Chapter 155
Annette lived only three more days from that day. She can't even wait for her brother's couple to arrive in a faraway empire.
Three days was too short a time for him to cross the mountains and the sea. However, it was also a time when the Duke of Bavaria, located in the same capital, was too full to come. , Never showed up.
'That's what my father said.'
Lapel, who was grinding his teeth his, did not know.The fact that all of this was King Celgratis 'trick.In the first place, it was the king's trick to bribe the doctor and poison Annette step by step.
Annette, the plant in the greenhouse, didn't even notice that I was poisoned. But if she was her biological father her, Allah Mandah, if she was her brother her who was rumored to be a genius, she might have noticed. The king felt the need to thoroughly isolate Annette.
He cunningly exploited the fact that the Marquis of Kanesis and his wife were not socially active. Annette could not come out of her house her anyway because of her illness her, and Lapel stayed at her mansion her to take care of her. A perfect situation for the king to play tricks.
He planted his subordinates on all the roads leading to the Marquis of Kanesis. And he intercepted the message from Rappel in the middle and got rid of it. He even went one step further and copied Annette's handwriting her and sent a fake letter ghostwritten as if she had written it.
As a result, no one in the Bavarian family noticed that Annette was sick. Annette, who knew nothing, just waited and waited and waited. I hope someone from my missing family will come. Before I die, I hope I can hold their hands one last time and say goodbye to each other face to face.
However, even that simple wish was never realized. Taking her last breath on the quiet bed, she closed her eyes. This time she was neither asleep nor passed out.
Rafel felt her body her slowly cool He watched as the life drained from her tiny hands her and her skin she was turning blue Even so, he strangely could n't let go Lapel who held onto her hand, which had begun to stiffen, whispered.
“Annette.”
Of course, there was no answer from the dead. He reached out and touched Annette's sunken cheek her. He was too thin, so he grabbed her by the shoulder and shook her. But no matter how many times she did the same thing, she didn't wake up.
Only then did Rapel slowly let go of her hand. Then he got up from his seat and kissed her on the cold forehead. I couldn't bring myself to say goodbye. I was afraid that if I did, I would be really admitting her death with my own mouth.
Rapel, who raised her body her, left her bedroom and went down to the hall of her mansion her. There, the servants who had already predicted the madam's death had gathered and were waiting. Lafel, who looked over them with an expressionless face, gave a short command.
“Have a funeral. And while the ceremony is in progress, all doors will be closed and no mourners will be accepted. Even if the opponent is a member of the royal family, do not let them into the mansion. Anyone who disobeys my orders her, regardless of age or gender, will behead her.”
Annette held on to her thread of life and waited But the one she had been waiting for did not come How dare they brazenly show their faces her at her funeral
In the first place, he had no intention of giving condolences.The obituary announcing Annette's death was not sent.Even her her parents, her, the Bavarian family, did the same.
Her coffin she was buried in the dark earth, with only her husband her, Rafel, standing alone and watching. And on top of that, soft soil was covered, and tombstones as white as snow were laid. After all the funeral procedures were over Even the moon, which looked over the tombstone for a long time, was eventually chased down at dawn and went down over the mountain.
However, only one person remained standing there alone.Now the man's black hair and clothes were all drenched in snow.The man who stretched out his hand to brush the snow off the tombstone looked down at his own mess.
He was confused because he didn't even know why he couldn't leave this place. So he went nowhere and continued to stand in front of a desolate tomb. Until the long, long winter night drags its tail past, and the twilight dawn Spreads over the dark sky.
The soft light that cut through the darkness for the first time was a familiar color.Rafel, who was looking up at the sky, frozen at her, suddenly realized.That his dead wife's hair was just that color.
'Ah.'
Only then did Rafel realize why he couldn't leave this cemetery. A rejected smile spread across his face his, which had been irritable from long nursing care. He laughed, covering his face with one hand as if he could n't stand it at all. It didn't take long before the laughter soon turned to tears.
The tears that flowed down my frozen cheeks cooled before they could even drip. Rafel thought as he roughly rubbed the back of his hand across his tear-stained face.
It was. It was love.
A man who realized his feelings his too late fell to his knees on the floor.And he hugged the tombstone of his dead wife.But no one was there to listen to that love.
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“… Annette. Annette!!”
“Heo-eok, black! Cough Cough!”
Someone shook me and woke me up. Surprised Annette waved his arm and jumped up from her seat. Strangely, I couldn't breathe well, and I felt a distant fall as if I had fallen into deep water. As she struggled through her tears , someone hugged her tightly and padded her on the back of her.
“Why, Annette? Are you sick? Did you have a bad dream?”
He was familiar with the face looking down at him in the blurred vision from tears. A man as beautiful and handsome as the god of the night looked nervously at her complexion. She had been sleeping well in her arms, but suddenly she didn't know why she was doing this, and her expression of embarrassment was evident. The moment they met those friendly eyes, Annette cried and hugged him by the nape of his neck her.
“Lapel, lapel!!”
“Okay. I'm here. It's right in front of you.”
Rafel was bewildered by her, soothed her by holding her in her arms. Both in his previous life and in his present life, his speech skills were still poor. So she stimulated Annette's tear glands even more. Engaged in his big cried arms of her , Annette heartily, literally draining her tears of her.
Annette stopped crying after a while, and her face was very spectacle. Lapel, who was wiping her wet face with a towel, let out a deep sigh as if it were absurd. The inside of her lapel was very charred as she just cried without saying anything. Naturally, his voice as he asked Annette was hoarse.
“If you're all crying now, tell me. Why is that?”
Annette rolled her eyes instead of answering.Her new red noseHer was cute from her unusual cryingHer her.Seeing this, Rafel tried to hold back her heart from weakening and asked again.Later.
“You, there must be a reason why you suddenly cried after sleeping well. Is it not?”
“… In fact.”
“What is the truth?”
“I had a bad dream.”
Annette said gloomily with rabbit-red eyes. He was confused as to whether what he had seen really happened in his previous life or if it was just a dream with the addition of his imagination of him. So ill that he was rarely sane.
Seeing Annette's confused face, Lapel sighed. After seeing that, how can I ask more questions? He hugged her little head and kissed her hair, then lay back on the bed. Annette, held in his arms her, rubbed her cheek against his chest as if acting childishly. She was nervous, but the lapel she wanted reached out and patted her back gently.
Annette, who had closed her eyes and accepted his touch her, suddenly opened her mouth her.
“Lapel.”
“Yes.”
“Thank you very much.”
“… What is that all of a sudden?”
Rafel raised one eyebrow as if wondering, and asked. Seeing this, Annette laughed heartily with reddened eyes. She had a lot to be thankful for, but she couldn't tell Rapel right away. Even Annette herself did not know what I had seen So she looked around vaguely.
“It's just, I'm so glad I married you. You will always protect me, and even if I die from sickness, you will be by my side until the end. Yes?”
“Why are you sick? Don't talk like that next time. Not funny.”
Rafel replied coldly.But his arms his hugged Annette tighter than before.It was a little cramped,but it was a hug full of deep affection than ever before.Annette slowly closed her eyes,feeling his kisses her sprinkle finely over her cheeks and forehead her happy.
'I did really well to come back to life.'
Rafel did not abandon her even when she did not love him in her previous life. So she will never be abandoned by him in the future.
When everyone vows to marry, they put their hands on each other and swear in front of everyone. Even when my spouse is sick, even when it's hard, I won't abandon it and will continue to keep my side of her. Actually kept that oath. He was really lucky to marry Rapel despite the slim odds.
Annette smiled and hugged the gentle beast she had tamed.Then, rubbing the tip of his nose against the tough nape of his neck, her, he whispered sweetly.
“I love you, Lapel.”
“I love you too. Annette.”
Rafel's answer was brief, but it made it more truthful. He carefully kissed Annette's little knuckles he was holding her. Her little kisses her fell on her blonde hair like the dawn, on her soft cheeks, and on her rosy lips her. Touch whispered sweeter feelings than any confession in the world.
Annette asked for a comfortable sleep in his arms her her this time She eventually succeeded in changing her future on her own and got the life she wanted There was no one threatening them anymore A terrible dream of her her former life her.
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