Episode 52
Translator : Missme Editor : Aru
Aside from the question of why the place is here, it was difficult to believe that it was unreasonable in many ways, so it must be a dream now .
‘I wasn’t going to sleep, but… . . ’
Did I doze off without realizing it?
Ha, you damned hallucinogen . It’s like a ghost .
It’s too late to blame . Seeing that nothing changes even if I realize it’s a dream, it seems that I can’t help it, as I did last time .
“Noonim . ”
Then Ash called me . The calm voice shook my shoulders .
Is it a nightmare?
I didn’t know yet . However, at first glance, the composition and flow similar to that of the time caused my heart to rattle .
‘Please . ’
I wasn’t confident of seeing Ash’s gaze again .
As in my last dream, I only checked with my side eyes that Ash was reaching for me, and soon closed my eyes .
Ash’s touch, which brushed my cheek, slowly moved to my neck .
The feeling was real . The body shrunk at the last memories as if it were carved on the body .
But the next one was a little different from what I remember .
Instead of strangling me, Ash’s hands lightly wrapped around the whole side of my neck .
I could be intuitively sure .
It’s different .
Not this one . It was a different dream than then .
I hold my breath .
The next moment, a very soft touch touched my lips .
> . < > . < > . < > . < > . < > . < > . <
“………”
I pulled up a creaking body from the table where I was lying on my stomach .
The day dawned .
A bright light was seeping through the curtains to announce that it’s already morning .
At that time Ash’s eyes, which had been tightly closed, were flinching .
Then, as the eyelids slowly curled up, the golden pupils were fully revealed .
“……Noonim?”
A hoarse voice spread through the air .
The sunlight intruding into the room shone in Ash’s face . The detailed curvatures like elaborate sculptures were embroidered as if the light illuminates them .
The eyes met .
‘It doesn’t make sense . ’
My heart throbbed .
‘It doesn’t make sense . ’
Lies .
This was just a ridiculous feeling .
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Chapter 5 . Harvest Festival
I pulled the line immediately to inform people that Ash had awakened .
I then left the room that soon was crowded with doctors .
I said I would leave the room for a while because it was crowded, but I was in a hurry as if I were running away from the hallway .
I walked as far as my feet could reach, and it was a reception room inside the first floor .
I sat on any chair I could see, and then covered my face with both hands .
What is this?
My head was about to burst .
I couldn’t believe it .
In that dream, Ash to me–
“……crazy . ”
A dream of kissing .
I lowered my head and hit my forehead on the table .
I lowered my hand, which was wrapped around my face, and touched my chest instead .
The heart throbbed loudly . It was crazy just to think back to my dream .
“…… . ”
I touched my lips and soon hit my forehead again on the table .
A painful groan came through my lips .
“That’s really crazy, Lydia… . ”
Why?
Why did I dream like that?
No, I actually knew the answer without asking .
The most desired things .
It was the dream that the hallucinogenic ingredient took out from the most desired things that were hidden deep inside me .
I didn’t know what that meant .
I couldn’t help not knowing .
My heart is about to burst just by briefly reviving the scene I saw in my dream .
“………ha . ”
I raise my head . I felt a tingling sensation on my forehead, which I received from the table without mercy, but I didn’t care .
I felt indescribable .
It was just complicated, but on the one hand, it was daunting .
‘When was that?’
Since when have I been looking at Ash like that?
‘Although, I’ve been feeling attached to Ash for a long time . ’
I cherish Ash .
I was worried when he got hurt, and I felt bad when I saw him overdoing himself .
I knew it was part of my affection .
……but I didn’t know that my affection was this kind of thing .
‘Am I crazy?’
I blocked my view with the back of my hand .
This is how it turned out, but it always like this .
I never thought of Ash as a family .
For as long as I remember, I have never considered myself as a family member even though I had a mechanical perception of being a brother and sister on paper .
Why was it? Was it because I realized the secret of my birth before Ash was born?
‘Maybe……’
In fact, the biggest reason might have been the pessimistic illusion that I would be abandoned as an adoptee because Ash, the real bloodline of the family, had been born .
Based on such anxiety, there was a part of me who inadvertently distinguished between me and Ash’s origins, and I was constantly aware of the fact that I was a family only outside and didn’t have a real relationship as a family by bloodline .
It’s like hoping for nothing and trying not to get hurt later .
As time went on, I found out that it was all my useless delusions, but it may have already been a reality as if it became a habit to distinguish between Ash and my birth .
Maybe that’s why . Ash has always been a stranger to me .
I’ve never seen him as a brother .
Always, every moment .
“Ha… . ”
I didn’t recognize him as a family, but we lived like a family . Then, inevitably, bonds built up .
This is the result .
I’m going crazy . So what the hell am I supposed to do with this?
I can’t even laugh .
I had to run away from Ash desperately . If I don’t run away, I’ll die in Ash’s hands .
In the meantime, I couldn’t truly know what to say about realizing this feeling .
‘Should I say I’m screwed?’
I’m surprised there was a way more damned .
How long have I been sitting so absent-mindedly in the parlour room with no one around?
Suddenly the parlour-room door burst open and Bessie appeared .
Bessie welcomed me as soon as she found me .
“Lady, you were here!”
“…… did you look for me?”
“There’s a man from the Imperial Palace . ”
“What?”
Already?
I heard from Sir Davery that a man would come from the Imperial Palace to take the sinners .
But he said he wouldn’t be here until afternoon .
Even if he leaves early in the morning, he wouldn’t be arriving now, thinking about the distances .
Bessie added an explanation to my expression of doubt .
“Well, only the person in charge came first . The wizard accompanied him, so he must have used space-movement magic . ”
“Really?”
‘Space-movement magic . ’
As far as I know, the wizard who can use such real magical magic was a high-level wizard that was hard to find in all of The Empire .
There was no possibility of a dead sinner fleeing, so I wondered why he came in such a hurry .
‘And so are the living sinners . ’
They’ve been tied up so tight .
‘Well, is it such an urgent matter?’
Well, treason is not something that can be taken lightly, either .
I pulled myself together and raised myself first .
“Where did you take him?”
I could know without hearing the explanation of why Bessie came looking for me .
If the person in charge is assigned to this issue, he must have a fair position in The Imperial Palace .
In order to welcome such a person, it was a basic courtesy for Ash to go out in person .
But because Ash was injured and couldn’t move now, I’m the only one left .
“This way . ”
As the mansion was quite large, there were several places to entertain guests on the same first floor .
Bessie took me from among them to the parlour-room closest to the entrance .
And this “person in charge” was quite unexpected .
“Your Highness?”
“Princess, are you all right?”
I forgot to make courtesy and stared at my opponent with embarrassment .
In a limited indoor space called the parlour room, the Crown Prince radiating his presence in all directions .
It was so noticeable that I couldn’t think that I was misseeing it .
The crown prince even stood up as soon as he saw me .
I was perplexed for a moment at the scene of my vision .
‘The person in charge, is it The Crown Prince?’
I imagined a suitable high-ranking position in the imperial palace, but I never thought the Crown Prince would come in person .
I gave a courtesy belatedly and hurriedly .
“I greet The Little Sun of The Empire . ”
“No need for greeting . More than that, I was surprised to hear that…… . . ”
The Crown Prince, who shook his hands to dissuade me from bowing down, looked at my whole body as if he was observing .
Soon, a more relaxed voice came out as if he was relieved .
“I’m glad you seem safe . ”
“……thanks for your concern . ”
Soon after, I sat face to face with the Crown Prince in the middle of the parlour room .
As I sat down, I glanced at The Crown Prince’s side, and I saw a person standing silently .
‘The wizard who accompanied him?’
I guessed so because he was wearing a robe that came down to his ankle .
A neat brown robe without wrinkles felt like a symbol of a wizard .
What surprised me was that the wizard was a young woman .
I thought he might have come all the way here by using space-movement magic, so I thought he might be an old man wizard .
‘I think she’s around my age……or the Ash peer?’
Contrary to my expectations, I was more surprised to see The Crown Prince appeared here along with a young-woman wizard .
In many ways, it all breaks my expectations .
I turned my eyes to the Crown Prince and opened my mouth relatively calmly .
“I didn’t know you would come in person like this . ”
“Really? But, I thought I couldn’t help it but come in person for this matter . ”
“Oh, I’m not saying to think this matter lightly……”
“That’s not what I meant . ”
‘Huh?’
When I looked at him, I wondered what he meant, then The Prince’s words continued .
“I felt like I wouldn’t be relieved if I didn’t check with my own eyes that the princess was safe . ”
“…… . ”
“That’s the only reason . ”
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