Chapter 246 – 246. Relationship (3)
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After the great incident that threatened the World Tree and the sanctuary was over,
Elle has moved her place of residence.
Was it a decision based on a change of heart?
Staying to avoid encounters and contact with outsiders, she left the Valencian Youngrim’s cabin and became a full-fledged member of the Valencian family.
No one objected to the decision. Rather, I welcomed L’s decision with great hospitality.
As well as her pupil Ardena,
The house Wallace also welcomed her with open arms.
“If you have any orders for us, please call us anytime, Mr. El Cid.”
“Ah… , Yes.”
Seeing the elf handmaid staring at him with her twinkling eyes resembling her longing and awe, El couldn’t erase her burden.
Her other ladies-in-waiting did the same.
Even though they seemed to be engaged in her household chores, they secretly peeked at L and whispered whispers to each other.
Along with the first priest, El Cid is praised as a hero by the elves. At the news that she had become a formal member of the Valencian family, the butler and her maids who worked in her castle were busy watching El Cid’s holy figure, revealing her excitement.
“If you shaved it all off, only this one goes in, right?”
“Now, for a moment… There are still some left.”
The gardeners who trimmed the ornamental trees were busy scissoring the empty space despite the butler’s glaring eyes.
The same was true of the maids who carried baskets of laundry.
After stopping for a moment,
Elle, who was drinking tea in the courtyard, looked closely at her elegant figure.
‘You really are like a mysterious fairy. It overflows with elegance and nobility.’
‘I wish I could hold her hand. It would be nice if we could even shake hands. If you shake hands, you can swear never to wash your hands.’
The servants of Valencia Castle secretly watched, thinking that they would never get caught,
El, who was sensitive to her presence, saw through all the countless gazes directed at her.
It’s embarrassing to the point of not knowing what to do with her body.
She cut off ties to her worldly life, and for El, who refused to have any new human relationships, the gazes and attention from the servants of her Valencia castle were only burdensome.
‘It’s very burdensome. I’m just drinking tea.’
Every time I take a cup of tea,
‘Ooh! It’s amazing, I raised a teacup!’
– Came a bizarre response.
And with every sip of her tea,
‘Drinking a sip of black tea, is it true!’
– Even a mad reaction was heard.
She even had the illusion of being an emcee on stage.
“Master.”
“Ardena.”
When she is experiencing the discomfort of sitting on a cushion of thorns,
Ardena has arrived.
The high elf girl, with pale purple blonde hair up to her waist, smiled brightly as she looked at Master, who was experiencing discomfort from the gazes around her.
Although Master looked extremely uncomfortable,
Ardena was infinitely happy to see such a Master.
“I thought there was something wrong with you because you were standing around standing outside.”
“Actually, I wanted to keep seeing Master in trouble.”
“Gee, not mean!”
Elle blushed.
She felt ashamed as if she had inadvertently shown her student a loophole.
I thought it was a prank to see the disciple who had changed into a sly person.
“It is so difficult to deal with people. Is it because I’ve been living forgot until now… The eyes looking at me, the interest directed at me… Everything is awkward and embarrassing.”
Whoa.
El let out a deep sigh.
He talked about the gazes around him while feeling his heart beating wildly with tension.
It was a feeling she had never known before when she lived alone.
Melting into people’s warmth,
Stepping out of a world of one’s own and stepping into a world inhabited by numerous people,
It was embarrassing indeed.
“How is life in Valencia Castle? Are there any inconveniences?”
“Are you asking about my discomfort right now?”
“Kuhm.”
At El’s sighed reply, Ardena cleared her throat and looked away from her.
“Everything is just awkward. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived hiding my identity and appearance for hundreds of years, so I don’t know what to do from now on… , I don’t know how to live.”
If Elle had a lazy and indolent personality, she might have planned an unemployed life in Valencia Castle, playing and eating.
However, El Cid was as sincere, diligent, and naive as her disciple, Ardena.
For the Valencian family that accepted her,
Somehow she tried to repay the Valencian family’s favor.
“Rather, it is our Valencia family who should repay. I was able to be where I am today thanks to Master’s teachings to me when I was young. I hope Master doesn’t feel burdened.”
At Ardena’s words of gratitude to her with her sincerity, El felt that she was filled with emotion.
And on the one hand,
Guilt welled up in her heart.
Her feelings that she might have had secret love for her disciple’s lover turned into guilt. Every time Ardena did her kindness, she was happy, but at the same time she had to feel guilty.
‘I couldn’t have had any feelings of admiration for Ardena and her lover, Mr. Gilead. Clearly, the conditions given in the contract of oath of companionship were wrong… A miracle must have happened by chance and the treatment was successful.’
El tried to erase the possibility that she might be secretly in love with him.
Because it should never happen
Just in case. At least one. Because it was something that should never have happened.
Yushin and Ardena were already engaged in a betrothal relationship that promised a future. Sooner or later we will be discussing marriage. As a teacher, it is impossible to sincerely support the student’s future, but is it not possible to interfere with it?
‘It’s just a minor mistake. Even if I had feelings of admiration for Mr. Gilead… , It is nothing more than a fleeting feeling that occurred in a life-threatening situation.’
Now let’s not worry about it any longer.
L, ignoring the growing feelings in her heart, vowed to support the relationship between Ardena and Yushin with all her heart.
Because I am a teacher
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Even with that promise,
Despite her best efforts to avoid being involved with him,
El, like someone possessed by something in her, turned to Yushin, who was taking care of her in the hospital due to injuries from the battle.
Are there any inconveniences
Where the wound did not heal,
Her worries and apologetic feelings toward him, and her heart growing in her heart, were threatening El’s cool-headed reason.
“I’m sorry, I came without saying anything.”
“It’s okay. It is an honor to have you come.”
With cautious steps, I entered the room.
At her hospital visit, Yoo-shin jumped up from her sick bed and greeted L, who came to her personally.
As the cheek muscles are relaxed,
A smile began to form on L’s lips at Yushin’s welcome hospitality. She tried hard to keep her expressionless, but as if betraying such a stubborn will, she also gave Yushin a friendly smile as El did when he treated Ardena.
“The arm… , That… I’m so sorry. Because of me, you suffered terrible injuries….”
I always wanted to show a good image, but
Every time I saw the drooping sleeve of her left arm, her heart was full and solemn.
Guilt crept deep in her heart.
Because it was a terrible injury caused by me.
It all happened because of my stupidity and powerlessness.
No matter how many times she got down on her knees and apologized to him, she caused more than enough trouble. How can I wash this sorry heart? No, that was impossible. The guilt that was suffocating my heart was like karma that I had to carry for the rest of my life.
“I called Vortigan. Because I gave up all my strength and powers, I gave up my will to live, so I aimed for that weakened gap.”
Everyone would have been fine if I hadn’t done anything stupid.
Sanctuary would continue to enjoy peace,
A terrible disaster would not have occurred in the country of the elves by the army of monsters.
El, who was acutely aware of her responsibility for the disaster she had brought herself, felt guilty throughout her life for her compatriots who lost their lives in battles with monsters and for Yushin, who was injured by losing an arm by a tyrant. He swore that he would pay the debt.
“It’s all because of me. Sorry.”
The elf in her pale purple hair bowed her head and began to shake her shoulders.
Deeply burdened with her guilt, she
She then sobbed her sorrow as her shoulders trembled and tears flowed from her grief.
She was seen by her opponent, who never wanted to show her weak side that no one else could see. Even though she always wanted to show a resolute appearance, the feelings of sorry and guilt toward Yoo-shin endlessly stimulated her emotions.
Her mind, which had been as calm as a calm lake, raged so violently that she could not control herself. She was unable to control herself because of an unknown emotion she had never felt before.
“No! It’s also something I did on my own…. Most of all, I’m glad Sir El Cid didn’t suffer any misfortune!”
Surprised to see El sobbing while her shoulder trembled, Yoo-shin showed a startled look.
A woman who is Ardena’s teacher and an oath to the elves, and occupies the strongest part of her along with her master, is in front of her, a weak figure… She couldn’t help but be embarrassed because she didn’t expect to see her weeping.
And she knew it through her appearance.
That she was a weak woman before becoming an oath-bearer who rose to the ranks of the strongest.
“I… , I’m not a good enough person to accept sacrifice and dedication. My countrymen praise me as a great guardian, but… I am nothing more than a selfishly stupid woman. She is an idiot who tried to throw away her powers and powers, as well as her own life, because she couldn’t overcome her sadness and longing.”
El, wiping the tears that ran down her cheeks with the sleeve of her clothes, continued her words.
“That’s why I feel more sorry for you.”
I am a woman of no use to anyone.
She was a woman who could never be saved by anyone, and who should not be saved.
That’s why L felt sorry for Yushin.
Because she was saved by his sacrifice. Because she was saved by a terrible sacrifice that could never be undone.
“Sir El Cid, even if I were given the option to undo the past over and over again, I would make the same decision over and over again. Because you are the most precious person to Ardena. I would do anything for Ardena.”
For Ardena.
El was overjoyed at Yushin’s words, but at the same time, she felt her heart ache.
‘Mr. Gilead truly loves Ardena. To the extent that she would give herself up for such an incorrigible woman… , She is sincerely in love with Ardena. Even I, who was ignorant of her love, could understand her sincerity.’
Because he truly loves Ardena.
That is why she threw her body without hesitation.
Her heart thumped.
And her sadness came.
I couldn’t figure out the exact reason…. Even though she should have been genuinely happy about Yushin’s sincere love for Ardena, she was in a complicated state of mind.
“That, Mr. Gilead….”
The elf with pale purple hair stared at Yushin with a moist gaze.
He licked his cherry lips.
He bit her soft lips and showed a thoughtful look before speaking her words.
‘Really…. Is it just for Ardena?’
I wanted to ask that.
But she just couldn’t get her lips off.
Eventually, El pressed her lips together, and she gave up asking questions full of anguish. Trapped in her hesitation, her words eventually got swallowed up again and entered her complicated mind.
I am afraid that even the current relationship will be broken,
I was afraid that if I said that, Yushin would find out my sincerity.
Her fear blocked her sincerity.
“Eolsssigu, you’re playing well while you’re away for a while.”
A woman’s sarcastic voice came from behind El, who stood in the way in her sincerity and fear.
Ellie was startled and turned her head away.
Perhaps because she was overcome with a passion so hot that she completely paralyzed reason, she did not notice that a third person had intervened in the space she was in.
“… Huh.”
A blue-haired woman leaned against her wall, radiating her disapproval.
Golden eyes locked in deep doubt.
Her sharp nose and an expression of ancal Jim are felt.
Like a wife who caught the scene of her husband exchanging intimate whispers with his affair partner, she lit twin wicks in her eyes. The little howl between her lips sounded like a sign of jealousy that might explode violently.
“A light purple woman. Is it because of you? Because of you… , Her brother has become an arm idiot.”
A cold anger began to gather in Allen’s eyes.
Light purple hair.
Yes, this woman is clear.
My brother is everything to me, and my all, irreplaceable to anything in this world, threw himself to protect this faceless girl and lost his arm.
“Did you come to fawn to wash away your petty guilt over the subject of turning a person into an idiot?”
She gritted her teeth as Allen glared at El, who was tearful in front of her body, with a sharp, menacing, sneering sneer that could not be found at all in good faith.
