Don't Get Caught by Your Husband!

“Hey, Where are stationery sold??”

Escalion, who returned to the busy city, stopped a man passing by and asked him bluntly.

The man who was walking excitedly talking with his friends looked up at Escalion, who was much taller than him, and put his head down in shock.

“Oh, over there…There is a store that sells stationery….”

The man who pointed somewhere behind him quickly walked in among his friends and accelerated his pace.

That guy was scared…

Belladonna looked back at him with pitiful eyes, then looked up at Escalion standing next to her.

‘Surely……’

…..He had an incredibly scary physique.

Especially when he is expressionless like this, instead of looking at my face with the corners of his mouth pulled up and playful eyes like usual.

Tuk. Belladonna stretched out her little hand and touched his hand.

But why is he making his face look like this? You were fine until now, but have you suddenly become angry?

“Why?”

But as soon as Belladonna’s hand touched him, his face softened.

He returned to his usual playful smirk and took her hand.

“I heard there’s a place over there that sells stationery.”

What, aren’t you angry?

Belladonna shyly nodded at him.

As his fingers dug between my slender fingers and our palms pressed together, I suddenly felt as if all my nerves were focused on his hand.

I kept getting concerned about his thumb moving slowly over my fingers.

Ugh, I think it tickles…!

Belladonna moved on, trying to distract herself.

“Careful.”

Perhaps because it was the weekend, there were a lot of people in the city.

Escalion naturally hugged Belladonna’s shoulders and dragged her into his arms.

Belladonna was pulled against him, resting her face against his hard chest before quickly pulling away from him.

“There are definitely more people than Griblata wherever you go.”

Her shoulder touched by his hand, the firm chest muscles coming closer to her eyes, the body odor that kept passing the tip of her nose…

He himself wasn’t worried about anything, Escalion seemed calm.

He pulled Belladonna closer and closer, avoiding the crowd of people who kept coming.

‘Is it because i realized that i liked him…?’

Belladonna looked up at him and slowly blinked her eyelids.

She was just making her way with him, and everything felt uncomfortable and awkward.

And at the same time, Scarlett Layton’s name came into my head again and wouldn’t leave.

‘…..Upset.’

She thought she would definitely forget, but when she faced him, her thoughts about Scarlet kept popping up in her head, tormenting her and making her feel bad, overshadowing her time of contemplation a moment ago.

Belladonna, who was upset, hit her forehead on his chest for no reason.

Ugh, that hurts! It’s my loss…!

As I frowned in pain, as if I had been hit by a hard stone, a sound of laughter came from above.

Escalion lifted one of his hands and rubbed her forehead.

“Sometimes you do something strange like this.”

“…….”

“I wonder what this little head is thinking.”

“Hey……!”

At that time, a small hand suddenly jumped out and grabbed Belladonna’s hand.

Belladonna lowered her head at the warmth she felt beneath her and looked at hand that held her’s.

“This…Can you buy it for me?”

A young girl who looked no older than seven years old was standing holding a flower basket the size of her face.

Inside the flower basket, colorful and fresh flowers were neatly arranged.

Flower basket…?

Instead of Belladonna, who was looking into the flower basket with her interested expression, Escalion lowered his head and asked:

“What is this?”

“Heh…!”

The child met Escalion’s burning golden eyes, gave her shoulder a loud shudder, and ran into Belladonna’s back.

The child who was hiding by holding on to the hem of Belladonna’s skirt stuck out her head and looked at Escalion with a very frightened face.

“Do you think you have to be so scared when you run a business?”

Escalion asked with nonchalant face.

It seemed like a fairly common occurrence for a child to be scared at the sight of him.

The little one shook her head, holding on to Bella’s skirt.

“I am…I came to sell flowers to this beautiful young lady….”

“What a beautiful girl. Then you looked right. Let’s go over there and sit down.”

Escalion, grinning, led Belladonna and the child out of the crowd.

He sat down on a nearby bench and asked, pointing with the tip of his chin at the flower basket held by a child.

“Try to explain again calmly. What is this?”

“This…! This is a flower that my mom and I picked together!”

“Where did you break it?”

”From here!”

The child pointed somewhere and explained intently.

Cute…

Belladonna looked at the child with a happy look on her face.

Escalion also smiled and spoke to the child, as if the child was cute.

“Oh, really? Then I can go over there and pick some flowers and use them. There’s no need to buy it.”

“…Ah!”

The child was startled and let out a sigh. For the first time in her life, despair appeared on the child’s face.

Stop teasing her, you idiot!

Belladonna, who was still showing a smile on her face, poked his side painlessly.

“Why? It’s fun.”

Escalion answered, raising the corners of his mouth.

Bella glared at him in a non-disgusting way, then lifted both her hands and took the child’s flower basket.

I’ll buy it!

“My wife likes it.”

“wow…!”

Belladonna gave a kind smile to the child who let out a small cheer.

The child’s eyes immediately sparkled when she saw her beautiful smile.

The little child opened her mouth wide and spoke.

“You know! You look like an angel…! An angel I saw in a storybook!”

“You got it right this time too. Do you think the little girl has a good sense of vision?”

”Hehe.”

Stop teasing me!

Belladonna glared at him again.

Escalion shrugged her shoulders with a calm look on his face and took out a coin from his arms.

He held out a gold coin to the child who still couldn’t take her eyes off Belladonna.

“You worked hard to pick the flowers.”

“You’re welcome! This flower that Mom and I picked looks really good on you!”

“My wife looks good in anything beautiful.”

“I think so! Goodbye then!”

The little girl put the coin she held out into her pocket without even knowing how much it was worth.

The child, who was about to turn around and go back, hesitated for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“But….”

“Huh.”

“Mrs…Can’t you speak? Why are you just smiling?”

It was a childish, innocent question without any malice.

Belladonna, who was suddenly asked a question, blinked her eyes in embarrassment.

In Astagna and Griblata, she was already famous as a saint who couldn’t speak, and she had never been asked this question before.

Moreover, she felt even more stabbed since Escalion had heard her voice in vain a little while ago.

For a moment. Well, what should I answer? I couldn’t say anything, was caught off guard, couldn’t even smile, and was just glaring, when I heard a voice answering from the side.

“Because it’s beautiful.”

“Yes?”

The child, with her eyes wide open, turned her head and looked up at Escalion.

He answered in a semi-serious voice.

“My wife’s voice was so beautiful that an angel in heaven borrowed it for a moment.”

“Wow….”

“Thanks to it, it’s unfortunate that even I, her husband, can’t hear her voice, but I can’t help it. She said she would return it someday, so don’t worry too much.”

“I see!”

It was the perfect answer that protected the child’s innocence while making everyone feel better.

Escalion smiled secretly as he looked at the young child who nodded in understanding.

Belladonna stared at his profile.

As he navigated the rough battlefield, this incongruous and affectionate side was hidden.

And that sight continued to shake Belladonna’s heart.

I feel strange…

“Thank you for telling me! Goodbye then!”

The child bowed deeply and said goodbye.

“Okay, go ahead.”

Escalion sent the child off with a gesture that made it unclear whether he was greeting her or sending her away.

When the child, who had run excitedly with light hands, disappeared from sight, he turned his head and looked at Belladonna.

“An angel in heaven will soon restore my wife’s voice, right?”

Ugh… Belladonna turned her gaze away and looked into the distance.

Since he listened to her voice without making a move, he would often subtly tease me like this in the future. I’m already tired!

Escalion, who was staring at her with a mischievous smile, soon lowered his head and rummaged through the flower basket he was holding.

“She has broken it in many different ways. In the meantime, she cleaned it up neatly. Do you think the child’s mother has a sassy personality?”

“…….”

“If I take it to the villa, will I be able to put it in a vase and look at it for a long time? Maybe it’s because the weather is warm, but I like the variety of flowers that are prettier than Griblata.”

Since when did you like flowers so much?

When she looked at her puzzled face, he answered with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“I said it because I wanted you to see it for a long time, not me. Because women actually like flowers….”

Here it is again, that libertine moment.

But it wasn’t something I didn’t want to hear.

Belladonna immediately felt better and took out the biggest and most beautiful flower from the flower basket.

Then she lifted it up and placed it on Escalion’s ear.

I thought it would look quite funny, but the dark-skinned, wild-looking knight and the delicate flowers matched suspiciously well.

Is it because he’s handsome? Haha, it’s pretty.

”Fun?”

Escalion asked, smiling just as much as she did. Perhaps because he was wearing flowers, he seemed softer than usual.

Nod! Belladonna nodded her head vigorously.

It suits you well, so keep wearing it, flower boy!

I thought he was going to pull it out and throw it, asking what it was at any moment, but unexpectedly, he got up and left the flower in my ear.

“Then go. I need to buy an envelope or something.”

Escalion turned his body and held out her hand.

Belladonna smiled and took his hand.