Don't Get Caught by Your Husband!

What…? Yo, you…?

Belladonna opened her eyes wide and Escalion turned around. Scarlett asked, raising one of her eyebrows.

“You didn’t take your wife’s wishes into consideration at all?”

“She was brought in and tried to treat her well.”

“You have no conscience.”

Bella also blinked her eyes and watched the unusual conversation between the siblings.

It occurred to Escalion that she was probably thinking of me when she answered that way.

“Your wife must be having a hard time.”

[My husband is good to me, so there is nothing difficult.]

“There is no need to lie for Escalion.”

It’s not a lie…

Still without any significant change in expression, Scarlett let out a quiet sigh.

“I’m glad though. It seems like he doesn’t neglect his wife.”

“……”

At her prickly words, Escalion, who was sitting next to her, quietly put down his cutlery.

Belladonna swallowed her dry saliva and looked at him.

“Scarlett.”

Finally, Escalion opened his mouth.

Scarlett nodded, still chopping the tomatoes on her plate with a long knife.

“Yes.”

“I have something to tell you.”

“Huh?”

Escalion stopped speaking and looked towards Belladonna.

She made eye contact with him and Belladonna nodded her head slightly, letting out a small sigh as he brushed a strand of his hair from his forehead and opened his mouth.

“Meantime… I apologize for my indifference.”

Scarlett raised her head at the sudden apology. She frowned with an expression similar to the one she had made a moment ago when she said ‘Ugh’.

“What is it all of a sudden?”

“You may have thought I was neglecting and ignoring you.”

“Because it’s true.”

“At that time, I thought I didn’t have the power to protect you. It was my first time having a younger sister, so I was very immature.”

“I never asked you to take responsibility for me. I never suddenly came to you and asked you to pretend to be my brother.”

Scarlett spoke in a very sharp tone. For her, it seemed like her relationship with Escalion had ended up hurting her more than she thought.

Escalion stared at Scarlett, who was like a porcupine fighting back with her thorns, and then he opened his mouth again.

“I know.”

“……”

“I wanted to do it.”

At Escalion’s words, Scarlett put down her fork, her lower lip quivering slightly.

She looked at Escalion with shaking eyes.

“When my parents died and i was living alone. I heard I had a family left.”

“…….”

“At first I just tried to ignore it. Because I didn’t think of a child I’d never lived with or even met as my family.”

Scarlett lifted the glass of water on her table with her trembling hands and took a gulp.

“But you look exactly like my father… So, seeing you who resembles me.”

Escalion stopped. He looked at Belladonna one more time as if he was struggling, and then slowly exhaled.

“… I wanted to take care of you.”

“……”

“I apologize that the method was very immature. I apologize for anything that hurt you unintentionally. It’s not that you’re embarrassed or don’t want to show you to others.”

“Hah…”

“I’m sorry for causing unnecessary misunderstanding. I wasn’t the kind of person who didn’t pay attention to others, so I didn’t listen, but it seemed like the misunderstandings were growing and getting worse. Now I understand that it must have been difficult not to be able to explain.”

Belladonna watched Scarlett suppress her emotions.

She had an expressionless face the whole time, but I could see her trying desperately to hold back her cries.

“Anyway… Oh, I think you both know that I don’t talk much.”

Belladonna nodded her head slightly.

“Okay, I’m sorry, and that’s the end of what I wanted to say. That’s right. Let’s finish eating.”

After he finished speaking, Escalion picked up his fork again, took a stab at his steak, and then moved it onto Bella’s plate as well.

Belladonna, who realized that he was acting out of embarrassment, gave him a warm smile.

Silence fell over the table where they sat.

Only the small sound of Escalion moving the dishes could be heard occasionally.

No one could easily open their mouth.

“… You really can’t talk dirty.”

At that time, Scarlett, who had been holding back her emotions, slowly let it out.

Escalion and Belladonna simultaneously turned their heads towards her.

Scarlett returned to her usual expression and let out a small breath, as if she had never done that before.

“Then can I come visit you often from now on? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not because I want to see you, it’s because I want to see the lady.”

Escalion nodded, lifting one corner of his mouth.

“However much.”

* * *

Belladonna, who had been away for a while, returned to the living room.

After the meal, she left alone the siblings, who were having an awkward and difficult time together.
they looked at Bella as she entered the living room, as if they were looking at her as thier savior.

“Bella.”

“Welcome! Where have you been?”

Were you waiting for me? Bella smiled as she looked at the siblings, their eyes equally shining.

She held out what she was holding towards Scarlett.

“Uh? This….”

In Bella’s hand was a sparkling red ruby necklace that she had once found in her room.

Scarlett asked as she took the necklace held out to her.

“Where have it been? I thought i lost it when i stayed in this castle for a while.”

“What is that?”

“You gave it to me as a birthday present, you idiot.”

“Ah.”

Scarlett, who was glaring at Escalion who shyly turned his head, looked up at Bella and raised the corners of her mouth.

“Thank you so much. It was something I cherished… I was a little sad because I lost it.”

“……”

“Who knows, it was the best birthday present I ever received. The person who actually gave the gift seems to have completely forgotten about it.”

“I remembered. It was the first time in my life that I paid a lot of money to buy something.”

Escalion grunted. He pulled out Bella’s chair for her and held her hand.

Scarlett blurted out as she watched Escalion treat his wife with the same care as if she were a glass doll.

“You seem to get along well.”

“I am naturally good to my people.”

“Where has your conscience gone? Or do you have a bad memory?”

“I don’t think you remember a single thing you’ve received so far.”

Belladonna looked at the siblings with interest as they started bickering again.

As I was listening to the conversation that was going on as a small ball was going back and forth across the central net, someone knocked on the living room door.

When I turned my head, Wolff was standing in front of the door with a perplexed look on his face.

“My lord….”

“What’s going on?”

Wolff glanced at Belladonna for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“Well, I have a letter I need to check urgently. Can you give me 10 minutes? I’m sorry for taking away your precious family time.”

“Should I do it right now?”

“I’m not sure, but the envelope has a confidential seal on it. I was worried that it might be an emergency….”

I felt Wolf keep looking at Belladonna as he spoke.

What…? At his gaze, Belladonna tightened her hand that had placed on her knee.

I didn’t know what was going on, but I had an ominous feeling that it was somehow related to the Pope.

“Emergency?”

“Oh, it may not be an emergency. I was just worried… However, letters with a confidentiality seal are rare. Please just check quickly.”

Escalion frowned as if he was annoyed.

He seemed reluctant to leave, leaving behind his wife and sister.

However, after seeing Wolff’s subtle gaze, Belladonna slightly pushed Escalion away to tell him to go away.

I felt like I wanted to find out why it was happening.

“Okay, go ahead. Because I want to talk to the lady alone.”

As Scarlett joined her, Escalion stood up from his seat as if he had no choice.

He made a disapproving expression, and Bella, who was holding her, also placed a light kiss on the back of her hand, turned his body, and left the living room.

“Oh…..”

As Escalion disappeared, Scarlett opened her mouth in admiration.

“This is the first time I’ve seen Escalion look like an idiot like that.”

Ugh, idiot….?

Belladonna looked at Scarlett, taken aback by her ruthless choice of words.

“Either it is completely cold and expressionless, or it is completely weightless and light. He was someone whose true feelings I couldn’t understand, but he was able to make that kind of expression?”

“…….”

“It seems like he really cares about his wife.”

Scarlett said, stirring the drink straw in front of her.

Belladonna lifted her notepad from her table and quickly wrote down.

[He cares about his younger sister just as much.]

Scarlett, who glanced down and checked Bella’s handwriting, smiled and nodded.

“I know. That he gives for me in his own way. Even though I knew I was thankful, I didn’t have a very good personality, so I just responded crookedly. I also have to apologize for that…”

Scarlett trailed off as she continued to stir her drink with a straw before opening her mouth again.

“I’m glad Escalion met a good person.”

“…….”

“With that personality, I was worried about whether he would be able to raise a proper family. He accept most things indifferently and lightly, but are actually afraid of deep relationships.”

Scarlett continued her words with a soft smile. She said playfully, slowly shaking her crossed legs.

“Escalion is secretly soft-hearted.”

Escalion has a soft heart… Belladonna quietly listened to her story.

“I think he intentionally avoid creating deep relationships because he is afraid of getting hurt too much. Has he been very popular with girls since he was young? But he had never had a serious meeting.”

“……”

“At first, I think there was simply something wrong with it or that his tastes was different from others? I thought about it, but now that I’m older, I understand.”

Scarlett’s voice, which had been playful and light the whole time, calmed down.

“Escalion lost his family when he was young.”

That’s right…..

Belladonna bowed her head in understanding.

Escalion was afraid.

Hr’s afraid that his new family will easily leave again….