Chapter 242 – Webtoon Promotion: Gift
Spring.
It is a warm and beautiful season when the leaves that bloom from the twigs of the trees lining the streets are radiant, and the flowers covering the hills emit a variety of colors.
A spring day after a harsh winter brings passion, aspiration, inspiration and enthusiasm to many people around the world.
It is a season of hope and possibility, when young people sing of love, scholars strive for new research, engineers find clues to inventions, and politicians review national projects.
This is not just an adult story. Even young girls who are just about to leave childhood have come up with a plan.
“…… Are you gone?”
In the sunlit study of the Deharm mansion, Roselia, who was sitting with her back to the door, lowered the book she was reading and asked cautiously.
Similarly, Raylin, who was pretending to read, also lowered her book and rolled her eyes. Reylin nodded her head slightly after confirming that she had no servants nearby.
“Yes. She said she was bringing refreshments, so maybe….”
“It will take at least 20 minutes.”
Laylin, who had covered her book her, tilted her head with her doubts.
“Is it 20 minutes? The distance between the drawing room and the study is not too far, but 20 minutes is too optimistic.”
“No, that’s right. It’s because I hid the snacks I served for yesterday’s refreshment deep in the kitchen. It will take a while to find it.”
“Ah……! Great! After all, she is my sister!”
When Laylin raised her red eyes, making them shine, Roselia smiled vigorously. In her mind her, she wanted to show more ‘sister-likeness’ to her younger brother her, but there is no time. Roselia let out a clearing of her throat and calmly opened her mouth, tidying up her surroundings.
“Let’s double check before we leave. Knight Bainen and Witch Dremeth…….”
“He went out because of the wedding preparations. Her father, mother, and the count also left the mansion for a while, saying they had business at the imperial palace.”
“Who is the chamberlain?”
“I’m pruning with others in the front yard, so I don’t have to run into them inside the mansion.”
In short, it was said that there was no one who could stand in the way of the plan. If it was natural, it was natural. I purposely aimed at today and prepared all the plans.
“Great. Then let’s start slowly.”
“Yes……!”
Roselia gets up from her seat her and goes out to visit her, followed by Laylin. Her heart her is pounding and her hands and feet her are trembling subtly, but she does n’t hesitate. Because these two cute girls had a clear purpose.
‘Because it’s for my mother… !’
‘This is for the Count…… !’
To explain what this is all about, we need to go back a month.
The reason was a simple question. Raylin and Roselia, who are more mature than their peers, had a discussion about when to start celebrating their parents’ birthdays.
After a heated discussion, the two opinions came down to ‘I need to take care of it from now on’. That’s because he always received from her parents her, but he never gave anything.
So, Laylin and Roselia wanted to give a gift to Esily, who was celebrating her first birthday her this year. The problem was that I wasn’t sure which gift Esily would like.
Even if they bought an expensive gift with the pocket money they saved, it didn’t seem like it would be necessary for Esily, who rules the central part of the empire, and her conscience wouldn’t allow her to write a letter thanking them for taking care of them until now.
What should I do to please her mother, the Count? The two children, who struggled with their heads together, succeeded in coming up with a brilliant plan after much thought.
However, it was unavoidable that I felt nervous when I was about to put the plan into action. Laylin, who was hesitant as she followed Roselia, whispered cautiously.
“By the way, unnie, isn’t it a bit like spying on your father’s location notes?”
Roselia, who was walking ahead, looked back at her Raylin and frowned at her.
“Come now? I’m sorry, but it was clearly your opinion to figure out your mother’s preference for gifts through your father’s location notes.”
“It is, but…….”
“Raylin. Don’t say anything strange and eat your heart out. Once a decision is made, she must never back down. She moves forward even if it means risking her life her. From now on, this is our motto. Okay?”
Should I risk my life just to peek at your location notes? She didn’t understand Laylin, but Roselia’s bloody momentum was frightening, so she had no choice but to nod.
That way, the two of them were able to climb the stairs and pass through the hallway to reach the front of the office. If there was one problem here, it was that the door of the office, which should have been closed, was open.
“Wait a minute.”
Taking her deep breath, Roselia walks forward. Roselia’s shoulders tremble as she peers inside her through the crack in her open door. Roselia, who took one step back as she was, looked back at her Raylin and nodded her head earnestly.
“Laylin.”
“Yes. Sister.”
“Let’s give up.”
Raylin quietly blinks her eyes. It was because she had considerable difficulty understanding her sister her, who had just announced her renunciation her on the subject of which she had just risked her life her.
“Give up?”
Raylin’s emotionless eyes come upon her as unspoken pressure. Roselia, who was sweating, said rather awkwardly.
“…… Uncle Maltao is inside. You seem to be cleaning the office.”
“Therefore?”
“Should I say it was an unexpected ambush……. I have to lie to get Uncle Maltao out of the office, but I don’t think it will work.”
Huh? Isn’t Uncle Maltao gullible? Laylin, thinking that her sister’s words her had no logic, began to question her in her silence. Roselia, who had been holding on with her eyes averted, finally told her truth like a thief who had been numb.
“Okay! You can tell Actually me, a few days ago she lied to Mr. Maltao and got caught. She lied about reading biography of great men and read romance novels…….”
In short, her conscience did not allow her to lie again, even after the lie had been exposed.
Raylin felt strangely pitiful for such an older sister. No one said that she read romance novels, but she was conscious of the people around her for no reason, so she told a strange lie and was caught.
Thanks to this, Laylin’s gaze was very burdensome for Roselia. Roselia desperately made an excuse, thinking that she would lose all of her dignity as her as an older sister if she went on like this.
“Hey, this is unavoidable. Because the novel was ridiculously interesting, I fell in love with it without even realizing it. In particular, seeing the hero go to the castle and rescue the princess left a deep impression on me, so I didn’t even know people were approaching…… !”
“Huh.”
Rairin covered her mouth with her hand, holding back a sneer.
“Does your sister read ‘that’?”
Laylin’s scolding her made Roselia feel her mind her go numb. It’s because her Raylin attack her, which downgrades other people’s hobbies to “Something like that,” Caught her off guard.
It was an accusation of magic that grew uglier the more you tried to refute it. However, if she surrendered, her dignity as an older sister would be slammed to the ground…… !
As expected, since her retreat her was blocked, she had no choice but to fight head-on. Roselia took a deep breath in and glared at Raylin as if laughing.
“You wouldn’t say anything. You still sleep with your teddy bear. Is it your love doll? Be cute too.”
“Yes? Why is that now……”
“Why not? We’ll soon be out of childhood, do we still have to rely on dolls? I mean I graduated from dolls last month. To become an ‘adult’.”
An unexpected counterattack makes Raylin hesitate. Certainly, not needing a doll to sleep was very grown-up.
Therefore, Roselia is implicitly revealing to Reirin that ‘there is no reason for her hobbies to be criticized by you who have not escaped her childishness of her’.
The battle between the sisters to determine superiority returns to the starting point. It was the moment when Raylin, unable to find words to refute, broke into a cold sweat.
Giik-
Maltao opens the door of the office and comes out into the hallway. As if the cleaning was finished, he had a dirty duster and a rag in his hand.
‘Yes? Why are the women here…….’
Maltao, who was about to close the door, tilts his head. It was because Raylin and Roselia were looking at each other and growing right in front of their noses.
It’s a normal thing, but why are you doing this in front of the office? Maltao, who had been scratching his cheek, moved his steps as if to not mind. It was because it seemed like it would be annoying for nothing.
By the time Roselia, who felt her presence belatedly her, and Raylin turned her head, Maltao was already disappearing down the hallway.
“Uh?”
“Yes?”
Reirin and Roselia, who had achieved their goal, blinked like idiots. Then they looked back at each other and nodded as if they had done it.
Whatever the reason, the hindrance was gone, so there was no need to fight anymore. The two girls with light smiles slowly stepped into the empty office.
Leirin and Roselia sneakily entered the office and walked straight to the office desk. Whoops. Rising on tiptoe, Roselia picked up Theorad’s location note.
“This is it. With just this, you can prepare the perfect gift for your mother!”
The blue eyes resembling lapis lazuli stand out. Roselia, who was excited as if she were a scholar who witnessed the secrets of life, death, and disease before her eyes her, slowly grabbed the cover of her book her. Beside him, as Raylin held her breath, Roselia projected her mana her and unfolded her location notes her.
Hwaaak-
The blue mana emitted into the air forms a single window. In the neatly formed square window, the information of the people Theorard usually contacts was written.
Roselia found her mother’s ID among them and clicked on it. Then, one-on-one conversations unfold.
▶ Oh, by the way. How about going to the sea together in summer? I want to show the vast sea to the children. If Theorard wants it, I’m going to recommend it to His Majesty the Emperor as well.
▷ The sea. Not bad.
▶ Right? Then I’ll try to fix the villa in Palengar in advance. It’s an old cottage, so it will need repairs.
It was a conversation that was nothing special. Looking further down, there is only an exchange of opinions on how to fit the schedule.
Because of this, I couldn’t figure out what gift Esily liked. While Roselia was making a puzzled expression, Laylin helped.
“Look at the transcript of the conversation we had in the past. If you read slowly from there, you will see clues.”
“Ah, yes.”
There is a point. Nodding her head, Roselia found and clicked on the transcript of her conversation she had had two weeks ago. Then, Roselia and Laylin fell into a crucible of shock at the contents that came to her mind.
▶ Theorard. When are you coming?
▷ The meeting has just ended and I am on my way back to the mansion in a carriage. It might be late, so you can go to sleep first.
▶ I don’t like it. It’s my turn today.
▶ Because we are waiting…….
▷ Esily.
▷ Don’t go soon.
▷ It doesn’t take long.
Roselia sighed and hurriedly closed the book. The strange feeling of stepping into her forbidden territory makes her heart pound. Silence falls in an instant. She said in a trembling voice, Raylin, who covered her face with her hands in embarrassment.
“Bae, why was the Count naked?”
“Me too, I don’t know.”
Roselia, confused and at a loss, returned her location note to its original place her. Roselia, who was looking down at her with her face flushed, swallowed her saliva.
“We……Let’s not do this.”
At her sister’s words her, Reirin did not object and nodded her head politely. She realized that spying on other people’s location notes was something she should never do.
Like that, Raylin and Roselia were growing little by little without even realizing it.
