The Woman Found the Will I Wrote

20 – Just a little more…

I let out a small sigh as I looked at Shien, who was looking sullen and droopy like a puppy that got caught in the rain.

In the original novel, he was a character like hard steel who was perfect in everything, had firm beliefs, and was not shaken by anything.

‘The guy in front of me right now looks more like cotton about to melt than steel.’

Cotton becomes mushy and cannot even maintain its shape.

The gap between the SIEN I knew and the SIEN I have now is so great that I don’t know what to do about it.

The maids hurriedly came from outside and covered Shien with a blanket.

I was troubled, thinking that the sight resembled a shivering puppy covered in a blanket.

‘Then what should I do?’

… I said I understood, but I was actually quite embarrassed and didn’t know what to do.

From my perspective, it was the same as when Shien suddenly came to me, crying and asking for a chance.

‘Plus, I don’t know much about what happened in the past.’

I couldn’t do anything hastily.

I was overwhelmed just thinking about the Heavenly God Church and Rumi, but adding Shien to the mix made my head explode.

I spoke to the maids around me, trying hard to hold back a sigh.

“I have something to talk with Shien, so please leave.”

With those words, the maids bowed politely and quickly left the room.

– Boom

The silence started with the sound of the door closing.

I slowly opened my mouth to Shien, who was holding the blanket in front of me and watching.

“What do you want?”

At first, I thought I would appease Shien as he wanted.

If I did that, there would be a sense of difference from the way I usually show myself with Dern.

In order not to create an unnecessary sense of difference, I had to act like Dern’s usual self.

So, I asked Shien the same way he usually shows others.

Sien speaks to me in a voice that makes it seem as if he is crawling and holding onto the blanket tightly.

“… “I want to enjoy my rights as a fiancé.”

Rights as a fiancé? I’m not sure exactly what that is.

I looked at Shien intently for him to explain in more detail.

She curls up her body even more and speaks in a voice that crawls towards me.

“… “I feel very sorry to say this, but if I don’t do it, I will regret it for the rest of my life, so I will do it at the risk of being rude.”

Seeing as how grandiose he is speaking, it seems like he wants to impose quite difficult conditions.

If I think this isn’t right for me, I nod my head and decide to reject it right away.

Sien takes a deep breath and talks to me.

“Her hand…” I want to hold her hand.

“…… “

I feel embarrassed because the request is more trivial than I thought.

I slowly stretched out my hand, thinking that my expressionless expression was about to break for a moment.

“…… ?”

When I held out her hand, Shien looked up at me with her eyes saying she didn’t understand.

She soon realized my intention and looked around in surprise. She then placed her hand on my hand with an expression full of shame.

‘It’s cold.’

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been standing outside for a long time or because I’m nervous.

Shien’s hand was extremely cold, so she held it without thinking.

“… Tsk.”

Shien was startled by my actions and shook her shoulders. She looked at me and my hand alternately with her bright red face.

‘Was this too much?’

Her hand came up and she grabbed it unconsciously.

This behavior seems to have been too stimulating for Shien.

I looked at Shien who was at a loss and thought it would be better to let go of her hand, so I slowly relaxed my strength.

“Oh, no.”

This time, Shien holds my hand tightly and speaks to me in a stuttering voice.

“Just a little more… “I hope you can hold on just a little longer.”

It seemed like it wasn’t a very difficult request, so I nodded her head and held her hand again.

Although Shien was embarrassed, she looked relieved and smiled slowly.

“… Thank you.”

I feel embarrassed to see him smiling so innocently.

I look away, thinking that I don’t know how to deal with someone who honestly confronts me with my emotions.

When Shien saw me like that, she held my hand a little tighter, showing her determination to never let go.

*

After that, we just held hands without saying a word for about ten minutes.

In my view, it was just a meaningless action, but I guess Shien didn’t think so.

Unlike before, she spoke to me with a lively face.

“Thank you so much, Lord Dern. “I will not forget this grace!”

“… Okay.”

She looked at me with a big smile on her face, as if she was really happy, and then quickly left, saying, ‘That was rude.’

I looked at her back and she sighed and slowly looked away.

‘There are so many things to worry about.’

I had no idea that even Shien would come out like this.

I sighed lightly, thinking that I had more things to worry about.

For now, I decided to be satisfied that the work was completed well and to start with going to school.

* * * * *

“There will be a group practice performance evaluation soon. “An announcement will be made later, so please refer to it.”

The professor’s voice spreads through the classroom.

I looked at my hands while listening to that voice.

‘The scent doesn’t go away.’

I don’t know if it’s because we kept holding hands for the previous 10 minutes.

I sighed as I looked at this, thinking that Sien’s unique floral scent kept lingering in my hands.

‘It’s not that I don’t like it, but it keeps getting on my nerves.’

When I was looking at this, thinking I didn’t know why it was making things so complicated in my head.

Suddenly, Rumi, who was staring at me from afar, caught her eye.

‘… ‘What are you doing?’

I don’t know why he’s staring at me like that.

I wanted to react to this, but I didn’t have the psychological space, so I pretended not to see it.

Rumi never took her eyes off me, as if I were an enemy, and she stared at me throughout class.

‘Well, it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch. Not only did she try to rape her, but she also said a series of hurtful things.’

So, I think it’s understandable that he dislikes me so much, and I’m scribbling down class-related information in the grimoire.

Delia, who was sitting next to her, whispers to me in her low voice.

“Are you going to do that today too?”

I’m guessing you’re talking about Pal-i, the corpse story.

I had to repeat this until I collected at least 10,000 coins, so I nodded and Delia crossed her arms and spoke to me.

“I thought about it carefully at home. “The key to this matter is to provide as many corpses as possible and deliver them, right?”

To be exact, you need a corpse or a person who gives you a lot of coins.

It’s hard to explain in detail about this, so I just nod.

Delia spoke to me with a somewhat confident smile.

“Then why don’t we just collect a large number of corpses and push them all in at once? “I think that can dramatically reduce time.”

At those words, I looked at Delia in silence and shook her head.

“If that happens, too much attention will be drawn, which is actually poisonous.”

Because the thing that needs to be transported, not an object, is a human body.

If you do such a thing, you may cause trouble and cause trouble, so I declined the offer.

She smiles and offers her new suggestion.

“That’s not a big problem. “There is one way.”

“How? “What is it?”

“It’s a free funeral.”

Free funeral? I looked at him wondering what he was talking about.

She spoke while taking out the magic book in her arms.

“I checked briefly yesterday, and they say there are quite a lot of dead bodies rolling around the streets in slums and outlying areas.”

This is the result of all kinds of disasters occurring around the world along with the invasion of the Devil.

I remember seeing it mentioned in one of her novels. When she nodded, Delia continued her story.

“I thought it would be a good idea to gather those bodies together and take them away under the pretext of giving them a free funeral.”

I am thinking that this is a good method as long as it is managed well.

She quickly added a few stories.

“The advantage of this plan is that the corpses rolling around on the floor have no relatives or acquaintances to attend the funeral, so there is no one to blame.”

Above all, her logic was that since it was an action that seemed close to good intentions in the eyes of a third party, it could bring great fame to the Lercier family.

“Besides, the body doesn’t disappear, so if you transport it carefully, there will be no more suspicion. “Once the corpses disappear, hygiene and scenery will improve, so I think citizens will be very happy about it.”

It was a pretty good offer as long as we didn’t get caught, so I nodded and spoke.

“Let’s consider it.”

“Yes, and I looked into the funeral expenses, and I think I can collect some amount if I request it from the imperial family. “I think it would be a good idea to make the most of this.”

I wasn’t too worried about the cost since I was planning to use my family’s money, not mine anyway.

I nodded, thinking it would be good to consider such a method.

Delia looked at me with an expression that said she had done it.

“You know, if you like it, can’t you put a compliment sticker on it or something?”

I looked at Delia in silence, wondering if the concept of stickers existed here as well.

She smiles awkwardly and talks to me.

“It feels like if you collect about ten, you can help with magic modification… I thought it would be nice to receive it. “If you don’t like it, don’t.”

I laughed at that and said I would think about it, thinking that would be okay.