Chapter 69 – Doubt (1)
-‘I’ll go in.’
The two of them are started by Elzaine’s voice.
Both get up from their seats and frolic.
“Wait a minute!”
Rose exclaims.
Starchis untwisted his legs and put away his wine glasses.
“..Uh, what should I do?”
“Don’t you have anything to cover, Rose?”
“Yes… No..!”
Rose agonizes and finally realizes that there is no other way.
Notice
She whispered to Stachis.
“I-I’ll tell you on my own..!”
Even though the situational drama was over, Rose used honorific words for him.
Starchis started using short language before the situational play started, so even if he tried to do so,
I felt strange when she, who had once let go of her words, showed respect again.
It felt like I had pushed the wrong button.
“..De, come in!”
As soon as she gives permission, the door opens.
Stion smiles and enters with Elsaine.
“What did you do to not let me in? …Well?”
He sees her clothes soaked in wine.
Rose sat down in a chair and covered herself.
“Eh, Elsaine. Help me out. I spilled my wine.”
Elsaine hurriedly approached Rose.
Then he took off his maid’s apron and wrapped it around her.
Stion’s gaze shifts to Stachis.
Stachis pretended not to notice his brother’s gaze.
“My lady, come over here.”
Elsaine grabs Rose by the shoulders and lifts her up.
“How did you spill it so carelessly..!”
She whispered to Rose
Stion and Stachis could hear.
“Poem, I made a mistake.. That, must have been drunk..”
Then Rose turns and speaks to the two brothers.
“Wait please..! I’ll be back soon.”
“Okay…”
Stion answered, but his eyes were fixed on Stachis.
He just looked awkward.
-Thud
As the door closed, Stion glided closer to Stachis.
“What?”
“Uh?”
“What happened, tell me.”
Starchis recalls the situation from before.
I was so excited because it was my first time doing it.
I couldn’t tell you even if I died.
“What..What should have happened.. That..What. Rose just spilled wine.”
“Rose?”
“Rose, my lady.”
“…”
Stion quickly realized Starchis was hiding something.
I can’t know if I don’t know
Because I’m not good at lying.
But he never lies
Think about why you have to lie.
It must have been something he really wanted to hide.
Anyway, nothing bad happened
If it’s a good thing, it’s a good thing
Stion easily backed off.
Then he pats his brother on the back.
“You are all grown up.”
Starchis didn’t answer because he thought he would stumble.
The drinking party ended like that.
When Rose comes back to say hello,
By the two people who wanted to close the place
It was easy to come to an end.
All the way back, Stion hummed as if he were teasing his younger brother, and Stachis just pretended not to know.
****
Vienne rubbed her eyes and woke up.
It was still dark dawn outside.
It was before the birds chirped.
As soon as I wake up reflexively, I think about Starchis.
-‘Bien!’
It reminds me of him calling her name with a smile.
My heart just thumped.
The pain you’re used to but never get used to.
It always felt like a pain.
Even if those negative emotions surround her
Bien got out of bed.
Be careful not to wake the saints around you
She left the room
Wash, put on thick clothes and pack your bag.
It is now a completely habitual behavior.
Stupid Bien is on the mountain for a man these days
Few people will believe you if you say you are going to gather herbs.
It was true.
She was only moving for Starchis.
“Haam..”
When no one is looking, secretly give a small yawn
Rub your eyes again
My body wanted a good night’s sleep.
Although there is a lack of sleep because of this behavior in the first place,
The night before, I couldn’t sleep because I was thinking about the Nishti family.
That didn’t stop her.
The drug for Stachis’ arm required more materials than expected.
If you can’t collect it steadily, a chance to help him,
Or, the reason to meet him disappeared, so I couldn’t help it.
As she was about to leave the church, someone called her.
“Bien.”
It was a soft, calm voice.
Bien looks back.
Her hair was gray like Vien’s.
But if Bien is natural gray
She was a gray color that had lost color from her hair with age.
It was Sister Helen.
“..Sister Helen.”
He was one of the few people Bien admired.
He is like a mother to her.
Ever since I was young, I scolded you if I went the wrong way,
Feed me something delicious,
He was a man who was cared for with love.
When I was young, I called you mother a few times,
I’m ashamed now that I couldn’t do that.
“Where are you going, Vien?”
“..Gathering herbs.”
Or don’t tell me as bluntly as I did with Casey.
I didn’t say I didn’t know.
I didn’t even want to.
“For that boy then?”
Nod.
Bien shook her head.
“Isn’t it dangerous?”
“It’s okay.”
“…I see.”
Sister Helen nodded and gestured to Bien.
“Come here, Vien. There is something I want to check.”
Vienne approached her as her Sister Helen said.
Unlike before, the wrinkles have increased, but still Sister Helen’s
The warm impression did not change.
Bien felt a little of her displeasure resting heavily on her chest.
She feels lifted.
The stable atmosphere that Sister Helen provided was great.
“First, would you give me your hand?”
When Vienne reached out her hand, Sister Helen
With her wrinkled hands, she takes Bien’s hand.
She then closed her eyes and breathed her holy power into her.
“..Sister Helen?”
Soon, Sister Helen’s holy power subsided, and she spoke.
“Yeah.. It was like that too.”
“…Why do you do that?”
“Bien, do you pray often these days?”
Bien recalls daily life.
She has definitely been praying more often lately.
Thank you Starchis for being alive.
Desperate for his hand to heal,
…And wished he had broken up with her,
And jealous that he wished he wasn’t happy with her where he wasn’t.
Sometimes she prayed with good intentions, sometimes with personal intentions.
“…Yes.”
Bien answers.
“Her holy power has increased a lot.”
She strokes Bien’s hair.
“Keep doing it like this. Something good will happen.”
“Is it a good thing?”
At Bienne’s question, Sister Helen nodded her head slowly.
Bien wanted to ask what was going on specifically, but
Interest soon fades.
It doesn’t change what she has to do anyway.
She wanted to go pick up Stachis herbs now.
You have to dig fast and make medicine quickly to meet him.
A reason arises.
Vien ended the conversation with a nod of her head before her story got complicated.
“…Can I go?”
“Okay. Be careful.”
After a very short conversation like this, Bien walked to the mountain.
Left alone, Sister Helen thinks.
Perhaps, a new official saintess might be born.
****
Starchis got up from the bed clutching his head.
It was dizzy.
Even right before bedtime, I’m somewhat drunk
I thought I would be fine when I woke up in the morning, but I was wrong.
My throat was dry and it tingled, and a bitter taste lingered in my mouth.
He got out of bed and walked to the kitchen to get a drink of water.
“Green onion…”
After drinking cold water, I reminisce about what happened yesterday.
He couldn’t quite explain what the feeling was.
If you cut off each one and explain it, you can say it.
I’m sorry that I couldn’t perfectly keep Hian’s promise,
The shame of being caught by my brother,
…The excitement of what he did with Rose.
All of this mixed up into an inexplicable feeling.
He goes to the bathroom with a hangover to clear his head.
Washing his hair, he made plans to detox.
Today is a day where nothing happens.
No rehabilitation, no appointments whatsoever.
It is a day when you can just spend time healing alone.
I wanted to play with his brother his, but his brother his is n’t always free like that.
Since we played together yesterday, I think I should leave it alone.
“… Let’s go fishing.”
I wonder if fishing with one hand would be easy
I thought it would be fun just to go and see the scenery flowing by.
He wanted to pass the time.
Quiet.
Quiet.
Such a peaceful time.
After making all the plans, he went out.
****
Lily wrote a letter this morning too.
It wasn’t every day, but now quite a bit
I was writing regularly.
The place where the letter is sent is, of course, to her teacher.
Starchis gives her the good news and thanks for feeling her mana her, and asks what the next step is.
Next he has to move the mana himself.
Lily didn’t know how to teach that feeling.
It was ecstatic to have a close relationship with him through this rehab,
But she didn’t think of dragging on.
…No, I was thinking exactly
That’s when you only listened to the voice of desire.
That’s how much she liked him.
That’s how much she wanted him.
However, excluding this one-dimensional need,
She was helping him with sincerity and sincerity.
To be honest, sending a letter to the teacher like this is eventually
She couldn’t be too good for her.
It will take time, but when you see Starchis’ talent,
He seemed to be able to move mana on his own after all.
He doesn’t have to ask her mentor for advice.
The problem is that we don’t know how long it will take.
Lily wants to shorten the deadline as much as possible.
It was to write a letter to her teacher.
– Bean bean bean
A knock on the window startsles Lily.
A crow was outside the window hanging a box.
It was Master’s bird, Errol.
No news that Starchis felt mana yet.
Because she didn’t know what to do with her letter from her
Lily thinks.
She had nothing to hold on to.
Confused, she opened the window.
Errol confidently lifts her neck to make it easier to take the ham.
“Thank you, Errol.”
“Caw!”
The moment Lily pulls the ham out of the crow’s neck,
Errol flies into the sky again.
She opens the box with ease,
Check the letter
————
To Lily.
I don’t know if the treatment is going well.
I think you’re thinking
My heart continues to feel uncomfortable.
This feeling has reached the point where it interferes with my research.
I will go see you and the child soon.
Be waiting
From the master.
————
It was a notice of visit.
Lily is taken aback by the sudden content.
“Uh..?”
Notice of visit
Preview of the interview
Her teacher comes to see Stachis.
Her teacher was a warm-hearted man,
It’s a story that only applies to Lily to some extent.
As a wizard among wizards, he has a lot of eccentric side.
Lily is more than expecting to meet her mentor her.
A worried mind began to take over.
Especially since he’s an unpredictable teacher.
