Chapter 412 – 118. Night at the Inn (1)
Everyone in the party looked at the door at Cecilia’s words.
The door was quietly closed and Yulian entered the room. When everyone paid attention to Yulian like that, he smiled.
“You’re not sleeping yet.”
At those words, the party secretly glanced at Lucia. Her Lucia’s face turned red.
“Sin, sorry! As we talked, I didn’t know how much time passed…”
“No. There is nothing to be sorry for. I stopped by because I was worried that I would be tired tomorrow if I went to bed late.”
Yulian put the envelope in his hand on the table next to the bed for a while.
“And it’s not often that everyone gets together and spends the night like this. It wouldn’t be bad to spend time like the after-party of the closing ceremony, which we couldn’t do before.”
After saying that, he put a wooden card next to the envelope and quickly left the room.
“Brother! Are you leaving already?”
Then Cecilia spoke in her sullen voice. For a moment, Yulian put on an embarrassing expression.
“Hmm. It wouldn’t be bad to have a chat together. Still, I’m sorry that I’m interfering with women’s conversations. I think I’d better go.”
“Then I can’t help but…”
Yulian grinned as he looked at Cecilia’s regret.
“Still, I told the clerk at this inn that I put some fruit or sweets in the bag for a late-night snack. If you can’t sleep, it wouldn’t be bad to play cards while eating it. Enough then.”
After saying that, Yulian hurried out of the room.
Seeing this, Eirin smiled.
“As expected, you are a young boy. You must be ashamed to have prepared a late-night snack for me.”
At her words, Cecilia and Lucia looked at Eirin.
“Your brother was ashamed of you?”
“Are you saying Julian-nim was shy?”
To that, Erin replied.
“As you know, Bocchan is kind enough to take care of the people around him. Still, I don’t want to show that fact outwardly. So, it was embarrassing for us to be thankful for nothing… It must be that you rushed out like that.”
At that, Tricia smiled.
“It’s surprising that Julian-sama has such shyness. I knew very well that he had a kind personality.”
Tricia lightly raised her hand. Then her paper bag flew into her hand.
The wind spirit heard Tricia’s command. She cut her fruit nicely and put it in her bowl.
“Since Yulian-sama took care of it like this, let’s talk while eating.”
The couple had two beds. A table was placed in the center and they sat down. Naturally, the topic of conversation flowed back to Yulian.
“Now, here in Essenmund, Julian-nim’s reputation will increase even more. According to the mercenaries, it seems that the people of Essenmund were more dubious about Julian-sama’s performance at first. Isn’t that right, Eirin-san?”
At Tricia’s words, Ei-Lin nodded her head.
“That’s right. The young master at that time, who was ruled by Knoia’s curse… His disposition changed badly due to that magic power. At that time, the young master was a little…”
Everyone was silent for a moment.
All four knew about Yulian before the start of this first semester. Tricia continued her words.
“To be honest, when I think about Yulian-sama now, it was absolutely the stupid thing last year… No, I can’t believe that anecdote.”
“That’s right! Today’s Julian-sama is very upright and righteous, and his character is generous! All that madness is because of Knoia!”
Lucia shouted.
It was as if he could say a hundred good things about Yulian now.
Cecilia, who had been watching him, spoke cautiously.
“Lucia, her sister is right. When she thinks of her brother now, she can’t imagine what she would look like when she was a fool… But she heard that Ai-Lin sister had a lot of hardships.”
“Ah… No. I am Bocchan’s maid. And since she has been serving him for a long time… She believed that she would surely return to the old boy… She did not suffer at all…”
Seeing Eirin speak so flustered, Tricia smiled mischievously.
“Hmm. After all, Eirin is a great maid. According to rumors alone, Julian-sama wasn’t normal, but he accepted all of them. At this rate, Cecilia and Lucia are no match for Eirin-san?”
At those words, Cecilia and Lucia’s expressions hardened.
However, Cecilia soon put on an expression of her determination.
“Sister Tricia! I’m fine though! As long as I’m my older brother’s wife, that’s fine! If my older brother doesn’t look at me all the time, I’ll be a little sad… But I like the other sisters too, so it’s okay!”
Everyone smiled at Cecilia’s words. She said her
“Ah! Except Chloe. Somehow, I hate losing to Chloe-san. That young lady is too calculating. And it’s kind of unlikable.”
“Pooh!”
At those words, Eirin hurriedly covered her mouth. It seemed to burst into laughter.
It seems that Lucia almost laughed at that too. Soon it was shaded again.
“I guess that’s what Cecile thinks. Of course, neither do I. I’ve never dreamed of becoming Julian-sama’s true wife… But if only I could be by Julian-sama’s side like now…”
At Lucia’s reaction to her, Tricia crossed her arms and said.
“Hmm. Lucia. Then it’s no fun. At this rate, whether it’s Cecil or Lucia, I’ll lose everything to Eirin-san. Whoops.”
“No, no! I never thought of you as a special… Special person…”
“Look at this! Eirin-san isn’t honest either. You can’t! If you stay passive until when, everyone will eventually…”
At Tricia’s words, everyone paid attention to her.
“Because all of Yulian-sama will be taken away by Her Majesty Lilia, her fiancée and the emperor of the Ramir Empire.”
At her words, the faces of the other three people darkened at the same time. And when the story of Lilia came up, Eirin was the first to react.
“That, that’s troublesome!”
It was a violent reaction unlike Eirin. The corner of her Tricia’s mouth went up. She picked up the bundle of cards Julian had left behind.
“Hmm. So, everyone has their own thoughts. Now, where are you?”
Tricia opened the deck of cards and told her companions.
“Could everyone here be a little more honest? Only then can I help you win more of Yulian-sama’s heart.”
For this moment, everyone looked at Tricia like her older sister.
All three of them hurriedly nodded.
***
The night grew deeper.
But in the small room of the inn, I couldn’t fall asleep easily.
“Kreung…!! Keuureung… Kreurreung… Kuuuuul…”
Because of the sound of snoring coming from the seat next door. I couldn’t even close my eyes.
‘I didn’t expect Hans’ snoring to be this severe…’
There were not many rooms left at the inn. So, the room with two beds was conceded to the female party.
The room Hans and I stayed in had one bed, just like now.
So I couldn’t help but hear a roar right next to me like now.
I tried blocking the sound with a sylph. Didn’t help much.
Although the snoring could be stopped. To make matters worse, Hans’ sleeping habits were not very good. As he slept, he continued to struggle as if he was rolling across the bed.
‘It’s not good to fall asleep like this.’
However, after leaving the ecliptic, it was Hans who had been driving the carriage.
More than anything, the days when I became a madman due to the curse of Knoia. He remembered the whipping he had done to him, and he always felt sorry for Hans.
‘Even so, the ecliptic always drove the wagon well according to my request.’
And his wagon-driving skills were the best in the imperial city.
According to Ei-Lin, he said that even among the noble coachmen of the imperial capital, there was no one who did not know Hans’ name.
Even now, I felt sorry for waking him up blindly when he was tired from driving the carriage for a long time.
Eventually, I left my current room.
‘Because the room the girls are in is bigger than here. I’d rather go there.’
The room Hans was in was so small that there was not even a small sofa.
But when I visited the girls’ room a few hours ago, there was a sofa. I thought it would be better to close my eyes there.
I cautiously entered the room.
‘Hmm? It’s enchanted.’
Spirit magic, to be exact.
Perhaps there are uninvited guests, so it seems that Tricia has put a warning magic through the spirit.
Of course, Tricia’s spirits know me well. I opened the door to the room and went in.
Fortunately, everyone was asleep. Tomorrow, too, we have to move to Harsen. You’d better get enough sleep.
I carefully lay down on the sofa in the room. The moment you put on an extra blanket and carefully go to sleep.
A voice came into my ear.
“What are you doing? Julian? Did you not sleep because of the boiling blood?”
I felt the energy of the spirit. It seems that the wind spirit conveyed its voice so that the sleeping party could not hear it.
I used the sylph to convey the voice in the same way.
“You weren’t sleeping, Tricia. Did I wake you up?”
“Not really. Originally, old people do not sleep.”
Like she said Tricia is an elf, though she is on the older side. In fact, the elf was still only in his late twenties.
‘She always joked about her age in front of me.’
Tricia soon moved her spirit wind as if whispering in my ear.
“The seat will be uncomfortable, so would you like to come next to me? I will cool your hot blood.”
“To joke. It’s not uncomfortable here, so it’s okay…”
“You’re not kidding, are you? Or… Are you ashamed of me because I’m a lot older than Yulian-nim?”
Tricia kept teasing me like that, and I got a sneak peek at it too.
“No way.”
And she did as Tricia said. She went to the seat next to her bed. Tricia was sleeping in the same bed as Cecilia.
“It’s a rough bed, but it’s spacious instead, so it doesn’t matter if Yulian-sama lies down comfortably.”
As she said, there was enough space for three people to lie down.
However, if I just stay like this, somehow I feel like I’ll be led by Tricia’s pace. I felt that I should say something.
‘Tricia is really like an older sister. She strangely seems to be drawn to her whenever she talks to her.’
Tricia is a cool beauty from the beginning. She has a personality that is my own pace.
And somehow, now her expression was full of mischief. I pretended not to know that expression and lay down next to her.
“I’m sure everyone ate the late-night snack I gave you, right?”
“Of course. Just in time, everyone was curious about something. We shared snacks while playing cards that Julian-nim gave us.”
“Everyone is on good terms. I’m glad you ate well.”
“Hmm. Julian-sama is also kind. I’m not sure if he’ll admit it.”
I was silent at her words.
‘I’m kind?’
Those words could not be readily accepted. I am Essenmund to the bone. Essenmund men were known for their brusque, masculine toughness.
The days when I was ruled by Knoia’s curse. That was the reason why I, who was an idiot, was so obsessed with northern masculinity.
“… Not really.”
So, inadvertently, Tricia denied what she was saying.
‘By the way. Tricia… She’s already been involved with me once. Is she okay?’
Called me to the bedside Tricia was full of composure.
Lying next to each other, she continued to whisper.
“Ah. By the way, Mr. Julian. Aren’t you curious about what we talked about after Yulian-nim left?”
“Are you talking about it?”
Of course, I was curious about the story. Eirin or Lucia. Either Cecilia.
Although I had already spent several nights with them, mixing my bodies. Still, I can’t help but be curious about the thoughts of my wife-to-be.
“I played a simple card game. And whoever loses. Uhm. Why did I fall in love with Julian-sama? I told others what I was thinking as a punishment.”
If that was the case, of course I wanted to hear it. But she pretended to be indifferent.
“If that’s the case… I might be a little curious.”
“Yulian-sama must have been curious as well. If you wish, as Your Highness’s follower, I will of course have to tell you about it, but…”
In her moment, her eyes met hers. She whispered, pressing her face close to hers.
“Because we are the only ones awake at night when everyone is asleep. How about playing a simple game? If I lose, I’ll tell you.”
Tricia was also a priest of Unir.
It’s night now So, the time when darkness rules the world. Even though she is usually cool. Her strange energy of her summer nights seemed to excite her.
I smiled leisurely at Tricia and said. I couldn’t lose to Tricia.
“Good night. I will accept your offer.”
