Chapter 49 – Travel
“Are you having fun, teacher?”
The place where her words were heard was sitting in the carriage’s passenger seat.
That said, there was no other person, but a carriage chartered for just the two of them.
Is it correct to say that it was chartered?
It was practically owned by the family, but on paper it was said to be a borrowed wagon.
For me, who hadn’t even had the chance to come across anything like this, that was it.
So, why are you traveling alone right now…
It would be more accurate to say that I was swept away by the atmosphere.
There was no objection to the trip itself.
Traveling was something that could be done, and I also thought about traveling alone in the past.
Of course, it ended up not happening because of a lot of things.
The problem was when the woman of the trip first appeared.
“Teacher, are you going on a trip?”
“Huh.”
“Where are you?”
“Hometown. Rather than travel, it would be more accurate to say that it is a homecoming.”
After graduating and before going out into society, I planned to stop by my hometown to sort things out and meet my parents.
“Then I’ll go too!”
Momentarily dumbfounded
“What about the academy?”
“You can come back before next week.”
Sometimes when I see her momentum like this, it feels like my energy is being sucked out.
My hometown was really empty, so I decided to stop it because I thought there would be nothing to do even if she went.
“There will be nothing to do even if I go.”
“It’s okay. It’s fun to do anything with the teacher.”
Of course, I didn’t mean that I didn’t want to go with her, but I stopped her because it was clear that it would be a really boring trip for her.
It must be the result of her mind thinking of her.
“Would you like to travel with me?”
It was Lee Ji-sunda of hell.
Two such options that you won’t hear anything good about either option.
My answer was Accept.
“Okay, let’s go.”
She was smiling brightly like a child receiving a present.
The problem was then.
After her class, she disappeared somewhere with the words to wait for a while, and she returned shortly after.
“My mother allowed it.”
Did she give permission?
She said that she had given permission without objection that her own daughter, who was still underage, had traveled far away with her man?
Her dizzy grabs her head and asks her the rest of her.
“That… Didn’t you say anything?”
“Yes. I heard you should be careful.”
At this point, I didn’t even have anything to say.
“Oh, and be sure to use birth control.”
Closed her eyes
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She returned to the carriage, erased from her mind the dizzy situation of a few days ago, and was on her way to her hometown.
Whether the person pulling the wagon was a professional, they didn’t ask about our situation or purpose.
That alone made her feel at ease, so she was on her way leisurely looking out of her window.
They asked if something like this would come out of bandits, but it was less developed, but it was a place where security was well established, so there was no big problem.
In any case, we could all use magic.
Seria was leaning on my shoulder trying to get her to sleep.
I said that I woke up early in the morning with high expectations, but I wondered if that reaction might be coming now.
When I saw her sleeping face, I had a very complicated thought.
Good.
It’s nice, but sometimes things from the past come to mind.
Her dark emotions, the occasional doubt that shouldn’t be there.
All of those things would come together to create complex emotions.
She flinches
Did you feel my gaze?
Soon, he makes a cute noise and opens his eyes.
“How long do I sleep?”
“I think I slept for an hour.”
Did it happen that way?
With that said, she got off my shoulder and started looking out her window.
Even love could not cover the result of constant weight being applied.
Her arm was numb
“What is this place?”
“Ternoa, we’ll be there in 30 more minutes.”
“Is it so?”
Even in Ternoa, it was a place where I had to go out a little, so I still had a little left, but it was almost as if I had arrived.
“It’s nice to be calm.”
Could that be her impression?
“I see.”
“I want to see and say hello to your parents soon.”
“That way, I can leave a good impression on my parents.”
The words, “Wouldn’t my parents be happy if they brought someone like me?” Rang in my heart like an echo.
It was bittersweet.
I didn’t want to accuse you of not knowing anything.
No, I didn’t even have the right to criticize.
Because it didn’t tell me anything.
This fact was something she hadn’t even told Heina about.
It seemed that the time had come to tell the truth.
“My parents… Are dead.”
She stared blankly at me for a moment, as if her body had stopped, and then began to apologize.
“…Sorry.”
“It’s okay, I didn’t tell you.”
She took me in my arms
Patting the back of my head, she just said sorry.
The appearance continued until arrival.
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Before she stopped by the village, she asked the coachman for a favor to go to a certain location.
She just sat there without saying a word despite my assertive behavior.
When they arrived at their destination, they got off the wagon to a place where the vast plain continued endlessly.
He grabbed her hand as she got off the carriage.
She delivered her horse to the coachman, which seemed to take about half an hour, and soon began walking towards her destination.
There was no word between the two of us.
It was just me walking slightly ahead and she following close behind.
It was her words that broke the silence.
“It’s a beautiful place.”
“I see.”
It was a beautiful place.
However, that was also the position of an outsider.
When I was young, I also thought it was a boring town with nothing.
After walking a little, there were two familiar stone tombstones.
‘Frederick Weiss’
‘Ellenia Weiss’
He stood in front of a stone without saying anything.
Just stood there
There were many things I wanted to say, but I couldn’t.
Because it was something I couldn’t hear anymore.
Had that little time passed?
Seria came in front of me.
She brought some flowers she hadn’t known where and placed them in front of her tombstone, bowing her head.
I didn’t know what he was saying in my heart, but I felt grateful.
I was very grateful that he decided to do something he didn’t have to come and did something like this to someone he hadn’t seen before.
So we stood like that for a while.
“Shall we go?”
“If the teacher thought so.”
‘I’ll come back next time.’
Took her hand
It wasn’t something I did with any particular intention.
It was something I did just because I wanted to.
A shadow began to stretch in front of us.
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Returned to town
I booked a room in advance at an inn in the village.
It was not a very big town, but I thought that the inn was always full.
The innkeeper said there was only one room left.
Of course, at this point, there was only one option left, but she glanced at Seria’s face, thinking she should know her intentions.
She said it couldn’t be helped, but there was a smile on her face.
After many twists and turns, we decided to grab a room and go out to eat.
There were only a few restaurants and not many were open, so I decided to go to a place I could see.
I didn’t know if it would suit her taste.
In any case, she, too, entered her damsels axis.
“Welcome.”
A young waiter greeted us.
When told to sit here, she started calling someone loudly, probably to call her chef.
“Grandma, a guest has arrived!”
An old woman came out from inside and began to look at my face.
I was also getting a very familiar feeling from him.
“Are you Edward?”
“Grandma Yulia?”
I remembered.
Yulia’s grandmother who lived next door.
I remembered that sometimes she would call me and give me something to eat.
“After I went to Jedo, I couldn’t even see nose plucking, so what happened?”
She smiled bitterly.
“I’m here to see my parents.”
“Who is the lady who came with you?”
Before I could answer, she jumped the ball.
“My name is Seria von Ferroz, who is dating Edward Weiss.”
“You brought a lady from a noble house. Is she good at it?”
Yulia’s grandmother went into her kitchen saying that she would cook for her soon.
When I looked at Seria, she had a dignified face as if our relationship had been recognized.
I wanted to say something, but when I saw her expression of happiness, those thoughts disappeared.
Meal came out.
She was looking to see if it would suit her taste, but she seemed to be eating just fine.
“Wow, it’s really delicious.”
It didn’t seem like a polite word.
So our meal continued.
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After the meal was over, Yulia’s grandmother called me aside for a while.
“It seems to be a little better though.”
“Do you see that?”
“You should have seen the look on your face when you left for Jedo.”
“I don’t know if it’s because of that kid, but I’m glad he looks good.”
“It should be.”
“Just be careful. Treat the child you brought today.”
“If you neglect it, something very bad could happen.”
As I was dumbfounded by her unexpected words, Grandmother Yulia grabbed my arm and she let me out.
“It’s just that the old man who is doing today and tomorrow said something he saw somewhere.”
“When are you coming next time?”
“I’ll try to come every few years.”
“Yes. Be careful.”
Grandmother Yulia soon closed the door of her shop and entered.
“Sir, here you are.”
Without a moment to think about what she was saying, she started to walk towards her, guided by her words.
What was her grandmother trying to say?
But that said, she was going to be forgotten in a matter of days.
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Back in the room, neither of us said a word.
She was Seria, who said that it didn’t matter if it happened to me, who was a person with experience, but
It was the first time for both of them to say nothing.
“I’ll wash first.”
With that said, she went into her bathroom.
I was lying on the bed and staring at the ceiling.
She thought about the odds, and soon she decided to quit.
It didn’t seem to make any sense.
It wasn’t the first time, but I couldn’t ignore the atmosphere.
It was because it was the first time for me to travel alone.
As she came out and took turns, I went in.
A strange smell was filling the bathroom.
I washed it quickly but meticulously without thinking.
It wasn’t that I hadn’t mixed my body with someone, but now I feel like I’m back to the beginning.
I brushed her dry, roughly dried her hair, and left the bathroom.
She was sitting on the bed with only a gown on.
There was an open bottle of alcohol on a desk in one place in the room.
“Teacher.”
I don’t know who the teacher is just by hearing the voice.
“Come and see.”
Like a student who listens to the teacher, I went in front of her.
Without saying a word, she grabbed her arm and put me on the bed, then climbed onto me.
It wasn’t like I hadn’t been there, but the atmosphere, the place, the outfit.
All of this was telling me that it was different from usual.
“You have a teacher.”
“I think I’ve been patient for a long time.”
He wasn’t stupid enough to not know what he had endured for so long.
There was just one thing that stuck.
Thinking about that made me want to be a fool.
“I know what you’re worried about.”
“It’s nice to have that kind of look.”
Seria left only those words and then she began leaning her upper body towards me.
Her mouth next to my ear and her body touching mine were making her very assertive statement.
“Am I an adult now?”
It seemed that the night would be a little longer.
“Teacher’s first and last disciple, don’t you want to dye it at will?”
After that, only the sound of covetousness could be heard from the room.
