Chapter 0 – Wool and [Labella De Parwen] (1)
Marey woke up from the rattling train. The large train I was riding for the first time, the scenery that changed as quickly as the TV channels were skipping, all became dull after three days. With half-closed eyes, I closed my eyes for a moment to capture the scenery that passed by quickly, and then I closed my eyes again from the drowsiness pouring in. It smelled of dry wood.
-After a while, you will arrive at Balter, the second capital. I’ll let you know once again. We will arrive in Balter, the second capital, in a while, so please follow the instructions of the guides and move in an orderly manner. It wasn’t a long trip, but thank you for using the express train to Valter.
The sound of announcements gradually gets used to the ears and fades away. Marei rubbed her right eye and tried to shake off her sleep. The vibration of the train gradually diminished, and the hum outside the room blended in with the sound of people’s footsteps and disappeared. After a little more time passed, a calm silence filled the inside of the car. Maray took her breath in and exhaled it very slowly.
Marey wanted to enjoy the silence for a moment while the flight attendant came into the cabin to check on any guests who might not be getting off. For Marey, who moved her relatives’ house several times, this quiet time was nothing short of sweet. She was still at an age where she wouldn’t react much against being called a little girl, but she was at an age that was difficult to even call that young. For a child who lived cautiously in someone else’s house, she was unfamiliar with this kind of leisure, but she didn’t hate it.
She wasn’t just passing the time in a daze. As she boarded the train, she thought of the man she had been thinking about, the man named Ravella de Fawen, who had invited her to Walter. Out of her window, she could see her toddler holding her mother’s hand and toddling along. Her mother. She was a little nostalgic name. The time she spent together wasn’t too long.
A flight attendant knocked on the door. Marey got off the platform with her luggage that she had packed.
There was a musty smell in the elevator. Most people were moving forward blindly.
“Marey de Parwen?”
As she got off the train for the last time and captured her unfamiliar scenery, someone called Marey’s name. After turning her head left and right and looking around her, she found the person who was calling her.
“…Yes? Did you call me?”
“That’s right, my name is Ravella de Parwen. She must be like your aunt in Hangryeol.”
A woman who looked more than one head taller than Marey stood behind him. Her long green hair was in her waves, and her amethyst-like purple eyes were keenly scanning her marai up and down her.
It’s like a statue. She has neither an expressionless face, nor skin like white jade, nor her beauty that makes it impossible to take our eyes off of her. She bit her tail on her tail, and her evaluation of her makes her woman, Ravella de Parwen, feel like a cold stone statue.
“Is that all Jim?”
“Yes…”
Ravella, who introduced herself as her aunt, was a wide-eyed beauty that little Marey could not find in her country village. She was a mysterious woman with a hard tone like a soldier. In addition, the medals and medallions clinging to her chest seemed unrealistic.
“Go home at once. The carriage is ready, so follow me.”
Rejecting Ravella’s offer to carry her purse, her Marey picked up her own purse and followed her cautiously into her carriage. In the age of automobiles, carriages have become something seen only in aristocratic families instead of remaining as relics of the old generation. Therefore, Marais had no choice but to continue her uneasy company in her carriage, which she rode for the first time.
In the wide carriage, Ravella was silent for a while as if observing Marey. Not having the courage to meet her gaze, Marei pretended not to notice and turned her gaze out of her window. Not to mention this kind of beauty around her barrier, she was a place where even children her own age were hard to find. Most of them were with the elders around the snow-covered barrier, so Marei didn’t even have the courage to say anything to the beauty in front of her. For she had never been looked at, which she did not know what to call or how to describe it.
The first to speak in her uncomfortable silence was Ravella de Parwen, who introduced herself as her aunt.
Her “Her dark hair looks like her sister.”
“Yes?”
Marey cautiously asked back at the sudden story.
“Your mother.”
“Do they look a lot alike?”
“Yes, very much.”
Labella nodded her head lightly. The medals that made small noises in time with her movement made a metal sound. The word mother felt very distant. The name that vaguely reverberated in her fading memory is now unfamiliar.
Ravela’s purple eyes glittered like jewels in the light. In the meantime, all the people who had taken care of Marey were old enough to be called her grandfather or grandmother. Her letters didn’t mention Ravela in detail, so this time she thought of an elderly person taking care of her, but she was surprised to find that she was a young and intelligent beauty, and she couldn’t get her words out properly. . She had a look that gave off a sense of nobility, so she might be more like that.
In her every action, she had an indescribable grace. Marey didn’t know what to do.
“She was a fun person, and she was kind. When I was young, she often took care of me. I always envied her black hair, which was completely different from the people in my family or the servants, because it was like obsidian. When I got older, I wished I was a real sister, not a distant relative. Often did.”
“Yes…”
The green hair that even elves, called fairies, do not have, and the raised eyes at both ends contained a charisma that strangely made people follow them. Her large breasts, a narrow waist, and beautiful curves wrapped in coffee-colored tights show off her presence over a uniform filled with many buttons. Seeing that she would be mesmerized if he paid attention to her even for a moment, Marey tried to divert her gaze out of her window.
“I plan to take care of you at my house from now on. Originally, when I was settling down at the Inspection Agency, I was planning to bring you right away, but the dispatch to the bamboo forest took quite a long time. And there are a lot of things to be busy doing after coming back. I’ve taken care of all the school procedures, so I just need to get used to it slowly.”
“Okay.”
I was so nervous that I couldn’t speak well. However, contrary to her hard tone, Ravella, who kept talking to Marey so that he did not feel uncomfortable, seemed to be quite a friendly person. All the elders who took care of her were friendly people, but it was the first time that Marais had been pounding like this. While she exchanged a few simple greetings, she noticed that her wagon had arrived in front of a large house.
“I’m counting on you. Let me introduce you again, Ravella de Parwen, who is in the position of Director 2 of the Inspection Agency. Strictly speaking, she may be a man with the same last name, but she is your aunt in terms of marital status. She talked a little bit earlier, but she was a close friend of your mother. Originally, she was going to take care of you three years ago, but after ‘The Day the Blood Flowed’, there were a lot of things, so it was now. Because the people at the top disappear, so I keep getting promoted.”
“Yes…”
It was an awkward answer, but Ravella gave a small smile. It took courage.
“This is Mare de Parwen.”
“I like how simple it is. The school will go to the school run by my grandmother. It may be difficult to adapt at first, but you are now my child. If you have any difficulties, speak up anytime. And… A gentle question, but is it okay if I ask about the eye?”
At Ravela’s question, Marey closed her own left eye. She had her eyepatch covered, to be exact, her left eye. Marei touched her eyepatch one last time, feeling the rough texture of her unknown material.
“Her mother is under an unknown spell, so she told me not to look in front of others…”
“… I’m not familiar with that… Her older sister was a fairly prominent shaman. Your mother’s teacher is also at school, so please visit her. Did she say 15?”
“Yes. Her birthday is coming soon.”
Seeing Marey covering her eyes like a frightened little animal, Ravella decided not to talk about it anymore. She is a child with a mysterious charm that keeps her eyes looking up at her reminds her of her older sister.
There was no word from Marei until she got home. Ravela looked at her Marey and remembered someone she missed. Familiar scenery passes by outside the window. Ravela covered her lips and smiled cautiously at the attention of the little boy who glanced at her out the window. She’s a cute kid She had a brief impression. In such a strange atmosphere, the carriage stopped and Ravela got up first and opened the door of her carriage.
“We’ve arrived. Now, this is your new home.”
Seeing Ravela open the door and wait for her as if escorting her, Marei stared blankly at her without even realizing it. She is a really, really beautiful person. As she was about to step on the footrest in front of her carriage door, Ravella de Parwen held out her hand. She carefully held her hand.
“No need to be scared. Now, come out slowly. Pay attention to the height of the footrest. Right, right. Slowly. Yes.”
Her fingertips felt hard, but her palms were very soft.
The garden was very large. Far from the flowers, the sparsely planted trees, rocking swings, and evenly mowed lawn seemed to reveal Ravela’s personality, albeit a little.
“Is there a room you would like to have? It’s a spacious house, but there are many unused rooms, so choose comfortably. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bigger room? If it’s a boy, she often collects clutter and stuff, so she decided beforehand that she’d give her a big room. Whoops.”
As she nodded as she made her own decision, Marei nodded her head shyly instead of replying. Following Ravela, who strides ahead of her, Marey couldn’t believe her current reality. She lives with a big house and a fairy-like beauty. Although it was a family.
“It’s funny how you’re already having grown-up children, even though you’re not even married.”
“I’m sorry.”
Ravela shook her head lightly, as if not to mind her. And she, walking in the lead, followed closely behind her. Wavy hair gave off a pleasant scent reminiscent of mornings in the lush green mountains.
“Sometimes unknown birds come to visit. At that time, when you slowly get to know her while feeding her, you will come up on her shoulder and play with her. Some of the children named them, so I’ll explain them later when I get a chance.”
Ravella leaned against the window in front of the room and looked out at the yard. In the sunlight, her green hair shone even brighter. She points to the terrace, which she says is her favorite spot, and she can’t help but stare at her as if possessed.
“Compared to the main house, the garden is infinitely small, but see that tree over there?”
“Yes.”
“It’s the tree I planted with my sister. It was at my parents’ house, but I was able to bring it somehow.”
Sister marie. After muttering that, Ravella stared blankly out of her window for a while. I sneered at what was so funny, opened the door, and introduced Marey to her room.
“It is the place where the sun shines in the morning and the bells of the cathedral can be heard best on Sundays. Do you like it? The room is spacious, but if you put things in it, it will quickly become cramped.”
“Yes.”
The room was several times larger than any other room Marey had ever lived in, with only a desk and a bed. Unlike the empty scenery, it was a clean room with not a speck of dust to be found, as if it had been cleaned at any moment. Light seemed to filter through the cleanly polished windows.
“I didn’t know how to decorate the boy’s room, so I left it for now. I’m going to the store with you this weekend, so let’s pick it up then. Dinner will be ready soon. Have a good rest. If it’s my sister’s child, it’s no different from mine. No, you can think of me as your mother now.”
Marei stared blankly at Ravela stroking her hair and disappearing. She seemed like a nice person.
Covering her mouth with a small smile at the sight of her growling boy on her own belly, she led Marey straight into the kitchen.
“I’m going to be strong today, so wait. I’m going to be hungry, so I’ll give you something to eat.”
Ravella de Parwen took care of her simple food and started to move restlessly in front of her kitchen. Marais blankly looked at her back.
Am I living with such a beautiful sister? She couldn’t stop the pounding of her heart. Her tone and dress were stiff, but she felt that she cared for herself in every action. She seemed like a nice person. She offered to stand beside her and help her, but Ravella adamantly refused and seated her Marey at her table.
One by one, the food was completed, and the food started to come up on the table, which looked good for a family of four. Curiously, the food on the table stimulated the appetite while steaming even after a few minutes.
“It’s a bit early to call it dinner, but it will cost a lot.”
“Thank you for this food!”
Marey happily responded to the feast of her first food.
They began to eat with great vigour, but most of the dishes remained on the table. Even though he was a boy, he didn’t seem to be able to eat much because he was still a child. Ravella laughed bitterly at her own distant relative, whose lines were very thin for her age and looked more like her girl than her boy. Guilt seemed to choke her at the thought that she should have called right away after her sister’s death, but she had been neglected because circumstances were unfavorable.
Of course, since I don’t have enough food, I’ll have to feed a lot in the future. A brief impression remains.
“I’ll help you!”
“It’s okay. You must have some travel poison, so rest.”
“You will learn this and that at school, but if there is something you want to do separately, tell me honestly. Unlike Grandma, I want to support you to the fullest if there is something you want to do.”
“No… Not really…”
Is it passive? Still wary of the unfamiliar place, Ravella barely held back her rising sigh and gave a small smile. At what age should she get married to have a child like this, and if she gets married even now, at what age will she have a child like this? I had a sudden thought.
“You have been holding on to a child who is tired from the trip for too long. Take a bath and get some rest today. If you don’t have any urgent plans tomorrow, let’s look around the shopping district together.”
“Yes…”
Marais, who had taken off her uniform jacket and caught her gaze at the huge peak on her shirt, suddenly came to her senses, nodded her head, and stood up from her seat. She introduced herself as her aunt, but the thought that she was with her young and beautiful sister made her heart beat again and again. Marei hurriedly brushed off her thoughts at her body, which made her imagine the inside of her clothes.
