Episode 19 : 76 Euphrang Street (2)
“Madam?”
Hazel, who was walking ahead, turned his head with a confused look on her face.
No matter how long je waited, there was no sign of her chasing him, and she had a puzzled look on her face.
Belladonna was standing still and glaring through the narrow alley.
“What’s wrong?”
Eventually, she returned the same way Hazel had walked alone and stood by his side.
Belladonna looked with mixed feelings towards where 76 Euphrang Street began.
Scarlett Layton.
As if to show off her distinct presence, her name that kept coming to my mind, regardless of my will.
In Griblata, her traces were evident everywhere she went.
“…….”
It wasn’t an unpleasant feeling.
To begin with, she and Escalion were not a close enough couple to feel that way. It was a time-limited relationship with a clearly defined end, so to speak, that would end in three months.
‘But this…….’
Belladonna unconsciously swallowed her dry saliva and blinked her eyes.
An intrusive curiosity. If I had to define it, would that be enough?
Belladonna was overcome by an unknown impulse, and she gazed aimlessly down the narrow alley.
“huh? There’s something over here…….”
Belladonna suddenly raised one hand and grasped the hem of Hazel’s flowing cloak.
She exhaled as if making a big decision and took long strides into the alley, leading Hazel with her.
“Ma’am! Where are you going!”
An unknown voice burst out.
Hazel was dragged by her and looked behind her repeatedly.
She just had to walk a few more steps and she would be in a carriage that would take her safely back to the castle……!
As Bella exited the long, narrow alley, I quickly turned her head to either side.
76 Euphrang Street, 135.
It was Scarlett Layton’s home address that she remembered.
After checking the address, Belladonna turned to the right and started walking.
“lady! Where on earth…….”
She must have come to her senses because she was suddenly faced with an unexpected situation, but Hazel opened his mouth repeatedly with his embarrassed face.
After she sobered up a little, he seemed to be worried about what would happen next.
Moreover, this direction…Oh, no!
Hazel, remembering something about it, closed his eyes tightly and stopped in her tracks.
Belladonna, who was tightly holding on to Hazel’s cloak, also stopped due to the recoil.
“……?”
What, why is it heavy?
Belladonna suddenly stopped walking and cast a puzzled look at Hazel, who stood motionless.
Hazel frowned and opened his mouth with a troubled look on his face.
“Please stop going back now. If I’m late, I might get scolded by the captain…….”
After going a little further, the woman’s house appeared.
Bella also turned her head in disappointment. Should I just jump out and leave?
But when she arrived at Scarlett’s house, she had no idea what to do.
just…
‘I just wanted to check her face…….
’
By the way, what do i do by checking her face?
Unknown voices fought fiercely in my mind.
‘Just go and take a look at her face! I wonder what kind of woman she was that left such a mark on Escalion’s castle! ‘Pure curiosity!’
‘No, what are you going to do? Anyway, I’ll be leaving after three months, and I’ll never see this guy again. Don’t worry about such useless things!’
Belladonna looked silently at the small gray building located at the end of the alley.
As for 135, 76 Euphrang Street, that house seemed likely.
“…….”
At that moment, the door of the house she was watching burst open and someone walked out.
“Yikes!”
Hazel, who was startled by her, grabbed her by the waist and quickly hid her body in the bushes on the side of the road.
What, what! Come on!
Belladonna was dragged by him without knowing why.
Hazel, crouching in front of the large tree, raised his long finger and covered her mouth with an urgent look on her face.
“Shh! Shhh!”
‘Are you telling me to be quiet? why?’
Besides, You are an idiot. I can’t even use my voice.
I was curious, but I was more curious about who the person who came out of the woman’s house was.
Belladonna nodded roughly to Hazel, whose face was white, and peeked her eyes out of the bushes.
She was a tall, slender woman, although she was a little thin when she came out through the door.
‘…Is that woman Scarlett Layton?’
The woman was quite a beauty at first glance, with her dark features making her recognizable even from afar. The long black hair flowing down her back was not dazzling, but it looked beautiful in its own way.
Belladonna quietly watched the woman giving off her unusual aura.
“OMG…….”
Next to me, I was concerned about Hazel, who was making an awkward moan for some reason.
Considering that he hid herself with his body like this, the fact that that woman was Escalion’s mistress became even more certain.
Sweet.
At that time, one more person inside the house appeared through the half-open door.
And he was also a man whom Belladonna knew very well.
“…….”
Belladonna unconsciously bit her lower lip and looked at the large man, Escalion.
Escalion walked out crookedly, bowing her head to either side as if she was feeling stiff, and stood next to Scarlett.
The two of them, standing on the side of the road where it was starting to get dark, looked like a couple who got along quite well.
And that fact, for some reason, made Belladonna’s heart tighten little by little.
“Go in.”
Escalion, who came out, passed her Scarlett indifferently and exhaled.
Scarlett nodded her head as if she was used to it.
“Wait for a sec.”
At that moment, Scarlett caught Escalion once more as he was about to leave.
Placing her hand on his forearm, she lifted her hand opposite hers and affectionately brushed something of hers from Escalion’s bangs, who had turned her head.
Escalion silently accepted her touch, and the situation seemed very natural.
“That’s enough. Go.”
“Come again.”
Although the words they spoke were short, Belladonna could tell from the conversation how long they had been interacting.
Escalion turned away from Scarlett and walked toward the main street without hesitation.
Scarlett looked at him quietly, then slowly turned her body and entered her house.
“…….”
Belladonna watched his back as he walked away without saying a word.
She felt strange. She herself didn’t know if she regretted coming this far.
“lady…….”
Eventually, when Escalion’s figure completely disappeared, Hazel, who was squatting, quietly straightened his knees.
He stood up awkwardly, looking at Belladonna’s eyes.
Hazel rolled his eyes and opened his mouth as if trying to somehow explain the situation.
“Well, so…Well, how should I explain it…Two, you two are old….”
But I didn’t want to hear it.
Belladonna wasn’t in a good state to hear those words directly from her husband’s knight.
She shook her head and raised the corners of her mouth.
“lady……”
Hazel kept talking with an embarrassed expression on his face, but she didn’t have the energy to pay attention to that.
Belladonna got up as casually as possible and walked out of the bushes.
She nodded in the direction of her carriage, as if she wanted to go back now.
* * *
When she returned to the castle, Escalion hadn’t arrived.
I don’t think he’ll go to the castle right now, right?
Belladonna walked up to the second floor, feeling a bit perverse for some reason.
“Ma’am, I brought you some warm water!”
He didn’t come back even when I took a bath with the water Cindy prepared, dried my hair completely, put on clean pajamas, and went to bed.
The thought that he might have gone back to Scarlett made her feel even more upset.
Belladonna nervously lifted the blanket and went inside it to let her sleep.
It was around dawn that she woke up slightly.
Bella’s eyes fluttered open as she felt hia thick, hot arms wrap around her waist and enter her.
That movement, which I might have become accustomed to by now, was very annoying today.
Belladonna tossed and turned, lifting both hands to free Escalion’s arms.
“Aren’t you sleeping?”
Her low voice fell into my ear.
She was tickled, but she didn’t shrug her shoulders.
“Uncomfortable?”
Belladonna didn’t nod her head without even looking back at him.
She felt a pause behind her, but she never turned her head.
He finally seemed to give up when she felt Escalion turn around and face the ceiling.
‘I heard something urgent came up and it had to do with Scarlett?’
It must have been urgent….
Belladonna closed her eyes, feeling an unpleasant feeling slowly rising.
She thought he must have fallen asleep because she could hear breathing behind her, but suddenly she heard a voice.
“That…are you offended?”
It took her a while to figure out what his question was about, but Belladonna soon realized that what he was asking meant that something urgent had come up and that he had left her at her fairground.
She slowly shook her head.
“Then will you show me your face?”
Escalion has once again quietly attached himself to her.
Bella also frownedand she slowly moved to the front of her to avoid him.
Don’t stick!
“My wife is so angry that I can’t think about anything. I’m much more nervous now than when I faced the enemy.”
Escalion let out an anxious groan and a low voice.
Belladonna quietly snorted at her.
“How can I relieve your anger?”
Escalion asked, carefully reaching out her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear.
Despite the friendly actions, rather than letting go of my anger, I felt like it was rising even more.
And at the same time, a certain curiosity came to mind.
‘…Is it normal for me to feel this bad?’
I can’t develop a deeper relationship with Escalion than this…
While I was thinking deeply, Escalion’s low voice fell into my ear.
“How about this? When the sun rises, I’ll call a jeweler. Feel free to choose whatever you want. If you doesn’t like what he has, i eill call a merchant from Astanya.”
“…….”
“Or how about a tailor? I think it would be nice to put together a few more beautiful dresses. If you need anything else, let me know anytime.
When you’re like this, my heart feels like I’ve become a cowardly child.”
Belladonna, who was listening to Escalion’s voice full of embarrassment, quietly blinked her eyes.
Is it okay for me, her wife of only three months, to feel this way?
And why is this man trying so hard to relieve my anger?
Unknown and complex emotions passed through her head.
• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •By Esraa• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •
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