Chapter 87
Episode 87
Translator : Missme
Editor : Aru
“Lydia . ”
Ash quietly spoke the name of the other person who had fallen asleep .
There was no answer, but that alone was enough .
Only then did he know what patience he had been having . And where did that sensation like thirst come from?
Red hair flowed gently down the crevice of his finger . Ash grasped it firmly so that it wouldn’t get out and kissed it again .
He laughed .
It was this, what he was craving for .
The word family became a hard shackle, suppressed, endured, and ignored unconsciously .
A proud satisfaction rose and filled his chest .
Joy and peace came at the same time as a man who finally found what he had long hoped for .
Memories came to mind, and then he realized . Ash no longer had the intention of denying this feeling, nor did he have the will to endure it .
‘Hi, Ash . ’
A long time ago . At one distant moment, there was a woman who invaded Ash’s world . And as time went by, the woman naturally became his world, as was originally set .
The sun shone through the crack in the carriage window .
The tightly closed eyelids flinched for a moment as if the sun were on edge and then calmed down again .
Ash laughed as he caught the scene in his eyes . He smiled so softly that he wondered if he knew it .
Chapter 7 . Apel Forest
I had a dream .
As intended, I escaped from the mansion and ran away desperately, but in the end, it was a dream of being caught by Ash on the way without much going .
Even the secret of birth was revealed in the process .
But from the next time, the development of the dream was somewhat strange . Ash knew the secret of my birth and didn’t kill me .
Far from that, he looked at me with a more affectionate eye and embraced me with a tender touch .
Then in a soft voice, he whispered to me, “Get some rest,” and I fell asleep just like that . …… .
“…… . . ”
I opened my eyes .
A familiar ceiling was seen . And right after that, I could hear a familiar voice .
“Lady!”
“……Bessie?”
I blinked my eyes and soon got up . I felt dizzy for a moment because I suddenly moved, but it got better .
‘This is……’
It’s my room . I opened my eyes in my bed .
I looked around . Bessie wasn’t the only one keeping her place .
“Alex, butler…… Sir Davery . ”
After checking out the faces that added to my subtle guilt, I looked at Bessie again . She opened her mouth with tears .
“Why did you do that?”
“Huh?”
“Why did you leave the mansion? And with that outfit . ”
I looked unconsciously down at Bessie’s words . An indoor white dress with no exposure came into view .
“What you’re wearing now, of course, is what I’ve changed for you!”
“……what was I wearing?”
“You mean that? Where on earth did you get those men’s clothes from?”
……Ah .
‘It wasn’t a dream . ’
I slipped my right ankle into the blanket .
The pain was immediately felt from the ankle, which was hard to move as if a bandage had been wrapped .
‘It’s not a dream . ’
True . The fact that I fled the mansion and went into the northern forest and struggled was all true .
“Then………and then?”
“And those clothes are crumpled and messed up here and there like you were rolled in a forest somewhere…… do you know how worried I was?”
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Bessie’s tearful voice brought me back to my senses .
I saw her and then the butler, Alex, and Sir Darberry in turn .
The three didn’t say anything, but their expressions were all similar . Bessie’s just speaking as a representative, so they all feel the same way .
I opened my mouth heavily .
“……sorry . ”
“Why did you really do that?”
“……sorry . ”
“You don’t know how much I’m afraid you’ll face some danger outside, regardless of everything else…… . . ”
“I was wrong . ”
In the end, I hugged Bessie, who couldn’t keep up . I had nothing to say to these people . I knew how selfish my choice was to them . I knew that if I disappeared like that, they would definitely be this sad and worried, but even though I knew it, I thought only of myself right away .
It was more important than anything else to avoid my unhappiness, which was just scary and frightening .
The sorriest and heartbreaking thing is that if I lose my memory and get in the same situation, I will make the same choice again .
“I’m so sorry . ”
I muttered a small murmur with sincerity .
It was a small sound, so I’m sure it wouldn’t be heard . But everyone except me was doing nothing .
Bessie soon warmed up from my embrace . As she curled her cheek with the back of her hand, Alex was seen putting out his handkerchief as if he had waited .
“There’s a lot of stories to tell and stories to hear, but I’ll concede for a moment . ”
“Concede?”
“Because there is a person you need to share a lot before us . ”
Soon I knew what Bessy was talking about . I could see a face that made my heart drop behind her, who rose from his seat .
“Come on, we’ll get out . We’ll just leave you two alone . ”
Bessie was quick in action . She left the room in a flash with all the people here .
I heard the door shut . Ash, who was standing near the door, moved slowly this way .
My heart throbbed .
I grabbed a blanket that caught my hand without realizing it .
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‘How far… how far is not a dream?’
It is certainly true that I had suffered from encountering a group of forest thieves by looking at the condition of my ankles .
Now that I’m back in the mansion, I think it’s true that I was captured by a member of the Dark Knights .
But after that?
And then what happened to me… . . isn’t it all a dream?
“Are you all right?”
I flinched and raised my head . Ash was sitting in bed . The sound of the heart becomes clearer due to his close face .
It sounded louder in the midst of silence . I let my hair down and opened my mouth .
“……what?”
“Ankle, doesn’t it hurt?”
I glanced at my feet . Pulling up the quilt revealed the right ankle wrapped in a bandage, as I had guessed .
“…… . Yes, it’s okay . ”
It wasn’t empty talk . Compared to before, the pain in the ankle was significantly reduced . It stings a little when I move, but this was tolerable .
I wiggle my exposed toes .
Soon the quilt was lowered back and covered .
Ash’s quiet gaze that stayed on my bare feet made me feel ashamed for no reason .
“That’s relieved then . ”
Perhaps in a mood, Ash’s eyes stayed a little longer at my feet and then came back .
“How are you feeling? Besides your ankles, don’t you feel uncomfortable anywhere else?”
“Oh, yeah . Everything’s fine . ”
Rather, the whole body was refreshed whether I slept well . The fever that I felt before I fell asleep was no longer there .
I jokingly thought the Doctor would have had some trouble while I was asleep, but I stopped .
Anyway, I wasn’t very proud of this situation where I was caught secretly trying to escape from the mansion .
Well, it’s a little bit too much for a joke, too .
I fidgeted the bedsheets like I had nothing to do . Silence sank in the room .
I felt awkward by myself, so I picked up the gaze that I had put down obliquely, and met Ash’s gaze .
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Ash was staring at me silently without saying anything .
The calm eyes shook my heart at the moment .
My heart beat faster . I stopped bothering the bedsheet without meaning and thought .
‘Was it a dream?’
I wasn’t sure how far my memories were real and where they were fictitious .
At first glance, it was clear that everything seemed to be real, but at the same time, I wondered if it was an illusion created by my earnest wish .
After a long pause, I finally broke the silence first . It took courage enough until the fingernails penetrate the skin into the rolled hand .
“Ash, I…”
I took a breather because of my nervousness .
“Am I still your sister?”
I wondered if it was a proper question, but it was too late .
In fact, my mind was quite complicated . The questions I wanted to ask were quite long in writing .
Is it true that I’ve met him in the forest, it’s not a mere dream or fantasies, or did he already know that I’m an adoptee? Was he sure he’s treating me like this even though he knows that I’m not his sister?
I tried to condense the long question into a sentence and suddenly that sound popped out .
Whether it’s appropriate or not, the word has already been said . I waited for an answer with a thumping heart .
Perhaps because of the tension, I felt nauseous . The sound of my heart was so loud that I felt a headache .
Then Ash reached out to me .
At the moment, my shoulders shrunk secretly as I recalled some memories in the past .
But Ash’s hand never grabbed my neck .
Instead, Ash gently grabbed my hand and took it to him .
It was such a friendly and careful touch that I didn’t even think about resisting .
I watched Ash’s behaviour in a daze .
Soon after, I was surprised . Because Ash kissed me on the back of my hand .
The time seemed to stop briefly . All nerves were immediately turned to one place .
Ash then slowly opened his mouth .
“No . ”
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