while lying down. Beyond the open door, he could see the kitchen. The smell of delicious food. The back of his wife standing with her back turned in front of the fire. ‘What is this?’ It was definitely a familiar sight, but somehow it felt new today. Cheshire smiled, stood up, and walked towards his wife. The person I love the most. His heart raced with every step he took as he got closer. “Did you sleep well?” Cheshire hugged his wife’s waist from behind and answered with a small kiss on her exposed neck. “Mhm, I slept well.”
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