chapter 16
16. Reunion (2)
Froden’s words didn’t last long. She began investigating the young lady’s actions that were very different from usual, and the path led to the temple, then the curse, the spirit, the conversation with the tower owner, and even the fact that it came to a conclusion. She told the story in a way that would sound infinitely light from the listener’s point of view, like a fairy tale about trying to save her beloved fiancée.
I was thankful and lovable when he left out all the stories of emotional and physical struggles. I want to hold him tight and tell him it’s okay, as he carefully talks about sensitive parts, in case he gets hurt by this.
“It’s okay. Young master. Please tell me about your mother without hesitation. I am determined.”
But now is not the time to fulfill your desires. She wanted to hug him, whisper in her arms and tickle his ears, but she held back.
“I know very well how Young Ae grew up, having heard it before, but this is a problem that even the count family can pretend to be. It’s like telling Young lady that her family might disappear…”
I want to kiss those eyes full of worry and tickle my lips saying it’s okay. But you have to be patient.
“It doesn’t matter if my family disappears because of it. From the beginning, there was no one who made me feel the fence called family. I feel sorry for my father, but this is something I can’t back down from.”
Froden looked at Tina as she spoke her words calmly, at a loss for what to say. To her, her count’s house was just a shady fence. In fact, she might have already been preparing to leave the county.
“Young lady. If it’s hard to be in the count’s house, would you like to go to the duke’s house with me?”
“Yes?”
Today must be a dangerous day for the heart. It is rather strange to see him entering more recklessly than usual, as if determined.
“I want the young lady to be happy. I hope you can always smile and live each day without worrying about the mansion while walking around the mansion comfortably.”
“Young master…”
“When I open my eyes, I want you to be by my side. I want to greet each other by looking into each other’s eyes, lean on each other and give each other strength when we are in trouble, and when we are sick, we want to take care of each other by holding hands right next to each other instead of just worrying from a distance.”
He reached out and gently wrapped his hand around his. His warm body heat passed toward his hand, and my body, my face, slowly heated up.
“To be a part of life. That’s what it means to stay by your side and live together. I hope that you will feel the love of family that others take for granted. I want to fill that love.”
I gently lifted his clenched hand and kissed him through the gap. It reminded me of the soft, warm feeling I felt on my lips earlier.
“Young master is truly greedy. How can you decide in such a hurry without asking the other person’s opinion?”
Even after saying this, Froden did not move. He just closed his eyes and smiled quietly.
“No, of course, I also want to do it like a chimney. It’s not that I don’t like Young master.”
“Tell me you love me.”
“Four…”
“You whispered to me so sweetly earlier, but you are too kind.”
This time, she pursed her lips with a look of disappointment. She thought that if a man had that expression, she would hate to look at him, but when she actually looked at him, she wasn’t quite like that. Rather, it seemed like she was acting cute, so I wanted to attack her lovely heart.
“I love you.”
Ah, I got hit. Seeing his accomplished smile, Tina smiled softly as she thought.
“Today is truly a dreamy day. I felt like I was given a very special reward as I was worried about what to do if I lost the young lady and how to exorcise her. I guess I can’t do it without a young lady. Just looking at it like this is good.”
Isn’t it? At Froden’s question, Tina involuntarily nodded her head. Contrary to her letters, it was difficult to respond to her heart-wrenching words that kept coming in. With her letters, he could have written anything he would like, but why did it take so much effort to say her words with his own mouth?
“It is late at night. I’m sorry that I came to you suddenly without any notice today. Please forgive me for my great rudeness in wanting to see the young lady. I’ll listen to the answer to the words to go together next time. When your heart is ready, the lady, please tell me anytime.”
As soon as his warm hands left, his body temperature seemed to drop. I watched Froden get up from his seat and tidy up his clothes. It’s a great look anytime.
Tina got up from her seat, straightened her crumpled clothes, and stood next to Froden. She looked at each other affectionately for a moment, kissed lightly, and without a word opened the door and proceeded out of the mansion.
The family members waiting around noticed their atmosphere and quietly and silently followed behind them to assist.
We walked slowly, holding each other’s hands and feeling our body heat, following the light that relied on moonlight and magical lamps. To spend a little more of this time walking together.
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Froden, who returned to the mansion after being greeted by Tina, was busy preparing for the trial again. He received a letter that came every day and wrote a reply and endured the tired days, when he received a message that Hadun, who had been away for a while, had returned.
“I had a lot of trouble.”
“This is for the master. No matter how hard it is.”
I stopped what I was doing at the words of the loyal Hadoon and looked at him. As always, clean appearance and upright posture. It is the unchanging look of Hadun.
“Did you find the subject of the note?”
“Yes. Even within the empire, she was the daughter of a viscount who was located on the outskirts. It was just a place where I lived a small life while collecting taxes in a small estate.”
“If the words are in the past tense, it must mean that they are not now. What’s going on?”
“I am the owner of a top store that sells dolls and perfumes under the name of a brand that has recently been popular with women of aristocratic families.”
“You mean the owner of the Mayril Merchant is the Viscount?”
There was one top group that has grown rapidly in the past half year. Those items that are no longer available because they skillfully sell items that are nothing but luxury items. From the point of view of Froden, who had knowledge of the previous life, it was just a common item, and he let go of the impression that the guild made it skillfully.
But why did the spirit inside Tina’s body try to kill the viscount’s daughter?
“Not the Viscount, but the Viscount’s daughter, Lady Mayrille, is the actual owner. She hides behind the name of Viscount Mayleel, makes goods, sells them and distributes them.
I remembered the soul that was in the body of the young lady who continued to meet with the merchant and made something strange. The way they act is strangely similar.
“Isn’t there any information about Lady Mayril prepared separately?”
“Until half a year ago, my body was weak, and it was not unusual for me to collapse at any time. In the meantime, a sudden high fever caused me to wander between death and death, but one day I suddenly felt better and started acting like a different person.”
“I fell down with a high fever and got up again, but I felt like a different person?”
Isn’t it similar to Tina’s time?
Froden felt goose bumps all over her body. Thoughts ran through her head, and a cold feeling passed through her heart.
“According to the information obtained by giving money to her aides, she spent her days reading and embroidering in the house because her body was weak before the high fever. She has a weak personality as well, she says she never said anything disliked to others, and she wasn’t particularly kind to those around her either. However.”
“After she had a high fever, she would throw down her books and embroidery and stir around the house. Didn’t she say that she seemed like a completely different person, such as saying that she disliked others, or suddenly being kind to people around her?”
“As expected, you see through everything with just a fragment of the story.”
‘Damn it.’
Why is it that my forebodings are never wrong? As soon as I thought that Tina’s soul had disappeared from her body, she was a different possessed person this time. And how did her soul know and try to kill her? Does the possessed chair recognize the possessed chair?
“Hadoon, I need to take a look at that woman. She will go directly to the Viscount, so make an appointment with her.”
I’ll have to meet him in person to check it out.