Chapter 341 – A Family (8)
“Soya, bring all the remaining magic stones. I need to recharge the Aglio Festa wagon right now.”
Entering the mansion, I gave Soya an order in an urgent tone. Matilda, who was going up to her office her with her notebook her, stood blocking her hallway, dazed by the sudden situation. I tried to pass her and met her eyes again and asked.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m on my way to Mr. Eve. Today, you decided to help me with that assignment.”
From what he said, it seemed that he and Eve had gotten quite close. I stroked Matilda’s head once and said.
“Listen carefully.”
And I headed to my room. This time, I was thinking of going a little tighter. Despite the sudden change of circumstances, A.A calmly packed her clothes and went back to her room to put on her. The remaining battery of Aglio Festa’s wagon was charged at about 70%, so it seemed that it would be possible to recharge it by hitting all the remaining magic stones in the mansion.
After taking an appropriate level of water and dry food, I put a mace on my waist. Following Soya, an attendant was carefully carrying the magic stone while holding it. I said.
“Sow. Did you read the newspaper?”
“Yes.”
Things weren’t as good as expected. The fact that the head of the Mage Tower died meant that the organization could not be controlled. I didn’t know which way things were going to turn. Even while charging the wagon using magic stones, the nervousness was increasing.
Eve came down from the office before I knew it and came to see me. When she heard the sudden news of my departure, she was obviously a little surprised. I said.
“I was going to wait three more days, but it won’t work. I need to go to Theoter right away.”
I don’t think we’ll be able to control anything if we go, but I still thought I had to stop it from escalating. The mage lord and the high-ranking mage of the mage tower were among the top wizards on the continent. There was only one thing that would make such people disappear at once.
“Are you talking about that demon?”
“Yes.”
A.A opened the door and came out. She said to me, carrying her knife and rations.
“Go quickly. I think Theoter and the wizards contacted each other, but something went wrong.”
I agreed. It seems that the Mage Tower somehow figured out that the source of the magic stone from the magic stone mine was Shioter. And it must have been that he was trying to contact the Dwarven Kingdom personally about the magic stone.
“Assemblies.”
I clicked my tongue and climbed into the carriage. A.A followed closely behind. Eve was the face she wanted to go, but she couldn’t help it. In times of chaos like these days, someone like Eve had to be there in the manor.
“Eve. I’ll ask for Youngji.”
Eve said to me with a sad face.
“…You really are a bad guy.”
I also wanted to take Eve with me. It was because Eve and Elsie were needed in a situation where such an armed demonstration was expected. I opened the door to her back on her eve and gave her a hug. Eve hugged me fiercely like she was a free hugger. It seemed that she didn’t want to let me go. She had no qualms about walking into a limb with her, but she wasn’t the type to open her eyes and see others step into a limb.
“I’ll hug you tighter when you come back.”
“You know we have to come back safely, right?”
“Of course.”
Returning to the wagon, I grabbed the lever. When I was about to pull it, my heart was pounding. It was because I couldn’t fill it for three days out of ten. A.A looked at Eve and said.
“Uh, that… I’m sorry.”
Eve, who was frowning after seeing A-A apologize, thought it over, then laughed as if it was absurd. She said to A-A.
“Hey, it was a fox. This is perfect.”
“Yes? Oh, no, not like that! I-I didn’t mean that!”
Seeing that A.A was flustered, Eve laughed loudly. She seemed very happy about the situation. Realizing too late that she had been made fun of, she smiled awkwardly. Said Eve, banging on the door of her carriage.
“Have a good trip! I’m going to buy you a present.”
“Eve. That…”
“That?”
I looked at Eve. I felt I had to say it now. Eve frowned at me when I called her, wondering what else to say. Lately, I’ve been entrusting the territory to Eve, so I thought I should say thank you once. Even if it was unavoidable, it was true that I was neglecting my family right now.
“Thank you.”
And pulled the lever. Eve’s blank expression remained as a blurry afterimage.
****
“It’s sweet.”
These were the impressions left by Selu, who came all the way here in a wheelchair. Eve blinked at her with her dazed expression, then rubbed her eyes and looked back at her carriage. Then she looked at Selu and asked.
“Is what I heard right?”
“What did you hear?”
“Uh… That doesn’t sound like our groom?”
“My daughter’s opinion of her husband is surprisingly low.”
She said that while Selu smirked. The feeling that engulfed Eve’s head her was bewilderment. She was dazed by Lucius’s outburst, but later felt her emotions surge. It was like boiling water in a pot. She slowly warmed up from one side of her chest, then opened up and heated her face.
Then, finally, she could n’t contain the emotion with her chest, and she let out the heat with her mouth her.
“Fuck bastard. Real bastard bastard.”
Eve sat on her floor, covering her face her. Her expression of affection was as fierce as her heat her, and the language alone was close to describing a broken married life.
“Bastard. Bastard. Seriously… Fuck…”
Especially to Matilda, who had been exposed to a lot of this offensive language about her married life her, her her Eve’s displays of affection sounded a little like her wife’s cries of her lamentation her at being abandoned.
It was the timing that Matilda and Eve ran into after Eve, who ran out of her office, came down. Soya, who was going to throw away her magic stone after her charge was over, asked Matilda who was blankly looking at her her Eve her.
“What’s the matter?”
“Oh, no.”
She carefully approached Eve, hiding the booklet she was holding behind her. Beside Eve, Selu was stroking her hair. She was sitting on her floor with her head down. When Matilda saw that figure, she suddenly thought that Eve looked very fragile.
“I…”
When she heard Matilda’s voice, Eve jumped up from her seat. She then fanned her face and smoked her tantrum.
“Mom. It’s really hot here, isn’t it?”
“That’s right. It’s so hot that I don’t even want to wear clothes.”
“When did you wear it?”
Sellu spoke as if she were the one who she originally found and put on the clothes. Upon hearing Sellu’s bold remark of her, Eve squinted at her and replied. Matilda carefully took her Eve’s hand her. Eve was a little surprised that Matilda took her hand her so carefully and gently.
“What? What’s wrong? Go upstairs and wait. It wasn’t a big deal. My husband went out for a while today. He’ll be back in a few days.”
“… Is this a frequent occurrence?”
“Yes.”
Eve answered casually. Matilda strangely felt her heart her squirm at the sight of her. Said Matilda.
“That… It’s okay.”
“What?”
Eve asked back at Matilda’s remark her. She didn’t know what Matilda was misunderstanding. Matilda thought Eve was trying hard to pretend she was strong.
“That… It’s better to cry when you want to cry… It was said in the book. That way, that… You can shake off the sadness right away.
“…What are you talking about?”
Eve did not understand what Matilda was saying. When she replied, pressing down on her forehead, it was Matilda’s turn to panic. Because she acted like someone who wasn’t aware that she was sad. Matilda said.
“Ah, no, that’s it…! That…! Ms. Eve was sad because the lord just left… Isn’t it! That… That the lord is bad… It’s not.. .That’s unavoidable circumstances. I know it’s true, but… Well, it’s only natural that you’re sad! That’s why, don’t cry in front of me…!”
“Ah…”
Eve looked at Sellu as if she finally understood, and she grinned. She sat down for a moment because Lucius had shaken her up a while ago, and it seemed that she mistook it for crying because she hated Lucius. Sellu closed her mouth and twitched the corners of her mouth. Eve thought that she herself had the same expression as Sellou.
“Ah, I… Mr. Eve…?”
“Ahahahahahaha!”
Eve finally started to laugh out loud. It was because Sellu’s expression of her was funny, and the current situation was too funny. Sellu was also laughing out loud along with Eve. Only Matilda had no grasp of her situation, and she was looking at the two in bewilderment. Eve thought Matilda was so cute that she was about to die. She laughed and stroked her Matilda’s hair.
“What, are you worried about me? Huh? Ahahahaha! It’s wonderful. It’s wonderful ahahaha!”
“Yes? No, so Mr. Eve? What the heck…”
“It’s not like that. My husband has never made me sad. Huh? You should be misunderstood. You don’t have to worry. Do you understand?”
“Yes? Oh, am I wrong?”
As Matilda pondered over the word misunderstanding, she realized that it was not an expression of “Thank you” Or “You cheered me up.” And she was mistaken. She’s cute. With a look of death, she realized that the two mermaids were looking at her. Now it was her turn her to Matilda to be her pot her.
Her face her instantly turned red, like molten iron on which she had been heated. She stiffly held her head up, pretending nothing was wrong, but the redness in her face was visible to her eyes in her. She said, holding her workbook tightly and turning her body her.
“Hey! Hey! I have to study, so I’ll go!”
“What, did you say we were going to do it today?”
“I remembered an urgent appointment!”
Of course, Matilda, whose closest person in this mansion was Eve, had no promises today. Eve decided to just be fooled by the lie. She nodded her head and let Matilda go. Sellu laughed for a long time, even shedding her tears. Eve said.
“Mom.”
“Yes?”
“It’s so much fun, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
The two of them lay down on the grass again and started laughing.
