Chapter 105 – 105. Returning Away (1)
Three weeks was too long for some and too short for others.
When the deadline set from the beginning was full, Eunhyeon led the expedition and returned to the Kingdom of Pernias.
It took a considerable amount of time to get to the Archis Great Labyrinth, but it took only a moment to return to the kingdom.
It was because Eunhyeon and Illyana had developed an artifact called the ‘warp gate’ and moved to Illyana’s house, which had been installed in the beginning, in an instant.
“This… It really works…”
Experiencing firsthand that she was moved from the inside of the dungeon to the outside in an instant, and even to the inside of the kingdom, Yuria couldn’t keep her mouth shut as she blankly looked up at the sky.
Match!
“Ruler! Everyone. The promise you made with me. Wouldn’t you be there? You must not tell others about the experiences and achievements you have had during these three weeks.”
“No, of course.”
When YuRia nodded her head and agreed, the people around her also nodded their heads and put on a look of reassurance.
“Ah, the Duke is an exception. Please tell me that I will see you again from this side soon.”
“It is. It was a significant time. I would like to invite you from here sometime.”
“What, if the time is right?”
Alex smiled at Eunhyun’s reply and nodded.
“Then, Princess. I will take you to the palace.”
“Is it so.”
Nodding her head, Yuria moved her steps towards her return palace with her escort knights and the Armitas siblings.
“Erin, unpack and tidy up. I will take Eira to her house and come back.”
“Yea, I got it.”
“Let’s go. Ayra.”
“Yes.”
It wasn’t until late lunch that Eunhyeon and Eira arrived at the Marquis Olivion’s mansion and were greeted by Theresia, who was waiting for them in the central hall of the mansion.
“Mother? Did you know I was coming?”
“Your daughter hasn’t been home for a few days, and she hasn’t been home for weeks. I knew that today was the return date and I had been waiting. Welcome.”
“I’m home. Mother.”
Ayra approached her mother at her third week and hugged her tightly around the waist.
“It was your first expedition, but it must not have been that arduous. Rather than being skinny… I grew taller and gained a little more flesh…”
Theresia, who was slowly examining her Eira’s appearance, said that her daughter had not escaped her girlishness until three weeks ago, but now she has become a full-fledged lady, and she resembles her father. It was also reminiscent of his appearance as a knight of the .
“It was difficult, but it wasn’t that uncomfortable. Rather… There was also the feeling that I had been there very comfortably.”
In fact, no one, including Eira, played their part in this expedition.
Even Alex, who planned and led this expedition, was actually just a scarecrow hiding Eun-hyeon.
They just walked with luggage for travel, wiped out the monsters in the dungeon, took control of the dungeon, and built a house inside the dungeon to create an environment where they could receive training inside the building.
In addition, Eunhyun, who took care of breakfast, lunch, and dinner when the time was right and even took care of the laundry, took care of everything so that the party members could focus on training, as if she had ten bodies.
That’s why, even after rolling people over and over again through intensive training, people didn’t show resistance to Jung and Eunhyun, even though they would spit out curses.
“Thank you so much for bringing Eira back safely. Furthermore… I’m really starting to take on the chivalrous side of my father little by little.”
Theresia looked at Eunhyun and thanked her.
“You’re welcome. I just complied with Eira’s request.”
Eunhyun shook her head and said that she was no big deal, but Theresia also did not bend her heart.
“And… He seems to have blown useless winds on Illyana.”
“Whoops.”
When Eunhyeon narrowed her eyes and glanced at Theresia, she gave a mischievous smile as if Theresia was having fun.
“Huh? Mother, what are you talking about?”
“It is still too early for you. There are stories to tell among adults. Would you like to go to your room, unpack and rest?”
“Hmm? Yes. Okay.”
Eira tilted her head at her, but she followed Theresia’s words with a nod of her head without much questioning.
Following Eira, her attendants and her maids began to retreat to do their own thing, leaving only three of them, Eunhyeon, Theresia, and the old house owner, in the huge central hall.
“He will be back soon. Can we talk for a moment before then?”
“I see.”
“The butler. Bring tea to his office.”
“Yes. Lady.”
As the head of the house with her head lowered, Eun-hyeon followed Theresia as she headed towards her office.
At Theresia’s recommendation, Eunhyeon sat on the sofa in the office and thanked the tea and cookies the butler had brought.
“Thank you for this food.”
“Yes. Then I’m fine.”
Nodding her head, accepting Eun-hyeon’s thanks, the head butler bowed her head to Theresia and left her office.
“May I ask what happened?”
“May I ask what you mean?”
Theresia smiled and let go of her pretense.
“… You know what I’m asking, don’t you?”
Theresia nodded her head obediently and slowly opened her mouth.
“The first thing I noticed was that the day her child, Erin, whom we entrusted to her, woke up, she saw him and Illyana-sama arguing.”
After sipping the black tea placed in front of the table, Theresia continued her words.
“Then recently, I had a chance to talk with Illyana-sama at a banquet celebrating the new minor duke of Armitas.”
– That guy. I really don’t know what you’re thinking these days. I don’t know if you know my heart or not. If you know and pretend you don’t know, you’re a complete asshole, but if you really don’t know, you’re a total asshole with no answer.
– Actually… I tried to convey my feelings 20 years ago… You said you would listen to me if you were alive… Dying like that… Black… This bad X meal! If she comes back alive after 20 years, shouldn’t I ask her what she was trying to say?! But how! While living close to my house! Doesn’t one word mention it!
“She said.”
Eun-hyeon now realizes that this was the reason why Illyana looked at her with a dissatisfied look on her face.
“Write it, whoa, whoa…”
Covering her face with both of her hands, Eunhyeon took a deep breath in and then exhaled it.
It’s embarrassing to the point where I can’t even lift my face.
“Really, sorry. Really, really… Sincerely…”
It was an unbearably embarrassing moment for her past, who was no longer a friend, but a lover.
And the fact that she was the cause of her drunkenness made Eun-hyeon feel ashamed for the first time in hundreds of years.
“Huh, it’s okay. Although I was her husband’s friend, I was also cautious because I was a high-ranking wizard who couldn’t touch the Fernias family, the head of the country. But I think we became quite close after this incident.”
“…”
“But really bad quality… Are you now aware that it was Eunhyeon?”
At Theresia’s completely relentless words, Eunhyun smiled bitterly at her and nodded her head.
“Once I realized Illyana’s heart, I realized how stupid I was.”
She didn’t notice at all that she was struggling so much with her heart because of herself.
“All I did was just give him advice to make up his mind.”
“So did you give me that potion?”
“It was definitely given as a weapon. That’s how I put him into her hands.”
‘Oh, my God.’
Eun-hyeon hardened her expression after hearing a part of Liode’s love history that she was not curious about at all.
Usually, Eun-hyeon had many questions about how Liod was able to capture a perfect woman like Theresia and make a goal for her marriage, but the fact that she actually approached Liod from Theresia’s side was shocking.
“Has she ever heard of how he ended up marrying me?”
“No, not at all.”
For Eunhyeon, the topic of marriage was something she could never even dream of.
She had a mission given to her by the goddess, and as her immortal, she was a being who would always send mortals away, so after she had a bitter experience, she did not make any deep connections.
That is why, when she came back to life, she came to this country and when she heard of Lyode’s marriage, she congratulated her, but she did not feel any envy.
That’s why she was curious about Alex’s feelings for Yuria recently, which meant that Eun-hyeon’s broken heart was recovering little by little.
“There was definitely love between us, but there were just as many obstacles. He was a great hero who saved the country, and I was the daughter of a noble count of this country. There was an indescribably huge gap between me and him.”
It was easy to predict that the name of Riod, who had certainly ended the war with the Empire, was known throughout the continent, and that the kingdom of Pernias, the country he belonged to, would also begin to gain fame on the continent.
Perhaps not only in the kingdom, but all nobles with noble status in this country intentionally brought their daughters close to Riod in order to build on Riod’s reputation and increase their prestige, and it was also true that they were harassed by numerous noblewomen.
“His parents’ side started to oppose my marriage, and my marriage with him did not go smoothly. The marriage of a noblewoman with a higher rank came in on better terms than me, and even a princess from a foreign country showed interest in him, so from his parent’s point of view, I don’t see anything like me, and the common daughter of a count’s family is uncommon. Not looking at it, in a way, was the right decision from the point of view of the aristocratic society, so I didn’t resent it that much.”
Theresia showed no regrets about her parents’ family, who did not recognize her.
On the contrary, there was a great obstacle between the two of them to the extent that Lyod, disappointed in her own parents who looked down on her and looked down on her, apologized to her Theresia.
Eun-hyeon had thought until now that Riod had chosen Theresia, who was the closest to the most perfect woman.
However, when she heard the truth, Eun-hyeon began to understand little by little how much adversity the two of them had faced to get to this point.
The moment Eun-hyeon started to listen to Theresia, who is no different from her senior in terms of dating or marriage.
“So, she drugged him and made him run over me while he was drunk and having no good judgement.”
“… Yes?”
For a moment, Eun-hyeon asked with an expression that she wondered if she had heard it wrong.
Theresia’s complexion did not change at all, as if she were telling a very obvious fact, and she opened her mouth again.
“In the end, her first experience with him led to Eira at once, and based on his strong insistence on taking responsibility for her, we were able to get married.”
“…”
Eunhyeon couldn’t reply and she blankly looked at her Teresia, but she finally lowered her head.
“So, the advice she gave to Illyana was…”
“Don’t wait, come forward, she said, make it a fait accompli and make it accountable. As long as it’s clear that they have feelings for each other anyway, there won’t be any problems.”
– If you really hate it, avoid it.
Before she gave herself a strange drug, she remembered what Illyana had said of her.
Did that mean this?
In the end, Eun-hyeon accepted Illyana, after which she had a relationship with her.
But what is this feeling?
She made her feel strange, as if she had been tricked by someone.
Maybe this is how many people who played by her own tricks felt.
“Judging by Eunhyeon-nim’s reaction, Illyana-nim seems to have succeeded in the end. Please say congratulations. You finally got what you wanted.”
“…”
With a complicated face on her face, Eunhyun was silent as she watched Theresia quietly drinking black tea.
‘Leod. Who the hell are you married to… ?’
