Chapter 45 – Alone
It was a sumptuous meal.
It was to the extent that anyone could tell at a glance that it was a meal prepared with care.
You’d probably have to spend quite a bit of money to get a meal like this anywhere.
They say there are cases where you can’t go to a restaurant of a higher level even if you have money, but that’s exactly what I’m facing now.
If I hadn’t formed a relationship with the Feroz family, this opportunity wouldn’t have even existed.
If you think about it more extreme, it might have been that you were still living on that tasteless meal in the east.
So, where are you eating that kind of meal right now?
It was on the verge of eating in what looked like a large banquet hall in the Fellowes mansion.
Of course, all the people of the Peroz family and the maids who served them were together.
As for why I’m sitting in such a breathtaking sight… It’s probably because of what Seria said a while ago.
As I had already declined several offers of meals, I refused this time as well.
Rather, it was also because the triangle in my heart was poking me hard.
Secrets are harder to keep than you think.
In the seat of honor is the head of the family, Hilbert von Ferroz.
On the left by his standards are Katherine von Ferros and Seria von Ferros.
On the right sat Carolyn von Ferroz and myself.
Seria had a puzzled look on her face as if she didn’t like the position I was sitting in, but it seemed she was holding back for now.
“I don’t have anything prepared, but I will eat a lot.”
With those words, the meal began.
If this isn’t what you’re wearing, does that mean everyone in the world is starving?
I couldn’t come to my senses in an unfamiliar situation, and I was putting food in my mouth.
Of course, whether or not the atmosphere was clogged with digestion was another matter.
He must have had enough to fill his stomach before he opened his mouth.
“Is it worth tutoring these days?”
“Yes. Miss Seria is following along, so it’s okay. She’ll be able to finish sooner or later.”
What was Seria so dissatisfied with? She was still making a sullen expression, but she didn’t say anything.
“If you are, then it must be so.”
Where the hell did this trust come from?
While she was rolling her thoughts about something indescribable, a different topic came up this time as if the words weren’t over yet.
“Oh, come to think of it, aren’t you seeing Carolyn for the first time today?”
Should she say that she had met a few times already or not? While she was contemplating, she hit her head on her side.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Carolyn von Ferroz.”
Since she had already beaten her, she decided to accept me as well.
“Edward Weiss.”
“Aren’t they the same school? Let’s get close.”
It was burdensome.
The Gaju couple were smiling with friendly faces.
Carolyn, who was eating without any expression.
And even Seria’s expression, which seemed like she could kill a person as it is.
It’s just a courtesy, but did she really hate it?
After that, the meal was mediocre.
The story of Carolyn’s exchange student.
There were many stories, such as a story that I really wanted to hear.
Seria’s story didn’t come out at all.
It felt as if the three and one were disconnected.
At least her head wife seemed to take care of her, but the other two didn’t tell her about her as if they had thoroughly promised.
Feeling that strange sense of incongruity, I was eating my meal in silence, when I met Seria’s eyes.
When Seria met her eyes as if nothing had to do with this situation, she smiled slightly.
So, the dinner was over.
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She thought it would be over after just eating, but there was still something left after that.
“I have a good drink, so why not have a drink?”
I was very grateful for the favor because it was alcohol with meals, but it was also true that it was a bit burdensome.
The family tried to ask if he didn’t drink, but he soon decided not to.
He wouldn’t drink with the ladies-in-waiting, and he didn’t know if the rest of them drank sometimes, so he was alone.
After a subtle sympathy for his situation, he eventually accepted.
The place he drank was unexpectedly in his study.
As if the story had already been discussed, the prepared snacks arrived quickly.
He took out two glasses and started pouring a drink that looked expensive to anyone.
“Let’s have a drink.”
He turned his head and poured the liquid from the glass down his throat.
It must have been quite strong, but it felt like my throat was burning.
Seeing my expression, he smiled as if he was having fun.
“You haven’t had much to drink, have you?”
“…Yes.”
How much would a 20-year-old drink like this?
He didn’t seem to care much, as if it was just a rhyme word.
“I saw your thesis.”
Was the alcohol really poisonous?
Now I’ve just finished drinking, but I can’t hear the words properly.
“Ah…You mean the thesis?”
My thesis, but why is it here?
I don’t think I’ve ever shown it.
“Didn’t you give Seria a copy?”
Is this person even seeing through me?
No, it was just that my face was not good at managing expressions.
“I was impressed. It’s the first time I’ve seen such a paper in decades.”
Was it going to be so overrated?
It’s been a few years since I wasn’t sure myself, so this kind of self-deprecation sometimes popped up.
“Thank you for taking good care of me.”
“Did you say you were graduating this semester?”
“Yes.”
“What are you planning to do after graduation?”
“Nothing has been decided yet. However, I am thinking that there will be more options as I heard that the thesis passed this time.”
“I see… Have you thought about what I suggested before?”
Previous…
It was quite a long time ago, and it took me a long time to remember because I had had a few more drinks in between.
“It’s a shame, but I haven’t thought about it since.”
There were a lot of things going on, so it would have been natural for them to be forgotten naturally.
“Is it.”
“Come under Fellowes. I’ll raise you well.”
It seems that your daughter also likes you.
Accidents stopped.
The moment I heard the words that followed, the words in front had long since disappeared to the other side of my memory in that short moment.
He burst into laughter as I stood there blankly without saying anything.
“What are you trying to hide? Everyone knows that my daughter likes you.”
I’ve heard that usually when it’s like this, the word dare comes out.
The source, of course, was Bill. My only true aristocratic friend.
However, seeing that he, who seemed so stiff, burst into laughter and talked about this, he seemed to have gotten quite drunk.
“Do you know how diligent my daughter was?
She said you had to go out and see her then, even when she was in the hospital, she ran.”
“Is it real?”
“I don’t think anyone would suspect a child who didn’t ask me once to do so.”
Was she really sincere?
Hearing that, I felt ashamed of myself for constantly doubting myself.
Wasn’t I also buried in my own prejudice that I didn’t know.
Had he been drinking quite a bit?
I felt like I was getting pretty emotional.
“Let’s stop here for today. The drinking party was fun. The room is ready, so let’s go to sleep.”
“Thank you.”
I, who was always worried, had long since disappeared that night.
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It must have been a couple of hours since the drinking party ended.
Edward Weiss was already sleeping in the guest room prepared for him by his maid.
He had been relaxed for the first time in a while and had drunk himself, so he probably wouldn’t have woken up if it wasn’t for the ceremonial trumpet blowing next to him.
I saw a figure standing in front of the room.
The figure looked around, then opened the door and entered the room.
It was very quiet, but since everyone was asleep, the door closed with a loud clang.
The intruder froze for a moment, probably surprised by the sound.
The intruder, who confirmed that nothing had happened after a while, immediately looked towards the bed.
I saw him sleeping and started walking towards him as if possessed by something.
It was only a few steps away, but to the intruder it seemed like a long distance.
However, if there was a difference from when I opened the door and came in, it was the presence or absence of something on my body.
The thin cloth clothes had already fallen to the floor, and nothing was hanging over the body.
The moonlight illuminated the statue-like body, and the smooth curved surface especially reflected and shone.
Should I say it’s like a fruit soaked in moonlight?
The silent intruder soon began to mount on his body.
It wasn’t that he didn’t overlap his body, but it was the first time he’d seen it in its original form.
Of course, only one side was like that.
She smelled his sleeping body and felt her body tingle and tingle.
She was still a few months away from coming of age, but she was the one who was thinking about throwing it away.
As she pondered, she felt a change taking place in his body.
Although he had been in the clutches of sleep for a long time, his body was upright.
Unable to overcome the softness and having already woken up unlike the owner, his object continued to run rampant under her body as if revealing its own presence.
It was a truly evil thing.
It was like a demon constantly testing his patience.
In my mind, I wanted to put that coveted thing into my body, but
With desperate patience, he persevered to the end.
Still, it must have been something close to her conviction that it should be done while both of them are sober.
Was it close to an hour?
She picked up the clothes that had fallen on her floor and turned around the same way she came in.
As if no one had entered the room.
However, if anything had changed, there were traces of water droplets remaining on the carpeted floor.
The problem was that no one would know about it.
