Chapter 13 – Bien (完), Russ (1)
After eating a simple lunch and saying goodbye to the children, we got on the carriage.
“Vien sister! You have to come back!!”
“Brother!! Brother and sister come with me!”
“Brother! Stop yawning next time!”
I waved.
I was tired from playing with the children.
I must have felt affection at that time, and I felt a sense of resentment.
I waved my hand until the children were out of sight, then sat down.
Still, it’s over now. Now you can go home and rest.
To be honest, I was back earlier than expected.
When you see Bien acting out, you go back around evening,
I was really thinking what to do then.
Right. If you think about it now, when Bien writes a wish ticket,
I was told to stay up all night and sleep until late the next day.
With that thought in mind, I was returning earlier than expected.
Bien probably didn’t forget that part.
If you think about it again, I’m not the only one who is tired.
Bien is also a person who always sleeps at a certain time, but it must not have been easy for her to cry all night.
She must have wanted her to rest too.
Rumble.. Rumble..
As the carriage rocked little by little, her drowsiness her came quickly, as if in a cradle.
The wagon, which was normally uncomfortable, felt so comfortable.
He seemed to be able to sleep if he closed his eyes.
“Bien. I sleep Wake me up later.”
She looked at Bien as she spoke.
She was already sleeping, curled up like a young animal.
The moment I saw her sleeping, I fell into her sleep as if a thread was breaking on her body.
****
She had a dream
My long-time wish.
It was a dream of having a lover.
Understand me,
Take care of me,
It is a dream that I have a girlfriend who makes me happy.
My only understanding
I was so happy to spend time with her.
Her face was blurry and hard to see, but she was lovely nonetheless.
When I admired her beauty, she complimented me and whispered her love.
Sharing her hugs with her made her feel like she had her whole world.
She felt like she would do anything for her.
Don’t do what you don’t do,
I wanted to do everything you asked me to do.
My long-time wish.
I only need one.
I will love you for the rest of my life
****
“Wake up, Starchis.”
I feel a sharp pain in my cheek.
It feels familiar.
“… Are you all here, Vien?”
I asked without even opening my eyes.
It’s a pity that I woke up from a good dream.
I also felt a little empty.
You were my girlfriend in a dream, but waking up from a dream like this really feels like a breakup?
Can I see you again
I sighed and laughed at the foolish thought.
“Yes. Everything is here.”
Bien answers.
I slowly opened my eyes.
Silver hair and silver eyes.
Bien is right in front of you.
I thought I slept right this time too
When I came to my senses, I was lying on the floor of the carriage.
I stood up and brushed off the dust.
The headache has subsided a lot.
My eyes still hurt.
I rubbed my eyes and looked outside the carriage.
The sun had moved a lot to the west, but it was still before evening.
He didn’t seem to have slept long in the carriage.
But it didn’t matter. ‘Cause I can go home and sleep
I got off the carriage, loosening the cut on my back a little.
“Starches.”
Bien calls from behind. She held out her hand over her carriage.
Why would you do that when you can just get off?
There are no real princesses.
I held out her hand to her as she yawned.
Gently grabs my hand and gets off the carriage.
But even after I got off, she didn’t let go of my hand.
I felt like I was committing a crime because I still had a vivid dream girlfriend, so I slipped her hand away.
“Bien, what are you going to do now?”
Since we have to break up now, I ask for the conventional regards.
I’m not really curious about it, but it’s weird to say ‘Okay, goodbye’ right away.
And her answer was enough to get my attention.
“…? I’m going to cut your hair.”
.
.
…? What?
What are you talking about.
“Ok? How? I’m going home.”
Asked with a frown. Bien also frowns along with me.
“What? Why do you go home I still have time left.”
“What are you talking about. You both stayed up all night, so you should go and rest.”
The headache that I thought went away after a short sleep comes back.
“That… I didn’t mean to repay you because you worked hard yesterday and today!”
No. I thought I should cut my hair now.
But that’s not today.
I’ve been so busy lately that I brushed my messy hair once.
“It’s okay. You don’t have to reciprocate. Jeong Then, can’t you cut it next time?”
“So you’re saying you’re going back now?”
Bien’s expression becomes increasingly serious.
“Bien, I am so sleepy.”
“No!!”
She shoots me
But what do you hate about being sleepy?
“It’s not even tonight yet! Why are you already breaking up!”
This conversation. I think I did it with Lily noona too.
“You don’t have to break up for the night.”
“Then why did I write the wish ticket! If we break up now, it won’t matter if we met longer! We just changed the meeting time!”
“… He said he would let you sleep until late the next day if you played all night with the wish ticket.”
“You slept in the carriage for a long time. No. I’m going to cut your hair, so follow me.”
She grabbed her by the hand and pulled her.
Why are you doing this?
If you don’t repay me, is it because you feel uncomfortable?
It could be.
Do you still have more to do?
It could be.
Or maybe… I have other feelings?
…Probably not.
It was a conversation I had with Lily, but it was different from what I had with Lily.
I didn’t ask if you like me.
I hate having to fight like that one more time.
It was also Bien that she sang about meeting someone cooler than me so that scabs would sit on her ears.
So you probably don’t like me.
If you fight like you fought with Lily-noona here for no reason
In broad daylight, Bien burst into tears and feels like it will become more difficult.
And if you soothe it and do something, you don’t know how much time will pass.
It is Bien who speaks the harshest words,
Because Vien is the one who gets hurt the most and cries often.
She got angry when she said that even the grown-up Lily noona wouldn’t be treated like a worker anymore.
I want such a fight to take place when I have a little bit of stamina.
Of course I always hate to fight, but if I have to.
Under.
Okay. I just need to stay still while I get my hair cut.
You don’t have to do anything, right?
I decided to hold on for one last time.
“Then, if you cut all of this, will you send it to me?”
“…”
Bien, who dragged me roughly, didn’t answer.
So, this time, she pulled her against her back, tightening her arm.
She looked back at me, unmoving.
“Understand? If I cut this off, will you let me go?”
“…You want to break up with me like that…?”
When she looked back at me, her eyes were full of tears.
She felt she had to be comforted here.
“That’s not what… I told you. It’s because i’m so tired It’s not that I really want to break up with you soon. And why don’t we break up a little early, so I even shed tears.”
I never thought I would see this absurd scene that I told my brother about again.
Once again, she realizes that you shouldn’t try to understand Bien with common sense.
“I’m not crying!”
She wipes away her tears.
“This is all because of Lily. It made you too tired on the first day.”
Bien began to resent Lily.
While biting her lips lightly.
No…Both are causes…
“Anyway, did you promise?”
“…Can’t we just eat together until dinner? There is something I want to eat.”
Her. What else was I’m glad I made an appointment here.
She cut her hair and almost ate her rice.
Had I done so, would I not have dozed off and hit her head on her table?
So tired
“What do you want to eat?”
“Uh…? That… That’s… Um… Potatoes?”
Bien thinks about something she wants to eat.
Would you like to eat potatoes? Can’t I just eat that alone?
“Bien.”
Just one word from the name I said with my eyes down
“Okay! Got it!!”
Bien angry promises.
He let out a deep sigh and followed her lead.
****
After getting her hair cut.
Finally I am back home
The head… I didn’t check what it was like.
Still, Bien said he had a lot of experience cutting other people’s hair while volunteering, so it should be fine.
She thought she cut herself well. Even after the haircut was over, she kept playing with my hair.
I was so tired that I asked for it to be sent.
-Tick
Turn on the magic light
It was a damp room full of my body odor.
I opened the window to get the smell out.
It was now fully evening.
After all, I came back home after a day, but
It’s like coming back after a month.
Before going to bed, I opened the box of magic food to keep my stomach full.
… There was nothing to eat.
Right. Vien ate everything Lily sister did.
I was too tired to go out and buy food.
Deciding that there was nothing more to do but sleep, I collapsed on the bed.
****
Smart smart
“Chiss, I’m here”
A soft voice calls me.
It wasn’t loud, but it was enough to wake me up in the room.
The forced march of 5 days, the last gateway of it.
It’s Russ.
How long do you sleep when you get home?
After all, I couldn’t even wash until she came.
I didn’t want to, but it’s a promise, but I might be disappointed in me who spreads out without preparing.
I sigh inwardly.
I brushed my clean hair once.
Russ is sometimes difficult to understand.
Of the three members of the party, Russ holds me the longest.
She has crossed many of her limits with her, and has completed many of her missions.
If it was only in battle, you could tell what he was trying to do just by looking at his eyes.
Should I say that the sum is good?
They are also each other’s best friends.
Also, perhaps because the time spent together was long, they were not limited to battle, but reached the point where they could read each other’s minds.
Russ was especially good at reading my mind.
There are many times when you are surprised.
That makes Russ feel even more strange.
Why wouldn’t she take care of me?
I don’t understand, but
If you try to be as generous as possible
Lily noona is a bit grown-up and leads, so let’s say she drags me around without knowing my condition.
Bien is a bit childish, and if she doesn’t do what she’s supposed to do, she’s the type of person who won’t let go, so let’s just say she’s immature in caring.
So what about Russ?
She can read my mind, she is.
She knows how hard it is for me
Why is this?
Is everyone bothering me on purpose? Nonsensical thoughts run through her head.
Clap
I unlocked the lock and opened the door.
Black hair and black eyes.
Russ faces me in a neat outfit.
“How are you Chis? Long time no see… Huh?
She looks at me and pauses.
I awkwardly scratched my head.
“Sorry Russ. I just woke up from being so tired. I’ll wash up quickly.”
Before she can get her word out of her, he hands her an apology.
But Russ waved her hand.
“… Huh? Ah! I’m not surprised by that. It’s not that, Chis, your hair is neat…”
“Oh this?”
I wonder how it got cut now.
“It’s okay?”
“Yes! Yes! Really neat and pretty. Where did you get it?”
Okay? I really didn’t want to do it.
Maybe I should think of it as luck out of misfortune.
“This is what Bien did yesterday.”
It’s subtle, but you can see she’s uncomfortable.
As long as I’ve seen her, I know how to read her emotions of her. It’s a subtle emotion that I noticed.
“Russ that… What’s up?”
“Would you like to look back?”
Without knowing her reason of her, I showed her the back of her head as she said.
Russ’ hand her strokes the back of my head.
“Ah… It looked neat from the front, but it’s a pity to see it this way”
After a while, she says sadly:
It seems Bienne couldn’t make the back of the head pretty.
It might be my fault for dozing off.
“… Really? There’s nothing you can do about it.”
“Still, it’s okay because it’s Chis. If it was someone else, it would have been weird already. It’s not my fault. I’ll do it next time.”
Knocked on my head.
I turned around and saw Russ.
“Do you know how to do it too?”
“Take it next time.”
I don’t really care who does what.
She stared at me silently at her door.
“Oh dear. Check my mind. Come in Russ. The house is a bit messy.”
“Yeah, thank you. I know the messy thing from last time, so don’t worry about it.”
She Comes in with a smile.
Russ entered her room and looked around.
I told him not to mind, but I’m quite ashamed of my messy room.
It wasn’t the case when Bien entered the room without permission before.
“Will you wait until I wash a little?”
When she was told to wait, she took her eyes off her room.
She looked at me
She turned her head around and looked at my expression her.
“Chiss, but you look tired. How about getting some more sleep?”
… Uh?
“What… What?”
“No, your face is emaciated. You look sleepy.”
“Ru… Rus…!”
Are you the only one who knows me?
I added a little exaggeration, so I felt like I was going to burst into tears.
I was so sorry that she was worried about why she could read my mind.
You think of me like this
“Really… You’re not kidding, are you?”
“Why would you play a joke like this, Chis?”
“Then can I really sleep a little longer?”
“That’s right. I’ll stay and wake you up.”
Russ slumps into a chair in the corner of her room.
She doesn’t say that she can’t sit down because it’s a pigsty like Bien.
Seriously, she’s still the best friend I’ve known.
She broke up with Vien in the evening and slept with her ever since, so it was n’t that easy for her body her to recover.
As she said, my body was pushed to its limit.
I didn’t know how to feel the level of fatigue I’d occasionally experienced in a dungeon.
Russ’ consideration did not end there.
“… Oh, is there anything you want to eat for breakfast? I will.”
“Anything… Russ… Anything.”
Like a soldier arriving at his destination after running a long distance, my body loses strength in an instant.
The tension in my body seems to be relieved when I say that I can rest.
I fell back to bed.
I fell asleep without being able to say thank you or sorry or anything.
Before consciousness fades away.
A question came to mind.
Uh…?
If you’re going to let me sleep again, why did you come now…
I fell asleep before I could ask questions or come up with my own answers.
****
I looked down at the sleeping Chis.
How could other bitches have played so hard for him?
He was always reliable, to the point where he looked a little sickly.
I could tell by watching him collapse when he was told that he could go back to sleep now.
His body His was pushed to its limit.
The reason is, of course, Lily and Vien.
This time, he must have asked him for an even tougher request.
This is the result of our secret struggle.
It didn’t do this at first.
‘Cause the Stachis Treaty can’t cross the line
I was just looking for something I could do within the range of not crossing the line.
Let me enjoy my first date with him
Lily and Vien also asked him out on a date as if competing.
Let Lily brag about meeting Stachis two out of five days off.
I couldn’t lose either, so I begged to see him for two days.
I didn’t want to see Bien boasting about having his arms crossed, so I somehow naturally grabbed his arms.
In this way, our fight intensified.
Step by step. We asked Stachis for something.
Little by little, without even realizing it, his burden was growing.
As a result,
He meets us at dawn and leaves us at night.
No, with this one step, we won’t even part for the night.
It even stays up all night.
If you don’t meet me, I get angry.
It was too late for us to realize that we always wanted more of his love
A huge burden was placed on him.
Because he never had a day off.
… Okay.
I came to my senses.
I noticed.
What he struggles with
The life in his eyes his drained day by day.
No matter how trustworthy he is, no matter how good I am,
He was exhausted
…But he couldn’t stop.
The moment I stop, I don’t know how the balance will be broken.
The Stachis Treaty is also a treaty that can be made because everyone’s power is equal in the end.
If someone is sure you can step ahead and win his heart
It is clear that the treaty will be just a piece of paper.
So I don’t want to do this either, but I can’t help it.
He’s having a hard time, I haven’t met him
In the meantime, if someone in the party succeeds in seducing him, will I be able to hold on?
All of my life
I’ll love him all my life, but can I stand it if he doesn’t give me love?
“…That’s not allowed.”
I murmured softly.
In the end, my plan is to stay one step ahead of everyone else.
Somehow build a closer relationship than Bien and Lily
When you are sure, you secretly break the pact and become his lover.
Then I won’t make it so hard then.
Be patient for now, Chis.
Today, I asked him to sleep a little longer, of course it was because he was tired.
And there is also a reason to buy a crush on him who is struggling.
But that’s not the most important reason.
I am doing this because of Mr. Lily’s behavior a few days ago.
After putting him to sleep, I hugged him tightly and even made him breakfast.
It’s like being a wife.
The anger at that time was unforgettable for a long time.
I was pushed by Mr. Lily.
In the field of hugging him and feeding him.
Pushed from one, I couldn’t stand it because I was anxious.
I got up slowly from my seat.
I walked carefully to the place where my love was sleeping.
Standing on the brackets so he doesn’t wake up.
When I reached the bedside where he lay, I looked down at him.
This face I’ve known for a long time.
This face comes to mind when I close my eyes.
Even so, this face that hurts oneself.
As Lily had done, she slowly began to lie down next to him.
– Sayak, saek.
I lay down next to him, focusing on his breathing.
My legs were rubbing on their own.
My heart felt like it would explode.
It makes me wonder how Lily endured this.
Then he laid down on his arm her.
It was like becoming lovers.
Step closer and close to his side.
Yeah… That’s it.
This is correct
This should be our future
If the other bitch did it, so should I.
In order not to be pushed.
