“also.”
After the light disappeared from sight, I nodded.
The sand filling the upper surface was shining golden, and the sand filling the lower surface was shining purple.
“It’s a symbol of the Elyos and Demons.”
“You were right.”
Klaus nodded, then bent down and picked up the holy relic that had fallen on the floor.
The crystal relic that had been shining brightly just a moment ago had now turned into an ordinary glass bead.
“It originally looked like this.”
After saying that, Klaus lowered his eyes and smiled forlornly.
Beneath his smile, the collapse of the world that began with the transformation of the holy object could be seen passing by.
“majesty.”
I quickly grabbed Klaus’ hand. Warmth came from the hands that touched each other.
Klaus looked down at me and smiled softly.
“Are you worried?”
“It’s not that I’m worried… I just tried to understand his feelings.”
“You just need to understand my love.”
“I don’t want to understand such strange things.”
Klaus laughed out loud at my blunt answer. And soon a warm hand gently stroked my head.
“It’s okay now.”
“…….”
“Because you came by my side and everything changed.”
“I didn’t do anything.”
“You’ve done a lot.”
A gentle hand slowly reached down and tightly hugged my shoulders and waist.
Klaus’s arms always had a cool, pleasant body odor.
The scent tickled my nose pleasantly.
The chest is wide, the muscles are strong, and, um, warm.
His laughter burst out from above my head as I unconsciously snuggled into Klaus’ chest.
“I’m embarrassed if you act this aggressively.”
“no, I do not want?”
“Wasn’t it a more touching atmosphere?”
“If you confessed that you like each other and hugged each other first, I’ll accept this.”
Why do you make a fuss by pointing out something like that to embarrass people?
As my face turned red and I shouted loudly, Klaus once again hugged me tightly.
“How can I just take the risk? I have to repay you as well.”
“No, I don’t need to repay you.”
“If we confessed that we liked each other and hugged each other, we should endure this, right?”
“I’m really unlucky.”
“Didn’t you like it because you knew it was unlucky?”
I looked up at Klaus’ face.
Even from this angle, the perfect nose, perfect eyes, and perfect jaw line.
“I liked it after seeing your face.”
“It’s too much. Isn’t that what’s inside me?”
I looked up again at Klaus, who was deliberately making a pitiful expression, and buried my red face into Klaus’ chest.
“I’ll think about it.”
Klaus hugged me a little harder.
“I think I got the answer, so I don’t have to think about it any more.”
I took a breath at the sweet voice.
Suddenly I realized.
This voice, this breathing, this warmth was now my reality.
“majesty.”
“huh.”
“I like this reality right now.”
“suddenly?”
Klaus laughed lightly. But I dug deeper into his embrace, as if devouring his warmth.
“Elena?”
Klaus stiffened at my strange behavior.
Then he urgently tried to pull me away.
“Are you crying?”
“no.”
“But what’s wrong with you all of a sudden? Are you sick or sad?”
“I like it so much, so just stay still.”
I lightly hit Klaus on the back. Only after hearing the refreshing sound did Klaus’ movements stop.
Soon, warm hands began to gently stroke my back.
“Then I’m glad.”
A low voice gently hugged me.
This was my reality.
I began to love every moment of my reality.
Contrary to my worries, no special movement was seen from the north.
Klaus also said that he is continuing to ask for information from the officials attached to Duke Brudel, but there is no sign of any special movement.
“It’s peaceful.”
“That’s right. It’s peaceful.”
As I muttered that while lying down on the bed, Lariette, who was drinking tea next to me, agreed.
I turned around in bed and looked at Lariette.
“Your expression has improved these days? I guess things are going well with His Highness Rudeat?”
“Well… Your Highness is a bit younger than then.”
“Are you immature?”
“It’s a bit awkward to say that with my own mouth.”
Lariette and Rudiate, a couple of the same age, seemed to get along well no matter what.
“Anyway, I know your highness from before, so you’re cuter than before.”
“Do you think it looks cute though?”
“It was nice to have a heavy charge, but a charge that wasn’t damaged by the wind and waves is cuter.”
“It’s a bean pod here too, a bean pod.”
When you start loving, does everything you do seem cute?
Even without that, I’m starting to think Klaus’s unlucky way of talking is a bit cute, but isn’t this dangerous?
While I was thinking such useless thoughts, Lariette came closer to me and sat down.
“sister.”
“why.”
“I really, really like you now.”
“suddenly?”
“I like my current Highness Ludiat, I like my older sister, I like the captain of Herta, and I like Merwin. No, I just like this world.”
The words were light, but the tone was not light.
I raised my body from where I was lying down and looked at Lariette.
“I’m glad time went back. I love this peace.”
“Lariette.”
“I was worried every day. What should I do if the demons attack again? If Your Majesty dies again, will I be able to stay sane? I worry about that.”
I held Lariette’s hand tightly.
Lariette’s calloused hands holding the sword seemed to show her worry and determination.
Lariette smiled brightly when she saw me like that.
“I like that my sister is happy with His Highness Klaus, and I like that His Highness Rudyard doesn’t know much about the world yet. I like that Captain Hertha is only obsessed with his own strength, and I like that I met a new friend named Merwyn.”
“Yes. I understand how you feel.”
“They say I feel happy when I see the blue sky every day. When I hear the birds chirping, I feel like the world is still worth living in.”
“huh …….”
“When my sister got sick with violet disease, I really thought it was over, but when I heard that she had developed a medicine to treat violet disease and was spreading it around, I was honestly moved.”
“Yes. I can tell just by looking at your expression.”
I smiled bitterly as I looked at the flushed expression filled with pride.
okay. It’s worth it.
Lariette went back in time after going through such great pain in the past, so she knows full well how precious peace is now.
“Sometimes I feel like this is all a dream. I’m scared that the dream will break.”
“Why do you think like that? It’s not a hint of a tragic development.”
“What is it.”
I also smiled and answered the laughing Lariette.
“You know, there’s something like that. In horror novels, the first person to step forward always dies, or the person who says, ‘I’m going to propose to you once this is over!’ before something starts, dies, or something like that.”
“Sister, do you really think you’ve fallen in love with books without me knowing?”
“Don’t you read books?”
“Neither of us read the book.”
Lariette laughed.
I spoke with a serious expression on purpose.
“Anyway, if you read a book like that, you’ll be able to turn back time and make everyone who came to the past happy. So, Lariette, it’s natural for you to be happy too.”
“If my sister says that, I have to believe it first.”
As I was watching Lariette smiling and nodding, a question suddenly occurred to me.
“But lariat.”
“huh?”
“Didn’t you say that an angel turned back time?”
“That’s right.”
Lariette nodded with confidence without any hesitation.
But wasn’t the reason why time was turned back because Klaus received God’s answer through the source?
I think White also said that time is under God’s jurisdiction.
Trying not to show my doubts and agitation, I asked Lariette again.
“How do you know that an angel turned back time?”
“hmm…….”
Lariette, who looked down at the floor and remembered for a moment, opened her mouth.
“At that time, I was out of my mind after His Highness Rudyard lost his life while trying to protect me.”
There was loneliness in her expression.
“I left my comrades and jumped into the midst of demons and rebels alone. I was determined to kill everyone and kill myself.”
“……huh…….”
“I won a few times, but a few times I was left with only wounds, and as the wounds continued, I couldn’t win anymore. I had no sound limbs, so I fought with my sword in my mouth, but the moment came when I couldn’t even do that.”
Lariette smiled as she calmly spoke about her cruel past.
“I crawled to the place where His Highness was buried for the last time. I desperately cried out in front of him. Please turn back time. If you give me one more chance, I will do anything.”
“……and you met an angel?”
“huh.”
“Didn’t the angel say anything?”
“I asked if I would do anything if I could go back in time, and I said I would.”
… … What is this ominous feeling? While listening to Lariette’s story, I felt something was wrong.
I hastily grabbed Lariette’s hand.
“what’s the matter?”
“Lariette. Don’t go anywhere. Stay with your sister.”
“huh?”
“Or stay with His Highness Rudeat. You must never be alone.”
“What’s wrong with you all of a sudden, sister? What kind of horror novel have you been reading? Is that why you can’t sleep alone?”
Is it okay to tell all of this to Lariette, who is making fun of me?
‘But will Lariette believe me if I tell this story…? … .’
As I was choosing words in confusion, Lariette smiled and tapped my shoulder.
“Oh, I understand. I’ll stay right next to you. When you and Your Highness go on a date, I also date you. That’s okay, right?”
“Never be alone, okay?”
“Why are you suddenly so scared, our Lady Elena Seves?”
“Please, Lariette.”
“I understand. I understand. Don’t scare me too much. How long can I stay with you?”
“continue.”
“I understand. I’ll spend the whole day next to you today, okay?”
Lariette answered, but I had a hard time shaking off the ominous premonition I had.
Should I at least tie up the lariat? Should I tell you all this?
‘But what if Lariette gets hurt or gets traumatized?’
I bit my lip out of nervousness and then carefully opened my mouth.
“Actually, it might have been the Elyos who were trying to destroy the world at that time.”
“huh?”
After hearing what I said, Lariette laughed again.
“Okay, that’s enough of that now.”
I kept my mouth shut because he seemed like he didn’t really want to hear it.
okay. If you keep an eye on Lariette closely, she will be fine.
This isn’t even a novel.
But I should have known then.
Everything about that day was a tragic implication.
Lariette disappeared the next day.
And Lariat came back again.
Duke of Bruedel, as a knight of the Elyos.
