Chapter 91 – Barefoot Stronghold (14)
Rose led the way, Bienne followed.
Rose stroked her cheek.
He was enjoying the afterglow of Starchis.
“…Hehe..”
Bien’s heart skipped a beat.
Elsaine’s laughter became Vienne’s pain before she knew it.
Because her smile she means progress with Starchis.
“…Wait a minute.”
Bien gulps down her saliva
She calls Elzain.
“Yes?”
Elsaine looks back.
Her cheeks were blushing red.
Bien and Elzain stop on the way to the bathroom.
Bien turned her little head and looked around her.
It’s something no one should ever hear.
This is also for Elsaine.
It’s a shame to hide your real name,
That said, they spread rumors about her secret all over the place.
She didn’t want to bother her.
Even if I want to squeeze it, even if I want to bite it
She did not want to leave a blemish on her reputation that she would not return.
Nobles are sensitive to fame.
In any case, there is no need to do more damage than is necessary.
“Come here.”
Bien went to any door and opened the door.
Elzain was still dazed, and she stood still.
“…Come fast. It’s important.”
Rose said that Vienne wanted to go to the bathroom.
She noticed that she wasn’t being followed.
There was something to be said from the beginning.
Bien looked at her with her expression her as if she was determined to do something.
Rose put a mask over her face her.
A mask that feels calm and friendly.
When she crosses her threshold,
Bien quietly closed the door.
It was a room with nothing.
No furniture, nothing exists
It was a structure that sounded like words.
When the door closes,
Bien grabs Rose’s arm
She drove it against the wall.
“Oh..!”
“You..!”
Bien frowns and grunts.
It was the moment when she finally let go of what she had been putting up with.
I wanted to do this as soon as we met.
But Bien said she did not know that Starchis herself knew her secret of her.
The method of finding out this secret was not particularly shameful.
She couldn’t say that she found out by tailing.
So she has been waiting for the situation to come.
Bien asks.
“…How did you meet Starchis?”
Rose is nearly unmasked by an unexpected question.
She had something to say, she didn’t know it was a question.
It’s even more surprising that Starchis is also involved.
But she soon regains her composure
She fluently unraveled the story that matched Starchis.
“…Do you know the big tree near the church? We first met there.”
“-Lie.”
Before he can say a few words, Vienne cuts Rose off.
My patience has reached its limit.
Bien doesn’t take her eyes off her for even a second.
Rose gradually sensed that her mood was unusual.
“It’s a lie.”
“Really.”
Vienne opens her lips with one bite.
“…If it was Elsaine, that would have been the case.”
Rose doubted her ears.
But she couldn’t have heard it right.
Holding her swaying rose
Vien snorted.
“Rose Nisti didn’t meet Starchis like that.”
“…”
She felt her mask her, which she had put on for the first time, break.
Her face goes pale and her lips quiver.
Unbeknownst to herself, her eyes kept her blinking as well.
All she could do was not ask back with a dumbfounded ‘yes?’
She was so embarrassed that she forgot to make up her own excuses.
She said it was a lot of lies at stake.
This isn’t the first time I’ve been lying caught.
But whenever that happens, apologize right away
Or she avoided getting into trouble with a well-deserved excuse,
This lie gets caught and puts Stachis in trouble.
Let her know that she may end up falling for him
Her head her stiffened.
Rose wonders how far Vien knows she is.
She was scared
“… You can think of that reaction as correct, right?”
Bien asks.
It was certain that she had been caught.
But was she even found out to be a false girlfriend?
If you got caught up there, Rose
Why she would be her girlfriend her next to Starches,
She has no reason to cling to him.
Since when did she know.
Rose’s eyes twitched.
Bien was scary for the first time.
Even though she knew since when, did she pretend not to know?
“Ah… So… “
Rose eventually turned her head away from her gaze.
Bien’s breathing became rough.
“…It was fun? An aristocrat playing a commoner…!”
“No..!”
“They deceived us and pretended to be poor… !”
Bien said she appeared in plain clothes.
Remember me
Rose closed her eyes now.
For now, he had no choice but to accept Vien’s anger at her.
She still doesn’t know how much Bien knows and does this
It was best to keep her mouth shut.
“…Please break up.”
Bien says.
“..Yes?”
In an instant, Rose loses her pulse.
She was relieved
Saying to break up means a false relationship with Starchis
That said, I didn’t even know what to do.
She hasn’t gotten to the worst yet.
She was able to recover
Then her heart is at ease,
She is one step away from being able to judge the situation.
“…After…”
She let out a short sigh.
She didn’t know if she would be okay without being separated from Stachis’ side of her.
“…You’re in a secret relationship!”
Bien groans in anger.
“I will tell Count Hian!”
It wasn’t a good feeling to threaten someone.
Bienne she didn’t even want to do it herself.
If only Starchis wasn’t the one caught behind this blackmail.
“… How did you know all this?”
“Does it matter?”
“…”
“I heard that marriage is important for nobles. It’s also used politically… Is that the case with hiding that you’re dating Starchis?”
“…No.”
Rose fixed her mask, which was crooked.
Serenity is on her face her again.
The more she did, the more Bien became nervous.
Rose’s reaction was not as great as expected.
Her grip on Rose’s arm her loosened.
She couldn’t figure out how she could stay so calm.
Maybe it’s because I meet Starchis casually?
Since you can just throw it away, is it not very exciting to be caught lying?
Even if that’s true, I feel bad.
It’s nice to see Rose go away,
If you say you played with Starchis like a toy,
That made me angry
“Then it doesn’t matter too much if you get caught, doesn’t it?”
“Yes?”
“You’re not even ashamed to lie now!”
“…”
“Is it because you played with Starches? I got caught, so can I throw it away?”
Only then does Rose’s expression change once again.
Weak anger.
“I like Starches. Only this is real.”
The more she talked to Rose, the heavier her heart her felt.
Bienne said that things were not going the way she thought.
She feels
“… But she has to break up eventually. How can a noble marry a commoner..!”
“I could.”
“Don’t force yourself! I’ve never heard of such a thing!”
“You can hear it for the first time through me.”
“You…!”
“BNC, but what qualifications does BNC ask me for such a favor?”
Rose turns the conversation in her favor at one point.
She knows that Bien likes Starches, but
It’s because she noticed her
She did not enter through Bien’s mouth her.
Russ and Lily showed off specifically at the last meal.
Lily told her not to do too much skinship in front of herself.
Russ says she hasn’t even started seducing Starchis yet.
She scared
Bien then averted her eyes and turned her words away.
And, even though she had been told that Vien liked her
Bien is just a party member, no one to ask for a favor like this
There is no justification.
“..Ah..”
“No matter how close you are to Stachis, this is crossing the line.”
“…”
“If Mr. Stion says…I’ll be worried, but Mr. B.N. Is a friend.”
Bien makes a fuss and insists.
“…What is the importance of a justification…Me…No matter how much I think about it, Starchis is a waste. I’m not on the same level as you!”
“So I am trying.”
“What do you know! How many times have you met Starches? Pretending to know everything! You are a better person than you think!”
“… I need to work harder.”
“…Ugh…!”
“Bien. But what if I break up?”
For an instant, Bien catches her breath.
Those were the words she never expected to hear from Rose’s mouth her.
Even though it is a family word, Bien
She sees hope alone.
“What if I break up?”
“..My..My everything to you..”
“It’s not like that,”
Rose shakes her head.
“I mean, how does it benefit you if I break up?”
“…Without you…!”
“Without me, would you be Stachis’ lover?”
“…”
“…”
They only exchange glances with each other and the words are cut off.
The power is weak in Bien’s hands
To loosen
Rose felt it.
“If not me, another woman might take his side of her.”
“…”
“Then are you still going to do this? Are you planning on making Starchis unable to connect with anyone?”
“No..!”
Bien distorts her face first.
Rose didn’t stop.
“So what? Are you waiting for Starches to come to BNC first?”
“… !”
Bien bit her lip.
“Have you been honest with him about your feelings about him?”
“…”
“Didn’t you just draw a line?”
“…”
“At least…”
Rose ponders whether or not she should say the next thing.
It seemed like he was already overheated.
Even if you want to respond coldly and rationally
It was difficult.
Eventually, she couldn’t stand it and finished her sentence.
“At least tell me to break up after you’ve stepped on the stage… Even though we won’t break up.”
“..Ah…!”
“And you told my father, right?”
Rose confirms with her own mouth that she is an aristocrat.
She had no reason to hide further.
“Do it. Because it doesn’t matter.”
All of Bien’s weapons are broken.
There were no more cards left in her hand.
All that remains is misery,
The despair of not being able to have Starches.
There was only ugliness and shame she showed by making threats that she did not want to do.
Rose turns her body around.
She seemed to have had enough.
She said everything she wanted to say,
No major lies were uncovered.
“For a moment..!”
But Bien didn’t let that happen.
Bienne holds Rose with her hand her.
“I have nothing to say-“
Rose looked behind her, gently removing her hand her.
And her body her stiffens.
Tears welled up in Vien’s eyes.
“…Please…!!”
I was not honest
She who was blunt and picky from the first meeting
He begged with her tears in her eyes.
“…I… I only have Starchis…”
I slowly bent her leg
Rose kneels in front of her.
All that’s left of her after she loses her weapon
Leaving all her pride behind her
All she could do was pray.
Let go of the hand that gripped her wrist
Take Rose’s hand hers.
“In my life without a single family member… The only light… The only person I can confide my feelings to… “
She got down on her knees and on her ground
Shed her tears
“That means I can’t be without someone… “
Rose felt her heart ache at Vienne’s words her.
How does it feel to be the only person you can confide in?
She too has only recently realized how precious such a person is she.
Because of her, this saint named Bien
It was not a very pleasant feeling to lose such a person.
“…Huh…! Please… Give it back…!”
Bien started crying like a child.
Rose approaches slowly
She gets on her knees as in front of her.
Take her handkerchief from her bosom
She started wiping her face.
Vienne still couldn’t stop her tears.
“…I’m sorry… I can’t throw away Starchis.”
Rose had the same pained look on her face.
She tells her with difficulty.
“…”
Rose thinks.
He felt very sorry for Bien, who was crying in front of her eyes.
If she was really Stachis’s girlfriend,
She wouldn’t have felt this sorry.
But Rose was a fake girlfriend.
Even though she hadn’t won his heart her squarely,
She couldn’t be proud as if she had earned it.
Rather, Starchis was pushing himself.
After all, there is no difference between Vien and himself.
So what Bienne is suffering now is
Only because of lies
Rose herself knew it.
Conscience stabbed.
I bet you’ll take advantage of this position
It really wasn’t easy to do.
It was hard to have a crying person in front of you.
But let me tell you the truth and be fair
Let’s compete, my heart for Starchis is enough to say
It wasn’t even weak.
I just… Wanted to relieve the burden on this heart a little bit.
To Bien who is breathing in and out of crying
Rose says.
“…I believe in Starchis.”
“…Sigh…Huh…”
“I believe you will not be shaken.”
“…”
“..I won’t disturb you.”
After a few short words,
Rose gets up from her seat.
Still, I thought I said too much.
The moment it came out of my mouth, I wanted to withdraw it, but
I can sympathize with how much Bien’s heart hurts.
I couldn’t do that again.
This time, without the time for Bienne to stop,
Rose opened the door and left.
-Thud.
“…Ha…”
– Suddenly.
In that state she walked to the bathroom,
She leans against the wall and she sits down.
“…”
A lot of things happened in a short amount of time.
She needed time to clear her head.
And above all,
She also needed time to reassure herself.
“You can’t shake…”
Rose said to someone.
