Chapter 129 – Episode 128. My Beloved Is Also You (2)
“Me, Your Highness. Really, do you really have to go in?”
“Didn’t you agree, Astrid?”
I thought he was silently nodding his head, but Astrid seemed to wonder if Leopold would really enter.
As Leopold turns around without hesitation and heads to the so-called secret base, the entrance to the place that is nothing more than a small space, Astrid becomes contemplative.
“Your Highness, Your Highness… Just think about it one more time… You don’t need to go in there right now, do you?”
It is Astrid who has become desperate.
Leopold stopped walking for a moment and stared at Astrid’s face, who was actively holding back his arm, almost clinging to it.
If it was Astrid’s strength, it would be enough to just pull the hook regardless of Leopold’s doing this.
It seems that his divine powers have returned after being reunited with Asti, so pulling Leopold should be easier than eating it.
But Astrid couldn’t bear to do that, and seemed to be eagerly, very earnestly, hoping that Leopold would come over at my persuasion.
And in fact, Astrid didn’t even know.
The fact that clinging desperately now like this is rather arousing in Leopold such feelings as a kind of triumphant feeling that he must enter this place.
“Astrid.”
“Yes yes. Yes, Your Highness.”
“Are you so reluctant for me to enter this place?”
“That, that.”
I mean, he wasn’t the crown prince.
You can’t give orders that you shouldn’t enter this place, and you can’t give orders.
If Leopold said he would do it, he should have done it.
But that shouldn’t be the case, so Astrid was worried.
And for that reason, Astrid was unable to hold Leopold with all her might.
“Is there any reason why I shouldn’t go in here?”
“That… It’s not like that… “
“Good luck.”
Leopold paused for a moment before speaking.
I had an interesting thought.
As far as Leopold’s point of view.
“Are there any traces of a man other than me?”
“… Yes?”
At that moment, Astrid’s normally white face turned even whiter.
Astrid, unable to say anything and unable to speak with her mouth open, was staring at Leopold making a strange noise as if she was trying to say something but was unable to say anything.
“Why can’t you answer me?”
Uh.
It shouldn’t be like this.
I have to stop slowly.
Leopold began to consider when to stop this prank.
And at that moment, water began to fill Astrid’s mint-colored eyes.
It was a big deal.
Leopold had a hunch.
He thought he had said something he shouldn’t have said.
Words you should never say, words you should never say no matter what.
The moment when the words doubting Astrid’s chastity came out of her mouth.
“… No, i’m kidding Astrid, don’t cry. Huh?”
Astrid was still gazing at Leopold’s face with her mouth pursed and her pale white face.
But, ironically, that face is so beautiful.
At that moment, Leopold admired Astrid’s beauty, but on the other hand, he realized that Astrid had loved Leopold so much that he was shocked by these words.
It was.
It was not a one-way street in the first place.
I originally had both arrows, but they were just in the wrong direction.
“Don’t cry, Astrid.”
Leopold’s thumb brushed Astrid’s eyes.
The water all over his thumb seemed to represent Astrid’s shock, adding to the weight of guilt in Leopold’s heart.
“Astrid, don’t cry. I made a mistake. I’m sorry.”
Leopold reached out and wrapped his hand around Astrid’s waist.
Leopold did not resist, but Leopold smelt her flesh as he buried his face in the nape of Astrid’s neck.
“I’m sorry, Astrid. I said something I shouldn’t have said. I never meant it, so don’t get me wrong. It was a mistake.”
“Jeon… Under. Even the slightest doubt… Don’t… “
Her voice, which trembled in silence, seemed to show how shocked Astrid was.
I shouldn’t have said that, even as a joke.
It was too late to regret it now, Leopold thought, but he would never say such a thing again.
“Yeah, don’t do that. I’m sorry, Astrid.”
The smell of her flesh caught her breath and she flew over and tickled the tip of Leopold’s nose.
Refreshing mint flavor.
The smell of Astrid’s flesh that went through her nose and made her head clear.
“Now, let’s go in.”
“Ah, you didn’t go in, did you? ?”
“Of course not. I hate it so much that I must go in. It’s just plain grumpy.”
Leopold pulled Astrid away from her, smiling at her.
That smile was so bright and bright that Astrid sighed inwardly that she couldn’t help it anymore.
“It’s quite dark, but I didn’t know it when I was young.”
“It will be because Yamyeongju has reached the end of its lifespan, Your Highness.”
The Yamyeongju that I planted when I was young.
I put a row of yamyeongju, the size of an adult’s fist, and they are about 15 years old, so their lifespan is already running out.
It is also unavoidable that the brightness becomes weaker than when it was first inserted.
There were two pairs going down the stairs.
The sound of Leopold’s shoes, the sound of Astrid’s slippers.
Dogagdogak, sabachsabak.
It wasn’t until the sound of the two pairs of footsteps echoing down the stairs that the two of them stood side by side in front of a small door.
“… Your Highness, once again… Are you sure you want to come in?”
At Astrid’s slightly trembling voice, Leopold smiled.
If you say two words, you nag.
“Yes. Shouldn’t I go in? I have come this far.”
“Haona… Ha… All right. I couldn’t hide it for long anyway… “
Astrid let out a long sigh and tightened the lock on her door.
The lock with protective magic recognized the owner’s hand, and welcomed the owner’s touch with a click.
– Kiki profit…
The wooden door opened with a rustling sound because it had not been cleaned.
When I was a child, I was short, so the door I went in and out of was now much smaller, and I had to bend down quite a bit to get in.
“There is no change here.”
It is a familiar landscape.
Leopold only remembered that a place like this existed, but when he entered, it seemed that memories of those days were coming back.
– Your Highness, look at this. Here’s a diary I recorded when I first competed!
– Wow, Astrid is so strong.
– Wouldn’t you? Astrid will be by your side for the rest of your life, protecting and serving His Highness, so it’s a matter of course.
– Is it too strong? I’m waiting for the day I’ll marry Astrid too!
– Oh my goodness. Having said that, I am very ashamed…
Astrid in her younger days was so cute.
Although his fist that stretched out in that cuteness was really painful.
Although he said it was a mistake, it was his own mistake anyway, so even Leopold had no intention of saying anything now.
The room is simple, so there is nothing special about it.
There were bookshelves on three of the four sides, and a desk was placed right across from it.
And a very antique booklet lying on the desk.
But that wouldn’t be a book.
Leopold approached the desk and stretched out his hand toward the book.
And faster than that touch, Astrid’s hand grabbed Leopold’s hand.
This time, it was as if she had really tried her best to hold Leopold’s hand, and Astrid’s hand could not move.
“Your Highness, I can’t help but see… Really, really, you shouldn’t make fun of me.”
Looking back at Astrid, Astrid looked like she was about to burst into tears again.
Even after seeing that expression, Leopold didn’t want to joke around again, so he calmly nodded his head.
Only after receiving such a confirmation, Astrid’s hand let go of Leopold’s and withdrew.
“Whoa, whoa… “
The sound of a small deep breath.
Leopold picked up the book, leaving behind the sound of his deep breathing.
A really luxurious book that is sure to be made from the leather of a precious spiritual creature that is hard to obtain even if you touch it.
Leopold opened the cover of the book and looked at the first page.
“Dear Astrid.
I heard that you went to battle again.
You are also just a small child, and I am very heartbroken to hear that you are fighting barbarians in the north.
After you passed away like that, when I woke up three days later, I felt really resentful… I want to apologize to you because I was wrong.
If you receive this letter, please reply.”
‘This… ‘
After the incident 10 years ago, the day we would meet again was far away, so the letter Leopold had carefully asked Astrid for reconciliation with words of apology.
The letter was spread out and attached as if it had been received yesterday, without the slightest trace of wear.
Skipped the next chapter
“Dear Astrid.
Since there was no reply to the last letter, I am sending another letter.
I made a big mistake and I really want to apologize to you.
It probably takes a lot of time since you are out on the battlefield a lot.
But I really want to receive your reply.
I’ll wait for you, Astrid.
No, Asti.”
I sent the letter again because I didn’t get a reply.
Every time I turned it over, there was a line of letters from Leopold that were in the best state of preservation, as if I had just received them.
“This… Why here… ?”
“… Boo, that’s embarrassing. Majesty.”
It’s like your face is on fire.
Leopold looked back at Astrid and saw Astrid’s face like that.
Astrid was flapping her hands with her face flushed so red that she wondered if it was going to start a fire at any moment, as if a forest fire had broken out.
“All, reply… It’s not that I didn’t do it on purpose. No, I didn’t do it on purpose… That’s right, but… “
I didn’t even ask, Astrid started making excuses for her every day.
Leopold stared at her like that.
“I-I’m so dirty with letters… No, I’m not good at writing it. Dear Highness… Be sure to visit Her Highness, and a letter… I have a letter and I… Yes, so.”
Astrid started stuttering her words badly.
Her eyes, lost in her direction, swayed wildly in all directions, unable to bear looking at Leopold, who was staring at her.
“That, just… Dear Highness… Thank you, no, thank you… Thanks to the letter I… I exerted my strength, no, I had the strength originally! Not that!”
“… I know, Ast… Tried.”
Now is not the time for Asti to come out.
Astrid is the main character in this situation.
She was her own
It’s not her innate personality, but she doesn’t know how to deal with her at a time like this because she’s been wandering around the battlefield since her childhood.
To Astrid, who had been struggling alone like that, Leopold only spoke harsh words to her.
Without knowing each other’s true intentions, they only spoke words of digging into each other’s hearts with sharp words.
I thought that the emotional trough was deep, and time passed as it was, so deep that it could no longer be filled.
Now, that goal has been filled in an instant.
Right across from this place where Leopold was standing, Astrid was standing.
There is Astrid, who is embarrassed and does not know what to do with a red-hot face.
And Leopold took one step closer to her.
“Yes, Astrid. Astrid. My dear—”
Astrid looked up at Leopold, who was approaching closely, with a somewhat blank face.
Still red face.
“—Astrid.”
Leopold looked at that face and smiled.
