Episode 165
Elisha blankly leaned against the bed. As Lucerne left in the morning, she shackled Elisha's ankles again.
“You want me to live wearing something like this?”
Her shackles didn't hurt. This is because it was made with several layers of silk on the inside and decorated with intaglios on the surface.
Even wearing these shackles, I was able to walk with very small strides. He purposely filled it up with Elisha. Shame on her every time she walks. To tame her like her cattle.
Besides, he carried Elisha in his arms last night. Elisha was going crazy.
Then, there was a knock on the door.
“Madam, have your meal.”
Sophie noticed and brought the tray. Elisha was curled up on her chaise longue.
Lucerne really seemed like she had crafted this space. Seeing that there were no windows, this was an underground space. But strangely, the air flowed well and my head didn't hurt. The largest of these was the bedroom.
There were oil paintings hanging in the bedroom, living room, and hallway. Elisha recognized that all of them were expensive and genuine art pieces. In addition, a small study and a smaller powder room space. The maid's room attached to it.
It also had a dining room and living room. There was nothing that was not luxurious. What was better than the attic in which he had been confined in his previous life was that it was spacious and worth living. Elisha felt insulted there too.
“That's Okay.”
“But he told me to make sure he was eating.”
“Will food go over in this situation?”
“But…….”
Sophie lengthened her horsetail. Sophie set the covered silver tray on the bedside table.
“Why? Did you even give me the right to hit me if I didn't listen?”
“You said you would say that. Similarly.”
Elisha was going crazy. If she had been a little more aggressive, she would have thrown anything.
“Then what did you tell me to do, that proud person?”
“He told me to put on the shackles. In the bedroom…….”
Elisha saw her own ankles. Elisha closed her eyes.
“Besides, I told her to skip her meals if she skipped them……. But never mind that. This Sophie is very good at starving. When I was younger, there were many times when I couldn't eat more than this.”
“…… Why are all his subordinates crazy like him?”
Sophie blinked. Elisha wondered what kind of training Lucerne's men went through. Sophie was like a person who mimics emotions. It drove her Elisha even madder.
“Lady. I'm sorry. Come over here.”
Sophie said. And Elisha really was chained to the bedroom like an animal. Sophie was incredibly strong.
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“Don't you feel sorry for Sophie?”
Lucerne came a day later. By then, Elisha felt hungry too. Elisha in her previous life did not eat well and was weak from hunger. Because she didn't have many days to eat her meals properly. It was caused by her chronic inner illness. She felt that her body was in good health at the moment, and the hunger that accompanied her fatigue was palpable.
“I feel sorry for myself.”
Elisha said without even turning her head.
She said, “You're paying dearly for marrying her madman.”
“It's a good development. Her self-pity isn't bad either. People like that are easy to deal with.”
Lucerne said.
“Come here. We should eat in the dining room.”
“I do not like it.”
“Do you think I can take care of each of these things and even correct your eating habits? Do you want me to discipline you by hitting you with a cane next to the table?”
Elisha glared at him. Even as she gnashed her teeth, she realized that all this was a useless war of attrition.
“Come on.”
Lucerne lifted Elisha up and hugged her. Her ankles were still shackled. The shackles collided and made a clanking sound. Hearing that, Elisha felt even more ashamed. And Lucerne noticed her Elisha's feelings for her.
“If you don't listen, you'll wear it and live. I will hold you like this and carry you around.”
“…….”
“Keep acting like this if you want to.”
Elisha wondered to what extent he would treat people like fools.
He took her Elisha into her living room. Sophie was quickly preparing the meal.
“Go away. Your madam is going to eat now, so you can go and rest. And no matter what you hear, don't come down.”
Lucerne said. Sophie greeted me politely and left the room.
“If you don't want to eat with your mouth, should I feed you with your lower mouth?”
“This…….”
Elisha bit off it. On the one hand, she was frustrated.
'This person has been with me and hasn't changed at all after all.'
Elisha lost her energy in an instant. Lucerne won't release her even if she becomes a corpse on the verge of starvation.
“You're doing great. Eat slowly.”
She ate bland soup and bread, trying not to look at Lucerne as much as possible.
Lucerne watched it all over, and so she ate slowly. Elisha ate only a little and set her utensils down.
“How long do we have to live like this? If you're going to drive me crazy, wouldn't it be better to deal with it quickly?”
“Even if I go crazy, I won't let you go. I've already lived with a crazy woman.”
Elisha realized that the crazy woman meant Lucerne's mother. Lucerne frowned as if imagining Elisha, who had lost her mind. She had wrinkles between her handsome brows.
Elisha looked at the unrealistically handsome face with a mixture of hatred and bewilderment.
“Why don't you accept the situation now?”
Elisha drank some of her wine. She was already sick to her stomach.
“Did your grandmother live like this?”
Lucerne raised her eyes and looked at her. And she said calmly, yes.
“There must be a reason why all the sons of the family head went crazy. I grew up seeing things like that.”
“Right.”
Lucerne said calmly.
“When the head of household was young, it was pretty amazing. Everyone thought that was the normal form of a family. Seeing my mother sometimes.”
“I guess the head of the family sometimes freed her grandmother. Better than you.”
Elisha sarcastically sarcastically, and Lucerne raised the corners of her mouth.
“With you acting like this, I can't even dream of going out. The difference in your treatment depends on how compliant you are.”
It sounded like she could get out sometimes.
“What did I do wrong? Why the hell are you like this?”
“Do you want to repeat the same conversation again?”
Lucerne whispered. Elisha was stunned.
“It must be because of you.”
“Right.”
Lucerne readily acknowledged that too.
“You are my weakness and losing you will hurt me greatly. So you want to protect it. It's a bonus. Also, did you think I wouldn't know the conversation you had with the householder?”
“…….”
Elisha's body stiffened.
“Give birth to a son and inherit the position of head of household. That's the most reasonable way. The problem is that I don't have to be there then. You are being too free.”
Elisha's fists were clenched. The direction Lucerne suspected was the same as Elisha expected.
“I know the ending of the picture you made. Make my son the head of the family It's a good way.”
“…….”
“That is. Maybe it's a way for you to eat the Cartier family. But isn't there a higher chance that you and my children will become the scarecrows of the family head?”
“…… The front and back don't match. If I really wanted to use that method, I wouldn't have thought of running away.”
“Okay.”
Lucerne readily acknowledged it.
“Actually, half of it is an excuse. I wanted to lock you up from the beginning and make you mine. This room has been around for a long time, but it was recently decorated for you.”
Elisha didn't know why Lucerne was obsessed with me. The girl in her previous life was too worthless. She was something he could lay his hands on if he wanted to.
'Why…….'
Why again That was the question. But this time it had to be a different kind of why. 'Why is he like this?' 'Then how should I escape from here?'
“Ate it all?”
Lucerne asked affectionately. More than half of Elisha's plate was left.
“You have to eat everything. What if, at that age, your eating habits are still childlike?”
“…… It's not a situation where the appetite turns.”
“It will be spinning soon.”
Lucerne said calmly. Elisha is on the verge of going crazy, but even he looks perfectly fine. He looked satisfied. Herbivores that can be caught and eaten at any time, like beasts stored in my cave. It looked so shameless and cruel.
“I'll stay up all night, but I can't be hungry.”
“…….”
Lucerne gently put the fork in Elisha's hand. Elisha wondered if she would stab him with a fork, even though she knew it was a really fleeting move. She did so, and if she could subdue Lucerne, she would have done it. Unfortunately, however, Elisha did not have the personality to do such a futile act.
“Elisha, nothing bad. All your wishes have come true. He said he wanted to be free from Jacob and Carola. Except for what was bound to me. You will be fine in this.”
“Bound in shackles?”
“This. Has your understanding deteriorated lately?”
Lucerne said.
“Negotiate. What you are good at If you ask for it, I will release that too.”
Elisha glared at him wordlessly. Lucerne approached Elisha. She tried to resist but realized she was fleeting. He picked her up again and headed for her bedroom.
“You look prettier now.”
He whispered to her as he set her down on her bed.
“I also wanted to tie it up.”
Elisha wanted to slap him on the cheek. Her whole body trembled as she shuddered. She bit her lip.
“If you do, let it go. Shamelessly Would you like to sleep with a woman who treats you like a slave?”
“Isn't that different for women?”
Lucerne repeated what she said one day. To Elisha, it was clearly sarcastic.
“Besides, unfortunately, it's possible even with a tie.”
Lucerne untied her one foot. Immediately he pulled the rest of her chain off the ankle and hooked Elisha's foot to the hook at the end of her bed. Elisha's cheeks turned red.
“Then. My wife wants to do that back. She wants to do that in the future.”
Elisha thought this was a nightmare.
“Because it's the first time I'm doing it while being shackled by her.”
“…….”
“I have to do it like it's the first time.”
Lucerne whispered like a demon.
