Episode 16 : Year-end Festival (1)
Huh…..
Belladonna was dumbfounded and opened her mouth.
“Why? if you don’t want to kiss me, will you at least sing?”
That was even more absurd.
What kind of song is this!
Bella looked at his smooth cheek as if she was glaring at him, and she was deeply troubled.
Do i have to close my eyes, give him a kiss, and then go out to see the festival? Or shoul i ignore him and just lock myself in this room and look at that ledger all day?
In fact, for her, those two were a no-brainer.
The reason is that….
‘That ledger that Wolff wrote is so boring!’
After thinking briefly, Belladonna grabbed both of his cheeks and prepared to kiss him.
Originally, the more time and hesitation I had with something like this, the more embarrassing it would become.
‘Okay, let’s do it quickly and get it over with!’
“oh… ..My wife is more powerful than I thought?”
Escalion raised the corners of her mouth in amusement.
Belladonna turned his face and adjusted the angle so that his cheek was facing her.
Eh, I don’t know!
kiss!
A cheerful sound echoed throughout the room.
Don’t be embarrassed, if you are embarrassed you lost. Let’s be calm, be calm….
Belladonna hypnotized herself by constantly repeating.
D, don’t turn red, don’t turn red. Calm down, calm down….
“Haha…..”
Escalion, who received a light kiss from Belladonna, shook his broad shoulders and laughed, then raised his head.
“good. Since you did this, i guess i should go to the festival with you.”
“…….”
“Instead, you will participate wearing regular clothes, not the beautiful clothes of a saint. i don’t like being the center of attention.”
Nod.
It wasn’t that surprising since I had already heard it from Cindy.
“Ask the maid to dress you as warmly and thickly as possible. if you get sick again, you can’t go out until winter is over.”
Nod.
Escalion, who was still looking at Belladonna with his smiling face, raised one hand and poked her cheek.
“Stop blushing cutely.”
* * *
It is the day of Griblata’s year-end festival.
Belladonna looked at herself in her mirror as she put on the old brown, chunky dress that Cindy had made her wear.
‘Now that I think about it, I used to wear things like this very often in my previous life…….’
Clothes that are practical rather than pretty.
A functional dress that has pockets of various sizes instead of flashy lace or frills, making it easy to carry various things.
Belladonna, dressed in the most common plain clothes in the Eleanor Empire, peered at her slinky self.
“lady! How……even if you dress like this, your beautiful appearance won’t be obscured, right?”
Cindy, who was tying her belt behind her, popped her head out and said.
“Would you like to wear a hat?”
Belladonna shook her head.
She didn’t want to wear her hat because it felt like she would look like she did in her previous life if she wore it.
“How much longer do I have to wait?”
At that time, Escalion’s voice was heard outside the door.
Cindy, startled by the low voice, quickly finished what she was doing and hurriedly opened the door.
“My lord, it’s almost done!”
Escalion, who appeared in front of the door, was also dressed in an outfit that ordinary people would wear. But even he couldn’t hide his outstanding appearance.
‘Do they really not realize that that figure stands out more?’
Meanwhile, Escalion, who found Belladonna’s image standing before her mirror, looked at her, raising one of his eyebrows.
“…….”
Why are your eyes like that? Hmm, did I decorate too plainly?
After looking down at her poutingly for a moment, he walked towards her and held out his hand to Cindy.
“Scarf.”
“Oh, wait a minute!”
Cindy held out a soft, fluffy scarf.
Escalion took it and began to wrap it around Belladonna’s neck and face without hesitation.
What, what! If you do this……!
“My lord! If you do that, she won’t be able to see… … !”
“If i don’t do this, her face won’t be covered.”
“but……!”
Even Bella, whose view was blocked for an instant, was dumbfounded and stood in a daze.
“No matter what, if you keep doing this, your wife won’t be able to breathe!”
It was Cindy who saved her life.
Cindy completely untied her scarf, which Escalion had wrapped carelessly around her, and wrapped it around her neck as warmly and comfortably as possible.
Escalion looked at her as if he did not like this.
“This will attract more people’s attention. What should I do if you look like this while wearing the world’s most plain clothes?”
“I agree. Then how about using this?”
Cindy, who was looking at him with her serious eyes, turned her body and took out something.
Surely you don’t mean to put that on me……?
What she took out were large, cute rabbit-shaped earmuffs that only children could use.
“If I put it on like this, it will cover her face a little more!”
“okay. This is better.”
Really? Is this better?
Belladonna looked at herself in the mirror, which instantly became comical.
I seem like a person who is lacking in some way……! What is this?
Belladonna wanted to protest, but no one could read her eyes.
No, they don’t read it?
“Now, lastly, if you put on this thick coat…..we’re ready!”
Finally, Cindy put a dark-colored coat on her and looked at Belladonna with satisfaction.
Escalion stood next to her and nodded, offering her hand to her.
“Let’s go out.”
“Have a nice trip, ma’am! Please come back after making many happy memories with our lord!”
Leaving Cindy behind, raising her voice in excitement, Belladonna trudged after Escalion.
What are you doing, dressed like this? Fortunately, not many people know me in Griblata….
* * *
“Bella, aren’t you cold?”
Escalion asked, looking down at Belladonna who was walking next to him.
How can I be cold when I’m wrapped up like this?
Bella nodded and she pressed her body closer to him.
It was not because it was cold, but because there were more people on the streets than expected.
“Here, take a look!”
“Ahahaha!”
“How much is this statue?”
“Guys! Let us all give thanks to Eliezer!”
The sounds of people excited about the long-awaited festival were loud and loud everywhere.
Bella also felt her own heart getting excited and turned her head here and there to watch the festival.
“Is there anything you want to buy?”
Asked Escalion, who lightly wrapped his arms around Bella’s shoulders as she pressed her body against hers.
Bella shook her head without hesitation, but my gaze stopped at a certain place.
“We sell snacks……! We sell warm fish-shaped snacks!”
Warm fish-shaped snacks…..!
Her eyes sparkled and shined.
Escalion’s eyes followed her gaze.
“Is that what you want to eat?”
Instead of answering, Bella swallowed her saliva.
Warm snacks could never be considered luxurious or delicious snacks.
But it was her favorite snack in a previous life.
‘Wow, when the weather gets a little chilly, I think of those warm fish-shaped snacks……’
It was also a cookie she had never seen since she became Saint Belladonna.
But to meet like fate in this far away place?
Bella also had her mouth watering in an instant.
“If you open it any further, a lot of drool will drip out.”
Escalion looked down at her earnest face and approached the tent selling hot snacks.
“Ten.”
“yes! Just give me four blancs!”
The merchant, with his cheerful personality, picked up a paper bag and started putting pre-baked fish-shaped snacks in it one by one.
“I don’t need any change.”
“Ah, my goodness…..thank you!”
Escalion flicked one of his silver coins at the merchant who handed his the bag containing the sweets, then quickly turned around and returned to her.
“If you want to eat more, just tell me.”
Wow……! Warm fish-shaped snacks….!
She accepted the paper bag with an excited look on her face, quickly put her hand in, and took out a steaming warm cookie.
‘Well, you bought for me ten, so you can eat at least one!’
Belladonna blurted out the first cookie she took out to Escalion.
He answered, turning her head away as if he was not interested.
“I don’t eat.”
‘why! Eat!’
Belladonna turned her head and patted Escalion, shaking the fish-shaped snack she was holding up and down.
“I said I’m not eating.”
“…….”
“I’m not eating……ah. Okay, give me one.”
Bella, who had a stubborn expression on her face, made eye contact with him and quickly responded with a nod of her head. And then he spat it out with a dumbfounded look on his face.
“I said you could be stubborn, but you ended up only making me eat weird snacks like this. It’s so unique.”
Belladonna simply ignored his words and took out the second cookie and took a big bite.
Ugh……! delicious!
As I put hot snacks in my mouth in chilly weather, I felt the flavor become even stronger.
It’s exhilarating! It’s delicious anytime you eat it!
“Let’s go over there, to where the people are gathered.”
Escalion, who was looking at Belladonna as she munched on the sweets in her mouth, grabbed her wrist and moved her position.
They approached a place where people were crowded together and writing something down.
What are they doing like that?
“It’s a sky lantern.”
Sky lanterns……?
When i looked down again, i saw that everyone was holding small balloons the size of their faces and writing something on them.
“Write down your wishes.”
Escalion, standing next to him, spat out.
“There is a superstition that if you send out a lantern with your sincere wish written on it on the day of the year-end festival, your wish will come true.”
Ahaa…
“Would you like to write one down?”
Without even checking Belladonna’s answer, Escalion caught the young merchant wandering around among the people and bought a sky lantern.
He held it out to her, along with the pen he bought together.
“Make a wish.”
wish…..
Belladonna suddenly took what he offered and looked down at the light blue sky lantern.
What do i wish for?
When I tried to write it down, I had no idea what to write.
Escalion, who was looking down at her from where she stood, opened his mouth.
“You must have heard many, many wishes from people around the world. So you don’t have a single wish?”
“…….”
“There’s no need to write something too grand. If you make a small wish, it has a high chance of coming true.”
Belladonna, who continued to ponder, raised her finger and pointed at Escalion.
So what is your wish?
• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •By Esraa• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •
