Chapter 516 – You Who Remember the Sea.
Elaine thought that on that day, as always, she would be attending a ball hosted by someone for a special day and watching the dance moves of people wearing layers of colorful clothes.
She tilted her head and looked at the commotion coming from the entrance of her ballroom.
‘This never happened?’
A prom is, after all, a place where high-ranking people gather, so no matter how famous a person is, it always ends in a bit of noise and has never created such a chaotic atmosphere.
‘What is it?’
There was a piece there that Elain had never imagined. To her eye, it was at least beautiful on the outside. No, she should have been beautiful.
The luxurious colors and fluttering hem of her clothes would make her look like she was swimming in the air if made into frills, and her blue colored fabric was so wet that she had forgotten that it was even fluttering.
The dress, which should have flowed smoothly and brought out the beauty of her body’s legs, instead of showing off her beautiful legs, looked like a balloon that was about to burst had been tied up with a thin string.
“Is it really Carmen?”
“Carmen?”
“Wasn’t he going to the prom?”
Yeah, it wasn’t a unique sculpture or anything. Not only did the dress not suit her, but even her figure became unrecognizable.
‘If it’s Carmen…’
Elain was also a name I had heard of. Because she participated in the ball so many times that it was almost like a spectator, so she involuntarily became accustomed to hearing it.
Carmen, an unlucky woman who, after she became old enough to participate in the prom, was able to participate only a few times and never participated in the prom again.
She cannot participate in the prom if she is not old enough or older. There were many reasons, such as when she or her husband found a partner, but at least that was not the case with Carmen.
According to her rumor, she didn’t come of her own volition, but when she found out about her ridicule and the reason behind their story, it seemed like it wasn’t like she wasn’t coming of her own volition.
‘She said she was definitely semi-forced out?’
From what I heard, she never came back after being laughed at by everyone.
“Now that I think about it, it’s been 7 years today, right?”
“Is that so? Then this year was the last year I could participate.”
The reason was understandable. At least her appearance couldn’t be said to be very likable.
“Ugh, the smell.”
“After being humiliated like that…”
“What did you come for? Really.”
In addition, she was walking around her ballroom, sweat dripping with every step, as if walking was difficult due to her appearance.
‘It’s none of my business.’
Even so, Erain was not her concern. She is not old enough to participate in the dance yet and has no intention of doing so, so she just adds one more unique participant.
‘When will I be able to get out of this skit?’
That was when Erain was looking at the distant mountains, lost in her thoughts.
-Smart
“?”
Someone tapped on her table where she was sitting.
“Excuse me, Lady.”
“…Ha, is it you again?”
Erein sighed involuntarily at her boredom and glared at him. It was a rude gesture she would never have done, but the person in front of her just smiled as if that was okay.
“Look over there.”
“I see you’re asking me to dance again.”
As you can see from the reactions of those around him, it wasn’t the first time he had courted her in this way.
“I say this every time, but I said I had no thoughts.”
“Then I tell you this every time. Would you please dance with me?”
She was already sick and tired of his behavior, appearing wherever Elaine went.
“How can it be so romantic?”
‘This is truly disgusting.’
Because this man was the polar opposite of the many men chasing Elain. Elain couldn’t help but feel that way as his actions were packaged as a romantic courtship.
Above all, her man is a powerful figure in the political world who is soaring to the point where it is too much for her to roughly kick him out. Perhaps, if Erain had met the conditions, it would not have been strange if she had been sold and married off to him.
‘This guy is an enemy of the family.’
In fact, this man was a clear enemy of her family and politics. And there’s no way the people around you don’t know that fact. It also made the situation more tiring for Elain.
“He’s amazing too…”
“I don’t think it’s normal courage.”
“Miss Elain, I think it might be time to accept it.”
When it comes to gossip like this, it was the place where Erein stepped in that made her feel bad.
‘You’re talking comfortably.’
In fact, she was Erene, and she was proud to say that she hated her man more than anyone else.
No matter how many years have passed since Pasiphenia became a republic that follows majority rule, not all humans can be wise.
‘He is too good at inciting and pushing the public.’
And this man, without even a moment’s hesitation, took advantage of her public opinion and made her his own. As a result, a representative from the West has already been scheduled.
In that respect, we had no choice but to acknowledge her abilities, but there were too many problems. Her policy of using the power she had gained in that way was so idealistic that it was even terrible.
‘Do you think Bayec would have surrendered power without knowing it?’
The consequences that would follow were so terrible that she did not choose that method easily.
‘He seems like a guy who would sell even the foundation of his country to enrich himself.’
Erein felt like she wanted to kill the man in front of her right away, but she couldn’t do it. In any case, he was currently the most popular person in Parsiphenia.
“I’m busy with work, so I’ll go back.”
The only thing that Erraine liked among her many shortcomings was that his courtship was, for her, a cause for leaving her ball.
However, what happened next was something that even Elaine could not have expected.
“Hey! You dirty whore!”
“What…?!”
Beep. The next moment, with a sound like that, she stumbled from her shock and grabbed her cheek, which felt like it was burning hot.
‘What is this foul smell?’
Before Erain could come to her senses, he smelled her foul scent. She was sitting on the ground as if the smell of her sweat and strong perfume was assailing her nose and paralyzing her head.
“Aaaaah!!”
“Miss Eraine! Come to your senses!”
“Is she really crazy?!”
“What are you doing at the prom?!”
Erein came to her senses at the sound of her voice worrying about her and the voices of people reprimanding her.
“The bad one is that bitch! That bitch! That bitch seduced Minos…!”
It was Carmen who made Erin lose her senses, even if only for a moment. It may have seemed like she had hit herself in the face, but Carmen was brazenly shouting and spitting her spit even as her people rebuked her.
“What are you talking about? I was the one who spoke to Miss Elain first.”
“…Uh?”
But as her man in their center joined in reprimanding her with a stern expression, Ereine noticed the embarrassment that spread across her Carmen’s face.
‘You took advantage of this situation.’
No matter how late it was, I should have felt something was wrong when someone who had not participated suddenly came to visit. Although there is no evidence, he seduced Carmen in some way. By applying to become a partner.
“Are you okay?!”
Then, seeing him belatedly joining those who supported her, Carmen could no longer bear it and politely expressed her thanks and refusal to those who supported her.
“Get your hands off me.”
To her man, she spat out words that had been sharpened by her own hands.
“Miss Elain, I’m just worried…”
“I didn’t know you would hesitate to resort to such petty methods.”
Erein saw that his face, which had been showing a gloomy expression as if he were the protagonist of a tragic story, suddenly hardened, and turned around with confidence.
“I hope I never have to see you again.”
She left the ballroom immediately.
“Snap!”
Elaine was wearing a simple dress and gulping down her wine in a secluded tavern.
“That damn bastard!”
It would probably have been a sight that would have made her believe her eyes if those who knew her usual behavior had seen it, but knowing that fact, Erein patronized these secluded taverns.
Because here she could act as she pleased without having to worry about every little thing. Even if she is a member of a family of meritorious people, ordinary people cannot recognize her.
Because she knew that fact, she would vent alone like this at the bar she had become a regular at. Of course, her main reason was about the man who followed her to every banquet hall.
“”Dirty minotaur bastard!!””
At the moment I was shouting and swearing at his famous nickname.
“”?””
She belatedly realized that her voice had overlapped with someone else’s, and when she raised her head, what she encountered was the light brown eyes of a man who was drinking her drink just like her.
