CH 6

“What?”

Anton scratched his light beige hair and wrinkled his face when he sent a questionable look that meant when he hated the word “best friend” and why he followed her.

“Does it hurt a lot?”

He said, avoiding my eyes. The slight redness of the earlobe seemed to be embarrassing.

What's this? Is this coy? You've acted bluntly in front of other people.

“… Whether someone else is sick or not.”

“Do you have to speak so coldly? Anyway, it's a mess, even if you worry about it.”

It was a very easy-to-understand personality. It's like, no… should I say it's cute?

By the way, unlike when they were with other people when they were alone, they didn't have the aristocratic tone, so it seemed that Lucia and Anton were more comfortable and closer than I thought.

“Thank you for your concern, sir Riviera.”

Baby, I know you were close to Lucia, but she's not here right now.

Lucia is 21 years younger, so Anton, who is the same age, is not much younger than me.

However, to me, who only saw the original man as a child, he looked like a true child.

I was walking toward the room with my back to Anton after saying hello to him, and Anton kept chasing me.

“What? Why are you following me?”

“I'm not following you. I'm going the same way. 

You're a real transparent type, honey. I think you liked Lucia. Tell her you're just honestly worried about her.

Walking alongside Anton like that, I had a strong premonition that Anton would bother me in the future.

***

Then another few days passed without meaning. The day came when Abigail was just four weeks old.

Here, at the age of four weeks, they are baptized in the temple. And the higher the class, the more splendid the baptism becomes.

On the surface, the christening of Abigail, the only daughter of the heir to a wealthy count, was extravagant. She invited her guests before Cardo, the headquarters of the Terrenus cult, and made it grand.

It meant that Lucia, Abigail's aunt, could not be left out.

“Are you all right, Lucia? You've lost a lot of weight in a few days.”

Lucia's father, Count Lennart of Chase, asked anxiously. I answered nervously with a smile.

“It's all right, Father.”

Come to think of it, I think I lost some weight while I was thinking about it in my room.

“… Can't you lose weight by eating as much food as an ant's eyes? Hey, are you really sick?”

Anton opened his mouth curtly. Anton and Vincent, who had visited the count's residence a few days ago, were still staying without leaving, so they were going to move to the temple together today.

“Why do you want to die?”

I squinted and responded coldly. It was true that meals have not been good lately, but it's only because I'm a Korean food lover to the bone, and I've been trying to eat greasy Western food for months.

“Even if I say it…!”

Anton twisted his face at my words. The mere imagination seemed to be painful.

In fact, Anton didn't tend to be a little mischievous because he was the only one I could treat comfortably without pretending to be bright.

“… It may be unfortunate news for you, but I am very fine.”

I said this and got into the carriage with my father as an escort. Anton was heard huffing behind her as if he were angry.

“Anton can't beat Lady Lucia for the rest of his life, ho-ho.”

Vincent's wife, Novia, smiled slightly at me like that.

“That's what I'm saying. Lucia is no stranger.”

Vincent also smiled nicely and looked at Anton, who was blushing.

“I'm letting you win! You don't even know!”

Even when I saw Anton shaking and getting angry at his brother and wife's story, I leaned back in a soft chair, pretending not to know.

Vincent's family also got into the ready carriage, and the carriage clattered away.

“…hm.”

My father, who was looking at me closely, swept his chin and was lost in thought. And after a while, he whispered to Emma, her mother sitting next to him.

What are you talking about?

“Lucy.”

My father, who was whispering with my mother for a while, talked to me.

“What?”

“What do you think, Anton?”

“… Anton?”

Why are you asking that out of the blue?

It may be just a question, but my father's question seemed to give me goosebumps. It was because I knew that there was a marriage between the two in the original story.

Anton… He was very good-looking, considering he wasn't such a heavy character. It was obvious that he would pay for his face later.

And I think he really likes me, or Lucia, but I don't like it because he's not honest and brusque.

In the first place, I wasn't interested in dating.

Like Lucia, I had only one goal in my life. Breaking the happiness of Rosalyn and Albert. So I didn't want to get married.

Well, it was fun to get angry reactions even if you tease me a little, but that was it.

“… Just like a little brother.”

“I, younger brother…” 

My father coughed in vain when I raised the iron wall.

I know what you two are thinking, but now that I'm in this body, your daughter's marriage is over. I wanted to say that.

I tried to ignore the disappointed expression on my parents' faces and turned my head out of the window.

The scenery of this world seen through the windows of the running wagon was very beautiful and mysterious. It was my first outing in months

As I looked out the window, my parents' eyes followed me. Even if I try to act differently, I can't help but notice.

I'm sorry that I took her body, but I'm worried about her for the sake of her happiness.

Looking out the window with such rationality, the carriage arrived at the splendid temple.

The temple seemed to be very rich, perhaps because everything in life was closely related to the temple, starting with the official wedding ceremony.

When I got out of the carriage, I saw a beautiful garden first. The pope and the high-ranking officials below him reside, and most of the believers who visit this place are aristocratic, so it was seen at a glance that they also worked hard on landscaping.

“… Why are you looking around like you're new?”

Anton, who got off the wagon that followed, got into a fight again.

If he doesn't pick a fight with me, he'll get hives. I don't know about Lucia, but it's my first time here.

I pretended not to hear it and entered the room under the guidance of the priest dressed in white, as I seemed to keep arguing because I responded.

“Hey, can't you hear me?”

Anton made an angry voice from behind, but I walked proudly, turning my long hair behind my back with the mind of where the dog was barking.

Fortunately, the waiting room seemed to be separated from our host, Anton's family.

As I entered the waiting room thinking that I could rest quietly, Rosalyn was smiling happily with Abigail in her arms with her lively red cheeks.

… I avoided the noisy Anton, and I thought there would be more trouble ahead.

The moment I saw Rosalyn, I felt nauseous. I can't believe you're making such a happy face while deceiving everyone. You may feel sorry if you don't have a very brazen personality. How can you be like a phony?

“Lucia, what do you do without sitting down?”

“… I'll go for a walk in the garden. I'd like to take a look around, maybe because it's been a while. It's a pretty garden whenever I see it.

My mother's question gave me a garden excuse. I didn't want to be in one place with Rosalyn for a moment.

“Yeah. At first glance, the flowers bloomed really beautifully. Come back before the ceremony begins.”

My mother answered with a friendly smile. It was a smile that resembled Seamus's smile.

It's a really sweet family. Her kind smile seemed to complicate my uncomfortable stomach.

I went out into the garden, trying to control my giddy stomach.

I was able to be completely alone only after I separated from Samantha by saying that I wanted to be alone.

Samantha had a worried face when she said she would go alone, but she gently withdrew when I said what could happen inside the temple, where the knights of the Temple were guarding everywhere.

“… it's pretty.”

I have never enjoyed flowers and trees in my life. In the first place, I was born and raised in a place surrounded by asphalt and building forests, and I couldn't afford to travel or see flowers.

However, I seemed to have this longing for greenness.

The garden was really beautiful and peaceful, where butterflies fluttered and the sound of water flowed from the colorful fountain.

Walking through a well-managed garden with colorful flowers, all the complicated thoughts seemed to fly away.

Being distracted by the beauty of the garden, I moved away without knowing where I was heading. To a deeper, less crowded place.

How long did I walk? I was embarrassed when I suddenly turned around while walking aimlessly. It was because I didn't know the way back.

Am I lost? Where is this…

Why is the temple so big? This isn't even a maze. Wherever I went, the road seemed to be that road. I couldn't even ask for help because there was no one passing by.

… Oh, it's ruined.