Chapter 215 – For You for Me (4)
The wedding was successfully concluded with the blessings of numerous guests.
Afterwards, to hold the reception, the place was moved to the front yard of the Deharm mansion, where Dremes received the bouquet that Esily threw.
Vainon scolded me for accepting the bouquet when I wasn’t going to get married, but Dremes was angry at me for not knowing whether or not I would get married.
Thanks to this, the guests burst into laughter and began to enjoy the reception according to the guidance of the servants.
Around the table covered with a white tablecloth, guests chat while enjoying food and wine. Theorard, who had been watching the scene, changed her clothes in the mansion and turned to Onesili.
Wearing a pure white evening dress with frills, it is elegant and makes you smile. It seemed that she did n’t like something on one, so her dress was tied around the chest of her.
“I…”
Embarrassed, her face her turns red. She thought it was fine when she put it on yesterday, but it was because she felt burdened by the gaze of the guests when she came out.
She chose a dress that was as modest and elegant as possible for the episode, but the problem was that her breasts could not be avoided due to the nature of the evening dress made to show off her figure.
She let out a shaky breath and glanced back at Theorard.
“Would it be okay?”
“What do you mean?”
“It would be a big deal if she greeted her guests like this and pointed fingers at her for looking dull. It does n’t matter if only I get criticized, but now that she’s Lord Theorard’s wife, she has to care about her husband’s honor her…….”
Eshilly stopped talking and shut her mouth. It was because Theo Rad smiled coyly and took her hand her. Her hand her, which slowly hugs her, feels secure for some reason.
“It is a useless flutter. It’s not much different from the dress you usually wear, but you’re worried about buying it.”
“However…….”
“Stop worrying. The voices that say that she has taken a true woman as a bride will be much higher than that that she has taken a dull woman as a bride.”
She pondered for a moment, then Shili shyly nodded her head. It would take a lot of time to change her clothes her again, so she actually had no other options.
Seeking her consent her, Theorard moved her steps toward the guests enjoying the banquet with Esily. Then Roylen, who was savoring her wine among her guests, put her glass down and hurried over.
“Congratulations on your marriage. Viscount Theorard, Lady Essilly.”
Theorard also smiled as he responded to the polite greeting with a hand on his chest.
“Thank you. I heard that she is busy preparing for the senior professor exam, and how grateful we are for giving us her precious time.”
“Haha. Is preparing for the exam more important than the wedding of the two of you? Besides, I did not come here on my own will. Because His Majesty the Emperor blessed the two of them and asked them to come.”
“You mean His Majesty the Emperor?”
“Yes. It’s time to arrive by now…….”
Are you arriving? As Theorard and Esily looked at Roylen in disbelief, they heard the faint sound of horses hooves not far away.
But the sound of the horses’ hooves gradually gets louder. Turning his head just in case, Theorard could see the wagons approaching beyond his wall.
“What the hell…….”
Wagons with the pattern of white lions are running with fierce momentum. Beyond the entrance of the mansion, stationary wagons sprinkling dust, form a rank and stretch.
After counting, there were ten wagons in total. Two of the wagons could not enter the front yard and were waiting over the wall.
Why did the imperial family send so many wagons? Not only the guests, but Theo Rad also had a dumbfounded face, so Roylen proudly puffed out her breasts.
“This is a congratulatory gift from His Majesty to Viscount Theorard.”
It was absurd.
“Congratulations? Knowing the circumstances of the empire, how could they receive so much money? It’s not worth it, so please take it all away.”
“Don’t talk like that. The imperial family is not so poor that they cannot afford to treat meritorious subjects who have devoted themselves to the new empire. Also, the magic stone mine is being developed, and the empire’s long-cherished project is also being carried out, so it’s only a matter of time before the national treasury is filled with gold coins.”
“Professor Roylen.”
“Even if you look at it like that, it can’t be helped. Because Your Majesty has ordered that no answer will be accepted. He also boasted that Viscount Theorard would put this money to good use.”
Roylen’s stubbornness was enough to disconcert Theorard.
If he continued to ask for the wagon, he would be disobeying His Majesty’s order, and if he did, he would not be able to afford the burdensome amount of goods.
Esily, aware of the situation, he quietly whispered to Theorad as she was on the edge of a situation where she couldn’t even do this or that.
“You’d better get this.”
Theorard turned to Esily and whispered the same.
“Do you mean to receive such a huge amount of money?”
“Yes. Of course, it would be difficult to deal with the Deharm family, so it would be better to distribute the goods as soon as possible.”
“Where?”
“Be kind to the poor. You can give gold coins to the orphanages and shelters Sir Theorard usually donates to, as well as to the people who haven’t recovered from the Orc Conquest War. If you give them life and hope, the Deharm family will be able to gain honor.”
If you do that, the Deham family will be praised throughout the empire. The reputation of the Deharm family, which became the hope and savior of the common people, will increase day by day, and even the great families will not dare to despise the Deharm family.
This was a last resort of Benelia, who wanted to somehow increase the prestige of Theorard, who had been refusing to receive either territory or title. However, there was one thing Benelia hadn’t grasped, and that was that Theorard was more knowledgeable than she thought.
“Indeed. Since His Majesty has not placed any restrictions on the use of wealth, it is only right that we do so. However, donations will have to be made completely anonymously.”
“Yes? Anonymous?”
“Okay. When it becomes clear who the benefactor is, it leaves a small burden in the hearts of the poor. If they go out of their way to repay the favor, wouldn’t it be a complete reversal? So it would be better not to know than to know.”
I wondered if it was a joke, but Theorard’s eyes were straight and unwavering. He Silly smiled for a moment, then nodded her head. Although she is a little disappointed, she has decided to follow Theo Rad’s opinion of her.
“I know. I will help you select a donor.”
“Thank you for understanding. Then…… ?”
Theorard, who was about to tell Roylen that he would accept His Majesty’s goodwill His, stopped at a sudden sense of incongruity. He belatedly noticed that the being that always stayed nearby was no longer there.
‘…… Linea?’
And then, where did you go? The fact that Linea is not visible after the ceremony and even the reception comes to mind.
She looked at the banquet table just in case, but her whereabouts her were unclear. Likewise, Linea could not be found in the gaps among the servants.
I feel insecure about something. Theorard frowned and looked at Roylen.
“Professor. Have you seen Linea?”
“Yes? What if you say Linea?”
“I am referring to the elf maid I used to take with me.”
“Ah. I remember that elf because he was sitting next to me at the ceremony. After the marriage declaration was over, he stood up as if he had made up his mind. I was wondering if there was something else to prepare for leaving the ceremony as is……Did something happen?”
Theorard couldn’t answer easily. She wasn’t sure why Linea had suddenly disappeared.
However, Ashley was different. She had a vague understanding of what Linea was thinking and she left the ceremony. Esily, quickly appreciating her situation, he let go of her interlaced hands and looked up at Theo Rad.
“Go to Linea’s room.”
Towards the hesitant Theorard, Esily shouted resolutely.
“There is no time. Come on!”
Having made up his mind, Theo Rad nods his head. Theorard hurriedly turned around and ran towards the mansion. In order not to miss Linea, who is about to make her tough choice her.
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Theorard climbed the stairs of the mansion without a break. Running and running until I was sweating, I pushed the door to the attic as hard as I could.
“Linea!”
He opened the door and called out his name to her, but there was no answer. In the empty attic, only the wide-open windows and fluttering curtains flaunted their presence.
Theo Rad, who was holding on to his doorknob under his heavy breathing his, enters the room. Theo Rad, who was slowly looking around, found a personal maid uniform on his desk.
A choker in the shape of a cat’s paw can be seen on top of it.
‘This…….’
It was the choker I bought for Linea at the Golden Chicken clothing store before. No way. Theorard picked up the choker with trembling hands and turned the cat’s sole half a turn.
Then, mana is emitted and a square spear emerges. Three files. Theorard exhaled lightly and played the most recently recorded file.
─ Umm….
It was Linea’s voice in her.
─ I didn’t know that I would write this like this……. You’re doing it right
A rustling sound is heard. It seemed that he had picked up a choker and brought it to his mouth.
— Theorard. I’ll assume you’re listening and I’ll tell you. First of all, congratulations on your wedding. I wanted to tell you directly, but I couldn’t. Because I had to go back in a hurry…… Yes. Have to go back urgently
Diminishing voice. But it soon recovers.
– As you may know, I’m a pretty amazing person in Great Forest. In terms of an empire, it might be an existence equivalent to an emperor. Everyone in Great Forest respects me and is waiting for me.
There is a trembling in the voice that plays the vitality.
─ So, so I guess I have to go back……. It’s not something I say spontaneously. I’ve thought about it a lot and pondered for a long time.
Moisture permeated the tremors. The sound of inhaling and exhaling deeply was recorded without filtering.
—As expected, my place is not here, but in the great forest. That’s why I’m going back to the Great Forest. No other reason. Really…….
It seemed that his throat was choked and he couldn’t speak. Linea is clearly pictured sitting in her chair and wiping away her tears.
─So….
The silence that follows makes my heart ache. As Theorard gnashed his teeth, a faint tone flowed from his choker.
─ So, bye now…….
After the voice finished playing, silence fell everywhere.
Theo Rad, who looked down at the choker in dismay, clenched his fists. An indescribable sadness forms on Theo Rad’s face as he tightens his hand to the point that his choker is crumbled.
There was no way I could understand the goodbye that was only a lie from beginning to end. But Linea left, and Theorard couldn’t stop the decision.
“…… Why do you make me so miserable?”
The sound of the words that I spit out is scattered empty in the room.
Theorard, unable to disregard the slightest chance, looked back at the window, but only the curtains that had lost their owner were swaying quietly in the light breeze.
