Save Me

05. Welcome home.

 

His cool, sunken golden eyes and his sharply pointed nose bridge went well with his flowing silver hair.

Along with his graceful movements and long, slender body.

Duke Baloch was an intelligent and handsome man who immediately grabbed everyone’s attention.

Even aside from his reputation as the Dragon of Termina, his appearance was noble enough.

But now, that kind of man…

“Huh, how could you say that!”

“Courtship is important.”

A pale Bianca cried softly.

After saying something so embarrassing that it brought tears to my eyes, Duke Baloch didn’t even have a faint blush on his face.

“Can you tell me now, madam? I’m curious because you didn’t answer the first time, even when I asked again in the carriage.”

Even his serious tone was full of persistence.

I had a premonition that was almost certain that I wouldn’t be able to escape without answering.

“Well, something like that.”

“What about that?”

I was born with a grave sin.

For Bianca, affection was something she could not dare to hope for.

But how could I even choose how to receive it?

No one else, but me, Bianca Termina.

Bianca felt slightly wronged and cried out softly.¹She sure cries a lot, but I think those are the tears she was supposed to shed throughout the years, but couldn’t find the chance to

“There’s no way I have something like that!”

“Think about it carefully. I’m sure there will be.”

“Duke.”

“Jillian.”

Bianca slumped her shoulders as she looked at Duke Baloch, who was stubbornly insisting on her calling his name even at this moment.

The person she was facing was not an ordinary person.

Whether it was because he was truly a descendant of dragons as in legend, or whether it was because of his abilities far exceeding those of humans, his way of thinking was different.

He seemed polite and friendly, but he was strange in unexpected ways.

“I’ve never even been loved, so how can I have a taste for it?”

The mouth that recited that fact was bitter.

“Not having memories of being loved and having preference in your partner are slightly different issues.”

“………”

“If you don’t have the answer now, please think about it and let me know.”

I didn’t ask, ‘What will happen if I tell you?’

Because I felt like I would make a sound that was so loud that it was worthy of being called a boatswain call²She means she is going to squeal if she tried to say anything more, she just doesn’t know the word for it🤣.

Bianca added one more evaluation of the Duke.

He was a man who was not only suspicious and clever, but also very sly.

Just when I let out a small sigh through my mouth.

Jillian’s index finger came in through the window and swept the area around Bianca’s wet eyes.

“Your crying face was pretty, but I think the one that wasn’t crying was a little prettier.”

Although his tone was undoubtedly sly, the hand he used around my eyes was slow and kind, as if he was asking, ‘are you okay?’

Even though her face instantly heated up, Bianca did not push Jillian’s hand away.

It was hard to bear his embarrassing voice, but I felt like I heard something else hidden behind it.

‘Do not Cry.’

“Now then shall we leave? Come on, I want to go back home.”

She still had a puzzled expression as she bitten her lips, but Bianca thought that what she saw was not everything.

“Thank you.”

That was the reason for the random thanks.

“……It was nothing.”

The man, who widened his eyes slightly in surprise and then smiled as a habit, did not deny Bianca’s gratitude.

As the carriage window closed, Jillian straightened up and turned his head.

The friendly smile he showed towards Bianca had completely disappeared.

As soon as the procession stopped to comfort the crying Bianca, the gazes that were directed at him were quite annoying.

There were twenty on each pulley beyond the drawbridge, and four at each gun gate of the castle wall.

A total of about 100 archers were pulling the strings tightly.

Where the arrowhead pointed at was..

“………”

Jillian slowly rolled his eyes and looked at his left breast before laughing briefly.

Even though I was out of my mind, I did it the right way according to them.

But it seemed like they were getting too arrogant after living for so long that they forgot what fear was.

“What should I do?”

As Jillian’s gaze sharpened, his right hand silently came up behind him and asked.

“Leave them be.”

At the end of the sentence, Jillian added a cold word.

“For now.”

“Is there any reason for my wife to see that?”

His right hand bowed deeply and stepped back without asking any more questions.

The ducal procession moved again as Jillian turned his horse’s head as a signal.

However, his right hand remained standing tall in his original place.

 

***

 

“……..”

It felt like I heard something eerie, but the inside of the carriage was still quiet.

Just as I was gently rubbing my goosebump-covered forearms, there was a knock on the door.

“Madam?”

“Hmm, hmm. What’s going on?”

My voice was hoarse.

Only then did Bianca realize that she had just woken up from her nap.

“Now we’re about to go through the magic circle.”

Bianca, who was arranging her disheveled hair while answering ‘yes’ to the polite tone ringing outside the door, suddenly made a strange expression.

Magic transport circles were convenient, but it caused vomiting, dizziness, and tinnitus.

Since the commercialization of Magic circles, it had been continuously improved, so it was now a lot better, but there were still some people who suffer from side effects.

So, the notice she received was, so to speak, a routine.

A notification with nothing special.

But it was special for Bianca.

It may seem funny to be thrilled by every single detail of everyday matters.

But before I realized it, my hand opened the carriage window and called him out.

“Wait Duk-, Ji, Jillian!”

“Madam?”

Because her neck was against the window frame, the sound calling him was not that loud.

However, even amid the sound of horses scraping and the metallic noise of the knights’ armor rubbing against each other, Jillian immediately responded to Bianca’s call.

His golden eyes were shining before my eyes.

Bianca watched blankly as Jillian got off the horse in an instant and approached her.

As the sun set, his face turned red and looked a little warm.

The man who seemed to be completely colorless was burning brilliantly under the light of the setting sun.

It was frighteningly gorgeous and beautiful.

Bianca’s eyes widened as she said ‘Thank you’ while looking at him as if she were fascinated.

“We have already arrived at magic circle…?”

“I was in a little a hurry.”

liar.

The magic circle was not at a distance that could be reached if you hurry only a little.

The magic circle, which was not limited by weight, distance, or number of times it was used for, was certainly great, but conversely, it had a fatal flaw in that it could easily lead the enemy to the inner structures of the country.

Therefore, they were prohibited from being installed within the city.

There was a law that allows a normal city to instale the magic circle within an hour’s drive by carriage, and another for the northern part of the country ,where monsters were located, within a day’s drive by carriage.

However, was there any way that they could run a little faster and arrive at the magic circle in half a day?

“Ha…”

Bianca realized that this was because she was the ‘Princess of Termina.’

The way the royal family used to bind him both in life and death.

No, this justification was too much.

He must have travelled in such a hurry because he thought she could cause a problem for the Duke³I don’t understand how she got this conclusion 🫠.

For some reason, I felt like bitter feelings were eating me up.

“The drivers and horses must have worked very hard to cut the time in half.”

“I was anxious to take you home as soon as possible.”

Jillian was still friendly, but Bianca felt a part of her heart became heavy at the sight of his smile.

“If you think of me as your wife, please think a little more comfortably.”

Please trust me a little more.

Because I will never return to the royal family that abandoned me.

“How about you also consider my feelings of not wanting to put my wife through a hard time from the first day of our marriage?”

Bianca’s sincerity, which she had struggled to express, was blocked by unexpected words.

The answer was absolutely perfect.

The Duke briefly silenced Bianca and ordered his lieutenant to activate magic circle.

“Let’s go back.”

“Yes, Your Excellency. The magic gate is opening soon. Everyone, get ready!”

As the Duke’s lieutenant lined up the knights and activated the formation, the surrounding area became bright and for a moment, it felt like the ground beneath my feet was floating.

The dizziness was short-lived, and as soon as the light disappeared, Bianca had arrived at the Northern Territory.

As she opened the carriage door, Bianca was struck by a cold that seemed to freeze her lungs.

Bianca, who was leaning out of the carriage, shivering from the unbearable cold, suddenly found herself in Jillian’s arms with the feeling of her body being gently wrapped.

“What……!”

Bianca, startled, had just reflexively raised her hand to push him away.

“Welcome home, madam.”

Bianca raised her head at the sound of a friendly tone passing by her ear, muttering softly.

Jillian, who was looking at herself with downcast eyes, was smiling.

Even though she knew how much she resisted him, he was so pretty that she couldn’t even push him away.

 

***

 

“That crazy beast!”

Emperor Eclipse’s ⁴Not you again, old man.😮‍💨face scrunched up when he heard the news delivered by the captain of the guard.

“Why did the Duke….all of a sudden?”

Eclipse remembered clearly.

He was given a warning by Baloch, who happily accepted the sacrifice offered to him.

It was he who knew Baloch better than anyone else in the world.

Baloch were cruel, but honest.

They were beasts that always kept the promises they made.

But how could it be that he, who said he was returning, would suddenly send his subordinates to destroy the drawbridge and kill the archers…?

The venom in Eclipse’s shining gaze rose and fell.

“What did you do to him?”

“I just exercised my usual vigilance.”

“vigilance? For what?”

“He stopped the procession.”

“Stopped?”

No words came from the guard captain.

But Eclipse waited patiently.

“Has he stopped and ordered an attack?”

“…The princess was observed crying, and the Duke gazed at her through the carriage.”

“So?”

“I ordered the archers to be on alert, ugh!”

Eclipse kicked the guard captain hard and stood up with a huff.

“Are you crazy!!”

I knew something was going to happen, but I never thought he would do something so stupid.

To summarize, the captain was so surprised when the Duke stopped for her that he ordered the archers to prepare for an attack.

“Why were you provoking an animal that was sent back after being comforted?”

The guard captain, who had a long tear on his forehead from being kicked and his face was stained red, did not say anything other than gritting his teeth.

“………”

Eclipse, who was looking down at him, bent down, grabbed the back of Captain guard’s head and focused his gaze on him.

“No, no. That’s not all, is it?”

“………”

“Say it, Captain Herpen, this Emperor is having a hard time understanding what happened. Even if its father died, it was a beast that was satisfied with just a warning. Why did you dare provoke something like that?”

With blood dripping down, the stubborn gaze was entangled for a long time.

Eclipse suddenly burst into laughter as if he had discovered something in the guard captain’s shaking gaze.

His shoulders dropped and tears formed from laugher.

“Oh my god.”

“………”

“Were you scared?”

Eclipse got up from his seat and moved around bustling around, giggling as if he had forgotten about the captain’s physical condition.

How long has it been?

Eclipse, exhausted from laughing, collapsed into a chair and wiped the corner of his tear-filled eyes.

“Clark Herpen. Were you scared of that legend? yes? ‘Baloch, who has obtained Termina, will finally be freed from his long bondage.’ ”

“…….”

“Oh no. I’m not denying it!”

The Emperor, smiling with his mouth wide open, shouted in a very excited voice.

“Poor Harpen. Then I guess I should reassure you, okay? Do you know when Bianca was born? She was born six months after Sabrina became the Empress, six months.”

The guard captain blinked at the sudden story.

“Don’t you know? That was exactly ten months after the death of her ex-husband, Baron Horshir!”

“Ah!”

The Emperor’s eyes were shining with madness as he looked at the captain of the guard who was making strangled noises.

“Do you feel safe now? Baloch never had Termina in the first place.”

Ah, what a pitiful animal.

The triumphant little animal who gave the warning was very worth seeing.

 

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TL:

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