Chapter 1025 – (Side Story)03. After the War (3)
Haha! It’s really fucking delicious!”
Ani S, who had been a guest at Eunhyeon and her wives’ house for the first time in a long time, burst into happy laughter and shoveled the food on the table into her mouth.
The sight of a huge amount of menu stuffing into one’s mouth, almost twice the size of one’s face, is reminiscent of a small squirrel eating with its cheeks puffed out.
Like a rubber balloon filled with air hanging from both cheeks.
In any case, this is not the image of an archbishop based on courtesy and formality.
No one pointed it out.
“Would you like some more?”
“Hehe. Please!”
“Yes.”
Smiling and nodding her head, Lily removed the empty plate from Ani Es’ seat and replaced it with new food.
In the first place, forcing the status and role of a priest called the archbishop here is nonsense in itself.
Isn’t it none other than the devil’s cooking skills that are currently serving a delicious dinner to Anies?
If any priest had seen it, it would have been the flagship, but no one pointed it out.
This situation was very natural in this house.
In fact, he felt more comfortable here than at the main temple of the Holy Kingdom of Erenia, where his body originally resided.
Of course.
Here, Anies is not given any responsibility or role, nor is he forced to do so.
It would not have been unreasonable to feel free in the simple situation of just visiting the house of an old colleague and really close friend.
And although he was not a colleague, there was another person who had as much peace of mind as Anies.
“Give me more alcohol!”
“Queen. If you eat more…”
Next to Anies, who was devouring the dinner prepared by Lily, Yuria was going crazy just as much as Anies, but in a different sense.
“Alex!”
Yuria glared at Alex, who tried to stop her by taking her own drink with an expression of concern.
“… Yes.”
My tongue is twisted and the smell of alcohol seems to be coming out of my voice.
Alex answered reluctantly.
“Where is this place? “Is this the meeting room of the Magic Tower?”
“No.”
“Then is it inside the palace of Pernias?”
“… “No.”
“But why do you call me ‘Queen’?”
“…”
Alex was embarrassed.
This is because she remembered the promise she made with Yuria in the past.
“You sure didn’t forget, right?”
“That’s not it.”
I couldn’t forget it.
Alex was very happy to receive that promise.
It is simply not appropriate to implement it here, as there are too many places and too many ears to listen.
“…”
Alex glanced around with a troubled expression.
Illiana, who was feeding Illiana with formula, didn’t seem to be paying any attention, but she didn’t seem to be like Eunhyeon’s other wives.
“Baby, are you full?”
Haha! Alcohol! Food! Bring more!”
Only Illyana and Anies showed no interest at all.
“Hmm?”
“Ugh?”
It wasn’t that difficult for Eleanor, who found her brother’s troubled expression strange, Erin, who read the subtle emotional currents, and Lily, who was serving food in the kitchen, to notice the relationship between Yuria and Alex.
Actually, I had guessed it for a long time.
That’s why Eunhyeon’s wives, except for Iliana, looked like ‘No way?’
I wonder if there has been progress in the relationship between the two.
“In non-official settings, we decided to call each other by our first names!”
Her queen and her royal guard
A promise to let go of that position, responsibility, and duty and become closer as people of the opposite sex.
I thought it was a great joy for both of us to suggest it and to accept it.
Yuria, drunk from her drinking, revealed her sad feelings.
What does that mean?
“Oh my?”
“Huh?”
Eleanoa and Erin were surprised by the sudden story, as if a bomb had exploded out of nowhere, and for a moment, they looked at the two with excited expressions.
“But…”
“Is this an official place?”
“That’s not true, Queen! There are other people here!”
She desperately tried to make an excuse, but Yuria’s heart seemed to have completely collapsed, and she showed no signs of turning around.
“That’s it! Joy! “I was the only one who was sincere.”
“No. What is this…”
Why does she have to blame herself?
Alex looked very chagrined.
“Brother. “What should I do if you say that?”
“Hehe. Not Yuri! Are you okay! Shall I follow along?”
“Huh. Thank you.”
Ironically, it seems that no one will take Alex’s side, as he is the only man at this dinner party.
Yuria let her innocent smile fall from her lips as she drank the wine Erin poured her.
‘I guess the stress was no joke.’
Erin, who read the deep-rooted emotions in her, comforted her by matching Yuria’s rhythm.
It was no wonder that various factors, including her heavy duties and responsibilities as queen, were putting a heavy burden on her due to her stress.
“Ha, it’s really delicious… This wine. “It was wine made by that person himself, right?”
“Lol. Yes. That’s right. Iliana also really liked this wine. “He doesn’t eat it much these days because of Ilaina.”
Erin nodded her head happily, as if she was happy to be talking about Eunhyun.
The smile that raised the corners of her mouth was not only filled with joy.
A little longing and affection.
The moment the existence of ‘Eunhyeon’ was mentioned, a moment of silence followed.
The presence of her husband, who had not returned for three months, was so heavy on that moment of silence.
“Ah, Mr. Why is the atmosphere like this? “The food tastes bad.”
She was so disgusting that it made even S, who was eating without paying any attention, feel uncomfortable.
She slowly put down the fork that had been continuously pushing the meat into her mouth and asked Eleanor.
“Still no news?”
“… Yes.”
She didn’t know what to say, but she hesitated for a moment and then gave a short answer.
“Hmm, what’s wrong?”
Seeing her successor with a bitter expression, she just cleared her throat slightly, and Anes was also vague about what to say.
‘Plague. I came here for no reason.’
She really just thought it was lighthearted to visit her successor or her friend’s house.
She was looking forward to getting a delicious meal from Lily.
When I thought about it, she didn’t realize that she was waiting for her husband, whom she hadn’t heard from for several months.
The good news was that, unlike her other wives, Illyana’s expression wasn’t that bad.
“You seem to be better than I thought.”
“What?”
The sight of Illyana holding her lovely baby girl in her arms and feeding her with formula was still amazing to Ani Es.
At first she was surprised by the sight of her mother, something she could not imagine from her friend.
‘She became a mother? He? Is this a true story?’
Compared to what she initially thought, she has adapted to some extent now, but her strange impressions are still unforgettable.
“No. Well, I thought you were really sensitive.”
My husband, who I was so obsessed with, has not had any news for 3 months.
It’s to the point where I wonder if my existence itself has been completely erased from this world.
She said that even Verdandi, who was connected to Eunhyeon, said that she could not find Eunhyeon.
Currently, Verdandi is looking for clues and a way to reconnect with Eunhyeon in the divine world.
“Are you okay. Because I know you’ll come back.”
Illyana’s words were filled with confidence.
Whether it’s tomorrow, next year, or a few decades later when Ileina grows up and becomes an adult.
Because here she is herself, her own daughter, and her other wives.
Eunhyeon will definitely come back.
“I can wait.”
Illyana could wait as long as she was certain she would return.
She had already been without him for 20 years.
At that time, she almost gave up on the thought that she had kept in her heart, but she made a lot of effort to change from then, and she prepared a lot.
“Well, waiting itself is not easy.”
Illyana smiled bitterly and continued her words, glancing around her.
“But since we’re together, we’re holding on just fine.”
Although she missed her Eunhyeon, Illyana wasn’t that lonely.
The same goes for her other wives.
If she had waited for her Eunhyeon alone, she might not have been able to endure.
“Hehe. That’s right!”
Erin nodded her head in agreement.
Eunhyeon’s wives were able to endure the feelings of nostalgia by relying on each other and supporting each other.
“Oh, well. Is that so? “Then I’m glad.”
“Are you here because you were worried about that?”
Could it be because the unexpected consideration was a ridiculous reason?
Illyana, who was holding Illina, burst into laughter.
“What… Do you do both?”
Perhaps because he was aware that he had behaved unbecomingly, Anies scratched his head and slightly avoided looking at her.
One of the reasons she came here to have fun after the Continental Congress was to check on Illyana’s condition.
“Do you think I’m not worried? “If it were you before, you would have been so damned.”
Perhaps because she was embarrassed, she spoke in an extremely harsh tone.
“Hehe. “I guess so.”
“…”
Anies stared at Illyana, who was feeding her baby formula.
‘Surely…’
It has changed.
When she became a mother, her former cold and sharp attitude disappeared, and a gentle maternal nature took its place.
It was amazing.
“Master, back in the old days… How was it?”
Yuria, who was slightly drunk, asked Illyana.
Perhaps because she lost her senses a little, it was something she normally wouldn’t have asked.
However, it is also a story that she kept in her mind out of curiosity.
Using the power of her alcohol, I directly carried out her recklessness, whether it was courage or recklessness.
“Illyana’s old days?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm…”
As she ate the food, Anies was reminded of her old Illyana.
“It was damn right.”
“… Yes?”
Yuria, who had asked, was taken aback when the unexpected answer came out.
“There probably wasn’t a kid who was as bad at adjusting to things as he was while working as a team.”
“… “It wasn’t that bad.”
Illyana frowns at her colleague’s harsh assessment, but she is not as annoyed as she used to be.
‘She became a real mother and her temper was so fucking dead.’
But, past or present, Anies is not one to care about such things.
Moreover, it may be because Illyana also has a point about her stubbornness and shameless denial.
Anies said that part exactly.
“Not really. Hey, you bitch. “You don’t even know how to cook, and you’ve never even done proper laundry, let alone prepared for camp.”
“…”
“Even his physical strength was so bad that he was worse than a goblin wandering around on the streets. There was a time when Eunhyeon had to carry him around all day while he was on the move.”
“… Really?”
It was Erin who had the most surprised reaction.
To Erin, Illyana was the great person she trusted and respected the most after Eunhyun.
I was embarrassed because the current Illyana and the image Anies described of Illyana 20 years ago did not match at all.
“Except for the magic, it was a real piece of shit.”
“Ah, anyway… Well, that’s a bit…”
Perhaps it was because the assessment was too direct and harsh, but Erin defended it while looking at Illyana’s point of view.
