Chapter 822 – #172_Purple Rose(2)
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One.
“It is very difficult.”
I never learned how to draw properly.
It was all she learned a little from Amelia, who acted as her guardian when she returned to her boyhood.
Maybe that’s why, unlike Raffy’s landscape painting, which would have no problem hanging in a gallery right now, Siu’s painting was awkward in many ways.
Especially those lavender petals are a problem.
It was very small, so it took a lot of patience to apply the petals with the tip of the brush stitch by stitch.
“Whoa…”
A sigh of relief.
Actually I know.
The irritability and nervousness of nowhere to go is not simply because lavender petals require extremely precise fine motor movements.
I couldn’t figure out where the hell to start with this.
It was an extension of her worries when she entered Amelia’s dream, and it was even heavier than that.
A lump of lead seems to have landed on her chest.
Eloah, who had approached before he knew it, wrapped his hand in Shiu’s hand.
“You have to hit it from top to bottom. Use the elasticity of the brush tip.”
“Ah, Master. Thank you.”
“Still, you’ve grown a lot.”
The petals with Master’s help were much more beautiful than what Siu had drawn.
Looking back, I see Master smiling brightly.
“Where is Raffy?”
“Siwoo, it seems Raffy noticed.”
“Yeah?”
“That you and I are lovers.”
“Ah.”
“Aren’t you really quick-witted? He’s a special kid.”
“That’s right, the sister-in-law… I didn’t want to be able to hide it.”
As if embarrassed, she twisted her body around and squatted down next to Siu.
Siwoo also kissed for a moment.
“They said they would support me, said cute things, and left the place.”
“Oh yeah… Thank you, but something is embarrassing.”
“Me too.”
After all, Master is Master.
Even if her appearance changed, even if the atmosphere changed a little, the side of her talking about this and that was a master Siwoo knew.
“I was always in a caring position, but I knew how to think of my teacher, and when did I grow up like that…”
“…”
Apart from Eloa’s heartwarming smile, Siwoo’s heart grows heavy.
Wouldn’t it be better to just create happy memories like Amelia’s time and comfort her later when she’s suffering?
Or should we reveal the truth now that Raffy is gone?
Seeu became stronger.
Mentally, physically, magically.
At least the days of being sad because of lack of strength are a thing of the past.
However, even if the power became stronger, there was something that could not be solved clearly.
“Siw.”
Then Master’s hand reached out.
After stroking Siwoo’s cheek, he fixed his head.
Lips that lie comfortably over the lips.
A soft tongue tapped between her lips as if asking for a door to be opened.
I didn’t have the mental capacity to kiss, but I couldn’t help it because this concern was only Siu’s.
“Chuu…”
Sweet saliva with the reverberation of bittersweet tea spills over into your mouth.
The thin tongue moved in Siwoo’s mouth like a knot.
After the long kiss, Master let out a sweet sigh.
He even adds words as if to make excuses.
“Ha… Ra, Raffy told me to paint the lips like this.”
A kiss with a loved one has a great calming effect.
Siwoo was also able to laugh a little.
“I guess I am greedy.”
“It is.”
Hesitant fingertips and slightly sunken eyebrows.
It may not be obvious at first glance, but it is the appeal of Master who wants to share love.
It would be to show off as much as possible.
“Three hours a day, every day. Didn’t you promise? You have a mischievous side when you make sure to speak with my mouth.”
Three hours a day every day?
It’s an unknown promise.
However, as Siwoo knew, Master was not the type to focus on physical relationships.
It was all I had to ask for once a month.
Is it different in this worldview?
Master’s lingering hand touched the collar of Siu’s shirt.
It is the act of unbuttoning a button.
“Here?”
“Isn’t it a nice day? Raffy will be in my room for a while…”
Eloa’s hand, which was removing Siwoo’s clothes, stopped abruptly.
What caught her gaze was a black brooch hanging from her chest.
At that moment, Siwoo felt a chill run down his spine.
The spring breeze that had been rustling between the two turns cold.
“Siwoo, what is this?”
Master’s mood, which had been tickling, suddenly changed.
The bloodshot eyes were wet with confusion, and refined ferocity dripped.
“Ah…”
Siu was taken aback.
This brooch was a safety device that Gretel handed over in case Siu gets caught up in a dream.
I hadn’t planned to tell you yet, unless I hadn’t clarified my steps in the dream yet.
Also, Master will not recognize this brooch unless there is a separate explanation.
“Answer me. Where did you get this from?”
However, a strange obsession and reluctance could be seen in Eloa’s eyes as he fiercely followed Siwoo.
Even at the words of Siwoo, who picks up any words and serves them, Elroa’s eyes reflect the shape of the brooch like transparent glass beads.
“Oh, is this?”
“…”
Mouth was dry.
I couldn’t know the details, but I knew it according to my instincts.
Eloah’s immersion, that is, her longing for the ideal, was at the level of recognizing even Siwoo’s touch as a threat and activating her own defense.
Siwoo’s presence is invaluable in her utopia.
It must be that he felt repulsive on an unconscious level to the device that allowed him to escape from his dreams.
If I knew it would be like this, I should have hidden it a long time ago…
“I got it by accident. That, I’m going to give it to Sharon as a gift later.”
“…”
After being blank for a while, she asked slowly.
Something looked sad.
“To Miss Sharon?”
“Yeah.”
The tension between the two eased.
The spring breeze that had stopped standing still tickled my ears again.
“Okay, I was greedy again. Maybe someday I can give it to you.”
Eloah gave a bitter smile and hugged Siu again.
2.
Eloa showed off her skills after a long time.
After the picnic, we immediately started preparing for dinner and served a wonderful dinner.
It was a meal in a luxurious mansion like a palace, but the harmonious laughter of a normal family did not leave the table.
Siwoo, Raffi, and Eloa laughed and chatted while eating and drinking a lot.
By the time the meal was over, both cheeks were sore from laughing so much.
Eloa stepped into the library.
Outside the window, a sleet fell that did not match the warm spring.
The warmth of the fireplace pushed away the cold, damp chill.
Raffy was a genius with a sword from heaven, but he also loved to read.
Naturally, the priest spent a lot of time together in the library.
A curtain of light created by a candlestick.
In the shadow, I could see Raffy’s back looking out the window.
“What are you looking at, Raffy?”
The moment Raffy looked back at Eloa, Eloa was startled as if his heart was beating.
Pale complexion with the blood gone.
Violet veins protruding above both wrists.
Because the waist of the white dress was stained dark red.
“Master!”
But that was only a momentary illusion.
Raffy looked back as if dancing, and the superimposed illusion disappeared like an illusion.
Raffy, who came running with the fluttering hem of her dress, was embraced by Eloa.
Eloa hugged Raffy as if it would break.
“Piyaaaaagh! S, Master… Raffy broke his arm… !”
“I’m sorry.”
Eloa let go of Raffy with a smile on his face, and Raffy grumbled while stroking his arms.
“Master too. It’s a thing of the past. It’s fine now. I am here now.”
Like an endless nightmare, Jindeuk is attached to Eloa’s head.
The memory of losing the most precious person to arrogance and complacency.
“I’m sorry Raffy, you really… I did a bad thing.”
“Master, it’s okay. I’m really fine.”
Raffy gently stroked Eloa’s back.
Eloa stole the lotus flower from the cowardly witch.
The lotus flower, which contained tens of thousands of lives, once again sucked the souls of innocent humans and made red flowers bloom.
It’s up.
Unshakable guilt.
Eloa, who left Gehenna to save Raffy, and Siu, who followed Eloa.
This peaceful daily life is all built on the foundation laid by Eloa’s betrayal.
“I will never lose you again.”
Happy Pig guides you to the most ideal world of your dreams.
However.
There are wounds in the world that cannot be covered by daydreaming.
Eloah couldn’t forgive herself.
No.
Never once forgiven
3.
Siu quietly wandered the hallway of the mansion.
It was because there was something suspicious about it.
Siu came here to take Elroa out.
It is understandable that Master is wary of broaches.
But I remember that when she said Sharon’s name, her expression darkened in an instant.
And the words that followed.
“Maybe someday…”
Didn’t you just say that you couldn’t give it right now?
When the reasoning was extended from him, there was no trace of another lover anywhere in this mansion.
Judging from Master’s words in memory of Sharon, it’s not like the existence of another lover has disappeared.
It may have been temporarily excluded, like Amelia’s dream, which only dealt with important characters in the play.
However, there is a fundamental twist.
Siu sensed it and was sure of it.
This is not just a dream.
Just as Amelia’s cabin, which was supposed to leave Mallika and stay with Shiu, has a symbol, this mansion is also a symbol of some kind.
They will leave hints about the current situation or worldview.
Siwoo, who was walking in the hallway, went up and up.
It’s the first time I’ve set foot in the mansion, but strangely, the structure inside the mansion is embedded in my head like a map.
If you go up the winding stairs, you will find Master’s research studio at the top.
Even though I’ve never heard of it myself, I still remember Master’s request, “Don’t go in there, as there are many dangerous things there.”
-Kikkik
A wooden door that turns slightly rough.
As soon as you open the door of the research building, what you see is a crystal lotus flower that looks like it has bright red blood.
It is an evil courtesy worn by the ‘cowardly witch’ in the past to revive her disciple.
Siu swallowed the wind and looked at the scenery outside the window where the moonlight was pouring in.
It was a very high place, so it was a clear view.
“Here…”
Not Gehenna.
A colony of purple lavender swaying in the sleet stretched endlessly all the way to the horizon.
