Chapter 49 – Episode 49. Night Market (1)
Ashley, who came to the drawing room at the sound of something breaking and splitting, stepped back for a moment as the door opened right in front of her eyes.
The door opened and the person who came out was Astrid’s guest with a white face. Ah… Oh what was it He had a difficult name, so he was hard to remember, but the honey-colored hair made the guest right.
It would be polite to go out to see them off, so even after hurriedly chasing after them, they greeted each other as if they had seen a ghost. After staring in dismay at the backs of the guests as they hurriedly left the mansion, Ashley returned to the drawing room.
And the sight unfolded before his eyes.
The drawing room table, which was decorated with a whole tree cut down and only slightly thicker, was split in half and was lying around, and the marble at Astrid’s feet had a large crack.
“Hey, come here.”
It would have to be cleaned up anyway, so I called the servants. The thick table must have been too heavy for even Ashley to lift by herself, so even five or six servants could barely lift it after running.
Even while watching that scene, Astrid sat still, maintaining her characteristic callous expression.
“What is all this?”
“Nandle no.”
“If you don’t know, who knows… “
“Actually, I did.”
“… That would be it.”
If it’s not Astrid who can do this, who else? Ashley licked her tongue at her sister’s strength. It’s a power that makes me think I’m crazy. Doesn’t it split that thick table, doesn’t it break the marble in half while sitting down?
‘It’s true that at that time, he was beaten lightly.’
You’re only one year older, what kind of sister are you, hey, Astrid! As the memory of the day he sang came back, Ashley shuddered.
Looking at it, Astrid looked seriously in a bad mood right now. Ashley knew. Still, he hadn’t fought together in the north until now. Astrid’s very small and small expression, which I can recognize because I have always watched her sister right next to me.
The slightly inflated cheeks that come out when things don’t go their way were also proof of that.
“… Hey, sister. I heard that there is a night market in the square in front of you tonight, do you want to go there?”
“Take no interest.”
I heard the story of the servants who were hanging out together in the corner of the garden this morning. A night market held once a month, on the day when the energy of the stars of the 12th zodiac becomes stronger. He said it was today.
“Sister, let’s assume that the night market held today is a night market held once a month. If your sister dies, when will you see her again? Let’s go together to change the mood. Eat something delicious.”
‘How will we do it?’
I would be lying if I said I didn’t.
It is true that I wanted to change my mood, and Astrid herself felt very upset because she was swept away by the real Astrid’s feelings. I felt uncomfortable with the planting that Arkemilla had scratched for no reason.
【Well, wouldn’t it be fine for a day?】
“… What time does it open?”
Ashley grinned. Since the old days, my sister liked this kind of thing. Even at the local festival held by the friendly barbarians, the Akanut tribe, my sister played happily together with a broad smile, which is rare.
“The sun is setting soon, so I’d like to start in an hour or two. Hey, isn’t this just the right timing? My sister, you have plenty of time to dress up. Is not it? You’re already pretty, so you don’t have to dress up?”
“You speak well, really.”
Even so, Astrid wasn’t particularly disliked.
The slightly flushed face was proof of that.
“Are you here?”
“I have to go to the carriage parking lot, so please ride a little longer, sister. You must not jump.”
“What do you see me as?”
After answering awkwardly, Astrid looked out the carriage window.
She didn’t even have to ask. The Eindhafen Memorial Square, the entrance to the residence of the upper middle class after leaving the residential area of the grand duke’s residence, was already lined with all sorts of stalls and was about to start business.
Permission was not normally given for such raucous events to take place in such squares. However, there is an exception, the night market held once every month on the day when the energy of the stars becomes stronger.
There are also constellations here.
12 constellations located along the path of the sun and moon.
These constellations were called the 12 signs of the zodiac, and according to the 12 signs, the calendar was also divided into 12 months.
Each month also has a corresponding zodiac sign, and this month is Gemini.
It was also the month in which the myth of the twin sisters Castor and Pollux was woven.
‘It’s oddly similar yet different.’
It is the 12th palace of the zodiac. Astrid seemed to have had that name in the original world as well, so she searched her memory. I’m not sure, but I think there was, and the names of the constellations were similar. Does that mean that astronomy is hardly different?
However, I didn’t know anything about astronomy, so I couldn’t figure out what was different or similar.
“I heard that in summer and winter, not here, but down there, in the central square, it is said that a very large-scale festival is held.”
“So?”
Ashley spoke to Astrid, who was just staring out the window, thinking about other things. Ashley was also a little embarrassed because the night market was smaller than she thought, but Astrid was like that too, so Ashley thought it was somehow an excuse.
“But now, because it is a spring night market preparing for the upcoming summer, it is said that the scale is so small, and it is said that it is only like this in spring and autumn, so next month or the month after that, it will probably open very large, sister.”
“Okay. But why are you so nervous?”
Ashley’s appearance was very awkward.
Ashley couldn’t say anything because she feared that her sister might be disappointed because the night market was smaller than she thought.
“It’s fine anyway. It sounds like you have a lot to enjoy.”
“That, is it? Good luck with that.”
Ashley seemed somehow relieved.
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“They said they wouldn’t be able to see me if I went back to the academy soon, so I came out… It’s spring, so it’s small.”
“It is, Your Highness. But you think he’s doing some eye candy before returning.”
“Okay. I’m not saying it’s bad, don’t worry about it.”
“I’m sorry.”
The chamberlain glanced up at Leopold with a sidelong glance. Although he wore a black wig to hide his blonde hair, Leopold’s appearance was enough to attract the attention of passing women. In addition, because of the chief chamberlain standing next to him, it was evident that he was a person with a high status, and it had the effect of preventing people around him from approaching him rashly.
“Anyway, thanks for the recommendation. Even so, my heart was complicated.”
Even though that didn’t happen, strangely, Astrid’s face flickered in front of her at night. She openly lay down next to her and went to the bedroom of her guest’s palace where she slept and tried to make her sleep, but that didn’t work, and Astrid’s excited face flickered in front of her eyes, so she couldn’t sleep at all.
‘As the Crown Princess, there are not enough dishes… ‘
Reason knows that.
Her appearance is the color of heaven and earth. Even Leopold admitted that. Her lofty, arrogant and expressive beauty is incomparably beautiful Her, but her innate ferocity and cruelty, and her ruthless and ruthless words of stabbing others in the chest, are she truly worthy of being her crown princess? Makes you doubt her qualifications.
– There is no way I know the feelings that I don’t even know. Wouldn’t it be right for a man to face his emotions and act according to them?
A harsh rebuke that you don’t even know how you feel.
In a fit of anger, he turned away leaving behind the will of not coming back and not seeing him again until he returned to the academy, but even after returning like that, it was Leopold who was really suffering.
When she closes her eyes, what you hear is her sweet voice.
When she covers her ears, what appears before her eyes is her red-hot smile.
So, she couldn’t sleep at all.
This night market was recommended by the head of the house, who knew what it was like, but she thought that there was nothing like it to change her mood before returning to the academy.
“Majesty.”
“Okay.”
Leopold, who was feeling the chaotic atmosphere of the night market with his eyes closed for a moment, heard a voice calling him.
“Majesty?”
“How do you call it?”
However, it was not the voice of the chief chamberlain. Only then did Leopold open his eyes and look in front of him.
Her silvery hair, which glistened in the moonlight, was braided and rolled back.
Mint-colored eyes staring at him with clear light.
A slim, well-defined face line and thick, attractive cheeks.
Small lips tinged with light red.
It was Astrid.
