Chapter 95 – Temptation in the Mansion (2)
It was a question that didn’t even deserve an answer.
Both the person asking the question and me answering it.
Because I knew how pointless and insignificant this question and answer was.
‘Nevertheless…… Why are you making such a sad face?’
It was rather me who was sad. It is none other than me who has suffered because of your selfishness.
You are also the one who caused trouble for Esily, whom I promised to protect for the rest of my life.
But why, why are you making such a sad face?
‘…… You really make me miserable until the end.’
In my heart, I wanted to yell at him to get rid of the disrespectful acting. I wanted to shout out to him to take off his mask his and tell his true feelings his.
But for some reason, the mouth doesn’t fall.
Shoot ah-
The sound of the raindrops abandoned by the sky hitting the ground and breaking into small pieces is very painful. My heart beats and my head hurts like it’s about to split. If I stayed here longer, I thought I would make a mistake without realizing it, so I reached out my hand like an idiot to the elf.
“Catch it.”
After a while, the elf slowly raised his head. The sight of her bangs her completely soaked in rain and tangled here and there makes me feel sorry for her.
“He said he wouldn’t let it rain. So take my hand.”
“I…”
“Don’t make me say it twice.”
The hands and sleeves that were stretched out were soaked in the rain and stained unsightly. Even so, the elf did not hold my hand.
What the hell is it that you don’t like and don’t listen to me? Do you hope to sell in this situation? Continuing my daydreaming, I let out a low sigh.
“Even if I hate you, you are my slave. Also, you received a slave stamp from me and wrote a contract in the mansion. Am I wrong?”
“…… Right.”
“Then you are my property before you are a person. I hate having my belongings destroyed by anyone other than myself or by natural disasters.”
He continued his speech with a little sincerity about the proper selling.
“Will you even give me disgust?”
The elf took a deep breath and let out a thin chill. Confirming that my closed eyes opened again, I flicked my hand once more.
“So grab it. I will not take any other words.”
The elf was worried, but the worry didn’t last long. The elf’s slender hand comes up slowly as if caught in a net and grabs my hand.
I grabbed the elf’s hand and pulled him up. Instead of getting up, guided by my strength his, the elf, who had lost his center of gravity, hugged me while groaning in agony.
However, as if it was not intentional, he quickly dropped his body. In the process, the mud from the elf’s apron got all over my clothes.
“Ah, I…….”
“Noisy.”
After interrupting the elf, I turned around.
“Stay close to me. The rain is heavy.”
Even as I said that, I did not let go of the elf’s hand his. It was because I was anxious that the elf would disappear at any moment if I let go of my hand here.
It wasn’t because he was worried about the elves.
If an elf who wanted to kill a cat who came close to him with a crush on him escaped my gaze, I didn’t know what the hell he would do elsewhere.
If I could exist as a chain to stop the elves’ malice, I would. It was only right for me to bear it alone, to see everyone else suffer.
“…….”
Fortunately, the elf followed my words without muttering. Every time I take a step, he clings to me and moves.
Thanks to that, I was relieved and headed to the mansion.
In the midst of a landscape where the rain falls in a straight line meets the wind and bends diagonally over and over again, the elf and I climbed the stairs of the mansion and opened the front door.
When I opened the door, the first thing I saw was David, wide-eyed.
“Go, Head of the House?”
He had a white towel draped around his wrist his, probably waiting for me to come in. However, it was clear that he was embarrassed, as if he hadn’t known that the elf would come in like a puppy soaked in the rain.
“Why is slavery like this…….”
“Nothing. He didn’t go into the mansion and was playing pranks in the front yard. I brought it because it is raining like an idiot.”
“Is that so? Then first……”
I reached out for David.
“Give me the towel. I will dry the slave, and I want you, chamberlain, to go and heat the water in my private bathroom.”
“Ah. Do you want to take a bath?”
“Okay. But bathe the slave first, not me. I am not in good shape.”
“Yes? Slaves first? If so, wouldn’t it be better to use a private bathroom?”
“It takes a long time. When are you going to heat the stone? Give me my bathroom.”
“Even if the head of the family says so…….”
Harvey breaks down in a sweat and hesitates to answer. It’s enough to understand a hundred times why he’s doing that.
For generations, you must think that it is unreasonable to have a slave in a private bathroom that has only been used by the family head.
I don’t intend to strongly oppose David’s idea, but now was not the time to assert the authority of the family head. It would have been a disaster if the elf caught a cold or had nightmares from it.
‘…… I was in great pain.’
I never wanted to see that look again. He knew for sure that others would suffer, but he didn’t want to intentionally hurt them.
Aside from that, if the elves wandered around the mansion in a low-pressure state, it was certain that something bad would happen, so it was right to solve it on my own.
“Chairman. Who is the head of the Deharm family?”
“…… He is the one in front of me.”
“Then, is the existing convention absolute?”
“No. Lord.”
David bows his head, as if acknowledging his own fault his. I gave him an awkward smile.
“Then you will suffer.”
“All right.”
After answering politely, David handed me a towel and quickly walked out of the hallway. It was to heat the water in my private bathroom.
After confirming that Harvey was turning the corner of the hallway, I unfolded the towel and glanced at the elf.
The elf was staring straight ahead without saying anything, but raindrops dripped from the ends of his clothes and hair his, soaking the floor.
It was both scary and pitiful, so I sighed and wiped the elf’s hair.
“I hate people who repeat their words.”
It ran through the elf’s hair as if stroking it. I didn’t wipe it properly, but I was able to get some water out.
“In the carriage, you said you would definitely listen to me.”
“…….”
“Then why didn’t you hold it right when I told you to hold my hand?”
The elf opened his mouth softly, then closed it again. In the quiet space, only the sound of a dry towel wiping the elf’s hair can be heard.
“Next time, don’t do that. Then I can keep my promise to you.”
The elf gave a small nod of his head instead of answering.
After that, with no more words to exchange, I quietly wiped the elf’s head and hands.
*
After heating the water in the bathroom, Harvey ran into the elf in the hallway. Judging from the fact that the water on his head was somewhat dry, it must have been sent by Theo Rad.
“Hey boy.”
David with a bitter smile stopped the elf. Thanks to this, the elf had no choice but to stop and look up at Harvey.
“Chief Chamberlain.”
“Okay. I’ve heated the water and prepared clothes to change into, so all I have to do is go in. By the way…… What happened outside Did the head of the household say something to you?”
“…… No.”
Harvey couldn’t take the elf’s words straight. If not, it’s because I couldn’t understand the gloomy atmosphere around me and the stagnant voice.
Can’t you somehow comfort this fragile guy? David, who had been thinking hard about it, said with a clearing of his voice.
“I don’t know what you heard, but the head of the household doesn’t hate you.”
There was doubt in the elf’s eyes. Harvey looked at the elf and gave a relaxed smile.
“When I entered the mansion, the head of the household was very wet. That means he tilted his umbrella to your side. He sacrificed his shoulder to keep you from getting hit by the rain.”
“That is…”
“It might not seem like much. But, if you really don’t like it, they won’t bring you back with an umbrella over you, whether you get wet or not.”
However, the elf was not at all bright.
– Do you think I can like you?
It was because there was a reason why I couldn’t take David’s words literally.
“…… Master, be kind to everyone.”
The elf spat out words as if to squeeze out sadness and walked past Harvey.
Normally, he would have stuck out his tongue his, saying he had no manners, but seeing the current elf, he could n’t possibly do that.
Harvey, who had been watching the elf’s back for a while, turned his gaze to the window, blaming it on the poor weather.
The rain, which I thought was a shower, still shows no signs of stopping.
‘Did I come to like the family head?’
Although it is not common, it is said that it is often the case that her sex slaves end up adoring their masters her.
Even though they despise their master at first, when they exchange sweet words repeatedly while mixing their bodies, they unconsciously develop feelings for the other person.
In reality, the ark was different from what David thought, but David, who could not know the details, had no choice but to judge that the relationship between the two was mixed due to love.
Maybe that’s why my heart hurts for some reason. Like a person who watched a sad play that will remain in the century, his heart his was full.
‘I’m sorry….’
In Harvid’s view, the two could never have a relationship.
Theorad Deharm is the head of the Pelgarin family, a deputy count who is trusted by Count Leoberg, who rules the central part of the empire, and is the fiancée of Essilie Pelgaroin.
Breaking the engagement would mean ignoring Count Leoberg, so it could never happen. Incidentally, Theorard and Esily had no reason to break their engagement because they loved each other.
Elves, on the other hand, are nothing more than sex slaves bought from the slave market. No background exists, not even power and power.
So, the one who couldn’t and shouldn’t be connected to Theorad was the elf.
That fact made Harvid’s feelings even more pitiful as he watched the elf.
‘It’s a relationship that can’t come true…….’
Harvey’s eyes looked out of his window, and the wrinkles sat pitifully.
‘Don’t you know that too?’
Spitting out advice that would never reach him, Harvey sighed in succession.
