Chapter 519 – Week 7 Saturday (4)
“Hey, don’t pull, it’s hard to walk.”
Hehe…”
Lee Ha-woon complains a little as Merande walks forward, hugging Lee Ha-woon by the left arm, but adjusts her steps so she doesn’t fall.
“Hey, Merande, go slowly.”
Hehe…”
Of course, like Lee Ha-un, Marei was also being dragged alongside Merande by grabbing one of her arms. Unlike Lee Ha-woon, Marey’s case was different in that she had no choice but to keep pace with her because she was afraid that she would fall because of the power of the savage vampire girl…
Lee Ha-woon said something to Merende, but the vampire girl, whose head had become a flower garden, couldn’t listen to her guardian. As her eyes entangled with the boy who was being dragged (?) Beside her, she shrugged her shoulders and shook her head.
Marei nodded her head coolly at her expression, which seemed to be asking for help because it couldn’t be helped. Lee Ha-woon let out a small sigh. Of course, she was still smiling.
“Isn’t this like family?”
“Yes.”
Lee Ha-woon readily agreed to Merande’s words. Merande opened her red eyes wide as if surprised, and smiled like a flower in full bloom.
“Hee hee! Marey, you look like my family!”
Marey had no words to say to Merande’s laughter, so Marey couldn’t help but smile at her gaze, as if asking for her consent.
“Little boy, you are noisy. Stop laughing My ears ring.”
“Yes! Yes~!”
Despite Lee Ha-woon’s complaint, Merande responded cheerfully. Lee Ha-woon pursed her lips at the sight of the smiling girl leaning her head toward her Marey.
‘Is it a family?’
Seeing the boy not knowing how to react to the unruly vampire lady’s foolishness, Lee Ha-woon pulls Merende towards himself as if to appease her daughter clinging to her father.
Originally, she was herself in the center. Lee Ha-woon feels strangely lonely and when she sees Merende smiling stupidly, she can’t help but laugh.
It was because of her little boy’s foolishness. No, it was because of the childishness of the little ones. As Merende continued to notice, the left Tang also noticed and set her Merende in the middle of her.
She didn’t want to kill her spirits by pretending to be strong. She was a child whom she regarded as a daughter, but as she is today, she felt so distant. Lee Ha-woon squeezed Merande’s hand even tighter at that unfamiliar sense of distance.
“Ah, come to think of it, what are the two of you doing?”
Lee Ha-woon tried to say something at the question of Merande, who was dragging the two of them by the arm, so she looked at Marey as if asking for help.
“Us? We met by chance.”
“Coincidentally~. There are things like this in the world!”
Her words might have sounded sarcastic if it had not been for the grinning Merende. Lee Ha-woon avoided her gaze as if she were running away from Merende’s gaze, who smiled as she looked at herself and her Marey alternately.
“Hmm… Hmm… Hmm… !”
What was Merande thinking, stopping her steps and looking at Lee Ha-woon and Marey alternately? She tilted her head several times as if contemplating.
“Don’t smirk strangely, and if you have something to say, say it.”
“No no. Because Lee Ha-woon knows how to wear clothes like that. It looks like someone on a date!”
“Sounds like a date… Don’t mess around!”
“Hehe, no, because there are good people. Lee Ha-woon is now meeting a good person… Yes, I hope so!”
Marai wondered if Merande was trying to figure out the relationship between herself and Lee Ha-woon, but she couldn’t help but reflect on herself, thinking that she might be overly self-conscious at the sight of a vampire girl clinging to Lee Ha-woon as she smiled with a sparkling smile.
“I need to meet a good person.”
“Hehe, Lee Ha-woon is a beauty, so we’ll meet soon! Right Marey?”
“Ah, yes… Yes.”
Merende was still laughing. But Marey found her laugh awkward. She couldn’t figure out why. She just seemed to be practicing hard on her smile. She was awkward, but desperate. It was an awkward but hard-working smile that I wanted to cheer for.
Marei tried hard not to notice the trembling of Merende’s hand holding her arm.
“Lee Ha-woon, where are you sick?”
“Huh? Why all of a sudden?”
“From before, my hand… I’m sick…”
Lee Ha-woon looked at Merande’s hand, which turned red. She carefully released her powers slowly. Was she patient even though she was sick?
“I was afraid that it would run away like last time, so I was holding it. Don’t mind.”
“Ah, yes… I won’t run away. I promise, promise.”
“…Yes, promise.”
Merande gave a gurgling noise, wondering what was so fun about it, and she laughed.
Marey and Lee Ha-woon, who had been exercising vigorously (?), Did not intend to just wander around the streets, so they were able to lead the smiling blonde lady to a suitable cafe. Looking for a place that seemed secluded, I naturally had no choice but to sit at an outdoor table.
“What is delicious here?”
“It’s my first time here, so I don’t know.”
“Little boy, what about you?”
“This is my first time. That… There are very few places I have been to.”
That’s what I’m proud of. Lee Ha-woon let out a sigh of relief, then took out her card and handed it to Merende. It was a familiar color card. It looks like the card Erden gave me…
“Buy everything you want to try. Never mind the price.”
“The salary is low, too. I don’t have any savings just because I drink every day.”
“…Shut up and buy it. You’ll get angry if you buy it roughly, so buy something delicious. Hurry!”
When Lee Ha-woon threatened, Merande took her card and ran into her store.
“There are no people outside.”
“It’s not too hot, but it’s his air conditioner or something… If you use something like that, everyone will be weak.”
“It’s nice to have it. It was always on in the classroom…”
“…I just said it, don’t hang on to your horse’s tail.”
Lee Ha-woon cleared his throat slightly at Marey’s tip. Then she shook her head at the view through her arched windows. She looked around her, embarrassed by the behavior of her clerk speaking to her, then lowered her head.
“How do I do that… “
“I need to go and help.”
Lee Ha-woon grabbed Marey’s wrist and shook her head.
“The child has to do it himself. I am alone now.”
“…Alone?”
“It’s my fault.”
Lee Ha-woon covered his face with his hands and continued his words as if he were confessing.
“I thought we would be together forever. Since I don’t mean anything anyway, I thought I’d be by her side until she grew up… It’s like this.”
Lee Ha-woon burst into a small laugh. Marey couldn’t take her eyes off her as she laughed at her sorrow.
“Kids grow up quickly. Much faster than I thought. There were times when I had to be harsh. There were times when I had to force my back. Maybe it’s because of my greed. How that child has become such an idiot.”
“Lee Ha-woon…”
“I thought we would hug each other for the rest of our lives. So I thought it was okay to be slow, but it’s like this.”
Fuck you. With Lee Ha-woon’s upbringing, she cursed at herself.
“Are you preparing for a breakup?”
“Preparation? Ah, maybe. I don’t know if it’s responsibility or guilt. At least… You don’t have to live like a human being. I wouldn’t have thought of it like this if I had kept it until the end. Stupid but… Because he’s a smart kid You’ll know roughly. That I’m leaving soon.”
Lee Ha-woon smiled slightly as he watched Merande tremble as he ordered through the window.
“So, that kid has no choice but to try. You must learn to stand alone. If I hadn’t… She was a child who could be loved by others… My greed made it into lice.”
Lee Ha-woon leaned against the chair and lay down. She looked more tired than ever. Marais couldn’t find a way to console her, so until the time her mrende came back, her table sank into silence.
“You’re such an idiot, I have no right to say anything to you. So, please… Why, if I had to… “
Lee Ha-woon sighed as if she had no energy to speak anymore.
“Can I convince Philia?”
“…Are you saying that now? Sane? Philia will accept that… Hey, I know you mean it, but don’t talk nonsense.”
“Can I get permission from Ravela?”
Lee Ha-woon looked at Marey expressionlessly. Very strangely and coldly, she was looking at Marey. Beyond her golden eyes, her vigilance overflowed.
“Can I get permission from Lauren?”
The golden eyes were coldly sunken.
“Marey, do you want to become the duke of Romania?”
“No. Do you want me to become a princess?”
Lee Ha-woon burst out laughing at Marey’s answer.
“Yeah, I hope so. But… You are a member of the Parwen family… The successor of Ravella de Parwen. When you become prince, Romania will become part of Balter. It will fall into the Northeast region. Could Romanian vampires accept that?”
The Knights of the Blood Cross, an order made up of Romanian nobles, were trampled by Loren. No, even the word trampled was a very elegant and considerate word. Marey remembered Demeter, one of the survivors of the Knights of the Blood Cross. She and she recalled her material she was researching.
“I can’t even understand Philia’s thoughts. She said that attracting the Parwen family is no different than saying that she will pretend to be with the Romanian nobles. She thinks the senate has betrayed her, so she says that she will get revenge.
“Yes.”
“A noble is a noble even if his limbs are cut off. Land of the principality, various interests, etc. Going back to the cartel they created. A civil war is approaching inevitably, but Philia reaches out to her outside… From their point of view, it is no different from an act of transfer.”
“Isn’t it the same with your younger brother?”
“It’s not the Parwen family or the imperial family, is it? There may be emotional issues, but the biggest reason is… The two families are too big. It can be said that they are the only weight class that will not eat the principality and not get sick. Well, there is such a complex story. Have you ever played with Philia? Or is it mrendera?”
“No. I’ve only heard that you know how to do it.”
What is the child thinking? Hawoon Lee seemed to be thinking of Philia as he muttered that.
“If you don’t think so, if you don’t think you’ll become the king of the duchy… I don’t want you to take care of Merende out of pity. If you don’t intend to eat up the position of the duke while being hated by everyone and ignoring everyone’s swear words, then speak clearly. I only love Philia the Blood. She is even thinking of getting married. Sorry, I only see you as a friend. Can’t you tell me like this?”
Lee Ha-woon gritted his teeth. She, she, she herself, she knew that she didn’t deserve to say such a thing. She was ashamed of herself. She was so ashamed to the point of tears that she couldn’t even look at the boy in front of her.
If this is the case, will she just give up? She was abandoned by her husband because she couldn’t have children of her own anyway. Could it be that the words and obsessions she has been spewing out to herself over the years have brainwashed her into wanting to return to her hometown? I wonder if she is just talking about going back to her husband.
Lee Ha-woon let out a long sigh.
“I mean… I wonder if…”
Wouldn’t it be right to give up everything and not go back? Wouldn’t everything be solved if she beat the child in front of her until she cried and begged. She made a ridiculous assumption.
Or, she thought, if she stayed here. Even though she apparently had drained it all, she could feel the gurgle of semen inside her stomach. She looked at the boy in front of her. She didn’t like it, but even if she said she stayed, Erden didn’t seem to refuse. Marey seemed delighted.
“If the…”
She gave birth to children and started a family. She takes care of her child even while fighting Erden. She imagined the sight of Merande being there. What kind of expression is she making? Lee Ha-woon leaned back on her chair and covered her eyes with her arms as he continued to think that would not come true.
