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Episode 9 : Sparkling Blue Sea

After her late breakfast, Belladonna went back to her room with Cindy’s help to clean her up and put on her new look.

Today was the day to tour the castle under Wolf’s guidance and listen to an explanation about the territory.

“Ma’am, did you sleep well?”

Belladonna nodded and smiled at him.

“Last night, an unexpected north wind blew and the temperature dropped dramatically. I wasn’t able to get you a thick blanket in advance, so I’m worried that the bed might be too cold.”

It was cold?

Belladonna rolled her eyes and remembered last night.

Escalion was stuck to me, so instead of being cold, I was hot and stuffy.

She shook him head and gave me another smile.

“Fortunately. Then, let’s take you this way.”

Wolf smiled kindly at her and guided her outside.

“Griblata has a fundamentally cold climate. The irregularly blowing north wind does not give the delicate buds a chance to grow.”

Belladonna followed his explanation and looked down at the estate below the castle.

It was truly a barren land without much greenery.

“For that reason, farmers mainly plant crops that grow well even in harsh climates, and other necessary crops are often procured from the south through transactions between merchants.”

If so, commerce must have developed a lot.

Belladonna quietly raised her hand and pointed to the blue sea in the distance, sparkling in the light.

That’s the sea…….

“you’re right. Fortunately, the sea is located not far away, so upper cargo movement is actively taking place through the port.”

Wolff also explained in detail about Griblata’s socio-cultural characteristics, geography, climate, history, etc.

I couldn’t understand everything, but I thought it was a place with a unique diversity that could not have been concluded from just being a cold and desolate area.

“Please come this way. This is the bedroom, and if you go back there, there is a stable. Thanks to the recent purchase of several horses, the place is full of horses, and a foal was born a few months ago.”

Oh, really!

Next time, I’ll have to ask to see the colt.

Belladonna loved all animals.

“If you keep going like this, you will come to a blacksmith shop, and if you keep going along that road…….”

Wolf, who was ahead, stopped walking.

As I followed him around the building, I heard what sounded like men cheering.

“ah! I guess he was training in the morning. This is the training ground of the Griblata Knights.”

At the place Wolf pointed to, knights lined up in a row were seen brandishing wooden swords.

There were some knights who had familiar faces as they had left together from Astanya, and there were also knights whom I had never met before.

And the one who wanders between them…..

“It seems that the lord himself is helping the trainee knights with their training today. It would be a great honor for those guys.”

It was Escalion with a cocky attitude, walking as he swung his wooden sword around with a relaxed expression.

‘He always has that kind of attitude.’

Belladonna sighed in her heart as she looked at the wayward man everywhere.

Perhaps because he was born a commoner and not a nobleman, but was given a title, he had a free-spirited spirit that could not be felt in other knights.

‘In a good way, I would say it was unconventional.’

Belladonna watched silently as he playfully swung his wooden sword and effortlessly blocked the knight-in-training’s sudden attack.

The sight of him giggling, turning the wooden sword and pressing the top of the young knight’s head with the handle looked friendly and relaxed.

‘ah.’

She must has been looking at him for so long that he, who was dealing with the young knights from afar, turned his head to where Belladonna was standing.

Could it be that our eyes met?

Belladonna, feeling somewhat embarrassed, pulled on the hem of Wolff’s clothes.

“yes? Oh, I’ll show you other places too. lady.”

“Did you eat?”

What, how did you get here so quickly!

Escalion, who approached Belladonna in an instant, tugged at the corner of his mouth and asked.

It was a voice mixed with slightly heavy breathing, as if he was running.

“Then I’ll just…”

Wolff, who was quick-witted, bowed his head and greeted the lord, then quietly moved his seat.

Bella nodded her head towards Escalion, clutching the hem of his clothes tightly.

“Ma’am?”

Wolff, who had been captured by Belladonna, turned his head with a puzzled look.

Wolfd? Where are you going? You have to keep giving directions to the castle, right?

Belladonna smiled sweetly at Wolff.

Escalion, who was quietly looking down at her, rolled his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth.

“Ah. You want to see my castle? if that’s the case, let me explain it to you.”

Oh no! no! Not you! Wolff! Wolf will do it!

“You heard, right? Now then, please let go of my hem, ma’am….”

Wolff looked down at the hem of his clothes, which were badly crumpled under Belladonna’s hands, with embarrassed eyes.

Neither Belladonna shook her head nor loosened her grip.

No, your lord is busy.

“I’m not busy.”

Escalion answered quickly.

What, are you mind reading?

Even so, Bella stubbornly did not take her eyes off Wolff.

Even after spending the night together, I still felt uncomfortable because I had no way of knowing whether he knew that he could speak out or not.

‘And if i am going to refuse annexation in the future, we should refrain from becoming unnecessary friends…….’

“My wife is quite stubborn.”

Escalion forcefully pulled out the hem of Wolff’s clothes that she was holding on to.

Ugh….

“Go now.”

“yes yes……! Ma’am, then I’ll just go.”

As if this was an opportunity, Wolff briskly walked away.

Belladonna watched his quickly disappearing figure, then took steps after him.

If that’s the case, then I…..

“Where are you going? you asked me to show you around the castle.”

Instead of answering, Belladonna looked at the training area behind him.

“Those guys are actually good at training on their own without me. i came out today feeling very dizzy.”

“……..”

“Because I’m not a sordid husband who can’t spend time watching his wife.”

After she finished speaking, Bella grabbed her hand and started walking.

“Did Wolf explain where? Where have you not been?”

Man, I can’t talk….

Belladonna glared at the back of his head.

However, he looked somewhat excited and didn’t seem to be asking for an answer in particular.

“Have you been to the stable?”

If it’s a stable……It was a place that Wolff explained to me in passing earlier, but I didn’t go in.

When Belladonna shook her head, Escalion immediately turned to the right.

They passed the blacksmith shop and headed toward the stables located at the back of the castle.

“My lord, madam, hello!”

At that moment, the servants who were moving the hay bales bowed their heads towards them.

Escalion waved his arm roughly to greet them, then walked in with her.

He led Belladonna to the innermost part of the stable, where the largest and most threatening-looking black horse was located, and only when he got in front of it did he let go of her hand.

Wow, ao big….

“Be careful.”

Said Escalion, who saddled his large horse.

Huh?

Bella, who was standing next to him and quietly looking up at her words, also felt her body rise upward in an instant.

Wh-what!

In an instant Belladonna was mounted on the horse and looked down at Escalion with her bewildered face.

Afraid that she might fall to the ground, she suddenly wrapped her arms around the horse’s neck.

“Then this guy will be even more surprised.”

Bella quickly straightened her back and sat down.

In contrast to Belladonna’s frightened and perplexed expression, Escalion, her henchman who had placed her on her horse, had a very calm expression on his face.

He looked back and forth between his horse and his wife with a satisfied look on his face, then grabbed the reins and walked away.

Following his steps, the horse slowly moved it legs.

The elegant clatter of horses’ hooves echoed throughout the spacious stable.

‘Wo…wow….’

Belladonna, who was riding a horse for the first time in her life, looked down at the horse’s shiny mane with sparkling eyes.

Awesome….

Escalion carefully led Belladonna out of the stable, watching her carefully to see if she might fall.

“My lord, are you planning to go out for a while?”

“Yes, Let’s go.”

“The road is not frozen yet, but there are many potholes here and there. Please be careful!”

Those who were cleaning the stables waved their hands at them and bowed.

Once out in the open, Escalion put down the reins for a moment and mounted her horse.

Belladonna, who was looking down without thinking, stiffened her entire body as she paid attention to his body pressed closely to her back.

‘We, we were riding together……?’

“Hoy!”

Escalion grabbed the reins again and struck them down with all his might.

The clever horse darted away at his command.

Belladonna was pushed by the sudden speed and leaned her back against his chest.

Wow, I’m surprised.

“Tell me if you feel too cold or dizzy.”

I could hear his low voice echoing through my back.

Bella also nodded her head.

‘No, but this is not a guide to the stables! He suddenly put me on a horse and took me somewhere!’

The horse carrying Belladonna and Escalion quickly passed the castle wall and rushed outside.

He skillfully turned his horse’s head and steered his horse to the other side of the estate.

Bella couldn’t open her eyes properly because her hair kept blowing wildly in the wind.

She shook her head, avoiding her hair, trying to figure out her destination.

‘Ah.’

And finally, when she realized that the sparkling sea was clearly getting closer, she could figure out where she was heading.

‘…..It’s the sea.’

As Escalion tightened his grip on the reins, the horse, which had been running endlessly, gradually slowed down.

Before she knew it, it was a sandy beach where the horse feet were sinking.

Belladonna looked at the vast ocean sparkling in the sunlight.

“Have you ever seen the sea?”

She quietly shook her head.

This is the sea….

Bella continued to be swept away by her enchanted eyes, and she looked down at the waves escaping without her being able to catch them.

She heard new sounds unfamiliar to her, and the salty scent she sometimes smelled, like that of her freshly caught fish, tickled her nostrils.

‘Wow.’

Escalion stopped the horse completely and strode down below her.

He turned, looked up at Belladonna, and held out his arms.

“Would you like to come down?”

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