Chapter 187 – Episode 186. Proposal of Marriage
How bizarre is this?
Even if it was a mass of curses, Astrid wasn’t so weak that she would perish because she couldn’t overcome that one curse.
However, as there is a very big difference between not losing and being a nuisance, Astrid just sat there blankly, not even getting angry at Vera Shien’s words.
“What, what… ?”
It was Leopold who came to his senses first.
If you can break the curse, why are you saying that now?
If she had told her beforehand, Astrid wouldn’t have had to spend that long time alone.
There’s no way Leopold could understand Astrid’s feeling of having to choose coexistence at the end of such a battle that no one knew about, but there was no way that fight would never be lonely.
I did, but it turned out that it was a curse that could be lifted long ago.
“Why did you come now… !”
Leopold’s roar erupted.
It was natural.
Her fiancée had been through such a painful time, and she had a sense of shame about herself that she did not know about.
I did, but that’s all…
No.
It’s not in vain.
“No… Me too, because I forgot. Did I do it on purpose?”
“Betsy, if it were you, there’s a good chance you didn’t tell me on purpose.”
“No, erranya. No country will ever do that. How much pain Astrid must have suffered.”
Noticing that Leopold’s mood was unusual, Erania suggested that Veracien quietly release the curse.
Long story short, it was because Vera Shien, who didn’t understand humans anyway, was like a bomb in every word she said.
“… Please release me quickly.”
Unexpectedly, Astrid’s voice was still.
Leopold had no reason to get even more angry when the person in question came out so calmly, so he just kept his mouth shut.
“I won’t get angry, so please release me quickly. Because i’m fine It was a curse, it was uncomfortable to live in, but it wasn’t difficult.”
“Uh… That, right? Okay… “
Astrid, who seemed to be screaming at her as if her eyes were going to catch her by the collar, saying, “Isn’t the knife going into her neck?
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It was night.
I don’t know how many days I’ve been idle like this.
Even if I came out of my body like this, I couldn’t feel the curse mass that was wriggling somewhere in the depths and struggling to gnaw at itself.
“It’s funny.”
Astrid suddenly opened her mouth.
Leopold, who was sitting next to her, looked back at her silently.
“It was so cumbersome, troublesome, and why did this thing stick to me… I thought to myself. When that is gone, I feel sad and empty.”
“Is it.”
Astrid felt exactly the way she felt.
It’s annoying and annoying because it exists, but it’s empty because it’s not there.
“Still, isn’t it rather relieved after it’s gone?”
“I’m not relieved. Of course it’s pitiful. Now I feel so relieved and happy that there are no more obstacles.”
“But how is that expression?”
As Leopold said, Astrid’s face was not very bright.
“… Something, something, is it okay as it is… It feels like, Your Highness.”
“At what point?”
“Have you seen Asti’s past?”
“I saw it.”
Astrid shut her mouth.
Astrid is a soldier.
He is also an undisputed military leader who is undefeated and has not suffered a single defeat even while roaming countless battlefields.
He is a soldier with the tenacity to never back down even when he stands alone in front of countless enemies.
On the other hand, what about Asti?
Isn’t it the same as the crystallization of all the soft and weak, bright and warm femininity?
If she had watched her one by one from her source, and how could she have come to this place?
Now that she’s witnessed that, is she okay?
“… In a way, wouldn’t it be the same relationship as her sister? Even though they were one, they were separated, so the two of them are one. I think it might be that kind of relationship.”
“Sister… “
Leopold touched his chin.
He hadn’t shaved in a while, and his beard had grown and ragged.
“It seems to make sense, but since we live in the same body and are sisters, it feels strange.”
“Is that so.”
The garden, illuminated by the dim moonlight, was truly serene.
Because the servants were bitten early, there was probably no one in this mansion.
If there were, she would be Vera Shien and Eranya, but since the two of them were spending time like this, she believed that Vera Shien would be firmly held by Eranya.
The night was such a time indeed.
It was a time when honesty was wrapped in beauty, and sincerity turned into liking.
Such a demonic time when even the eyes looking at a small fire become wet with emotion.
Leopold watched Astrid with his eyes down.
Long, long eyelashes trembled.
The lightly clenched fist resting on her thigh is nail-biting and unnatural.
I don’t know what she’s thinking, but looking at her appearance like this, Astrid is truly feminine.
“You are the misfortune heroine.”
“Yes?”
At Leopold’s sudden words, Astrid lifted her lowered gaze and looked up at him.
To say that she is an unfortunate heroine, her intentions are unknown.
“In the novels I read when I was young, there was such an unfortunate, tragic heroine. I still remember how in the world I was subjected to all such unfair things, it was strange and strange. But Astrid, if I see you now.”
Leopold’s fingers ran up Astrid’s bangs.
Astrid’s forehead, as white as a polished jade, was exposed under the moonlight.
Leopold acted without hesitation, and Astrid didn’t seem to care, even though he was committing a huge rudeness by sweeping her bangs up to reveal her forehead without the woman’s consent.
“Even if the heroine of the novel puts all of her experiences together, it doesn’t seem like you are. How did this happen to you And how could I not know that?”
It was Leopold who spat out all sorts of vicious words towards Astrid.
That I will never fall in love with you, or that I will have to break up the marriage without fail.
Was it from the time when the long, long hours of endlessly waiting for a reply that never came back finally turned into anger, and the flames were directed exclusively at Astrid?
That’s probably why he came to think that Leopold hated Astrid.
“I’m sorry, Astrid.”
“No… You’re not going to do that, Your Highness.”
But Leopold knew.
Why didn’t she reply?
I know now it’s not that she didn’t reply, it’s that she couldn’t.
Despite the shame, I asked the soldiers for their opinions,
Astrid’s ignorance was such a strange opinion, but she didn’t think it was wrong.
And she couldn’t blame her ignorance.
Since she grew up, she headed for the battlefield, and she decapitated countless enemy generals.
She had more throats cut off by enemy generals than her cups she drank,
She had more barbarian soldiers’ throats than the bread she ate.
Wasn’t it her imperial family, including her Leopold, who neglected her to grow up in such an environment?
Further Wolfgang—
No, no. It’s not like you’re going to be wrong like that.
“I have done you a great wrong, Astrid.”
“Majesty… “
Leopold really felt sorry for Astrid.
Was Astrid really Astrid or Asti at the point he confessed to loving him?
Perhaps it was Asti.
And how did Astrid feel when she had to hear that confession behind the scenes?
“Now I know that you two are the same person, not different people, but I want to tell you once again.”
Astrid didn’t answer.
Rather, he was just staring at Leopold with a blank look.
“Astrid.”
Leopold stood up carefully.
On this night full of bright moonlight, only the two of them were left in this garden where roses were in full bloom.
“Lady Astrid von Mitterien.”
Leopold stood in front of Astrid.
The two of them were sitting side by side on a bench in the corner of the garden. In this way, the composition of Astrid sitting on the bench and Leopold standing in front of him was formed.
Just in time, clouds in the sky covered the moon.
The moonlight, which was so bright that it was even burdensome, was covered by clouds, and soon only pale darkness loftyly surrounded the garden.
Leopold looked straight down at Astrid.
Astrid also looked up at Leopold.
Around that time when our eyes meet, and we don’t even know what we’re thinking.
Leopold slowly got down on one knee.
Leopold, who smiled softly and openly, lightly supported Astrid’s right hand.
“Me, Your Highness.”
Astrid’s voice trembled with tension.
Astrid didn’t know what was going on.
“Miss Astrid von Mitterien, the proud daughter of the Grand Duchy of Mitterien, the frozen shield of the north that protects the empire. And the crown prince of the Einthofen Empire, Leopold von Einthofen, who will walk the path of glory that will never fade. Except for all these cumbersome modifiers.”
I breathed in lightly.
The night’s chill that flowed down his nose cools his brain and purifies his lungs.
With such a clear and clear consciousness, Leopold thought to himself and opened his mouth.
“Leopold, a man who adores Miss Astrid, the most beautiful woman in the world, wants to propose to you. Please walk by my side and walk with me, and be with me from the beginning of the most beautiful day of my life to the most glorious end of it.”
“Jeon… No, Leo… “
Astrid was speechless.
He hurriedly lowered his head.
It would be useless to look up at the sky, so he hurriedly lowered his head.
Water droplets dripped onto Astrid’s white forearms.
