“You got to do origami with His Highness Klaus?”
When Lariette heard my story, her eyes widened as if she couldn’t believe it.
I nodded my head vigorously.
“Yeah. That’s it.”
“What happened?”
“Uh, huh. It’s just… one day, all my paper cranes disappeared! I was sad, and His Highness Klaus said he would fold them together.”
“So you’re giving up studying while I’m going to sword training?”
“Ugh, that’s how it happened. Anyway, without you, I wouldn’t have anyone to play with, so it just worked out.”
Lariette’s question was answered with a vague excuse. She honestly couldn’t say that the paper crane had been confiscated.
I still don’t have the courage to ask Lariette, ‘Is it true that you accused me of conniving with the devil?’
Since we couldn’t rule out the possibility that Klaus lied, we had to check with Lariette as soon as possible to see if it was true.
But even when I opened my mouth to ask,
I hesitated to ask because I thought I would be hurt if I received an answer like, ‘Actually, I hate you.’
Still, I thought he was my real brother and gave him affection… … .
“sister?”
It seems like he noticed that I was thinking about something else for a moment.
When I saw Lariette tilting her head with a suspicious expression, I hurriedly turned my head.
“I was curious about something before that.”
“What?”
“Why is His Highness Rudeat helping you with your training?”
“I asked for it.”
“Ah, my little brother. Do you tend to approach the guy you like in a reckless manner?”
I secretly teased Lariette. Then, Lariette’s cheeks, which had always opened her eyes like a proud cat, began to turn red.
I knew it. These days, whenever I talk about Rudeat, this is always the reaction.
It seemed like he really fell in love with Rudeat.
“Really? Since when did you like me? Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Oh, when did you become so close to me?”
I don’t know what the past was like, but at least I’ve been doing well since I was possessed.
I smiled calmly and nudged the lariat.
“We’re close friends these days, right? My sister is very interested in our Lariette’s love life. Lariette knows everything about her love life, so why don’t you tell me about it?”
“Ah, don’t suddenly talk to me like you’re my sister! And what do you have to say about your love life? Let me marry Duke Bruedel, I’m going crazy because I like the duke, I’m going to conquer the North and make the duke my slave, stuff like this. “All you did was shout!”
Did I even say that?
‘The original Elena, it seems like she was a rather enterprising woman… … .’
Even I, a close friend of mine, blushed slightly at Elena’s brutality.
Lariette attacked again.
“Aren’t you curious about your sister’s love life? It’s not like I wanted to hear about it, right?”
“Even though you knew all that well?”
“Because my sister cried and cried every day, so I told everyone in the neighborhood!”
Ah, the original Elena, it wasn’t a nuisance anyway.
“Anyway, tell me. Since when did you become so close to His Highness Rudyard?”
“We’ve been friends for a long time, why?”
“Really? Does His Majesty Rudeat like you too?”
“Well, you don’t know that!”
I made up my mind while looking at my younger brother, who was glaring at me with red cheeks.
Rudeat, even if I were to become the heroine of Lopan again, I would stop you from entering my fishing grounds no matter what.
Because my little brother likes you! It’s so bad when two sisters form a square relationship with two brothers!
I hope you are a kind man.
If you’re a villain who smiles sweetly but hides dark intentions inside, I won’t forgive you.
So, I must be happy with my younger brother!
“Sister, what are you thinking with such an ambitious expression on your face?”
“Oh, did I just make an ambitious face?”
I suddenly came to my senses after hearing Lariette’s words. Lariette nodded her head.
“You looked very ambitious. What were you thinking?”
With a thousand origami cranes, I hope that Lariat and Rudyard’s love will come true, right?
I was worried that Lariette would say something else if I said that, so I just kept quiet.
“not a big deal.”
“What is it? It looked like they were plotting something big?”
“It wasn’t that big of a deal?”
“Then tell me!”
“it is a secret.”
“Ah, why? Are you trying to get along with His Highness the Duke of Brudel again?”
While the wordplay continued, I paused for a moment at Lariette’s next words.
I had doubts.
‘Why is the story of Duke Brudel suddenly here?’
I asked as calmly as I could.
“Do you think I still have feelings for His Highness Duke Brudel?”
“You don’t know.”
Lariette shrugged her shoulders. But I looked at Lariette’s fingertips with alacrity.
Judging by the way her fingertips were moving nervously, Lariette was tense right now.
‘Why am I nervous?’
Is there some serious secret about whether I have feelings for Duke Bruedel?
Did Lariette really accuse me of conspiring with the devil?
Could it have something to do with Duke Bruedel?
“But you liked me for a long time.”
“I really don’t have any feelings anymore. Didn’t you hear from my father? That I came here after completely rejecting the Duke.”
“But…”
“I’ve grown up? You said it last time. She’s so different from the sister I used to know that I thought it was a dream. When people grow up, they usually change that much.”
Lariette took a deep breath and exhaled again.
There was a strange silence between me and Lariette for a moment.
Even though I didn’t do anything, it felt like the temperature in the room had dropped significantly.
‘Should I ask if you reported me? Now somehow feels like the right time… … .’
But my question didn’t come out in the end.
This was because Lariette made a save first.
“Sister, do you have the obsidian brooch that was in the closet?”
what is this sound.
“What obsidian brooch?”
“I know that my sister has it. It’s the obsidian brooch that was deep in the third drawer of the first dresser in the dressing room. That brooch, the border of which was detailed with thin gold. Now you know what it is, right?”
No, no. I have no idea.
“If it’s the first closet, isn’t it the closet I handed over to you? Then you’ll have it.”
I said, trying to pretend to be calm.
Lariette frowned.
Displeasure flashed across her pretty face, but she seemed to be trying her best not to let that discomfort spill out on me.
Lariette took a few breaths and spoke again.
“Yes, that’s right. He handed it over to me. So I looked for it and it wasn’t there.”
“Then you weren’t there.”
Isn’t it obvious?
I have never taken it out, and I have never taken out the lariat either.
So isn’t it normal to think it wasn’t there from the beginning?
If not, it means that one of the servants or maids had tampered with it, but since precious jewels are generally strictly controlled, this was unlikely.
“Is it true that it is on the jewelery ledger? When my father gets jewels, he puts them in the ledger. Check.”
“No. That’s not the kind of gem that goes on the gem list.”
Lariette didn’t seem satisfied at all with my explanation.
She shook her head and sighed softly. Lariette’s expression looked very dark.
At this point, I was so frustrated that I was going crazy.
Not knowing what this book was was enough to confuse me.
I was on the verge of exploding as I tried to guess the subtle intentions of the characters and their hidden stories.
I explained my position to Lariette with frustration.
“Lariette. I don’t know why you’re suddenly suspicious of me.”
“That’s right. I thought she would answer that she didn’t know.”
“I don’t know what kind of jewel it is, but I don’t have it. If it’s not on me and you don’t have it, shouldn’t you suspect someone else in the house or someone else in the house who lost it? Why are you asking me?”
Lariette’s mouth twitched.
She took a deep breath, as if deciding what she wanted to say.
“Really, sister, you’ve never seen me before?”
“Yes. I never opened that closet in the first place. You asked for it.”
“Really? You didn’t have it with you when you headed north?”
“If you want to say something, please be clear, Lariette. I clearly said that I have never seen it. You are the one who knows what that jewel is, not me. So shouldn’t you at least explain it properly?”
I strengthened my voice, hoping that my words would be heard well by Lariette.
Lariette, who had been pushing me and continuing to ask questions, stopped.
And she nodded her head slowly.
“…You’re right. But…”
Lariette’s voice trembled slightly.
I patiently waited for her next words.
This is because just by looking at Lariette’s expression, you could feel the difficulty.
How on earth is this gem so important that you’re pushing me like this?
‘Could it be the brooch that Rudyard gave me as a gift when I was young?’
Or your grandmother’s keepsake?
Usually, a lot of it remains as my mother’s mementos, but my mother is alive and well as a countess.
As I was racking my brain trying to remember what that damn jewel was that Lariette was talking about, Lariette opened her mouth with difficulty.
“I don’t know if you will believe me or not. But everything I say is true.”
“Okay, please speak comfortably.”
“I actually lived this life once. Then I died once… and I came back to the present.”
what?
“Yes. It might sound crazy to you. Someone died and then came back to life. You might be thinking of saying you had a nightmare, but that’s not the case. It’s more than that….”
“Oh my god. Is this a regression?”
“Yes. It would be better to say that I have returned. …No, wait a minute. What?”
Lariette, who was nervously talking to me about various things, opened her eyes wide.
However, since my eyes were already wide open to the limit, I could confidently say that my eyes were even rounder than Lariette’s.
oh my god. What on earth is this?
